Este estudo teve como objetivo elaborar uma proposta de indicadores para avaliação da qualidade do sistema de educação superior brasileiro e, com base nestes indicadores elaborados, medir e avaliar o desenvolvimento da sua qualidade no período 1993-2004. Considerou-se que o período escolhido está associado à intensificação do fenômeno da mercantilização da educação superior no Brasil. Para caracterizar o fenômeno, o estudo apóia-se nas perspectivas teóricas de Boaventura de Sousa Santos sobre as crises da universidade, de Ana Maria Seixas acerca das transformações privatistas e dos autores David Dill, Pedro Teixeira, Bem Jonbloed e Alberto Amaral sobre os mercados da educação superior. Os temas da qualidade e da avaliação da qualidade têm como referência principal os trabalhos de Ronald Barnett, Lee Harvey e Diana Green. Foram estudados os indicadores e sistemas de indicadores de educação adotados pelas agências internacionais, tais como Unesco e OCDE. Com essas referências foi elaborado um sistema de indicadores para avaliação do desenvolvimento da qualidade do Sesb, que compreende as categorias eqüidade, relevância, diversidade e eficácia. O estudo apresenta o sistema de indicadores elaborado e sua aplicação no período 1993-2004. Os resultados explicam a hipótese de trabalho, ou seja, em tempos de mercantilização da educação superior a qualidade da educação superior brasileira não se desenvolveu positivamente, visto que no período 1994- 2003 não foram encontradas evidências claras de melhorias do Sesb em termos de eqüidade, relevância, diversidade e eficácia. / The present study was carried out with the aiming to elaborate a proposal of indicators for assessing quality in Brazilian system for higher education and, based on those indicators, measure and evaluate the development of such quality in the period ranging from 1993 to 2004. It was considered the chosen period as associated to the increasing of the commodification of higher education in Brazil. In order to characterize that phenomena, the study used as grounds the theories developed by Boaventura de Sousa Santos, about the university crisis; by Ana Maria Seixas, about the privatizing transformations; and by David Dill, Pedro Teixeira, Bem Jonbloed, and Alberto Amaral, on the higher education markets. The matters involving quality and quality assessment have the main studies by Ronald Barnett, Lee Harvey, and Diana Green as references. The indicators and systems of education indicators adopted by international agencies such as Unesco and OCDE, were also studied. Based on those references a system of indicators for the evaluation of quality development in Sesb was elaborated, and it includes the following categories: equity, relevance, diversity, and efficiency. This study presents that indicators system as well as its application during the period 1993-2004. The results explain the hypothesis upon which work was developed, that is, in times of commodification of higher education, the quality of such education in Brazil has not developed positively. That is said based on the fact that during the period 1993-2004 there could not be found clear evidences of improvement in Sesb in what concerns equity, relevance, diversity, and efficiency.

Bedömning av kvaliteten är en av de viktigaste processerna som en lärare utför varje arbetsdag för att kunna relatera elevernas prestationer mot ett kulturellt och individuellt anpassat betygssystem. Med ambitionen att främja jämställdhet och reliabilitet av bedömningar tillhandahåller Skolverket bedömningskrav och kriterier för att skilja olika grader av kvalitet (Selghed 2011). Dessa kriterier förefaller emellertid ibland otydliga och inte lämpliga för att särskilja mellan kvalitativa nivåer, särskilt på högre nivåer, vilka därför kan uppfattas som delvis överlappande. Som följd finns det mycket utrymme för tolkning av den enskilda läraren när det slutliga bedömningssystemet konstrueras (Schreiber et al., 2012, Selghed 2011). En alternativ bedömningsmetod som är rekommenderad av t.ex. Hattie (2012), är den mindre komplexa SOLO-taxonomin vilken idag används i de högre utbildnings miljöer.För att uppskatta överlappningen mellan resultat som härrör från olika bedömningsmetoder analyserar denna studie kvalitetsnivåer av en skrivuppgift av andraårs-gymnasieelever med hjälp av det läroplanbaserade betygssystemet och SOLO-taxonomin. Med hjälp av principiell komponentanalys (PCA) och korrelationsanalys kunde man dra slutsatsen att de olika bedömningsmetoderna är lämpliga för att skilja högre från lägre komplexitet eller kvalitetsnivåer. Men SOLO-taxonomin kunde inte tydligt skilja de mer sofistikerade skillnaderna mellan högre betygsnivå A och B.Dessutom undersökte denna studie om en noggrant genomförd konstruktivistisk undervisningsdesign oundvikligen resulterar i högkvalitativa skriftliga arbeten. Detta analyserades med hjälp av PCA och korrelationsanalys av relationen mellan deltagarnas kunskapssyn och bedömningsresultatet. Inom detta sammanhang kunde det dras slutsatsen att (I) en mer sofistikerad syn på naturen av kunskap och kunskap och (II) heterogeniteten hos en studentgrupp med avseende på kunskapssynen verkar vara kopplad till högre kvalitativa prestationer. Bevis för en korrelation mellan elevernas individuella kunskapssyn och de valda inlärningsmetoderna diskuteras inom ramen för en generell lämplighet av konstruktivistiska undervisningsmetoder.

A soja geneticamente modificada tolerante ao herbicida glifosato foi testada em ensaio nutricional. A qualidade protéica da soja foi avaliada durante 14 dias de experimento com ratos machos tipo Wistar recém desmamados. Além de um grupo controle aproteico, quatro dietas testadas continham cerca de 10% de proteínas de diferentes fontes: caseína, soja comercial, soja parental e soja GM. Resultados similares entre os grupos demonstraram o baixo aproveitamento da proteína ingerida, conforme esperado para todas as dietas com soja não suplementadas com metionina e expressos pelos valores de PDCAAS. As análises hematológicas realizadas demonstraram a síntese comprometida de células eritrócitárias e imunológicas nos mesmos grupos experimentais. Este comportamento fisiológico dos animais indica que a ingestão da variedade GM não causou diferença significativa no desenvolvimento dos animais entre as três amostras de soja ensaiadas e tampouco foram observados efeitos adversos em órgãos dos animais e nos parâmetros químicos analisados. / A glyphosate tolerant soybean obtained by genetic modification was tested on a nutritional essay. The quality of the soy protein was assessed by a 14-day long experiment with Wistar male rats, three weeks old. Besides the control free protein group, four different diet groups containing about 10 % protein were pooled out: casein, commercial, parental and GM soybeans. Similar results showed the regular low biological value of the consumed soy proteins not supplemented by methionine displayed by PDCAAS values. The hematological analysis pointed to a commitment of the synthesis of erythrocytic and immunologic cells at the experimental soy groups. The overall behavior of the animals indicate the ingestion of the GM variety of soybean did not cause significant differences for the rat development when compared to the other soybean groups, neither side effects on inner organs and chemical analyzed parameters.

Submitted by Nadir Basilio (nadirsb@uninove.br) on 2015-07-16T17:52:38Z No. of bitstreams: 1 Natasha Dejigov Monteiro da Silva.pdf: 2789563 bytes, checksum: 4802430c85976463fb4fa4d5130e4bc1 (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2015-07-16T17:52:38Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Natasha Dejigov Monteiro da Silva.pdf: 2789563 bytes, checksum: 4802430c85976463fb4fa4d5130e4bc1 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2014-12-04 / Considering patient safety one of the critical points that reflect the performance of a hospital organization, this study aimed to identify how patient safety is included in the organizational culture of hospital organizations in São Paulo, different in their administrative nature: public hospitals of direct administration, public hospitals operated by management contract, and private hospitals. The methodological strategy used was the multiple-case study, applying a self-assessment questionnaire from the Emergency Care Research Institute (ECRI), translated for the Portuguese language. The questionnaire was applied both to leaders who work directly with patient care and administrative leaders that ensure assistance is not prevented or interrupted, and thus indirectly reflect on patient safety. Qualitative and quantitative questions were graded using a Likert scale and consolidated according to seven dimensions, namely: expectations and safety promotion, support and investment from hospital management, security environment, openness to communication and non-punitive response, organizational learning, teamwork, and feedback (information and communication feedback about errors). Data analysis was performed using the statistical programSTATATM 12.1, whose response sample was subjected to linear regression for analysis of variance (ANOVA), having an F test of joint statistical significance as decision rule , in which the p-value is zero. The analysis of mean values of the groups in the studied organizations, as perceived by the respondents, showed a gradation among organizations, with higher values concentrating in private institutions. However, when assessing the specifics among the dimensions of safety culture used for the data analysis, it was found that, as perceived by the participants of the study, the most significant dimensions are Security Environment and Organizational Learning, with an explanatory power of 80%. In addition, also as perceived by the agents, the correlation between the above-mentioned dimensions is stronger in direct administration organizations, followed by the institutions under governmental autonomous administration. / Considerando que a segurança do paciente é um dos pontos críticos que refletem no desempenho de uma organização hospitalar, o presente estudo teve como objetivo identificar como a segurança do paciente se insere na cultura organizacional de organizações hospitalares do município de São Paulo, de diferentes naturezas administrativas: hospitais públicos de administração direta, hospitais públicos administrados por contrato de gestão e hospitais privados. A estratégia metodológica utilizada foi o estudo de casos múltiplos, com aplicação do questionário de autoavaliação do Emergency Care Research Institute (ECRI), traduzido para a língua portuguesa. Procedeu-se a aplicação do instrumento com as lideranças que atuam diretamente com a assistência aos pacientes e com as lideranças administrativas que garantem que a assistência não seja inviabilizada ou interrompida, e, assim, refletem indiretamente na segurança dos pacientes. As questões, qualitativas e quantitativas, utilizaram uma escala de Likert para sua gradação e foram consolidadas segundo sete dimensões, a saber: expectativas e ações de promoção da segurança, apoio e investimento da gestão hospitalar, ambiente de segurança, abertura para comunicações e respostas não punitivas, aprendizado organizacional, trabalho em equipe e feedback (retorno da informação e comunicação a respeito de erros). Para análise dos dados utilizou-se o programa de estatística STATATM 12.1, cuja amostra de resposta foi submetida a regressão linear para análise de variância (ANOVA), considerando como base decisória um teste F, de relevância estatística conjunta, em que p-valor é igual a zero. A análise das médias de respostas obtidas nos grupos das organizações estudadas, segundo a percepção dos respondentes, evidenciou uma gradação entre as organizações com maiores valores se concentrando nas de natureza privada. Entretanto, ao serem avaliadas as especificidades entre as dimensões da cultura de segurança utilizadas para a análise dos dados, verificou-se que, segundo a percepção dos participantes do estudo, as dimensões significativas foram a do Ambiente de Segurança e Aprendizado Organizacional, com um poder explicativo de 80%. Além disso, também segundo a percepção dos agentes, a correlação entre as dimensões citadas acima foi mais forte nas organizações de administração direta, seguida pelas instituições sob administração autárquica.

The application of the wrinkle measuring method described in Müller et al. (2017) and the subsequent evaluation algorithm of a range of deep-drawn samples were used to determine the influences and interdependencies of blankholder force, tool temperatures, and drawing height on the formation of wrinkles in paperboard. The main influences were identified and quantitatively evaluated. For the given experimental space, a regression function was derived and validated in further experiments. It was shown that a quadratic regression was superior to the previously used linear regression. The findings were discussed and compared with the results of similar experiments from past publications. Special attention was given to the wrinkles formed and the resulting quality of the formed paperboard cups. The restrictions of the data acquisition from the measuring method that was used and limitations of the model were presented to demonstrate the reliability of the results.

In der vorliegenden Publikation wird die Entstehung der leistungsbezogenen Hochschulfinanzierung im englischen Universitätssektor untersucht. Leistungsbezogene Hochschulfinanzierung wird in vielen Ländern als geeigneter Lösungsansatz für das Problem der gerechten Verteilung von staatlichen Finanzmitteln an individuelle Hochschulen diskutiert. Das englische Beispiel zeigt sich als sehr lehrreich für die Diskussion um die Umsetzung und die Konsequenzen eines solchen Lösungsansatzes. Der größte Teil der staatlichen Finanzmittel wurde den Universitäten seit Beginn des 20. Jahrhunderts als globale Zuweisung zugeteilt. Die Entscheidung über die Höhe der Summe dieses Geldes wurde ursprünglich von einem nicht-amtlichen Organ, dessen Mitglieder mehrheitlich Akademiker waren, bestimmt. Veränderungen der Mitgliedschaft und Verfahren dieses Organs und dessen Nachfolger-Organe haben wesentliche indirekte Implikationen und direkte Folgen für die Universitäten in England hervorgebracht. Die Verfahren zur Bewertung der Qualität der Leistung einer Universität sowie zur Verteilung von Finanzmitteln entsprechend dieser Leistung stellen das Instrumentarium für einen neuen steuernden Einfluss des Staates dar. Da die Höhe der staatlichen Finanzmittel für die Universitäten indessen seit Anfang der 80er Jahre stark abgenommen hat, müssen die Universitäten sich gleichzeitig erfolgreich auf dem Markt behaupten können. Die Universitäten müssen also innerhalb eines gestalterischen Raumes agieren, der zwischen Markt und Staat -- als die wesentlichen Einflussgrößen -- aufgespannt ist. Das Grundverhältnis zwischen dem Staat und den Universitäten zeigt sich entsprechend als höchst komplex. Dabei müssen die Universitäten eine Managementkompetenz entwickeln, die eine Maximierung an Finanzierung verspricht, während sie gleichzeitig die Grundaufgaben der Lehre und Forschung vor allzu negativen Konsequenzen dieser Wirtschaftsorientierung bewahren soll. Die Publikation belegt anhand einer Fallstudie, dass nicht alle Universitäten hierzu in der Lage sind und, dass die Implikationen und Folgen des sogenannten "Finanzierungsregimes" für deren Aufgabenerfüllung nachteilig sein können. Es wird deutlich, dass die konkreten Verfahren der Hochschulfinanzierung und, hier insbesondere, leistungsbezogene Ansätze nicht allein als technische Lösungen betrachtet werden können, sondern sie sollen nur im Zusammenhang mit einer Vorstellung von der idealen Universität gesehen werden, denn diese Verfahren beeinflussen die Gestaltungsmöglichkeiten einer Universität in direkter und indirekter Weise. / This publication investigates the emergence of performance-based funding in the English university sector. Performance-based funding of higher education institutions is discussed in many countries as an appropriate solution to the problem of distributing public funding to individual universities in a fair manner. The English example proves to be very instructive to the discussion with regards to the implementation, and then the implications, of such a proposal. From the beginning of the 20th century, the majority of public funding was distributed as a lump sum to individual universities in England. Decisions on the amount of funding were originally determined by a non-governmental body, whose members were mainly academics. Changes to this membership and to the procedures of this body have had a number of indirect implications for and direct effects on universities in England. Procedures for assessing the qualitative performance of universities, together with procedures which distribute funding according to this assessment provide the instruments of a new steering-influence utilised by the State, a new form of Public Management. As the amount of public state funding for universities has been reduced drastically since the beginning of the 1980's, universities have had to strive concurrently for funds on the open market. Universities are thus being forced to act within an area defined by the market and the State - the two strongest influences on the university sector. The fundamental relationship between the State and its universities has accordingly become highly complex. Universities, for their part, must develop management competencies, which promise a maximisation of funding, whilst at the same time aiming to protect a university's vital tasks of teaching and research from the more negative consequences of business-orientation. In a concluding case study, some evidence is provided which shows that not all universities are in a position to do this and that the implications and effects of the so-called "funding regime" are disadvantageous, in such cases, for their fulfilment of this entrepreneurial challenge. It becomes clear that the concrete procedures for funding higher education institutions and, in particular, performance-based models cannot been seen solely as technical solutions, but must instead be seen in combination with an idea of the ideal university, since these procedures influence the strategic options of a university both directly and indirectly.

Purpose of this thesis is the quality check of correct button text display on photographed monitors. These photographs contain a variety of image distortions which complicates the following image graphic element recognition. This paper outlines several possibilities to detect buttons on forms and further elaborates on the implemented detection based on contour shapes description. After buttons are found, their defects are detected subsequently. Additionally, this thesis describes an automatic identification of picture with the highest quality for documentation purposes.

This master‘s thesis deals with biometric fingerprint liveness detection. The theoretical part of the work describes fingerprint recognition biometric systems, fingerprint liveness detection issues and methods for fingerprint liveness detection. The practical part of the work describes proposed set of discriminant features and preprocessing of fingerprint image. Proposed approach using neural network to detect a liveness. The algorithm is tested on LivDet database comprising real and fake images acquired with tree sensors. Classification performance approximately 93% was obtained.

In this master’s thesis there are summarized fundamental findings about air flow velocity measurements and afterwards introduced the measuring track for automobile car vents, measured object and track arrangement and all used components. Velocity field measurement method is how wire anemometry, and apart from 4 main cases measurements of free air jet, there are velocity profiles in piping measured as an input for CFD simulation. Air vent evaluation criteria are described and their assessment is done for specified cases. Further, there is a CFD simulation presented with comparison to experimental data. Uncertainty of flow rate measured and flow rate setting is determined. Improvement points and encountered issues are presented. Visualization and evaluation program coded in MATLAB environment enables easy data display of CTA results and will serve further vent quality assessment.

The dissertation thesis focuses on objective assessment and reduction of disturbing background noise in a musical signal. In this work, a new algorithm for the assessment of background noise audibility is proposed. The listening tests performed show that this new algorithm better predicts the background noise audibility than the existing algorithms do. An advantage of this new algorithm is the fact that it can be used even in the case of a general audio signal and not only musical signal, i.e. in the case when the audibility of one sound on the background of another sound is assessed. The existing algorithms often fail in this case. The next part of the dissertation thesis deals with an adaptive segmentation scheme for the segmentation of long-term musical signals into short segments of different lengths. A new adaptive segmentation scheme is then introduced here. It has been shown that this new adaptive segmentation scheme significantly improves the subjectively perceived quality of the musical signal from the output of noise reduction systems which use this new adaptive segmentation scheme. The quality improvement is better than that achieved by other segmentation schemes tested.