Submitted by SBI Biblioteca Digital (sbi.bibliotecadigital@puc-campinas.edu.br) on 2016-05-10T18:09:29Z No. of bitstreams: 1 Paulo Roberto Teixeira Junior.pdf: 2232470 bytes, checksum: 3e87999e1f8946dc0030d5687bd498e3 (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2016-05-10T18:09:29Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Paulo Roberto Teixeira Junior.pdf: 2232470 bytes, checksum: 3e87999e1f8946dc0030d5687bd498e3 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2015-12-15 / Since the 90s Brazil has been implementing educational evaluation policies on a large scale. In higher education, we had the Institutional Assessment Program of Brazilian Universities (PAIUB) in 1993, the National Examination of Courses (ENC) in 1995 and the National System of Higher Education Assessment (SINAES), in force since 2004. Before that, there were specific initiatives diagnostic of higher education with the specific purpose of understanding the landscape of universities in the country: Atcon Plan, Meira Mattos Commission, July 1968 Commission, University Reform Assessment Program (PARU), National Commission for Revision of Teaching Superior (CNRES) and Group Executive for Restructuring of Higher Education (GERES). The SINAES is an assessment policy aimed to map the higher education in three dimensions: institutional assessment, course assessment and students assessment. This study is in the second dimension - course assessment - and the question is: Does SINAES has taken effect upon the management teaching? This is a bibliographic research that mapped masters and doctoral?s texts, published in 2004 - 2014 in order to investigate whether some research addressed the effects of SINAES the course upon teaching management. Among the 101 master and doctorate?s texts and 32 paper, only one deals with this topic: "Sinaes: quality indicators courses in higher education and social reproduction". Author: Leandro Berchielli. University: Catholic University of Sao Paulo (PUC-SP). Date: 2012. Berchielli argues the SINAES caused no improvement in management courses for him searched. Starting from the principle that all public policy takes effect, we argue the SINAES have rather taken effect, but not those recommended by the institution's policy, namely to promote the improvement of the courses. According to Berchielli, SINAES just contribute to legitimate and reproduce the separation of social groups, it is also true that this result, despite its anti-democratic feature, is an effect too. The management teaching, despite being which has the largest number of students in Brazil, needs to more studies and researches, mainly in its intersection with the assessment policies. The small number of studies in this field, in some way, can demonstrate us the State?s intentions about this course. / Desde os anos 90 o Brasil vem implementando pol?ticas de avalia??o educacional em larga escala. Na Educa??o Superior, tivemos o Programa de Avalia??o Institucional das Universidades Brasileiras (PAIUB) em 1993, o Exame Nacional de Cursos (ENC) em 1995 e o Sistema Nacional de Avalia??o da Educa??o Superior (SINAES), em vig?ncia desde 2004. Antes disso, houve iniciativas pontuais de diagn?stico da educa??o superior com a finalidade espec?fica de compreender o cen?rio das universidades no pa?s: Plano Atcon, Comiss?o Meira Mattos, Comiss?o de Julho de 1968, Programa de Avalia??o da Reforma Universit?ria (PARU), Comiss?o Nacional para Reformula??o do Ensino Superior (CNRES) e Grupo Executivo para Reformula??o do Ensino Superior (GERES). O SINAES ? uma pol?tica de avalia??o orientada para mapear as institui??es de ensino superior (IES) em tr?s dimens?es: avalia??o da institui??o, avalia??o do curso e avalia??o do estudante. Este estudo se situa na segunda dimens?o ? avalia??o de curso ? e pretende responder ? quest?o: o SINAES t?m produzido efeitos no curso de Administra??o? Trata-se de uma pesquisa bibliogr?fica que mapeou trabalhos de mestrado, doutorado e artigos publicados nos anos de 2004 a 2014 a fim de investigar se alguma pesquisa tratou dos efeitos do SINAES o curso de Administra??o. Dentre as 101 obras de mestrado e doutorado e 32 artigos, somente 1 disserta??o trata deste tema. Tal disserta??o ? ?Sinaes: indicadores de qualidade de cursos no ensino superior e reprodu??o social? ? de Leandro Berchielli, defendida na PUC de S?o Paulo em 2012, argumenta que o SINAES n?o provocou melhoria nos cursos de Administra??o por ele pesquisados. Partindo-se do princ?pio de que toda pol?tica p?blica produz efeitos, argumentamos que o SINAES t?m sim produzido efeitos, por?m n?o aqueles preconizados pela institui??o da pol?tica, qual seja, promover a melhoria dos cursos. Se ? certo que o SINAES, como argumenta Berchielli, est? mais a servi?o de legitimar e reproduzir nas IES a separa??o dos grupos sociais, ? certo tamb?m que este resultado, em que pese sua fei??o antidemocr?tica, tamb?m ? um efeito, ainda que indesejado por n?s. O curso de Administra??o, apesar de ser o que det?m a maior quantidade de estudantes do pa?s, carece de mais pesquisas na sua intersec??o com as pol?ticas de avalia??o. O pequeno n?mero de estudos neste campo, de alguma forma, tamb?m pode nos sinalizar tend?ncias do que o poder p?blico quer, e o que n?o quer, para esta ?rea.

Submitted by Fernanda Ciolfi (fernanda.ciolfi@puc-campinas.edu.br) on 2016-08-11T14:56:16Z No. of bitstreams: 1 RAUNI JANDRE ROAMA ALVES.pdf: 4199544 bytes, checksum: 2f1f3a6d003fd985c7aa1410d2915ea8 (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2016-08-11T14:56:16Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 RAUNI JANDRE ROAMA ALVES.pdf: 4199544 bytes, checksum: 2f1f3a6d003fd985c7aa1410d2915ea8 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2016-05-16 / Conselho Nacional de Pesquisa e Desenvolvimento Cient?fico e Tecnol?gico - CNPq / Nationally there is a dearth of adequate psychometric instruments that assess risk of Developmental Dyslexia (DD), which is why the "Identifying Signs of Dyslexia Test" (TISD) was prepared. This study aimed to investigate evidence of validity based on external variables and internal structure, as well as reliability of TISD. Participated children and adolescents of both genders, aged 6 to 16, divided into two samples: (1) Group Case: 371 from the group ?Neuro- Learning Difficulties? of the Clinical Hospital of the State University of Campinas, and 12 diagnosed, at the end of the evaluation process, with DD; (2) Group No Case: 288 children without complaints of learning difficulties, with 112 coming from private schools and 151 from public school both located in the state of S?o Paulo, and 25 students of a public school from a city in Rio Grande do Norte. The following instruments were applied: (1) TISD: evaluates academic and neuropsychological skills related to reading, consists of 8 subtests: Reading, Writing, Visual Attention, Motor Skills, Calculation, Phonological Awareness, Rapid Naming and Short-term Memory; (2) Academic Performance Test (TDE): evaluates school capacity and is composed of subtests of Reading, Writing and Arithmetic; (3) Test Bender-Gestalt (B-SPG): evaluates perceptomotora maturity, through the analysis of the distortion of fashion model figures; (4) Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children, 3rd and 4th Edition (WISC-III / WISC-IV): evaluates intelligence by benchmarking cognitive abilities, that only the Digits, Cancellation and Arithmetic subtests were used. To achieve the goals, six studies were conducted. The studies of evidences of validity based on external variables relations indicated the following results: (1) age and type of school influences in total performance test; the instrument was sensitive to differentiate the performance of individuals aged six, seven and eight, with worst performing of public school; (2) the search for evidence of convergent validity, the TISD was correlated with other validated instruments for the Brazilian population (TDE; WISC III / IV; B-SPG); the results showed statistically significant and moderate correlations between the TISD subtests, Reading, Writing, Calculation, Working Memory, Motor Skills, with the TDE subtests of Reading and Writing, with the subtests Arithmetic and Digits of the WISC-IV and B-SPG, respectively, indicating convergent validity; (3) the TISD was able to differentiate the diagnosis group of DD and the group without learning difficulties complaints. The search study of evidence of validity based on the internal structure indicated a two-factor model for TISD (without the inclusion of subtest Rapid Naming) with a factor composed of neuropsychological skills (subtests of Motor Skills, Visual Attention, Phonological Awareness and Short-term Memory) and another for school skills (Reading, Writing and Calculation subtests). Precision studies indicated the following results: all items / tasks in each subtest showed significant correlations with the total result of the own subtest, ranging from moderate to strong correlations. It was found that the studies reported here indicate favorable results for the continuity of psychometric studies of TISD and contributed to the advancement of the stages of its development. / Nacionalmente verifica-se grande escassez de instrumentos psicom?tricos adequados para a avalia??o para risco de Dislexia do Desenvolvimento (DD), motivo pelo qual o ?Teste de Identifica??o de Sinais de Dislexia? (TISD) foi elaborado. Este trabalho teve como objetivo investigar evid?ncias de validade baseadas em vari?veis externas e na estrutura interna e precis?o do TISD. Participaram crian?as e adolescente de ambos os g?neros, com idade entre 6 e 16 anos, divididos em duas amostras: (1) Grupo Caso: 371 pertencentes ao Ambulat?rio de Neuro-Dificuldades de Aprendizagem do Hospital de Cl?nicas da Universidade Estadual de Campinas, sendo 12 com DD; (2) Grupo N?o Caso: 288 crian?as sem queixas de dificuldades de aprendizagem, sendo 112 de escola particular e 151 de escola p?blica do interior do estado de S?o Paulo, e 25 de uma escola p?blica de uma cidade do Rio Grande do Norte. Foram aplicados os seguintes instrumentos: (1) TISD: avalia habilidades acad?micas e neuropsicol?gicas relacionadas ? leitura, composto por 8 subtestes: Leitura, Escrita, Aten??o Visual, Habilidades Motoras, C?lculo, Consci?ncia Fonol?gica, Nomea??o R?pida e Mem?ria Imediata; (2) Teste de Desempenho Escolar (TDE): avalia capacidades escolares, ? composto pelos subtestes de Leitura, Escrita e Aritm?tica; (3) Teste Gest?ltico Visomotor de Bender (B-SPG): avalia maturidade perceptomotora, por meio da an?lise da distor??o da forma de figuras modelo; (4) Escalas Wechsler de Intelig?ncia para Crian?as, 3? e 4? edi??o (WISC-III/WISC-IV): avalia intelig?ncia pelo aferimento de habilidades cognitivas, das quais foram utilizados os subtestes D?gitos, Cancelamento e Aritm?tica. Os estudos de busca de evid?ncias de validade baseadas em rela??es com vari?veis externas indicaram os seguintes resultados: (1) influ?ncias de idade e tipo escolas no desempenho total do teste; o instrumento se mostrou sens?vel na identica??o de idades de seis, sete e oito anos, com pior desempenho da escola p?blica; (2) o TISD foi correlacionado a outros instrumentos validados para a popula??o brasileira (TDE; WISC III/IV; B-SPG); os resultados mostraram correla??es estatisticamente significativas e moderadas entre os subtestes Leitura, Escrita, C?lculo, Mem?ria de Trabalho, Habilidades Motoras do TISD com os subtestes Leitura e Escrita do TDE, subtestes Aritm?tica e D?gitos da WISC-IV e B-SPG, respectivamente, indicando validade convergente; (3) o TISD foi capaz de diferenciar o grupo diagn?stico da DD de crian?as sem queixas de dificuldades de aprendizagem. O estudo de busca de evid?ncias de validade baseadas na estrutura interna indicou um modelo bi-fatorial para o TISD (sem a inclus?o do subteste de Nomea??o R?pida), com um fator composto por habilidades neuropsicol?gicas (subtestes de Habilidades Motoras, Aten??o Visual, Consci?ncia Fonol?gica e Mem?ria de Curto Prazo) e outro por habilidades escolares (subtestes de Leitura, Escrita e C?lculo). Os estudos de precis?o indicaram os seguintes resultados: todos os itens/tarefas de cada subteste apresentaram correla??es significativas com o resultado total do teste, oscilando entre correla??es moderadas e fortes. Verificou-se que a maioria dos estudos aqui realizados indicou resultados favor?veis para a continuidade dos estudos psicom?tricos do TISD e contribu?ram para o avan?o das etapas de sua elabora??o.

Submitted by Elba Lopes (elba.lopes@fecap.br) on 2017-12-19T23:43:16Z No. of bitstreams: 2 Estev??o Garcia de Oliveira Alexandre.pdf: 334978 bytes, checksum: 69b02b620b3b65622dfb7a5492fa4e21 (MD5) license_rdf: 0 bytes, checksum: d41d8cd98f00b204e9800998ecf8427e (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2017-12-19T23:43:16Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 2 Estev??o Garcia de Oliveira Alexandre.pdf: 334978 bytes, checksum: 69b02b620b3b65622dfb7a5492fa4e21 (MD5) license_rdf: 0 bytes, checksum: d41d8cd98f00b204e9800998ecf8427e (MD5) Previous issue date: 2017-02-20 / This study analyzes the Brazilian Multimarket Investment Funds and aims to establish a relationship between characteristics of these funds and their respective financial returns. The variables discussed here are: the number of shareholders, the funds equity, time of existence (age), their administration and the performance fees. Through a sample of 216, we identified multimarket investment funds and the returns presented in the last 10 years. Thus, we performed regression tests (MQO and robust) based on two distinct models, one comprising the five variables studied and a second with analysis of these variables from four different groups. Statistical evidence was found to establish a relationship between fund equity and profitability, age and profitability in the model 1. In the model 2, only the construct fund assets presented some explanation for the four working groups, while the fund age variable had some explanatory power in two of the four working groups. The results are convergent with those obtained by Malaquias and Eid (2014) and Laes and Silva (2014), and the study of these characteristics helps to better understand the market of Multi-Market Investment Funds in Brazil. / Esta pesquisa analisa os Fundos de Investimento Multimercados brasileiros e tem o objetivo de estabelecer rela????es entre caracter??sticas desses fundos e seus respectivos retornos. As vari??veis aqui discutidas s??o: a quantidade de cotistas, o patrim??nio l??quido dos fundos, tempo de exist??ncia (idade), sua taxa de administra????o e a taxa de performance. Utilizando uma amostra de 216 fundos de investimento multimercados, identificaram-se os retornos apresentados nos ??ltimos 10 anos. Para tal, foram realizados testes de regress??o (MQO e robusta), com base em dois modelos distintos, o primeiro compreendendo as cinco vari??veis estudadas e o segundo com as mesmas, mas que foram analisadas em quatro diferentes grupos. Pelo modelo 1, foram encontradas evid??ncias estat??sticas para estabelecer rela????o entre patrim??nio do fundo e rentabilidade, idade e rentabilidade. Pelo modelo 2, apenas o patrim??nio dos fundos apresentou algum poder de explica????o para os quatro grupos de trabalho, enquanto a vari??vel idade do fundo apresentou algum poder de explica????o em dois dos quatro grupos de trabalho. Estes resultados est??o convergentes com aqueles obtidos por Malaquias e Eid (2014) e Laes e Silva (2014). O estudo destas caracter??sticas ajuda a compreender melhor o mercado de Fundos de Investimentos Multimercados no Brasil.

Submitted by Kelson (kelson@ucb.br) on 2016-07-27T17:52:16Z No. of bitstreams: 1 MurilloAlencarBezerraDissertacao2015.pdf: 1548034 bytes, checksum: d2478839bd812cf3a5624f4b24202003 (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2016-07-27T17:52:16Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 MurilloAlencarBezerraDissertacao2015.pdf: 1548034 bytes, checksum: d2478839bd812cf3a5624f4b24202003 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2015-09-14 / The assessment is an action increasingly present in educational and social policies. The mobilization and community integration to participate in the schooling process, their objectives and their actions make up challenges from such policies. It attempts to assess its actors and processes as well as analyze the results obtained from internal and external evaluations in the search for solutions to the problems identified. This study evaluated the partial results of Integral Education Pilot Project in Full Time (Projeto Piloto de Educa????o Integral em Tempo Integral- PROEITI in Portuguese) for the basic education of public schools in Distrito Federal. This qualitative research, was exploratory and descriptive, based on document analysis, semi-structured interviews and direct observation. Besides principals??? perceptions on implementation conditions and goals??? achievement, indicator analysis focused on possible results, recommending concrete actions for achieving the program???s objectives. Schools revealed efforts, adaptations and limited resources, suggesting a commitment of these educational spaces, which often become hostages of their own reality. The program, in fact, expanded access and school time, however, it had not attained other goals. Its challenge was the more lacking the community was, the more modest the apparent resources and results were, suggesting a regressive allocation of public resources. Education quality, based on significant resource increase and corrrect allocation to enable minimum conditions that favor the dignity of educational performers and the results of academic success and effective management. / A avalia????o ?? uma a????o cada vez mais presente nas pol??ticas p??blicas educacionais e sociais. A mobiliza????o e a integra????o da comunidade para participar do processo escolar, dos seus objetivos e das suas a????es comp??em desafios dessas pol??ticas. Procura avaliar seus atores e processos, assim como analisar os resultados obtidos em avalia????es internas e externas na busca por solu????es aos problemas detectados. Este trabalho avaliou os resultados parciais do Projeto Piloto de Educa????o Integral em Tempo Integral- PROEITI, para a educa????o b??sica da rede escolar p??blica do Distrito Federal. A metodologia de pesquisa utilizada foi qualitativa, do tipo explorat??rio de car??ter descritivo que, por meio de an??lise documental, realiza????o de entrevistas semiestruturadas e observa????o direta, descreve as percep????es dos diretores de escolas quanto ?? exist??ncia das condi????es b??sicas para a sua execu????o e o alcance dos seus objetivos; relaciona os indicadores de desempenho da Educa????o B??sica com as estrat??gias, execu????o e resultados parciais do Programa, e recomenda a????es concretas para o Programa alcan??ar seus objetivos. Os cen??rios compreendem um contexto de esfor??o, adapta????es e limita????o de recursos, sugerindo um comprometimento desses espa??os educativos, que muitas vezes ficam ref??ns da sua pr??pria realidade. Revelou um processo de conquistas quantitativas, em linearidade, oscilando no alcance dos resultados de avalia????es externas e aqu??m dos objetivos e metas do Programa. Constatou que, quanto mais carente era a comunidade, mais modestos eram os recursos aparentes e os resultados, sugerindo uma distribui????o regressiva de recursos p??blicos. O desafio ?? promover, de modo efetivo, equ??nime e em ritmo mais acelerado a qualidade da educa????o a partir do aumento significativo e da correta aplica????o dos recursos para viabilizar condi????es m??nimas que favore??am a dignidade dos atores educacionais e os resultados de sucesso escolar e gest??o efetiva.

Made available in DSpace on 2015-04-14T13:22:14Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 448852.pdf: 665609 bytes, checksum: 0740bbfb36289c2dbf1d1223059bc24b (MD5) Previous issue date: 2013-01-25 / Individuals who are exposed to traumatic events and develop Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) might present psychological, behavioral and cognitive difficulties after being exposed to trauma. Symptoms of PTSD include reexperience of the traumatic event, avoidance of stimuli related to the trauma and increased excitability. Regarding cognitive impairments, in addition to impairment in episodic memory and attention, PTSD has also been associated with impairments in executive functions. The impairments are not associated only with the formal diagnosis of PTSD and were also identified in individuals with high symptomatology of the disorder. This study aims to investigate cognitive performances on measures of executive functions in individuals with PTSD symptoms. For this, two studies were conducted, one theoretical and one empirical, presented in form of articles. The theoretical article sought to establish an overview of executive impairments shown by individuals exposed to trauma with either formal diagnoses of PTSD, history of PTSD or PTSD symptoms through a systematic review. The empirical article aimed to assess the cognitive performance of 29 subjects exposed to trauma and high scores on SPTSS inhibition, working memory and cognitive flexibility symptoms. These individuals had their performances compared to 24 individuals who were never exposed to any traumatic event, matched in age and education. Considering the high prevalence of disorders presented in comorbidity with PTSD the control group was formed by individuals who were being treated for any psychological or psyquiatric disorder other than PTSD. The control group consisted of clinical population because the presence of other psychopathologies can cause impairments on executive function. PTSD symptoms were assessed with the Screen for Posttraumatic Stress Symptoms (SPTSS), that aims to identify reexperience, avoidance and increased excitability symptoms in individuals exposed to trauma. A descriptive study with cross-sectional design was conducted. The group with individuals exposed to trauma and high PTSD symptoms showed poorer performance on Trail Making Test (p=0,009), an instrument used to assess cognitive flexibility. These impairments can lead to difficulties in adopting new cognitive strategies needed to deal with cognitive and environmental triggers that lead to the memory of the traumatic event. Only impairments in cognitive flexibility were identified, suggesting that some but not all EF components are affected by PTSD / Indiv?duos que experienciam um evento estressor traum?tico e desenvolvem Transtorno de Estresse P?s-traum?tico (TEPT) podem apresentar dificuldades psicol?gicas, comportamentais e cognitivas decorrentes da exposi??o ao trauma. Entre os principais sintomas do TEPT destacam-se a reviv?ncia do evento traum?tico, a esquiva de est?mulos relacionados ao trauma e a excitabilidade aumentada. No que se refere aos preju?zos cognitivos, al?m dos preju?zos na mem?ria epis?dica e na aten??o, o TEPT tem sido associado a preju?zos no funcionamento executivo. Esses preju?zos n?o s?o associados apenas ao diagn?stico formal de TEPT, sendo, tamb?m, identificados em indiv?duos com alta sintomatologia do transtorno. O objetivo geral deste estudo foi investigar o desempenho cognitivo em medidas de Fun??es Executivas (FE) de indiv?duos com elevada sintomatologia p?s-traum?tica de TEPT. Para isso, foram realizados dois estudos, um te?rico e um emp?rico, apresentados na forma de artigos. O artigo te?rico busca estabelecer, atrav?s de uma revis?o sistem?tica, um panorama geral dos preju?zos executivos apresentados por indiv?duos expostos a traumas com sintomas e diagn?stico formal atual ou passado de TEPT. O artigo emp?rico tem como objetivo avaliar o desempenho cognitivo de 29 indiv?duos expostos a traumas e com elevada sintomatologia p?s-traum?tica em medidas de inibi??o, flexibilidade cognitiva e mem?ria de trabalho. Esses indiv?duos tiveram seu desempenho comparado com o de 24 controles n?o expostos a nenhum evento traum?tico, pareados em rela??o ? idade e escolaridade. J? que indiv?duos com TEPT frequentemente apresentam outros transtornos em comorbidade, os controles inclu?dos tamb?m estavam em tratamento psicol?gico ou psiqui?trico para outras psicopatologias. Dessa forma, buscou-se observar poss?veis altera??es de desempenho cognitivo que n?o se devessem simplesmente ? exist?ncia de um transtorno, mas especificamente ao TEPT. Os sintomas de TEPT foram avaliados atrav?s do Instrumento de Rastreio de Sintomas de Estresse P?s-traum?tico (SPTSS), que tem como objetivo identificar sintomas de reviv?ncia, excitabilidade aumentada e esquiva em indiv?duos expostos a traumas. A pesquisa realizada foi descritiva, com delineamento do tipo transversal. O grupo composto por indiv?duos expostos a traumas e com alta sintomatologia de TEPT apresentou pior desempenho no Trail Making Test (p=0,009) instrumento utilizado para avalia??o da flexibilidade cognitiva. Esses preju?zos podem conduzir a dificuldades na ado??o de novas estrat?gias cognitivas necess?rias para lidar com os gatilhos ambientais e cognitivos que remetem ao evento traum?tico. Os resultados indicam que preju?zos em um ou mais componentes das FE podem estar associados aos sintomas de TEPT.

Made available in DSpace on 2015-04-14T13:22:28Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 464468.pdf: 175578 bytes, checksum: f88af164535984fff16b0cab34f9c609 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2014-05-29 / The main goal of the present thesis was to explore the development and relationship between language and executive functions (EF), a topic of extreme relevance both for research and clinical practice. Given the scarcity of studies of the association between language and executive abilities in typically developing children, there is an absence of assessment instruments with norms for children of different ages and education levels. Verbal fluency (VF) tasks are some of the most commonly used tools in the neuropsychological assessment of linguistic and executive processing. As such, these tasks may be able to satisfy the research and clinical demands for a further understanding of these abilities in patients with Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD), a highly prevalent condition in childhood. The relationship between EF and language in children with this disorder were examined through two empirical studies and a literature review. The first study assessed the impact of age and type of school in the performance of 6-to-12-year old children in unconstrained, phonemic and semantic VF tasks (abbreviated as UVF, PVF and SVF, respectively). A total of 378 participants (177 from private schools) with a mean age of 9.03 years (SD=1.91) completed the UVF task, while 403 children (186 from private schools) with a mean age of 9.12 years (SD=1.88) completed were administered the PVF task and 385 children (168 from private schools) with a mean age of 9.01 years (SD=1.86) completed the SVF task. The effect of age and type of school on children s VF performance was assessed using a Two-Way ANOVA, and group differences were investigated using Bonferroni post-hoc tests. Main effects of age and type of school were observed in UVF and PVF scores, while the interaction between these two variables had an effect on SVF. Overall, performance tended to improve with age, and was better in children who attended private schools than in those recruited from public institutions. The second study aimed to perform a review of studies addressing the clinical and/or neuropsychological assessment of linguistic and auditory processing (AP) in children with ADHD. The PubMed database was searched for articles published between 2000 and 2012 using the following keywords [language or linguistic] and [auditory processing or auditory perception] and [attention deficit or hyperactivity]. All abstracts returned were analyzed in parallel by two independent researchers, using a third reviewer for consensus. A total of 46.7% of the studies included in the reviewed focused on language assessment at word and sentence levels, while 33.33% investigated AP and 13.33% assessed both variables. Reading disorders were the most prevalent condition in the samples studied, and, interestingly, the assessments of language and AP were not conducted with the aim of achieving any specific neuropsychological goals. Lastly, the third study in this thesis assessed the impact of the intensity of symptoms of inattention and/or hyperactivity/impulsivity on language, AP, working memory (WM) and the EF of children with ADHD, as well as the relationships and interactions between these variables. Forty-four children with a diagnosis of ADHD took part in the study (33 from private schools, with a mean age of 9.07 years (SD = 1.71)). Correlation analysis was used to select variables for inclusion in a linear regression model. The following results were obtained from this investigation: (1) the intensity of inattention symptoms accounted for a significant portion of the variability reading and writing performance, especially phonological reading and spelling in a writing-to-dictation task; (2) the intensity of hyperactivity/impulsivity symptoms had a significant impact on children s EF (processing speed, cognitive flexibility and inhibitory control), corroborating other findings in the literature; (3) oral language and AP were associated with measures of EF and WM, suggesting that these components are interdependent, although the directionality of their relationship needs to be further explored. In conclusion, the present studies contributed to the understanding of relationships between language and EF in typical childhood development and in children with psychiatric disorders. These findings also have important implications for the neuropsychological assessment and rehabilitation of patients with ADHD. / A presente tese tem como eixo principal a avalia??o de fun??es cognitivas e suas interrela??es, como componentes lingu?sticos lexicais, sint?ticos e discursivos, de fun??es executivas (FE) e de percep??o auditiva, no desenvolvimento t?pico e at?pico (Transtorno de D?ficit de Aten??o e Hiperatividade TDAH). Na medida em que as investiga??es sobre a interface entre componentes lingu?sticos e executivos em crian?as em desenvolvimento t?pico ainda s?o escassas, levanta-se a necessidade de ferramentas adaptadas e normatizadas para esta popula??o, considerando as vari?veis sociodemogr?ficas, como idade e escolaridade. Nesse contexto, destaca-se o paradigma da flu?ncia verbal (FV), sendo uma das tarefas mais utilizadas na avalia??o neuropsicol?gica das FE que contempla a an?lise do processamento lingu?stico e executivo. Este tema vem ao encontro da demanda cl?nica e de pesquisa sobre o entendimento destes construtos em associa??o com o quadro cl?nico de TDAH, que ? frequente na popula??o infantil. Foram desenvolvidos dois estudos emp?ricos e um de revis?o sistem?tica da literatura. O primeiro estudo investigou, preliminarmente, o impacto da idade e do tipo de escola no desempenho de crian?as de 6 a 12 anos em tarefas de flu?ncia verbal livre (FVL), fon?mico-ortogr?fica (FVF) e sem?ntica (FVS). Para responder as quest?es de pesquisa participaram da avalia??o da FVL, 378 participantes (177 de escolas privadas) com m?dia de idade de 9,03 anos (dp=1,91); da FVF, foram 403 crian?as (186 de escolas privadas) com idade m?dia de 9,12 (dp=1,88); e da FVS, 385 participantes (168 de escolas privadas) com idade m?dia de 9,01 anos (dp=1,86). O efeito da idade, do tipo de escola e intera??o foi analisado pelo teste Two-Way ANOVA e as diferen?as entre os grupos foram verificadas por an?lise post-hoc Bonferroni. Observaram-se efeitos principais da idade e do tipo de escola na FVL e FVF e intera??o entre os fatores na FVS. De modo geral, o desempenho melhora de acordo com o aumento da idade e as crian?as de escolas privadas tendem a apresentar melhores escores. O segundo estudo objetivou identificar na literatura pesquisas que investigaram o processamento lingu?stico e auditivo (PA) na avalia??o cl?nica e/ou neuropsicol?gica de crian?as/adolescentes com TDAH. Realizou-se uma busca na base de dados PubMed de 2000 a 2012 com keywords dos construtos [language or linguistic] e [auditory processing or auditory perception] e [attention deficit or hyperactivity]. Os abstracts foram analisados por double blind review com terceiro juiz para consenso. Os resultados mostraram que 46,67% dos estudos avaliaram a linguagem (n?vel da palavra e senten?a), 33,33% processamento auditivo (PA) e 13,33%, ambos. O transtorno de leitura foi a comorbidade mais prevalente e o desempenho lingu?stico e de PA n?o foram analisados nos estudos para fins neuropsicol?gicos espec?ficos. Por fim, o terceiro estudo analisou o impacto da intensidade de sintomas de desaten??o e/ou hiperatividade/impulsividade de crian?as com TDAH em desfechos de linguagem, PA, mem?ria de trabalho (MT), componentes das FE, e as suas rela??es e influ?ncias m?tuas. Participaram do estudo 44 crian?as com diagn?stico de TDAH (33 de escolas privadas, com idade m?dia de 9,07 anos (dp=1,71)). As vari?veis que se correlacionaram significativamente participaram no modelo de an?lise de regress?o linear. Concluiu-se, com dados preliminares, que: (1) a intensidade de sintomas de desaten??o explicou aspectos relacionados ? leitura e escrita, mais especificamente o processamento ortogr?fico em tarefa de ditado e a leitura por via fonol?gica; (2) a intensidade dos sintomas de hiperatividade/impulsividade apresentou maior impacto em subcomponentes das FE (velocidade de processamento, flexibilidade cognitiva e controle inibit?rio) das crian?as investigadas, estando de acordo com outras pesquisas j? realizadas e (3) o processamento de linguagem oral e do PA relacionam-se com as medidas de FE e de MT, sugerindo a interdepend?ncia entre esses componentes, embora a direcionalidade destas influ?ncias necessitem ser mais exploradas. Em suma, os estudos desenvolvidos contribu?ram para a reflex?o sobre rela??o entre a linguagem e as FE no desenvolvimento t?pico infantil, bem como, para o entendimento de suas manifesta??es cl?nicas e implica??es para avalia??o e reabilita??o neuropsicol?gica de indiv?duos com TDAH.

Submitted by Celso Magalhaes (celsomagalhaes@ufrrj.br) on 2017-08-24T11:18:26Z No. of bitstreams: 1 2016 - Joaquim Esquerdo Ferreira.pdf: 985948 bytes, checksum: c74866a4845a971211c74ba0d1a5b391 (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2017-08-24T11:18:26Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 2016 - Joaquim Esquerdo Ferreira.pdf: 985948 bytes, checksum: c74866a4845a971211c74ba0d1a5b391 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2016-06-22 / Coordena??o de Aperfei?oamento de Pessoal de N?vel Superior - CAPES / The gynecological screening prior to TAI can be considered as a non-invasive technique, relatively simple, safe for the technician and for the animal, and provides quick and extremely important information for the best use of various hormones on the market for use in synchronization protocols of ovulation in cattle. It is important to emphasize the need for gynecological examination before the start of a hormonal protocol because of the risk of causing an abortion or embryonic loss due to prostaglandin that at some point should be administered during the protocol. Additionally, there is the option to choose which the most appropriate hormones to be used in the program, directing the protocols based to animal ovarian physiological status. This screening allows good results enabling the best use of this biotech, making the use of this biotech does not become a cake recipe, i.e. it is not used incorrectly and indiscriminately without criteria. To this end, it has been based on the pattern of cyclicity of the ovaries (presence of corpus luteum, mature follicles or absence of these structures), to increase conception and pregnancy rates by adjusting the protocol to ovarian function. Moreover, we must take into account the ovarian function and also an assessment of body condition score (BCS), along with age and lactation period of the animals before starting the TAI protocol. In this sense, it is very important the knowledge of the technician who will perform synchronization program of estrus and ovulation in bovine females. So that you can successfully execute gynecological and clinical examination of females to be submitted to this treatment. The application of a gynecological screening and carried out by a qualified technician in order to optimize the use of TAI protocols is essential, resulting in cheaper protocols with satisfactory results, in order to make solid and reliable technique / A realiza??o da triagem ginecol?gica previamente ? IATF apresenta-se como uma t?cnica n?o invasiva, relativamente simples, segura para o t?cnico e para o animal, e fornece informa??es r?pidas e extremamente importantes para o melhor uso dos diversos horm?nios dispon?veis no mercado para serem utilizados nos protocolos de sincroniza??o da ovula??o em bovinos. ? importante ressaltar a necessidade do exame ginecol?gico antes do in?cio de um protocolo hormonal devido ao risco de causar abortamento ou mesmo perda embrion?ria em fun??o da prostaglandina e o estradiol que em algum momento dever? ser administrada no decorrer do protocolo. Adicionalmente, tem se a op??o de escolher quais os horm?nios mais apropriados que ser?o utilizados no programa, direcionando os protocolos em fun??o do status fisiol?gico ovariano que o animal se encontra. Essa triagem permite bons resultados viabilizando o melhor emprego desta biot?cnica, evitando o uso da mesma de forma errada e indiscriminada, sem crit?rios. Para tal, basea-se no padr?o de ciclicidade dos ov?rios (presen?a de corpo l?teo, fol?culos maduros ou ainda aus?ncia destas estruturas), para incrementar as taxas de concep??o e de prenhez, ao ajustar o protocolo ? fun??o ovariana. Al?m de levar-se em considera??o a fun??o ovariana, preconiza-se tamb?m uma avalia??o do escore de condi??o corporal (ECC), juntamente com a idade e per?odo lactacional dos animais antes de se iniciar o protocolo. Nesse sentido, torna-se de suma import?ncia o conhecimento do t?cnico que ir? realizar um programa de sincroniza??o do estro e da ovula??o em f?meas bovinas, de maneira que o mesmo consiga executar com sucesso o exame ginecol?gico e cl?nico das f?meas que ser?o submetidas a esse tratamento. ? imprescind?vel a aplica??o de uma triagem ginecol?gica bem realizada por um t?cnico qualificado de maneira a otimizar a utiliza??o dos protocolos de IATF, resultando em protocolos de menor custos e com resultados satisfat?rios, com intuito de tornar a t?cnica vi?vel economicamente e ainda com a previs?o de resultados confi?veis para os produtores

Submitted by Jorge Silva (jorgelmsilva@ufrrj.br) on 2018-05-18T18:24:16Z No. of bitstreams: 1 2015 - Renato Machado Aquino.pdf: 1434016 bytes, checksum: 3679650b2f036e3b85b93c090450ba7d (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2018-05-18T18:24:16Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 2015 - Renato Machado Aquino.pdf: 1434016 bytes, checksum: 3679650b2f036e3b85b93c090450ba7d (MD5) Previous issue date: 2015-04-29 / Brazil and Argentina amongst the world?s ten leading countries in honey exports. The two countries share in this commodity exports was about US$ 220 million dollars in 2011. Argentina is one of the world?s greatest producers, having reached 83,121 tons that year. That means that apiculture is a relevant activity to both countries? agrobusiness network. All this amount of production and equivalente input were consequence of the joint effort of producers, research centres and development agencies. Thus, mathematical models which may allow a better understanding of honey production over time, under many factors influence, might be na important planning tool for the many actors involved in this scene. The aim of this work is to develop mathematical models, defined by ordinary differential equations, whose numerical solutions and parameters may allow one to have information about a certain municipality?s honey production. The central hipotesis is that it is possible to assess and predict a municipality?s honey production, by using mathematical models. A secondary hipotesis would be that these models? paremeters could be important indices to this productive activity. The models deveploped here were based in Lucas Growth Model, which takes into account that human capital as an endogenous fundamental growth component. The parameter rescue and the models numerical solving were implemented through a software in Fortran 95 programming language. The software main guideline was to allow solutions to the models so that it was possible to offer anoptimalmuniciplaity?s honey production description, in a certain time period. The solution fitting of the system of differential equaions which define the models was made through a nonlinear least squares method. The solver to this method was BOBYQA, a software presented in Powell (2009). This algorithm was developed in Fortran 77, is derivative free and accepts box constraints. The model validation was made in two steps: in the first it was validated gedanken honey production data. In the second the models were applied to eightenn municipalities which represented honey production in Rio de Janeiro State microregions. Fifteen among the researched had good model fitting. There was no fitting in three cases of anomalous production.This way, the results allow one to conclude that the developed models may be efficient instruments to honey agorbusiness managers, by allowing good production predictions under certain conditions and crop estimate in harvest periods. Moreover, they may start important research about technology and productivity in this economic activity. / Brasil e Argentina est?o entre os dez maiores exportadores mundiais de mel. A atividade de exporta??o desse produto rendeu aos dois pa?ses, em 2011, algo em torno de US$ 224 milh?es. A Argentina ? um dos primeiros produtores mundiais, tendo produzido 83.121 toneladas, em n?meros de 2011. Isso significa que a apicultura ? uma atividade de vulto para o universo do agroneg?cio de ambos os pa?ses. Todo esse volume de produ??o e o montante angariado pelos dois pa?ses s?o frutos do esfor?o conjunto de produtores, centros de pesquisa e ?rg?os de fomento etc. Portanto, modelos matem?ticos que possibilitem melhor compreens?o do comportamento da produ??o de mel ao longo do tempo, sob a influ?ncia de diversos fatores, podem ser importantes instrumentos de planejamento para diversos atores nesse cen?rio. O objetivo deste trabalho ? desenvolver modelos matem?ticos, definidos por sistemas de equa??es diferenciais ordin?rias, cujas solu??es num?ricas e par?metros possam permitir a obten??o informa??es a respeito da produ??o de mel de determinadalocalidade.A hip?tese central ? a de que ? poss?vel prever e avaliar a produ??o de dada localidade, utilizando modelos matem?ticos. Uma hip?tese secund?ria seria a de que os par?metros desses modelos poderiam ser importantes indicadores a respeito da atividade produtiva.Os modelos aqui elaborados tiveram como base o Modelo de Lucas para o crescimento econ?mico de longo prazo, que leva em conta o capital humano como elemento end?geno fundamental de crescimento. A recupera??o dos par?metros e a obten??o das solu??esnum?ricas para os modelos foram implementadas atrav?s de software na linguagem Fortran 95.O princ?pio norteador do software foi o de fornecer solu??es para os modelos que oferecessem uma descri??o ?tima da produ??o de uma certa localidade, durante um certo per?odo de tempo.Para os ajustes da solu??o do sistema de equa??es diferenciais que definem os modelos, foi utilizado um m?todo dos quadrados m?nimos n?o linear. O solver para este m?todo foi o algoritmo apresentado em Powell (2009), denominado BOBYQA. Esse algoritmo foi escrito em Fortran 77, sendo livre de derivadas e aceitando restri??es de caixa. A valida??o do modelo foi feita em duas etapas: na primeira,ajustou-se o modelo adadosgedanken de produ??o de mel. Na segunda etapa os modelos foram aplicados ? produ??o de dezoito munic?pios representativos, em produ??o mel?fera, das microrregi?es em que o Estado do Rio de Janeiro est? dividido. Houve bom ajuste dos modelos em 15 dos munic?pios pesquisados. S? n?o houve ajuste nos tr?s casos em que a produ??o mostrou-se an?mala. Dessa forma, os resultados permitem concluir que os modelos desenvolvidos podem servir de instrumento eficaz para os gestores do agroneg?cio do mel, podendo inclusive fornecer boas previs?es de produ??o sob certas condi??es e estimativas de safra em per?odos de colheita. Al?m do mais, podem abrir front importante de pesquisa a respeito da tecnologia e produtividade empregadas nesta atividade econ?mica.

Submitted by Jorge Silva (jorgelmsilva@ufrrj.br) on 2018-09-25T19:07:18Z No. of bitstreams: 1 2017 - Gisele Almeida Ferreira Bentes.pdf: 1306978 bytes, checksum: 93e521ee8ae3d5f96ac3ef5491ae3d6e (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2018-09-25T19:07:18Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 2017 - Gisele Almeida Ferreira Bentes.pdf: 1306978 bytes, checksum: 93e521ee8ae3d5f96ac3ef5491ae3d6e (MD5) Previous issue date: 2017-03-24 / The present study had as objective to evaluate the durability of eight systems of production of vegetables in agroecological transition in the municipalities of Capim Branco and Matozinhos, belonging to the metropolitan region of Belo Horizonte, with the application of the IDEA method. In the IDEA (Indicators of Durability of Exploitations Agricole) method, the durability quantification is proposed through a matrix with 41 indicators, grouped into 10 components, which comprise three dimensions: agro-environmental (19 indicators), socio-territorial (16) and economic (6). The combination of the values of the indicators allows measuring the durability of each dimension, which can vary from zero to 100 points. The structure of the method defines that the durability of the production system is limited by the dimension that presents the lowest score. The conceptual model involves aspects of the natural, social and human sciences that, by adapting some indicators to the reality of local agroecosystems, allows the quantitative measurement of durability. The selected properties were the certified organic family farmers, non-certified and with SAT certified (without pesticides), whose main economic activity was the cultivation of vegetables. In these units, the IDEA method was applied in January 2016 through interviews conducted at the production units. In the evaluations, some obstacles were observed that limit the potential of the region as an important producer of organic vegetables. These limitations range from the lack of local inputs to lack of governmental incentive, as well as a precarious process of social organization. From the results found, it can be reported that the durability of the municipalities studied is limited by the socio-territorial dimension, which presented an average score of 65%. In addition, the economic dimension can be improved because, although it is not the limiting factor, according to the method, it presented an average score of 71%. On the other hand, the agri-environmental dimension showed a high score, above 87%. / O presente estudo teve como objetivo avaliar a durabilidade de oito sistemas de produ??o de oler?colas em transi??o agroecol?gica nos munic?pios de Capim Branco e Matozinhos, pertencentes ? regi?o metropolitana de Belo Horizonte, atrav?s da aplica??o do m?todo IDEA. No m?todo IDEA (Indicateurs de Durabilit? des Exploitations Agricole), postula-se a quantifica??o da durabilidade por meio de uma matriz com 41 indicadores, agrupados em 10 componentes, que comp?em tr?s dimens?es: agroambiental (19 indicadores), s?cio territorial (16) e econ?mica (6). A combina??o dos valores dos indicadores permite aferir durabilidade de cada dimens?o, que pode variar de zero a 100 pontos. A estrutura do m?todo define que a durabilidade em sistemas de produ??o ? limitada pela dimens?o que apresentar o menor escore. O modelo conceitual envolve aspectos das ci?ncias naturais, sociais e humanas, que mediante a adapta??o de alguns indicadores ? realidade dos agroecossistemas locais, permite a mensura??o quantitativa da durabilidade. As propriedades selecionadas foram de agricultores familiares org?nicos certificados, n?o certificados e com a certifica??o SAT (sem agrot?xicos), que tinham como principal atividade econ?mica o cultivo de hortali?as. Nessas unidades, o m?todo IDEA foi aplicado em Janeiro de 2016 por meio de entrevistas realizadas nas unidades produtivas. Nas avalia??es, foram observados alguns entraves que limitam o potencial da regi?o como importante produtora de hortali?as org?nicas. Essas limita??es compreendem desde a falta de insumos locais at? a falta de incentivo governamental, al?m de prec?rio processo de organiza??o social. A partir dos resultados encontrados, pode-se relatar que a durabilidade dos munic?pios estudados est? limitada pela dimens?o socioterritorial, a qual apresentou um escore m?dio de 65%. Al?m disso, a dimens?o econ?mica pode ser melhorada, pois, apesar de n?o ser o fator limitante, de acordo com o m?todo, apresentou escore m?dio de 71%. Por outro lado, observa-se que a dimens?o agroambiental apresentou escore elevado, acima de 87%.

Submitted by Automa??o e Estat?stica (sst@bczm.ufrn.br) on 2017-11-06T19:09:18Z No. of bitstreams: 1 AlbertoSegundoSpinolaDaHora_DISSERT.pdf: 1386339 bytes, checksum: 65555b4ae8f4bc61d7991b11d9f4dedd (MD5) / Approved for entry into archive by Arlan Eloi Leite Silva (eloihistoriador@yahoo.com.br) on 2017-11-18T00:48:51Z (GMT) No. of bitstreams: 1 AlbertoSegundoSpinolaDaHora_DISSERT.pdf: 1386339 bytes, checksum: 65555b4ae8f4bc61d7991b11d9f4dedd (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2017-11-18T00:48:51Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 AlbertoSegundoSpinolaDaHora_DISSERT.pdf: 1386339 bytes, checksum: 65555b4ae8f4bc61d7991b11d9f4dedd (MD5) Previous issue date: 2016-12-02 / Reconhecendo a import?ncia dos cursos de p?s-gradua??o lato sensu na forma??o dos profissionais de n?vel superior do pa?s, cujas exig?ncias tendem a crescer, demandando um aperfei?oamento constante, o presente trabalho se prop?e a desenvolver indicadores para avaliar qualidade e efici?ncia na gest?o dos cursos de especializa??o da Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte. Atrav?s de um estudo te?rico baseado, principalmente, no Paradigma Multidimensional da Administra??o da Educa??o, proposto por SANDER, foi desenvolvida uma pesquisa de abordagem mista, partindo do levantamento de informa??es sobre os cursos de p?s-gradua??o lato sensu, junto a Coordenadores e Vice-Coordenadores, dirigentes, docentes e discentes, al?m da an?lise das caracter?sticas formais desses cursos. Foram alvo dessa pesquisa os cursos presenciais, autofinanciados, no per?odo de 2011 a 2015 (vig?ncia da Resolu??o n? 028/2011 do Conselho de Administra??o da UFRN), a partir da vis?o dos participantes. Como resultado, foram apontados indicadores, juntamente com a proposta de compor uma avalia??o da qualidade na gest?o dos cursos de especializa??o da UFRN, considerando crit?rios como efici?ncia, efic?cia, efetividade e relev?ncia. / Recognizing the importance of the lato sensu postgraduate courses to the formation of the higher education professionals in the country, whose requirements tend to grow, demanding a constant improvement, the present work intends to develop indicators to evaluate quality and efficiency in the management of the specialization courses at the Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte (UFRN). Through a theoretical study based, primarily, on the Multidimensional Paradigm of the Educational Administration, proposed by SANDER, a mixed methods research has been developed, starting from the survey of information from lato sensu postgraduate courses, with the Coordinators and Vice-Coordinators, board members, teachers and learners, in addition to the analysis of the formal characteristics of these courses. The self-financed on-site courses were subjected to this research, from 2011 to 2015 (during the term of the Resolution n? 028/2011 of the Administrative Council of the UFRN), starting from the point of view of its participants. As result, indicators were pointed to compose a quality assessment of the management of specialization courses at UFRN, considering criteria such as efficiency, efficacy, effectiveness and relevance.