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There is a body of evidence indicating that the implementation of current Architecture, Engineering, and Construction (AEC) industry business models and practices have caused negative impacts on global energy supply, ecosystems, and local or regional economies. In order to eliminate such negative impacts, AEC practitioners are seeking new business models in which the Building Information Modeling (BIM) technology can be considered an important technology driver. Despite the fact that the majority of AEC practitioners have used BIM tools for construction-level modeling purposes, some early adopters of BIM technology began to use BIM tools to better inform their design decisions. Corresponding to the increasing demand for decision support functionality, a number of studies showed that a part of BIM technology will be developed toward decision support and artificial intelligence domains. The use of computer-based systems to support decision making processes can usually be found in the business management field. In this field, decision support and business intelligence systems are widely used for improving the quality of managerial decisions. Because of its theories and principles, Decision Support Systems (DSS) can be considered as one of the potential information technologies that can be applied to enhance the quality of design decisions. The DSS also has the potential to be constructed as a system platform for implementing building information contained in BIM models associated with other databases, analytical models, and expert knowledge used by AEC practitioners. This study explores an opportunity to extend the capability of BIM technology toward the decision support and artificial intelligence domains by applying the theories and principles of DSS. This research comprises the development of a prototype BIM interoperable web-based DSS for vegetated roofing system selection. The prototype development can be considered a part of an ongoing research agenda focusing on the development of the integrated web-based DSS for holistic building design conducted within the College of Architecture and Urban Studies (CAUS), Virginia Tech. Through a post-use interview study, the developed prototype is used as a tool for evaluating the possibility for the DSS development and the usefulness of DSS in improving the quality of vegetated roofing system design decisions. The understanding gained from the post-use study is used to create a guideline for developing a fully functional DSS for holistic building design that will be developed in the future. / Ph. D.

Made available in DSpace on 2011-05-04T12:36:17Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 0 Previous issue date: 2009 / Este trabalho buscou analisar e discutir desafios e possibilidades de transformação das práticas pedagógicas no curso de graduação em Nutrição da Universidade Federal Fluminense (UFF), tendo como referência a disciplina Prática Integrada, a partir de recente reformulação curricular. Apresenta um panorama da discussão sobre a organização curricular nos cursos de saúde, trata do caso específico da formação em Nutrição por meio de breve histórico e a caracterização do curso de Nutrição da UFF. Reflete sobre a importância das abordagens práticas no processo de ensino em saúde, considerando o caráter inovador da disciplina Prática Integrada. Considera como aspectos conceituais relevantes para transformação do ensino em saúde os conceitos de interdisciplinaridade e integralidade em saúde e a necessidade da abordagem dos aspectos relacionados à formação dos docentes quando de reformulações curriculares. Para essa última discussão, aborda também alguns estudos sobre formação docente, a questão do habitus e a construção de uma postura reflexiva, dando destaque para a trajetória docente como fator estruturante da prática pedagógica. Por fim, encerraremos o trabalho com algumas reflexões no intuito de subsidiar futuras discussões quanto à formação de nutricionistas. / This work aimed to analyze and discuss challenges and opportunities for transformation of pedagogical practices in the course of studies in Nutrition of Universidade Federal Fluminense (UFF) having as a reference the subject Integrated Practice starting from a recent curriculum reform. The work presents an overall view of the discussion about the curriculum organization in the Health Courses. It deals with the specific case of the formation in Nutrition in UFF. It reflects about the importance of practical means of tackling during the teaching process in Health area, taking into account the innovative characteristic of the Integrated Practice subject . This work considers as relevant conceptual aspects to the transformation of the teaching in the Health area the concepts interdisciplinarity and integrality and the need to deal with the aspects related to the formation of teachers when curriculum is being reformed. To this last discussion this work also deals with some studies concerning teacher’s formation, the issue of habitus and the building up of a thoughtful attitude, giving prominence to the teacher’s progression as a structural fact of the pedagogical practice. At last we will close the work with some reflections in order to sustain future discussions concerning the formation of nutritionists.