Social Innovation Laboratories, or short, social labs, represent an emerging field of lab-based inquiry to sustainability transitions, which emphasize learning through experimentation to find new ways of addressing highly complex challenges. Yet, a key challenge for these initiatives is on one hand to know whether they are “on track”, on the other hand, to evaluate their contribution to addressing a complex challenge. Our hypothesis was that adaptive capacity could serve as a lens for the evaluation of a social labs impact to building social resilience and hence in building capacities necessary for a transition towards sustainability. The aim of this research was firstly to gain a better understanding of the evaluation practices of social labs and secondly to find out how the adaptive capacity of a social lab could be evaluated and might, more generally, point towards a novel approach of evaluating in complexity for strategic sustainable development. Our results suggest that adaptive capacity could support evaluations by providing a mirror for the essential features of a social lab to be resilient. We propose three key aspects to evaluate: systems thinking, trust and prototyping capacity. Yet, this is only a first stepping stone toward an evaluation framework, which will require field testing and further research.

Fundação Carlos Chagas Filho de Amparo a Pesquisa do Estado do Rio de Janeiro / O crescimento da população mundial, aumento da industrialização e consumo de bens e serviços, tem aumentado significativamente a geração de resíduos que vem causando impactos negativos na saúde humana e ambiental. Neste contexto, se destaca a geração de produtos perigosos, tais como, os resíduos de serviços de saúde- RSS. Por apresentarem riscos à saúde da população e do meio ambiente, recomendações, normas e legislações surgiram para orientar a melhor maneira o manejo e disposição final destes resíduos. No Brasil, as resoluções NBR 306/04 e CONAMA 358/05 dão diretrizes para a elaboração de um Plano de Gerenciamento de Resíduos de Serviços de Saúde-PGRSS. Os laboratórios de pesquisa e ensino, como geradores de RSS, precisam se adequar à legislação, porém existem poucos estudos e a legislação não aborda especificamente os resíduos destes laboratórios. Os laboratórios e unidades da UERJ, geradores de RSS, não possuem PGRSS. Na UERJ, somente dois estudos levantaram os resíduos gerados em laboratórios, entretanto os dados levantados para o Instituto de Biologia são incompletos. Este estudo buscou avaliar o manejo dos resíduos biológico, químico, radioativo e perfurocortante nos laboratórios do Instituto de Biologia. Os dados foram coletados pelas informações dadas pelos professores, funcionários ou alunos dos laboratórios e por observação direta. Os dados de manejo foram analisados de acordo com a RDC 306/04 Anvisa, da Resolução CONAMA 358/05 e das fichas de segurança dos produtos químicos. Foram estudados 83% dos laboratórios do Instituto de Biologia. Destes, 43% geram resíduos químicos. Dos laboratórios caracterizados, 19 laboratórios geram somente resíduo químico. No pavilhão Américo Piquet estão localizados 63% dos laboratórios geradores de resíduos biológicos, químicos, perfurocortantes ou radioativos. Do total de resíduos gerados nos laboratórios, cerca de 80% foi de resíduo biológico, 15% de resíduo químico e 5% de resíduo perfurocortante. O manejo dos resíduos nos laboratórios é realizado de maneira confusa, geralmente os erros estão na segregação, identificação e acondicionamento. De maneira geral, as informações sobre o manejo utilizado para os resíduos são incompletas, desconhecidas ou imprecisas. As ações incorretas do manejo de resíduos são características para cada tipo de resíduo; no resíduo biológico, freqüentemente, encontraram-se resíduos comuns. O resíduo químico é geralmente descartado sem tratamento prévio na rede de esgoto. O resíduo radioativo não possui identificação e acompanhamento do decaimento, para posterior descarte. No resíduo perfurocortante encontrou-se, freqüentemente, resíduo biológico e químico misturados. Para o sucesso de um futuro Plano de Gerenciamento de Resíduos, a capacitação dos profissionais é muito importante. A Instituição deve investir na consolidação desse trabalho, considerando que ela não pode se furtar de adotar uma postura pró-ativa com relação aos problemas ambientais, sejam eles dirigentes da instituição, ou profissionais que ali atuam. Espera-se que essa pesquisa possa auxiliar neste sentido. / The growth of world population, industrialization and increasing consumption of products and services, has significantly increased the generation of waste which is causing negative impacts on human health and environment. In this context, it emphasizes the generation of hazardous products such as hospital waste. For their risks to public health and the environment, recommendations, standards and laws have emerged to guide the way the management and final disposal of wastes. In Brazil, the resolutions NBR 306/04 e CONAMA 358/05 provide guidelines for the preparation of a Plan of Waste Management of Health Services. The research and education laboratories must adapt to law, but there are few studies and the legislation does not specifically address the waste of these laboratories. The UERJ laboratories not have PGRSS. In UERJ, only two studies have raised the waste generated in laboratories, but the data collected for Institute of Biology -IBRAG- are not complete. Thus this study raised the types and quantities of waste generated biological, chemical, radioactive and perforating, and assessed the management of these laboratories in Ibrag. Data were collected by the information given by teachers or students or employees of laboratories and by direct observation. The data management were analyzed according to the RDC 306/04 Anvisa of Resolution CONAMA 358/05 and safety data sheets chemical elements. We studied 83% of laboratories IBRAG/UERJ. Of these, 43% generate chemical waste. Characterized laboratories, 19 laboratories only generate chemical waste. PAPC flags are located in 63% of laboratories generators of waste biological, chemical, radioactive or perforating. Of total waste generated in laboratories, approximately 80% was organic waste, 15% of chemical waste and 5% waste perforating. The management of waste in the laboratories is performed so confusing, usually the errors are in segregation, identification and packaging. In general, information on any used for waste management are incomplete, inaccurate or unknown. Shares of incorrect handling of waste are characteristic for each type of waste, the organic residue, often found themselves ordinary waste, or discarded in the collector is made of waste or waste organic perforating treaty should now be discarded as common waste. The chemical residue usually discarded without prior treatment in the sewage network. The radioactive waste without identification and monitoring of decay for later disposal. No residue was found perforating often, biological and chemical residue. For the success of a future Plan of Waste Management, the training of professionals is very important. The institution should invest in the consolidation of this work, considering she can not escape to take a pro-active with respect to environmental problems, be they leaders of the institution, or professionals who work there. It is hoped that this research can help in this direction.

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This paper presents the cooperative modelling methodology used in the Information Society foresight carried out within the research project SCETIST. The class of models here presented used the concept of group decision creativity that has been elaborated for the use in a Living Lab. The trends and scenarios are discussed and refined during cooperative activities, finally verified using the simulation of a hybrid system consisting of qualitative information processing, and a discretetime- control system with a discrete-event component.

In meinem Promotionsprojekt beschäftige ich mich mit Designkulturen, insbesondere mit der Maker-Bewegung und frage, wie Zukunft im und durch ‚making‘ verhandelt wird. Meine Forschung basiert auf empirischen Studien im Feld, autoethnographischen Versuchen und partizipativen Workshops. Durch die unterschiedlichen methodischen Zugänge versuche ich ein breites Verständnis für das Zusammenspiel unterschiedlicher menschlicher und nicht-menschlicher Akteure, Praktiken und Imaginären zu bekommen.

The purpose of this two-phase, explanatory mixed methods study was to understand the benefits of teaching grammar from three different learning methods: face-to-face, online personalized learning lab and a blended learning method. The study obtained quantitative results from a pre and post-tests, a general survey and writing assignment rubrics from three English 1301 classes and then follow-up interviews with focus groups from each class to explore those results in more depth. In the first phase, quantitative research questions addressed the relationship of grammar teaching methods and grammar acquisition with students at a two-year technical and academic college. In the second phase, used focus groups to perform qualitative interviews to better explore the quantitative results.

<p>Purdue University is facing an increasing undergraduate student enrollment every year. Laboratory courses in fluid mechanics at the School of Aeronautics and Astronautics and the School of Mechanical Engineering are facing challenges due to increased enrollments. On the other hand, the internet and computer technology have made education more conveniently delivered in recent years. The onset of these technologies has made way for innovative forms of teaching. One such application is virtual laboratories. This document will describe the challenges in the current method of teaching and learning fluid mechanics laboratory courses, explain how a virtual lab is a potential solution to supplement the current learning methods, and discuss its development. This document will discuss the virtual fluid mechanics laboratory development from the fluid mechanics perspective- generating flow data and designing realistic measurement probes. The use of CFD to generate flow data sets, along with their post-processing for virtual labs, will be discussed. Furthermore, simulation results for flow around cylinders and through pipes will be presented. And finally, design ideas conceptualized for developing a virtual pitot-static probe and a virtual hot-wire anemometer will also be presented. Finally, this document summarizes the work done till now and presents conclusions on what has been achieved along with recommendations that could be completed in the future.</p>

Ce mémoire de maîtrise se penche sur la place du cinéma analogique à l’ère du « tout-numérique », en particulier dans le domaine du cinéma d’avant-garde. Le premier chapitre se consacre, d’un point de vue historique et théorique, sur «l’air du temps cinématographique», c’est-à-dire, sur le statut de la pellicule dans un contexte où l’on assiste à la disparition du format 35mm, tout aussi bien comme support de diffusion dans les salles de cinéma qu’à l’étape du tournage et de la postproduction. Face à une industrie qui tend à rendre obsolète le travail en pellicule, tout en capitalisant sur l’attrait de celle-ci en la reproduisant par le biais de simulacres numériques, il existe des regroupements de cinéastes qui continuent de défendre l’art cinématographique sur support argentique. Ainsi, le deuxième chapitre relève la pluralité des micros-laboratoires cinématographiques qui offrent des formes de résistance à cette domination du numérique. Nous nous intéresserons également, en amont, aux mouvements des coopératives tels que la Film-Maker’s Cooperative de New York et la London Filmmaker’s Coop afin de comprendre le changement de paradigme qui s’est opéré au sein de l’avant-garde cinématographique entre les années 50 et 70. Les mouvements de coopératives cherchaient avant tout une autonomie créative, tandis que les collectifs contemporains dédiés à la pellicule assurent la pérennité d’une pratique en voie de disparition. Finalement, le troisième chapitre propose une étude de cas sur le collectif de cinéastes montréalais Double Négatif. Ce chapitre relate tout aussi bien l’historique du collectif (fondement du groupe lors de leur passage à l’université Concordia), les spécificités qui émanent de leur filmographie (notamment les multiples collaborations musicales) ainsi que leur dévouement pour la diffusion de films sur support pellicule, depuis bientôt dix ans, au sein de la métropole. À l’image de d’autres regroupements similaires ailleurs sur la planète (Process Reversal, l’Abominable, Filmwerplaats pour ne nommer que ceux-là) le collectif Double Négatif montre des voies à suivre pour assurer que le cinéma sur pellicule puisse se décliner au futur. / This master’s thesis reflects upon the place of analogue cinema in the new digital era of film, particularly within the avant-garde. The first chapter explores from a historical and theoretical point of view the current cinematographic trends, i.e., the status of celluloid in the context of its disappearance, whether it is as a projecting medium or at the production and postproduction stage. Facing an industry which encourages the obsolescence of celluloid (but continues to attempt to reproduce its aesthetic through digital means), there exists filmmaking collectives which continue to defend the use of film in their practice. The second chapter reveals the pluralism of cinematographic micro-laboratories which offer a form of resistance to digital domination. In order to understand the paradigm shift which occured during the 1950s and 1970s within the avant-garde we will also examine the cooperatives movement such as the Film-Maker’s Cooperative in New York and the London Filmmaker’s Coop. The cooperatives movement was above all searching for artistic autonomy, whereas comtemporary collectives dedicated to celluloid tend to ensure the preservation of an endangered practice. The third chapter proposes a case study on the Montreal film-collective Double Negative. This chapter relates the history of the collective (creation of the group during their studies at Concordia University), the specificities of their filmography (particularly their musical collaborations) as well as their devotion to the diffusion and projection of films on celluloid. Like other similar groups (Process Reversal, l’Abominable, Filmwerplaats, to name a few) the Double Negative collective paves the way to ensure the survival of the celluloid medium in cinema.

Ce travail de thèse s’inscrit dans le cadre du projet ANR CGS µLab, qui vise à appréhender lesmécanismes fondamentaux impliqués dans les procédés de stockage profond du CO2 à partir des laboratoiresgéologiques sur puce (GLoCs – geological labs on chip) pour reproduire les conditions depression et de température des milieux géologiques profonds. Au-delà de la compréhension expérimentale,l’apport des techniques de modélisations numériques apparaît essentiel afin de définir des modèlespermettant de prévoir notamment les capacités maximales de stockage à partir des caractéristiques duréservoir (porosité, perméabilité, température, pression, géochimie), et du procédé d’injection (débit,composition). Dans ce contexte, ce travail a principalement deux objectifs : (i) associer l’imagerie expérimentaleet la modélisation numérique pour simuler des écoulements non réactifs dans des GLoCset (ii) suivre expérimentalement les évolutions structurelles d’un milieu poreux 3D soumis à un écoulementréactif. Notre démarche comporte deux parties pour répondre à ces objectifs. Dans la premièrepartie, nous avons effectué la modélisation 3D des perméabilités des GLoCs par la prise de moyennevolumique. Pour ce faire, nous avons d’abord vérifié le comportement darcéen d’un GLoC en fonctionde son nombre de rangs de plots en étudiant un problème de diffusion sur un maillage emboîté quenous avons implémenté à partir d’une image binaire du GLoC pour réduire le temps de calcul. Puis,nous avons mis à jour notre code de perméabilité, qui résout le problème de fermeture de l’écoulement,en calculant analytiquement en 3D le critère de stabilité qui prend en compte l’anisotropie dela géométrie des GLoCs. Nous avons ensuite traité les images numériques 2D des GLoCs avant deprocéder à la génération de leurs volumes élémentaires représentatifs (VERs) 3D. Nous avons enfinsimulé les perméabilités des GLoCs avant de les confronter aux résultats expérimentaux et à ceuxobtenus avec le logiciel PHOENICS. Dans la deuxième partie, nous avons développé un montage expérimentalpermettant de recréer des milieux poreux réactifs en 3D au sein d’un canal microfluidique(lit fixe de microparticules de carbonates de calcium – CaCO3). Grâce à la laminographie X de la ligneID19 de l’ESRF, nous avons pu observer sur des coupes d’image 2D reconstruites les phénomènes dedissolution lors de l’injection successive de volumes constants de solution hors équilibre. Cette preuvede concept a ouvert de nouvelles perspectives d’utilisation de cette méthodologie pour acquérir desdonnées cinétiques sur des phénomènes de fronts réactifs dans les poreux. / This thesis work is included within the ANR CGS µLab projet, which aims to understand thefundamental mechanisms involved in the deep storage processes of CO2 from on-chip geological laboratories(GLoCs - geological labs on chip) to reproduce the pressure and temperature conditionsof deep geological environments. Besides experimental understanding, the contribution of numericalmodeling approaches appears essential in order to define models allowing to predict in particularthe maximum storage capacities based on the characteristics of the reservoirs (porosity, permeability,temperature, pressure, geochemistry), and the injection process (flow rate, composition). In thiscontext, this work has two main goals : (i) to associate experimental imaging and numerical modelingto simulate non-reactive flows in model porous media on chip ; and (ii) to follow experimentally thestructural evolution of a 3D porous medium undergoing a reactive flow. In order to address to thesegoals, the approach we have proposed is divided into two parts. In the first part, we carried out the3D modeling of the permeabilities of GLoCs by taking volume averaging. To do this, we first verifiedthe behavior of a GLoC according to its number of plots rows by studying a diffusion problem ona nested mesh that we have implemented from a GLoC binary image to reduce computation time.Then, we updated our permeability code, which solves the closure problem of flow, by analyticallycalculating in 3D the stability criterion that takes into account the anisotropy of GLoC geometry. Wethen processed the 2D digital images of the GLoCs before proceeding with the generation of their3D representative elementary volumes. Finally, we have simulated the permeabilities of GLoCs beforecomparing them with the experimental results and those obtained with the PHOENICS software. In asecond part, we have developed an experimental set-up to recreate 3D reactive porous media within amicrofluidic channel (fixed packed bed of calcium carbonate - CaCO3 microparticles). Using the X-raylaminography of the ESRF line ID19, we have observed on reconstructed 2D images the dissolutionphenomena occurring during the successive injection of constant volumes of non-equilibrium solution.This proof of concept has opened new possibilities for using this methodology to acquire kinetic dataon reactive front phenomena in porous media.

Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior / Fundação de Amparo a Pesquisa do Estado de Minas Gerais / Este texto apresenta uma pesquisa realizada por meio do trabalho colaborativo, que aconteceu em uma escola periférica da cidade de Uberlândia-MG. A pesquisa é caracterizada como estudo de caso e tem uma abordagem qualitativa. Teve como objetivo buscar estratégias diferenciadas de ensino e aprendizagem com o uso de tecnologias na prática pedagógica. Em relação à metodologia, nesta investigação, analisamos o trabalho, com o apoio de blogs, cujas páginas foram utilizadas para registros dos alunos e debates direcionados ao conteúdo de Geometria. Foram convidados para participar desse projeto os alunos que estavam cursando o 5º (quinto) ano do ensino fundamental. Contudo, foram sujeitos da pesquisa apenas aqueles alunos que, por meio de declaração assinada pelos pais, aceitaram o convite para participarem do estudo. O projeto foi desenvolvido com 30 alunos, no segundo semestre de 2014, e outros 30, no primeiro semestre de 2015. O espaço físico, na escola, onde se realizou a maior parte das atividades do projeto foi o laboratório de informática. No processo de produção dos dados, na escola, foram utilizados os seguintes instrumentos: notas de campo produzidas por toda a equipe do projeto, fotografias e filmagens das atividades produzidas no laboratório de informática e em sala de aula (registradas pela equipe de pesquisa), questionários, entrevistas, registros em espaço virtual: os blogs. Os resultados desta investigação centraram-se na análise das produções dos alunos do quinto ano com registros nos blogs. No que diz respeito à conclusão, a pesquisa demonstrou que blogs, softwares e dinâmicas diferenciadas de estudo atraíram a atenção dos alunos, deixando-os em sua maioria, instigados pelo desconhecido. Aos poucos, os estudantes construíram o seu próprio conhecimento com seus erros e acertos. Todo o processo de trabalho possibilitou que o laboratório de informática pudesse ser um ambiente que fosse utilizado para além de resolução de exercícios informatizados e tediosos. O trabalho de produção de blogs, em grupos, desenvolveu nos estudantes a leitura e a escrita, tanto da linguagem materna como de símbolo e nomenclatura matemática. A interação dos alunos se tornou perceptível no decorrer do projeto, uma vez que propiciou o amadurecimento pessoal dos estudantes, o respeito, a tolerância e a cooperação mútua. Nesse sentido, concluímos que o projeto contribuiu sobremaneira para o processo de alfabetização dos alunos na linguagem materna, na matemática e na alfabetização digital. / This paper presents a survey conducted through collaborative work, which took place in a suburb school in the city of Uberlandia-MG. The research is characterized as case study and has a qualitative approach. Had the objective to look for different strategies of teaching and learning through the use of technology in pedagogical practice. Regarding the methodology in this research, we analyzed the work with the support of blogs, whose pages were used for student records and discussions directed to the geometry content. The students who were attending the fifth (5th) year of elementary school were invited to participate in this project. However, the research subjects were only those students who accepted the invitation to participate in the study through statement signed by parents. The project was developed with 30 students in the second half of 2014 and another 30 in the first half of 2015. The physical space at school, where most of the project activities were done was at the computer lab. In the process of compiling the data, at school, the following instruments were used: field notes produced by the entire project team, photographs and footage of the activities produced in the computer lab and in classroom (recorded by the research team) questionnaires, interviews, virtual space records: the blogs. The results of this research mainly focused on the analysis of the fifth year student‟s productions records in blogs. Regarding the conclusion, the research has shown that blogs, software and differentiated dynamic studies attracted the student‟s attention, leaving them mostly instigated by the unknown. Gradually, students built their own knowledge from their mistakes and successes. The entire work process enabled the computer lab to be an environment that is used not just to solving computerized and tedious drills. The blogs production work in groups, developed in students the reading and writing of both the mother language as symbols and mathematical nomenclature. The interaction between students became noticeable throughout the project, since it provided the student‟s personal growth, respect, tolerance and mutual cooperation. In this sense, we concluded that the project greatly contributed to the students' literacy process in the mother language, mathematics and computer literacy. / Dissertação (Mestrado)