Made available in DSpace on 2014-08-20T14:33:08Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Dissertacao_Apes_Roberto_Falcao_Perera.pdf: 3589314 bytes, checksum: 4a5a48df383871bd545792b793207ecc (MD5) Previous issue date: 2009-07-06 / The production of technological knowledge in Brazil was intensified during a historical moment in which the interests of the instituted powers weren t corresponding to the necessities of the productive sector. The role of the official organs of rural extension and research was to introduce Brazil into the international context of agricultural modernization. This would attend the interests of the agricultural inputs production industry and of the food processing industry. As the interests became more distant there was stockage of non-used technologies with consequent effort of these organizations for the adoption of these technologies. Intending to avoid the stock rise, some initiatives have been implemented. These initiatives use especially participative methodologies associated with social organization strategies that promote an approach between researchers and farmers. They also seek for a better definition of the research problems, making it easier to use the produced knowledge. The aim of this work was to analyze the Reference Network methodology as a tool for this approach. Based on result evaluation and on the insight of the farmers involved in works which used this methodology we suggest that there should be more caution to form these networks as well as associate them to other strategies for the reduction of technology stocks / A produção do conhecimento tecnológico no Brasil foi intensificada em um momento histórico em que os interesses dos poderes instituídos não encontravam sintonia com as demandas originadas no setor produtivo. Os órgãos oficiais de pesquisa e de extensão rural estavam imbuídos de inserir o Brasil no contexto internacional da modernização da agricultura, atendendo aos interesses da indústria produtora de insumos agrícolas e da indústria processadora de alimentos. Deste distanciamento de interesses resultou um estoque de tecnologias não utilizadas, com conseqüente esforço destas organizações para a sua adoção. No sentido de evitar o aumento deste estoque, algumas iniciativas vêm sendo implementadas, principalmente com a utilização de metodologias participativas, associadas às estratégias de organização social, que promovem uma maior aproximação entre pesquisadores e agricultores, buscando uma melhor definição dos problemas de pesquisa, facilitando a utilização do conhecimento produzido. Este estudo buscou analisar a metodologia de Redes de Referência como uma ferramenta para esta aproximação. Baseado na avaliação de resultados e na percepção de agricultores envolvidos em trabalhos que utilizaram esta metodologia sugere-se que deve haver um maior cuidado ma formação destas redes, bem como a associação com outras estratégias para potencializar a utilização do conhecimento.

Distressingly, at the end of the 2008-2009 school year, 53% of fifth-grade students scored the equivalence of a D or lower on Florida's standardized science assessment (NCLB School District and State Public Accountability Report, 2009). One possible way to adapt methods of science education that is becoming more popular is through the use of computer games, as numerous studies have shown positive correlations between the use of computer games and increased learning gains in science. This thesis not only discusses previous researc concerning computer games as tools for science education but it also provides a description and the results of an original study. The purpose of the study found within this thesis was to examine how effectively 40 fourth-grade students could acquire knowledge from a text-free, physics-inspired computer game and then subsequently transfer any acquired knowledge to a text-containing, paper-and-pencil assessment without any scaffolding. Through the analysis of both qualitative and quantitative research data, this study revealed that students' assessment scores increased from pretest to posttest by an average of 12% for all students and by an average of 22.43% for the students who scored in the lowest one-third. Concerning only the assessment questions that were completely text-based, students' scores increased by an average of 14.6% for all students and by an average of 32.73% for the students who scored in the lowest one-third. Thus, in the researcher's opinion, there was enough transference to justify the use of the wordless, physics-based computer game as an effective and engaging educational tool among the 40 fourth-grade students who participated in this study: especially among those students who struggled with science.

Made available in DSpace on 2016-08-10T10:29:42Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Myrelle Duarte da C Magalhaes.pdf: 3067303 bytes, checksum: 87d1f99ce4c8f005ff7ed3355852317e (MD5) Previous issue date: 2010-02-24 / This present dissertation makes an analysis of the industrial pharmacist scenery from Goias state due to its capaciting aspects of success to the technological inovation. Throughout the validation of the obtained pressuposition from an extent international scientific literature, it was possible to identify and determine very important aspects to the regional and sectorial development in the inovation field, covering, mainly the concepts: technology transference, knowledge transference, company and university relation, startup's academic or governamental companies, the role of scientificaltechnological centers and measures of governamental incentive. Partner members to the three spheres (government, industry and academy), all with noticeable conceptual capacity and detached professional acting, have allowed interviews to the validation of the pressupositions casted. This report assumes that the legislation grants the essential subsidies to the inovation, the projects that will make this one develop easier are in process, but it is necessary to the company and university to work together and have as bigger aim not only their own benefit, but to generate the inovation, giving profits to the entire state of Goias. / A presente dissertação analisa o cenário industrial farmacêutico do Estado de Goiás frente a aspectos habilitadores de sucesso para a inovação tecnológica. Através da validação de pressupostos obtidos de uma vasta literatura científica internacional, foi possível identificar e determinar aspectos importantes ao desenvolvimento regional e setorial no campo da inovação, envolvendo, principalmente, os conceitos de: transferência de tecnologia, transferência de conhecimento, relação entre empresa e universidade, empresas startups acadêmicas ou de base tecnológica, o papel dos parques científico-tecnológicos e medidas de incentivo governamental. Membros pertencentes às três esferas (governo, indústria e academia), todos de notória capacidade conceitual e destacada atuação profissional, permitiram ser entrevistados para a validação dos pressupostos elencados. Diante disso, este trabalho conclui que a legislação garante os subsídios necessários à inovação, tendo em vista que os projetos, que facilitarão o desenvolvimento desta, encontram-se em andamento. No entanto, é necessário que empresa e universidade atuem em conjunto e tenham como maior interesse não apenas o benefício próprio, mas sim, gerar a inovação, beneficiando todo o Estado de Goiás.

Orientador: Carlos Alberto Mariotoni / Tese (doutorado) - Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Faculdade de Engenharia Civil, Arquitetura e Urbanismo / Made available in DSpace on 2018-08-11T03:43:35Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 GaticaRispoli_ItaloAlberto_D.pdf: 6435454 bytes, checksum: 44d0ad6b7c73d5524af7689e79c72fd8 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2008 / Resumo: Esta pesquisa representa uma contribuição à área de recursos hídricos, energéticos e ambientais, buscando prover subsídio técnico ao planejamento energético pelo lado da demanda, atuando favoravelmente na estabilidade dos sistemas elétricos convencionais. Estudou-se a redução do custo fabril de um aquecedor solar de linha industrializada, que apresente adequado desempenho na estação fria do ano. Para isto, foi necessário revisar o tema da irradiação solar e paralelamente ensaiar protótipos e materiais. O resultado final desta pesquisa reúne subsídios aos estudantes de engenharia civil, ambiental, arquitetura, projetistas, fabricantes e vendedores da tecnologia termo solar. Ainda foi possível modelar uma linha sustentável de financiamento para a classe média brasileira sem prejuízo do banco credor. Palavras-chave: irradiação solar, energia limpa, sustentabilidade, aquecedor solar, transfer~ncia de tecnologia, tecnologia apropriada / Abstract: This research represents a contribution to the hydric resources, energetics and environmental, serving as a technical aid to the energetical planning per the demand side, acting favorably on the stability of the conventional electrical systems. It has been studied a reduction on the manufacturing cost of an industrialized solar heater that performs well during the cold season of the year, being necessary to review the solar radiation subject and at the same time test. prototypes and materiais. The final result of this research gathers aid to civil, environmental engineering students, as well to architecture students, designers, thermo solar technology makers and salespeople. It was still possible to model a sustainable credit line for the Brazilian middle class, with no loss to the bank. Key words: solar radiation, clean energy, sustainability, solar heater, technology transference, appropriated technology / Doutorado / Recursos Hidricos, Energeticos e Ambientais / Doutor em Engenharia Civil