Submitted by Luana Ferreira Pires (luanaf.p@hotmail.com) on 2018-06-07T00:57:44Z No. of bitstreams: 1 LuanaFerreiraPires_PGAD_TUPA_032018.pdf.pdf: 3166778 bytes, checksum: a7e4eb1956fbb1924354e5dc15cef232 (MD5) / Approved for entry into archive by Eliana Katia Pupim (katiapupim@tupa.unesp.br) on 2018-06-11T14:44:19Z (GMT) No. of bitstreams: 1 pires_lf_me_tupa.pdf: 2538547 bytes, checksum: 29f57bded09910f88f2924c686829242 (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2018-06-11T14:44:19Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 pires_lf_me_tupa.pdf: 2538547 bytes, checksum: 29f57bded09910f88f2924c686829242 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2018-03-27 / Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior (CAPES) / O objetivo geral desta pesquisa é analisar a relação entre a gestão dos recursos hídricos, praticada em duas fecularias de mandioca do Escritório de Desenvolvimento Rural de Assis, e a Pegada Hídrica do produto final. Portanto, neste estudo multicasos, foi mensurada a Pegada Hídrica da mandioca, do processamento da mandioca para a produção de fécula e da fécula, e comparadas, por meio do coeficiente de correlação por postos de Spearman, as práticas de gerenciamento da água consideradas ideais em cada uma das fecularias estudadas. Ademais, foram identificadas as práticas efetivamente empreendidas. A coleta de dados ocorreu por meio da aplicação de formulários semiestruturados e entrevistas. Como resultado, na Fecularia A, o total da Pegada Hídrica do produto final foi de 2.607,25 m³.ton-1 de fécula e na Fecularia B de 1.764,13 m³.ton-1 de fécula, enquanto as práticas consideradas ideais, segundo o Coeficiente de Spearman de 0,5857, possuem correlação positiva de moderada a forte. Igualmente, as práticas efetivamente realizadas são semelhantes e sugerem exercer influência sobre o resultado da Pegada Hídrica. Este trabalho possibilitou o conhecimento do consumo hídrico na produção da fécula de mandioca, de forma a evidenciar fatores, de ordem interna e externa às fecularias, influentes na apropriação do recurso hídrico nas mesmas. / The general objective of this research is to analyze the relationship between the management of water resources, practiced in two cassava starch of the Office of Rural Development of Assis, and the Water Footprint of the final product. Therefore, in this multi-level study, was measured the Water Footprint of cassava, cassava processing for starch production, and starch, and were compared, by means of the Spearman's Rank Correlation Coefficient, water management practices considered ideal in each of the farms studied. In addition, the practices actually undertaken were identified. Data collection took place through the application of semi-structured forms and interviews. As a result, in Cassava Starch A, the total Water Footprint of the final product was 2,607.25 m³.ton-1 starch and in Cassava Starch B, 1,764.13 m³.ton-1 starch, while the practices considered ideal, according to the Spearman Coefficient of 0.5857, have a moderate to strong positive correlation. Equally, the practices actually carried out are similar and suggest influence on the result of the Water Footprint. This work made possible the knowledge of water consumption in the production of cassava starch, in order to show factors, internal and external to the cassava starch, influential in the appropriation of water resources in them.

Made available in DSpace on 2014-06-11T19:32:05Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 0 Previous issue date: 2010-02-24Bitstream added on 2014-06-13T20:42:39Z : No. of bitstreams: 1 macharelli_ca_dr_botfm.pdf: 2403268 bytes, checksum: a44fffeaff80c6818630f8724462477f (MD5) / Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo (FAPESP) / O tracoma ainda é um importante problema de saúde pública, causando morbidade, deficiência visual e cegueira em diversos países subdesenvolvidos ou em desenvolvimento. Em 2006 foi realizado um estudo transversal nas escolas estaduais na de Bauru, estado de São Paulo, que revelou uma prevalência de 3,7% de tracoma no município. O presente estudo tem como objetivo analisar o comportamento espacial da ocorrência dos casos de tracoma detectados na cidade de Bauru pelo referido estudo, a fim de utilizar as informações apuradas para definir áreas prioritárias para a otimização dos recursos do setor Saúde. Para atingirmos nossos objetivos lançamos mão de uma ferramenta que é o geoprocessamento em saúde ‐ uma das maneiras de se conhecer mais detalhadamente as condições de saúde da população através de mapas que permitem observar a distribuição espacial de situações de risco e dos problemas de saúde. A quantificação dos fenômenos observados pode ser feita de várias formas, sendo a estimativa de Kernel uma delas. Esse procedimento permite filtrar a variabilidade de um conjunto de dados, sem alterar as suas características locais. Os casos de tracoma foram georreferenciados com uso do GPS e depois as coordenadas transformadas em latitudes e longitudes decimais, com o auxílio do TCGeo. As análises espaciais foram feitas com o TerraView, utilizando‐se os pontos dos casos, das escolas, e dados do censo IBGE 2000, contidos nos CD‐Rom: Base de informações por setor censitário, Censo demográfico 2000, Resultados do Universo. Bauru. IBGE, 2002. O protocolo empregado possibilitou que todas as crianças detectadas pelo estudo de Ferraz (2006) fossem visitadas pela equipe executora do presente e georeferenciadas usando aparelho de GPS. As crianças que fizeram parte da amostra apresentavam média de idade de 8.5 anos, eram na sua maioria do sexo masculino e... / Trachoma still is an important issue for public health; it increases morbidity, causing visual deficiency and blindness in several underdeveloped or developing countries. In 2006, a transversal study was carried out among public schools in Bauru, São Paulo state. The study revealed a prevalence of 3.7% of trachoma in the town. This study aims at analyzing the spatial behavior of the cases detected in Bauru by the 2006 research, in order to define areas that should have priority when improving the municipal health system. We used health geoprocessing – which is done by maps that show the spatial distribution of risk situations and health problems, allowing to know details about the population health. The phenomena observed can be quantified in different manners – Kernel estimation is one of them, and the one we used, because it permits to filter the variability of a set of data without altering its local features. Trachoma cases were georeferenced with a GPS and their coordinates were converted with TCGeo into decimal latitudes and longitudes. Spatial analyses were carried out with TerraView, using points of cases and schools, and data from IBGE 2000 census found in the CD‐Rom: Base de informações por setor censitário, Censo demográfico 2000, Resultados do Universo. Bauru. IBGE, 2002 (Information database on each censual sector. Demographic census 2000, Universal Results. Bauru. IBGE, 2002). The procedures allowed our team to visit and georeference all the children detected by Ferraz (2006). The children are mostly males, with a mean age of 8.5 years and presenting uni or bilateral trachoma. Geoprocessing was important for it facilitates the process of spatial localization through Google Earth (2007) – which allowed us to notice a concentration of cases in regions with low income. We could also observe that individuals with low income are not concentrated on the ...(Complete abstract click electronic access below)

Made available in DSpace on 2014-06-11T19:27:55Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 0 Previous issue date: 2012-02-27Bitstream added on 2014-06-13T20:36:34Z : No. of bitstreams: 1 costa_jpr_me_jabo.pdf: 297970 bytes, checksum: 67a31437d11a8fe0ae60126e44cbc31e (MD5) / Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo (FAPESP) / Avaliou-se o efeito da intensidade de pastejo com e sem suplementação no perfil metabólico e indicadores de estresse em 64 cordeiros mestiços Santa Inês (15±3,31). O experimento foi avaliado em medidas repetidas no tempo em um delineamento inteiramente casualizado em esquema fatorial 4 x 2, sendo quatro intensidades de pastejo (IP) (0,8; 1,4; 2,0 e 2,6 de índice de área foliar residual) e grupos suplementados (SP) ou não (NSP). Foram realizadas coletas de sangue a cada 21 dias totalizando seis durante o período experimental. Foram mensurados a hemoglobina, creatinina, uréia, proteína total, albumina, globulina, glicose, ácidos graxos não esterificados (AGNE), beta-hidroxibutirato, colesterol, cálcio (Ca), fósforo (P), magnésio (Mg), relação neutrófilos:linfócitos (N:L) e cortisol plasmático. Nenhum dos indicadores sanguíneos do metabolismo protéico foi afetado pela IP e SP (p>0,05), exceto a albumina que foi maior (p<0,05) nos grupos que receberam suplemento. Os níveis da glicose foi maior (p<0,05) nos grupos suplementados e aumentou com a diminuição da IP (p<0,05). O AGNE apresentou níveis elevados nos grupos NSP (p<0,05) e reduziram com a diminuição da IP (p<0,05). O beta-hidroxibutirato foi modificado apenas pelo SP que foi maior (p<0,05) nos grupos que receberam suplemento. Os teores de Ca apresentaram-se crescentes com o decréscimo da IP (p<0,05). A concentração de P foi maior nos grupos SP (p<0,05). A N:L foi maior nos grupos NSP (p<0,05) e aumentou com o acréscimo da IP (p<0,05). O nível plasmático de cortisol foi maior nos grupos NSP (p<0,05). Esta caracterização metabólica mostrou que a IP e SP modificou o perfil metabólico e os indicadores sanguíneos de estresse de cordeiros em terminação / Evaluated the effect of grazing intensity with supplementation or nonsupplementation in the metabolic profile and stress indicator in sixty four crossbred Santa Inês lambs (15,40±2,31 kg). The trial was evaluated in repeated measurement in a completely randomized design arranged 4 x 2 factorial in which grazing intensity (GI) (0.8 vs. 1.4 vs. 2.0 vs. 2.6 residual leaf area index), supplementation (SP) (nonsupplementation vs. supplementation) were the main effects to be investigated. Six sample of blood were taken during, every 21-days from the jugular vein. The hemoglobin, creatinine, urea, total protein, albumin, globulins, glucose, nonesterified fatty acids (NEFA), β-hydroxybutyrate, cholesterol, calcium (Ca), phosphorus (P), magnesium (Mg), neutrophil: lymphocyte rate (N:L) and cortisol were all measured. No indicator protein metabolism was not affected for GI and SP (p>0,05), except albumin, which was high (p<0,05) in supplemented groups. The glucose levels was high in supplemented groups (p<0,05) and increased with a decrease of GI (p<0,05). The NEFA showed high levels in non supplemented groups (p<0,05) and increased with a decrease of GI (p<0,05). The β-hydroxybutyrate levels was modified only for SP (p<0,05) and supplemented groups showed greater concentration. The Ca levels showed increase with decrease of GI (p<0,05) in both supplemented and non supplemented groups. The phosphorus levels was high in supplemented groups (p<0,05). The N:L rate was modified for GI (p<0,05) showed increased levels with the increase of GI and presented high in non supplemented groups (p<0,05). The levels of cortisol was modified for supplementation only (p<0,05). This metabolic characterization showed clearly the grazing intensity and supplementation modified the metabolic profile and stress indicator in finishing lambs

Orientador: Euclides Braga Malheiros / Coorientador: Ana Claudia Riggieri / Banca: Cledson Augusto Garcia / Banca: Elisabeth Criscuolo Urbinati / Resumo: Avaliou-se o efeito da intensidade de pastejo com e sem suplementação no perfil metabólico e indicadores de estresse em 64 cordeiros mestiços Santa Inês (15±3,31). O experimento foi avaliado em medidas repetidas no tempo em um delineamento inteiramente casualizado em esquema fatorial 4 x 2, sendo quatro intensidades de pastejo (IP) (0,8; 1,4; 2,0 e 2,6 de índice de área foliar residual) e grupos suplementados (SP) ou não (NSP). Foram realizadas coletas de sangue a cada 21 dias totalizando seis durante o período experimental. Foram mensurados a hemoglobina, creatinina, uréia, proteína total, albumina, globulina, glicose, ácidos graxos não esterificados (AGNE), beta-hidroxibutirato, colesterol, cálcio (Ca), fósforo (P), magnésio (Mg), relação neutrófilos:linfócitos (N:L) e cortisol plasmático. Nenhum dos indicadores sanguíneos do metabolismo protéico foi afetado pela IP e SP (p>0,05), exceto a albumina que foi maior (p<0,05) nos grupos que receberam suplemento. Os níveis da glicose foi maior (p<0,05) nos grupos suplementados e aumentou com a diminuição da IP (p<0,05). O AGNE apresentou níveis elevados nos grupos NSP (p<0,05) e reduziram com a diminuição da IP (p<0,05). O beta-hidroxibutirato foi modificado apenas pelo SP que foi maior (p<0,05) nos grupos que receberam suplemento. Os teores de Ca apresentaram-se crescentes com o decréscimo da IP (p<0,05). A concentração de P foi maior nos grupos SP (p<0,05). A N:L foi maior nos grupos NSP (p<0,05) e aumentou com o acréscimo da IP (p<0,05). O nível plasmático de cortisol foi maior nos grupos NSP (p<0,05). Esta caracterização metabólica mostrou que a IP e SP modificou o perfil metabólico e os indicadores sanguíneos de estresse de cordeiros em terminação / Abstract: Evaluated the effect of grazing intensity with supplementation or nonsupplementation in the metabolic profile and stress indicator in sixty four crossbred Santa Inês lambs (15,40±2,31 kg). The trial was evaluated in repeated measurement in a completely randomized design arranged 4 x 2 factorial in which grazing intensity (GI) (0.8 vs. 1.4 vs. 2.0 vs. 2.6 residual leaf area index), supplementation (SP) (nonsupplementation vs. supplementation) were the main effects to be investigated. Six sample of blood were taken during, every 21-days from the jugular vein. The hemoglobin, creatinine, urea, total protein, albumin, globulins, glucose, nonesterified fatty acids (NEFA), β-hydroxybutyrate, cholesterol, calcium (Ca), phosphorus (P), magnesium (Mg), neutrophil: lymphocyte rate (N:L) and cortisol were all measured. No indicator protein metabolism was not affected for GI and SP (p>0,05), except albumin, which was high (p<0,05) in supplemented groups. The glucose levels was high in supplemented groups (p<0,05) and increased with a decrease of GI (p<0,05). The NEFA showed high levels in non supplemented groups (p<0,05) and increased with a decrease of GI (p<0,05). The β-hydroxybutyrate levels was modified only for SP (p<0,05) and supplemented groups showed greater concentration. The Ca levels showed increase with decrease of GI (p<0,05) in both supplemented and non supplemented groups. The phosphorus levels was high in supplemented groups (p<0,05). The N:L rate was modified for GI (p<0,05) showed increased levels with the increase of GI and presented high in non supplemented groups (p<0,05). The levels of cortisol was modified for supplementation only (p<0,05). This metabolic characterization showed clearly the grazing intensity and supplementation modified the metabolic profile and stress indicator in finishing lambs / Mestre

Indicadores são essenciais para os serviços de saúde tanto no diagnóstico, como na avaliação e controle de suas ações. Com a evolução do SUS, os municípios ainda estão se adequando às novas funções decorrentes do processo de municipalização. Para tanto, é imprescindível um sistema de informação em saúde consistente, fator preponderante no planejamento. O objetivo deste trabalho foi analisar os sistemas de informações e os indicadores de saúde bucal utilizados pelos municípios da região de Osasco, bem como aperfeiçoá-los e propor o uso de outros indicadores. O estudo foi desenvolvido nos municípios pertencentes à extinta Direção Regional de Saúde (DIR) V Osasco, através do Comitê de Saúde Bucal da região. Inicialmente, os coordenadores de saúde bucal responderam questionários referentes aos sistemas de informações e indicadores utilizados. Em seguida, foram realizadas oficinas com estes coordenadores para aprimoramento destas ferramentas. Observou-se que os municípios enfrentam problemas para o efetivo uso dos indicadores no controle, avaliação e planejamento de ações de saúde bucal. Esperase que a região, através das coordenações locais de saúde bucal, desenvolvam mecanismos para utilizar cada vez mais e com maior qualidade as informações geradas pelos seus sistemas de informações e possam traduzi-las em indicadores confiáveis e úteis para o fortalecimento de suas gestões. / Indicators are essential for health care both in diagnosis, as in the evaluation and control of their actions. With SUS development, municipalities are still adjusting to the new tasks arising from municipalization process. So, a consistent health information system is very important, predominant factor in planning. The purpose of this study was to analize information systems and oral health indicators used by municipalities in the region of Osasco, besides improve them and propose the use of other indicators. The study was conducted in the municipalities belonging to the defunct Regional Direction of Health (DIR) V - Osasco, through the Committee for Oral Health in the region. Initially, the coordinators of oral health filled out questionnaires concerning information systems and indicators used. Then workshops were held with these coordinators to improve these tools. It was observed that municipalities face problems for the effective use of the indicators in control, evaluation and planning of actions of oral health. It is expected that the region, through the coordination of local oral health, develop mechanisms to use ever more and with higher quality the information generated by its information systems, translating them into useful and reliable indicators for the strengthening of their management .

Nowadays, large quantities of waste mobile phones are generated each year due to the large consumption and fast updating speed of this electronic product. This has become a rapidly growing pollution problem as mobile phones contain many harmful substances and these substances will be released to the environment if waste mobile phones are treated improperly. Therefore, it is necessary to develop risk assessment methods to determine the contamination degree of this waste to the environment and then take effective measures to reduce the pollution. Considering the complexity of risk assessment procedure, an indicator system for waste mobile phones is here established instead, consisting of totally 30 indicators. The system is developed as a hierarchy structure and has four layers including object layer, factor layer, indicator layer and sub-indicator layer.

Performing condition monitoring related tasks on any machinery is an essential element of their rational maintenance. Endeavours to detect an incipient fault within a system serve multiple purposes from increasing the safety of people responsible for operating the machines through decreasing the running and operational costs, allowing time to plan for the inevitable repairs and making sure that the downtime of the machine is kept to an absolute minimum. All these tasks gain extra importance in a case when machines are operated in dangerous conditions putting people's lives in potential jeopardy - for instance in the field of operating a helicopter. The robust assessment of the condition of gearboxes used by helicopters has recently been given an increased attention due to a number of accidents which followed an undetected drive train component failure. The majority of the on-board mounted condition monitoring systems use vibration response signals which are specifically processed to obtain a single number which is representative of a condition of a given monitored drive train component. Those signal processing methods are called Condition Indicators (CIs). There are a number of such CIs which are already in use and they seem to adequately indicate faults in most of the cases. However in a number of instances it has been observed that the most popular parameters like Crest Factor or FM4 failed to dependably reflect the true condition of the gear causing serious accidents, some of which resulted in a number of lives being lost. For this reason the presented research is focused on investigating the limitations of the existing CIs and designing a set of improved CIs. The development process is based on overcoming the drawbacks of thetechniques used in existing CIs combined with the intelligence gathered while analysing the acceleration vibration signals which contained a gear or a bearing fault. Five new CIs are proposed and the details of their design are documented. Both the existing and the proposed CIs are applied on the available, uncorrelated datasets. The results of the comparison show that the newly developed CIs are capable of indicating a gear or a bearing fault in a more robust and dependable fashion. Each proposed CI alone may not be the most robust indicator of the actual condition of the monitored component hence the output from all proposed CIs is combined into a single indication through use of a novel data fusion model. The Combined CI created based on the data fusion model is observed to be more robust compared to each CI alone, hence it may increase the confidence level of the decision making routine and is expected to decrease the number of false alarms. The methods of the existing CIs, the proposed CIs and the data fusion techniques as well as the results of the comparison between the different approaches are present in this thesis.

The purpose of this dissertation is to investigate the relationship between personality type and leadership focus. Personality type is studied from the perspective of Jungian Theory and the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator instrument, and leadership focus is explored through the development and application of a Leadership Focus Questionnaire. South African executives form the target population for this research. The overall research problem concerns how best to address the challenges of optimising focus and managing risk that is inherent in strategic leadership. Both functionalist and interpretive approaches were applied to produce a rounded understanding of what constitutes leadership focus. The application of a functionalist approach resulted in three primary theoretical hypotheses being derived from the literature, namely, that leadership focus is a function of (1) optimising the balance of focus between external and internal priorities, (2) the fit between the leadership personality type and the organisation type, and (3) the capacity to manage a multiple focus. The interpretation of the responses from the sample of executives participating in the research study yielded a related set of first and second order factors relating to leadership focus that revolve around the level of comfort experienced by executives in managing focus in the leadership role. The approach to this research was one of methodological triangulation. A survey-based methodology was employed, containing both quantitative and qualitative questions. The results of the quantitative analysis of the relationship between personality type and leadership focus were contrasted and extended by a qualitative content analysis of the qualitative survey responses. The propositions were tested on a sample of South African executives attending management development programmes run by Wits Business School, University of Witwatersrand, in both Johannesburg and Cape Town. The findings show that Extraverted personality types are more comfortable with the challenges of focus in the leadership role than are Introverted types. In addition, Extraverted, Sensing, Thinking and Judging types experience a greater degree of fit with their organisations than do Introverted, Intuitive, Feeling and Perceiving types. The implications are that in a business environment of ongoing change, market innovation and increasing stakeholder expectations, organisation leaders of all personality types need to develop a greater consciousness of their preferred and less preferred behaviours, and a greater ability to complement their preferred leadership behaviours with less preferred behaviours when necessary, to optimise their leadership focus over time. / Dr. Loius Carstens

M.A. / The divorce rate in South Africa has reached alarming proportions. In 1994 alone, 29 878 divorces were reported in South Africa, and a total of 38 367 children were traumatised by these divorces. Despite this, most people still marry, or want to marry. Marriage is one of the most important and meaningful relationships we can have as human beings. It enriches our lives and provides fulfillment and companionship. Many couples entering into the marital relationship are not aware of the demands of marriage, and especially of the demands of modern marriages where marital roles are new and different. Marriage enrichment is a movement to help couples.to respond to these demands. Enrichment programs teach partners interpersonal skills and build empathetic respect between individuals within the marital relationship. Although there are many marriage enrichment programs currently in use, there seems to be not one in South Africa that is based on the concepts of personality type differences. The aim of this study was to develop a marriage enrichment program based on the concepts of personality type, as indicated by the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI). The focus was to educate couples in personality type differences, thereby creating self-awareness and awareness of others, and enabling them to better understand themselves and their spouses. The program was designed and developed and then trial-tested on two groups of volunteers consisting of two couples in each group. Feedback received yielded positive results, and the participants found the program to be useful and valuable in their own relationships.

Lighted push button switches and indicators serve many purposes in cockpits, shipboard applications and military ground vehicles. The quality of lighting produced by switches is vital to operators' understanding of the information displayed. Utilizing LED technology in lighted switches has challenges that can adversely affect lighting quality. Incomplete data exists to educate consumers about potential differences in LED switch performance between different manufacturers. LED switches from four different manufacturers were tested for six attributes of lighting quality: average luminance and power consumption at full voltage, sunlight readable contrast, luminance contrast under ambient sunlight, legend uniformity, and dual-color uniformity. Three of the four manufacturers have not developed LED push button switches that meet lighting quality standards established with incandescent technology.