O presente trabalho apresenta um estudo sobre projetos para escolas de gastronomia. Sua realização foi pautada em pesquisas sobre escolas de gastronomia do Brasil e do exterior onde por meio de pesquisas bibliográficas, em meios eletrônicos, visitas técnicas e entrevistas, pode-se conhecer esse tipo de projeto, cujo embasamento técnico é muito pouco conhecido. Como objeto de estudo e para que fosse conhecida e conferida a qualidade de projeto em uma das instituições de grande renome na área, foi escolhido o Centro Universitário SENAC São Paulo, com os campi SENAC Campos do Jordão e SENAC Santo Amaro. A metodologia utilizada foi a de Avaliação Pós-Ocupação (APO) com o uso de métodos e técnicas como walkthrough, registros fotográficos, entrevistas com perguntas abertas para participantes do projeto, questionários para alunos e professores e embasamento teórico de legislações. Ao término da pesquisa pode-se concluir que os campi SENAC, estão na maioria dos itens relevantes, adequados às legislações existentes e as expectativas dos usuários. / The present work presents a study on projects for culinary schools. Its accomplishment was based in research on schools of culinary of Brazil and the exterior where by means of bibliographical research, in half electronic, visits techniques and interviews, this type of project can be known, whose basement technician is very little known. As study object and so that it was known and conferred the quality of project in one of the institutions of great reputation in the area, Centro Universitário SENAC São Paulo was chosen, with campus SENAC Campos Jordão and campus SENAC Santo Amaro. The used methodology was of Post-Occupancy Evaluation with the use of methods and the techniques as walkthrough, photographic registers, interviews with questions opened for participants of the project, questionnaires for pupils and teachers and theoretical basement of law. To the ending of the research campi SENAC can be concluded that, is in the majority of the excellent item, adjusted to the existing law and the expectations of the users.

Design quality work has sought to identify the impact of building design on users during the last 25 years. However, it has rarely considered the role that social context plays in this relationship, an issue that dovetails with the emerging concept of "social value". To drive learning in design, the social value of buildings requires measurement and dissemination, yet existing post-occupancy methodologies have focused on technical building performance rather than user experience. A shift in evaluative focus is needed. The social value of buildings is conceptualised as the mutual interaction between physical building design, active building users and the dynamic social relations that exist within the community of building users. This research has investigated the effective measurement of the social value of buildings and its potential influence on learning in design and commissioning processes, through the critical application of a social impact methodology called Social Return on Investment (SROI). Three case buildings were selected from the nonclinical healthcare sector with differing levels of user-centred design to trial SROI and develop a framework for its application to the built environment. SROI is designed to quantify complex social outcomes, identified through qualitative stakeholder engagement, and generate a transferable metric in the form of a monetised return-on-investment ratio. A methodological account is given of the challenges faced when applying it to the case buildings and the modifications required as a result, representing a unique information source about applied social value research in buildings. However, the effectiveness of SROI at measuring the social value of buildings is questioned due to the process of simplification required to turn qualitative user narratives into monetised data. Its potential utility as a decision-making tool in the built environment is investigated through engagement with design and commissioning professionals. The findings suggest that SROI has limited utility in design-related decisions, but considerable potential as a high level investment tool to inform funding and commissioning decisions. Due to the accessibility of its methodology and transferability of its results, SROI is well-placed as a tool for end user clients, commissioners and investors, as much as design experts. SROI represents a development in lay (e)valuation practices in the built environment, with broader implications for user-centred learning in the context of the growing wellbeing agenda.

Submitted by Jaqueline Silva (jtas29@gmail.com) on 2014-09-04T21:36:39Z No. of bitstreams: 2 Luciano Signorelli Faria Lima.pdf: 6489666 bytes, checksum: ffffa86e79bc4373bbb31a31eac21136 (MD5) license_rdf: 23148 bytes, checksum: 9da0b6dfac957114c6a7714714b86306 (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2014-09-04T21:36:39Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 2 Luciano Signorelli Faria Lima.pdf: 6489666 bytes, checksum: ffffa86e79bc4373bbb31a31eac21136 (MD5) license_rdf: 23148 bytes, checksum: 9da0b6dfac957114c6a7714714b86306 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2014-07-28 / Land use activities have been frequently transforming broad native areas into pastures or plantations. This process turned out to be a global problem and is known as one major responsible for declinesin various taxonomical groups. Frogs are one of the most threated groups among vertebrates, from which species with aquatic larvae are more susceptible. Such populations follow metacommunity dynamics and can be structured in function of combined processes, such as patch dynamics, species ordination dynamics, mass effect and neutral dynamics. Nevertheless, the lack of knowledge with respect to anuran species occupation and richness patterns in local and regional scale poses as a threat to their conservation. The aim of my work is to provide relevant information to the conservation of anurans in the Brazilian Cerrado. I investigated regional and local scale patterns and identified factors related to richness and occupation of anuran species that breed in Cerrado ponds. For that, I have collected data in the state of Goiás, which is the only Brazilian state totally inserted in the Cerrado biome and that follows that same tendency of habitat loss as the whole biome (due to agriculture expansion). In Chapter I present the first official list for the whole state of Goiás, with the objective to cover inventory gaps. In Chapter II, I explore local and landscape factors that determine local and regional diversities of anurans. I also assess the effects of area, heterogeneity, productivity and local and landscape habitat complexity over alpha and beta diversities of anurans. In Chapter III, I approach one of the most classic and controversial models for the conservation of the species, known as "SLOSS" (single large or several small). This model should be considered especially when the goal is to preserve as many frog species associated with ponds.Finally, in Chapter IV, I built occupation models to assess the effects of amount of remaining habitats, isolation between remnants as well as local characteristics on the occurrence of some species of amphibians typical Brazilian Cerrado. / As atividades de uso da terra têm transformado grandes áreas naturais em áreas de pastagens ou agricultáveis. Este processo se tornou um problema mundial e é tido como um dos principais responsáveis pelo declínio de espécies de diferentes grupos taxonômicos. Dentre os vertebrados, os anfíbios são um dos grupos mais ameaçados, sendo que as espécies com larvas aquáticas são as mais susceptíveis. Tais populações seguem uma dinâmica de metacomunidades e podem estruturar-se de acordo com uma combinação de processos, conhecidos como dinâmica de manchas, dinâmica de ordenação de espécies, efeito de massa e dinâmica neutra. No entanto, a escassez de informações a respeito do padrão de riqueza e ocupação das espécies de anuros em escala local e regional é um problema para a conservação da diversidade dos mesmos. Tendo como principal objetivo fornecer informações relevantes para a conservação de anuros no Cerrado brasileiro, abordei questões relacionadas aos padrões em escala local e regional, bem como modelos de ocupação de algumas espécies de anfíbios com o intuito de identificar fatores que estão direcionando a riqueza e ocupação das espécies de anuros que se reproduzem em poças no Cerrado. Para isso, coletei dados no estado de Goiás, único estado brasileiro totalmente inserido no bioma Cerrado, e que segue a mesma tendência do restante do bioma em relação a perda de habitat devido ao avanço das fronteiras agrícolas. Com o intuito de cobrir lacunas de inventários para a região, no Capítulo I apresento a primeira lista oficial de espécies de anuros para o estado de Goiás. No Capítulo II, abordo como fatores locais e da paisagem determinam a diversidade local e regional de anuros. Busquei explorar os efeitos da área, heterogeneidade e complexidade de hábitats local e da paisagem e da produtividade sobre a diversidade alfa e beta de anuros. No Capítulo III¸ abordo um dos modelos mais clássicos e controversos para conservação das espécies, que é conhecido como: “muitas pequenas ou uma única grande” ou “SLOSS” (single large or several small). Este modelo deve ser especialmente considerado quando o objetivo é preservar o maior número de espécies de anuros associados a poças. E, por fim, no Capítulo IV, construí modelos de ocupação para ter acesso aos efeitos da quantidade de remanescentes de habitas, isolamento entre remanescentes de Cerrado, bem como características locais sobre a ocorrência de algumas espécies de anfíbios típicas do Cerrado Brasileiro.

O presente trabalho apresenta um estudo sobre projetos para escolas de gastronomia. Sua realização foi pautada em pesquisas sobre escolas de gastronomia do Brasil e do exterior onde por meio de pesquisas bibliográficas, em meios eletrônicos, visitas técnicas e entrevistas, pode-se conhecer esse tipo de projeto, cujo embasamento técnico é muito pouco conhecido. Como objeto de estudo e para que fosse conhecida e conferida a qualidade de projeto em uma das instituições de grande renome na área, foi escolhido o Centro Universitário SENAC São Paulo, com os campi SENAC Campos do Jordão e SENAC Santo Amaro. A metodologia utilizada foi a de Avaliação Pós-Ocupação (APO) com o uso de métodos e técnicas como walkthrough, registros fotográficos, entrevistas com perguntas abertas para participantes do projeto, questionários para alunos e professores e embasamento teórico de legislações. Ao término da pesquisa pode-se concluir que os campi SENAC, estão na maioria dos itens relevantes, adequados às legislações existentes e as expectativas dos usuários. / The present work presents a study on projects for culinary schools. Its accomplishment was based in research on schools of culinary of Brazil and the exterior where by means of bibliographical research, in half electronic, visits techniques and interviews, this type of project can be known, whose basement technician is very little known. As study object and so that it was known and conferred the quality of project in one of the institutions of great reputation in the area, Centro Universitário SENAC São Paulo was chosen, with campus SENAC Campos Jordão and campus SENAC Santo Amaro. The used methodology was of Post-Occupancy Evaluation with the use of methods and the techniques as walkthrough, photographic registers, interviews with questions opened for participants of the project, questionnaires for pupils and teachers and theoretical basement of law. To the ending of the research campi SENAC can be concluded that, is in the majority of the excellent item, adjusted to the existing law and the expectations of the users.

A rede metroferroviária é constituída por um conjunto de estações, trens e vias que proporciona transporte de pessoas na região metropolitana. Por se caracterizar como um serviço público deve oferecer condições adequadas de utilização por todos os cidadãos, independentemente de sua condição física ou sensorial. A adaptação das estações e trens existentes, a construção de novas estações acessíveis e a aquisição de novos trens consideraram os avanços tecnológicos e de acessibilidade ao longo dos anos. Apesar disso, o elevado número de solicitações de auxílio por pessoas com deficiência visual pressupõe a existência de fatores que interferem ou impedem o uso independente do sistema metroferroviário. Esta pesquisa tem como objetivo identificar tais fatores e propor recomendações para o desenvolvimento do projeto das instalações e dos serviços oferecidos como forma de melhorar as condições de percepção e facilitar a cognição das pessoas com deficiência visual nas diversas etapas da sua viagem. Trata-se de uma pesquisa qualiquantitativa cuja estratégia está baseada na jornada do usuário com deficiência visual em estações e trens operados pelo Metrô na cidade de São Paulo, com diferentes graus de complexidade e condições de acessibilidade. A aplicação de métodos e técnicas da Avaliação Pós-Ocupação gerou evidências para elaboração do diagnóstico da acessibilidade da jornada do usuário, considerando os requisitos legais e normativos, as boas práticas verificadas, os dados levantados junto aos especialistas, pessoas-chave e usuários com deficiência visual. A identificação dos elementos de wayfinding permite dotá-los de características que facilitem sua percepção e, consequentemente, a orientação espacial das pessoas com deficiência visual, proporcionando segurança e independência. A sistematização das recomendações permite sugerir acréscimos às normas técnicas vigentes bem como auxiliar a atuação de planejadores, projetistas e gestores na realimentação do processo de projeto do sistema metroferroviário, relacionando a configuração dos ambientes à gestão das informações e aos serviços ofertados, uma vez que são partes integrantes de um mesmo contexto. / The subway network is constituted by a number of stations, trains and railways which provide transportation for people in the metropolitan region. As a public service, it should offer suitable conditions for all citizens, regardless of their physical or sensory conditions. The adaptation of existing stations and trains, the construction of new accessible stations and the purchase of new trains have taken into account technological advances and accessibility over the years. Nevertheless, the high number of requests for assistance by persons with visual impairment suggests the existence of factors that interfere with or prevent the independent use of the subway system. This research aims to identify such factors and present recommendations for the development of the design of the facilities and services offered as a way to improve the conditions of perception and cognition of people in various stages of their journey. This is a qualiquantitative research whose strategy is based on the journey of users with visual impairment in stations and trains operated by Metrô in the city of São Paulo, with varying degrees of complexity and accessibility conditions. The application of methods and techniques of Post-Occupancy Evaluation provided evidences for the diagnosis of the accessibility of the user\'s journey considering the legal and regulatory requirements, the best practices observed, the data collected by experts, key people and users with visual impairment. The identification of wayfinding elements favors features that facilitate their perception and, consequently, the spatial orientation of people with visual impairment, assuring safety and independence. The systematization of recommendations permits to suggest additions to existing technical standards as well as to assist the activities of planners, designers and managers in the feedback process of railroad transportation system design, relating the configuration of environments to the management of information and services offered, once they are an integral part of the same context.

Esta Tese trata da análise crítica da produção de edifícios de apartamentos recentemente ofertados pelo mercado imobiliário paulistano, no que se refere à qualidade de seus espaços internos e coletivos. O estudo parte de uma investigação sobre esta tipologia na cidade de São Paulo e seus reflexos - enquanto modelo - em cidade de médio porte, no caso Ribeirão Preto, no interior do estado. Na seqüência, busca-se a fundamentação teórico-conceitual sobre a qualidade do projeto e de seu processo de gestão, bem como das diversas técnicas de Avaliação Pós-Ocupação (APO) comumente utilizadas. Para exemplificar esta abordagem são avaliados quatro edifícios de apartamento, como estudos de caso, que junto com as análises teórico-conceituais, formam o escopo proposto dos procedimentos metodológicos de APO para tal modalidade habitacional. As análises contidas na tese permitem apontar conclusivamente para a transformação do apartamento, em mercadoria, ou seja, sua conversão em produto imobiliário que tem se aproximado cada vez mais do conceito e da sua viabilização como produto não durável, contrariando suas origens fundiárias e o papel social da habitação. Aponta também para o papel do arquiteto neste cenário imobiliário, como profissional desvalorizado no sentido mais amplo da arquitetura e relegado a cuidar das questões mais cosméticas e acessórias dos empreendimentos residenciais verticais. Por conseqüência conclui-se que o projeto arquitetônico idealizado para os edifícios de apartamentos atuais não atende de maneira satisfatória às reais necessidades dos usuários. A tese destaca a premência de uma ampla revisão no processo de criação e de gestão do processo de projeto, ensejando que se desenvolvam procedimentos que incluam bancos de dados alimentados por APOs e também uma participação mais efetiva do arquiteto à frente deste processo. Em resumo, recomenda-se enfaticamente idealizar e construir o edifício de apartamentos e sua área comum, tendo como foco seus usuários finais. / This thesis deals with the critical analysis of apartment buildings design recently offered by São Paulos real estate market, regarding to the quality of their indoor and collective environments. The study starts from an investigation into this typology in São Paulo city and its impact - as a model - over a midsize city, Ribeirão Preto, located in the inner part of São Paulo State. Then, it seeks to theoretical and conceptual basis over the quality of the design and its management process, as well as the various Post-Occupancy Evaluation (POE) techniques commonly used. To support this approach, four apartment buildings were evaluated, as case studies, which together with the theoretical and conceptual analysis they form the proposed scope for the methodological procedures of POE in such housing modality. The analysis emphasizes conclusively the conversion of the apartment into good, that is, its conversion into real estate product that has been increasingly more closed to the concept and the viability of a non-durable product, opposing to its ground origins and the social role of housing. It also points out the role of the architect in this real estate scenery, as a devalued professional in the broadest sense of architecture and relegated to taking care of most cosmetic and secondary issues of vertical residential ventures. Consequently it is concluded that the architectural design for apartment buildings does not satisfactorily meet the real users needs. Finally, the thesis recommends the urgency of a broad review of the conception and the design management process, providing the development of procedures that include databases fed by POEs and also a more effective participation of the architect in this process. To sum up, it is strongly recommended to design and to build the apartment building and its surroundings focusing on their final users.

Investigating the arrangement of the packed DNA inside the nucleus has revealed the essential role of genome organisation in controlling genome function. Furthermore, genome architecture is highly dynamic and significant chromatin re-organisation occurs in response to environmental changes. However, the mechanisms that drive the 3D organisation of the genome remain largely unknown. To understand the effect of biophysical properties of chromatin on the dynamics and structure of chromosomes, I developed a 3D computational model of the nucleus of the yeast S. cerevisiae during interphase. In the model, each chromosome was a hetero-polymer informed by our bioinformatics analysis for heterogeneous occupancy of chromatin-associated proteins across the genome. Two different conditions were modelled, normal growth (25°C) and heat shock (37°C), where a concerted redistribution of proteins was observed upon transition from one temperature to the other. Movement of chromatin segments was based on Langevin dynamics and each segment had a mobility according to their protein occupancy and the expression level of their corresponding genes. The model provides a significantly improved match with quantitative microscopy measurements of telomere positions, the distributions of 3D distances between pairs of different loci, and the mean squared displacement of a labelled locus. The quantified contacts between chromosomal segments were similar to the observed Hi-C data. At both 25°C and 37°C conditions, the segments that were highly occupied by proteins had high number of interactions with each other, and the highly transcribed genes had lower contacts with other segments. In addition, similar to the experimental observations, heat-shock genes were found to be located closer to the nuclear periphery upon activation in the simulations. It was also shown that the determined distribution of proteins along the genome is crucial to achieve the correct genome organisation. Hence, the heterogeneous binding of proteins, which results in differential mobility of chromatin segments, leads to 3D self-organisation.

Esta Tese trata da análise crítica da produção de edifícios de apartamentos recentemente ofertados pelo mercado imobiliário paulistano, no que se refere à qualidade de seus espaços internos e coletivos. O estudo parte de uma investigação sobre esta tipologia na cidade de São Paulo e seus reflexos - enquanto modelo - em cidade de médio porte, no caso Ribeirão Preto, no interior do estado. Na seqüência, busca-se a fundamentação teórico-conceitual sobre a qualidade do projeto e de seu processo de gestão, bem como das diversas técnicas de Avaliação Pós-Ocupação (APO) comumente utilizadas. Para exemplificar esta abordagem são avaliados quatro edifícios de apartamento, como estudos de caso, que junto com as análises teórico-conceituais, formam o escopo proposto dos procedimentos metodológicos de APO para tal modalidade habitacional. As análises contidas na tese permitem apontar conclusivamente para a transformação do apartamento, em mercadoria, ou seja, sua conversão em produto imobiliário que tem se aproximado cada vez mais do conceito e da sua viabilização como produto não durável, contrariando suas origens fundiárias e o papel social da habitação. Aponta também para o papel do arquiteto neste cenário imobiliário, como profissional desvalorizado no sentido mais amplo da arquitetura e relegado a cuidar das questões mais cosméticas e acessórias dos empreendimentos residenciais verticais. Por conseqüência conclui-se que o projeto arquitetônico idealizado para os edifícios de apartamentos atuais não atende de maneira satisfatória às reais necessidades dos usuários. A tese destaca a premência de uma ampla revisão no processo de criação e de gestão do processo de projeto, ensejando que se desenvolvam procedimentos que incluam bancos de dados alimentados por APOs e também uma participação mais efetiva do arquiteto à frente deste processo. Em resumo, recomenda-se enfaticamente idealizar e construir o edifício de apartamentos e sua área comum, tendo como foco seus usuários finais. / This thesis deals with the critical analysis of apartment buildings design recently offered by São Paulos real estate market, regarding to the quality of their indoor and collective environments. The study starts from an investigation into this typology in São Paulo city and its impact - as a model - over a midsize city, Ribeirão Preto, located in the inner part of São Paulo State. Then, it seeks to theoretical and conceptual basis over the quality of the design and its management process, as well as the various Post-Occupancy Evaluation (POE) techniques commonly used. To support this approach, four apartment buildings were evaluated, as case studies, which together with the theoretical and conceptual analysis they form the proposed scope for the methodological procedures of POE in such housing modality. The analysis emphasizes conclusively the conversion of the apartment into good, that is, its conversion into real estate product that has been increasingly more closed to the concept and the viability of a non-durable product, opposing to its ground origins and the social role of housing. It also points out the role of the architect in this real estate scenery, as a devalued professional in the broadest sense of architecture and relegated to taking care of most cosmetic and secondary issues of vertical residential ventures. Consequently it is concluded that the architectural design for apartment buildings does not satisfactorily meet the real users needs. Finally, the thesis recommends the urgency of a broad review of the conception and the design management process, providing the development of procedures that include databases fed by POEs and also a more effective participation of the architect in this process. To sum up, it is strongly recommended to design and to build the apartment building and its surroundings focusing on their final users.

Lewis‘ woodpeckers (Melanerpes lewis) are generally associated with open ponderosa pine (Pinus ponderosa), open riparian, and burned pine habitats in the West; however, this species has recently been found to nest in aspen (Populus tremuloides) stands in Utah. This study describes the habitat characteristics of Lewis‘ woodpecker nest sites in aspen and investigates how well aspen stand characteristics predict Lewis‘ woodpecker occupancy. I surveyed for Lewis‘ woodpeckers at previously occupied nesting locations in aspen and took habitat measurements at nest sites. In addition, nest-centered Forest Inventory and Analysis (FIA)-type plots provided stand-level habitat characteristics. I used logistic regression to determine which stand-level habitat variables were associated with nest locations; significant variables were then used to select FIA plots in Utah that contained predicted suitable nesting habitat. Criteria used to select FIA plots were aspen type stands, percent canopy cover less than 46%, and average tree diameter at breast height greater than 27.9 cm (11 inches). I then conducted occupancy surveys at FIA plots predicted to contain “suitable” and “non-suitable” Lewis’ woodpecker habitat to field validate the predictive model. No predicted non-suitable plots (n=26) were occupied and only one predicted suitable plot (n=49) was occupied. My results indicated that Lewis’ woodpeckers are rare throughout Utah in aspen stands even though there seems to be abundant nesting habitat available. My results also indicated that variables measured by FIA do not, in isolation, provide sufficient capability to predict Lewis’ woodpecker nesting habitat or actual use, and that more data are needed to accurately predict Lewis’ woodpecker nesting habitat, such as distance to, age, and severity of fires.

Travel demand analysis has traditionally focused on exploring and modeling travel behavior on weekdays. This emphasis on weekday travel behavior analysis was largely motivated by the presence of well-defined peak periods, primarily associated with the journey to and from work. Most travel demand models are based on weekday travel characteristics and purport to estimate traffic volumes for daily or peak weekday conditions. Much of the planning and policy making that occurs in transportation arena in response to weekday travel behavior and forecasts. More recently, there had been a growing interest in exploring, understanding, and quantifying weekend travel characteristics. The ability to do this has been limited due to the non-availability of travel survey data that includes weekend trip information. Most travel surveys collect information about weekday travel behavior and ignore weekend days. However, the 2001 National Household Travel Survey includes a substantial sample that provided detailed trip information for weekend days and therefore this dataset offers a key opportunity to explore in-depth weekend travel characteristics. Weekend travel behavior is expected to be substantially different from the weekday travel behavior for difference in several spatial and temporal constraints. The difference in constraints can also lead to a change in trip chaining patterns on weekdays and weekends. Differences in constraints coupled with socio-economic changes characterized by greater disposable income, time-constrained lives, and greater discretionary activity opportunities point towards the growing role that weekend travel behavior is going to play in transportation planning and policy-making. This thesis provides a comprehensive analysis of weekend travel behavior using the 2001 NHTS. Differences and similarities between weekday and weekend travel behavior are identified and presented for different urban areas sizes varying according to Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA) size. Models of weekend and weekday travel behavior are developed to capture the structural relationship of socio-demographics, activity durations, and travel duration are developed using structural equations modeling approaches to better understand the relationships among these aspects of travel behavior on weekdays and weekends. This report is supposed to act as an updated data guide to the National Cooperative Highway Research Program's (NCHRP) Report 365 titled "Travel Estimation Techniques for Urban Planning" aims at studying the changes in behavioral characteristics between two categories of the day of week - a weekday and a weekend based on personal, household and trip characteristics.