REFLEXÕES PARA APLICAÇÃO DE UM MODELO DE GESTÃO DE QUALIDADE PARA IES

O objetivo deste trabalho de pesquisa é identificar, analisar, avaliar e propor um modelo de gestão baseado nos resultados apresentados no Exame Nacional de Cursos (ENC) de 2002, dos programas de graduação em Ciências Contábeis e verificar a existência de padrões de qualidade e excelência entre as Instituições de Ensino Superior-(IES) avaliadas. Através de uma conceituação a partir de uma revisão bibliográfica de educadores e dos órgãos responsáveis pela educação no país, buscou-se definir um norteador para a questão da qualidade do ensino, dessa área de conhecimento no Brasil. Com base nos resultados obtidos no Exame Nacional de Cursos – ENC de 2002, o primeiro ao qual o curso superior de Ciências Contábeis foi submetido, foi elaborada uma análise destes resultados, detectando os fatores determinantes de desempenho no curso. Através da análise crítica de todos estes fatores determinantes tornou-se possível a criação de um modelo de avaliação focado na qualidade como sugestão de avaliação de desempenho que pode auxiliar o gestor das Instituições de Ensino Superior – IES no direcionamento das suas ações e desenvolvimento dos cursos

Entrenamiento atencional para futbolistas de elite: un modelo de intervención

El objetivo de este estudio es la descripción preliminar de un sistema de evaluación y entrenamiento del estilo atencional de los jugadores. Para conseguir este objetivo se ha usado el análisis cuantitativo y cualitativo de la comparación entre la evaluación del estilo atencional del jugador de fútbol y su rendimiento en los partidosGoal of this presentation is the preliminary description of the assessment and coaching system of the player attentional style. The attentional style evaluation of the football player and the comparison with the results of the match quantitative and qualitative analysis have been used to reach this goa

Search for Rare Particles with the MACRO Detector

We report on the search for Rare Particles (Magnetic Monopoles, Nuclearites, Weakly Interacting Massive Particles and Lightly Ionizing Particles) with the MACRO detector. For magnetic monopoles (the main goal of the experiment) our limit is about 0.4 times the Parker bound for monopole velocities between 10^{-4} and 10^{-1}

Progettazione Lean di una Linea di Produzione per Pannolini e Assorbenti Lavabili

Applicazione dei principi Lean nella Progettazione di una linea di Produzione, in particolare sono stati analizzati i processi produtti, i materiali impiegati e il loro rifornimento, la gestione delle scorte, la produzione con gestione pull con l'impiego del sistema kanban, il dimensionamento della linea e la configurazione del layout, una analisi economica del ritorno dell'investimento

Los caracteres biocenóticos de las lagunas basálticas del oeste de Neuquén

Fil: Roig, Virgilio G.. Universidad Nacional de Cuyo. Instituto de BiologíaFil: Cei, José M.. Universidad Nacional de Cuyo. Instituto de Biologí

Conservation and restoration of UNESCO sites and built heritage in the sultanate of Oman. Practical activities and analytical models of the structural behaviour

The present study aims to analyse several examples of built heritage and criteria of consolidation from the technological, scientific, numerical and practical points of view, taking account of the peculiarities of these kind of works and the many subjects involved. In particular, two different UNESCO sites have been investigated: the Archaeological sites of Khor Rori (directed by Prof. A. Avanzini) and of Al Balid (directed by Prof. Juris Zarins), both of them in the south of the Sultanate. They represent two very different examples of restoration practice of archaeological masonry, thus requiring differentiated approaches. Since January 2005, a staff of engineers from the Department of Structural Engineering (Università di Pisa) has arranged the programme of structural consolidation of the site of Khor Rori during the archaeological campaigns. The project and related activities have been set up within The Office of The Advisor of His Majesty The Sultan for Cultural Affairs and have been extended to the site of Al-Balid since January 2007. Thanks to this opportunity it has been possible to develop PhD activities both under theoretical (numerical model and limit state analysis) and practical aspects. Field work activities took place within a multicultural scenario and particular care has been addressed to the training of the non-specialised manpower. Finally, the study is extended to the study of earthen architecture as an important document of the history and culture of several countries, which represent a huge part of built heritage especially in the dry regions of the Middle East. After a brief overview of the historical, social, geographical and climatic features that influenced these kinds of constructions, the present dissertation ends with the analysis of technical aspects and causes of damage of a real case study. It brings together surveys and observations of several vernacular villages of the northern mountainous plateau of the Sultanate. Useful application of the stability of no tension masonry piers with limited compressive resistance have also been discussed, leaving interesting prospectives for further researches and scientific investigation

Oportunidades y amenazas para la Argentina en el comercio Sur-Sur

The South-South trade offers a wide spectrum of opportunities for developing countries, given the complementary feature existing and the underexploitation of trade among the economies in the hemisphere. For the purpose of taking advantage of those opportunities, in June 2004, the third round of negotiations of the Global System of Trade Preferences (Sistema Global de Preferencias Comerciales - GSTP) among Developing Countries, a mechanism created by the G-77 in 1982 to promote the South-South trade, was launched in Sao Paulo (UNCTAD XI United Nations Conference on Trade and Development). In this paper, the impact that a broadening of the GSTP agreement may have on the Argentine trade is estimated by using different approaches: i) quantification of the trade that is currently performed under the generalized system of trade preferences (GSTP) among developing countries (PEDs); ii) general equilibrium estimation of the impact of a liberalization of trade among developing countries; iii) analysis of the trade complementarity among the GSTP countries; and iv) partial equilibrium estimation of the impact of a liberalization of trade among developing countries in such key sectors as agriculture, textile, among others

Some models of ecogeographic speciation explaining the herpetological diversity of the Andean-Patagonian region

Se analizan cuatro modelos de especiación geográfica en el área andino-patagónica. Un primer y simple modelo involucra las mesetas basálticas aisladas a través del territorio extra-andino, las que han soportado desde el Terciario Tardío prolongados períodos de diastrofismo climático y geológico. Su biota exhibe altas tasas de formas endémicas pertenecientes a hábitats muy restringidos, significativos para cada meseta. Dichos ecosistemas aislados llegan a constituir verdaderos refugios o "centros de neo-dispersión", con peculiares biocenosis caracterizadas por especies de iguánidos (Liolaemus, Phymaturus) y anuros (Atelognathus). Un particular patrón de distribución propio de Liolaemus darwinii, con una extendida población central a la cual periféricamente se oponen poblaciones de varias especies filéticamente relacionadas, podría adecuarse al modelo conocido como "especiación centrífuga". Este sugiere un probable proceso inicial de especiación a través de una progresión "centrífuga" que involucra fases de contracción opuestas a fases de expansión de las poblaciones: lo que estaría de acuerdo con una previsible acumulación de diferencias genéticas entre algunas poblaciones periféricas aisladas y el amplio centro poblacional radiante de distribución ancestral. El modelo del "médano invasor" puede aplicarse a los rangos de distribución de varias especies de lagartijas arenícolas pertenecientes al grupo Liolaemus wiegmannii. A partir de una antigua área de origen post-glacial, una barrera ecológica natural de dunas y médanos voladores podría haber favorecido cambios morfológicos y hasta una evolución independiente con un aislamiento geográfico de poblaciones de estas especies arenícolas relacionadas filéticamente. El modelo de "refugio en desaparición" como mecanismo para la especiación eco-geográfica puede asimismo explicar la actual distribución de las especies de lagartos del género Pristidactylus. Desde un primitivo ancestro común habitando extensos bosques, que han estado continuamente en deterioro a través del tiempo, algunas poblaciones disyuntas quedaron en refugios aislados. Subsecuentemente, ellas pudieron adquirir varias pre-adaptaciones a ambientes más abiertos, rocosos, secos y con formaciones arbustivas, evolucionando hacia los presentes taxa, diferenciados para distintos habitats.Four populational models of geographic speciation are discussed. A first tentative model points out several basaltic tablelands along the extra-Andean territory, standing lengthy periods of geological and climatic diastrophisms from the late Tertiary. A very high rate of endemic forms can be emphasised for such biota, inhabiting very restrictive ecosystems along each plateau. These isolated formations constitute reliable refuges or neo-dispersal centres, of peculiar biocenoses such in the case of lizards (Liolaemus, Phymaturus) and anurans (Atelognathus). On the other hand, the distribution pattern showed by the widespread central populations of Liolaemus darwinii and the several peripherally opposite but phyletically related species could be supported by the so-called "centrifugal speciation" model. It suggests a probable speciation process following a centrifugal progression, which involves opposite phases of contraction and expansion of the populations. That could be in agreement with an expected accumulation of genetic differences between some isolated peripheral remnants and the wide radiating centre of ancestral populations. The "invading dune" model can be applied to the distribution ranges of several sand-dwelling species of lizards belonging to "Liolaemus wiegmannii group". From ancient postglacial precursors, an interposed ecological barrier of aeolean dunes and sandbanks could have favoured morphological changes that independently characterised the population evolution and the geographic isolation of these phyletically related sand-lizard species. The "vanishing refuge" model as a mechanism for ecogeographic speciation may explain the actual distribution of lizards of the Pristidactylus genus. From a primitive common ancestor inhabiting large forest, continuously deteriorated, over time some disjoined populations remained in isolated refuges. Subsequently they could have acquired several preadaptations to environments of more open, dry, rocky and shrubby formations, evolving towards the differentiated taxa actually recognised.Fil: Scolaro, Jose Alejandro. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Nacional Patagónico; Argentina. Universidad Nacional de la Patagonia "San Juan Bosco"; ArgentinaFil: Videla, Fernando. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - Mendoza. Instituto Argentino de Investigaciones de las Zonas Áridas. Provincia de Mendoza. Instituto Argentino de Investigaciones de las Zonas Áridas. Universidad Nacional de Cuyo. Instituto Argentino de Investigaciones de las Zonas Áridas; ArgentinaFil: Cei, José M.. Universidad Nacional de Río Cuarto; Argentin