Technical Visits Research Articles

Percepção Ambiental: estudo de caso do Parque Ambiental Arnulpho Fioravante, Dourados, MS

A relação do homem com o meio ambiente sempre foi foco de discussão. Com o processo de urbanização essa relação tem se tornado mais frágil. O presente estudo analisou a percepção ambiental de estudantes durante uma visita técnica orientada. O local de estudo foi o Parque Ambiental Arnulpho Fioravante localizado numa região central da cidade de Dourados, MS. Os dados foram obtidos através da Associação Livre de Palavras (TALP) decorrentes da expressão indutora “a sensação que eu tenho neste local é...”. Foram observados cinco pontos com diferentes características do Parque. Nos pontos que apresentavam vegetação e o mínimo de preservação os estudantes perceberam os sons da natureza, evocando uma sensação de tranquilidade. Nos pontos degradados e sem vegetação os estudantes passaram uma sensação de desconforto e perceberam principalmente os sons oriundos da poluição sonora urbana. Com estes resultados é possível constatar que mesmo diante das ações antrópicas ainda é possível encontrar conforto com o mínimo de planejamento e gestão de áreas verdes em meio ao caos urbano.

INOVAÇÃO SUSTENTÁVEL SEGUNDO O MODELO DOS CINCO ESTÁGIOS: ESTUDO MULTICASO

O estudo objetivou avaliar a relação entre inovação e sustentabilidade em quatro indústrias a partir do modelo de cinco estágios de Nidumolu, Prahalad e Rangaswami (2009). Adotou-se como método para a coleta de dados do estudo multicaso, entrevistas semiestruturadas, pesquisa documental e visitas técnicas com observação in loco. Os resultados apontaram que as quatro indústrias analisadas passa(ra)m pelas cinco fases e desenvolve(ra)m inovações incrementais alinhadas com ações sustentáveis, baseadas no cumprimento da legislação ou na motivação pessoal de seus gestores, sem existir um direcionamento governamental institucional sistêmico para a formulação de modelos de negócios voltados à inovação sustentável.

Transfer of knowledge in international cooperation: the Farmanguinhos - SMM case.

ABSTRACTOBJECTIVE To analyze the influence of four mechanisms of knowledge transfer (training, technical visits, expatriation, and standard operating procedures) on the different dimensions (potential and realized) of absorptive capacity in international technical cooperation.METHODS We examine the case of implementation of the Sociedade Moçambicana de Medicamentos. Data have been collected using semi-structured interviews (applied to 21 professionals of the Sociedade Moçambicana de Medicamentos, Farmanguinhos, FIOCRUZ, and Itamaraty) and official documents. The data of the interviews have been submitted to content analysis, using the software NVivo.RESULTS Training and technical visits directly influenced the acquisition and, partly, the assimilation of knowledge. Expatriation contributed with the transformation of this knowledge from the development and refinement of operational routines. Finally, the definition of standard operating procedures allowed the Mozambican technicians to be the actors of the transformation of the knowledge previously acquired and assimilated and, at the same time, it laid the foundations for a future exploration of the knowledge.CONCLUSIONS Training and technical visits mainly influence the potential absorptive capacity, while expatriation and standard operating procedures most directly affect the realized absorptive capacity.

Metodologias Ativas e Experiências em Disciplinas Relacionadas a Área de Segurança do Trabalho

The Team-based Learning (TBL) and Problem-based Learning (PBL) are active teaching methodologies that have been applied in several disciplines and provide students with the possibility of experiencing a daily professional experience, the development of ability to work as a team and the generation of solutions to the problems presented. This article aims to present the use, results and benefits of these methodologies that were applied to students of the Civil Engineering course of Potiguar University. For TBL and PBL, the Peer Instruction (PI) methodologies were used with the "Plickers" application to read QR codes delivered to each student. It is also presented and discussed the application of a Case Study, which is a Teaching Strategy that also makes teaching-learning more active and for which a technical visit was carried out at a construction site located in Natal / RN, in order to To verify compliance with the Regulatory Rules. These applications were quite effective, since, through a survey, the students evaluated them with a high degree of satisfaction.

A inserção/reinserção da criança com doença renal crônica na escola: a implentação de um projeto de diálogos entre escola e serviço de saúde

The aim of this study was to integrate children and adolescents with Chronic Kidney Disease (CKD) in schools as it was verified, by the psychopedagogical service, that these children were not frequently attending regular educational institutions. Therefore, technical visits were made to schools aiming a global comprehension of the child in the school environment as well as offering the schools information about CKD and its consequent nutritional, emotional and social care. Visits to children's and adolescent´s schools yielded interviews and dialogues with all school staff involved. This study highlights the importance of effective partnership between hospital and school teams regarding the maintaining the schooling of CKD patients. For future actions, systematization of psychoeducational intervention is to be sought.

An outbreak of poisoning by Kalanchoe blossfeldiana in cattle in northeastern Brazil.

In the world, Kalanchoe species are primarily ornamentals and houseplants, but some have escaped cultivation and can be found in the field. In Latin America, there are no reports of spontaneous poisoning by Kalanchoe species in animals. This study aimed to describe the epidemiological, clinical, and pathological aspects of an outbreak of poisoning by Kalanchoe blossfeldiana in cattle in the semiarid region of Pernambuco, Brazil. Epidemiological and clinical data were obtained from the owner and veterinarian during technical visits. Prunings of this plant were disposed of in a pasture with a shortness of forage. Seventeen cattle had clinical signs, and thirteen died 4-5days after the first clinical signs were observed. Clinical signs and gross and histological lesions include gastrointestinal, cardiovascular, and neuromuscular disorders. Kalanchoe spp. contain cardiotoxic glycosides, and the clinical signs and lesions in cattle of this outbreak were consistent with poisoning by plants that contain these toxins.

Epidemiological surveillance of land borders in North and South America: a case study.

ABSTRACTThis study aims to analyze the different binational/multinational activities, programs, and structures taking place on the borders of Brazil and the U.S. between 2013 and 2015. A descriptive exploratory study of two border epidemiological surveillance (BES) systems has been performed. Two approaches were used to collect data: i) technical visits to the facilities involved with border surveillance and application of a questionnaire survey; ii) application of an online questionnaire survey. It was identified that, for both surveillance systems, more than 55% of the technicians had realized that the BES and its activities have high priority. Eighty percent of North American and 71% of Brazilian border jurisdictions reported an exchange of information between countries. Less than half of the jurisdictions reported that the necessary tools to carry out information exchange were available. Operational attributes of completeness, feedback, reciprocity, and quality of information were identified as weak or of low quality in both systems. Statements, guidelines, and protocols to develop surveillance activities are available at the U.S.-Mexico border area. The continuous systematic development of surveillance systems at these borders will create more effective actions and responses.

From Berlin to Atlanta, with a sojurn in Oz

Having been lured away from Exxon to pursue a Ph.D. by Gary Koopmann, I had no idea during a 1989 visit to the TU in Berlin, with the Berlin Wall still a looming presence, that he was laying the ground work with Herr Dr. Prof. Manfred Heckl of the Institute of Technical Acoustics to host me should I receive the Hunt. When I arrived in July 1990, the wall had fallen, and great changes were underway. The year passed all too quickly, with Pink Floyd at “The Wall,” technical visits to Dresden, Gottingen, and ISVR, and more. The work I did in that year remains some of my highest cited work. Having already accepted a faculty position at Georgia Tech made the year much less stressful. The connections and colleagues I made at the TU remained throughout my career. At GT I explored a number of areas triggered by my Hunt year, including structural acoustic optimization, acoustic mode representation for exterior fields, and active structural acoustic control which led to a sabbatical year, with results akin to my Hunt year, at the University of Adelaide in Australia. I am also a founding member of a successful acoustic consultancy (Arpeggio).

Relación de medidas bovinométricas y su proporcionalidad con el peso de animales Senepol en Colombia

Objetivo. Evaluar la relación de las medidas bovinométricas y su proporcionalidad con el peso vivo de animales Senepol registrados en Colombia. Materiales y Métodos. Se realizó un análisis de varianza del peso y medidas bovinométricas para 1.402 animales mediante información recopilada durante las visitas técnicas entre los años 2008 a 2014, en 63 haciendas pertenecientes a ASOSENEPOL, ubicadas en las regiones: Caribe, Valles Interandinos y Orinoquía – Amazonía. Se clasificaron los animales en grupos por sexo, región y grupo etario, se realizó un análisis de regresión múltiple, con el fin de seleccionar las medidas bovinométricas con mayor efecto sobre el peso (p<0.0001). Resultados. En hembras: amplitud de cadera y longitud del anca (p<0.0001). En machos: amplitud de cadera, longitud del anca, altura al sacro, longitud corporal y amplitud de isquiones (p<0.0001). La variabilidad de peso entre hembras se relacionó a medidas bovinométricas asociadas a producción de carne (perímetro torácico, longitud corporal y altura al sacro) con facilidad de parto (amplitud de cadera, amplitud de isquiones, longitud del anca). Para machos, la variabilidad de peso se observó en las medidas asociadas a producción cárnica como amplitud de cadera, amplitud de isquiones, longitud del anca y circunferencia testicular. Conclusiones. Las medidas bovinométricas y el peso difirieron entre los grupos del presente estudio, por factores ambientales de entorno como la región, la edad del animal y el sexo.

Method for measuring factors that affect the performance of pilots

This paper presents the development of a model of accident analysis according to the principal factors which influence aeronautical accidents that are able to assess any aircraft accident, taking into account human, organizational, environmental and airport infrastructure factors. The methodology of data collection of this research was through the literature, analysis of aircraft accident reports, technical visits to the center of certification of commercial aircraft pilots and interviews with industry experts. From this model, it is possible to evaluate the influence of these factors and identify the dependence and relationship existing, and how they influence the system. With the aid of Bayesian Networks technique, it is also possible to quantify the factors and assess which ones have more impact in the system. The results show the relationship between the factors that can influence the performance of the pilots and therefore can indicate how it may impact the success or failure of tasks related to flight procedures. The results also may indicate subsidies for mitigating actions, collaborating in the management of operational safety of air transport and assessing the overall impact of the factors that determine any accident.

Technical visit: Young Engineers' Forum Derwent reservoir visit

This paper provides a summary of a technical site visit made to Derwent reservoir as part of the Young Engineers' Forum.

19th Biennial BDS Conference 2016 – Tour 3 Floods, Spillways and Filters

This paper is an account of the 19th Biennial British Dam Society (BDS) Conference 2016 – Site Tour 3 Floods, Spillways and Filters. Fifty BDS delegates embarked upon a series of technical tours of the United Utilities and Environment Agency dam schemes in Lancashire. This paper describes the general background of the projects visited as part of these tours, supplemented by accounts by the client and contractors for the following projects: Technical Tour 1st Site Visit – Croston Flood Risk Management Scheme; Technical Tour 2nd Site Visit – Belmont Impounding Reservoir; Technical Tour 3rd Site Visit – Springs Impounding Reservoir.

The sustainability of cooperative intelligence as an alternative to the small and medium-sized cities, the disposal of municipal solid waste for power generation

The purpose of the research is to present to the Brazilian municipalities, in particular, to the people of Paraná, a methodology for the formation of municipalities public consortia, in order to assist them to comply with federal legislation regarding the National Program for the Management of Urban Solid Waste. In this context, the survey outlined the consortium structure in Brazil, as well as the conventional systematics of the management of Urban Solid Waste, as well as its destination and reuse, as well as evaluating successful initiatives in other nations. Allied to this, the research also proposes to evaluate two technologies for the destination and treatment of Urban Solid Waste. The character of the evaluation is to analyze, identify and compare results between them. The project focused on a traditional technology that is the landfill and in another that is an innovative technology, which is gasification. The focus of the research is to highlight the importance of cooperative intelligence, especially when there are common problems, in the search for joint solutions, as well as to present technological alternatives that, in addition to providing a solution to the problem of management and destination of Urban Solid Waste, can contribute to The achievement of direct and indirect benefits, both in the environmental, social and economic sphere, the basis of sustainability. For that, the work had as methodological reference the realization of technical visits in both the Cascavel Sanitary Landfill, in the State of Paraná, as well as in the Carbogás Pilot Project in Mauá, State of São Paulo. The results obtained consisted in the presentation of a referential methodology for the formation of municipalities Consortia, as well as comparative results among the technological models that can aid in decision making.

A PROJECT MODEL IN INTERIOR ARCHITECTURE: FROM PATTERNS TO SPACES

Dating back to 3000 BC, Alaaddin Hill is located right in the heart of Konya province, which used to be the capital of Selcuk Civilization. More than 60 years wedding halls built on Alaaddin Hill is hardly ever used due to the reason that cars are unable to reach this area because there is an ongoing landscaping for almost four years. This building has become a problem for the city, also getting older every year. In this aspect, this building is revised as Museum of Selcuk Civilizations and projects are prepared to re-function it within the scope of course name Interior Architecture Project-7 by Selcuk University, Faculty of Fine Arts, Department of Interior Architecture and Environmental Design during fall semester of 2015-2016 education year.There are 48 students in this project. Technical visits are made to the building, field studies conducted and research held. The underlying reason of this project work is the Selcuk patterns. Following the study, each student stylizes the patterns they collected from Mevlana Museum, Alaaddin Mosque, Karatay, Ince Minare, Sircali Medrese and Kayseri provinces of Selcuk art, such as the scope of the work are discussed, in a studio environment and created project bases for themselves. The study uses ‟Malevich Tectonics” as a method, which is defined as transfer of two-dimensional patterns into three-dimensional ones. The patterns stylized are used to create a spatial setting. From exhibition components to equipments, from lighting to upholstery, all design process is conducted by the stylization of Selcuk patterns.Finally, students offered a suggestion to build a museum for the city by re-functioning a problematic building of the city, also created a source of inspiration for new projects by re-interpreting the Selcuk patterns and prepared their unique projects.

Evaluación de impacto ambiental en la mina artesanal de arcilla, Santa Cruz en el municipio de Manaure, la Guajira

El presente trabajo de investigación se fundamenta en la evaluación de los impactos generados por la extracción de arcilla en la mina Santa Cruz (Manaure, La Guajira). El trabajo se realizó mediante la descripción y análisis de los impactos ambientales, socioculturales y económicos registrados a partir de visitas técnicas, entrevistas, encuestas y observaciones; posteriormente, todas estas técnicas fueron evaluadas a través de métodos cuantitativos como lista de chequeo, diagrama de redes, matriz de Leopold y matriz de valoración; relacionándolas con cada una de las actividades desarrolladas en las etapas del proyecto minero. La finalidad del trabajo consistió en generar un plan de manejo ambiental; en el que se contemplen medidas como: prevenir, mitigar, corregir o compensar las afectaciones a los recursos naturales intervenidos por la minería.

A Novel Hotel-based Syndromic Surveillance System for the Caribbean Region

ObjectiveTo describe the Caribbean Public Health Agency’s (CARPHA)Tourism and Health Information System (THiS), a web-basedsyndromic surveillance system to increase the capacity of Caribbeancountries to monitor the health of visitors and staff in hotels, anddetect potential infectious disease outbreaks for early and coordinatedpublic health response.IntroductionThe tourism industry is highly vulnerable to Health, Safety, andEnvironmental Sanitation (HSE) threats. The Caribbean is the mosttourism dependent region in the world, with over 54.2 million stay-over and cruise ship arrivals in 2015, generating revenues of $US29.6billion and contributing to 15% of the Gross Domestic Product (GDP)and 2,255,000 jobs [1]. Tourists and staff are at an increased risk ofacquiring infectious diseases, given the mass-gathering of individualswith varying levels of susceptibility and often times in close quartersin hotels and cruise ships. To prevent the spread of infectious diseasesin these settings, early warning and response to potential publichealth threats is essential. To increase the capacity of countries in theCaribbean monitor and protect the health of tourists and staff in theirhotel establishments, THiS was designed as an early warning systemfor infectious disease outbreaks.MethodsCARPHA launched the Regional Tourism Health Information,Monitoring and Response System in 2016 with donor fundingreceived from the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB). Theoverall objective of THMRS project from 2016-2018 is to improveparticipating country’s capacity to provide cost-effective and qualityhealth, food safety and environmental solutions to HSE threats.As part of the THMRS project, the development of a hotel-basedsyndromic surveillance system for early warning and response toinfectious diseases was developed.THiS was developed in collaboration with six participating IDBcountries: Barbados, Bahamas, Belize, Guyana, Jamaica, Trinidadand Tobago. The implementation plan (2016-2018) with each countryinvolved three stages:1) Project Operations, Coordination, Management (includingAdvocacy, and Endorsement)2) Development of the project outputs: gap analysis and bestpractices; development of surveillance guidelines and trainingmodules, HSE Standards3) Implementation in participating countries (i.e. technical visits,ongoing technical coordination): Preparation, Buy-in, Training andLaunchThe web-based design of THiS enables the collection of real-time data which will inform health service delivery decisions/policies, strengthen national and regional health monitoring efforts,and trigger a rapid coordinated response to outbreaks, and preventescalation of tourism HSE incidents. The system involves a web-based questionnaire with a series of 11 short questions that ask theuser for basic non-identifiable demographic information as well assymptoms. The reported symptoms are used by the system to generatesix syndromes: Gastroenteritis, Undifferentiated Fever, HemorrhagicFever, Fever with Neurologic symptoms. Fever with Respiratorysymptoms, Fever with Rash.Data entry persons include hotel staff, physicians, and the case.Access to anlaytic dashboards of the aggregated data is limited toregistered hotel staff (i.e. Managers), the Ministry of Health of thecountry where the hotel reporting is located, and CARPHA.The limited level of baseline data for syndromes in the Caribbeanregion means that statistical aberration detection mechanisms formost syndromes will not be available until THiS collects at least oneyear’s worth of data. However, for acute gastroenteritis, until a moreaccurate threshold can be generated, a cut-off of 3% ill (staff andguests) will be used for alerting potential outbreaks. This is scheduledto be live and functional beginning in hotel facilities in Trinidad andTobago at the beginning of October 2016.By the end of 2016, THiS will be operating in facilities in all sixparticipating countries, allowing for the collection of baseline data forsyndromes occurring among tourists and staff in hotel-settings, andproviding a mechanism to detect and response to emerging publichealth threats early and efficiently.ConclusionsEstablishing this system is critical to improving countries’capacities to support the overall health surveillance system of thetourism-dependent Caribbean economies, enabling countries tocollect real-time data which will inform health service deliverydecisions/policies, strengthen national and regional health monitoringefforts to trigger a rapid coordinated response to outbreaks and othercrises and thus prevent tourism HSE incidents.

Violence as object of interdisciplinary research: Characterization of a Brazilian group of studies

IntroductionThe interdisciplinary group of studies on violence (GREIVI), created in 2006, develops teaching, research and community extension activities related to violence and its impact on individuals’ mental health (victims or perpetrators).ObjectiveTo describe the subjects studied, the participants and the activities developed in the GREIVI in the period of 8 years.AimsKnowing the GREIVI's activities.MethodQualitative exploratory documentary study. Analysed 90 group monitoring reports from 2009 to 2016. The records were subjected to content analysis.ResultsProduction: completed 11 research projects of undergraduate and postgraduate students; 7 in progress; presented 9 works in international scientific events; published 9 articles; 1 extension project in elementary school (2009 to 2016). Established partnership with international research and education institution to articulate and implement new projects. Topics discussed: definition, types and nature of violence; ecological model of violence; violence against women; and school violence. Activities: directed reading; discussions and exchange of experiences between the participants; presentation, discussion and advice on research and community extension projects; production and dissemination of scientific papers; technical visits and activities’ structuring and planning. Participants: professionals and undergraduate and graduate students from different areas (nursing, psychiatry, psychology, social work, education, biology and political advisor who works with the theme of violence).ConclusionThe GREIVI have provided interdisciplinary space for discussion of different aspects of violence and the construction of research and extension projects to the community.Disclosure of interestThe authors have not supplied their declaration of competing interest.

Alimentos alternativos de la agricultura familiar como propuesta en raciones para Cachama negra (Colossoma macropomum Cuvier, 1818)

The objective of this study was to valorize the waste found in the ambit the family farming as proposed in diets for tambaqui (Colossoma macropomum). The search was performed in the Association of Producers and Rural Producers of Family Farming of the county of Tomé-Açu (APRAFAMTA), located in the community of Santa Luzia, Para State/Brazil. The methodological route consisted in utilization of a qualitative approach, based on exploratory and bibliographical research, in addition to technical visits to agricultural crop facilities and agroindustrial sector. For it, were used the methodological tools of Participatory Rural Diagnostic (PRD), as well as, the in site observations, interviews and transect walks. In the community, the main activities residues were found: acai, acerola, banana, cacao, cupuaçu, guava, mango, passion fruit and peach palm. Besides these, some families present the cultivation of rice, beans and cassava, with the use perspectives on nutrition of tambaquis. Therefore, considering the reduction of costs resulting from the use of alternative/complementary food for the species, so it is suggested the use of such waste in order to minimize the barriers for the price of commercial feed within the productive chain, as well as reduce the impacts from the inappropriate release into the environment.

Business Intelligence: métodos e técnicas de gestão do conhecimento e as tendências para avanços do capital intelectual

Demand for goods and services in production systems requires the management of their intangible assets. Knowledge management in organizations through methods and techniques such as development tool and organizational learning become imperative This article identified the methods and Knowledge Management techniques to adopt a culture based on data and correlated with intellectual capital (human, structural and relational). Sample included 20 companies from a trade association. Practices such as ‘help to the like’, ‘community of practice’ and ‘internal and external benchmarking’ were related to the human and relational capital. 'Manual elaboration for replication practices' converged with human capital. 'Technical visits to companies' and 'coaching' had to do with relational capital. 'Electronic Spaces' and 'electronic document management' indicated dimensions of human and structural capital, related to knowledge of individual and organizational skills. The research recommended essential methods and techniques aligned to trends in Business Intelligence (BI).

Technical visits and industrial tourism

Technical visits and industrial tourism