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Sustainable Logistic Management Plan as an alternative to minimize budget difficulties of Higher Education Institutions
No full textBrazil has increased its scientific production in the past four decades, with public universities playing a major role in scientific and technological research in the country. Recent cuts in governmental budgets to these institutions put them at risk of closing down, impacting not only education, but also research and development in the country, thus threatening the future of the national science and technology system. Sustainable actions may help universities to overcome this crisis. The aim of this study was to evaluate the results of the implementation, in 2008, of a Sustainable Logistic Management Plan (SLP) at the Federal University of Health Sciences of Porto Alegre (UFCSPA). Indicators were collected by UFCSPA Environmental Management Commission (EMC) and were publicly available. The study analyzed indicators such as water and energy consumption and special waste production to assess trends in environmental aspects and their respective impacts. The number of graduate and undergraduate courses at UFCSPA increased during the period, therefore most indicators showed an increase in resource consumption in absolute values. However, a decrease was observed when consumption was analyzed per capita. Accordingly, overall consumption of electricity increased 143% from 2008 to 2020, whereas a reduction per capita was observed. Special waste production increased 46% from 2013 to 2020, but per capita production remained stable and water consumption, despite having an average annual increase of 8%, also had a per capita reduction. This study shows how sustainable actions implemented by UFCSPA affected the use of resources, reducing the consumption of water, electricity, disposable materials, and waste per capita. Therefore, we can conclude that the actions implemented by the university in 2008 and monitored by the EMC in the SLP contributed significantly to achieving financial balance in the institution
A Residual-Based Numerical Viscosity Regularization Approach for Higher-order Finite Volume Discretization of Scalar Hyperbolic Conservation Laws
Full text link A Space-time finite volume method is utilized to construct a parameterized family of two-step explicit higher-order schemes for scalar hyperbolic conservation laws. Utilizing a local space-time expansion of the flux-integral form of the equation error, generalized quadratures of local grid functions of the solution and the associated local source term are formulated to couple grid points within the domains of dependence and influence of new updates about the centroid of each space-time control volume. Optimal quadrature parameters for the discretization are then determined through a minimization of the error expansion to account for local space-time fluxes to all neighboring mesh points within the computational domain. % Hence, a more accurate space-time descriptions of the leading numerical viscosity coefficients in the residual errors are then characterized based on the space-time coupling of the desired set of mesh points utilized in the discretization about the centroid. Consequently, the quadrature weights and the time step sizes are optimized to control and regularize the residual errors to minimize nonphysical oscillations. Numerical experiments demonstrate the effectiveness of the discretization method in minimizing the associated nonphysical oscillations in numerical solutions
A brief analysis of introducing curriculum ideological and political elements into "Mapping Practice of Auto Parts"
Full text linkThe article focuses on the new requirements of integrating curriculum ideological and political elements into the professional practice course of "Automotive Parts Mapping Practice", proposes feasible curriculum ideological and political elements, establishes the course teaching concept of ideological and political element integration, and discusses the new teaching mode different from the traditional practice course, striving to integrate professional knowledge education, ideological and political education, and students\u27 practical ability training. The course aims to integrate professional knowledge education, ideological and political education and the cultivation of students\u27 practical skills, and comprehensively promote the construction of the teaching content, curriculum system, teaching methods, teaching means, teaching conditions and teaching staff of Mapping Practice of Auto Parts, so as to lay a solid practical foundation for the revitalization of Chinese automotive industry and the cultivation of China\u27s own manufacturing technology engineers for the first line of automotive production
Multiagent LQR-based Control Design and Gain tuning for Quadcopters Fleet
Full text linkAn LQR-based Control design and gain tuning strategies proposals for a multi-agent system are presented in this article, the agents are connected in an undirected graph. Controller gains tuning are adjusted by selecting the Q and R weighting matrices of the Linear Quadratic Regulator. Agreement (consensus) is one of the fundamental problems in multi-agent control, where a set of agents must agree on a joint state value. In the proposed design, first considering that the behavior of the agreement protocol is undirected and static, the main objective is to highlight the complexity of the relationship between the convergence properties of this protocol and the structure of adjacent interconnections. The effects on the formation due to static geometry are analyzed from the resulting data according to the proximity between the agents, where behavior and stability are analyzed based on the desired formation geometry through the construction of the Laplacian matrix
Teachers Experiences on Remote Learning During the Covid-19 Period: A Case in Kenya
Full text linkThe World Health Organization (WHO) declared Covid-19 a global pandemic in March 2020, and warned about its highly contagious nature. Throughout the first quarter of 2020 many governments closed their schools temporarily in response to COVID-19 spread where more than 1.5 billion enrolled students of all ages from all around the globe experienced interruption of education. This aimed at reducing the chances of humans infecting each other with Covid-19, especially in places humans interact closely including educational institutions. This paper explores the experiences of the teachers on remote learning during the covid-19 period in four counties in Kenya gathered through a survey conducted in February 2021, collecting data by administering both open and closed ended questionnaire. The objectives of this study were to establish: availability of digital infrastructure for remote learning; the digital teaching and learning resources used by teachers in remote learning and teachers digital pedagogical skills necessary for remote learning. Distance education and online collaborative learning theories are discussed. A total of 116 teachers in both primary and secondary schools in Kenya responded to a questionnaire consisting of both quantitative and qualitative questions, with qualitative data analysed thematically and quantitative data with descriptive statistics. The result indicates that the teachers faced technological and pedagogical challenges teaching through remote learning. This study is intended to provide an early contribution to the understanding of teachers experiences in remote learning during the pandemic, an historical documentation, a point of reference for similar studies in the future and, hopefully, a first step towards collective reflection on possible avenues of development for our educational system build on informed policy decision making
The Perils of Emergency Online Instruction, Students’ Preferred Learning Modality & Opportunities for Growth
Full text linkAs a result of emergency online teaching during the covid-19 pandemic, this study was conducted to determine faculty (n=144) and students’ (n=350) perceptions with their experience in an online teaching and learning environment as well as students’ preferred learning modality. Compared to students, faculty indicated better overall satisfaction with their commitment to teaching and their comfort level with technology prior to emergency online instruction, Wilk’s Λ= .851, F (7,428) = 10.721, p= <.001. Both, faculty and students were least satisfied with the quality of instruction during emergency online learning. The majority of students were more inclined toward in person learning (37%) followed by hybrid (33%) and online (30%) modalities. This study has uncovered additional challenges brought by the pandemic during emergency online teaching as well as opportunities expressed by participants. Future studies must explore learning modalities in greater depth (hi-flex, hybrid, fully online (synchronous/asynchronous), and in-person) to suit the diverse needs of students
Transformative learning in formal schools
Full text linkTransformative learning is a learning theory that emphasizes the transformative potential of education. It was developed by Jack Mezirow in the 1970s and focuses on the ways in which learners can transform their perspectives, beliefs, and assumptions through the process of learning. According to this theory, transformative learning involves critical reflection and self-examination, leading to a change in the learner\u27s worldview
Utility Model Patent Protection Scenario in Brazil and the Indication Of Excessive Rigor in the Inventive Examination
Full text linkStudies on utility model patents have shown this as an alternative for rapid patent protection that contributes to promoting the country\u27s economic development. Therefore, this research aims to propose a study of the utility model patent in the national patent system, aiming to know if this type of protection has served the purpose of innovative and technological evolution verified in countries with developing economies similar to Brazil. Regarding the methodology, this study is characterized by a quantitative exploratory study that was divided into two phases. The first phase was a bibliographic research related to utility model and the second phase was the analysis of applications for patents of invention and utility model. The results show that there is a greater amount of invention patent filings than utility model patent filings between 2000 and 2019. Also, it was noted that there is a significant decrease in the share of the utility model in the total of analyzed filings, as well as the PI deferral rate is higher than that of the MU in most of the cataloged years. As for the literature and jurisprudence analyzed, it was noticed that the inventive level required for the utility model patent is of lower intensity than that required for invention patents. Therefore, an accurate and objective definition of the inventive act requirement is suggested, in order to distinguish it precisely from the inventive step requirement, in order to speed up the analysis process and increase the demand for utility model patent filings
A Research on the mixed active teaching method of curriculum in colleges and universities
No full textEmergencies have brought uncertain factors to the offline curriculum teaching in colleges and universities, which has put forward higher requirements for the quality of curriculum teaching in colleges and universities. The reasonable design of normalized emergency response plan to solve the above problems has become the focus of current teaching research. In view of the problems existing in the current education and teaching, and considering the needs of talent training in colleges and universities and the needs of social practical talents, this paper proposes a hybrid active teaching mode curriculum teaching method. The purpose of this paper is to provide a certain method support for the construction of higher education and teaching theory system
Simulator study to determine the wind speed limitation for a Passenger Cruise Vessel entering and berthing in the Port of Hambantota, Sri Lanka
Full text linkSri Lanka is being promoted as a tourist destination and the port of Hambanthota is having visits from Passengers. The port of Hambanthota in Sri Lanka is on the busy main east-west sea route. It has become necessary to determine if a Passenger Cruise Ship can be berthed safely in differing monsoonal wind conditions. Before a ship is manoeuvred into a port in the real sense, simulator trials are necessary to be carried out to see if the ship can be manoeuvred safely in varying conditions with all available resources. Simulator trials have been recognized as a cost-effective way to determine the safe limitations and prevent mishaps. The CINEC simulator research team successfully created the simulator environment of the port of Hambanthota as a part of the research under AHEAD operations of the ministry of high education funded by the world bank. As per the analysis of the results of simulator trials, it has been concluded that the wind speed should be limited to 20 knots for safe berthing mainly due to the berthing tug power used