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Objective: this study proposes a hesitant fuzzy linguistic TOPSIS model for supplier segmentation based on economic, environmental, and social criteria. Proposal: the model classifies suppliers in a segmentation matrix considering their capabilities and willingness to collaborate. It was implemented using Microsoft Excel© and applied to a hydropower plant. Two employees of the company chose a set of segmentation criteria, assigned weights to these criteria, and evaluated the performance of suppliers. In the pilot application, the performance of six suppliers was analyzed and ranked according to 28 criteria. The classification results were endorsed by the decision-makers involved. Conclusion: the model provides consistent results and can assist managers in designing development programs aimed at improving the economic, environmental, and social performance of suppliers. Additionally, it can support group decisions under uncertainty and hesitation, allows the use of linguistic expressions, and does not limit the amounts of criteria or alternatives. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The objective of this study was to evaluate the remaining intake of meals served to patients in an obstetric unit of a hospital in the city of Quixadá, Ceará. For a 10-day period, the analysis of residues was carried on in an obstetric unit that accommodates 24 beds. The residue index was obtained by calculating the ratio, expressed as a percentage, between the weight of the rejected meal subtracted of bone weight, and the meal served. The residue percentage was calculated for each patient, obtaining afterwards, the daily average and, in the end, the 10-day average. Values were considered acceptable when equal or lower than 20%, tolerable limit for sick populations. As the residue index was evaluated, it was verified that, for the majority of days, the percentage was lower than 20%. The residue index average for the 10 days, was 17.6%, which stood out as acceptable. Evaluating the individual residue index, a variation of 42.7g to 128.6g and a 75.6g average have been observed. An absence of normalization for weighing the meals has been verified, considering that the unit still does not work with menu standardization yet. The acceptable levels of food residue in the majority of days analyzed indicates that food waste in the unit is not high. However, the daily control of food residue must be encouraged, aiming at lower costs to the institution and reduction of environmental damages. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The objective of this study was to evaluate the remaining intake of meals served to patients in an obstetric unit of a hospital in the city of Quixadá, Ceará. For a 10-day period, the analysis of residues was carried on in an obstetric unit that accommodates 24 beds. The residue index was obtained by calculating the ratio, expressed as a percentage, between the weight of the rejected meal subtracted of bone weight, and the meal served. The residue percentage was calculated for each patient, obtaining afterwards, the daily average and, in the end, the 10-day average. Values were considered acceptable when equal or lower than 20%, tolerable limit for sick populations. As the residue index was evaluated, it was verified that, for the majority of days, the percentage was lower than 20%. The residue index average for the 10 days, was 17.6%, which stood out as acceptable. Evaluating the individual residue index, a variation of 42.7g to 128.6g and a 75.6g average have been observed. An absence of normalization for weighing the meals has been verified, considering that the unit still does not work with menu standardization yet. The acceptable levels of food residue in the majority of days analyzed indicates that food waste in the unit is not high. However, the daily control of food residue must be encouraged, aiming at lower costs to the institution and reduction of environmental damages. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This research aimed to determine the reflexivity of the Sufficiency Examination of the Federal Accounting Council in relation to the UN/UNCTAD/ISAR World Curriculum and to the axe's competence required of the Accounting professionals. A descriptive research with a qualitative approach was carried out. Data were collected using documentary technique and content analysis was performed. The adequacy of the Exam was found in relation to the World Curriculum, with emphasis on the basic blocks of knowledge in Accounting, followed by organizational and commercial activity. However, Information Technology content has not been identified. The technical-professional competences were more expressive in the Exam than the organizational and social ones. It was concluded that the test reflects most of the knowledge required by international standards for the performance of a global accountant, however the Sufficiency Exam needs improvement regarding a wider range of content that requires the mobilization of social and managerial competences. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Information technologies enable new ways for the dissemination of knowledge and, gradually, spatial barriers are no longer an obstacle to the democratization of education. The Federal University of Paraná has institutionalized a hybrid, face-to-face and remote teaching modality, aimed at the specialization graduate program. In this context, the objective of the article is to identify factors that may be associated with student performance in this educational model. By means of a quantitative analysis protocol, the study examines performance considering the variables attended discipline, modality, gender, age, status, grade, and frequency. The results showed better performance of students of Academic Writing in English and greater difficulty with Statistics. In the duality between students considering the modality, students who took face-toface classes demonstrated a higher grade and frequency than the non-face-to-face students. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This paper presents partial results of a more comprehensive research on housing quality and the performance of social housing development projects (EHIS). It values advances in the Brazilian regulatory context as well as the possibility of adopting innovative construction technologies, which can provide a housing quality increase. More specifically, the goals were interpreting the requirements of the Brazilian Standard on Housing Performance ABNT NBR15575:2013 and the National Technical Evaluation System (SINAT); analyzing the motivations and difficulties in order to achieve compliance by the professionals involved; gathering a collection of valid methods and instruments for future post-occupancy evaluations (POE). Bibliographical research was used in this study. Research allowed reflections on the importance of compliance to normative references in housing design phase as well as of building-in-use performance evaluations in order to improve housing quality in future design projects. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This paper presents partial results of a more comprehensive research on housing quality and the performance of social housing projects (EHIS) in the Metropolitan Region of Campinas (RMC). The overall goal is improving social housing production quality by valuing Brazilian advances in the regulatory context. More specifically, the goal was contributing to the consolidation of an EHIS knowledge base in Santa Barbara d'Oeste, SP in view of the Brazilian ABNT NBR 15575 Standard on Housing Performance. Documentary and bibliographic studies were conducted. After the completion of a comprehensive inventory and detailed characterization, case study projects were selected. The design projects were verified regarding compliance to a selection of NBR15575 requirements. Research allowed reflections on the importance of compliance to normative references in housing design phase. EHIS knowledge base can establish the foundation for future performance evaluations and design improvements for these and new projects. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The evaluation of the durability of materials and of construction systems involves the identification of several agents that attack the environment, in tropical countries, such as Brazil, climatic factors tend to intensify the problems related to the durability of constructive elements. The façade of buildings are the ones that suffer the most from climate change, as they oscillate between large exposures of solar radiation and cooling, a function exerted by rainfall. It is proposed in this study comparisons between results of tests of resistance to heat and thermal shock in façades of buildings, in which it is described in the performance standard - NBR 15575-4 (ABNT, 2013). Most of the results were positive in some test specimens, that is, in the tests of the specimens in question, it was possible to attend to the standard, however a revision of the test method established in the standard is proposed, so that the normative details can meet with more precise the elements tested. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]