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Resumo: Este estudo visa identificar práticas organizacionais requeridas para gerar inovação em empresa de tecnologia da informação. A pesquisa investigou como ocorre o desenvolvimento de capacidades que são consideradas críticas para o exercício de atividades voltadas à inovação a partir tanto de características organizacionais específicas como da articulação de recursos. Valorizaram-se duas práticas estruturantes para a inovação: o desenvolvimento de tecnologia e a orientação para o mercado. A abordagem de pesquisa foi qualitativa por meio de um estudo de caso exploratório e descritivo. O caso foi desenvolvido na empresa Softplan, uma das maiores empresas de sistemas de gestão do Brasil, com desenvolvimento de softwares para indústria de construção; atividades de infraestrutura, transporte e obras; sistema judiciário e administração pública em geral. Possui mais de 1500 clientes no Brasil e no exterior e mantém alianças com fornecedores mundiais de tecnologia e convênios com diversas universidades, laboratórios e instituições de pesquisa, suportada por atividades de pesquisa e desenvolvimento. Foram conduzidas entrevistas semiestruturadas com gerentes, pesquisa documental, além de observação in loco. A análise da empresa Softplan evidenciou estímulos à criação e manutenção de um comportamento organizacional voltado para inovação como um processo rotineiro. Foram identificadas práticas desenvolvidas em programas organizacionais que visam à criação e seleção de ideias; à aquisição de conhecimento, e ao estímulo à integração entre os profissionais para o surgimento de aprendizagem organizacional. Abstract: This study aims to identify organizational practices required to generate innovation in an information technology company. The research investigated how the development of capabilities considered critical for activities related to innovation take place from both specific organizational characteristics and joint resources. Two structural practices for innovation were valuable: the development of technology and market targeting. The research had qualitative approach and was carried out through an exploratory and descriptive case study. The case was developed in the Softplan company, one of the largest system management companies in Brazil that develops softwares for building industry, infrastructure activities, transportation and construction works, judiciary system and general public administration. The company has over 1.500 customers in Brazil and abroad and maintains alliances with global technology suppliers and agreements with several universities, laboratories and research institutions, supported by research and development activities. Semi-structured interviews were carried out with managers, along with documentary research and on-site observation. The analysis of the Softplan company showed incentives to creating and maintaining an organizational attitude favoring innovation as a routine process. Practices developed in organizational programs were identified aiming at creation and selection of ideas, acquisition of knowledge, and incentive to integration between professionals for emergence of organizational learning.

In natural conditions, the characteristics of surface water and river sediments are determined by geological formation. These can be changed due to human activities and interfere with maintenance of aquatic biota. Thus, identifying patterns of surface water and sediments in different geological areas can help to detect possible changes in orientation and contribute to decision-making within the maintenance and conservation of aquatic environments. The objective of this research was to identify changes in physical and chemical characteristics of surface water and geochemistry of sediments inserted catchments in three geological areas in Paraná: metasedimentary carbonate domain (MSCD), terrigenous-carbonate sedimentary domain (TCSD) and basic magmatic domain (MBD). The electrical conductivity, alkalinity, hardness, concentration of Ca and Mg in water were higher in MSCD. The concentration of SiO2 is more representative of the MBD and CO2 in the TCSD. In PCA, with the results of physico-chemical parameters of water, the first axis explained 99.43% of the variance between the sampling stations. In geochemical analysis of sediment and only Fe2O3 CaO showed statistically significant difference (ANOVA = p

Project Evidencia [Evidence] intends to promote the use of scientific databases among nurses. This study aims to design educational interventions that facilitate nurses' access to these databases, to determine nurses' habits regarding the use of scientific databases, and to determine the impact that educational interventions on scientific databases have on Azorean nurses who volunteered for this project. An intervention project was conducted, and a quantitative descriptive survey was designed to evaluate the impact two and five months after the educational intervention. This impact was investigated considering certain aspects, namely, the nurses' knowledge, habits and reasons for using scientific databases. A total of 192 nurses participated in this study, and the primary results indicate that the educational intervention had a positive impact based not only on the increased frequency of using platforms or databases of scientific information (DSIs) s but also on the competence and self-awareness regarding its use and consideration of the reasons for accessing this information.