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O presente artigo é um recorte do projeto de pesquisa doutoral intitulado: “Letramento e emancipação digital cidadã: cartografias e rastros na constituição de Espaços de Convivência Híbridos e Multimodais”. Neste contexto, pretende-se discutir o letramento digital de estudantes da Educação Básica — na perspectiva emancipatória, digital e cidadã— no desenvolvimento de práticas educativas gamificadas, a partir da análise do jogo SM Real Life. A fundamentação teórica baseia-se em autores como: Latour (2012), Freire (2002), Schlemmer (2010, 2011), Schwartz (2007), Streck e Adams (2014) e Gee (2003). A pesquisa é qualitativa, exploratória e descritiva e fez uso do método cartográfico de pesquisa-intervenção (SCHLEMMER, 2015, 2018). Como instrumento de produção de dados, utilizou-se a observação participante, com registros, no diário de percurso, das pistas e dos rastros deixados pelos estudantes nos diferentes espaços de aprendizagem nos quais transitam. Conclui-se, a partir da análise dos rastros deixados pelos estudantes, que TD e práticas educativas gamificadas podem oportunizar inclusão, formação, empoderamento e emancipação digital e cidadã dos sujeitos, uma vez que eles utilizam e se apropriam efetivamente do poder transformador e emancipatório das TD; além disso, tais práticas oportunizam a criação de novas situações e espaços de aprendizagem.

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The emergence and widespread use of Information and Communication Technologies enabled government agencies to develop their capacity for citizens interaction, hence providing better public services. These electronic services, typically known as e-Government, have been undergoing significant development over the last few years. Information technologies have become one of the central elements in electronic governance today, and probably they will outstand in the future too. Despite the clear advantages inherent in e-Government services usage, the interaction rate between citizens and governments is still low and considered to be unsatisfactory. In order to understand which determinants may influence and trigger the adoption of e-Government services by civil society, a research methodology consisting of a theory-based qualitative validation, has been defined. This validation is performed by an Online Focus Group, where several experts were involved with the goal of reaching a set of remarkable considerations about potential determinants that can influence the use of e-Government services. © 2018, Springer International Publishing AG, part of Springer Nature.

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Monitoring of environmental radioactivity for the purpose of earthquake prediction requires the discrimination of anomalies of non-tectonic origin from seismically-induced anomalies. This is a challenging task as time series of environmental radioactivity display a complex temporal pattern reflecting a wide range of different physical processes, including meteorological and surface effects. The present study is based on the detailed time series of gamma radiation from the Eastern North Atlantic (ENA) site in the Azores, and on very high resolution precipitation intensity and soil moisture time series. The results show that an abrupt shift in the average level of the gamma radiation time series previously reported as a potential earthquake precursor can also be explained by a corresponding abrupt change in soil moisture. It was concluded that the reduction of false positive earthquake precursors requires the detailed assessment of both precipitation and soil moisture conditions at high temporal resolution.

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This paper presents EVA, a new concept for an hybrid ROV/AUV designed to support the underwater operation of an underwater mining machine, developed in the context of the European H2020 R&D VAMOS Project. This project is briefly presented, introducing the main components and concepts, providing the reader with clear picture of the operational scenario and allowing to understand better the functionality requirements of the support robotic vehicle developed. The design of EVA is detailed presented, addressing the mechanical design, hardware architecture, sensor system and navigation and control. The results of EVA both in water test tank, in the ! VAMOS! Field trials in Lee Moor, UK, and in an harbor scenario are presented and discussed

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ABSTRACT Purpose: To analyze how small and medium enterprises (SMEs) coordinate collaborative research and development (R&D) projects through an open innovation strategy. Originality/value: This research was motivated by a theoretical gap in the management of collaborative R&D projects in open innovation strategies. The originality of the paper is to advance the understanding of coordination mechanisms that SMEs can use to manage open innovation and obtain more effective results. Design/methodology/approach: The research followed a qualitative approach, through three case studies of collaborative projects. Data were collected by means of in-depth interviews with eleven managers directly involved in collaborative R&D projects. Findings: Results demonstrate that the use of coordination mechanisms depends on the applicability of each project’s results, i.e., the higher the chances of a certain R&D project becoming a real product, the higher the importance given to the coordination mechanisms. On the cases observed, the coordination mechanisms were defined by the enterprise, not by external partners. In addition, it was observed that open innovation projects that the enterprise seeks for external knowledge to complement internal resources (outside-in) were considered more important than transferring internal knowledge to external partners (inside-out). The paper contributes to organizational theory by highlighting the relation between the characteristics of collaborative R&D projects and the coordination mechanisms used. Regarding the managerial contribution, results serve as a guide for entrepreneurs and managers of SMEs interested in coordinating collaborative projects based on open innovation processes.