São Paulo Federal Institute of Education, Science and Technology

About: São Paulo Federal Institute of Education, Science and Technology is a education organization based out in São Paulo, Brazil. It is known for research contribution in the topics: Context (language use) & Computer science. The organization has 1707 authors who have published 2374 publications receiving 11333 citations.

Study on Mercury Methylation in the Amazonian Rivers in Flooded Areas for Hydroelectric Use

Abstract: This study aimed to estimate in laboratory the temporal production of methylmercury during the filling of reservoirs of hydropower plants and to correlate it to the ecosystem of different locations in northern Brazil: Jirau hydropower plant in the Madeira River in the state of Rondonia (white waters—under construction), Cana Brava hydropower plant in the Tocantins River in the state of Goias (clear waters—completed), and the Negro River in the Amazon (black waters—comparative). After collecting water, soil, and sediment samples in the regions mentioned, a microcosm was created to reproduce the conditions close to those found in nature. Water/soil/Hg0/Hg2+ and water/sediment/Hg0/Hg2+ were added to glass recipients. Next, methylmercury concentration was monitored by atomic fluorescence spectrometry, total organic carbon by TOC 5000A, and physical and chemical parameters such as pH, redox potential, and dissolved oxygen, for 25 days. The results obtained allow concluding that organic matter plays an important role, providing excess methyl groups to react with inorganic Hg and form organic Hg. The Negro River, which has higher contents of organic matter in its soil, water, and sediment, presented higher potential of mercury methylation in both experiments performed, followed by rivers Madeira and Tocantins.

O Ensino de Algoritmos e Lógica de Programação como uma Ferramenta Pedagógica para Auxiliar a Aprendizagem de Matemática: Um Relato de Experiência

Abstract: The learning of algorithms and programming logic (APL) is essential for the improvement of the logical reasoning and for the ability to solve problems. Nevertheless, the teaching of APL has been little exploited as a pedagogical tool that can help the learning of mathematics and improve the ability to solve math problems. This article reports an experience regarding the teaching of APL to 5th graders, whose focus was the creation of programs that applied mathematical concepts studied in the classroom. The results of this experience indicated that the teaching of APL can stimulate the interest as well as improve the understanding of mathematics.

Numerical analysis of the notional area in cold field electron emission from arrays.

Abstract: The notional area of field emission is an important parameter to correlate characteristic current density to the emission current, linking field emission theories to experimental observations. Recently, it has been reported that the notional area of emission contributes to the high brightness of large diameter emitters. Thus, it is necessary to understand how the notional area of emission depends on physical and geometrical parameters. In this work, we carried out numerical simulations to evaluate the notional area, A n, considering cold field electron emission from a hemisphere on a cylindrical post (HCP) emitter in an array. An HCP is suitable to model classically carbon nanotubes or carbon nanofibres-like emitters. We provide the dependence of A n on a wide range of physical and geometrical parameters, namely: the separation between the HCP emitters, the aspect ratio, radius, local work function and the macroscopic emission current. We explain the behavior of A n as a function of these parameters and show in which cases A n can be considered nearly constant. Our numerical results are within the framework of the standard Fowler-Nordheim (FN) theory and can simplify the modeling of the field emission phenomenon, because it directly relates simulation predictions to the currents observable experimentally. Also, this work provides information for experimentalists that can be useful to check the validity of the Schottky-Nordheim (SN) barrier upon the elementary FN theory.