Resumo A transformação ágil, como é denominada nas empresas que adotaram em algum nível organizacional a nova prática de trabalho, está sendo aplicada pelas empresas que pretendem rever os próprios ...valores presentes na cultura organizacional, e como uma nova forma de construir e manter seus produtos. Este artigo teve como objetivo identificar as práticas e os valores da cultura organizacional e a gestão da mudança podem auxiliar na transformação cultural com adoção dos métodos ágeis. Foi aplicado questionário on-line (322 respondentes) e realizadas 7 entrevistas com profissionais que estão passando pela mudança organizacional com a adoção dos métodos ágeis. Os dados foram analisados mediante análise estatística e de conteúdo. Observaram-se um maior igualitarismo nos diversos níveis, autonomia para os profissionais, preocupação com o trabalho coletivo, entre outros. constatou-se as principais motivações em busca de melhorias nos processos, acelerar a entrega de software, melhorar o alinhamento de TI e os negócios, aumentar a produtividade. Já as melhorias na adoção dos métodos ágeis englobaram inovação, satisfação do usuário, qualidade, valor do negócio, processos e produtividade. A adoção de métodos ágeis afeta a cultura organizacional com os princípios e valores ágeis, gerando impactos positivos para as pessoas e a capacidade de inovação nas empresas.
Abstract Agile transformation, as it’s called in companies that have adopted the new work practice at some organizational level, is being applied by companies that intend to review their own values present in the organizational culture, and as a new way to build and maintain their products. This article aimed to identify the practices and values of organizational culture and change management can assist in cultural transformation with the adoption of agile methods. An online questionnaire was applied (322 respondents) and 7 interviews were conducted with professionals who are undergoing organizational change with the adoption of agile methods. The data were analyzed using statistical and content analysis. Greater egalitarianism was observed at different levels, autonomy for professionals, concern with collective work, among others. it was found the main motivations in search of process improvements, accelerate software delivery, improve IT and business alignment, increase productivity. Improvements in the adoption of agile methods included innovation, user satisfaction, quality, business value, processes and productivity. The adoption of agile methods affects the organizational culture with agile principles and values, generating positive impacts for people and the capacity for innovation in companies.
Background:
Little information is available regarding the incidence and clinical outcome of the SARS-CoV2 infection in patients with multiple sclerosis (pwMS).
Objective:
To determine the incidence, ...clinical outcome, and impact of COVID-19 on pwMS.
Methods:
This observational study was prospectively performed on a cohort of pwMS (N = 11,560) followed up by 47 out of 51 Brazilian MS referral centers that registered pwMS with COVID-19 at the REDONE platform from 13 March to 4 June 2020.
Results:
The incidence of COVID-19 for pwMS patients was 27.7/10,000 patients and for the general population was 29.2/10,000 inhabitants. A total of 94 (77 women) pwMS patients, aged 40 ± 10.25 years, presenting 9.9 ± 8.6 years of MS disease duration, developed the COVID-19, most of them (87%) exhibited the mild form of the disease. Eighty (96%) patients maintained the use of MS disease-modifying treatment (DMT) during COVID-19 pandemic and 14 patients were not in use of DMTs.
Conclusion:
Incidence of COVID-19 in Brazilian pwMS was not different from those observed for the general Brazilian population. Most pwMS exhibited mild COVID-19, despite the maintenance of the underlying MS treatment.
Unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) are used in various applications such as civil and military surveillance, law enforcement, and support in natural disasters as well as in hazardous environments. ...Approaching and landing are necessary steps for all UAVs, indicating that radio altimeters are needed. In this paper, a radio altimeter based on an antenna array is proposed. Our solution allows some improvements over the traditional radio altimeter such as more precise altitude estimation, ground imaging without the need of side looking radar, mapping the obstacles positions and detecting the ground inclination and topology. Another important contribution of this paper is a review of traditional radio altimeters along with a performance comparison between the level-crossing detection and the digital signal processing frequency detection - which is based on the fast Fourier transform algorithm.
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