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Título: Análise comparativa do perfil imunológico e bioquímico entre pacientes com Doença Pulmonar Obstrutiva Crônica e pacientes com Espirometria com Comprometimento da Relação Preservada (PRISm) Autor(es): Braz, Leticia Helen Dias Primeiro Orientador: Baccan, Gyselle Chrystina Abstract: Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) and Preserved Ratio Impaired Spirometry (PRISm) are pulmonary conditions that share common factors. However, the pathophysiological mechanisms differentiating these entities remain poorly understood. This study aimed to compare the immunological and biochemical profiles of patients with COPD and PRISm and to analyze the correlation of these biomarkers with anthropometric parameters in each group. A cross-sectional analytical study was conducted involving 72 patients aged 50-80 years. Serum cytokines (IL-6, IL-8, IL-10, IL-12, TNF), biochemical markers (total cholesterol, HDL, LDL, triglycerides, glucose, glycated hemoglobin), and anthropometric measurements (waist circumference, triceps skinfold thickness, mid upper arm circumference) were assessed. No statistically significant differences were found between the groups regarding cytokine or biochemical levels. However, in COPD patients, abdominal circumference correlated positively with IL-6 levels (r = 0.565; p < 0.05), while triceps skinfold thickness showed a significant inverse correlation with IL-10 (r = – 0.427; p < 0.05). In PRISm patients, glucose levels were positively correlated with mid upper arm circumference (r = 0.574; p < 0.05) and body mass index (r = 0.567; p < 0.05). Although COPD and PRISm patients exhibited similar inflammatory and biochemical profiles, our analysis of correlations with body composition parameters showed distinct associations. The presents findings underscore the importance of individualized clinical management for each patient group. Editora / Evento / Instituição: Universidade Federal da Bahia Tipo: Dissertação

Título: Vulnerabilidade do consumidor idoso no uso de serviços financeiros digitais Autor(es): Silva, Adeline Cardoso de Souza Primeiro Orientador: Vera, Luciana Alves Rodas Abstract: Alongside the emergence of new technologies mediating commercial relations in contemporary society, the increase in the Brazilian elderly population implies transformations in the country's consumption patterns. Faced with this trend and the growing digitalization of commercial transactions, this dissertation consists of a qualitative study on the vulnerability of elderly consumers in the use of digital financial services. Conducted in 2025 in the city of Salvador, Bahia, its central objective was to understand how the digitalization of financial services can produce states of vulnerability in elderly female consumers. To this end, semi-structured interviews were conducted with the voluntary participation of thirteen women, aged 80 and over, residing in Salvador, Bahia, and with an income of up to one minimum wage from social security or informal sources of income. The research is justified by the ongoing population aging in the country in conjunction with the increasing digitalization of financial transactions. The collected data were processed and analyzed using thematic analysis. The results showed the prevalence of dependence on family members and bank branches in the financial routines of these consumers. The main barriers encountered for autonomous digital access included low levels of education, limited digital skills, self-perception of incapacity, feelings of insecurity in the digital environment, as well as reduced physical and cognitive capabilities. Coping mechanisms for vulnerability included the termination of banking relationships, dependence on third parties, refusal to use technology, as well as continuous learning, information seeking, security measures in the digital environment, and engagement with digital technologies. Finally, the importance of understanding the needs of older adults in the context of consumption in the face of ongoing population aging is highlighted, aiming at the reformulation of more inclusive public policies and the promotion of actions focused on the well-being and quality of life of the Brazilian elderly population. Editora / Evento / Instituição: Universidade Federal da Bahia Tipo: Dissertação

Título: Radiômica aplicada a TC para identificação do envolvimento subclínico das adrenais pela histoplasmose: um estudo de caso-controle Autor(es): Alves, Estela Dalva Pereira de Castro Primeiro Orientador: Machado, Marcos Antônio Dórea Editora / Evento / Instituição: Universidade Federal da Bahia Tipo: Trabalho de Conclusão de Curso

Título: Delson Uchôa e o corpo como arquivo: arte e política nos anos 1980 Autor(es): Melo, Ana Beatriz Bezerra Primeiro Orientador: Mortimer, Junia Cambraia Abstract: This thesis presents a study of the paintings of the artist Delson Uchôa (1956-), from the 1980s, a period highlighted in his artistic trajectory due to his participation in the exhibition Como vai você, Geração 80?, in 1984, at the Escola de Artes Visuais do Parque Lage (RJ). The methodological procedure was built from frictions raised between the "inside and outside" of the images. It takes as a visual resource about the operations worked in the research, the Möbius tape, in the work Caminhando (1963), by the artist Lygia Clark (1920-1988), because each image and documents found in institutional and personal collections, transformed the construction, as well as the cuts of the ribbon, by unfolding as a spiral, containing several parts. Each one intertwines as the participants cut it. We focus on the construction of the subject's scene in this temporality, to understand the historical processes and the theories developed, in the references and relations with the art system. In this context, we discuss aesthetic regimes and the political aspect of production. The thesis presents the works as a body of painting and defends the artist's poetics as a living archive that performs in the photographic act, converting memories and cultural codes into the production of experiences, in the construction of environments and together with spaces and landscapes. Editora / Evento / Instituição: Universidade Federal da Bahia Tipo: Tese

A difícil tarefa de conciliar maternidade, responsabilidade, adolescência e acolhimento

Ao completar 18 anos, jovens que não foram adotados deixam casas de acolhimento e passam a enfrentar a invisibilidade institucional

Título: O nível de eficiência dos hospitais públicos do Estado da Bahia: um estudo através da análise envoltória de dados para os anos de 2017, 2018 e 2019 Autor(es): Barreto, Márcio de Jesus Silva Primeiro Orientador: Mendes, Vinícius de Araújo Abstract: This study evaluates the relative efficiency of public hospitals and maternity units in the state of Bahia, Brazil, between 2017 and 2019, using the Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA) method under the variable returns to scale (VRS) and output-oriented specification. The research uses secondary data extracted from the APURASUS and DATASUS systems, considering inputs related to total costs and installed capacity, and outputs associated with ambulatory care, surgical procedures, hospitalization indicators, and mortality rates. To strengthen the interpretation of results, the units were classified into two analytical clusters based on the median value of the Hospital Admission Authorization (AIH), which serves as a proxy for the complexity of treated cases. The findings indicate substantial heterogeneity in efficiency levels, with hospitals of lower average AIH value systematically operating closer to the efficient frontier. In contrast, high-complexity units exhibited greater variability, lower efficiency scores, and a higher prevalence of decreasing returns to scale. Additionally, the analysis identified a significant potential for cost reduction if all hospitals operated at efficient levels. The study contributes to the understanding of efficiency dynamics within the public health network of Bahia and offers managerial insights for resource allocation, operational improvement, and strategic planning. Limitations and recommendations for further research are also discussed. Editora / Evento / Instituição: Universidade Federal da Bahia Tipo: Trabalho de Conclusão de Curso

Título: Letramentos acadêmicos na educação médica: um estudo a partir do currículo do curso de Medicina da Universidade Federal da Bahia Autor(es): Dantas, Sandra Almeida Ferreira Primeiro Orientador: Rosa, Flávia Goulart Mota Garcia Abstract: This study examines academic literacy in medical education. It is based on the analysis of the National Curriculum Guidelines (DCNs) and the Pedagogical Course Project (PPC), focusing on the Medical Program at the Federal University of Bahia (UFBA). There is a gap in literature, considering that the existing researches do not investigate how this orientation is materialized in the PPC, limiting the understanding of how institutionally proposed conceptions of literacy are incorporated into the documents that guide the formative process. In this context, this qualitative and documentary research analyzes the conceptions of academic literacy present in the PPC and in 64 teaching–learning plans from UFBA School of Medicine (FMB/UFBA), based upon the New Literacy Studies. The corpus included the DCNs, the PPC (2022), and teaching plans from the 2024.2 and 2025.1 academic periods. The analysis showed that a literacy-based approach is adopted in both the DCNs and the PPC. The ideological conception of literacy is implicitly present in these documents, although elements of the autonomous conception are still preserved. The comparison between the PPC and the teaching plans revealed little internal coherence among syllabus, objectives, methodology, and assessment. The syllabi predominantly reflected the autonomous conception, while the objectives were divided between the autonomous conception and the autonomous conception with ideological traits, with the ideological conception appearing less frequently. Regarding methodologies, the ideological conception, the autonomous conception with ideological traits, and the ideological conception with autonomous traits were the most common, along with a significant absence of methodological information. Overall, the findings indicate partial alignment with the PPC and reveal inconsistencies between institutional orientations and curricular documentation, highlighting the need for greater coherence to strengthen a critical literacy perspective in medical training. Editora / Evento / Instituição: Universidade Federal da Bahia Tipo: Dissertação

Em meio a cobranças, expectativas e exaustão, muitas mães enfrentam um sofrimento que ainda é pouco compreendido

Sem legislação que trate do tema, a violência obstétrica persiste como problema em um país patriarcal

O retorno do quadro “Crônicas do Fim do Mundo” traz o retrato atual da infraestrutura da UFBA em tempo de cortes e crise.

Título: Impactos da política monetária na distribuição de renda: uma análise com dados internacionais em painel Autor(es): Barbosa, Felipe de Souza Primeiro Orientador: Tiryaki, Gisele Ferreira Abstract: In recent decades, an increase in income and wealth inequality has been observed in several countries. Besides compromising the well-being of individuals with lower incomes, increases in income concentration weaken public institutions and democratic governance, compromising a country’s economic performance. Motivated by the absence of consensus in the literature regarding the impact of monetary policy on income inequality, this work estimates static and dynamic panel models with data from several countries between 1990 and 2024, considering the impact of monetary policy effectiveness on inequality. The results indicate that contractionary monetary policies – characterized by the increase in interest rates – are associated with an increase in income inequality. This result suggests that the increase in the cost of credit and economic slowdown tend to disproportionately penalize the income and employment of the poorest workers, while preserving or raising the yields of holders of savings and financial assets. Onthe other hand, inflation volatility presented a negative correlation with inequality, suggesting that price instability may reduce income concentration by eroding the real value of financial assets held by the top of the distribution. The growth of money supply (M2) did not present statistical significance, indicating net distributive neutrality of this aggregate. It is concluded that, although macroeconomic stability is the priority of the monetary authority, fiscal policy must act as a counterbalance mechanism to mitigate the distributive side effects of interest rates. Editora / Evento / Instituição: Universidade Federal da Bahia Tipo: Trabalho de Conclusão de Curso

Título: Uns Brutos Nordestinos: a arquitetura da administração pública entre expressões brutalistas globais e inflexões locais [1964-1985] Autor(es): Barbosa, Lucas Jordano de Melo Primeiro Orientador: Bierrenbach, Ana Carolina de Souza Abstract: This doctoral dissertation addresses the issue of understanding the development of Brutalism in the capitals of the Brazilian Northeast between 1964 and 1985, shifting the historiographical focus away from interpretations that directly associate architecture with the political regime then in power. The empirical objects of investigation are public administration buildings – headquarters of the Executive, Legislative, and Judiciary branches, as well as state agencies of indirect administration – considered exemplary as they most clearly embody the tension between the representation of state authority and the freedom of formal invention. The chosen scope stems from the recognition that these buildings constituted the most fertile ground for examining the design strategies that gave identity to the architectural production of the period. The central hypothesis posits that, in the capitals of the Brazilian Northeast, the Brutalism of public-administration buildings took shape as a particular expression of a disciplinary type in international circulation, revealing stronger formal affinities with transnational matrices than with the São Paulo–based Brazilian Brutalism. This hypothesis reframes the question from dependence to convergence of repertoires, examining whether an intellectual and formal synchronicity existed in the Brazilian Northeast with European, North American, and Asian debates on Brutalist expressiveness. Building on this hypothesis, the general objective is to analyze, through volumetric expression and compositional principles, this architectural production by identifying recurrent design patterns and critically comparing them across the nine capitals of the Brazilian Northeast. By pursuing this objective, the research contributes to broadening historiographical interpretations, distancing itself from reductionist readings that subordinate form to political causality, climatic determinism, or the presupposition of exclusive centers of diffusion. To achieve this goal, the adopted method combines a systematic survey of documentary sources – technical drawings, press archives, institutional collections, and photographic records – with an immanent analysis of the works. Drawing inspiration from Spinoza, this approach allows the buildings themselves to define the criteria of their interpretation, revealing what they express and what they withhold, without forcing them into pre-established categories. Conceptually, the research draws from Aristotle the notion of formal cause, understood here as a principle of organization that enables the interpretation of a projects’s internal logic through the synchronicity between its expressive and organizational strategies. From Lukács, it recovers the dialectic between the typical and the particular: each work is simultaneously constituted by the incorporation of ideas circulating within the disciplinary field and by the absorption of local idiosyncrasies, which particularize international repertoires in specific contexts. This conceptual triad supports an inside-out analytical approach, in which the formal logic of the works is articulated with historical circumstances and symbolic functions without being determined by them. The findings confirm the pertinence of the proposed scope and substantiate the hypothesis that the Brutalism in the Brazilian Northeast did not rely on the São Paulo–based Brazilian Brutalism as an intermediary for the ideas circulating in the Northern Hemisphere, but instead established a more direct and open dialogue with them than historiography has previously acknowledged. More specifically, the study identified a set of Brutalist buildings in the capitals of the Brazilian Northeast whose formal coherence reveals both the appropriation of widely disseminated disciplinary repertoires and their re-elaboration in local contexts. It also demonstrates that the Brutalist language was employed as a sign of state representation, yet without direct subordination to formal directives imposed by the authoritarian regime. The research further refutes the notion that climate determined the formal order of Brazilian Northeastern architecture, showing that the adopted solutions respond primarily to autonomous disciplinary logics. Consequently, the Brutalism produced in the capitals of the Brazilian Northeast between 1964 and 1985 emerges as a legitimate chapter in the history of modern architecture, whose intelligibility lies on its formal causes and on the expressive force of its works, in direct dialogue with a globally shared architectural idiom. Editora / Evento / Instituição: Universidade Federal da Bahia Tipo: Tese

Título: A Defensoria Pública e o papel da mulher nas carreiras militares: um estudo sobre a representatividade feminina e as iniciativas institucionais voltadas ao tema no âmbito da Polícia Militar do Estado da Bahia, de 2019 a 2022 Autor(es): Teixeira, Camila Angélica Canário de Sá Primeiro Orientador: Souza, Karine Freitas Abstract: In Brazil, women entered military careers around 1950, being a recent achievement in our democracy. In Bahia, the literature indicates that this access began in 1980. However, a model persists in which it is not common for women to occupy spaces in a significant way. Both from the point of view of access and from the point of view of advancement, it is necessary to evaluate the context in which this woman is inserted, addressing their level of representation within the Military Police of Bahia, forty years after their first entry. On the other hand, the Public Defender's Office, with the advent of LC 80/94, emerged as an institution focused on promoting Human Rights, with gender equality asits main banner. Within the scope of the internal organization of the Defender's Office, it is clear that the defense of military personnel cannot be dissociated from the critical outlook and values advocated as the foundations of the Defender's Office's raison d'être.This is the driving force for the limitation on the entry of women and the low representation in command posts to have been observed and questioned in a public hearing aimed at this purpose on February 6, 2020. Thus, the path forward points to the creation of an Observatory of Institutional Gender Violence organized by the Public Defender's Office with the aim of continually collecting more accurate data on the reality stated to support actions that may impact in some way on the given panorama. The observatory will also provide data on the reality of military firefighters, thus closing the state public security forces. The present study considers the theory of the glass ceiling (ceillingglass) in Daniela Versola Vaz, Laudicéia Soares de Oliveira, Andreia Valeria Steil and Cristina Tavares da Costa Rocha, from a feminist epistemological perspective and proposes to be structured in the field of everyday interactions .Instruments such as a historical and conceptual survey of central elements were used to better understand the career structure. Data collection and the state of the art are included to evaluate the current situation of women's role in this career, in the time frame from 2019 to 2022, evaluating legal and constitutional aspects to extract the data necessary to map the situation, and how This has repercussions on the proposal to create and structure an Observatory of Institutional Gender Violence in the Public Defender's Office. The research points to a gradual increase in representation, for now more present in access, as ascension to higher positions is slower. Editora / Evento / Instituição: Universidade Federal da Bahia Tipo: Dissertação

Título: Central Bank Digital Currency: Modelos de Design e suas Implicações Econômicas Autor(es): Martinez, Rodrigo Santos Primeiro Orientador: Tiryaki, Gisele Ferreira Editora / Evento / Instituição: Universidade Federal da Bahia Tipo: Trabalho de Conclusão de Curso

Título: A avaliação em Projetos Pedagógicos de Cursos de Pedagogia de Universidades Federais da Bahia Autor(es): Nascimento, Jéssica dos Santos Primeiro Orientador: Vilar, Edna Telma Fonseca e Silva Abstract: This Final Course Project analyzes how Assessment for Learning is conceived and presented in the Pedagogical Projects of the Pedagogy Courses at the Federal Universities of Bahia (UFBA, UFRB, and UNILAB) that offer such courses. Starting from the understanding that Assessment constitutes a political-pedagogical act inseparable from the teaching-learning process, the relevance of assessment as a formative dimension necessary for teaching is discussed. The research, with a qualitative approach, involved bibliographic review and document analysis procedures, using as corpus the PPCs of the investigated institutions, their curricular matrices, and syllabi of components associated with the theme of assessment. It was identified in the PPCs that Assessment constitutes a specific curricular component and is a topic of discussion in curricular internships and teaching methodologies. The density and relevance of the content of Assessment and the possibility of multiple approaches to its study suggest the need for its discussion in diverse curricular components, in specific disciplines and formative experiences. It is concluded from the reading and analysis of the PPCs that the importance of Assessment in teacher training is recognized with the necessary articulation of theory and practice, aiming at the construction of evaluative practices consistent with dialogical, inclusive and emancipatory principles. Editora / Evento / Instituição: Universidade Federal da Bahia Tipo: Trabalho de Conclusão de Curso

Título: Inovações disruptivas no mercado de trabalho brasileiro: panorama atual e perspectivas Autor(es): Jesus, Welerson Silvio Souza de Primeiro Orientador: Tiryaki, Gisele Ferreira Abstract: The implementation of generative AI and the automation process of current disruptive technologies benefit consumers through increased supply, diversification, and lower prices of goods and services. However, these advances can also generate negative impacts: structural unemployment, wage reductions, and a decrease in the labor force participation rate. This work derives an indicator of exposure to automation (the IEA) aiming to estimate a macroeconomic analysis of the impacts of AI and automation in ten economic sectors in Brazilian states from 2022 to 2024, using the Brazilian labor market as a case study and drawing a parallel with the economic literature. The results show that the sectors most intensive in routine tasks (manufacturing, construction, agriculture, and transportation) are the most exposed to automation, while those intensive in abstract and cognitive tasks (public administration, health, and education) are the least impacted. On the other hand, when AI complements work, it mainly impacts the service sector, which is intensive in routine cognitive tasks. Furthermore, women in skilled occupations tend to be less negatively impacted than men by the adoption of technology. And there are regional disparities, with higher levels of exposure to AI and automation observed in different sectors by state. Editora / Evento / Instituição: Universidade Federal da Bahia Tipo: Trabalho de Conclusão de Curso

Título: Soluções inovadoras em hardware reconfigurável para processamento online em um detector com alta taxa de eventos Autor(es): Luz, Igo Amaurí dos Santos Primeiro Orientador: Simas Filho, Eduardo Furtado de Abstract: The Large Hadron Collider (LHC) at CERN, the world's largest operational particle accelerator, will undergo an upgrade to the HL-LHC (High Luminosity LHC) phase, increasing the luminosity and energy of proton-proton collisions. For the ATLAS experiment, the accelerator upgrade process impacts, among other things, the energy measurement system (calorimeter) and the event selection and data acquisition system (Trigger and Data Acquisition - TDAQ). The changes proposed by this upgrade process may cause the superposition of signals measured by the TileCal sensors, affecting the particle characterization process. To mitigate the effects caused by signal distortion, it becomes necessary to perform the estimation of the original signal in an online manner. Another challenge for the HL-LHC operation is the new hardware component, the Global Trigger. It will implement the computing and selection algorithms, and one of these algorithms is the NeuralRinger, a method that combines a ring-shaped representation of electromagnetic showers and machine learning to efficiently select electrons. In this context, the main objective of this work is to develop online processing solutions in FPGA for the problems generated for the ATLAS experiment due to the LHC operation scenario in HL-LHC. This work proposes a hardware solution for energy estimation and also the implementation of the NeuralRinger in the Global Trigger. For energy estimation, two different techniques were implemented and evaluated: one based on the FIR filter, and the other on the Positive Gradient Descent algorithm. The NeuralRinger was designed and implemented as a component integrated into the Global Event Processor (GEP), which is the core of the Global Trigger. The error results from the implementations of the energy estimation and electron selection algorithms indicated the efficiency of the hardware implementation. The implemented circuits were also synthesized for the FPGAs defined in the ATLAS electronics upgrade project: the Xilinx XC7VX485T for the TileCal electronics, used in the design of the energy estimation algorithms, and the Xilinx Virtex UltraScale+ VCU118 for the Global Trigger, used in the NeuralRinger design. The circuit synthesis results for energy estimation, using the deterministic approach, reported a utilization of approximately 0.8% of Registers, LUTs, and DSPs, and, for the iterative approach, approximately 11% for LUTs, 9% for Registers, and 17% for DSPs. For the NeuralRinger, the synthesis tool reported a utilization of 1.42% of LookUp Tables and 0.96% of Flip-Flops for the ring construction circuit, and 0.12% of LookUp Tables and 0.26% of Flip-Flops for the neural network. These results indicated the viability of deploying both solutions on the respective FPGAs boards. Editora / Evento / Instituição: Universidade Federal da Bahia Tipo: Tese

Título: Contratualização do direito de família: reflexões sobre as cláusulas existenciais em contratos familiares Autor(es): Silva, Felipe Ventin da Primeiro Orientador: Pamplona Filho, Rodolfo Mario Veiga Abstract: The present thesis addresses the possible existential clauses in family contracts, encouraged by the ongoing phenomenon of the contractualization of family law. This contemporary trend finds its foundation in the increasing influence of private autonomy within family relations, intensified by the process of the constitutionalization of Civil Law and the perceived crisis of the codified Brazilian family law system. Within this framework, the research aims to examine whether the Brazilian legal order admits the contractualization of family law, particularly with regard to the establishment of existential clauses in family contracts. Those clauses establish rights and duties within a family relationship, governing aspects of human personality and ways of “being” or “existing” within the family context. They may define rules concerning, for instance, private life, sexuality, conjugal duties, personal conduct, lifestyle choices of the partners, and even parental behavior toward their children. The central hypothesis of this thesis is that the negotiation of such clauses is legally permissible, provided that certain parameters grounded in freedom and solidarity are duly observed. As its general objective, the study seeks to explore the boundaries and intersections between Family Law and Contract Law, qualitatively assessing the extent to which private autonomy, a foundational principle of Private Law, allows for the self-regulation of existential legal situations within family relationships. To achieve this goal, it was necessary to revisit the concepts and dogmas of traditional Civil Law, particularly those perpetuated by textbook-based scholarship that has profoundly shaped the formation of Brazilian legal thought. In this point of view, the study proposes a reinterpretation of general clauses such as public order, morality, and good customs, with the aim of assessing their scope in restricting both family autonomy and existential autonomy. The research further examines the influence of religiosity on the development of Brazilian family law dogmatics and, more recently, the impact of constitutionalization and repersonalization on the processes of privatization and contractualization of family relations, movements that have fostered the emergence of a minimalist family law grounded in the freedom of personal development and the individual’s right to self-determination. It was also necessary to reconsider the very concept of contract, still deeply rooted in patrimonial notions, in order to confirm the doctrinal and terminological adequacy of the expression family contracts. Several examples of existential clauses in family contracts were analyzed, with particular emphasis on their validity, ultimately seeking to propose parameters for the contractualization of such clauses founded upon the constitutional principles of freedom and solidarity. The research employs a civil-constitutional methodology alongside the dialectical method, proceeding through a movement of thesis and antithesis in order to critically reflect upon the potential risks arising from a possible (hyper)contractualization of family relations. Editora / Evento / Instituição: Universidade Federal da Bahia Tipo: Tese

Título: Qualidade, eficiência e sustentabilidade na educação superior: uma análise comparativa entre países em relação ao progresso desigual em direção ao Objetivo de Desenvolvimento Sustentável 4 Autor(es): Oliveira-Melo, Felipe Guilherme Primeiro Orientador: Sant’Anna, Ângelo Márcio Oliveira Abstract: This doctoral thesis aims to develop a comprehensive understanding of countries’ progress toward SDG 4 Target 4.3 by analyzing performance typologies and estimating the efficiency with which tertiary education systems generate outcomes related to access to higher education, participation in vocational education, and engagement in lifelong learning. It is structured as article-based research comprising three independent yet interrelated studies. Grounded in Institutional Theory, Resource Dependence Theory, and the Capability Approach, the research adopts a comparative, multi-level, and cross-national design that integrates qualitative evidence synthesis with quantitative modeling based on secondary data. The first article presents a scoping review that systematically maps how tertiary education institutions operationalize quality and efficiency in support of SDG 4. Following the Joanna Briggs Institute methodology and the PRISMA-ScR protocol, 26 empirical studies published between 2015 and 2024 were analyzed using inductive qualitative content analysis. The findings reveal a growing diversity of strategies combining technological innovation, institutional reform, and collaborative partnerships. However, they also highlight persistent challenges related to fragmented governance, conceptual misalignment between quality and efficiency frameworks, and unequal institutional capacities across contexts. This study contributes by proposing a multi-level analytical framework linking micro-, meso-, and macro-level dimensions of quality and efficiency in tertiary education for sustainable development. The second article empirically investigates global performance patterns related to SDG 4 Target 4.3 by developing a cross-national typology of higher education systems. Using recent data (2022–2024) from the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) Institute for Statistics for 71 countries, the study applies a two-stage clustering approach that combines self-organizing maps and hierarchical clustering. The results identify four distinct clusters of countries, revealing marked differences in access to tertiary education, vocational training participation, lifelong learning engagement, and gender equity. The analysis shows that countries with integrated lifelong learning policies and stronger institutional arrangements tend to exhibit more inclusive and balanced outcomes, while others face persistent gender gaps and limited vocational integration. This article advances the literature by providing an updated empirical typology and by theoretically linking institutional configurations to capability expansion in higher education systems. The third article assesses the relative efficiency with which national higher education systems transform educational resources into outcomes aligned with SDG 4 Target 4.3. Drawing on data from UNESCO and the World Bank for 112 countries, the study applies an output-oriented bootstrap Data Envelopment Analysis model to account for statistical noise and improve the robustness of efficiency estimates. The findings reveal substantial global disparities: while high-efficiency systems are associated with effective governance and strategic resource allocation, many low- and middle-income countries face structural constraints that limit performance. Notably, several countries with lower levels of economic development outperform wealthier peers, indicating that efficiency is more closely related to governance quality than to income level alone. The doctoral thesis demonstrates that global progress toward SDG 4 Target 4.3 has been uneven and only partially convergent. Although access to higher education has expanded worldwide, this quantitative growth has not consistently translated into improved equity, employability, or lifelong learning opportunities. A pronounced asymmetry persists between the Global North and the Global South. These systemic disparities threaten the achievement of Target 4.3 by 2030 and suggest that, without structural reforms, global inequalities in access and inclusion may persist and potentially deepen. The research provides a comprehensive and evidence-based understanding of the uneven progress toward SDG 4, offering actionable insights for policymakers seeking to enhance the equity, effectiveness, and sustainability of higher education worldwide. Editora / Evento / Instituição: Universidade Federal a Bahia Tipo: Tese