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    Women in Artificial intelligence (AI)

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    This Special Issue, entitled "Women in Artificial Intelligence" includes 17 papers from leading women scientists. The papers cover a broad scope of research areas within Artificial Intelligence, including machine learning, perception, reasoning or planning, among others. The papers have applications to relevant fields, such as human health, finance, or education. It is worth noting that the Issue includes three papers that deal with different aspects of gender bias in Artificial Intelligence. All the papers have a woman as the first author. We can proudly say that these women are from countries worldwide, such as France, Czech Republic, United Kingdom, Australia, Bangladesh, Yemen, Romania, India, Cuba, Bangladesh and Spain. In conclusion, apart from its intrinsic scientific value as a Special Issue, combining interesting research works, this Special Issue intends to increase the invisibility of women in AI, showing where they are, what they do, and how they contribute to developments in Artificial Intelligence from their different places, positions, research branches and application fields. We planned to issue this book on the on Ada Lovelace Day (11/10/2022), a date internationally dedicated to the first computer programmer, a woman who had to fight the gender difficulties of her times, in the XIX century. We also thank the publisher for making this possible, thus allowing for this book to become a part of the international activities dedicated to celebrating the value of women in ICT all over the world. With this book, we want to pay homage to all the women that contributed over the years to the field of AI

    Salutogenesis in health promoting settings: a synthesis across organizations, communities and environments

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    The Latest Scientific Problems Related to the Implementation and Diagnostics of Construction Objects

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    This book contains publications related to the special topic entitled: "The Latest Scientific Problems Related to the Implementation and Diagnostics of Construction Objects". Construction is a sector of the economy that is characterized by a very high variability of execution conditions and a large variety of building structures. In a period of very rapid economic development, this high variability and diversity generates many new scientific problems that must be solved in order to further improve the quality of production, as well as to reduce the cost and time of construction. The purpose of the issue is to present and discuss the results of the latest research in the broad field of construction engineering, particularly concerning: modification of the composition of construction materials using various micro- and nanomaterials, by-products or wastes; modern methods of controlling construction processes; methods of planning and effective management in construction, as well as methods of diagnosing construction objects. The articles published in this issue deal with theoretical, experimental, applied and modeling research conducted worldwide in the above-mentioned scientific areas

    Research in Metabolomics via Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy: Data Mining, Biochemistry and Clinical Chemistry

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    Metabolomics entails the comprehensive characterization of the ensemble of endogenous and exogenous metabolites present in a biological specimen. Metabolites represent, at the same time, the downstream output of the genome and the upstream input from various external factors, such as the environment, lifestyle, and diet. Therefore, in the last few years, metabolomic phenotyping has provided unique insights into the fundamental and molecular causes of several physiological and pathophysiological conditions. In parallel, metabolomics has been demonstrating an emerging role in monitoring the influence of different manufacturing procedures on food quality and food safety. In light of the above, this collection includes the latest research from various fields of NMR-based metabolomics applications ranging from biomedicine to data mining and food chemistry

    Proceedings of the 12th International Conference on Kinanthropology

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    Proceedings of the 12th Conference of Sport and Quality of Life 2019 gatheres submissions of participants of the conference. Every submission is the result of positive evaluation by reviewers from the corresponding field. Conference is divided into sections – Analysis of human movement; Sport training, nutrition and regeneration; Sport and social sciences; Active ageing and sarcopenia; Strength and conditioning training; section for PhD students

    Applying salutogenesis in organisations

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    Tecnostress, tecnoeustress : estudo dos docentes do ensino superior em Portugal

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    Tese de doutoramento em Gestão, Universidade Lusíada de Lisboa, 2022Exame público realizado em 30 de setembro de 2022O papel estratégico do professor do ensino superior no desenvolvimento socioeconómico é inquestionável, pelo que zelar pela saúde e bem-estar destes profissionais deverá constituir uma preocupação premente. A progressiva digitalização do ensino integra as transformações a que a atividade docente tem sido exposta. As Tecnologias de informação e Comunicação trouxeram diversas vantagens, mas a sua utilização pode induzir stress – tecnostress - que tem sido principalmente considerado numa perspetiva negativa e prejudicial - tecnodistress. O presente estudo foca-se na pouco explorada vertente positiva – tecnoeustress – e tem como objetivo geral conhecer como pode a utilização das tecnologias no trabalho influenciar de forma benéfica o stress ocupacional e a atividade dos docentes do ensino superior. Para este fim, foi desenvolvido um modelo de relações, diretas e de moderação, que integra aspetos contextuais (caraterísticas da tecnologia e mecanismos organizacionais relacionados com o uso das tecnologias) e pessoais promotores de stress positivo e subsequentes atitudes e comportamentos de trabalho. Estudou-se também a evolução temporal destes fatores e respetivas relações em dois momentos, ambos sob as circunstâncias originadas pela pandemia COVID-19 e que envolveram o ensino remoto. O modelo foi empiricamente validado com recurso a uma metodologia mista, qualitativa e quantitativa. Realizaram-se entrevistas semiestruturadas e recorreu-se à análise temática visando explorar perspetivas adicionais ao modelo conceptual de origem. Efetuaram-se trabalhos prévios de tradução, adaptação e validação dos 11 instrumentos de medida numa amostra representativa dos docentes do ensino superior portugueses. Através de um survey online, participaram no estudo 1.107 professores a nível nacional e obtiveram-se 712 respostas emparelhadas para o estudo evolutivo. A análise quantitativa foi concretizada utilizando-se análise exploratória e inferencial de dados e análise de equações estruturais. Os principais resultados revelaram que a utilidade e a fiabilidade (caraterísticas da tecnologia), a literacia sinérgica (mecanismo organizacional), a consciência tecnológica, as estratégias de coping e a idade (variáveis individuais) influenciam direta e positivamente o tecnoeustress, o qual se associou positivamente com a satisfação e o desempenho no trabalho. No segundo momento observou-se, genericamente, estabilidade nos resultados, conquanto sobressaindo a utilidade das tecnologias como preditor de stress positivo. São apresentadas as contribuições para a investigação e para a gestão, visando otimizar o funcionamento dos docentes e das instituições do ensino superior.The strategic role of higher education teachers in socio-economic development is unquestionable, so ensuring these professionals health and well-being should be a paramount concern. The progressive digitalization of education integrates the transformations to which teaching activity has been exposed. Information and Communication Technologies have brought several advantages, but their use may induce stress - technostress - which has been mainly considered in a negative and harmful perspective - technodistress. This research focuses on the under-explored positive aspect - technoeustress - and has the overall objective of understanding how the use of technologies at work can positively influence the occupational stress and functioning of higher education teachers. To this end, a model of direct and moderating relationships was developed, integrating contextual (technology characteristics and organizational mechanisms related with the use of technology) and personal factors that promote positive stress and subsequent attitudes and work behaviors. The evolution of these factors and their relationships over time was also studied, in two moments, both under the circumstances originated by the COVID-19 pandemic and which involved remote teaching. The model was empirically validated using a mixed qualitative and quantitative methodology. Semi-structured interviews were conducted, and thematic analysis was applied to explore additional perspectives to the original conceptual model. Previoustranslation, adaptation, and validation work regarding the 11 measurement instruments was undertaken in a representative sample of Portuguese higher education teachers. Through an online survey, 1,107 national teachers participated in the study and 712 paired responses were obtained for the evolution study. Quantitative analysis was performed using exploratory and inferential data analysis and structural equation modeling. The main results revealed that usefulness and reliability (technology characteristics), synergic literacy (organizational mechanism), IT mindfulness, coping strategies and age (individual variables) were directly and positively related to technoeustress, which was positively associated with job satisfaction and performance. In the second moment, the results were generally stable, although the technologies usefulness prevailed as a predictor of positive stress. Contributions to research and management are presented, with a view to optimizing teachers’ and higher education institutions’ functioning

    Technology, Science and Culture

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    From the success of the first and second volume of this series, we are enthusiastic to continue our discussions on research topics related to the fields of Food Science, Intelligent Systems, Molecular Biomedicine, Water Science, and Creation and Theories of Culture. Our aims are to discuss the newest topics, theories, and research methods in each of the mentioned fields, to promote debates among top researchers and graduate students and to generate collaborative works among them

    Interpersonal synchrony and network dynamics in social interaction [Special issue]

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