Relatório de estágio curricular na Blueclinical, LDA

Mestrado em Biomedicina FarmacêuticaO presente relatório descreve com detalhe o meu período de estágio curricular realizado durante o Mestrado em Biomedicina Farmacêutica. O estágio teve a duração de 9 meses e ocorreu na Blueclinical Lda., uma empresa constituída por três unidades de negócio distintas: Unidade de Fase I, Unidade de Investigação e Desenvolvimento e uma Unidade de Parceria com Centros de Ensaio - Clinical Research Partnership (CRP). A minha atividade foi desenvolvida apenas numa unidade de negócio – CRP. No entanto tive oportunidade de conhecer duas realidades distintas, exercendo funções num centro de ensaio como coordenadora de ensaios clínicos e funções na Blueclinical Back Office, com funções de apoio à unidade CRP, essencialmente na gestão de contratos financeiros e pagamentos. Neste relatório é revisto o estado de arte da investigação clínica e são descritas as principais atividades realizadas durante o estágio. São igualmente relatadas, as principais dificuldades sentidas, as estratégias utilizadas para as ultrapassar e objetivos que considero alcançados. A realização deste estágio foi uma excelente oportunidade que me permitiu consolidar os conteúdos teóricos adquiridos durante o primeiro ano do mestrado, obtendo a experiência necessária para ingressar no mundo de trabalho da Investigação Clínica.The present report describes in detail my internship period, during the Master in Pharmaceutical Medicine. The internship lasted 9 months and was performed in Blueclinical Ltd., a company that has three business units: Phase I Unit, Research and Development Unit and Clinical Research Partnership Unit (CRP). My activities were performed in only one business unit - CRP, however I had the opportunity to experience two different realities, exercising functions as Clinical Research Coordinator at site and support functions at Blueclinical Back office, mainly contract management and payment tracking. This report reviews state of art of clinical research and describes main activities performed during internship. Along with the description of the activities performed, it is done a presentation of the difficulties encountered, strategies used to overcome them and objectives I considered achieved. This internship was a great opportunity that allowed me to consolidate theoretical knowledge acquired during the first year of the master, giving me the necessary experience to cross into Clinical Research job marke

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Mission-Critical Communications from LMR to 5G: a Technology Assessment approach for Smart City scenarios

Radiocommunication networks are one of the main support tools of agencies that carry out actions in Public Protection & Disaster Relief (PPDR), and it is necessary to update these communications technologies from narrowband to broadband and integrated to information technologies to have an effective action before society. Understanding that this problem includes, besides the technical aspects, issues related to the social context to which these systems are inserted, this study aims to construct scenarios, using several sources of information, that helps the managers of the PPDR agencies in the technological decisionmaking process of the Digital Transformation of Mission-Critical Communication considering Smart City scenarios, guided by the methods and approaches of Technological Assessment (TA).As redes de radiocomunicações são uma das principais ferramentas de apoio dos órgãos que realizam ações de Proteção Pública e Socorro em desastres, sendo necessário atualizar essas tecnologias de comunicação de banda estreita para banda larga, e integra- las às tecnologias de informação, para se ter uma atuação efetiva perante a sociedade . Entendendo que esse problema inclui, além dos aspectos técnicos, questões relacionadas ao contexto social ao qual esses sistemas estão inseridos, este estudo tem por objetivo a construção de cenários, utilizando diversas fontes de informação que auxiliem os gestores destas agências na tomada de decisão tecnológica que envolve a transformação digital da Comunicação de Missão Crítica considerando cenários de Cidades Inteligentes, guiado pelos métodos e abordagens de Avaliação Tecnológica (TA)

Air Traffic Management Abbreviation Compendium

As in all fields of work, an unmanageable number of abbreviations are used today in aviation for terms, definitions, commands, standards and technical descriptions. This applies in general to the areas of aeronautical communication, navigation and surveillance, cockpit and air traffic control working positions, passenger and cargo transport, and all other areas of flight planning, organization and guidance. In addition, many abbreviations are used more than once or have different meanings in different languages. In order to obtain an overview of the most common abbreviations used in air traffic management, organizations like EUROCONTROL, FAA, DWD and DLR have published lists of abbreviations in the past, which have also been enclosed in this document. In addition, abbreviations from some larger international projects related to aviation have been included to provide users with a directory as complete as possible. This means that the second edition of the Air Traffic Management Abbreviation Compendium includes now around 16,500 abbreviations and acronyms from the field of aviation

Vista D2.1 Supporting Data for Business and Regulatory Scenarios Report

Vista examines the effects of conflicting market forces on European performance in ATM, through the evaluation of impact metrics on four key stakeholders, and the environment. The review of regulatory and business factors is presented. Vista will model the current and future (2035, 2050) framework based on the impact of regulatory and business factors. These factors are obtained from a literature review of regulations, projects and technological and operational changes. The current value of those factors and their possible evolution are captured in this deliverable

The Risk Landscape within FinTech and InsurTech Business Models

The FinTech/InsurTech-based business models are gradually maturing and disrupting the offering and management of financial services (banking, financial and insurance) on the global stage. However, understanding of the risk landscape of the FinTech and InsurTech business models remains at an early stage due to the diverse nature of their activities and the rapid development of the field. Although FinTech and InsurTech offer the opportunity to accelerate economic growth and expand financial affordability/inclusion in all countries, they pose new risks to financial stability and integrity. This book contains five articles that offer a discussion of state-of-the-art developments or introduce new theoretical or practical advances in the identification, measurement and management of the risks arising from the FinTech/InsurTech-based business models

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This paper reviews the current policies and programmes of EIARD members in relation to capacity development and makes recommendations on future directions. The main issues and recommendations will be incorporated into a policy brief in which specific policy options or guidelines will be presented. The goal of EIARDs strategy is to reduce poverty (i.e. MDGs); to promote economic growth, food security, and sustainable management of natural resources in developing & emerging economy countries and to contribute to global development issues and knowledge generation. The purpose of this study on capacity development for ARD is to contribute to these objectives by carrying out a broad-scale mapping exercise of current capacity development programmes in EIARD member countries. It identifies some specific initiatives which illustrate different aspects of capacity development and which are representative for a range of different EIARD members. To this end also initiatives from EIARD countries which recently started to support programmes for capacity strengthening in ARD are included