Câmara de Lobos: estudo das potencialidades de desenvolvimento e promoção turística do concelho

Dissertação apresentada para cumprimento dos requisitos necessários à obtenção do grau de Mestre em Gestão do TerritórioO turismo tem representado para a Região Autónoma da Madeira (RAM), um sector de atividade de inegável importância estratégica no desenvolvimento socioeconómico deste arquipélago atlântico. Dadas as suas reduzidas dimensões, os concelhos enquanto parcelas do território regional, não constituem por si só motivos de atração de turistas à RAM, mas antes integram um todo regional que apresenta-se ao mundo com uma identidade particular capaz de fixar anualmente cerca de um milhão de hóspedes nas unidades hoteleiras regionais. Câmara de Lobos não é exceção à regra, possuindo um conjunto de atrativos que convidam o turista a uma passagem pelo concelho. A sua única cidade - Câmara de Lobos, recebe diariamente centenas de turistas que constituem uma significativa mais-valia no tecido económico local. A definição de uma estratégia de promoção local, devidamente enquadrada com a política regional definida para o sector revela-se pertinente. Neste sentido, a produção de um roteiro turístico pedestre poderia representar uma importante ferramenta de diferenciação e valorização da cidade face à restante oferta turística regional

Web colaborativa: evolução ou revolução?

A Web deixou de ser uma colecção de páginas HTML estáticas que descreviam algo do mundo. O desenvolvimento da tecnologia permite, cada vez mais, criar plataformas de acesso à Internet mais rápidas, mais eficientes em termos energéticos, aspecto importante no caso de dispositivos pequenos, e mais económicas fazem com que estejamos, nesta altura, a viver uma transformação tecnológica e social sem precedentes. Para aplicar estas tecnologias é necessário primeiro conhecer as suas potencialidades, alternativas e limitações. No entanto, para que as novas tecnologias conquistem a confiança dos utilizadores, necessitam de ser seguras e que os processos de negócio sejam mais automáticos, rápidos e eficientes. A adopção de aplicações colaborativas tem gerado muitas questões sociais em todas as ramificações da Web. A "empresa 2.0", o marketing colaborativo e a análise do cliente estão a revolucionar a influência destas tecnologias no mundo

A INSUFICIÊNCIA DOS INSTRUMENTOS PROCESSUAIS PARA A PROTEÇÃO DA SAÚDE PÚBLICA EM SITUAÇÕES EXCEPCIONAIS

Palavras-chave: Direitos; Estado; Políticas; Pandemia, Saúde.Keywords: Rights; State; Policies; Pandemic, Healt

From key business factors to KPIs within a reconfigurable and flexible cyber-physical system

In a global market characterized by strong competition and quickly changing boundary conditions, flexible and reconfigurable production systems can rapidly react to both endogenous and exogenous drivers. To this extent, it is necessary to define a new production system model, which can combine the most significant key business factors (KBFs), in order to meet the specified objectives and the relevant KPIs and to control the system. The model can be used within a cyber-physical system, to properly support the different functions and take the right decisions through simulation ICT tools. This research task is part of PERFoRM (Production harmonizEd Reconfiguration of Flexible Robots and Machinery), a European funded project, which aims at developing an innovative manufacturing system based on a new agile concept introducing the implementation of methods, methodologies and strategies for transforming existing production systems into plug-and-produce production ones based on Cyber-Physical Systems technologies. In particular, this paper aims at describing the relationships among the KBFs (Key Business Factors), namely the drivers of the production system, and the relevant KPIs. The model has been validated through an industrial use case, in order to gain important information about constraints and opportunities for improvement in other contexts.This project has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation program under grant agreement No 680435.This project has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation program under grant agreement No 680435.info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersio

Dynamical aspects of supercooled TIP3P–water in the grooves of DNA

We investigate by molecular dynamics simulations the mobility of the water located at the DNA minor and major grooves. We employ the TIP3P water model, and our system is analyzed for a range of temperatures 190–300 K. For high temperatures, the water at the grooves shows an Arrhenius behavior similar to that observed in the bulk water. At lower temperatures, a departure from the bulk behavior is observed. This slowing down in the dynamics is compared with the dynamics of the hydrogen of the DNA at the grooves and with the autocorrelation functions of the water hydrogen bonds. Our results indicate that the hydrogen bonds of the water at the minor grooves are highly correlated, which suggests that this is the mechanism for the slow dynamics at this high confinemen

Bioherbicide from Azadirachta indica Seed Waste: Exploitation, Efficient Extraction of Neem Oil and Allelopathic Effect on Senna occidentalis

"Bioherbicides are an alternative to minimize the damage caused to the environment using agrochemicals. This study had the objective of extracting neem oil from ripe waste fruits that Azadirachta indica A. Juss and optimizing the process using solvents (or a mixture of solvents) with different polarities. Then, through a solid-liquid extraction system (Soxhlet), the solvents hexane, methanol/hexane (1:1), ethanol, and hexane/ethanol (1:1) were used to determine the process with the highest yield and most efficiency. The physicochemical parameters of the extracted oil (density, acidity value, iodine value, saponification value, esters value, and molecular weight) and the % of free fatty acids were determined. In addition, the allelopathic properties of the oil (0%, 2%, 3%, and 4% m/v) on septic weed Senna occidentalis seeds were evaluated, analyzing their growth and development parameters (germination, germination speed, hypocotyl, and radicle length). Hexane was the most efficient (4 h) in neem oil extraction, with the highest yield (43%). It also provided a better oleic and linoleic acid content (41.3% and 18.6%), similar to ethanol extraction (41.1% and 20.22%). Moreover, the allelopathic properties were more prominent for the oils extracted with hexane and hexane/ethanol. This optimized process provides an efficient alternative to obtain a natural herbicidal potential for strategically controlling harmful plants

Bioherbicide from Azadirachta indica Seed Waste: Exploitation, Efficient Extraction of Neem Oil and Allelopathic Effect on Senna occidentalis

"Bioherbicides are an alternative to minimize the damage caused to the environment using agrochemicals. This study had the objective of extracting neem oil from ripe waste fruits that Azadirachta indica A. Juss and optimizing the process using solvents (or a mixture of solvents) with different polarities. Then, through a solid-liquid extraction system (Soxhlet), the solvents hexane, methanol/hexane (1:1), ethanol, and hexane/ethanol (1:1) were used to determine the process with the highest yield and most efficiency. The physicochemical parameters of the extracted oil (density, acidity value, iodine value, saponification value, esters value, and molecular weight) and the % of free fatty acids were determined. In addition, the allelopathic properties of the oil (0%, 2%, 3%, and 4% m/v) on septic weed Senna occidentalis seeds were evaluated, analyzing their growth and development parameters (germination, germination speed, hypocotyl, and radicle length). Hexane was the most efficient (4 h) in neem oil extraction, with the highest yield (43%). It also provided a better oleic and linoleic acid content (41.3% and 18.6%), similar to ethanol extraction (41.1% and 20.22%). Moreover, the allelopathic properties were more prominent for the oils extracted with hexane and hexane/ethanol. This optimized process provides an efficient alternative to obtain a natural herbicidal potential for strategically controlling harmful plants