Análise do contributo dos sistemas construtivos em alvenaria estrutural para a sustentabilidade dos edifícios

A indústria da construção tem um forte contributo para os efeitos negativos provocados sobre o meio ambiente, assim como a nível social e económico. Hoje em dia, a construção continua refém dos métodos construtivos mais tradicionais havendo uma forte resistência à introdução de novas tecnologias, mesmo que estas proporcionem um melhor desempenho ambiental das cidades e da qualidade de vida dos seus cidadãos.  Deste modo, o estudo e aplicação de novos materiais e soluções construtivas tornam-se essenciais para diminuir a utilização de recursos naturais e energia assim como os danos resultantes da sua aplicação.  Assim, com este projeto pretende-se descrever e analisar a contribuição dos sistemas construtivos em alvenaria estrutural para os objetivos da Sustentabilidade dos Edifícios tendo como referência estudos já realizados. Em conclusão, é esperado que a solução em alvenaria estrutural para além de incluir as características técnicas exigidas, tenha menor impacte ambiental, seja economicamente vantajosa e proporcione bem-estar aos utilizadores do edifício onde possa vir a ser aplicada.

Cosmopolitan tourists in P2P accommodation: an exploratory study of online reviews on airbnb

First published online November 24, 2023This study compares guest reviews of Airbnb accommodations by country of origin, in order to identify cultural evidences. An exploratory study was conducted in two selected Airbnb accommodations through content analysis of 775 reviews by guests from 32 different countries. The authors analysed the data according to two dimensions of Hofstede’s Cultural Theory: (1) individualism/collectivism - the vision that the well-being is achieved by the action of each individual versus the collaboration of the society as a group; and (2) masculinity/femininity – a patriarchal society seeking success versus a society where quality of life is based on the well-being of all. The results suggest homogeneity in online reviews by country of origin. This result may be justified by the prevalence of cosmopolitan tourists in Peer-to-Peer (P2P) accommodation – those travellers with experience worldwide, looking to contact with the locals and who avoid reflecting cultural values due to their cosmopolitan mindset. The paper provides important implications both for managers of P2P platforms looking for universal legitimacy and to the theoretical research into cultural studies regarding the cosmopolitanism of the sharing economy.This work is financed by national funds through FCT - Foundation for Science and Technology, I.P., within the scope of the project «UIDB/04647/2020» of CICS.NOVA – Interdisciplinary Centre of Social Sciences of Universidade Nova de Lisboa

Community Structure of Social Wasps (Hymenoptera: Vespidae) in Riparian Forest in Batayporã, Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil

Reduction and destruction of riparian forests are harmful to the biota, especially the social wasps. This study analyzed the species constancy and the structure of the polistine wasp community associated with fragments of riparian forest in the municipality of Batayporã, state of Mato Grosso do Sul. Eighteen species of social wasps were collected, by the methods of active searching and traps baited with honey and sardine. Eight species were classified as infrequent, five as very frequent, and five as of intermediate frequency. The community structure, as represented by species richness, showed a significant negative correlation with the Berger-Parker dominance index, and no significant correlation with the width of the fragments and with the structural complexity of the vegetation, suggesting that the community, in this case, must be structured by the tolerance of the species and not by the vegetation characteristics, which did not limit the dispersal of the social wasps

Depression, Anxiety and Alcohol Abuse in a Gastroenterology Intensive Care Unit: Prevalence and Detection

Objectives: To assess depression, anxiety, and alcohol abuse in a Gastroenterology ICU, and the level of its detection by the staff. Method: All patients consecutively admitted to the ICU during a six-month period, 18 or above, and staying 24 hours, were assessed with the Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (HADS) and the CAGE. Doctors and nurses assessed the type and severity of patients’ morbidity. Data were analyzed with Student’s t-test, Pearson’s and Spearman’s correlations for ordinal variables, chi-square for nominal variables, and multiple logistic regression. Results: The 65 patients assessed had a mean age of 57, and were predominantly male (58.5%), married (72.3%), and retired (53.8%); 27.7% had a psychiatric history, 24.6% were on psychotropic drugs, and 32.3% had an alcohol intake above standards. Anxiety and depression HADS scores 8 were present in 29.2% and 35.4% of the patients, respectively; 20%, mainly men, scored positive on the CAGE. Women had significantly higher anxiety scores (=.012) than men but did not differ in depression. A psychiatric history was significantly associated with higher anxiety (p<.001) and depression (p=.007) scores, as well as being on psychotropic drugs regularly (p<.001; p=.03, respectively). Doctors diagnosed somatic illness in 48.8%, and somatic illness with psychiatric co-morbidity in 51%; for nurses the rates were, respectively, 41.5% and 58.6%. Doctors’ and nurses’ detection of psychiatric disorders were significantly associated with the HADS anxiety scores (p=.013; p=.001, respectively), and doctor’s detection with depression (p=.046) scores. There were no significant associations between nurses’ detection of psychiatric disorders and depression, and between both professional groups detection and alcohol abuse. Conclusion: High prevalence of depression, anxiety, and alcohol abuse in Gastroenterology ICU was confirmed. However, the level of detection by the staff was low and mainly when anxiety symptoms were present

A psicoterapia breve nas doenças somáticas

Após um historial da ideia de Psicoterapia Breve, a autora passa em rWiSh, Sucessivamente, as indicações, princípios gerais e temas principais das Psico-terapias Breves em situações de doença somática, concluindo com 0 tipo de relação terapêutica a estabelecer.ABSTRACT: After a brief historical presenhtion of short-term Psychotherapy, the author reviews the general principles, indications and main issues of the short-term psychoterapeutic approach in cases of somatic disease

Innovation track: promoting the development of new products and services for the agro-fFood and agro-environmental systems

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Moisture measurement in paper and cardboard packaging waste bales for recycling

Funding Information: Funding: This research was funded by Sociedade Ponto Verde (SPV) and was supported by the Marine and Environmental Sciences Centre (MARE), which is financed by national funds from FCT/MCTES (UIDB/04292/2020). Publisher Copyright: © 2021 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland.Moisture content is a quality issue raised by recycling plants in the acceptance of paper and cardboard coming from waste streams. The current way to measure this parameter is by the oven drying method, which is a slow and invasive process, costing time and resources for the recyclers to do this type of quality control. An alternative to such a measurement technique is the use of plate-form devices which indirectly measure the moisture content using the dielectric properties of water and paper. This study has tested this method and developed a representative equation for the use of devices with these properties in the Portuguese market. For that, 48 wastepaper and cardboard bales were tested with both the traditional (oven drying) method and a commercial device equipped with dielectric technology. An equation that fits the studied reality (R2 = 0.76) was achieved, and possible problems regarding the use of this device were tested. The results showed that this type of device could be used as a time-and cost-saving, non-destructive and reliable method in the quality control of wastepaper and cardboard bales.publishersversionpublishe

Newfood Project - food technologies valorization in traditional foods sector

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A escrita criativa em aulas de português como língua não materna

A conceção da aprendizagem de uma língua como uma ímpar oportunidade em termos experienciais e culturais constitui-se como um dos principais denominadores comuns das nossas práticas de ensino, em sala de aula, em geral, e em aulas de português como língua não materna, em universidades da América do Norte, mais em particular. A escrita de textos para um destinatário real é, precisamente, uma das possibilidades a que já recorremos, para tornar (mais) motivador e significativo o processo de aprendizagem da língua, explorando se as potencialidades decorrentes da própria interação entre a escrita e a leitura e da monitorização processual. Nesta nossa contribuição, apresentaremos, precisamente, os nossos modos de atuação em dois projetos de escrita criativa, desenvolvidos em aulas de português como língua adicional no Canadá, e com destinatários reais – alunos de diferentes países lusófonos -, implicando tal uma verdadeira socialização dos escritos. A forma empenhada como os aprendentes se envolveram, ativamente, na elaboração dos contos, e que também exploraremos, bem como os progressos escriturais evidentes asseguram a importância destas atividades.info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersio

O ensino de PHP em páginas web dinâmicas através do desenvolvimento de um "fórum online sobre património cultural"

Relatório da Prática de Ensino Supervisionada, Mestrado em Ensino da Informática, Universidade de Lisboa, Instituto de Educação, 2020O presente relatório foi concretizado no âmbito da unidade curricular de Iniciação à Prática Profissional IV do Mestrado em Ensino da Informática do Instituto de Educação da Universidade de Lisboa. Retrata a intervenção pedagógica na Escola Secundária Gago Coutinho, numa turma do segundo ano do Curso Profissional de Técnico de Gestão e Programação de Sistemas Informáticos na disciplina de Redes de Comunicação e concretamente no final do módulo cinco: “Desenvolvimento de Páginas Web Dinâmicas” com a duração de catorze tempos letivos de quarenta e cinco minutos de prática de ensino supervisionada. Em virtude da suspensão das aulas presenciais por ordem do Governo a dezasseis de março de 2020 devido à pandemia COVID-19, quatro tempos decorreram presencialmente e dez tempos letivos decorreram à distância de forma síncrona via Zoom. Os conteúdos programáticos abordados foram os seguintes: sessões, cookies, tratamento de erros na linguagem PHP (PHP: Hypertext Preprocessor) e a consolidação de conhecimentos em linguagens PHP, HTML (Hyper Text Markup Language), CSS (Cascading Style Sheets) e SQL (Structured Query Language), que permitiram criar um fórum online sobre o património do concelho de Vila Franca de Xira que se enquadrou no tema do DAC (Domínio de Autonomia Curricular) da turma. Foi realizado um trabalho interdisciplinar e de articulação curricular privilegiando o trabalho prático e o desenvolvimento das capacidades de pesquisa, relação e análise, com vista ao desenvolvimento das áreas de competências inscritas no Perfil dos Alunos à Saída da Escolaridade Obrigatória. No decorrer da prática de ensino supervisionada foram usadas várias metodologias, nomeadamente a ativa, interrogativa e também a expositiva, de modo a minimizar as dificuldades identificadas por alguns autores no ensino dos princípios da programação aos alunos. Por fim, com o objetivo de avaliar de forma contínua as atitudes, o trabalho desenvolvido pelos alunos e a aquisição de conhecimentos, foram utilizadas ferramentas de avaliação diagnóstica, formativa e sumativa.The following report was accomplished in the curricular unit ambit of Initiation to Professional Practice IV Master’s Degree in Computer Science Teaching at Lisbon University, Educational Institute. The pedagogical intervention retracts the Secondary School Gago Coutinho, of an A-levels class from a Professional and Technical course in Management and Computer Systems Developer, considering the subject of communication networks, more precisely at the end of the 5th unit: “Dynamic Web Pages Development” the supervised teaching practice had the duration of 14 academic days which lasted 45 minutes each. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, school suspension of presential classes was ordered by the government, March 16th of 2020, so only 4 academic days were attended. The remaining 10 occurred in long-distance learning synchronously using Zoom. The addressed programmatic contents were the following: sessions, cookies, language error treatment PHP (PHP: Hypertext Preprocessor) and knowledge in languages consolidation in PHP, HTML (HyperText Markup Language), CSS (Cascading Style Sheets) e SQL (Structured Query Language), which allowed to create an online forum about Vila Franca de Xira municipality Patrimony, and framed the theme CAD (Curricular Autonomy Dominance) of the class. An interdisciplinary work was carried out in the curricular articulation, privileging the practical work. Development of searching capabilities, relationship association, and analyse. Considering this, the intent is to develop the several knowledge areas enrolled in the student’s profile when they exit the obligatory schooling. During the practicing supervised taught, several methodologies were used. Such as active, interrogative, and expositive, to minimize the difficulties presented by some authors concerning teaching programming principal to students. To summarize, the objective is: To evaluate the attitudes continuously, the acquisition of knowledge, and work developed by the students. This became possible using tools of diagnostic, formative, and summative evaluation