Mota-Engil: a solution to turnover its negative stock market performance

A Work Project, presented as part of the requirements for the Award of a Masters Degree in Finance from the NOVA – School of Business and EconomicsThis project started as an M&A Field Lab, where students are challenged to advise the selected company (Mota-Engil) on typical M&A proposal from an investment bank perspective. However, during the Field Lab path, the source of information to university students proved to be limited, specially in what concerns the searching for an operation abroad. Nevertheless, along the way, I tried to understand the reason why Mota-Engil’s shares were being so bearish in the stock market. So, this project reflects the investigation I did to justify the market valuation of Mota-Engil, to which I proposed opposite solutions to turnaround the negative performance. All the analysis refers to the year end of 2010 and it is important to state that companies’ valuations were done as the base to understand possible changes on corporate value

O ensino da história no Colégio de São Tomás : "o despotismo iluminado"

Relatório da Prática de Ensino Supervisionada, Mestrado em Ensino de História e Geografia, Universidade de Lisboa, 2015O presente Relatório de Prática Supervisionada intitulado “O Ensino da História no Colégio de São Tomás: O Despotismo Iluminado” é o resultado final do Mestrado em Ensino da História e da Geografia da Universidade de Lisboa. O objetivo deste Relatório/Tese foi compreender como é o ensino da História no Colégio de São Tomás, como o seu título denuncia, a partir da lecionação e demonstração de uma Unidade Didática concreta ao 8º ano, denominada “O Despotismo Iluminado”. Para concretizarmos este objetivo procedeu-se em primeiro lugar a uma breve resenha teórica sobre as teorias educativas interiorizadas no Instituto da Educação, demos especial atenção às teorias personalistas, tecnológicas e académicas, que são aquelas com que mais nos identificamos. Para que se compreendesse a pertinência deste trabalho seria fundamental entender a realidade do Colégio de São Tomás, uma Instituição de Ensino Particular e Cooperativo. Assim percorremos a sua história e pedagogia, retratando todas as características que o constituem. Em suma respondemos a uma pergunta a que o leitor deve ter resposta: como é o Colégio de São Tomás? Por fim demonstrámos através das aulas que lecionámos ao 8º ano mas também ao 7º ano as originalidades do ensino da História nesta Escola Privada. Para além de apresentar um programa e manuais escolares próprios e diferentes do Ensino Público, identificou-se uma preocupação clara por uma História de Personagens que combata a tendência historiográfica marxista, onde as estruturas prevalecem. Deste modo estudámos com particular cuidado as figuras de Frederico II da Prússia, de José II e Maria Teresa da Áustria, D. José I de Portugal e de Catarina a Grande, da Rússia.The current report entitled “Teaching History at Colégio de São Tomás: Enlightened despotism” is the outcome of the Master’s in Teaching History and Geography from Lisbon University. The main objective of this report/ thesis was to understand how History is taught at Colégio de São Tomás, using as a starting point the demonstration of a didactic unit from the eighth grade syllabus – “Enlightened despotism.” So as to achieve this aim we briefly presented the educational theories which sustain the Institute of Education, we paid special attention to the theories of the person, and also to technological and academic theories, those which are the most relevant to us. We also tried to answer a fundamental question: what is the current state of the teaching of History? In order to fully understand the relevance of this work it was essential to know the reality of Colégio de São Tomás, a private school. Therefore, we studied its history and pedagogy, portraying all its features. Finally, we demonstrated through the lessons taught to the eighth grade, but also to the seventh, the originality of the teaching of History in this private school. Besides having its own syllabus and course books, different from the ones used in public schools, it was also possible to identify a clear concern for a History of Characters as opposed to a historic Marxist trend, where structures without a face prevail. Hence, we devoted particular attention to the study of historical characters such as Frederick II of Prussia, Joseph II and Maria Theresa of Austria, King Joseph I of Portugal and Catherine the Great of Russia

Does the cleat model interfere with ankle sprain risk factors in artificial grass?

Background: The cleats-surface interaction has been described as a possible risk factor for lateral ankle sprain. However, their interaction is still unknown in individuals with chronic ankle instability. The purpose of this study was to determine the influence of different soccer cleats on kinematic, kinetic and neuromuscular ankle variables on artificial grass in soccer players with and without chronic ankle instability. Methods: Eighty-two amateur athletes divided in two groups: 40 with chronic ankle instability and 42 without chronic ankle instability. All subjects performed 2 series of 6 consecutive crossover jumps with dominant foot, each one with one of the four models of cleats (Turf, Artificial grass, Hard and Firm ground). Cleat and group main effect and interactions of kinematic, kinetic and neuromuscular variables were analyzed according to factorial repeated measures ANOVA. Findings: No statistically significant cleat and group main effect and interactions were identified in kinematic, kinetic and electromyographic magnitude of the peroneal muscles. A main effect of the group was observed for peroneus longus activation time for TF model (p=0.010). Interpretation: In soccer players, the contributor variables for ankle sprain were not influenced by the kind of soccer cleat used in a functional jump test on artificial grass. However, players with chronic ankle instability present delayed postural adjustments in peroneus longus with the TF model compared to players without chronic ankle instability.info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersio

Does the cleat model interfere with ankle sprain risk factors in artificial grass?

Background: The cleats-surface interaction has been described as a possible risk factor for lateral ankle sprain. However, their interaction is still unknown in individuals with chronic ankle instability. The purpose of this study was to determine the influence of different soccer cleats on kinematic, kinetic and neuromuscular ankle variables on artificial grass in soccer players with and without chronic ankle instability. Methods: Eighty-two amateur athletes divided in two groups: 40 with chronic ankle instability and 42 without chronic ankle instability. All subjects performed 2 series of 6 consecutive crossover jumps with dominant foot, each one with one of the four models of cleats (Turf, Artificial grass, Hard and Firm ground). Cleat and group main effect and interactions of kinematic, kinetic and neuromuscular variables were analyzed according to factorial repeated measures ANOVA. Findings: No statistically significant cleat and group main effect and interactions were identified in kinematic, kinetic and electromyographic magnitude of the peroneal muscles. A main effect of the group was observed for peroneus longus activation time for TF model (p=0.010). Interpretation: In soccer players, the contributor variables for ankle sprain were not influenced by the kind of soccer cleat used in a functional jump test on artificial grass. However, players with chronic ankle instability present delayed postural adjustments in peroneus longus with the TF model compared to players without chronic ankle instability.info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersio

Influence of Cleats-Surface Interaction on the Performance and Risk of Injury in Soccer: A Systematic Review

To review the influence of cleats-surface interaction on the performance and risk of injury in soccer athletes.info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersio

Qualidade da governação local em Portugal

Coleção "Estudos da Fundação"Quais são os fatores que determinam a qualidade da governação local e como medi-los? Este estudo propõe-se avaliar a qualidade da governação local nos 308 municípios portugueses, através de um índice multidimensional, composto por 22 indicadores identificados e ponderados por um grupo de peritos e perceber quem são e como interagem os principais atores nas redes de governação local em matéria de desenvolvimento económico

Programa Regional de Ordenamento Florestal. Alentejo - Capítulo A – Enquadramento

Os Programas Regionais de Ordenamento Florestal (PROF) são instrumentos setoriais de gestão territorial, previstos na Lei de Bases da Política Florestal (Lei n.º 33/96, de 17 de agosto) e regulados pelo Decreto-Lei (DL) n.º 16/2009, de 14 de janeiro, alterado pelos DL n.º 114/2010, de 22 de outubro, n.º 27/2014, de 18 de fevereiro e n.º 65/2017, de 12 de junho, que estabelecem normas específicas de utilização e exploração florestal dos seus espaços, com a finalidade de garantir a produção sustentada do conjunto de bens e serviços a eles associados. O conteúdo desenvolvido dos PROF é estabelecido pela Portaria n.º 364/2013, de 20 de dezembro. Segundo o Artigo 2.º do diploma supramencionado os PROF são constituídos por Documento Estratégico, um Regulamento e por Peças Gráficas que asseguram a respetiva representação territorial

Light disturbance with multifocal contact lens and monovision for presbyopia

Dysphotopsia affects a significant number of patients, particularly after visual correction with multifocal optical designs. Purpose Evaluate light distortion (LD) in two modalities of contact lens (CL) wear: multifocal (MF) and monofocal (MV). Methods This was a randomized, double-masked, crossover study involving 20 presbyopic patients. Patients were randomized first into either MF or MV for 15 days of use with a 1 week wash-out period between each lens type. The LD was evaluated with the Light Distortion Analyzer (LDA, University of Minho) under monocular and binocular conditions. The light distortion index (LDI, %), among other parameters were analyzed. Subjective quality of vision was assessed with the Quality of Vision (QoV). Results The LD showed an increase in all parameters in both CL modalities being significant for MV in the non-dominant eye (p < 0.030, for all LD parameters). For the MF, there was also a significant increase in LDI (p = 0.016) and in BFCrad (p = 0.022) in the non-dominant eye. After 15 days of MF lens wear, there was a significant decrease in all LD parameters (p < 0.002) in the dominant eye. Binocularly, a significant improvement from 1 to 15 days was observed for LDI (p = 0.009) and BFCrad (p = 0.0013) with MF. The QoV questionnaire showed no significant changes with neither CL. Conclusions. Adaptation to light disturbances induced by MF CL is more effective compared to MV. Practitioners will have greater success if they prepare their patients for the adaptation required as their vision will get better and have less of an issue with light disturbanceThis study has been funded in part by an individual research grant (FCT −SFRH/BPD/92365/2013 to Fernandes, P) and projects PTDC/SAU-BEB/098392/2008 and PTDC/SAU-BEB/098391/2008 funded by the Portuguese Foundation for Science and Technology through the European Social Fund and by FEDER through the COMPETE Program and by the Portuguese Foundation for Science and Technology (FCT) in the framework of the Strategic Project UID/FIS/04650/2013info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersio

SARS-CoV-2 introductions and early dynamics of the epidemic in Portugal

Genomic surveillance of SARS-CoV-2 in Portugal was rapidly implemented by the National Institute of Health in the early stages of the COVID-19 epidemic, in collaboration with more than 50 laboratories distributed nationwide. Methods By applying recent phylodynamic models that allow integration of individual-based travel history, we reconstructed and characterized the spatio-temporal dynamics of SARSCoV-2 introductions and early dissemination in Portugal. Results We detected at least 277 independent SARS-CoV-2 introductions, mostly from European countries (namely the United Kingdom, Spain, France, Italy, and Switzerland), which were consistent with the countries with the highest connectivity with Portugal. Although most introductions were estimated to have occurred during early March 2020, it is likely that SARS-CoV-2 was silently circulating in Portugal throughout February, before the first cases were confirmed. Conclusions Here we conclude that the earlier implementation of measures could have minimized the number of introductions and subsequent virus expansion in Portugal. This study lays the foundation for genomic epidemiology of SARS-CoV-2 in Portugal, and highlights the need for systematic and geographically-representative genomic surveillance.We gratefully acknowledge to Sara Hill and Nuno Faria (University of Oxford) and Joshua Quick and Nick Loman (University of Birmingham) for kindly providing us with the initial sets of Artic Network primers for NGS; Rafael Mamede (MRamirez team, IMM, Lisbon) for developing and sharing a bioinformatics script for sequence curation (https://github.com/rfm-targa/BioinfUtils); Philippe Lemey (KU Leuven) for providing guidance on the implementation of the phylodynamic models; Joshua L. Cherry (National Center for Biotechnology Information, National Library of Medicine, National Institutes of Health) for providing guidance with the subsampling strategies; and all authors, originating and submitting laboratories who have contributed genome data on GISAID (https://www.gisaid.org/) on which part of this research is based. The opinions expressed in this article are those of the authors and do not reflect the view of the National Institutes of Health, the Department of Health and Human Services, or the United States government. This study is co-funded by Fundação para a Ciência e Tecnologia and Agência de Investigação Clínica e Inovação Biomédica (234_596874175) on behalf of the Research 4 COVID-19 call. Some infrastructural resources used in this study come from the GenomePT project (POCI-01-0145-FEDER-022184), supported by COMPETE 2020 - Operational Programme for Competitiveness and Internationalisation (POCI), Lisboa Portugal Regional Operational Programme (Lisboa2020), Algarve Portugal Regional Operational Programme (CRESC Algarve2020), under the PORTUGAL 2020 Partnership Agreement, through the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF), and by Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia (FCT).info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersio

Localização como um serviço de rede

Dissertação de mestrado integrado em Engenharia de Telecomunicações e InformáticaWithin the scope of this dissertation’s work, titled “Localization as a Network Service”, the specification of a novel Global Localization Service based on the Domain Name System (DNS) is proposed. This service is capable of interacting with different Localization Servers, and is capable of providing location information to Location Based Services with minimal additional geographical error. Initially, a set of popular Internet services is selected, and each one exposed. Followed by a comparative study, where important aspects to a Global Localization Service are evaluated regarding each service. This culminates in the selection of the Domain Name System (DNS). With the DNS as the selected service, considerations are made regarding the storing and organization of data, the integration with Localization Servers, and security concerns. A prototype is built and deployed. Finally, using the created testbed, the Global Localization Service proposal is tested in two distinct scenarios. Its results are evaluated, and conclusions regarding the performance of the system are made.No âmbito do trabalho desta dissertação, intitulada “Localização como um Serviço de Rede”, é proposta a especificação de um novo Serviço Global de Localização baseado no Domain Name System (DNS). Este serviço é capaz de interagir com diferentes Servidores de Localização, para fornecer informações de localização a Serviços Baseados em Localização com erro geográfico adicional mínimo. Inicialmente, selecionou-se um grupo de serviços de Internet populares, sendo cada um estudado. Seguiu-se um estudo comparativo, onde aspetos importantes para um Serviço Global de Localização foram avaliados para cada um dos serviços de Internet. Isto culminou na seleção do Domain Name System (DNS). Com o DNS como o serviço escolhido, foram feitas considerações relativas ao armazenamento e organização dos dados, a integração com Servidores de Localização, e preocupações de segurança. Para a avaliar a viabilidade do sistema foi construído e posto em funcionamento um protótipo. Finalmente, usando o ambiente de teste criado, a proposta de um Serviço Global de Localização foi testada em dois cenários distintos. Os seus resultados foram avaliados, e foram feitas conclusões quanto ao desempenho do sistema