Kindergarten teachers and children’s perception about spatial changes in time of Covid-19

The SARS-COV-2 pandemic situation forced the society to adapt, changing many aspects of the daily life. In early childhood education, both the environment and daily routine had to be reorganized, according to the health authorities' regulations, towards containing the new coronavirus transmission. This led to enforcing physical distance among all actors, regardless of the impact on the learning and the development of children, as well as ensuring their well-being and right to play. It is well known that the interactions and relationships that children establish with adults, other children and the surrounding physical spaces are the basis for their learning and development. In this context, this study describes the impact on the interactions and in the learning experiences that resulted from the compulsory spatial changes in kindergarten during the pandemic situation. This research also aims to understand the feelings, constraints and opportunities that these changes were experienced by a group of kindergarten teachers' and their children, as well as the strategies and actions they developed in order to provide opportunities to create enabling environments for children's well-being and learning. This is a research conducted with kindergarten teachers and children after the first lockdown in Portugal. Methodologically, the study takes a qualitative approach. For data collection, two phases were considered. The first phase was developed through zoom interviews with kindergarten teachers. In the second phase, fourty-two interviews were conducted with children between three to five years of age, creating contextual conditions for their application. The children were also asked to draw up a drawing illustrating how they saw space before and after the pandemic situation. A previous meeting was held with the kindergarten teachers, clarifying the main objectives of the children participation in the study. The procedures were defined, and the intervention strategies were drawn collaboratively. Children were asked if they wanted to participate, and only the children that chose to participate freely in the study were involved. Moreover, the parents' consent was requested. Regarding this, all ethical procedures were considered in study, ensuring the anonymity, confidentiality and informed consent of children, educators and families or institution. Kindergarten teachers and children's interviews were recorded and, subsequently, transcribed and submitted to content analysis, whose heuristic function increases the propensity of the discovery of the reality experienced by the actors. From the content analysis, categories emerged that allowed the analysis of the discourses. The text produced was analysed and described in an articulated way, trying to apprehend the specific conditions in which it was conceived, revealing a certain order of reality, from which the narrative was made. The data analysis shows that child-materials, child-to-child, and also child-adult interactions become less significant. The spaces limitation by groups and the reductions of materials (number and kind) does not seem to allow the diversity of pedagogical experiences. However, the educational environment, both indoors and outdoors, continued to be appealing and promote learning, but with the particularity of the working in "bubble".This work has been supported by Fundação para a Ciência e Tecnologia - FCT within the Project Scope: UIDB/05777/2020.info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersio

Amplitude da legitimidade recursal no processo administrativo federal - lei 9.784/1999

Trabalho de Conclusão de Curso (Graduação)Este trabalho aborda a amplitude da Legitimidade Recursal no Processo Administrativo Federal, referente à Lei 9.784/1999. De forma complementar, trata, também, do Recurso Administrativo e da processualização da atividade administrativa. A análise é pautada no método dedutivo, partindo do exame das normas gerais para, então, explorar os aspectos específicos do tema. Assim, a pesquisa é focada em doutrinas jurídicas e no sistema normativo. Inicialmente, discorre-se sobre a evolução do Processo Administrativo no Brasil, sua caracterização e classificação. Nos capítulos seguintes, são analisados a relação processo administrativo e Constituição Federal de 1988, os princípios constitucionais ligados ao processo administrativo e direito constitucional de recurso, chegando-se, por fim, ao direito de recurso e a legitimidade para sua interposição com base na Lei 9.784/1999

Quantitative Image Analysis: a monitoring tool in wastewater treatment

Book of Abstracts of CEB Annual Meeting 2017[Excerpt] Computers are key equipment for the analysis of large amounts of data, for tasks requiring complex computation, and for the extraction of quantitative information, opposite to the qualitative evaluation of human analysis. Today, the automatic analysis of numerical images captured by digital cameras enables to rapidly extract quantitative information. Thus, quantitative image analysis (QIA) can be defined in general terms as the extraction of significant information from images, by means of digital image processing and analysis techniques. In the last twenty years, QIA have gained an unquestionable role in several fields of research worldwide and our lab is considered a pioneer research unit on the development of QIA procedures for biological wastewater treatment processes monitoring. Over the years, the number of QIA studies [1, 2] for aggregated (granules and flocs) biomass and filamentous bacteria characterization has been increasing. It should be noticed, though, that some difficulties may be encountered in QIA procedures related to the suitability of the employed microscopy technique, regarding the intended biological process characterization. [...]info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersio

Análise da tradução de guiões da série de humor britânica: "Monty python´s flying circus"

Neste Trabalho de Projeto final de mestrado abordam-se vários aspetos relacionados com a tradução na legendagem da série “Monty Python’s Flying Circus”, recorrendo a exemplos retirados de seis episódios da série. Ao longo deste trabalho identificam-se também algumas ocorrências problemáticas na tradução, comparando as legendas na LC (Língua de Chegada) com o guião original na LP (Língua de Partida). O objetivo deste trabalho é o de efetuar uma análise à tradução existente (legendagem) e verificar as dificuldades na tradução, através da teoria sobre modalidades tradutórias e tendo sempre em conta o contexto cultural da LC, sendo necessária uma adaptação do texto original para a LC. Apontar-se-á também a relação entre língua e cultura; Abstract: Analysing the translation of British Comedy (Britcom) scripts: “Monty Python’s Flying Circus” In this Masters essay project, it’ll be appointed various aspects associated with the translation in the subtitling of the TV series “Monty Python’s Flying Circus” consulting examples taken from six episodes of the show. During this essay it’ll also be identified some problematic occurrences in the translation, confronting the subtitles in the TL (Target Language) with the original script in the SL (Source Language). This essay’s goal is to do an analysis on the existent translation (subtitles) and check its translation struggles, talking about the translation procedures and taking in account the TL cultural context, being necessary adapting the original text for the TL. Also in this essay there will be some talk about the relation between language and culture

Archetype based intelligent system for healthcare interoperability

Tese doutoramento - Programa Doutoral em Engenharia BiomédicaThe healthcare arena configures an environment of both complexity and cooperation, in which numerous and distinct information systems must exchange information in a expedite and consolidated manner. Where healthcare interoperability is concerned several techniques, methodologies, architectures and standards exist. However subjects such as service distribution, fault tolerance, standards, communication flavoring and tightly-bound systems still are a major issue of concern. This work studies and researches the best methodologies to imbue intelligent behaviours combined with ontology and moral awareness into multi-agents system applied to healthcare environments. Its core objective is to propose, develop, implement and evaluate an archetype for an interoperability platform oriented towards the healthcare environment. This archetype was validated in several implementation in different major healthcare institutions. It is based in an agent framework named JADE and is adapted and oriented towards the healthcare environment. Henceforth the resulting archetype addresses the existing limitations in past and present solutions regarding healthcare interoperability. It explores the limits of intelligent behaviours in multi-agent systems applied to interoperation procedures in healthcare, towards the improvement of the reliability and quality of information exchanged.A área da saúde configura um ambiente de grande complexidade e cooperação onde inúmeros e distintos sistemas de informação têm que trocar informação entre si de uma forma expedita e consolidada. No âmbito da interoperabilidade hospitalar existem várias técnicas, metodologias, arquiteturas e standards. No entanto, temas como distribuição de serviços, tolerância à falha, standards, flavouring de comunicações e sistemas fortemente acoplados, continuam a ser um importante fonte de preocupação. Este trabalho estuda e pesquiza as melhores metodologias de embeber comportamentos inteligentes combinados com ontologias e noções morais em sistemas multi-agentes aplicados a ambientes hospitalares. O seu objectivo principal é propor, desenvolver, implementar e avaliar um arquétipo para uma plataforma de interoperabilidade orientada para o ambiente hospitalar. Este arquétipo foi validado em diferentes implementações em instituições de saúde portuguesas de grande dimensão. Esta plataforma é baseada numa framework de agentes denominada JADE e foi adaptada e orientada para o ambiente hospitalar.. Desta forma o arquétipo resultante é orientado para resolver as limitações existentes nas soluções atuais de interoperabilidade hospitalar. Este explora os limites dos comportamentos inteligentes em sistemas multi-agente quando aplicados em procedimentos de interoperabilidade na área da saúde para melhorar a fiabilidade e qualidade da informação trocada entre estes sistemas

Análise dos indicadores de desempenho na gestão estratégica de operações utilizando técnicas formais de modelação de processos

Estágio realizado na Universiade Tecnológica Federal do Paraná - Campus de Curitiba e orientado pelo Prof. Doutor Edson Pinheiro de Lima e Prof. Doutor Marco Busetti de PaulaTese de mestrado integrado. Engenharia Electrotécnica e de Computadores. Faculdade de Engenharia. Universidade do Porto. 200

Eficiência energética na iluminação pública. Estudo de casos práticos.

O consumo de energia está na origem de 80% das emissões de gases com efeito de estufa na União Europeia (UE). Consequentemente, reduzir as emissões de gases com efeito de estufa implica um menor consumo de energia e uma maior utilização de energia limpa. É nesta ótica que surge a denominada “Estratégia 20-20-20 para 2020” cujo objetivo é reduzir 20% do consumo de energia, reduzir 20% das emissões de GEE (Gases com Efeito de Estufa) e que 20% da energia consumida seja de fonte renovável

CFRP fire behaviour - passive protection system

The technique of reinforcing concrete structures by means of bonding composite fibre reinforced polymers (FRP) has been applied in the construction industry. There are several examples of application of these materials in bridges and in buildings, both in new construction and rehabilitation and/or strengthening of damaged structures. With the increasing use of FRP new problems and challenges are inevitably found. Among these subjects, there are legitimate concerns about the behaviour of FRP materials when exposed to fire action. It is the aim of this work to analyse the behaviour of composite materials exposed to fire, in particular composite materials based on carbon fibres (CFRP). Therefore a set of tests on 100 × 100 × 40 mm concrete specimens with CFRP are to be analysed using the test method recommended by EN ISO 13927. The CFRP sheet is glued on the top surface of the specimens using epoxy resin and exposed to thermal action. The surface of the reinforcement system is exposed to the action of different radiative heat fluxes, from 35 kW/m2 to 75 kW/m2, from a cone calorimeter and changes in temperature are determined by thermocouples placed between the surfaces of both materials, and the material heat release rate by the use of a thermopile. The influence of passive fire protection systems on the CFRP fire reaction is analysed considering different fire protection materials (gypsum boards, ceramic fibre sheets and intumescing paints). The temperature variation during the period of thermal exposure is measured across the surface of the different material layers, allowing to assess the influence of these fire protection materials to the CFRP structural reinforcement capabilities at elevated temperatures.The authors wish to acknowledge Reconco Company for the supply of plasterboard.info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersio