The B Corp certification model applied to Iscte Executive Education

In this master thesis of company-project type, the B Corp certification model was applied to the ISCTE Executive Education organization, to provide a diagnosis on its level of contribution to the sustainable development of the planet and to identify the improvement actions that can be implemented. The score obtained is 65.6, below the minimum eligible for certification. Customers is the impact area where ISCTE Executive Education’s sustainable performance is better. Workers is the second contributor to the final score but presents low score in most of the topics. The chapters that poorly scored are Governance and Environment, followed by Community. A comparison to other organizations that have applied the same model was performed. The total scores were also compared to certified organizations of the same industry and a similar trend was identified. Comparatively, Workers is the impact area where ISCTE Executive Education presents the worst performance followed by Environment. The impact areas where ISCTE Executive Education is performing better than others are Customers, followed by Governance and Community. The recommended actions to improve this score were prioritized and organized in clusters. A TO BE scenario was presented and quantified.Nesta tese de mestrado do tipo projeto-empresa, o modelo de certificação B Corp foi aplicado ao ISCTE Executive Education, para efetuar um diagnóstico da sua contribuição para o desenvolvimento sustentável do planeta e identificar as ações de melhoria que podem ser implementadas. A pontuação obtida é de 65,6, abaixo do mínimo elegível para certificação. Clientes é a área de impacto em que o desempenho sustentável do "ISCTE Executive Educatio" é melhor. Trabalhadores é o segundo contribuidor para a pontuação final, mas a pontuação é baixa na maioria dos tópicos. Os capítulos com pontuação mais baixa são Governança e Meio Ambiente, seguidos por Comunidade. Efetuou-se uma comparação com outras organizações que aplicaram o mesmo modelo. As pontuações totais também foram comparadas com organizações certificadas do mesmo setor, tendo-se observado uma tendência semelhante. Comparativamente, Trabalhadores é a área de impacto que o "ISCTE Executive Education" apresenta o pior desempenho, seguida de Meio Ambiente. As áreas de impacto em que o "ISCTE Executive Education" tem um desempenho melhor do que outras são os Clientes, seguidas pela Governança e pela Comunidade. As ações recomendadas para melhorar essa pontuação foram priorizadas e organizadas em "clusters". O cenário posterior à sua implementação (TO BE) foi quantificado

Patient compliance to glaucoma therapeutics: a Portuguese overview

Framework: glaucoma is one of the main causes for irreversible blindness. Proper treatment requires high levels of compliance to therapeutics. Most glaucoma patients do not comply with their treatment and that has been correlated with glaucoma progression. Aim: to evaluate patient’s compliance to glaucoma therapeutics. Methodology: an observational, cross-sectional and descriptive study was developed. Outpatients with glaucoma were enrolled and screened before follow-up medical appointment with an observational grid while applying antiglaucomatous drugs. After the treatment, patients were interviewed to understand their skills and difficulties in performing glaucoma treatment. Results: from 51 outpatients enrolled, 39% of them did not know the medication’s name used; 59% did not perform hand washing prior to the procedure; 73% leaned the vial tip contacting the eye; 25% did not apply the medication to the conjunctival sac; in 63% of the subjects used more than one drop; the majority of patients, 57%, did not wait the appropriate time between applications when two or more drugs were prescribed. Conclusion: the results suggest the need to implement individual or group strategies that enable patients with glaucoma to correctly perform their treatment.info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersio

Afghanistan in International Opium Control Policy

Nesse artigo, propomos discutir as causas do mercado ilegal de ópio no Afeganistão por umaperspectiva complementar às atualmente existentes, centrando-se na política internacionaldo sistema de controle de drogas estabelecido pela ONU. Com uma análise histórica equalitativa, interpretamos as convenções internacionais da ONU que organizaram a produçãolegal de ópio no mundo à luz de relevantes acontecimentos históricos. Concluímos que ocontrole internacional das drogas, ao responder a interesses políticos e econômicos dosprincipais atores do mercado legal de opioides, contribuiu para o Afeganistão tornar-se omaior produtor ilegal desta droga no mundo.En este artículo, nos proponemos discutir las causas del mercado ilegal del opio en Afganistándesde una perspectiva complementaria a las existentes en la actualidad, centrándonos enla política internacional del sistema de control de drogas establecido por la ONU. Con unanálisis histórico y cualitativo, interpretamos las convenciones internacionales de la ONUque organizaron la producción legal de opio en el mundo a la luz de relevantes hechoshistóricos. Concluimos que el control internacional de drogas, al responder a los interesespolíticos y económicos de los principales actores del mercado legal de opioides, contribuyóa que Afganistán se convirtiera en el mayor productor ilegal de esta droga en el mundo.In this article, we propose to discuss the causes of the illegal opium market in Afghanistan from a complementary perspective to those currently present in the literature, by focusing on the international policy of the drug control system established by the UN. Using historical and qualitative analysis, we interpret the UN international conventions that permit the legal production of opium in the world in light of relevant historical events. We conclude that the international drug control regime, by responding to the political and economic interests of the main actors of the legal opioid market, has contributed to Afghanistan becoming the world’s largest illegal producer of opium.

Patient compliance to glaucoma therapeutics: a Portuguese overview

Framework: glaucoma is one of the main causes for irreversible blindness. Proper treatment requires high levels of compliance to therapeutics. Most glaucoma patients do not comply with their treatment and that has been correlated with glaucoma progression. Aim: to evaluate patient’s compliance to glaucoma therapeutics. Methodology: an observational, cross-sectional and descriptive study was developed. Outpatients with glaucoma were enrolled and screened before follow-up medical appointment with an observational grid while applying antiglaucomatous drugs. After the treatment, patients were interviewed to understand their skills and difficulties in performing glaucoma treatment. Results: from 51 outpatients enrolled, 39% of them did not know the medication’s name used; 59% did not perform hand washing prior to the procedure; 73% leaned the vial tip contacting the eye; 25% did not apply the medication to the conjunctival sac; in 63% of the subjects used more than one drop; the majority of patients, 57%, did not wait the appropriate time between applications when two or more drugs were prescribed. Conclusion: the results suggest the need to implement individual or group strategies that enable patients with glaucoma to correctly perform their treatment.info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersio

Nursing Care Of Women Who Suffered Sexual Violence.

The aim of this study was to characterize the nursing care, provided to women who suffered sexual violence, treated at The Women's Hospital-CAISM/UNICAMP. A retrospective, descriptive study performed using 146 nursing care records of women attended from June 2006 to May 2007. The results showed that the majority of attendances occurred during the day period, that there was consistency between the interventions and the nursing diagnoses identified, and that women reported having received guidance in accordance with the protocol of the program. The nursing consultation time was greater at night (p=0.0227) and the women frequently understood the health risks resulting from sexual violence (p=0.0072), the use of antiretrovirals according to their daily activities (p=0.0397) and they were more focused on the purpose of the serology (p=0.0351). We concluded that the care provided was shown to be appropriate and of a better quality in the nightshift period.18740-

Atendimento de enfermagem às mulheres que sofrem violência sexual

The aim of this study was to characterize the nursing care, provided to women who suffered sexual violence, treated at The Women's Hospital-CAISM/UNICAMP. A retrospective, descriptive study performed using 146 nursing care records of women attended from June 2006 to May 2007. The results showed that the majority of attendances occurred during the day period, that there was consistency between the interventions and the nursing diagnoses identified, and that women reported having received guidance in accordance with the protocol of the program. The nursing consultation time was greater at night (p=0.0227) and the women frequently understood the health risks resulting from sexual violence (p=0.0072), the use of antiretrovirals according to their daily activities (p=0.0397) and they were more focused on the purpose of the serology (p=0.0351). We concluded that the care provided was shown to be appropriate and of a better quality in the nightshift period.Nuestro objetivo fue caracterizar la asistencia prestada por los enfermeros a las mujeres que sufrieron violencia sexual atendidas en el Hospital de la Mujer-CAISM (UNICAMP). Fue realizado un estudio retrospectivo y descriptivo con 146 fichas de atención de enfermería de mujeres atendidas entre junio de 2006 a mayo de 2007. Los resultados mostraron que la mayoría de las atenciones ocurrieron durante el período diurno, hubo coherencia entre las intervenciones y los diagnósticos de enfermería identificados y las mujeres relataron que recibieron orientaciones de acuerdo con el protocolo del programa. El tiempo de consulta de enfermería fue mayor en el período nocturno (p=0,0227) y se constató que esas mujeres frecuentemente conocían los riesgos de salud provenientes de la violencia sexual (p=0,0072), adecuaban los horarios de los antirretrovirales de acuerdo con sus actividades diarias (p=0,0397) y estaban más orientadas en cuanto a la finalidad de las serologías (p=0,0351). Concluimos que la atención prestada se mostró adecuada y con mejor calidad en el plantón nocturno.O objetivo deste estudo foi caracterizar a assistência de enfermagem prestada pelo enfermeiro às mulheres que sofreram violência sexual, atendidas no Hospital da Mulher -CAISM/Unicamp. Foi realizado estudo retrospectivo e descritivo com 146 fichas de atendimento de enfermagem a mulheres, entre junho de 2006 a maio de 2007. Os resultados mostraram que a maioria dos atendimentos ocorreu durante o período diurno, houve coerência entre as intervenções e os diagnósticos de enfermagem identificados, e as mulheres relataram que receberam orientações de acordo com o protocolo do programa. O tempo da consulta de enfermagem foi maior no período noturno (p=0,0227) e essas mulheres mais frequentemente conheciam os riscos de saúde, decorrentes da violência sexual (p=0,0072), adequaram os horários do antirretrovirais, de acordo com suas atividades diárias (p=0,0397), e estavam mais orientadas quanto à finalidade das sorologias (p=0,0351). Conclui-se que o atendimento prestado mostrou-se adequado e com melhor qualidade no plantão noturno

Students’ pre and during COVID-19 perception of higher education switch to online: An exploratory study in Portugal

The corona virus crisis has exposed the many inadequacies and inequities in our education systems. This article aims to contribute to the understanding of the relation between the pandemic caused by COVID 19 (SARS-COV 2) and the changes experienced in Higher Education (HE), namely the shift to online teaching mode. The research used a survey questionnaire to collect data. The study focuses on a Portuguese Higher Education Institution (HEI). Institutional teacher’s performance indicators regarding quality assessment system were used, referring to the 2nd semester of 2018-19 until the 2nd semester of 2020-21. The total number of pre-Covid19 students who participated was 227. As to the during-covid19, 288 answered the questionnaire. Overall, the “U of Mann-Whitney test” has found no differences between the two moments, pre- and during-Covid19. Hence, results seem to indicate that the students’ perception of the lecturer’s performance was not affected by the regimen shift from face-to-face to onlin

Firefighters’ leadership and well-being in rural fires: study in virtual reality environments

In this study, we analysed the effects of team leadership style on the well-being of firefighter teams operating under conditions of a simulated rural fire. Twenty teams of firefighters (composed of five elements each) took part in a computer‐based fire‐fighting simulation task and were randomly assigned to one of two conditions (leadership style: directive vs. empowering). Our results showed that directive leadership style was negatively associated with team members levels of stress and anxiety, while an empowering leadership style did not have a significant effect on team members levels of stress and anxiety. The distinct effects of team leadership style remain unchanged when we controlled for the levels of stress and anxiety before the simulation. Through moderated regression analyses we observed that the effect of directive leadership styles in reducing stress and anxiety was stronger for participants with higher levels of previous stress and anxiety. Implications for theory and practice are discussed.info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersio

GISP Controlo : sistema de informação auxiliar para custódia de reclusos

Dissertação apresentado à Escola Superior de Tecnologia e Gestão do IPL para obtenção do grau de Mestre em Engenharia Informática - Computação Móvel, orientada pelo Doutor Patrício Domingues.O principal objectivo deste trabalho surge da necessidade de criar um sistema que possibilite ao Grupo de Intervenção de Segurança Prisional (GISP) gerir a informação relacionada com os serviços de escoltas e de remoções. Para o caso dos serviços de remoções, o sistema tem ainda que permitir monitorizar o percurso das viaturas. Um elemento preponderante do sistema deve ser o seu baixo custo, tanto ao nível dos recursos materiais, como do software. Deste modo privilegiaram-se soluções assentes em equipamento de baixo custo e em software de código aberto. Para suporte ao sistema de informação, foram desenvolvidas três aplicações: GISP Controlo Web, GISP Controlo Mobile e GISP Controlo Server. Como o nome sugere, a aplicação GISP Controlo Web assenta em plataforma web, e visa permitir não só o agendamento dos transportes para remoções de reclusos, como também intervém ainda na monitorização das operações de transporte, possibilitando o acompanhamento dos percursos das viaturas do serviço de remoções. Para o efeito, a informação é disponibilizada via Google maps. A aplicação GISP Controlo Mobile, foi desenvolvida para um smartphone com GPS incorporado onde corra o sistema operativo Android. Esta aplicação constrói e envia, periodicamente, mensagens de texto curtas (SMS) para o modem instalado no computador dos serviços centrais. As mensagens SMS enviadas contêm a informação das coordenadas GPS correspondentes à localização do próprio equipamento que deve estar incorporado nas viaturas. Por sua vez, a aplicação GISP Controlo Server encontra-se instalada no computador dos serviços centrais, acoplado a um modem GSM. A aplicação, acede periodicamente ao modem para ler as mensagens SMS recebidas, inserindo os dados (longitude, latitude e data/hora) na base de dados. O acesso ao modem é feito através de comandos AT. Este trabalho apresenta ainda um levantamento dos estudos existentes na temática da gestão de veículos, bem como uma análise sobre os sistemas de localização em tempo real, sistemas operativos para dispositivos móveis e tecnologias envolvidas e sobre a tecnologia GSM. Apesar do sistema GISP Controlo ainda não se encontrar em produção, acredita-se que o sistema seja uma solução economicamente viável para assistir nas tarefas relacionadas com os serviços de escolta e remoções de reclusos, e de monitorização dos veículos de transportes quando esses se encontram em missão

Application of lean approaches and techniques in an automotive company

In this paper are applied lean approaches and techniques in an industrial environment at Preh Portugal, Lda., a Company involved in the automotive sector located in Trofa, Portugal. This work makes use of the action-research methodology, aiming to diagnose the production system and to implement lean production procedures in order to optimize the Mizusumashi that supplies several production sections, about plastic Injection, cutting and painting. The results obtained enabled to obtain significant improvements on this Company at several factory management and operational levels.This work was supported by FCT “Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia” under the program: PEst20152020.info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersio