Competências de gestão para a função de Enfermeiro Gestor

O conceito de competências tem sido amplamente empregado nas práticas de Gestão de Recursos Humanos. Quando outras áreas, como a Enfermagem, concilia a prestação de cuidados com a própria gestão do seu capital humano, torna-se preponderante efetuar um cruzamento dos dois mundos. Este artigo pretende identificar as competências de gestão para a função de Enfermeiro Gestor, ou seja, para aqueles que exercem funções de gestão nas organizações, com base numa revisão de literatura. Foi possível identificar 189 competências, que se agruparam nas categorias: Gestão de recursos humanos, Competências interpessoais, Organização e planeamento, Competências técnicas de enfermagem, Comunicação, Preocupação pela qualidade, Conhecimento de políticas de saúde, Resiliência e motivação, Liderança, Competências técnicas de gestão, Resolução de problemas, Iniciativa, Pensamento crítico, Tecnologias de informação e Comunicação, Ética, Adaptação à mudança, Trabalho em equipa e Autonomia. Posteriormente, efetuou-se uma comparação das competências identificadas, com um estudo de referência publicado em 2010 pelo International Council of Nurses (ICN)

Processamento de imagem digital com MatLab : uma aplicação em ambiente industrial

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Reproductive biology of Megabalanus azoricus (Pilsbry), the Azorean Barnacle

Copyright © 2007, Taylor & Francis.The reproductive biology of Megabalanus azoricus (Pilsbry), the commercially exploited barnacle in the Azores, was studied in an attempt to provide the scientific basis for the sustainable management of this heavily exploited regional marine resource. Both the Ospar Commission and WWF have expressed concern for this species, considering it at risk and in urgent need for scientific study. Barnacles were collected every month from shallow water (.3 m depth) around São Miguel Island from October 2004 to September 2005. Individuals were measured and gonads processed for histology and analysed with a stereological method. M. azoricus has a hermaphroditic reproductive system with separate gonads and it was possible to describe the various stages of gametic maturation in both. Data on fertility were also obtained by egg counts and calculation of the Gonadosomatic index (GSI). Throughout the year, some specimens of M. azoricus can be found that rare mature, but two reproductive peaks were observed, one in January and a smaller one in July. A strong positive correlation between GSI and environmental factors such as photoperiod and water temperature was observed.CIRN (Research Centre in Natural Resources), Universidade dos Açores

Analysing students' attitudes towards the learning of specialized software

In this article the situation of teaching in engineering courses using specialized software support is evaluated and analysed.The statistics courses in engineering often come off as element of formal exposure to statistical analysis and research methods. The software support during classes intends to facilitate and reinforce learning with computational resolution of statistical specific problems. We report a research that investigates students' attitudes towards computers and their effect on statistics unit performance. The preliminary results of research using a small sample of 47 students enrolled in the experimental statistics unit of the 1st year of the master's degree in industrial engineering from the University of Minho indicate that software perceived usefulness has a positive effect on student success, although perceived ease of use and perceived self-performance do not influence.Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia (FCT

Decision support system for accessing costs and risks of connected and autonomous vehicles as mobility service in urban contexts

A predicted increase of connected autonomous vehicles (CAVs) in our roads paved the way for new opportunities and challenges towards the promotion of sustainable mobility. However, the impacts of CAVs on the road environment and its implications are widely dependent on technological choices and public policy [1,2]. Therefore, this research (PhD Workplan) intends to assess whether CAVs could be effective mobility solutions for improving social, economic and environmental efficiency [4]. This question will be addressed by developing a decision support tool driven by comprehensive data analysis and modelling processes. The outputs achieved will integrate a tool that will support transport system’s planning and the implementation of urban strategies to introduce CAVs [3,5]. Thus, the research’s main focus encompasses the development of a model-driven decision support system (DSS) that allows assessing the costs and risks of implementing CAVs in urban context [3,4]. Three specific research objectives are assumed: I) Predicting impacts of CAVs operation in urban contexts, by analyzing cost-efficiency, transportation demand and mobility patterns considering market penetration scenarios of CAVs in Portugal; II) Conceiving a hybrid transport planning tool to assess possible restrictions to CAVs on different types of links through field data testing and simulating scenarios using a microscopic traffic model. Data will support the development of a macroscopic model for a full network assessment performance; III) Developing a multidimensional decision tool directed to a wide range of stakeholders, both from public or private sectors, to compute the benefits, costs, constraints and risks of implementing CAVs on urban mobility systems. Preliminary results from different urban arterials indicate that CAVs can have negative or negligible impacts in some urban contexts. However, if the impact on the traffic flow’s energy performance is considered into the internal car following algorithm, global energy savings of up to 12% can be achieved.publishe