Akivis Superalgebras and speciality

In this paper we define Akivis superalgebra and study enveloping superalgebras for this class of algebras, proving an analogous of the PBW Theorem. Lie and Malcev superalgebras are examples of Akivis superalgebras. For these particular superalgebras, we describe the connection between the classical enveloping superalgebras and the corresponding generalized concept defined in this work

Stratifying ideals and twisted products

We study stratifying ideals for rings in the context of relative homological algebra. Using LU-decompositions, which are a special type of twisted products, we give a sufficient condition for an idempotent ideal to be (relative) stratifying.Comment: 14 page

Moral emotions and physiological markers in prosocial decision-making

The present study aimed to investigate the effects of prototypical moral emotions on prosocial behavior in an economic task, in interaction with physiological markers of arousal, measured through Electrodermal Response and Heart Rate, and of parasympathetic response, measured through Heart Rate Variability. 40 undergraduate and postgraduate students performed an experimental version of the Ultimatum Game with moral vignettes describing the responders. We found that participants’ mean offer in the elevation block was higher than in the outrage block. The physiological measures did not differ significantly between both emotional blocks. The results suggested that information people receive about third-parties influence their behavior towards them, through moral judgment. Therefore, the results are in line with the assumption that emotions elicited by a disinterested elicitor can influence one’s decision to help or not a third-part

Medicalização da educação e os sentidos do não aprender

Profissionais das áreas da Saúde e da Educação, críticos de abordagens medicalizantes, são unânimes em afirmar que tais abordagens descaracterizam e escamoteiam a condição humana, uma vez que decorrem de uma lógica reducionista/determinista focada no indivíduo e, em especial, em sua dimensão orgânica. Se podemos acompanhar um certo consenso, entre tais profissionais, de que essa lógica está comprometida, nacional e internacionalmente, com a gênese de um projeto de “sociedade moderna” edificada sob princípios da produtividade, competitividade e consumo, interessa destacar como, a partir de meados da década de 1980, denúncias acerca de seu caráter segregacionista e discriminatório ganham espaços e passam a circular em vários contextos e instituições

Software Platforms for Smart Cities: Concepts, Requirements, Challenges, and a Unified Reference Architecture

Making cities smarter help improve city services and increase citizens' quality of life. Information and communication technologies (ICT) are fundamental for progressing towards smarter city environments. Smart City software platforms potentially support the development and integration of Smart City applications. However, the ICT community must overcome current significant technological and scientific challenges before these platforms can be widely used. This paper surveys the state-of-the-art in software platforms for Smart Cities. We analyzed 23 projects with respect to the most used enabling technologies, as well as functional and non-functional requirements, classifying them into four categories: Cyber-Physical Systems, Internet of Things, Big Data, and Cloud Computing. Based on these results, we derived a reference architecture to guide the development of next-generation software platforms for Smart Cities. Finally, we enumerated the most frequently cited open research challenges, and discussed future opportunities. This survey gives important references for helping application developers, city managers, system operators, end-users, and Smart City researchers to make project, investment, and research decisions.Comment: Accepted for publication in ACM Computing Survey

O nascimento prematuro: contributos do EESMO na preparação pré-natal e na transição para a parentalidade

Com este projeto pretendeu-se contribuir para o desenvolvimento e aperfeiçoamento da intervenção do Enfermeiro Especialista em Saúde Materna e Obstetrícia, no processo de cuidar da mulher/família aquando do nascimento prematuro. Tornar-se mãe e pai gera uma fase de transição no ciclo familiar e o casal ambiciona a vinda de um filho perfeito. Porém, a prematuridade vem dissolver as fantasias e os desejos. Assim, o momento de transição para a parentalidade de um casal com um filho prematuro exige um cuidar específico e personalizado. Com o estudo qualitativo aqui realizado concluiu-se que os enfermeiros têm o dever de conhecer, na sua singularidade, a família de quem cuidam, atuando em parceria de forma a responder eficazmente às necessidades da mesma, conferindo-lhes informações e conhecimentos de modo a facilitar e a capacitá-los para o processo de transição para a parentalidade, começando a estimulação das competências parentais ainda durante a gravidez; ABSTRACT This project aimed to contribute to the development and improvement of the midwife intervention, in the process of caring for the woman / family at the time of premature birth. Becoming a mother and father creates a transition phase in the family cycle and the couple aspires to have a perfect child. However, prematurity comes to dissolve fantasies and desires. Thus, the moment of transition to the parenting of a couple with a premature child requires specific and personalized care. With the qualitative study conducted here, it was concluded that midwives have a duty to know, in their singularity, the family they care for, acting in partnership in order to respond effectively to their needs, providing them with information and knowledge in order to facilitate and qualify them for the transition to parenting, beginning the stimulation of parenting skills even during pregnancy