VIH/SIDA

A presente dissertação de mestrado visa apresentar, divulgar e implementar informação básica sobre o VIH/SIDA num contexto social, pedagógico e médico para os utentes e profissionais de saúde. Uma das formas encontradas para fazer esta divulgação foi através da língua crioula, língua essa que tem a necessidade de entrar em contacto com estes termos e trabalha-los como forma de veicular esta informação. O melhor meio encontrado para se fazer a referida divulgação foi a construção de um Glossário de termos que vem no sentido de dar a conhecer aos profissionais de saúde e ao público em geral, a terminologia inerente ao VIH/SIDA, como forma de ajudar na consolidação e harmonização da língua específica, da área em causa, e na divulgação do ALUPEC (Alfabeto Unificado Para a Escrita da língua Cabo-verdiana). Os aspectos essências desta dissertação prendem-se à apresentação e transposição dos termos em estudo pelas três línguas de trabalho, em campos que melhor interagem com a linguagem de especialidade, num contexto social que inclui a vulgarização do termo. Muitos foram os obstáculos encontrados ao longo da elaboração da dissertação, devido à especificidade do tema e por ser o único realizado até então em Crioulo e na área de saúde. É apresentada uma contextualização do domínio de estudo e do local de aplicação que visa facilitar a integração do leitor na história e língua de Cabo Verde, como forma de encaminha-lo de forma simples e directa para os termos em estudo. Assim sendo, apresentamos um glossário com campos como o da definição, sinónimos, informação linguística, contexto em português (por este ser a língua oficial e de trabalho em Cabo Verde) a que segue uma sequenciação directa para fazer o leitor chegar ao termo em Crioulo, passando pelo campo do equivalente deste mesmo termo em inglês, para que se possa identificar as similaridades entres os termos, quando existem

VIH/SIDA : glossário de termos (PT- EN- CCV/ST)

Mestrado em Tradução Especializada para Saúde e Ciências da VidaA presente dissertação de mestrado visa apresentar, divulgar e implementar informação básica sobre o VIH/SIDA num contexto social, pedagógico e médico para os utentes e profissionais de saúde. Uma das formas encontradas para fazer esta divulgação foi através da língua crioula, língua essa que tem a necessidade de entrar em contacto com estes termos e trabalha-los como forma de veicular esta informação. O melhor meio encontrado para se fazer a referida divulgação foi a construção de um Glossário de termos que vem no sentido de dar a conhecer aos profissionais de saúde e ao público em geral, a terminologia inerente ao VIH/SIDA, como forma de ajudar na consolidação e harmonização da língua específica, da área em causa, e na divulgação do ALUPEC (Alfabeto Unificado Para a Escrita da língua Cabo-verdiana). Os aspectos essências desta dissertação prendem-se à apresentação e transposição dos termos em estudo pelas três línguas de trabalho, em campos que melhor interagem com a linguagem de especialidade, num contexto social que inclui a vulgarização do termo. Muitos foram os obstáculos encontrados ao longo da elaboração da dissertação, devido à especificidade do tema e por ser o único realizado até então em Crioulo e na área de saúde. É apresentada uma contextualização do domínio de estudo e do local de aplicação que visa facilitar a integração do leitor na história e língua de Cabo Verde, como forma de encaminha-lo de forma simples e directa para os termos em estudo. Assim sendo, apresentamos um glossário com campos como o da definição, sinónimos, informação linguística, contexto em português (por este ser a língua oficial e de trabalho em Cabo Verde) a que segue uma sequenciação directa para fazer o leitor chegar ao termo em Crioulo, passando pelo campo do equivalente deste mesmo termo em inglês, para que se possa identificar as similaridades entres os termos, quando existem. ABSTRACT: This dissertation aims to present, disseminate and implement basic information on HIV / AIDS in a social context for pedagogical, educational and medical uses by health professionals, patients, instructors and the population in general. One of the ways found to make this possible was through the Creole language, which is the language needed to allow the population access to information behind these terms and, in this way, convey this much needed knowledge. The best way found to make contribute was by building a glossary of terms, in this domain, in order to make known to health professionals and the general public the terminology of HIV / AIDS as a way to help in the consolidation and harmonization of the specific language of this domain, and by exposing ALUPEC (acronym for Unified Alphabet for the Writing of the Cape Verdean language). The essential aspects of this work relate to the presentation and implementation of the terms in the three working languages, in fields that interact better with this specialist language in a social context that includes the vulgarization of the term. Many were the obstacles encountered in completing this thesis, the specific nature of the topic and because it is the first to be developed so far in Creole and in this health area. It presents a background in the field of study and the field of application, to facilitate the integration of the reader in the history and language of Cape Verde, as a way to providing some contextualization for the terms under study. Therefore, we present a glossary with information such as the definition, synonyms, linguistic information, context, in Portuguese (because this is the official language of work contexts in Cape Verde) followed by the working equivalent in Creole and the equivalent of the term in English, so we can identify similarities between the relevant terms, whenever they exist

Avaliação da eficiência de inovação: evidência para as regiões (NUT-II) da União Europeia

At a time when Innovation is seen as one of the main drivers of regional economic growth, this study aims to assess the efficiency of innovation of 104 regions (NUT-II) of the European Union from 2006 to 2012. In this way, the study creates a ranking of the most efficient regions based on innovation indicators and seeks to understand what factors are at the origin of these ranking results. On the other hand, the global financial crisis of 2008 has also shaken all prospects of sustained growth for Europe, so the impact of the crisis on Innovation and efficiency of the regions is taken into account. For this purpose, the DEA methodology was used in a first phase to determine the levels of efficiency found and scoring of the regions, and in a second approach the use of the PCSE and GMM methodologies to analyse the factors that influence the efficiency of the innovation measured by the proposed indicator. The results show large disparities between regions, namely due to the crisis, with the most efficient regions being Romania, Belgium and Bulgaria. The results also point to human resources as being the most significant factor for the positive evolution of Innovation Efficiency.Numa altura em que a Inovação é vista como um dos motores principais para o crescimento económico regional, este trabalho visa avaliar a eficiência da inovação de 104 regiões (NUT-II) da União Europeia de 2006 a 2012. Desta forma, o estudo cria um ranking das regiões mais eficientes baseado em indicadores de inovação e procura perceber quais os fatores que estão na origem desses resultados do ranking. Por outro lado, também a crise financeira global de 2008 veio abalar todas as perspetivas de crescimento sustentado para a Europa pelo que o impacto da mesma na Inovação e eficiência das regiões é tido em conta. Para isso foi utilizada a metodologia DEA, numa primeira fase para determinar os níveis de eficiência encontrados e scoring das regiões, e numa segunda abordagem a utilização das metodologias PCSE e GMM, para analisar os fatores que influenciam a eficiência da inovação medida pelo indicador proposto. Os resultados obtidos revelam grandes disparidades entre regiões, nomeadamente devido à crise, sendo que as regiões mais eficientes pertencem à Roménia, Bélgica e Bulgária. Os resultados apontam ainda para os recursos humanos como sendo o fator mais significativo para a evolução positiva da eficiência de Inovação.Mestrado em Economi

Metadata for the energy performance certificates of buildings in smart cities

SusCity is a MIT Portugal project that falls within the scope of smart cities. One of its tasks aims to research and develop metadata artefacts to be used in the scope of a Linked Open Data platform. In this article, we report the process and results associated with the development of the following metadata artefacts: an application profile, a metadata schema and four controlled vocabularies. The application field is the energy certification of buildings. For the development of the application profile, we inspired ourselves in the Me4MAP method although we did not use it thoroughly. The creation of the metadata schema and controlled vocabularies involved the use of Wikidata, so all new terms (RDFS classes and properties and SKOS concepts) are related to Wikidata terms. The results include the application profile, the metadata schema and the controlled vocabularies. The application profile has 13 properties, four of which are new. The controlled vocabulary on measures for energy performance has 22 new terms spread over four levels. The remaining controlled vocabularies just hold a few terms each. All the artefacts are open to the community for use and reuse.(FCT/MITP-TB/CS/0026/2013)info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersio

As fronteiras da identidade de género no mundo pós-moderno

Os Estudos Culturais apresentam-se como uma área interdisciplinar, pelo que não se deve estranhar a proximidade teórica à conceção da Teoria Geral dos Sistemas que aqui propomos, sobretudo no que diz respeito às novas conceções fragmentadas da(s) identidade(s) de género. O presente trabalho discute a evolução do conceito tradicional de identidade de género como um sistema e apresenta propostas teóricas que procuram retomar a discussão e lançar luz sobre a controvérsia relativa às performances masculina e feminina.Cultural Studies are presented as an interdisciplinary area, whereby one should not be surprised by the proximity to the theoretical conception of the General Systems Theory we propose, especially regarding to the new fragmented forms of gender identity(ies). This paper discusses the evolution of the traditional concept of gender identity as a system and presents theoretical proposals that seek to resume the discussion and shed light on the controversy related to male and female performances

Colonialisms, post-colonialisms and lusophonies: Proceedings of the 4th International Congress in Cultural Studies

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Vocal affection in thyroid surgery

Abstract Vocal affection in thyroid surgery Voice production results from the complex function of the vocal mechanism. The vocal mechanism involves the larynx (commonly called the “voice box”) and the infralaryngeal, supralaryngeal and circunlaryngeal structures. The thyroid gland embraces the larynx and trachea, and laryngeal neurovascular structures are deeply connected to the thyroid gland. Thyroid pathology may induce changes in laryngeal function from anatomical and/or functional compromise. In modern medicine, when proposing thyroid surgery to a patient, the goal is focused both on disease control and in quality-of-life preservation or improvement strategies. Focusing on the patients´ needs in thyroid surgery involves voice quality preservation, because this is a pre-operative concern in self-aware patients and therefore a patient related outcome measure (PROM) to be taken into account. The importance of early diagnosis of laryngeal dysfunction in thyroidectomy patients derives from the reduced quality of life these patients experience from symptoms such as voice and swallowing disorders. Mechanisms of vocal affection in thyroid surgery are still not clear. This study wants to quantify pre-operative and post-operative long term voice changes in thyroidectomy patients without vocal fold (VF) immobility and to confirm the hypothesis that an increased thyroid volume is a risk factor for post-operative voice changes. The clinical practice improvement pretended with this investigation was the need to stratify risk factors more finely in statement 2b from 2010 American Academy of Otolaryngology – Head and Neck Society published guideline “Best Practice Guidelines for Voice Preservation in Thyroid Surgery”, establishing whether goiter surgery should be included in the conditions to refer for pre-operative laryngeal assessment in voice preservation strategies. If bigger thyroid volume in goiter relates to increased risk for voice change post-operatively, then early referral to voice clinics of patients with increased volume thyroids, submitted to surgery, should be promoted, permitting timely intervention for better voice outcomes. The more relevant conclusions from this PhD research work were the following: 1. There are relevant voice and laryngeal changes pre-operatively in patients proposed for thyroidectomy. 2. Most patients who seek medical advice related to voice changes post-operatively don´t have vocal fold mobility impairment. 3. Patients without thyroid cancer have more voice changes pre- and post-operatively than patients with thyroid cancer. This factor should prompt a revision of statement 2b, including non-malignant thyroid disease in peri-operative voice evaluation in thyroidectomy. 4. In patients with dysphonia, but without post-operative VF immobility, dysphonia in the first post-operative year is more frequent in the first three months. 5. In patients with dysphonia but without post-operative VF immobility, the voice improves to a level better than the pre-operative voice condition 6 months after surgery. Follow up and intervention for these patients is probably cost-effective in the first 3 post-operative months because, 6 months after surgery, voice improves in every patient without post-operative VF immobility, comparing to the first 3 post-operative months. 6. Post-operative dysphonia in thyroidectomy patients without VF immobility is characterized by reduced f0/a/ and reduced HPf0/i/ comparing to pre-operative results. These data confirms that dysphonia perceived by patients without VF immobility is objectively caused by a quantifiable change in objective voice analysis parameters. 7. Mean HPf0/i/ reduction post-operatively in patients without VF immobility is 60Hz. Reduced HPf0/i/ post-operatively is certainly one of the factors causing reduced singing ability perceived by the patients, when high pitch tones are required. 8. In patients without post operative VF immobility, both dysphonia, reduced f0/a/ and HPf0/i/ correlate to bigger thyroid volumes 9. Thyroid volume (cc) and weight (gram) is correlated to thyroid echography volume determination (cc) and both measures directly correlate to dysphonia, reduced f0/a/ and HPf0/i/ post-operatively. 10. These findings provide justification for considering increased echography thyroid volume as a risk factor for voice compromise in thyroidectomy patients. Increased thyroid volume pre-operatively should prompt early referral for voice clinics in the peri-operative period aiming at early and tailored voice re-habilitation when proven necessary, promoting a better voice related quality of life (QoL) in thyroidectomy patients. 11. Statement 2b in Best Practice Guidelines for Voice Preservation in Thyroid Surgery should include patients with increased volume goiter in peri-operative laryngeal evaluation. 12. Even without loss of sign (LOS) in intra-operative neuromonitoring (NIM) of recurrent nerve in thyroidectomy, patients with goiter should be referred for voice and laryngeal evaluation post-operatively

El turismo ibérico: un estudio de la afluencia turística

La importancia del Turismo en el contexto económico europeo es, en la actualidad, un importante motor de desarrollo e impulso para muchos otros sectores de la Economía. Las alteraciones demográficas, la mejoría de los niveles de calidad de vida, la evolución de los transportes y la globalización, han sido factores determinantes en el crecimiento de la actividad turística. Caracterizada por la diversidad de atracciones y por una elevada calidad en sus servicios de turismo, la Europa es hoy el principal destino turístico del mundo. En el contexto ibérico, esta realidad no es diferente. En España y Portugal, el Turismo es hoy un sector transversal, con implicaciones en muchas otras actividades económicas. Asume pues extrema importancia la caracterización de las estructuras de afluencia turística en las diversas regiones de España y Portugal, con vista al mejoramiento y adaptación de la oferta, a un perfil de turista específico. En este estudio se ha procedido a una caracterización de la estructura de la afluencia turística en las diferentes regiones ibéricas, según la proveniencia geográfica de los turistas que mayoritariamente las visitan.he importance of the Tourism in the European economic context is, at the present time, an important development motor and pulse for many other sections of the Economy. The demographic alterations, the improvement of the levels of life quality, the evolution of transports and the globalization, have been decisive factors in the growth of the tourist activity. Characterized by the diversity of attractions anda high quality in its services of tourism, Europe is toda y the main tourist destiny of the world. In the Iberian context, this reality is not different. In Spain and Portugal, the Tourism is toda y a traverse section, with implications in many other economic activities. lt assumes it carries toan extreme importance the characterization of the structures of tourist aftluence in the severa! areas of Spain and Portugal, with view to the improvement and adaptation of the offer, toa profile of specific tourist. In this study we proceed to a characterization of the structure of the tourist aftluence in the different Iberian areas, according to the tourists' geographical provenience that mainly visits them

In situ enabling approaches for tissue regeneration: Current challenges and new developments

This work was supported by National Funds from the FCT, Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, through the projects UID/Multi/50016/2019, UID/Multi/04044/2019, and POCI-01-0145-FEDER-31146, a post-doctoral fellowship to SB-S (SFRH/BPD/116024/2016), the European Union through PT2020 and Centro2020 (CENTRO-01-0145-FEDER-000014 and POCI-01-0247-FEDER-024533), the Fundo Europeu de Desenvolvimento Regional (FEDER) through the project NORTE-01-0145-FEDER-000012 (Biotherapies – Structured Programme on Bioengineering Therapies for Infectious Diseases and Tissue Regeneration) funded by the NORTE2020 program, and the Interreg V-A POCTEP Program through FEDER funds from the European Union (0245_IBEROS_1_E).In situ tissue regeneration can be defined as the implantation of tissue-specific biomaterials (by itself or in combination with cells and/or biomolecules) at the tissue defect, taking advantage of the surrounding microenvironment as a natural bioreactor. Up to now, the structures used were based on particles or gels. However, with the technological progress, the materials’ manipulation and processing has become possible, mimicking the damaged tissue directly at the defect site. This paper presents a comprehensive review of current and advanced in situ strategies for tissue regeneration. Recent advances to put in practice the in situ regeneration concept have been mainly focused on bioinks and bioprinting techniques rather than the combination of different technologies to make the real in situ regeneration. The limitation of conventional approaches (e.g., stem cell recruitment) and their poor ability to mimic native tissue are discussed. Moreover, the way of advanced strategies such as 3D/4D bioprinting and hybrid approaches may contribute to overcome the limitations of conventional strategies are highlighted. Finally, the future trends and main research challenges of in situ enabling approaches are discussed considering in vitro and in vivo evidence.info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersio

Urban Art and Digital Technologies for Autopoiesis in Citizen Tourism

This research proposes a “conversation” that connects urban art and digital technologies for autopoiesis of citizen tourism, through observations of artistic interventions that use the city as support and spread on cyberspace. In this study, we will develop a discussion from the gables’ graffiti of Elevado Presidente João Goulart in São Paulo, a place also known as “Minhocão”. The general objective of this study is to reflect on how the combination of urban art and digital technologies can contribute to an autopoietic reinvention of citizen tourism. In this way, the specific objectives are: a) discuss the autopoiesis concept in relation to citizen tourism; b) discuss the relationship between urban art and digital technologies for citizen tourism. The theoretical references concerning urban art are based on Pesavento (2007), Eckert and Rocha (2016), Harvey (2012), and Campos (2021). To approach digital technologies, the principal references are Lévy (2010), Kerckhove (1997, 2003), and Taufer (2020). The autopoiesis concept had as a theoretical substrate the thought of Maturana and Varela (2003), Luhmann (1992, 2009), Guattari (1992), and Baptista (2015), while the tourism approach is established by Gastal (2006), Baptista (2020) and Moesch and Beni (2016). This study is guided by Cartography of Knowledge (Baptista, 2014), a strategic methodology that is divided into four trails, explored simultaneously by researchers: Personal Knowledge, Theoretical Knowledge, Production Plant, and Intuitive Research Dimension. In terms of preliminary results, it was perceived that the association between urban art and digital technologies shows new autopoietic constructions between the subject and the tourist citizen. The art interventions create agencies that shift the tourist citizen of their routine, thus they share their new perceptions of the city through digital technologies.   CITE THIS PAPER: Picinini, Rudinei; Fontana, Sara; Baptista, Maria L. C. (2023). “Urban Art and Digital Technologies for Autopoiesis in Citizen Tourism” Journal of Social Sciences: Transformations & Transitions (JOSSTT) 3(06):28. DOI: https://doi.org/10.52459/josstt36280523