Constraints in the design of activities focusing on emotion recognition for children with ASD using robotic tools

Robótica-Autismo project, presented in this paper, aims to identify the main aspects to be considered when working with robots and children with ASD (Autism Spectrum Disorders). Several constraints are identified such as the type of robot, the type of skills that should be developed, the criteria of inclusion and exclusion in the target group, which proceedings should be followed during the sessions and how to analyze the obtained results. In the end, a well-established methodology is achieved in order to accomplish the goal of using a robot as a mediator between children with ASD and other human partners.The authors are grateful to the Portuguese Foundation for Science and Technology, FCT - Fundacao para a Ciencia e a Tecnologia, for funding through the R& D project reference RIPD/ADAlI09407/2009 and the scholarship SFRHIBD/71600/2010. This work is also supported by a QREN initiative, from UEIFEDER ( Fundo Europeu de Desenvolvimento Regional) funds through the "Programa Operacional Factores de Competitividade - COMPETE"

O paradigma pós-custodial na arquivística

O presente artigo aborda o paradigma pós-custodial na Arquivística, apresentando algumas mudanças epistemológicas no campo científico da área decorrentes da alteração paradigmática. Inicialmente, aborda os paradigmas que circundam a Arquivística, o custodial e o pós-custodial e suas características. Em seguida, traz as abordagens que tangenciam o paradigma pós-custodial, suas posições epistemológicas quanto ao objeto científico. Por fim, discorre sobre a relação interdisciplinar da Arquivística com a Ciência da Informação.This paper discusses the post-custodial paradigm in Archivistics, present some epistemological changes in the scientific field of the area resulting from the paradigm shift. Afterwards, describes the paradigms that surround Archivistics, the custodial and post-custodial and their characteristics. Then brings the approaches related to post-custodial paradigm, its epistemological positions about the scientific object. Finally, it discusses the interdisciplinary relationship of Archivistics with the Information Science

Vivências de crianças no ambiente rural: aproximações e distanciamentos na educação infantil

Apenas recentemente o Brasil consolidou as bases legais para a introdução da problemática ambiental nos currículos de creches e pré-escolas. Decorre desta novidade a ausência de suficientes conhecimentos que fundamentem as ráticas educativas nesse nível educacional. O artigo objetiva evidenciar vivências de crianças pré-escolares moradoras em área rural, com destaque para as formas como são significadas e circunscritas pelas características socioambientais dos contextos investigados. A abordagem metodológica foi inspirada na etnografia em contextos escolares. Além da observação das atividades coletivas na escola e de conversas e desenhos com as crianças, foram feitas entrevistas com familiares e equipe escolar. Distanciamentos e aproximações entre as significações destes sujeitos são explorados como forma de trazer as tensões necessárias para a compreensão da temática ambiental na educação infantil.

Pathological and epidemiological characterization of first outbreak of daylily rust in Europe and evaluation of Puccinia hemerocallidis resistance in Hemerocallis cultivars

Daylily rust—caused by Puccinia hemerocallidis—was confined to Eastern Asia until the disease was reported in Oceania, Africa, the Americas and Portugal in the 21st century. Although information on rust resistance of American cultivars is available, little is known about the resistance of European bred cultivars, threating the ornamental sector if the fungus spreads to other European countries. Aiming to provide tools to address this, we analyzed the Portuguese pathogens and characterized rust resistance in a selection of cultivars, while optimizing disease rating scales. Morphologic, genetic and cytogenomic characterization of four isolates reveals narrow diversity and raises the question whether the pathogen may have originated in North- or Central America. Daily records of multiple symptomatologic parameters enabled a detailed disease progress analysis, discriminating cultivars according to their resistance levels and revealing susceptibility as the most common state. Among the tested cultivars, 12 out of 17 began to show symptoms between 6–8 dai and were classified as susceptible. Cultivars ‘Stella d’Oro’, ‘Bitsy’ and ‘Cherry Tiger’ behaved as moderately resistant although the occurrence of late sporulation on leaves suggests incomplete resistance and challenges common rating scales. The identification of resistance sources in European breeding lines is crucial for the sustainable future of dayliliesinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersio

strategic ambition and operational disaster in the Portuguese Great War in Mozambique

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Using a humanoid robot as the promoter of interaction with children in the context of educational games

Society should care about those with special needs. Part of a proper care involves the development of new technologies and devices aiming at improving their quality of life. Research conducted at universities on this subject should be followed by the industrial development of commercial products and governmental institutions may play an important role by establishing conditions ensuring that the results are made available to those who need them. This paper presents the details of a system, still at the early stages of research level, aimed at helping children with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD). It uses ZECA, a humanoid robot Zeno R-50, acting as the promoter of the interaction with children, by teaching colours and geometric figures in the context of two educational game scenarios: identification of five geometric figures and identification of five colours. So far, the system was tested in a school environment with typically developing children, in order to validate the experimental setup and the game design. The results obtained in these tests allowed optimizing the system before starting the work in elementary schools with children with ASD, which is the next step in the research.The authors also would like to express their acknowledgments to COMPETE: POCI-01-0145- FEDER-007043 and FCT – Fundação para a Ciência e Tecnologia within the Project Scope: UID/CEC/00319/2013.This work is funded by CIEd – Research Centre on Education, projects UID/CED/1661/2013 and UID/CED/1661/2016, Institute of Education, University of Minho, through national funds of FCT/MCTES-PT.info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersio

Technology and special educational needs: let's play “Doing Good Deeds!”

“Doing Good Deeds!” is a game directed to children with special needs, in pre and elementary school age that aims to promote the development of social skills in diferente contexts. Structurally, this game has available a set of Avatars that players can choose to represent them. To adapt the game to each child, an administration module was developed, corresponding to the back office of the game, which allows the educator to create or change contexts, difficulty levels and sequences. This module includes also the visualization of the user performance, in particular the duration of each game, the number of attempts with and without success, allowing the educator to analyze the progress of each player.The authors would like to express their acknowledgments to COMPETE: POCI-01-0145-FEDER-007043 and FCT – Fundação para a Ciência e Tecnologia within the Project Scope: UID/CEC/00319/2013 for the support. The authors are also grateful to the Portuguese Foundation for the Science and Technology (FCT) through the financial support, Pest-OE/CED/UI1661/2014 projects, FEDER funds through the Competitivity Factors Operational Program – COMPETE.info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersio