Using Ambient Geographic Information (AGI) in order to understand emotion & stress within smart cities

De Oliveira, T. H. M. (2015). The Emotion-Aware City: Using Ambient Geographic Information (AGI) in order to understand emotion & stress within smart cities. In 3rd AGILE PhD School Association of Geographic Information Laboratories for Europe, AGILE PhD School 2015 (Vol. 1598, pp. 1-5). (CEUR Workshop Proceedings).publishersversionpublishe

10 years of Master of Science in Geospatial Technologies: Development of a Web App with GeoTech students Data.

Kivrak, B., Oliveira, T. H. M. D., & Painho, M. (2018). 10 years of Master of Science in Geospatial Technologies: Development of a Web App with GeoTech students Data. Poster session presented at 10th GeoMundus Conference - GeoMundus 2018, Lisbon, Portugal.Master of Science in Geospatial Technologies is aimed at graduates wishing to obtain qualifications in fields where geographic information is applied and intend to have a multicultural experience. Geospatial information technologies have their roots primarily in three distinct areas: geosciences, computational technologies, and information science. Students of the Master in Geospatial Technologies degree will be able to develop applications in Geoinformation systems, use GIS tools for analysis of spatial relations or manage natural and human resources strategically. This poster presents a web application, built with the use of Esri’s Web App Builder, in which is possible to reach specific information about Partner Universities, How many students from each countries attend the program, the Location of Partner Universities, Program Links and information about Students, their origins and their Master Thesis. The Geotech Master Students Map Application provides an easy access to reach detailed information about the Master of Science in Geospatial Technologies Program.publishersversionpublishe

Os Sistemas de Informação Geográfica e o envelhecimento demográfico: projecto de implementação dos SIG na Santa Casa da Misericórdia de Lisboa

Relatório de estágio de mestrado, Geografia - Gestão do Território e Urbanismo, Universidade de Lisboa, Instituto de Geografia e Ordenamento do Território, 2011Nas últimas décadas os Sistemas de Informação Geográfica (SIG) têm emergido como ferramentas e metodologias indispensáveis em diversas áreas como o planeamento e ordenamento do território, urbanismo, demografia, economia, sociologia, saúde pública, ambiente, entre outros. No entanto existe um número limitado de casos de estudo relevantes da utilização deste tipo de metodologia em áreas e instituições relacionadas com o apoio e solidariedade social. É Neste contexto, e na necessidade de conferir uma maior inteligibilidade ao fenómeno do envelhecimento populacional na cidade de Lisboa, que surge o Projecto de Implementação de um Sistema de Informação Geográfica (SIG) no Observatório do Envelhecimento (OE) da Direcção de Acção Social (DIAS) da Santa Casa da Misericórdia de Lisboa (SCML). O presente Relatório de Estágio, enquadrado no Mestrado em Gestão de Território e Urbanismo do Instituto de Geografia e Ordenamento do Território (IGOT), pretende reportar e efectuar uma análise crítica às actividades desenvolvidas no âmbito do Projecto e do Estágio, entre Abril de 2008 a Dezembro do mesmo ano. Pretende-se ainda contribuir para o fortalecimento dos SIG na SCML através de sugestões e recomendações para aplicações futuras deste tipo de metodologia na Instituição, desenvolvidas exclusivamente para o presente Relatório de Estágio, como: a realização de um estudo de aptidão territorial para a construção de um novo equipamento da SCML; e o desenvolvimento de uma aplicação WebSIG, o Atlas Digital do Envelhecimento na Cidade de Lisboa. Este Projecto teve como objectivo dotar a SCML de funcionalidades das bases de dados geográficas, como por exemplo, associar a localização de pessoas, serviços ou equipamentos, às suas características. A adopção de uma metodologia de trabalho apoiada num SIG na SCML contribuiu não só para um melhor conhecimento da distribuição geográfica da realidade social do envelhecimento, dos estabelecimentos e serviços, mas também para uma visão prospectiva territorializada sobre a evolução das dinâmicas sociais, nomeadamente o fenómeno do envelhecimento e do esforço necessário da intervenção da SCML para acompanhar a satisfação das necessidades das pessoas idosas na cidade. O conhecimento da localização actual e futura dos utentes e das acessibilidades a recursos e serviços da SCML, representa uma mais-valia para a instituição no quadro da sua missão. No âmbito do Projecto foram ainda elaborados três estudos/produtos, com direito de publicação pela SCML: o Estudo de Caracterização sobre o Envelhecimento; o Atlas do Envelhecimento da Cidade de Lisboa; e o Guião Metodológico. No presente Relatório de Estágio pretende-se debater as questões relacionadas com o fenómeno do envelhecimento no geral, e em particular, a sua expressão na cidade de Lisboa, no contexto das actividades desenvolvidas durante o estágio realizado no âmbito do Projecto de Implementação do SIG na SCML.ABSTRACT: In recent decades, Geographic Information Systems (GIS) have emerged as indispensable tools and methodologies in diverse areas such as planning and land management, urban planning, demography, economics, sociology, public health, environment, among others. However there are a limited number of relevant case studies of the use of such methods in areas and institutions related with social support and solidarity matters. In this context, and in the need to give greater readability to the phenomenon of population aging in the city of Lisbon, Santa Casa da Misericórdia de Lisboa (SCML) emerges the decision to implement a Geographic Information System within the Aging Observatory. This Report was made in the context of the Urban Planning and Management Master Course of the Instituto de Geografia e Ordenamento do Território (IGOT), and intends to report and review the activities carried out within the project and internship from April 2008 to December 2008. It also aims to contribute to the strengthening of the GIS in SCML through suggestions and recommendations for future applications of this kind of methodology in the Institution, developed exclusively for this Report, such as: a land suitability study for a new SCML equipment; and the development of a Web GIS application, the Digital Atlas of Aging in the City of Lisbon. This project also aimed to provide SCML with geographic databases features, such as the association of people’s, services’ or equipment’s location, to their characteristics. The use of a GIS working framework in SCML contributed not only to a better understanding of the geographical distribution of the aging process’s social reality, facilities and services, but also to a prospective and spatial view of the social dynamics’ evolution, particularly the aging phenomenon and the effort required for the SCML intervention, in order to follow up the needs of elderly people in the city. Knowing the location of current and future users and its accessibility to SCML resources and services represents an added value to the Institution as part of its mission. Under the project activities there were also developed three studies/products with publication rights by SCML: Aging Study, Atlas of Aging and Methodology Guide. This Report aims to discuss issues related with the aging phenomenon in general, and in particular, its expression in the city of Lisbon, in the context of the activities performed during my internship in the GIS Implementation Project in SCML

giCASES: Case based learning in the field of Geographical Information

Painho, M., Baptista, A., Oliveira, T. H. M. D., & Carbonaro, M. (2018). giCASES: Case based learning in the field of Geographical Information. Poster session presented at 10th GeoMundus Conference 2018, Lisbon, Portugal.publishersversionpublishe

Beliefs About Psychological Problems Inventory (BAPPI) : development and psychometric properties

Correspondence concerning this article should be addressed to Prof. Paulo Moreira, Instituto de Psicologia e de Ciências da Educação, Universidade Lusíada, Rua de Moçambique 21 e 71, Porto 4100-348, Portugal. Email: [email protected] clients’ belief systems are components of Effective Therapy Relationships. Thus, it is desirable to include clients’ beliefs about their psychological problems on systematic assessment protocols underlying the process of systematic treatment selection and of tailoring the treatment to the person. However, assessment instruments which specifically capture clients’ beliefs about their psychological problems are scarce. The objective of the studies presented was to evaluate the psychometric properties of the Beliefs About Psychological Problems Inventory (BAPPI), an assessment instrument of the clients’ beliefs about their psychological problems. Study 1 (Exploratory Factor Analysis) involved 200 participants, and Study 2 (Confirmatory Factor Analysis and other validity studies), involved 545 participants. Results revealed that the BAPPI presents a stable factorial structure of six dimensions (Psychodynamic, Humanistic, Biomedical, Cognitive-Behavioral, Systemic, and Eclectic/Integrative). Altogether, analyses of items, internal consistency, reliability, and external validity revealed that the BAPPI is a valid assessment instrument for use in mental health research and practice, especially in the process of systematic treatment selection and, therefore, of matching/tailoring the treatment to the client’s characteristics

The effect of ambient pressure on the heat transfer of a water spray

The present work is aimed at quantifying the effects of ambient pressure in the heat transfer at single injections of a full cone spray over a hot metal surface. The experimental configuration is that of a spray impinging down perpendicularly onto a flat surface located at 55 mm inside an injection chamber. The experiments were conducted for prescribed initial wall temperatures ranging from single phase to local nucleate boiling and transition regimes of heat transfer. Ambient pressures ranged from atmospheric to 30 bar. The analysis is based on spatial resolved measurements of the instantaneous surface temperature during the injection period. The measurements are then processed in order to obtain estimates of the time-averaged values of the local heat flux. The overall cooling rate is also obtained by integrating the local values within the total area of the spray impact Results show that the amount of heat extracted by the impinging spray increases 3.4 times when ambient pressure is increased from atmospheric to 20 bar at the same superheating degree at the wall of 45 degrees C. This corresponds to an increase from 13.3% to 47.7% in the ratio between the actual cooling and the theoretical maximum cooling, defined here as cooling efficiency. This is a result of a better spreading of the liquid film at the wall, covering a larger footprint upon impact. Instantaneous peak heat flux is also increased, as a clear indication of the improved heat transfer between the impinging droplets and the wall.The work presented herein derives from a broader research program devised to develop a system for in cylinder cooling of internal combustion engines using high pressure water sprays produced by gasoline direct injectors.The authors would like to acknowledge LiquidPiston INC. for providing all the laboratorial conditions to perform the experiments, MEtRICs - Mechanical Engineering and Resource Sustainability Centre (UID/EMS/04077/2019), and Diogo Ferreira for aiding in the highspeed visualization setup and experiments. T. Costa is supported by the Portuguese Foundation for Science and Technology (FCT) under the PhD grant PD/BD/105929/2014, MIT Portugal Program, and F.P. Brito is supported by FCT under the Post doctoral grant SFRH/BPD/89553/2012 and J. Martins is supported by the FCT grant SFRH/BSAB/142994/2018, financed by FEDER funds through Programa Operacional Fatores de Competitividade - COMPETE and National funds through PIDDAC and FCT

CORROSION CONTROL FOR ROLLING MILL

[0001] Advantages of the systems and methods described herein include reducing fire risk (e.g., because the bactericide does not allow for sludge accumulation inside the rolling mill), facilitating the removal of heavy dirt, and reducing water and energy consumption needed for cleaning (e.g., with jet washing machines). In some embodiments, the systems and methods described herein may reduce the amount of water and washings that need to be chemically treated and/or may reduce the generation of waste that must be sent for final treatment

Assessing the success behind the use of education management information systems in higher education

The continuous use of dynamic and disruptive ICT as energizing elements of the educational process is a reality of current days, where millennials are the centre of an education paradigm in which students are much more inclined to use technologies than enrolling in a traditional non-digital course. Considering education management information systems (EMIS) capacities to collect, analyse, process and publish information and data, it is easy to perceive their relevance to both education organizations and students. Nevertheless, and despite EMIS complexity and inherent possibilities, the existing literature does not provide for a detailed characterization on the impact these systems might have on students’ success. Thus, this research focuses on understanding the use of EMIS by students and the arising of net benefits; it introduces an EMIS success model which posits that to ensure net benefits for students, education institutions must safeguard that their education management information systems are of high quality, while at the same time students are maintained satisfied with the system and engage in continuous use. To assess the posed model, an empirical study has been performed, involving students from higher education institutions. Findings from the study allow us to perceive that, as information systems (IS) success models state, EMIS use and students’ satisfaction are predictors of net benefits. This same model also claims that the available information quality and EMIS inherent service quality are also strong determinants of both continuous EMIS use and student satisfaction.info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersio

Prevalence and factors associated with peripheral neuropathy in individuals with diabetes mellitus

Objective: To estimate the prevalence of polyneuropathy (PND) in type 2 diabetic individuals assisted at the Center for Health Hiperdia in Viçosa and to identify factors associated with a positive diagnosis of PND through the score of neuropathic symptoms and susceptibility testing. Methods: Cross-sectional quantitative study performed from December 2013 to June 2014, through secondary source. The prevalence of PND and its association with each variable was assessed using the chi-square test and the Fisher exact test. In the logistic regression it was used the method of disposal backward by the Wald test. Results: It was found the prevalence of PND: 36.89%, higher in males, in patients with delayed diagnosis of diabetes mellitus (DM) and with the absence of protective sensation plant (SPP). Conclusion: The study found a high prevalence of PND, reinforcing the need for early diagnosis in order to prevent ulcers and improving the quality of life of diabetic patients