A motivação para envolvimento em atividades desportivas em estudantes do ensino superior de desporto e enfermagem

Este estudo teve como objetivo operacional estudar e perceber a importância que os vários indicadores de motivação têm para as várias modalidades desportivas. A nossa amostra consistiu em 50 alunos do curso de Enfermagem do Instituto Politécnico de Setúbal, 11 masculinos e 39 femininos, e 50 alunos do curso de Desporto do Instituto Politécnico de Setúbal, 40 masculinos e 10 femininos. Alguns questionários “Motivações para as Atividades Desportivas” (QMAD) foram preenchidos no local e outros foram preenchidos via internet. Concluímos, neste estudo que os alunos do curso de Desporto são os que apresentam maior motivação para praticar desporto. A categoria “Realização/Estatuto” foi a que se revelou menos motivante tanto para os alunos de Desporto como para os de Enfermagem.This study aimed to compare the importance of several indicators of motivation have throughout different sports. Our sample consisted on 50 nursing students of the Instituto Politécnico de Setúbal, 11 male and 39 female and 50 students of the course of Sport of the Instituto Politécnico de Setúbal, 40 men and 10 women. Some questionnaires "motivations for Sports activities" (QMAD) were filled on the spot and others were filled via the internet. We concluded that the students of the course of Sports have greater motivation to practice sport. The category "Achievement/Status" was the one which motivated the less both sports students and nursing students.info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersio

Using a 3-tier Training Model for Effective Exchange of Good Practices in as ERASMUS+ Project

VISIR+ is an Erasmus+ project that aims to develop educational modules for electric and electronic circuits theory and practice following an enquiry-based teaching and learning methodology. The project has installed five new VISIR remote labs in Higher Education Institutions located in Argentina and Brazil, to allow students doing more experiments and hence acquire better experimental skills, through a combination of traditional (hands-on), remote and virtual laboratories. A key aspect for the success of this project was to motivate and train teachers in the underpinning educational methodology. As such, VISIR+ adopted a 3-tier training process to effectively support the use of VISIR in the Institutions that received it. This process is based on the “train the trainer” approach, which required the participating partner institutions to identify and engage a number of associated partners, interested in using their newly installed remote lab. To measure the quality of the training process, the same satisfaction questionnaire was used in all training actions. This paper presents a detailed description of the training actions along with the analysis of the satisfaction questionnaire results. Major conclusions are that the quality level of the training process remained practically the same across all training actions and that trainees sometimes considered the practical use of the VISIR remote lab as difficult, irrespectively of where and when the training action took place.info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersio

Relationship of the SITLESS intervention on medication use in community-dwelling older adults: An exploratory study

Background: Sedentary behavior (SB) and physical activity (PA) interventions in older adults can improve health outcomes. Problems related with aging include prevalent comorbidity, multiple non-communicable diseases, complaints, and resulting polypharmacy. This manuscript examines the relationship between an intervention aiming at reducing SB on medication patterns. Method: This manuscript presents a local sub-analysis of the SITLESS trial data on medication use. SITLESS was an exercise referral scheme (ERS) enhanced by self-management strategies (SMS) to reduce SB in community-dwelling older adults. We analyzed data from the ERS + SMS, ERS and usual care (UC) groups. Patient medication records were available at baseline and at the end of the intervention (4-month period) and were analyzed to explore the effect of SITLESS on medication patterns of use. Result: A sample of 75 participants was analyzed, mostly older overweight women with poor body composition scores and mobility limitations. There was a significant reduction of 1.6 medicines (SD = 2.7) in the ERS group (p < 0.01), but not in the UC or ERS + SMS groups. Differences were more evident in medicines used for short periods of time. Conclusion: The findings suggest that an exercise-based program enhanced by SMS to reduce SB might influence medication use for acute conditions but there is a need to further investigate effects on long-term medicine use in older adults

Relationship of the SITLESS intervention on medication use in community-dwelling older adults: an exploratory study

BackgroundSedentary behavior (SB) and physical activity (PA) interventions in older adults can improve health outcomes. Problems related with aging include prevalent comorbidity, multiple non-communicable diseases, complaints, and resulting polypharmacy. This manuscript examines the relationship between an intervention aiming at reducing SB on medication patterns.MethodThis manuscript presents a local sub-analysis of the SITLESS trial data on medication use. SITLESS was an exercise referral scheme (ERS) enhanced by self-management strategies (SMS) to reduce SB in community-dwelling older adults. We analyzed data from the ERS + SMS, ERS and usual care (UC) groups. Patient medication records were available at baseline and at the end of the intervention (4-month period) and were analyzed to explore the effect of SITLESS on medication patterns of use.ResultA sample of 75 participants was analyzed, mostly older overweight women with poor body composition scores and mobility limitations. There was a significant reduction of 1.6 medicines (SD = 2.7) in the ERS group (p < 0.01), but not in the UC or ERS + SMS groups. Differences were more evident in medicines used for short periods of time.ConclusionThe findings suggest that an exercise-based program enhanced by SMS to reduce SB might influence medication use for acute conditions but there is a need to further investigate effects on long-term medicine use in older adults

Spreading remote lab usage: A system — A community — A Federation

Experiments have been at the heart of scientific development and education for centuries. From the outburst of Information and Communication Technologies, virtual and remote labs have added to hands-on labs a new conception of practical experience, especially in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics education. This paper aims at describing the features of a remote lab named Virtual Instruments System in Reality, embedded in a community of practice and forming the spearhead of a federation of remote labs. More particularly, it discusses the advantages and disadvantages of remote labs over virtual labs as regards to scalability constraints and development and maintenance costs. Finally, it describes an actual implementation in an international community of practice of engineering schools forming the embryo of a first world wide federation of Virtual Instruments System in Reality nodes, under the framework of a project funded by the Erasmus+ Program.info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersio

Relatório de Estágio em Farmácia Comunitária

Relatório de estágio do mestrado em Ciências Farmacêuticas, apresentado à Faculdade de Farmácia da Universidade de Coimbr

Relatório de Estágio em Farmácia Comunitária

Relatório de estágio do mestrado em Ciências Farmacêuticas, apresentado à Faculdade de Farmácia da Universidade de Coimbr

GRASPER A framework for graph CSPs

Abstract. In this paper we present GRASPER, a graph constraint solver, based on set constraints. We specify GRASPER’s constraints and we make use of our framework to model a problem in the context of biochemical networks showing promising results, when compared to an existing similar solver, in this early stage of development