A ética organizacional como instrumento de gestão na prossecução do interesse público

Comunicação apresentada no 8º Congresso Nacional de Administração Pública – Desafios e Soluções, em Carcavelos de 21 a 22 de Novembro de 2011.Esta apresentação pretende, a partir das sucessivas reformas que se tem verificado nas modernas administrações públicas, chamar a atenção para um novo questionar ético; Pretendemos ainda, delimitar e reflectir sobre a noção de “interesse público” relacionando-a com responsabilidade ética (individual, pública e organizacional); e por fim, questionaremos de que forma pode, a ética organizacional, ser considerada uma ferramenta de gestão na prossecução do interesse público, propondo alguns mecanismos de, progressivamente a ir introduzindo no quotidiano das organizações públicas

Cardiac risk factors and co-morbidities in mental ilness

Persons diagnosed with mental disease have usually inadequate lifestyle, especially sedentary life, lack of physical exercise, cardiac diseases, diets with sugar, lipids, coffee, and also tobacco or drugs abuse (Citrome & Yeomans, 2005; Chuang et al., 2008; Messias & Rondina, 2007). They have also high risk of mortality (Osborn et al., 2006).info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersio

Mental illness stigma in mental health professionals

Mental illness is still associated with myths, prejudices and stereotypes, despite the growing investment in research and treatment in this area. The stigma still one of the major obstacle to recovery of persons with severe mental illnesses. Stigma affects an individuaĺs self-esteem, increases dysfunction, and poses problems to patients with regard to housing and employment. Stigma is a culturally induced barrier to recovery. Although studies have examined experiences of stigma by users of mental health services and stigmatizing attitudes in the general public, little attention has been paid to the experiences and attitudes of mental health professionals.info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersio

Quality Assessment of Laser Welding Dual Phase Steels

Since non-conforming parts create waste for industry, generating undesirable costs, it is necessary to set up quality plans that not only guarantee product conformity but also cut the root causes of welding defects by developing the concept of quality at origin. Due to their increasing use in automotive industry, dual phase (DP) steels have been the chosen material for this study. A quality plan for welding DP steel components by laser was developed. This plan is divided into three parts: pre-welding, during and post-welding. A quality assessment regarding mechanical properties, such as hardness, microstructure and tensile strength, was also performed. It was revealed that DP steel does not present considerable weldability problems, except for the usual softening of the heat affected zone (HAZ) and the growth of martensite in the fusion zone (FZ), and the best analysis techniques to avoid failures in these steels are finite element method (FEM), visual techniques during welding procedure and digital image correlation (DIC) for post-weld analysis.The present work was done and funded under the scope of projects UIDB/00481/2020 and UIDP/00481/2020—FCT—Fundação para a Ciencia e a Tecnologia; and CENTRO-01-0145-FEDER- 022083—Centro Portugal Regional Operational Programme (Centro2020), under the PORTUGAL 2020 Partnership Agreement, through the European Regional Development Fund. LAETA/INEGI/CETRIB is acknowledge due to the support provided in all research activities.info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersio