Multifunctional metal-organic frameworks : from academia to industrial applications

After three decades of intense and fundamental research on metal-organic frameworks (MOFs), is there anything left to say or to explain? The synthesis and properties of MOFs have already been comprehensively described elsewhere. It is time, however, to prove the nature of their true usability: technological applications based on these extended materials require development and implementation as a natural consequence of the up-to-known intensive research focused on their design and preparation. The current large number of reviews on MOFs emphasizes practical strategies to develop novel networks with varied crystal size, shape and topology, being mainly devoted to academic concerns. The present survey intends to push the boundaries and summarise the state-of-the-art on the preparation of promising (multi) functional MOFs in worldwide laboratories and their use as materials for industrial implementation. This review starts, on the one hand, to describe several tools and striking examples of remarkable and recent (multi) functional MOFs exhibiting outstanding properties (e.g., in gas adsorption and separation, selective sorption of harmful compounds, heterogeneous catalysis, luminescent and corrosion protectants). On the other hand, and in a second part, it intends to use these examples of MOFs to incite scientists to move towards the transference of knowledge from the laboratories to the industry. Within this context, we exhaustively review the many efforts of several worldwide commercial companies to bring functional MOFs towards the daily use, analysing the various patents and applications reported to date. Overall, this review goes from the very basic concepts of functional MOF engineering and preparation ending up in their industrial production on a large scale and direct applications in society

Experiences with the Open edX platform for online and hybrid learning

Conference presentation about different experiences with the Open edX platform for online and hybrid learning by the research team of iMOOC and other projects in UAb.info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersio

Évora Studies in the Philosophy and History of Science Volume Two From Ontology To Structure

The structuralist approaches retake the war, characteristic of ancient Greek thought, between the partisans of matter and the ‘friends of ideas’, although they abandon the metaphysical and ontological issues, thus favouring the methodological aspects of knowledge, focusing on those functions which constitute and build up the worlds of human culture. The present volume contains the results of the seventh Évora International Symposium in Philosophy and History of Science and Technology, entitled “Structuralism: Roots, Plurality, and Contemporary debates” (2016)

An on-line teacher training course on education for sustainability: assessment of open (mooc) and closed versions of the course

This paper reports the experience of a first edition of an on-line teacher training course on education for sustainability both for open (MOOC) and closed versions, and the respective assessment. The course was implemented by the Portuguese Distance Learning University (Universidade Aberta – UAb) under a protocol with the General Secretariat of Education and Science of the Portuguese State in an Open EdX platform (NAU). The results show that the planning, preparation of own materials suitable for the target audience and the validation of this type of open/massive and certified closed courses by different actors, before the course taking place is fundamental. It was also confirmed by the positive participation and feedback from the participants. In addition, the collaborative component in both course versions were fundamental to ensure success in this type of training actions. Differences in both versions were discussed as well as recommendations for future editions.info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersio

OpenGame course curriculum and content

OpenGame - Promoting Open Education through Gamification - Ref: 2019-1-ES01-KA203-065815info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersio

Ética e investigação no digital

Nº 6, Coleção LE@D Futures - novas gerações na investigação A coleção LE@D Futures – novas gerações na investigação reúne a produção científica realizada no âmbito da investigação para a formação avançada integrada na UID.Esta publicação insere-se no Programa das Comemorações dos 15 Anos do centro de investigação LE@DEste ebook surge como resposta às questões e interrogações que têm emergido na discussão que a Comissão de Ética do LE@D tem tido com os investigadores sobre os desafios éticos quando estão em causa contextos digitais de investigação. Neste contexto, este volume recolhe contributos variados, procurando apresentar um conjunto de diretrizes que ajudarão a fundamentar o processo de tomada de decisões éticas em futuras investigações na área. Abordam-se i) algumas das questões éticas que se levantam no âmbito das comunidades de investigação; ii) os problemas éticos que se colocam ao investigador em Educação, quando recorre a tecnologias digitais para a recolha de dados ou quando o foco de investigação se situa em contextos digitais; iii) os desafios éticos que se apresentam nos estudos dos media sociais e os meios para garantir a proteção dos participantes; iv) as novas e importantes questões legais e éticas associadas às tecnologias emergentes que permitem processos de captura, preservação e utilização de dados em larga escala. É, ainda, disponibilizada em apêndice a tradução para português de Ethical Guidelines 3.0, da Association of Internet Researchers, que gentilmente consentiu na sua tradução para este volume.Esta publicação foi financiada por Fundos Nacionais através da FCT – Fundação para a Ciência e Tecnologia, I.P., no âmbito do projeto UIDB/04372/2020Publicação da Unidade de Investigação e Desenvolvimento (UID) 4372/FCT Laboratório de Educação a Distância e eLearning, Universidade Abertainfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersio

Module 6: modernization of teaching

This topic will present Quality assurance (QA) standards of e-learning and has the following objectives: Objective 1: to understand the meaning of e-learning quality and quality assurance Objective 2: to distinguish several International Quality Assurance Frameworks for e-learning Objective 3: to characterize the main specific features of Quality Assurance of MOOCs Objective 4: to identify the main Standards and Guidelines for Quality Assurance of online Higher Education617496-EPP-1-2020-1-IT-EPPKA2-CBHE-JPinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersio

Glycine methyl ester hydro­chloride

The title compound [systematic name: (methoxy­carbonyl­meth­yl)ammonium chloride], crystallizes as a salt, C3H8NO2 +·Cl−, with the charged species inter­acting mutually via strong and highly directional N+—H⋯Cl− hydrogen bonds which lead to the formation of a supra­molecular tape running parallel to the c axis. Tapes close pack in the solid state mediated by multipoint recognition synthons based on weak C—H⋯O inter­actions and van der Waals contacts between adjacent methyl groups

Paràmetres de rendiment de força mitjançant l’adopció de diferents seqüències d’exercicis durant sèries emparellades agonista-antagonista

Objectiu. Investigar l'efecte de diferents seqüències d’exercicis de sèries emparellades de músculs agonistes/antagonistes sobre el volum de l'entrenament, la percepció subjectiva de l'esforç i l'activació muscular. Material i mètode. Tretze esportistes de lleure, homes, es van sotmetre voluntàriament a aquest estudi. Es van aplicar 2 protocols en 2 dies no consecutius. Protocol BR: els participants realitzaren 3 sèries d’exercicis de pressió sobre banc (PB) fins a l’esgotament (amb càrrega de 8 repeticions màximes), seguit de l’exercici de rem assegut (RA), alternadament. Protocol RB: el rem assegut es féu abans de PB. S’adoptà un interval de recuperació de 2 min entre les repeticions i exercicis. Durant els 2 exercicis s’anotaren el nombre de repeticions i el senyal electromiogràfic dels músculs deltoide posterior (DP), bíceps braquial (BB), pectoral major (PM) i tríceps braquial (TB). Resultats. No es trobaren diferències significatives en el volum de l'entrenament (1.486,6 ± 200,3; 1492 ± 282,5) i del treball total (22,3 ± 1,3; 22 ± 2) entre les seqüències BR i RB, per PB, respectivament. S’observà un volum d'entrenament (1.709,7 ± 177,6; 1.424,4 ± 196) i de treball total (25,3 ± 1,8; 21 ± 1,6) superiors a l’RA en la seqüència BR, comparada amb RB. Conclusió. La seqüència de l'exercici mostrà diferències significatives en rendiment de força i activació muscular dels agonistes durant les sèries emparellades agonista-antagonista en l'exercici de l’RA. Aquests resultats indiquen que la precàrrega dels antagonistes pot generar un efecte potencial per afavorir el rendiment dels músculs dorsals