Digital Project management in a multicultural environment: the experience at trasnperfect

The following report is carried out as the final work of the master’s degree in Intercultural Studies for Business at the Porto Accounting and Business School (ISCAP), part of the Polytechnic Institute of Porto. It aims to present a detailed reflection and analysis of my 6-month curricular internship which took place in the Netherlands between January 11th and June 30th 2021 at TransPerfect, an international family of companies offering a wide variety of language services and technology solutions to help global businesses operate worldwide marketplace. As pillars of this company, intercultural communication, and cross-cultural management, as well as their relevance and impact in today's business world, are outlined. The report’s focus will then shift to an overview of the language service industry and an elaborate characterization of the host company. From this perspective, I analysed my role as an intern in a digital project management team that allowed me to confirm the theoretical framework of my research: intercultural competence and an efficient cross-cultural management are the key for the success of an international business, especially in the language service industry.O relatório seguinte é realizado como trabalho final do Mestrado em Estudos Interculturais para Negócios no Instituto Superior de Contabilidade e Negócios do Porto (ISCAP), parte do Instituto Politécnico do Porto. O seu objetivo é apresentar uma reflexão e análise detalhada do meu estágio curricular de 6 meses que teve lugar na Holanda entre janeiro e julho de 2021 na TransPerfect, uma família internacional de empresas que oferece uma grande variedade de serviços linguísticos e soluções tecnológicas para ajudar empresas globais a operar no mercado mundial. Como pilares desta empresa, a comunicação intercultural e a gestão transcultural, bem como a sua relevância e impacto no mundo empresarial de hoje, são delineados. O foco do relatório passará então para uma visão geral da indústria de serviços linguísticos e uma caracterização elaborada da empresa anfitriã. Nesta perspetiva, analisei o meu papel como estagiária numa equipa de gestão de projetos digitais que me permitiu confirmar o quadro teórico da minha investigação de que a competência intercultural e uma gestão transcultural eficiente são a chave para o sucesso de um negócio internacional, especialmente na indústria dos serviços linguísticos

Gastric cancer

Gastric cancer is the second most frequent cause of cancer death worldwide, although much geographical variation in incidence exists. Prevention and personalised treatment are regarded as the best options to reduce gastric cancer mortality rates. Prevention strategies should be based on specific risk profiles, including Helicobacter pylori genotype, host gene polymorphisms, presence of precursor lesions, and environmental factors. Although adequate surgery remains the cornerstone of gastric cancer treatment, this single modality treatment seems to have reached its maximum achievable effect for local control and survival. Minimally invasive techniques can be used for treatment of early gastric cancers. Achievement of locoregional control for advanced disease remains very difficult. Extended resections that are standard practice in some Asian countries have not been shown to be as effective in other developed countries. We present an update of the incidence, causes, pathology, and treatment of gastric cancer, consisting of surgery, new strategies with neoadjuvant and adjuvant chemotherapy or radiotherapy, or both, novel treatment strategies using gene signatures, and the effect of caseload on patient outcomes