A financial analysis on business activity monitoring mechanisms in Millennium BCP

CEMSThis work project is related to the business project on Business Activity Monitoring Mechanisms and Culture in Millennium BCP. The report is focused mainly on three aspects: the analysis of the Portuguese banking industry, where Millennium BCP is inserted in and the company’s characteristics; the exposition of the work done throughout the business project; and the deepening of the cost-benefit analysis that Business Activity Monitoring can bring to a bank. In the end, a summary of the costbenefit analysis is attached that could be used as a model to understand the financial perspective of BAM to a bank, as Millennium BCP

Lean and quality management integration: improvement program implementation in a service company

Lean Thinking is an important pillar in the success of any program of continuous improvement process. Its tools are useful means in the analysis, control and organization of important data for correct decision making in organizations. This project had as main objective the design of a program of quality improvement in Eurico Ferreira, S.A., based on the evaluation of customer satisfaction and the implementation of 5S. Subsequently, we have selected which business area of the company to address. After the selection, there was an initial diagnostic procedure, identifying the various points of improvement to which some tools of Lean Thinking have been applied, in particular Value Stream Mapping and 5S methodology. With the first, we were able to map the current state of the process in which all stakeholders were represented as well as the flow of materials and information throughout the process. The 5S methodology allowed to act on the wastage, identifying and implementing various process improvements

AcademiaUP: Empowering Distance Education at University of Porto

In recent years, there has been a growing demand for online. University of Porto (U.Porto), established an unit of Educational Technologies 20 years ago and after an accumulated experience in providing an Learning Management Systems (LMS) to support face-to-face teaching and learning (T&L), in 2016, the U.Porto developed AcademiaUP, a portal and a LMS platform for the delivery of e-learning and blended learning courses. Based on LMS Moodle, AcademiaUP considers the specificities of deployment and creation of distance education contents and materials, as well as the target audience characteristics. Moodle was chosen because our acquired experience but also for its maturity, for being open source and fully customizable and for a large support community.AcademiaUP, has an extensively customized interface and technical infrastructure. It integrates with external tools, BigBlueButton to better respond to synchronous online communication and Panopto for lecture capture and video production. AcademiaUP uses new plugins and a new theme to improve usability and enable a more suitable navigation for formal and non-formal T&L environments - sequential content delivery and contextual presentation of activities and resources. When designing the new LMS for AcademiaUP we were inspired in Coursera Massive Open Online Courses (MOOC) approach for the marketing of the courses and in Open2Study for the delivering of the courses. All changes, however, avoided altering Moodle's core code, allowing for easier upgrades whenever newer Moodle versions are available.For the future, we intend to integrate AcademiaUP with the University information system to improve consistency of courses and users essential to accreditation procedures and quality assurance

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UID/LIN/03213/2013In this short paper I focus on linguistic commentaries of ancient Portuguese texts (Castro 1991; 2006) and I try to show that this type of activity may constitute a useful and relevant method to inspire the discussion of language change topics. I comment on variants between the two remnant testimonies of Testamento de Afonso II (1214) (the most ancient royal text written in Portuguese) to illustrate the discussion.publishersversionpublishe

O uso do smartphone na promoção da autonomia e do lazer de jovens com perturbação do desenvolvimento intelectual

Projeto de Intervenção apresentado à Escola Superior de Educação de Lisboa para obtenção de grau de Mestre em Educação EspecialOs jovens com perturbação do desenvolvimento intelectual (PDI) apresentam dificuldades, entre outras áreas, no funcionamento adaptativo prático (dificuldades na sua vida independente como a higiene pessoal, vida doméstica, gerir dinheiro, deslocar-se sozinho, usufruir de momentos de lazer ou executar tarefas laborais). Este estudo tem como problema de investigação saber como promover a autonomia pessoal, a autonomia social e o lazer em jovens em processo de transição para a vida adulta. Como hipótese, estabelecemos que o uso do smartphone, enquanto uma tecnologia universal e quotidiana, pode impulsionar o desenvolvimento do funcionamento adaptativo prático e reduzir a monitorização do adulto em jovens com PDI. Este estudo é uma investigação-ação que recorre a técnicas do método qualitativo e quantitativo (análise documental, grelhas de observação, escala de intensidade de apoios para crianças (EIA-C), notas de campo, entrevistas focus group). Quatro jovens com PDI foram os alunos que participaram neste projeto de intervenção. O projeto teve quatro fases: conceção, com a aplicação da EIA-C para saber em que competências práticas o aluno necessita de maior apoio e para avaliar as suas habilidades básicas no uso do smartphone; planificação, envolvendo a escolha de aplicações de smartphone para diferentes atividades e a planificação de sessões de uso de smartphone em atividades de autonomia (deslocações, ida às compras, realização de uma tarefa doméstica); implementação do projeto, decorreu durante quarenta e oito sessões nas quais se usou o smartphone e se procedeu à análise e avaliação contínua dos dados; por último, a avaliação final do projeto de intervenção implicou a recolha da opinião dos participantes (focus group). Os resultados obtidos permitem concluir que os jovens com PDI que participaram conseguiram progressiva e finalmente realizar de modo autónomo atividades relacionadas com a ida às compras, com a vida doméstica, com a deslocação fazendo uso das funcionalidades do smartphone, revelando assim novas competências ao nível do comportamento adaptativo.ABSTRACT Young people with disturbance of intellectual development (IDD) present difficulties, among other areas, in practical adaptive functioning (difficulties in their independent life such as personal hygiene, domestic life, managing money, moving alone, enjoying moments of leisure or performing work tasks). This study has as a problem of research to know how to promote personal autonomy, social autonomy and leisure in young people in the process of transition to adulthood. As a hypothesis, we establish that the use of the smartphone, as a universal and everyday technology, can drive the development of practical adaptive functioning and reduce adult monitoring in young people with IDD. This study is an action research that uses qualitative and quantitative method techniques (documentary analysis, observation grids, support intensity scale for children (SIS-C), field notes, focus group interviews). Four young people with PDI were the students who participated in this intervention project. The project had four phases: design, with the application of SIS-C to know in which practical skills the student needs greater support and to evaluate his basic skills in the use of the smartphone; planning, involving the choice of smartphone applications for different activities and the planning of smartphone use sessions in autonomy activities (trips, going to purchases, performing a domestic task); implementation of the project, ran during forty-eight sessions in which the smartphone was used and continuous data analysis and evaluation was carried out; finally, the final evaluation of the intervention project implied the collection of participants' opinions (focus group). The results obtained allow us to conclude that young people with PDI who participated managed to progressively and finally perform autonomously activities related to going to purchases, with domestic life, with the displacement making use of the features of the smartphone, thus revealing new skills in terms of adaptive behavior.N/

elementos para um estudo diacrónico

UID/LIN/03213/2013The work proposed here has as general objective to contribute to a characterization of the values ​​expressed by the "futuro do passado / condicional" (COND) in past sentences of Portuguese, hoping to provide some relevant elements for the diachronic study of this verbal paradigm. I will synthesize some data on the formation of Romance languages ​​(section 1) and briefly describe their functioning in the contemporary language (Section 2). The central section of the paper (section 3) presents and describes occurrences of COND using data collected in texts from the thirteenth to fifteenth centuries. On the latter aspect, I intend to include in my study data that contribute to clarify the relation / contrast between COND and the simple past-perfect (section 4),authorsversionpublishe

Entrepreneurial Intentions on Higher Education Students

Entrepreneurship is an issue that causes a lot of controversy. Some people assert that becoming an entrepreneur is a solution for young students; some others argue that this statement is not so obvious, since the implementation of a business demands investment and requires capital, capital that is not easy to obtain. This article looks at a sample of 275 college students in Portugal and seeks to investigate if there is any relationship of entrepreneurial intentions of university students and some variables as training areas, higher education institutions, gender, age and family influences. To achieve this goal, a survey was carried out to college students, trying to understand how the training schools encouraged the creation of an entrepreneurial culture, in what extent students were motivated to entrepreneurship and what are their intents for the future. The results demonstrate that entrepreneurial education is the basis of cultivating the entrepreneurial spirit in college students. The training areas, the ambition of having his/her/own business, having a great idea and having family´s history of entrepreneurial characteristics are the main causes that influence entrepreneurial intentions in college students

Procedimento de ensino do tenis de campo para portadores da Sindrome de Down

Orientador: Edison DuarteDissertação (mestrado) - Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Faculdade de Educação FisicaResumo: Após verificarmos a não existência de dados sobre os procedimentos de ensino do tênis de campo para portadores de comprometimento mental, pensamos na hipótese de um trabalho específico com alunos portadores da Síndrome de Down. O objetivo desta pesquisa foi proporcionar a aprendizagem desta modalidade através de procedimentos adequados e adaptados, respeitando as características individuais dessa população. Participam desta pesquisa 8 sujeitos cujas idades variam entre 9 e 15 anos, divididos em grupos de acordo com seu grau de desenvolvimento e faixa etária, tendo aulas uma vez por semana, com duração de 45 minutos cada. Como procedimento metodológico utilizamos a análise de tarefas, as observações assistemática e participativa, bem como filmagens, fotos e diário de campo, tendo em vista subsídios que complementem a avaliação do trabalho. Podemos concluir, após a sugestão dos procedimentos, que os alunos podem aprender os fundamentos básicos da modalidade, bem como apresentar melhoras em alguns itens relativos ao comportamento adaptativo tais como, autonomia, aptidões sociais, participação comunitária, saúde e segurança e o lazer. A partir deste estudo, novos procedimentos poderão ser investigados, visando favorecer a aprendizagem desta modalidade ainda pouco acessível às minoriasAbstract: After verifying the lack of data regarding procedures for teaching field tennis to mentally-handicapped people, we haveplanned a specific work with students with Down's syndrome. The purpose of the present research was to provide a learning of this sport through adequate adapted procedures which take into account the special characteristics of the subjects. This research was carried out with 8 subjects ages 9 to 15, divided into groups according to their degree of development and age. They all had 45-minute classes once a week. As methodology procedure we have used task analysis, asystematic and participative observations, as well as videotapes, photographs and notes to gather data to complement the evaluation of the work. After the suggestion of the procedures, we can conclude that the students are capable of learnng the basics of the sport, as well as improving some aspects regarding adaptive behavior such as autonomy, social aptitude, community participation, health and safety, and leisure. This research may be used as a starting point to the investigation of new procedures, aiming at supporting the learning of tennis, which is still somewhat inaccessible to minoritiesMestradoAtividade Fisica e AdaptaçãoMestre em Educação Físic

Perspectivas de atuação profissional : um estudo de caso das olimpiadas especiais

Orientador : Jose Julio Gavião de AlmeidaTese (doutorado) - Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Faculdade de Educação FisicaResumo: Olimpíadas Especiais refere-se a um dos programas de esportes voltados para as pessoas com deficiência mental que enfatiza os atletas, a família e os voluntários, sendo que nessa denominação de voluntários, enquadramse os organizadores de eventos e os técnicos esportivos. Portanto, neste estudo procuramos verificar o número de profissionais de educação física envolvidos com o treinamento e competição dos atletas atendidos por esse programa, considerando que a Special Olympics International não prioriza a questão de que o técnico/treinador deva ser profissional da área. Então, pretendemos discutir as perspectivas de atuação desses profissionais no trabalho junto aos atletas com deficiência mental. Para tanto, além da revisão bibliográfica sobre deficiência mental, olimpíadas especiais, esporte, educação física adaptada e esporte adaptado, a coleta de dados se dá mediante um questionário que foi enviado para 140 núcleos das Olimpíadas Especiais no mundo (incluindo os estados americanos) e também por meio de uma entrevista com o presidente e o diretor executivo das Olimpíadas Especiais Brasil, além da observação participante em 02 Jogos Mundiais (de verão e de inverno). Recebemos 75 respostas dos programas internacionais que foram registrados em forma de gráficos. As respostas obtidas nos mostraram que é grande o número de familiares e/ou voluntários de outras profissões envolvidos como técnicos/treinadores desses atletas e que os profissionais de educação física são maioria ou a totalidade, apenas em núcleos como o Brasil, França e Rússia, casos específicos em que existem leis que regem essa atuação prática. Por serem poucos os núcleos que enfatizam a atuação do profissional no treinamento e como acreditamos nas possibilidades das pessoas com deficiência mental em aprender, propomos que o programa Olimpíadas Especiais Internacional reveja essa questão e que haja uma rediscussão no sentido de que, como comparativo com o voluntário, o profissional de educação física, pela sua formação e isenção no trabalho, teoricamente tem mais competência para utilizar o esporte como veículo de aprendizagem, de desenvolvimento, de promoção do crescimento pessoal e, utilizando a filosofia proposta pelo programa, fazendo com que cada vez mais atletas tenham chances de poder mostrar sua competência através de uma prática esportiva coerente, sendo cidadãos ativos e atuantes, num ambiente de mais igualdade, respeito e aceitaçãoAbstract: Special Olympics is one of the sports programs aimed at people with mental disability with focus on the athletes, families and volunteers. The latter include event organization personnel and coaches. In the present study we have attempted to assess the number of physical education professionals involved in the training and coaching of the athletes served by that program, inasmuch as Special Olympics International does not require that the coach/trainer be a physical education professional. Therefore, we have intended to discuss the prospects for the involvement of these professionals in the work with people with mental disability. In order to achieve that goal, in addition to a bibliographic research on mental disability, Special Olympics, sports, adapted physical education and adapted sports, the collection of data has been effected through a questionnaire which was sent to 140 chapters of the Special Olympics worldwide (including the American states) and also through an interview with the President and CEO of the Special Olympics Brazil, besides a participative observation during two World Games (summer and winter). We have received back 75 answers from the foreign programs, which were then plotted into graphs. The answers show that the number of family members and/or volunteers from other professions who are involved as coaches/trainers of these athletes is large and that physical education professionals are the majority or the entirety of them only in places like Brazil, France and Russia, which are specific countries where there are laws regulating that practice. In view of the small number of chapters that employ the work of physical education professionals for training, and in view of our firm belief in the learning potential of people with mental disability, we suggest that Special Olympics International reexamines this matter, since on account of his background and detachment the physical education professional is theoretically more competent to use the sports as a learning, development and personal growth tool, as compared to the volunteer. That professional is also more capable of utilizing the philosophy proposed by the program so more and more athletes have a chance to show their competence through a coherent sports practice and to be active and participating citizens in a more equal, respectful and accepting environmentDoutoradoDoutor em Educação Físic

Haver (mais-que-perfeito simples) de + infinitivo em duas crónicas de Zurara

Pest-OE/LIN/UI3213/2014This paper focuses on the study of a particular construction – haver ‘have’ (simple pluperfect) de (preposition) + infinitive – in two Portuguese texts dating from late 15th century. Since it combines values inherent to the pluperfect – past in the past – and to haver de – posteriority – the construction has a value of a ‘future in the past’. Part of the attestations of haver de + infinitive, however, show a nonactualization reading, while others appear to be ambiguous in what concerns the actualization / nonactualization of the situation. I argue that the very specific value(s) of this construction, with a predictable low frequency, impose a careful selection of the textual sources to be used, on the basis of their genre characteristics. I show furthermore that in some cases the accurate interpretation of the value expressed by a particular occurrence is only triggered by the narrative sequence, and thus the need to pay close attention to the specificity of the texts to be studied, given that they constitute the only witnesses to the ‘grammar’ of past language stages.publishersversionpublishe