A autonomia no processo de aquisição da competência plurilingue e intercultural no âmbito da aprendizagem do Espanhol

Relatório de estágio de mestrado em Ensino de Português no 3.º ciclo do Ensino Básico Secundário e do Ensino do Espanhol no Ensino Básico e Secundário

Interdisciplinary knowledge transfer and technological applications for assessment, strengthening and monitoring of timber structures in Europe

COST (European Co-operation in the field of scientific and technical research) is the longest running framework for research co-operation iri Europe, having been established in 1971 by a Ministerial Conference attended by Ministers for Science and Technology from 19 countries. Today COST is used by the scientific communities of 35 European countries to cooperate in exchanging knowledge and technology developed within research projects supported by national or European funds. The main objective of COST is to contribute to the realization of the European Research Área (ERA) anticipating and complementing the activities of the' Framework Programmes, constituting a "bridge" towards the scientific communities of emerging countries, increasing the mobility of researchers across Europe and fostering the establishment of "Networks of Excelience". Another essential objective is the knowledge transfer between the scientific soc'iety and industry. It is widely acknowledged that European scientific performance in relation to investment in science is excellent but technological and commercial performance has steadily worsened. The present paper discusses how the COST Action's instruments, from training schools to short scientific missions and workshops have been used within The COST ACTION FP11O1 Assessment, Reinforcement and Monitoring of Timber Structures to achieve such objectives.

Monitoring energy consumption in android applications

Dissertação de Mestrado em Engenharia Informática

As agências europeias no Direito Administrativo Europeu

Dissertação de mestrado em Direito Administrativo

Generating timed trajectories foran autonomous robot

Tese de Doutoramento Programa Doutoral em Engenharia Electrónica e Computadores

La formación b-learning en el máster de español segunda lengua y lengua extranjera de la Universidade do Minho: innovación pedagógica y desafíos educativos

En el actual marco de creciente innovación pedagógica, debido entre otros factores, a la irrupción de nuevas herramientas informáticas, la enseñanza a distancia (e-learning y/o b-learning) va ocupando cada vez más espacio en la oferta educativa de diversas instituciones. En esta dirección, en la Universidade do Minho, y concretamente en el Área de Estudos Espanhóis e Hispano-Americanos,[1] hemos dedicado considerables esfuerzos a la ampliación de nuestra oferta desde 2010: primero en la elaboración e implementación del Curso de Formación Especializada en Español Lengua Extranjera, modalidad b-learning (3 ediciones; 2010-2013), y, actualmente, con el Máster Universitario en Español Lengua Segunda / Lengua Extranjera (vid. www.melsle.ilch.uminho.pt), también b-learning. En las siguientes páginas, nos proponemos compartir una serie de experiencias y reflexiones que han ido surgiendo durante estos años acerca de la formación universitária de profesores de Español Lengua Extranjera, en general, con recurso a la modalidade b-learning; para ello, nos centraremos en los siguientes aspectos: (i) caracterización general y problematización de la enseñanza a distancia en la Universidade do Minho; (ii) descripción del Máster Universitario en Español Lengua Segunda / Lengua Extranjera, acerca del cual detallaremos algunas prácticas adoptadas, relacionadas com la enseñanza e-learning como, por ejemplo, (iii) la coordinación pedagógica o (iv) los enfoques metodológicos adoptados a partir de la experiencia de una Unidad Curricular concreta.

Estimating the colors of paintings

Observers can adjust the spectrum of illumination on paintings for optimal viewing experience. But can they adjust the colors of paintings for the best visual impression? In an experiment carried out on a calibrated color moni- tor images of four abstract paintings obtained from hyperspectral data were shown to observers that were unfamiliar with the paintings. The color volume of the images could be manipulated by rotating the volume around the axis through the average (a*, b*) point for each painting in CIELAB color space. The task of the observers was to adjust the angle of rotation to produce the best subjective impression from the paintings. It was found that the distribution of angles selected for data pooled across paintings and observers could be de- scribed by a Gaussian function centered at 10o, i.e. very close to the original colors of the paintings. This result suggest that painters are able to predict well what compositions of colors observers prefer.