Introduction [to Food Safety in the Seafood Industry: A practical guide for ISO 22000 and FSSC 22000 implementation]

The prelims comprise: * Half-Title Page * Dedication Page * Title Page * Copyright Page * Table of Contents * Foreword * Acknowledgements * Disclaimer * Introduction

Estudo comparativo entre as normas ISO 21931:2010, NBR 15575 e os requisitos das certificações AQUA e LEED

The construction sector is responsible for generating large environmental impacts in order to minimize these impacts, environmental standards and seals for the construction were created. This article presents a comparative study between the preliminary requirements of ISO 21931: 2010 Sustainable Building, the requirements of AQUA-HQE stamps, LEED and the Performance Standard NBR 15575: 2013. For this, a literature search was conducted to carry out a comparative analysis of the requirements of each of them in order to know those common to all of them. As a result of this work was identified that the standard of performance, the AQUA seal and LEED are well aligned with the sustainability criteria, comfort and health of the user, and has the ISO 21931 standard has some of these items as options.

Certificação ISO 9001 e Gestão de Recursos Humanos: precedentes e consequentes: estudo de caso das Unidades de Serviços Certificadas da Universidade do Minho

Dissertação de mestrado em Gestão de Recursos Humanos

Avaliação experimental de elementos de pequenas dimensões de madeira Câmbala

O presente artigo baseia-se na caracterizar das propriedades fundamentais de um lote de madeira de Câmbala proveniente do Congo. Pretende-se determinar a sua massa volúmica, módulo de elasticidade e tensão de rotura à flexão. Para esse efeito, foram ensaiados 433 provetes de pequenas dimensões à flexão segundo o procedimento preconizado na norma ISO 3133[1], e quantificadas as suas massas volúmicas seguindo as prescrições da norma ISO 3131[2]. Dos resultados experimentais obtidos, constatou-se que os mesmos se situam nos intervalos previstos na bibliografia existente.

Melhoria e normalização de ferramentas de apoio à produção aplicando ferramentas Lean

Dissertação de mestrado integrado em Engenharia e Gestão Industrial

Appendix 1

[Appendix 1] Food Safety in the Seafood Industry: A Practical Guide for ISO 22000 and FSSC 22000 Implementation.

Requisitos de gestão e técnicos no Laboratório de Análises das Águas do Porto à luz da norma NP EN ISO-IEC 17025

Dissertação de mestrado em Técnicas de Caracterização e Análise Química

Reasons and benefits associated with ISO 9001 - Certification for sugar and ethanol companies

With increasing business competitiveness, companies have sought to adapt their processes and / or products to worldwide established quality standards in order to achieve a greater share of consumers having as favorable aspect the quality assurance of the products and/or services provided. It was observed that companies of different sizes have different challenges regarding the certification however, the degree of difficulty is the same for all of them. The objective of this paper is to verify the reasons for the implementation of ISO 9001, the obstacles encountered during the implementation, the benefits arising from the use of the quality management system and the degree of difficulty to implement this standard. This work was developed based on a survey involving companies certified with ISO 9001:2008 from the productive sector of sugar, ethanol and derivatives of sugarcane, located in all Brazilian states. It was observed that companies of different sizes have different challenges regarding the certification however the degree of difficulty is the same for all of them. Thus, we believe that expected results represent a very important contribution to examining the reasons, benefits and difficulties of the ISO 9001 to both, the companies and certification bodies, and to researchers.

Contribution of the evaluation strategy and the use of hearing protection for the uncertainty associated with occupational exposure to noise

Doctoral Thesis for PhD degree in Industrial and Systems Engineering

Recensão de Lee, E. (2005). How internet radio can change the world : an activist’s handbook. Nova Iorque : iUniverse, Inc.

(Excerto) O entusiasmo pela comunicação digital percorre transversalmente a obra How Internet Radio Can Change the World: An Activist’s Handbook, de Eric Lee. Esta postura tão apologista das possibilidades comunicativas oferecidas pela Internet reforça provavelmente um conjunto alargado de entendimentos sobre a conquista do quotidiano pelo digital. Em 1967, McLuhan e Fiore já se referiam aos circuitos eletrónicos como ‘extensões do sistema nervoso central’. Numa leitura mais contemporânea, José Bragança de Miranda refere: “vivemos, nos nossos dias, no meio de conexões, de links, do on‑line, estamos votados à participação, à ‘interactividade’, etc. Algo de novo está a emergir” (2001, p. 265). Maria Teresa Cruz (2001) define a convergência tecnológica das relações sociais como a ‘mobilização erótica da técnica’. Esta obra aqui recenseada pretende, assim, desafiar a utilização da rádio digital para “melhorar a comunicação e solidificar as organizações” (p. 1), em torno de três grupos de reflexão.

Clinical Epidemiology of Buruli ulcer from Benin (2005-2013): effect of time-delay to diagnosis on clinical forms and severe phenotypes

Buruli Ulcer (BU) is a neglected infectious disease caused by Mycobacterium ulcerans that is responsible for severe necrotizing cutaneous lesions that may be associated with bone involvement. Clinical presentations of BU lesions are classically classified as papules, nodules, plaques and edematous infiltration, ulcer or osteomyelitis. Within these different clinical forms, lesions can be further classified as severe forms based on focality (multiple lesions), lesions' size (>15 cm diameter) or WHO Category (WHO Category 3 lesions). There are studies reporting an association between delay in seeking medical care and the development of ulcerative forms of BU or osteomyelitis, but the effect of time-delay on the emergence of lesions classified as severe has not been addressed. To address both issues, and in a cohort of laboratory-confirmed BU cases, 476 patients from a medical center in Allada, Benin, were studied. In this laboratory-confirmed cohort, we validated previous observations, demonstrating that time-delay is statistically related to the clinical form of BU. Indeed, for non-ulcerated forms (nodule, edema, and plaque) the median time-delay was 32.5 days (IQR 30.0-67.5), while for ulcerated forms it was 60 days (IQR 20.0-120.0) (p = 0.009), and for bone lesions, 365 days (IQR 228.0-548.0). On the other hand, we show here that time-delay is not associated with the more severe phenotypes of BU, such as multi-focal lesions (median 90 days; IQR 56-217.5; p = 0.09), larger lesions (diameter >15 cm) (median 60 days; IQR 30-120; p = 0.92) or category 3 WHO classification (median 60 days; IQR 30-150; p = 0.20), when compared with unifocal (median 60 days; IQR 30-90), small lesions (diameter =15 cm) (median 60 days; IQR 30-90), or WHO category 1+2 lesions (median 60 days; IQR 30-90), respectively. Our results demonstrate that after an initial period of progression towards ulceration or bone involvement, BU lesions become stable regarding size and focal/multi-focal progression. Therefore, in future studies on BU epidemiology, severe clinical forms should be systematically considered as distinct phenotypes of the same disease and thus subjected to specific risk factor investigation.

Acreditação e certificação em Portugal: retrato da situação portuguesa atual e comparação entre os referenciais CHKS, JCI, ACSA e ISO 9001

Dissertação de mestrado integrado em Engenharia Biomédica (área de especialização em Engenharia Clínica)

Conversão sistemática do comportamento definido nos blocos funcionais da norma IEC 61 131-3 para autómatos finitos temporizados

Dissertação de mestrado integrado em Engenharia Mecânica

Analise técnico-funcional da parede WoodenQuark

Dissertação de mestrado integrado em Engenharia Civil

Bases de trabalho para a avaliação do ciclo de vida de vigas em betão armado reforçadas com laminados de CFRP de acordo com as técnicas EBR e NSM

Dissertação de mestrado integrado em Engenharia Civil