36 resultados para Ramos, Marise Nogueira
em Universidade do Minho
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The moisture content in concrete structures has an important influence in their behavior and performance. Several vali-dated numerical approaches adopt the governing equation for relative humidity fields proposed in Model Code 1990/2010. Nevertheless there is no integrative study which addresses the choice of parameters for the simulation of the humidity diffusion phenomenon, particularly in concern to the range of parameters forwarded by Model Code 1990/2010. A software based on a Finite Difference Method Algorithm (1D and axisymmetric cases) is used to perform sensitivity analyses on the main parameters in a normal strength concrete. Then, based on the conclusions of the sensi-tivity analyses, experimental results from nine different concrete compositions are analyzed. The software is used to identify the main material parameters that better fit the experimental data. In general, the model was able to satisfactory fit the experimental results and new correlations were proposed, particularly focusing on the boundary transfer coeffi-cient.
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Relatório de estágio de mestrado em Ensino de Música
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Given the current economic situation of the Portuguese municipalities, it is necessary to identify the priority investments in order to achieve a more efficient financial management. The classification of the road network of the municipality according to the occurrence of traffic accidents is fundamental to set priorities for road interventions. This paper presents a model for road network classification based on traffic accidents integrated in a geographic information system. Its practical application was developed through a case study in the municipality of Barcelos. An equation was defined to obtain a road safety index through the combination of the following indicators: severity, property damage only and accident costs. In addition to the road network classification, the application of the model allows to analyze the spatial coverage of accidents in order to determine the centrality and dispersion of the locations with the highest incidence of road accidents. This analysis can be further refined according to the nature of the accidents namely in collision, runoff and pedestrian crashes.
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We investigate the impact of cross-delisting on firms’ financial constraints and investment sensitivities. We find that firms that cross-delisted from a U.S. stock exchange face stronger post-delisting financial constraints than their cross-listed counterparts, as measured by investment-to-cash flow sensitivity. Following a delisting, the sensitivity of investment-to-cash flow increases significantly and firms also tend to save more cash out of cash flows. Moreover, this increase appears to be primarily driven by informational frictions that constrain access to external financing. We document that information asymmetry problems are stronger for firms from countries with weaker shareholders protection and for firms from less developed capital markets.
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We test whether cross-delisted firms from the major U.S. stock exchanges experience an increase in crash risk associated with earnings management. Consistent with our prediction, we find that earnings management have a greater positive impact on stock price crash risk post-cross-delisting when compared to a sample of still cross-listed firms. Moreover, our results suggest that this effect is more pronounced for crossdelisted firms from countries with weaker investor protection and poorer quality of their information environment. We further examine whether managers’ ability to manipulate earnings increases post-cross-delisting around seasoned equity offerings. Our evidence shows that cross-delisted firms that engage in earnings management to inflate reported earnings prior to a seasoned equity offering are more likely to observe a subsequent stock price crash.
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We investigate the long-term performance of cross-delisted firms from U.S. stock markets. Using a sample of foreign firms listed and delisted from U.S. stock exchange markets over 2000-2012, we examine the operating performance and the long-run stock returns performance of firms post-cross-delisting. Our results suggest that cross-delisted firms have less growth opportunities than matched cross-listed firms in the long run. Moreover, firms that cross-delist after the passage of Rule 12h-6 of 2007 exhibit a significant decline in operating performance. In contrast, before the adoption of the Rule 12h-6, cross-delisted firms seem to be affected by the cost of a U.S. listing in the precross -delisting period. In addition, we provide evidence that cross-delisted firms underperform their cross-listed peers; cross-delisted firms experience negative average abnormal returns, especially in the post-delisting period.
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Relatório de estágio de mestrado em Educação Pré-Escolar e Ensino do 1º Ciclo do Ensino Básico
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Efficient liposome disruption inside the cells is a key for success with any type of drug delivery system. The efficacy of drug delivery is currently evaluated by direct visualization of labeled liposomes internalized by cells, not addressing objectively the release and distribution of the drug. Here, we propose a novel method to easily assess liposome disruption and drug release into the cytoplasm. We propose the encapsulation of the cationic dye Hoechst 34,580 to detect an increase in blue fluorescence due to its specific binding to negatively charged DNA. For that, the dye needs to be released inside the cell and translocated to the nucleus. The present approach correlates the intensity of detected fluorescent dye with liposome disruption and consequently assesses drug delivery within the cells.
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Dissertação de mestrado integrado em Psicologia
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No campo mediático existe uma tendência para difundir representações enviesadas de homens e mulheres, quer como indivíduos (com todas as suas subjectividades inerentes), quer enquanto colectivo. Neste sentido, o projecto O género em foco: representações sociais nas revistas portuguesas de informação generalista surge da constatação de uma lacuna na investigação relativamente à análise e compreensão das representações de género que permeiam os conteúdos e linhas editoriais dos órgãos jornalísticos em Portugal. A persistência de representações genderizadas ao nível da produção de conteúdos mediáticos que, embora não totalmente desvinculadas do ‘real’, tendem a ser apropriadas de forma selectiva, (re)produzem uma visão hegemónica e androcêntrica, a qual coloca em causa uma cidadania inclusiva, activa e, portanto, plena. Na medida em que estas representações veiculadas se distanciam da legislação internacional e portuguesa na matéria, desenvolvemos este projecto incidindo fundamentalmente em dois eixos de análise – 1) produtos e produtoras/es mediáticos; 2) receptoras/es dos media (foco nas/os jovens) – entendidos não como dimensões estáticas mas em estreita conexão, ainda que possam sugerir leituras independentes. Para tal, seleccionámos as duas revistas deste segmento mais lidas actualmente em Portugal - Visão e Sábado. Entendemos que o cruzamento destas dimensões é fundamental para percebermos o que se produz, de que forma é que os discursos são construídos e como é que são percebidos pelas cidadãs e pelos cidadãos numa sociedade que se caracteriza pela busca constante de informação. Assumimos neste projecto uma forte vertente de investigação-acção, a qual será, em última instância, materializada num guia de boas práticas jornalísticas que contemplará uma perspectiva de género. Este visa fomentar uma maior e melhor interacção entre os diversos membros da sociedade da informação, contribuindo decisivamente para a literacia mediática, tendo esta como objectivo a consecução de uma cidadania mais abrangente e plural que seja garante da democracia.
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Objetivo: realizar a adaptação cultural e a avaliação das propriedades psicométricas do Questionário do Comportamento Planeado no Diabetes – Cuidado Com os Pés. Metodologia: investigação metodológica em que foi realizada análise semântica por um comitê de juízes, pré-teste e, posteriormente, teste-reteste, análise de consistência interna e análise fatorial exploratória, em uma amostra de 130 pessoas com diabetes mellitus de uma Estratégia de Saúde da Família. Instituiu-se 6,35% de alteração semântica na escala original. Resultados: o questionário se mostrou estável (p>0,05 para a maioria dos itens, ICC=0,675); boa consistência interna (Alfa de Cronbach:>0,7 em quatro domínios), ótima relação entre os domínios (KMO=0,741) e estabilidade na estrutura fatorial. Conclusão: O instrumento demonstrou ser adequado para ser replicado no cenário brasileiro.
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In this paper, we investigate the reducibility property of semidirect products of the form V *D relatively to (pointlike) systems of equations of the form x1 =...= xn, where D denotes the pseudovariety of definite semigroups. We establish a connection between pointlike reducibility of V*D and the pointlike reducibility of the pseudovariety V. In particular, for the canonical signature consisting of the multiplication and the (omega-1)-power, we show that V*D is pointlike-reducible when V is pointlike-reducible.
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Total laparoscopic hysterectomy: impact of body mass index on outcomes
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Clear cell adenocarcinoma of the cervix is a rare tumor, classically related with in utero diethylstilbestrol (DES) exposure. The authors report a rare case of clear cell adenocarcinoma of the cervix in a 21-yearold woman who had no history of in utero DES exposure, presenting with intermittent vaginal bleeding. It stresses the relevance to always clarify the etiology of abnormal genital bleeding and consider the possibility of cervicovaginal tumors.