A divulgação da política da segurança e saúde do trabalho, no website das empresas portuguesas certificadas, no âmbito da qualidade (ISO 9001), ambiente (ISO 14001), segurança e saúde do trabalho (OHSAS 18001/NP 4397)

A Internet é um meio privilegiado de comunicação, no qual a informação não conhece fronteiras, e a sua divulgação toma uma dimensão universal. No mundo empresarial a comunicação é hoje tida, como o elemento fulcral dos processos de negócio, em que interação com as partes interessadas, pode ser traduzida em termos do seu expoente máximo pelo website da empresa. Grande parte da informação hoje divulgada à sociedade pela empresa, tem por objetivo demonstrar a «transparência» dos processos da organização, promovendo assim o seu escrutínio público. A investigação visou a análise exploratória dos websites de 422 empresas que se encontravam certificadas no ano 2011, no âmbito dos sistemas de gestão da qualidade (ISO 9001), ambiente (ISO 14001), segurança e saúde do trabalho (OHSAS 18001/NP 4397). O objeto de estudo visou determinar a percentagem de empresas que recorre ao website, para disponibilizar a Política da Segurança e Saúde do Trabalho (PSST), às partes interessadas (stakeholders), no cumprimento da alínea g) do requisito normativo 4.2 dos referenciais OHSAS 18001/NP 4397, bem como compreender a extensão ao website do requisito 4.4.3.1 (comunicação) no âmbito da divulgação da PSST.

A model for the evaluation of data quality in health unit website

This article presents a research work, the goal of which was to achieve a model for the evaluation of data quality in institutional websites of health units in a broad and balanced way. We have carried out a literature review of the available approaches for the evaluation of website content quality, in order to identify the most recurrent dimensions and the attributes, and we have also carried out a Delphi method process with experts in order to reach an adequate set of attributes and their respective weights for the measurement of content quality. The results obtained revealed a high level of consensus among the experts who participated in the Delphi process. On the other hand, the different statistical analysis and techniques implemented are robust and attach confidence to our results and consequent model obtained.

Towards a Catalog of Usability Smells

This paper presents a catalog of smells in the context of interactive applications. These so-called usability smells are indicators of poor design on an application’s user interface, with the potential to hinder not only its usability but also its maintenance and evolution. To eliminate such usability smells we discuss a set of program/usability refactorings. In order to validate the presented usability smells catalog, and the associated refactorings, we present a preliminary empirical study with software developers in the context of a real open source hospital management application. Moreover, a tool that computes graphical user interface behavior models, giving the applications’ source code, is used to automatically detect usability smells at the model level.

Active Assistance for Senior Healthcare: A Wearable System for Fall Detection

Elders lose independence and wellbeing, accompanied by decreased functions in terms of hearing, vision, strength and coordination abilities. These factors contribute to balance difficulties that eventually lead to falls. The injuries due to falls, at this age, are risky, since most of the times may cause a significant – and permanent – decrease of quality of life or, in extreme cases, death. In this context, a fall detection system can bring an added value to assist elderly people.This paper describes a system consisting of a wearable sensor unit, a smartphone and a website. When the sensor detects a fall it sends an alert using the smartphone via Bluetooth 4.0, to notify the family members or stakeholders. The sensor device includes an inertial unit, a barometer, and a temperature and humidity sensor. The website displays the log of previous falls and enables the configuration of emergency contact numbers. The proposed fall detection system is one of multiple components within a larger project under development that offers a holistic perspective on falls; the complete wearable solution will also feature, among others, physical protection (minimizing the impact of falls that occur).

Uma Abordagem para a Geração de Casos de Teste Baseada em Modelos

Abstract — The analytical methods based on evaluation models of interactive systems were proposed as an alternative to user testing in the last stages of the software development due to its costs. However, the use of isolated behavioral models of the system limits the results of the analytical methods. An example of these limitations relates to the fact that they are unable to identify implementation issues that will impact on usability. With the introduction of model-based testing we are enable to test if the implemented software meets the specified model. This paper presents an model-based approach for test cases generation from the static analysis of source code.

GUI Inspection from Source Code Analysis

Graphical user interfaces (GUIs) are critical components of todays software. Given their increased relevance, correctness and usability of GUIs are becoming essential. This paper describes the latest results in the development of our tool to reverse engineer the GUI layer of interactive computing systems. We use static analysis techniques to generate models of the user interface behaviour from source code. Models help in graphical user interface inspection by allowing designers to concentrate on its more important aspects. One particularly type of model that the tool is able to generate is state machines. The paper shows how graph theory can be useful when applied to these models. A number of metrics and algorithms are used in the analysis of aspects of the user interface's quality. The ultimate goal of the tool is to enable analysis of interactive system through GUIs source code inspection.

Analysis of computing open source systems

Graphical user interfaces (GUIs) are critical components of today's open source software. Given their increased relevance, the correctness and usability of GUIs are becoming essential. This paper describes the latest results in the development of our tool to reverse engineer the GUI layer of interactive computing open source systems. We use static analysis techniques to generate models of the user interface behavior from source code. Models help in graphical user interface inspection by allowing designers to concentrate on its more important aspects. One particular type of model that the tool is able to generate is state machines. The paper shows how graph theory can be useful when applied to these models. A number of metrics and algorithms are used in the analysis of aspects of the user interface's quality. The ultimate goal of the tool is to enable analysis of interactive system through GUIs source code inspection.

A divulgação de informação sobre sistemas integrados de gestão (SIG), sustentabilidade empresarial (SE) & responsabilidade social empresarial (RSE), nos websites das empresas portuguesas certificadas "Uma análise exploratória"

A Internet é um meio priviligiado de comunicação, no qual a informação não conhece fronteiras, e a sua divulgação toma uma dimensão universal. No mundo empresarial a comunicação é hoje tida, como o elemneto fulcral dos processos de negócio , em que interação com as partes interessadas, pode ser traduzida em termos do seu exposente máximo pelo website da empresa. Muita da informação hoje divulgada à sociedade pela empresa, visa o seu próprio escrutínio público, na strês dimensões (económica, ambiental e social) do Desenvolvimento Sustentável (DS). A presente investigação visou uma análise exploratória dos websites de 523 empresas que se encontravam certificadas, no fianl do ano de 2011, no âmbito dos sistemas de gestão da qualidade (ISO 9001), ambiente (ISO 14001), segurança e saúde do trabalho (OHSAS 18001). O obketo de estudo proposto visou conhecer quais os conteúdos que são frequentemente mais divulgados, e que perfil tem a empresa portuguesa de Gestão (SIG), Sustentabilidade Empresarial (SE) e Responsabilidade Social Empresarial (RSE). O método de investigação baseou-se na técnica da Análise de Conteúdo, a qual permitiu quantificar por categoria de análise (indicador) e subcategorias de análise (itens), os conteúdos da informação divulgada no website da empresa. A visão holística sobre a dimensão dos contéudos disponibilizados no website da empresa, foir determinada (medida) com auxílio de divulgação no website das empresas, são: a Missão, a Política da Qualidade, Ambiente e Segurança, o Código de Ética & Conduta Empresarial, o Relatório de Sustentabilidade, o Relatório e Contas, os Indicadores & Índices Financeiros, os certificados e marcas do Sistema de Gestão da Qualidade (SGQ), do trabalho (SGSST) e, por fim, os Projetos de Envolvimento com a Comunidade no âmbito da RSE. Em termos de perfil, as empresas portugueas de maior dimensão (volume de vendas), e as sociedades anónimas (S.A:), divulgam mais informação no website, que as outras. Não tendo sido porém, encontrada evidência estatística significativa no estudo da relação das empresas localizadas no distrito de Lisboa & Setúbal, das empresas do setor de atividade secundário (2.º), e das empresas com exposição aos media (rankings nacionais), com a maior divulgação de informação no website da empresa.

Vantagens/Oportunidades das redes sociais virtuais na promoção de negócios

As redes sociais virtuais são um meio potencialmente rápido e económico de promoção de negócios onde se geram clientes potenciais, exposição para o negocio, informações de mercado e tráfego do Website; se promove o marketing, a recomendação, o marketing directo, a gestão da marca e a prospecção de dados/ pesquisa e se potencia a subcontratação de tarefas de desing/ desenvolvimento, pesquisa, criação de conteúdo e gestão de comunidade. O estudo teve por base um questionário colocado nas redes sociais virtuais e no grupo de divulgação da Association for Information Systems, de 12 de Abril a 14 de Junho de 2012, tendo-se obtido 450 respostas, das quais 330 foram validas.Obtiveram-se respostas de todo o Mundo, predominantemente de Portugal(61,33%) e Brasil(10,89%), tendo-se concluído que o Facebook(78,51%) e o Linkedin(71,99%) são percebidos como as redes sociais virtuais mais úteis na promoção de negócios. Para melhor compreender a percepção que os utilizadores das redes sociais virtuais têm sobre as vantagens e oportunidades destas redes na promoção de negócios, foi utilizada a analise de clusters tendo a solução k-means se mostrando a mais estável e a de mais fácil interpretação lógica, permitindo a segmentação dos utilizadores em três clusters: Cluster 1("mais pessimista"), Cluster 2("intermédio") e Cluster 3("mais optimista"). Esta segmentação permite identificar correlações entre as variáveis grupo, morada, sexo, área de estudo, situação profissional e o numero de empregados do negocio, com os diferentes segmentos. Adicionalmente, verificam-se correlações entre as variáveis grupo, morada, sexo, área de estudo e situação profissional e a variável horas/ semana a usar as redes sociais virtuais na promoção de negócios. Espera-se que este trabalho contribua para a identificação e desenvolvimento dos métodos e estratégias que potenciem a promoção de negócios nas redes sociais virtuais.

Metodologia de Suporte à Utilização de Sistemas Interativos

Interactive systems users still face several challenge. Besides current improvements in usability and intuitiveness users have to adapt to the systems proposed to satisfy their needs. For instance, they must learn how to achieve tasks, how to interact with the system, etc. This paper proposes a methodology to improve this situation supporting the use of interactive systems by users. To achieve this goal the approach is based on enriched task models and picture-driven computing. An example based on a text editor illustrates the approach.

A Methodology for GUI Layer Redefinition Through Virtualization and Computer Vision

Nowadays despite improvements in usability and intuitiveness users have to adapt to the proposed systems to satisfy their needs. For instance, they must learn how to achieve tasks, how to interact with the system, and fulfill system's specifications. This paper proposes an approach to improve this situation enabling graphical user interface redefinition through virtualization and computer vision with the aim of increasing the system's usability. To achieve this goal the approach is based on enriched task models, virtualization and picture-driven computing.

Modelo para avaliação da qualidade de conteúdos de sítios Web de Unidades de Saúde

Os sítios Web são a face das instituições, mas há evidências de frequentemente serem pouco cuidados, sobretudo ao nível dos seus conteúdos. Nesta tese apresentamos uma investigação que desenvolve um modelo de avaliação da qualidade dos conteúdos de sítios Web de unidades de saúde. A revisão bibliográfica, realizada neste trabalho, permitiu identificar as dimensões e atributos de avaliação da qualidade de conteúdos de sítios Web mais considerados pelos diversos autores dos trabalhos mais importantes da área, mas não um modelo que, a partir deles, fosse capaz de os avaliar objetivamente. Assim, levantou-se o problema de saber se todos os atributos têm a mesma importância. Atributos mais importantes devem dar maior contributo na avaliação pretendida e o modelo a ser considerado deve refletir isso, adicionalmente a ferramenta de avaliação deveria ser intuitiva e rápida na aplicação. Para determinar a importância de cada atributo aplicou-se o Método Delphi tendo sido necessário três rondas para encontrar consenso relativamente à importância dos atributos a que se seguiu a aplicação de um conjunto de modelos estatísticos de forma a determinar uma métrica consistente e que permitisse a comparação de pontuações entre sítios web. De acordo com as questões de investigação e os objetivos definidos foi possível encontrar um modelo que fornecesse uma medida objetiva, normalizada e consistente acerca da qualidade de conteúdos de sítios web de unidades de saúde

Towards a model for the measurement of data quality in websites

Websites are, nowadays, the face of institutions, but they are often neglected, especially when it comes to contents. In the present paper, we put forth an investigation work whose final goal is the development of a model for the measurement of data quality in institutional websites for health units. To that end, we have carried out a bibliographic review of the available approaches for the evaluation of website content quality, in order to identify the most recurrent dimensions and the attributes, and we are currently carrying out a Delphi Method process, presently in its second stage, with the purpose of reaching an adequate set of attributes for the measurement of content quality.

Real-time hand tracking for rehabilitation and character animation

Hand and finger tracking has a major importance in healthcare, for rehabilitation of hand function required due to a neurological disorder, and in virtual environment applications, like characters animation for on-line games or movies. Current solutions consist mostly of motion tracking gloves with embedded resistive bend sensors that most often suffer from signal drift, sensor saturation, sensor displacement and complex calibration procedures. More advanced solutions provide better tracking stability, but at the expense of a higher cost. The proposed solution aims to provide the required precision, stability and feasibility through the combination of eleven inertial measurements units (IMUs). Each unit captures the spatial orientation of the attached body. To fully capture the hand movement, each finger encompasses two units (at the proximal and distal phalanges), plus one unit at the back of the hand. The proposed glove was validated in two distinct steps: a) evaluation of the sensors’ accuracy and stability over time; b) evaluation of the bending trajectories during usual finger flexion tasks based on the intra-class correlation coefficient (ICC). Results revealed that the glove was sensitive mainly to magnetic field distortions and sensors tuning. The inclusion of a hard and soft iron correction algorithm and accelerometer and gyro drift and temperature compensation methods provided increased stability and precision. Finger trajectories evaluation yielded high ICC values with an overall reliability within application’s satisfying limits. The developed low cost system provides a straightforward calibration and usability, qualifying the device for hand and finger tracking in healthcare and animation industries.

A Travel Optimization System for Academic Environments

Carpooling initiated in America in the 1970s due to the oil crisis. However, over the past years, carpooling has increased significantly across the world. Some countries have created a High Occupancy Vehicle (HOV) lane to encourage commuters not to travel alone. In additional, carpool websites has been developed to facilitate the connection between the commuters, making it possible to create a compatible match in a faster and efficient manner. This project focuses on carpooling, especially in an academic environment since younger people are more likely to choose carpool. Initially, an intense research was made to examine carpool studies that occurred all over the world, following with a research of higher education institutes that use carpooling as a transportation mode. Most websites created carpools by targeting people from a specific country. These commuters have different origins and destinations making it more complicated to create compatible matches. The objective of this project is to develop a system helping teachers and students from an academic environment to create carpool matches. This objective makes it easier to create carpools because these students and teachers have the same destination. During the research, it was essential to explore, as many as possible, existing carpool websites that are available across the world. After this analysis, several sketches were made to develop the layout and structure of the web application that’s being implemented throughout the project. Once the layout was established, the development of the web application was initiated. This project had its ups and downs but it accomplished all the necessary requirements. This project can be accessed on the link: http://ipcacarpool.somee.com. Once the website was up and running, a web-based survey was developed to study the reasons that motivate people to consider carpooling as an alternative to driving alone. To develop this survey was used a tool called Survey Planet. This survey contained 408 respondents, which 391 are students and 17 are teachers. This study concludes that a majority of the respondents don’t carpool, however they will consider carpooling if there was a dedicated parking space. A majority of the respondents that carpool initiated less than a year ago, indicating that this mean of transportation is recent.