Ergonomia como factor integrante das ferramentas de implementação Lean Six Sigma

Dissertação para obtenção do Grau de Mestre em Engenharia e Gestão Industrial

O uso do solo como factor de influência na evolução de um sapal. Casos de estudo do Sapal de Corroios e do Sapal de Pancas

Dissertação para obtenção do Grau de Mestre em Engenharia do Ambiente perfil Ordenamento do Território e Impactes Ambientais

Identification of mechanisms controlling the transcriptional activity of nuclear factor kappa B (NF-κB) p65/RelA

Dissertação para a obtenção do grau de doutor em Biologia pelo Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica. Universidade Nova de Lisboa.

Factor analysis in the stock market: An application to statistical arbitrage

A Work Project, presented as part of the requirements for the Award of a Masters Degree in Finance from the NOVA – School of Business and Economics

The new mobility paradigm: transformation of value chain and business models

We would like to thank Philipp Schwarz and Julia Gückel for their dedicated support in preparing this paper and our colleagues and students of the School of Engineering and the Business School for our fruitful discussions.

Structural investigation of the Bacillus subtilis morphogenic factor RodZ

A thesis to obtain a Master degree in Structural and Functional Biochemistry

A relevância do factor de transcrição Yap5 de Saccharomyces cerevisiae na resposta ao excesso de ferro

A capacidade que os organismos possuem de alterar os seus padrões de expressão de genes em resposta a alterações no meio ambiente é essencial para a sua viabilidade. A levedura Saccharomyces cerevisiae, em particular, possui um programa complexo e muito flexível de expressão de genes quando exposta a mudanças agressivas do seu meio ambiente. As células mantêm a sua homeostase através de mecanismos coordenados de regulação de vários factores de transcrição, cada um desempenhando funções específicas. Neste trabalho foi estudada a relevância do factor de transcrição da família Yap de S. cerevisiae, o Yap5, na destoxificação do excesso de ferro na célula. Os resultados obtidos neste trabalho mostram que após a incubação com elevadas quantidades de sulfato de ferro, embora o potencial de transactivação do Yap5 aumente, os níveis da proteína diminuem, sendo esta diminuição dependente da concentração de ferro. Demonstrámos também que embora a expressão do gene CCC1 (que codifica para o único transportador vacuolar de ferro conhecido) seja dependente do Yap5 em condições de excesso de ferro, os níveis basais de expressão deste gene são suficientes para a sobrevivência nessas condições. Observámos ainda que, ao contrário do que acontece em Schizosaccharomyces pombe, o factor de transcrição Hap4, não parece estar envolvido nesta regulação. Através de delecções sequenciais da região promotora do CCC1, verificámos que os níveis de expressão ditados por uma região de 58pb a montante do codão de iniciação, ATG, são suficientes para a célula sobreviver sob concentrações elevadas de ferro. Verificámos ainda que a região 3’UTR do gene é importante para a sobrevivência celular. Nessa região, identificámos uma estrutura em forma de “hairpin” que poderá estar envolvida na regulação do gene.

Automated Generation of Indoor Accessibility Information for Mobility-Impaired Individuals

Dissertation submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the Degree of Master of Science in Geospatial Technologies.

Novel functions of the cohesin accessory factor dPDS5 uncover a new meiotic checkpoint

Dissertation presented to obtain the Ph.D degree in Biology.

Optimização do factor de cobertura de condensadores de tântalo produzidos com pós de elevada carga específica

Dissertação para obtenção do Grau de Doutor em Nanotecnologias e Nanociências

The main leachate emissions of uncontrolled landfills

Dissertação para obtenção do Grau de Mestre em Engenharia do Ambiente, Perfil de Engenharia Sanitária

Haptic robot-environment interaction for self-supervised learning in ground mobility

Dissertação para obtenção do Grau de Mestre em Engenharia Eletrotécnica e de Computadores

Technology transition towards electric mobility - technology assessment as a tool for policy design

Paper presented at the Colloquium Gerpisa 2013, Paris (http://gerpisa.org/node/2085), Session n°: 19 New kinds of mobility: old and new business models

Application of geographic information system and modelling in health impact assessment for urban road mobility in Vietnam

Transport is an essential sector in modern societies. It connects economic sectors and industries. Next to its contribution to economic development and social interconnection, it also causes adverse impacts on the environment and results in health hazards. Transport is a major source of ground air pollution, especially in urban areas, and therefore contributing to the health problems, such as cardiovascular and respiratory diseases, cancer, and physical injuries. This thesis presents the results of a health risk assessment that quantifies the mortality and the diseases associated with particulate matter pollution resulting from urban road transport in Hai Phong City, Vietnam. The focus is on the integration of modelling and GIS approaches in the exposure analysis to increase the accuracy of the assessment and to produce timely and consistent assessment results. The modelling was done to estimate traffic conditions and concentrations of particulate matters based on geo-references data. A simplified health risk assessment was also done for Ha Noi based on monitoring data that allows a comparison of the results between the two cases. The results of the case studies show that health risk assessment based on modelling data can provide a much more detail results and allows assessing health impacts of different mobility development options at micro level. The use of modeling and GIS as a common platform for the integration of different assessments (environmental, health, socio-economic, etc.) provides various strengths, especially in capitalising on the available data stored in different units and forms and allows handling large amount of data. The use of models and GIS in a health risk assessment, from a decision making point of view, can reduce the processing/waiting time while providing a view at different scales: from micro scale (sections of a city) to a macro scale. It also helps visualising the links between air quality and health outcomes which is useful discussing different development options. However, a number of improvements can be made to further advance the integration. An improved integration programme of the data will facilitate the application of integrated models in policy-making. Data on mobility survey, environmental monitoring and measuring must be standardised and legalised. Various traffic models, together with emission and dispersion models, should be tested and more attention should be given to their uncertainty and sensitivity

Pedestrian Priority Zones in the Context of Urban Mobility and Valorization of Public Space

The second half of the XX century was marked by a great increase in the number of people living in cities. Urban agglomerations became poles of attraction for migration flows and these phenomena, coupled with growing car-ownership rates, resulted in the fact that modern transport systems are characterized by large number of users and traffic modes. The necessity to organize these complex systems and to provide space for different traffic modes changed the way cities look. Urban areas had to cope with traffic flows, and as a result nowadays typical street pattern consists of a road for motorized vehicles, a cycle lane (in some cases), pavement for pedestrians, parking and a range of crucial signage to facilitate navigation and make mobility more secure. However, this type of street organization may not be desirable in certain areas, more specifically, in the city centers. Downtown areas have always been places where economic, leisure, social and other types of facilities are concentrated, not surprisingly, they often attract large number of people and this frequently results in traffic jams, air and noise pollution, thus creating unpleasant environment. Besides, excessive traffic signage in central locations can harm the image and perception of a place, this relates in particular to historical centers with architectural heritage.