Galp Energia: Equity research

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

Gas Natural Fenosa: Equity research

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

Shoprite Holdings Ltd: Equity research

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

EDP Renováveis: Equity research

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

PT. Telekomunikasi Indonesia: Equity research

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

DIA: Equity research

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

Zon Optimus: Equity research

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

Internationalization plan for social enterprises: A research on the internationalization of "Book a Street Artist"

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

Introduction: digital methods and tools for historical research

As an introduction to a series of articles focused on the exploration of particular tools and/or methods to bring together digital technology and historical research, the aim of this paper is mainly to highlight and discuss in what measure those methodological approaches can contribute to improve analytical and interpretative capabilities available to historians. In a moment when the digital world present us with an ever-increasing variety of tools to perform extraction, analysis and visualization of large amounts of text, we thought it would be relevant to bring the digital closer to the vast historical academic community. More than repeating an idea of digital revolution introduced in the historical research, something recurring in the literature since the 1980s, the aim was to show the validity and usefulness of using digital tools and methods, as another set of highly relevant tools that the historians should consider. For this several case studies were used, combining the exploration of specific themes of historical knowledge and the development or discussion of digital methodologies, in order to highlight some changes and challenges that, in our opinion, are already affecting the historians' work, such as a greater focus given to interdisciplinarity and collaborative work, and a need for the form of communication of historical knowledge to become more interactive.

Cyberscience 2.0 – research in the age of digital social networks [Michel Nentwich, René König]

Recensão sobre o livro Cyberscience 2.0 – Research in the Age of Digital Social Networks, Frankfurt, Campus Verlag, 2012, 238 pp. ISBN: 978-3-593-39518-0

Altmetrics in Institutional Repositories: New Perspectives for Assessing Research Impact

Poster (and extended abstract) presented at the 13th International Conference "Libraries in the Digital Age (LIDA 2014)" held on 16-20th June, University of Zadar, Zadar, Croatia

Participatory Surveillance and Mathematical Models in Epidemiologic Research: Successes and Challenges

Theoretical epidemiology aims to understand the dynamics of diseases in populations and communities. Biological and behavioral processes are abstracted into mathematical formulations which aim to reproduce epidemiological observations. In this thesis a new system for the self-reporting of syndromic data — Influenzanet — is introduced and assessed. The system is currently being extended to address greater challenges of monitoring the health and well-being of tropical communities.(...)

Análise de um sistema de evacuação de produtos da combustão de turbinas a gás utilizadas para propulsão naval

De modo a eliminar a propagação de fissuras ocorridas em condutas de evacuação de produtos da combustão de turbinas a gás utilizadas para propulsão naval, neste estudo é feita a avaliação de diferentes geometrias alternativas para a estrutura mencionada, assim como se avalia a possibilidade de substituição local, nas zonas críticas, do material actualmente utilizado na conduta por uma nova liga de alta resistência. A possibilidade de utilizar um novo aço inoxidável austenítico Cr-Mn, de alta resistência (ThyssenKrupp, 2009), está a ser estudada e alguns resultados experimentais efectuados a este material, obtidos a temperatura ambiente e a alta temperatura, são apresentados. Este trabalho pode ser dividido em duas partes principais. Uma primeira parte onde se apresenta a análise experimental realizada e uma segunda parte, que trata a simulação numérica da conduta por elementos finitos. Na análise experimental foram realizados ensaios de tracção uniaxial, ensaios de dureza e de caracterização geométrica do cordão de soldadura de ligações soldadas de tipo topo a topo entre o aço AISI 316L e o aço Cr-Mn. Alguns dos resultados experimentais obtidos em provetes soldados com combinações dos materiais de base, aço AISI316L e Cr-Mn, a 24ºC e 350ºC, são: a tensão de cedência do aço Cr-Mn é cerca de 66% e 35% mais elevada que a obtida para o aço AISI 316L, a 24 e 350ºC, respectivamente; a tensão de rotura é também 33% e 19% mais elevada que o aço AISI 316L, para as mesmas temperaturas. Os ensaios de dureza revelam valores médios que estão de acordo com as propriedades mecânicas obtidas à temperatura ambiente. Tendo como referência os resultados experimentais obtidos para as propriedades mecânicas dos materiais, assim como a distribuição de temperaturas e de pressão interna devido aos gases resultantes da combustão, foi feita a simulação numérica de diferentes geometrias da conduta, tendo sido determinado o nível das tensões presentes na superfície da conduta. A distribuição de temperatura e pressão introduzidas nas análises numéricas foram calculadas e verificada a sua validade por comparação com os resultados obtidos por (Cruz, 2009). Os resultados das análises numéricas sugerem que a alteração da geometria actual da conduta pode ser benéfica uma vez que as tensões principais máximas induzidas na estrutura podem diminuir mais de 26%, quando comparadas com as tensões termomecânicas induzidas na geometria actual da conduta.

Novel Cryopreservation Strategies for Cell‐Therapies and Pre‐Clinical Research

The expanding need for complex biologics for therapeutic applications, in‐vitro pharmacology and toxicology studies and fundamental research demands the production of banks of well‐characterized and safety‐tested stocks of a large number of cell/tissue samples. This implies the development of effective cryopreservation methodologies that can cope with process scalability and automation and must reflect the biological and physical properties of the cells as these can be significantly altered by the process.

Being ahead of its time the consumer resistance phenomenon: A comparative case study research

Double Degree.