Personal advisors for business professionals: improving communication skills with online corpora

The business sphere is a multilingual world where foreign language communication skills are crucial in international relations. It makes employers look for business professionals who have a high level of linguistic competences. Language proficiency increases the chances of negotiation among partners. There are mainly two obstacles that make barriers in formal communication in a foreign language: lack of knowledge of specific linguistic structures or terminology and frequent transitions from one language to another. This paper contributes to the quest for quick access to a wide range of English, Spanish and Russian online databases that provide authentic language samples. Their application may improve communication skills and facilitate preparation for business discourse.

(5) ANAIS - Educa����o e Desenvolvimento

Publica-se agora o quinto volume dos Anais da Unidade de Investiga����o de Educa����o e Desenvolvimento (UIED) contendo as principais publica����es dos diversos programas e linhas de investiga����o referentes �� actividade do ano de 2004. Atrav��s desta publica����o pode o leitor observar as val��ncias fundamentais que integram este Centro de Investiga����o em educa����o, centradas n��o s�� na ��rea da Educa����o e Sociedade, problematizando o conceito de desenvolvimento no mundo actual - com as suas vertentes no ��mbito das pol��ticas educativas, da forma����o ao longo da vida, da rela����o entre a educa����o e o desenvolvimento pessoal - mas tamb��m na educa����o em ci��ncia, e na rela����o da educa����o e as novas tecnologias. Uma informa����o complementar actualizada sobre a organiza����o da UIED, bem como dos trabalhos de Teses de Doutoramento e de Mestrado realizados no Departamento de Ci��ncias Sociais Aplicadas da Faculdade de Ci��ncias e Tecnologia da Universidade Nova de Lisboa com o apoio de projectos de investiga����o desenvolvidos na Unidade, �� inserida neste volume, tal como ocorreu em volumes anteriores. O Coordenador Cient��fico: Prof. Doutor Jos�� Manuel Matos

Unlimited or disrupted communication? How does the development of the mobile phone effect our ability of social action?

The aim of this essay is to discuss the thesis of the German Sociologist G��nter Burkhart that in modern societies a phenomenon appeared which he calls ���handymania���, an excessive and nearly addictive use of the mobile phones especially from adolescents. After a short overview about the history of the cell phone, I will relate this development to J��rgen Habermas ���theory of communicative action���, more precisely to his diagnosis of a pathological society (���lifeworld���) to find out if the ���handymania��� could be one expression of it. Adjacent I will present social-psychological theories from E.H.Erikson and Tilmann Habermas to ascertain whether juveniles could really be a high-risk group for this kind of addiction. I will focus on the ability to communicate in an Habermasian way that could be seriously harmed by the unregulated usage of cell phones.

Altera����es clim��ticas e qualidade do ar: integra����o das part��culas PM2,5 e PM10 no modelo TIMES_PT e an��lise de pol��ticas comuns de redu����o

Disserta����o apresentada na Faculdade de Ci��ncias e Tecnologia para obten����o do grau de Mestre em Engenharia do Ambiente, perfil Gest��o e Sistemas Ambientais

Real time mobile system for support in firefighting environments

Disserta����o apresentada na Faculdade de Ci��ncias e Tecnologia da Universidade Nova de Lisboa para a obten����o do grau de Mestre em Engenharia Electrot��cnica e de Computadores

Power-and-area efficient 14-bit 1.5 MSample/s two-stage algorithmic ADC based on a mismatch-insensitive MDAC

IEEE International Symposium on Circuits and Systems, pp. 220 ��� 223, Seattle, EUA

New low-power 1.5-bit time-interleaved MDAC based on MOS capacitor amplification

15th IEEE International Conference on Electronics, Circuits and Systems, Malta

Non-volatile analysis in fruits by laser resonant ionization spectrometry: application to resveratrol (3,5,4 -trihydroxystilbene) in grapes

Applied Physics B Lasers and Optics, vol.71

Overproduction, crystallization and preliminary X-ray characterization of Abn2, an endo-1,5-alpha-arabinanase from Bacillus subtilis.

Acta Crystallographica F64 (2008) 636-638

Developing Libraries Using Software Transactional Memory

Software transactional memory is a promising programming model that adapts many concepts borrowed from the databases world to control concurrent accesses to main memory (RAM) locations. This paper discusses how to support apparently irreversible operations, such as memory allocation and deallocation, within software libraries that will be used in (software memory) transactional contexts, and propose a generic and elegant approach based on a handler system, which provide the means to create and execute compensation actions at key moments during the life-time of a transaction.

Educa����o alimentar infantil: potencialidades de estudantes de educa����o de inf��ncia

Resumo: Na promo����o de comportamentos alimentares saud��veis ao longo da vida. que deve iniciar-se o mais precocemente poss��vel, a educa����o alimentar �� um elemento chave. O jardim-de-inf��ncia �� um espa��o efectivo na implementa����o de projectos de educa����o alimentar, onde os educadores de inf��ncia s��o actores imprescind��veis. Este estudo teve como objectivo desenvolver uma metodologia apropriada para identificar as capacidades de estudantes de educa����o de inf��ncia e avaliar as suas aptid��es no contexto da educa����o alimentar infantil. A popula����o alvo do estudo foram estudantes do 4��ano da licenciatura em educa����o de inf��ncia de institui����es p��blicas e privadas da ��rea metropolitana de Lisboa (n=287). Construiu-se um videograma, integrador dos dom��nios da aprendizagem (cognitivo e afectivo) e dos factores associados aos comportamentos em sa��de (predisponentes, capacitadores e de esfor��o). A constru����o dos question��rios estruturou-se em: conhecimentos-atitudes-comportamentos.Pretendia-se que os estudantes transmitissem a sua opini��o, de acordo com os question��rios.Os estudantes manifestaram conhecimentos, no ��mbito da alimenta����o infantil e da utilidade e aplicabilidade da educa����o alimentar.Nenhum estudante apresentou conhecimentos negativos, numa escala de zero a 18 valores, 86,9% obtiveram uma classifica����o entre 11 e 17 valores e 13,1% a classifica����o m��xima.A atitude dos estudantes revelou-se consensual com o desej��vel, 98,5% apresentaram atitudes positivas face aos aspectos estruturadores das actividades de educa����o alimentar.No dom��nio do "saber fazer" 51,0% dos estudantes demonstraram fragilidades no seu desempenho/comportamento. Em conclus��o, a utiliza����o do question��rio demonstrou ser apropriado para a medi����o dos conhecimentos, das atitudes e como forma de os estudantes, ap��s visionarem o videograma, espelharem o seu desempenho/comportamento face �� representa����o do educador de inf��ncia. A taxa de resposta nunca foi inferior a 98,9% (n=284). No dom��nio dos conhecimentos, os estudantes manifestaram concep����es positivas no campo da alimenta����o infantil e da educa����o alimentar. As atitudes enfatizaram-se no dom��nio afectivo, nos aspectos relacionais e comunicacionais. No dom��nio dos comportamentos, 91,8% dos estudantes apresentaram dificuldades na identifica����o dos aspectos menos correctos do desempenho dos actores do video, o que pode sugerir lacunas no ��mbito do "saber fazer". Abstract:Nutrition education is key element to promote lifelong healthy eating behaviours and it must begin since early stages of life. Nursery schools are an effective space in the implementation of nutrition education projects, where the nursery teachers are indispensable actors. The aim of this study was to develop an appropriate methodology to identify nursery education student��s skills and evaluate their attitudes in the childhood nutrition education's context. The study's population were students of the 4th degree in private and public nursery education universities in Lisbon metropolitan area (n=287). A video integrator of learning domains (cognitive and affective) and of factors associated with health behaviours (predisposing, enabling and reinforcing) was developed. Questionnaire��s construction was structured in: knowledge-attitudes-behaviours.According to the questionnaires students were asked to transmit their opinion. Students revealed knowledge, in the scope of the childhood nutrition and in utility and applicability of nutrition education. No students presented negative results in knowledge ina zero - 18 scale; 86,9% students obtained a classification between 11 and 17 and the maximum classification was obtained by 13.1% students. Student's attitude was according to win the desirable, 98,5% student��s revealed positive attitudes in the nutrition education's structure aspects of chilhood activities.In the domain of the "know to do" 51,0% of students showed fragilities in their performance/behaviour. In conclusion, the questionnaire��s utilization confirm to be appropriated in measurement knowledge and attitudes and also, after watching the video, as a way for students reflect their performance/behaviour face to the nursery teacher��s representation. Answer��s rate was never lower than 98.9% (n=284). In the knowledge's domain students demonstrated positive conceptions in the childhood nutrition and nutrition education's fields. Attitudes were emphasized in the effective domain in the communication and relational aspects. In behaviour's domain 91.8% students presented difficulties in identifying the less correct aspects of the video actor's performance what may suggest gaps in the "know to do" scope.

Communication and choice in yeast mating

Disserta����o apresentada para obten����o do grau de doutor em Biologia de Sistemas pelo Instituto de Tecnologia Qu��mica e Biol��gica da Universidade Nova de Lisboa.

Molecular modelling of ABC transporters: from ATP hydrolysis to substrate transport

Disserta����o para a obten����o de grau de doutor em Bioqu��mica pelo Instituto de Tecnologia Qu��mica e Biol��gica da Universidade Nova de Lisboa

Bacterial inter-species communication mediated by the autoinducer-2 signal

Dissertation presented to obtain the Ph.D degree in Biology by Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Instituto de Tecnologia Qu��mica e Biol��gica, Instituto Gulbenkian de Ci��ncia.