Arquitectura de espaços abertos

Dissertação para obtenção do grau de Mestre em Arquitectura, apresentada na Universidade de Lisboa - Faculdade de Arquitectura.

Cultural Heritage and Mobile Robotics Technologies

This paper reviews current research works at the authors’ Institutions to illustrate how mobile robotics and related technologies can be used to enhance economical fruition, control, protection and social impact of the cultural heritage. Robots allow experiencing on-line, from remote locations, tours at museums, archaeological areas and monuments. These solutions avoid travelling costs, increase beyond actual limits the number of simultaneous visitors, and prevent possible damages that can arise by over-exploitation of fragile environments. The same tools can be used for exploration and monitoring of cultural artifacts located in difficult to reach or dangerous areas. Examples are provided by the use of underwater robots in the exploration of deeply submerged archaeological areas. Besides, technologies commonly employed in robotics can be used to help exploring, monitoring and preserving cultural artifacts. Examples are provided by the development of procedures for data acquisition and mapping and by object recognition and monitoring algorithms.

A utilização dos mapas concetuais na expressão das aprendizagens: o caso da Licenciatura de Enfermagem

Comunicação apresentada no Congresso Nacional de Práticas Pedagógicas no Ensino Superior, 14 e 15 de Julho de 2016, Universidade de Lisboa, Lisboa, Portugal

Saúde-doença: a proximidade de cuidados num mundo sem fronteiras e com rápida mobilidade

Trabalho apresentado no Encontro Nacional de Enfermagem: Respostas de Enfermagem para a Saúde no Fututo, 8 de abril 2015, Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian, Lisboa, Portugal

'Ephemerality’ in game development: opportunitiees and challenges

Ephemeral Computation (Eph-C) is a newly created computation paradigm, the purpose of which is to take advantage of the ephemeral nature (limited lifetime) of computational resources. First we speak of this new paradigm in general terms, then more specifically in terms of videogame development. We present possible applications and benefits for the main research fields associated with videogame development. This is a preliminary work which aims to investigate the possibilities of applying ephemeral computation to the products of the videogame industry. Therefore, as a preliminary work, it attempts to serve as the inspiration for other researchers or videogame developers.

Concepção de uma rede de monitorização da qualidade da água com base nas pressões antropogénicas

Comunicação seleccionada e artigo em Livro de Actas

Museus e Diversidade Cultural: Da Representação aos Públicos

Na Europa a realidade sociodemográfica das cidades tem vindo a mudar substancialmente nas últimas décadas devido à intensificação dos fluxos migratórios e dos efeitos da globalização. Hoje os espaços urbanos são cada vez mais multiculturais, evidenciando diferentes expressões culturais, mas também tensões várias. Como podem os museus contribuir para a discussão sobre diversidade cultural e migração? Que políticas museológicas desenvolvem em torno da diversidade cultural e do diálogo intercultural? Que contributos e iniciativas promovem? Este livro explora as relações que os museus estabelecem com comunidades e grupos associados à imigração, a partir de três estudos de caso: o Museum of World Culture (Suécia), o World Museum Liverpool (Reino Unido) e o Museu Nacional de Etnologia (Portugal). A autora analisa as estratégias desenvolvidas com as comunidades e grupos numa dupla perspectiva, por um lado, enquanto participantes na construção de narrativas contemporâneas sobre património cultural (material e imaterial) e identidade e, por outro lado, enquanto públicos locais no contexto de estratégias de captação de públicos diversos. Uma abordagem histórica dos percursos e contextos institucionais de cada um dos museus revelou as suas especificidades e diferenças, enquanto o balanço comparativo perspectivou problemas e motivações partilhados. Os museus etnográficos estão entre os museus que mais desafios têm enfrentado nas últimas décadas e onde o tema da diversidade cultural interpela de forma transversal as várias frentes de actuação – desde as colecções, à documentação e investigação, às exposições, ao envolvimento de públicos e comunidades, à deontologia, à gestão e ao financiamento. Como demonstra esta obra, a contemporaneidade convoca mudanças significativas na forma como os museus se organizam e no fortalecimento da sua função social.

Seminário Artes da Transmissão & Patrimónios Artísticos

Nas suas formas tradicionais, a arte da marioneta foi objecto de processos de transmissão, que começam agora a ser estudados. Como se transmitem os “segredos da arte” e a quem? Que impacto têm os processos de transmissão na caracterização patrimonial das formas tradicionais da marioneta? E o que acontece quando os processos de transmissão se institucionalizam e se normalizam?

Relationship between biomarkers of cartilage in serum and degenerative joint disease in Lusitano horses

Introduction: Cartilage degradation biomarkers are a potential tool for early diagnosis of degenerative joint disease (DJD). In young horses, Coll2-1 and Coll2-1NO2 have been studied in serum and reported to be useful in the assessment of joint disease. Fib3-2 has been described to be higher in serum of humans with osteoarthritis but was never assessed in horses. The aim of the current study was to evaluate biomarkers’ changes with age, sex and exercise and correlate them with DJD. Material and Methods: Blood collection and radiographic examination were performed in 51 Lusitanian horses. Moreover, inertial sensor-based detection of lameness was used to assess pain together with subjective examination. Results: Females presented significantly higher concentrations of Coll2-1 (p = 0.015) and Coll2-1NO2 (p = 0.014) compared to males. We have found significant influence of high level of work in lower concentration of Coll2-1 (p = 0.001) and significant influence of sex in concentration of Coll2-1NO2 (p = 0.030). There was no influence of sex, age and work on Fib3-2. All biomarkers were increased in the DJD group (n= 35) compared to healthy controls (n = 16). This difference was significant for Coll2-1 (p = 0.015). When sorted by sex and age groups, significant difference in Coll2-1 between disease and healthy controls disappeared in old horses and females. Discussion/ Conclusion: Coll2-1 is a good marker of cartilage degradation in horses with DJD, being more specific in young horses and males. Fib3-2 may be further explored to help identify disease in particular cases.

Load balancing for constraint solving with GPUs

Solving a complex Constraint Satisfaction Problem (CSP) is a computationally hard task which may require a considerable amount of time. Parallelism has been applied successfully to the job and there are already many applications capable of harnessing the parallel power of modern CPUs to speed up the solving process. Current Graphics Processing Units (GPUs), containing from a few hundred to a few thousand cores, possess a level of parallelism that surpasses that of CPUs and there are much less applications capable of solving CSPs on GPUs, leaving space for further improvement. This paper describes work in progress in the solving of CSPs on GPUs, CPUs and other devices, such as Intel Many Integrated Cores (MICs), in parallel. It presents the gains obtained when applying more devices to solve some problems and the main challenges that must be faced when using devices with as different architectures as CPUs and GPUs, with a greater focus on how to effectively achieve good load balancing between such heterogeneous devices.

Influence of the vintage, clone and rootstock on the chemical characteristics of Syrah tropical wines from Brazil.

In the Northeast of Brazil, vines can produce twice a year, because annual average temperature is 26ºC, with high solar radiation and water availability for irrigation. Many cultivars have been tested according to their adaptation to the climate and soil, and the main variety used for red wines is Syrah. This work aimed to evaluate five clones of Syrah, grafted on two rootstocks, in two harvests of the second semester of 2009 and 2010, according to the chemical analyses of the wines.The clones evaluated were 100, 174, 300, 470 and 525, the rootstocks were Paulsen 1103 and IAC 313 (Golia x Vitis caribeae). Grapes were harvested in November 2009 and 2010 and the yield was evaluated. Climate characteristics of each harvest was determined and correlated to the results. Wines were elaborated in glass tanks of 20 L, with alcoholic fermentation at 25ºC for seven days, then wines were pressed and malolactic fermentation was carried out at 18ºC for 20 days. The following parameters were analyzed: alcohol content, dry extract, total anthocyanins, total phenolic index. High performance liquid chromatography was used to determine tartaric, malic, lactic and citric organic acids. Results showed that wines presented different concentrations of classical analyses, phenolics and organic acids according to the harvest date, rootstocks and clones. Principal component analysis was applied on data and clusters with wine samples were formed, explaining the variability, and results are discussed.

Communicating culture: strategic communication management of the contemporary art museums in the XXIth century, in Portugal: case studies: Museu Nacional de Arte Contemporânea: Lisboa; Museu de Arte Contemporânea de Serralves, no Porto; Museu de Arte Contemporânea de Elvas

Throughout the year and half of research developed during the times of crisis or economic crisis in Portugal due to the austerity measures, this thesis focuses on the cultural communication and museology in the area of cultural management in Portugal. With an ever growing number of research being developed over the world, this study is unique as it studies managerial diversity and organisational structures of Contemporary Art Museums that exist in Portugal but more importantly how they communicate their organizations within and beyond the Museum walls such as online or other technological media. As the communication management of the museums is one of aspects of culture in which cultural management intends to intervene. The research study that I proposed to analyse has at the forefront the intention to understand how the Contemporary Art Museums in Portugal manage their communication and respective organizations, whether they be a Public-Private/Foundation, State or Council run organizations but also understand if a strategic plan is designed and implemented in times of crisis, to withstand disruptive economic scenarios projected on a daily basis. The following Museums were selected due to the fact of being Contemporary Art Museums but also their respective diverse territorial distribution, one in the city capital of Portugal, Lisbon: MNAC – Museu Nacional de Arte Contemporânea, a stately run organisation; the second, in the north of Portugal: MACS – Museu de Arte Contemporânea de Serralves, a public/private organisation under the Foundation organics and the third Museum in interior central region of Portugal, Alentejo: MACE – Museu de Arte Contemporânea de Elvas, managed by the Elvas City Council.

De Cabo Verde para Lisboa: Cartas e Remessas Científicas da Expedição de João da Silva Feijó (1783-1796). Vol. II – Documentação da Biblioteca Nacional de Portugal e do Arquivo Histórico do Museu Nacional de História Natural e da Ciência da Universidade de Lisboa

Revisão botânica das tabelas de plantas, em Fevereiro de 2015, por Maria Cristina Duarte

Da coleção ao museu: o colecionismo privado de arte moderna e contemporânea em Portugal

Neste artigo, estuda-se a formação de quatro coleções de arte moderna e contemporânea de proveniência particular – José-Augusto França, Manuel de Brito, José Berardo e António Cachola – que originaram um núcleo, um centro de arte e dois museus, em espaços públicos adaptados à sua nova função. Essa musealização é, contudo, problematizada porque as coleções poderão retornar ao espaço privado da sua propriedade, após o período de duração dos respetivos protocolos

Tratado de pazes, entre os serenissimos e poderosissimos Principes D. Carlos II, Rey Catholico, e D. Afonso VI, Rey de Portugal, feito, e concluso no Convento de Sancto Eloy da Cidade de Lisboa, aos 13 de fevereiro de 1668 : sendo mediator o serenissimo, e poderosissimo Principe Carlos II, Rey da Gram Bretanha

Analisa esse tratado que põe fim às guerras da Restauração de Portugal, mandando devolver a cada uma das partes as conquistas que à outra tiverem feito. Nas colônias, a paz passaria a vigorar um ano após a sua publicação, dado o tempo necessário para que a notícia chegasse à América e à Ásia.