Nestle: A marketing plan for a healthy low fat yogurt

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

Untitled: connecting layers of confusion, sensation and transformation

Dissertação para obtenção do Grau de Mestre em Arte e Ciência do Vidro

Towards cryogenic liquid –vapor energy storage units for space applications

Dissertation to obtain the Doctoral degree in Physics Engineering

Convento de Santana de Leiria: história, vivências e cultura material

Dissertação apresentada para cumprimento dos requisitos necessários à obtenção do grau de Mestre em Arqueologia

An agent based architecture for material handling systems

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

Unstabilised rammed earth: characterization of material collected from old constructions in South Portugal and comparison to normative requirements

International Journal of Architectural Heritage, 8: 185–212, 2014

Things we see: Portuguese anthropology on material culture

Part of the objects that anthropologists can now find in Lisbon result from the existence of networks with rather diverse historical, social and cultural origins, linking Angola, Mozambique, Cape Verde, Guinea-Bissau, Brazil and Portugal, as well as the countries which have attracted all these countries’ diasporas. The publishing of papers by Portuguese and Brazilian anthropologists in this dossier dedicated to consumption might come to generate a productive collaboration between researchers from both countries, which for over five centuries have seen arriving from the other side of the Atlantic strange objects that, in turn, have taken the routes of the diasporas mentioned above, from luxurious and whimsical items as the indigenous leaders’ feathers and the carriages of the Portuguese royalty, to common and irreplaceable goods as the havaianas.

Implementação da análise dos modos de falha e seus efeitos no processo de fabricação de peças em material compósito

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

Sorovares de Listeria monocytogenes e espécies relacionadas, isoladas de material clínico humano

A análise fenotípica de 255 amostras do gênero Listeria isoladas de material clínico humano, tanto de indivíduos doentes (220-86,3%), como de aparentemente normais (35-13,7%) de várias regiões do país e colecionadas no período de 1969 a 2000, permitiu caracterizar a distribuição de sorovares de Listeria monocytogenes. Nas faixas etárias de 0 a 10 e de 41 a 60 anos, predominaram os isolamentos de líquido cefalorraquidiano sobre os de sangue, incluindo dos transplantados renais. Somente dos hemocultivos foi possível detectar os sete sorovares de Listeria monocytogenes. No cômputo geral, o sorovar 4b foi o mais incidente (154-60,3%) secundado por ¹/2 a (74-29%) nos três decênios considerados, além de ocorrerem em quase todas as regiões do país. Os dados deste estudo evidenciaram a circulação de L. monocytogenes na espécie humana, provocando quadros graves de meningite e septicemia, bem como, revelando a figura do portador assintomático, razão pela qual são recomendadas novas investigações bacteriológicas, subsidiadas por análises clínico-patológicas e epidemiológicas.

O Mobiliário do Antigo Egipto no Império Novo. Análise Material e Simbólica

A presente dissertação reflecte a compilação de um estudo essencialmente bibliográfico e iconográfico de doze peças de mobiliário do antigo Egipto, Império Novo. É primeiramente apresentado um breve estudo sobre materiais usados para a construção dos diversos objectos produzidos no referido período histórico e analisados os seus aspectos simbólicos. São também apresentadas sucintamente algumas técnicas de construção adoptadas durante as dinastias XVIII-XX para a construção de mobiliário doméstico e ritual. De seguida estes objectos são analisados material e simbolicamente em dois capítulos tendo como base a investigação efectuada. Colocam-se ao longo deste trabalho diversas questões, sendo as mais prementes “se terá havido transferência de mobiliário doméstico para o contexto funerário” e “Terão tido os espólios funerários mobiliário feito exclusivamente para esse fim”. As conclusões revelam dados comparativos do universo de peças de mobiliário recolhidas e apresentam algumas hipóteses explicativas sobre o assunto abordado.

Avaliações in vitro da utilização da gelatina como material de suporte à regeneração de tecidos

Neste trabalho foram produzidas matrizes de nanofibras de gelatina de porco e de gelatina de peixe através da técnica de electrofiação. Estas matrizes têm uma estrutura morfológica e química interessantes para o desenvolvimento de scaffolds no âmbito da Engenharia de Tecidos mas a sua instabilidade em água compromete essa aplicação. Assim, as matrizes foram reticuladas recorrendo a dois processos diferentes: um físico (tratamento desidrotérmico - DHT) e outro químico (exposição a vapor de glutaraldeído - GTA). Os resultados obtidos permitiram verificar que a gelatina de porco reticulou mais facilmente que a gelatina de peixe, provavelmente devido a uma maior presença de grupos funcionais capazes de reagir com os processos de reticulação. Foram analisados possíveis efeitos citotóxicos das matrizes reticuladas em culturas de células Vero. Os extratos das matrizes não revelaram ser tóxicos mas o tratamento com GTA comprometeu a adesão das células às matrizes indicando acarretar um certo risco de toxicidade. O uso da glicina revelou-se eficaz na redução dessa toxicidade. Para além das matrizes de fibras sem orientação preferencial (depositadas num coletor plano), foram depositadas fibras paralelamente alinhadas recorrendo a um coletor cilíndrico rotatório. Marcações fluorescentes de células semeadas nos dois tipos de fibras revelaram que o citoesqueleto das células semeadas nas fibras alinhadas se organiza na direção do alinhamento.

Analysis, testing and development of safe cleaning methods of rusted stone material

Three different treatments were applied on several specimens of dolomitic and calcitic marble, properly stained with rust to mimic real situations (the stone specimens were exposed to the natural environment for about six months in contact with rusted iron). Thirty six marble specimens, eighteen calcitic and eighteen dolomitic, were characterized before and after treatment and monitored throughout the cleaning tests. The specimens were characterized by SEM-EDS (Scanning Electron Microscopy coupled with Energy Dispersion System), XRD (XRay Diffraction), XRF (X-Ray Fluorescence), FTIR (Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopy) and color measurements. It was also made a microscopic and macroscopic analysis of the stone surface along with the tests of short and long term capillary absorption. A series of test trials were conducted in order to understand which concentrations and contact times best suits to this purpose, to confirm what had been written to date in the literature. We sought to develop new methods of treatment application, skipping the usual methods of applying chemical treatments on stone substrates, with the use of cellulose poultice, resorting to the agar, a gel already used in many other areas, being something new in this area, which possesses great applicability in the field of conservation of stone materials. After the application of the best methodology for cleaning, specimens were characterized again in order to understand which treatment was more effective and less harmful, both for the operator and the stone material. Very briefly conclusions were that for a very intense and deep penetration into the stone, a solution of 3.5% of SDT buffered with ammonium carbonate to pH around 7 applied with agar support would be indicated. For rust stains in its initial state, the use of Ammonium citrate at a concentration of 5% buffered with ammonium to pH 7 could be applied more than once until satisfactory results appear.

Portuguese banks and the economic adjustment programme: balance sheet adjustments and impact on profitability

Double Degree. 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 and a Masters Degree in Finance from Louvain School of Management

A intervenção dos orgãos de polícia criminal em sede de julgamento

Currently, Portugal assumes itself as a democratic rule of substantive law State, sustained by a legal system seeking the right balance between the guarantee of fundamental rights and freedoms constitutional foreseen in Portugal’s Fundamental Law and criminal persecution. The architecture of the penal code lies with, roughly speaking, a accusatory basic structure, “deliberately attached to one of the most remarkable achievements of the civilizational democratic progress, and by obedience to the constitutional commandment”, in balance with the official investigation principle, valid both for the purpose of prosecution and trial. Regarding the principle of non self-incrimination - nemo tenetur se ipsum accusare, briefly defined as the defendant’s right of not being obliged to contribute to the self-incrimination, it should be stressed that there isn’t an explicit consecration in the Portuguese Constitution, being commonly accepted in an implicit constitutional prediction and deriving from other constitutional rights and principles, first and foremost, the meaning and scope of the concept of democratic rule of Law State, embedded in the Fundamental Law, and in the guidelines of the constitutional principles of human person dignity, freedom of action and the presumption of innocence. In any case, about the (in) applicability of the principle of the prohibition of self-incrimination to the Criminal Police Bodies in the trial hearing in Court, and sharing an idea of Guedes Valente, the truth is that the exercise of criminal action must tread a transparent path and non-compliant with methods to obtain evidence that violate the law, the public order or in violation of democratic principles and loyalty (Guedes Valente, 2013, p. 484). Within the framework of the penal process relating to the trial, which is assumed as the true phase of the process, the witness represents a relevant figure for the administration of criminal justice, for the testimonial proof is, in the idea of Othmar Jauernig, the worst proof of evidence, but also being the most frequent (Jauernig, 1998, p. 289). As coadjutant of the Public Prosecutor and, in specific cases, the investigating judge, the Criminal Police Bodies are invested with high responsibility, being "the arms and eyes of Judicial Authorities in pursuing the criminal investigation..." which has as ultimate goal the fulfillment of the Law pursuing the defense of society" (Guedes Valente, 2013, p. 485). It is in this context and as a witness that, throughout operational career, the Criminal Police Bodies are required to be at the trial hearing and clarify the Court with its view about the facts relating to occurrences of criminal context, thus contributing very significantly and, in some cases, decisively for the proper administration of the portuguese criminal justice. With regards to the intervention of Criminal Police Bodies in the trial hearing in Court, it’s important that they pay attention to a set of standards concerning the preparation of the testimony, the very provision of the testimony and, also, to its conclusion. Be emphasized that these guidelines may become crucial for the quality of the police testimony at the trial hearing, thus leading to an improvement of the enforcement of justice system. In this vein, while preparing the testimony, the Criminal Police Bodies must present itself in court with proper clothing, to read before and carefully the case files, to debate the facts being judged with other Criminal Police Bodies and prepare potential questions. Later, while giving his testimony during the trial, the Criminal Police Bodies must, summing up, to take the oath in a convincing manner, to feel comfortable, to start well by convincingly answering the first question, keep an attitude of serenity, to adopt an attitude of collaboration, to avoid the reading of documents, to demonstrate deference and seriousness before the judicial operators, to use simple and objective language, to adopt a fluent speech, to use nonverbal language correctly, to avoid spontaneity responding only to what is asked, to report only the truth, to avoid hesitations and contradictions, to be impartial and to maintain eye contact with the judge. Finally, at the conclusion of the testimony, the Criminal Police Bodies should rise in a smooth manner, avoiding to show relief, resentment or satisfaction, leaving a credible and professional image and, without much formality, requesting the judge permission to leave the courtroom. As final note, it’s important to stress that "The intervention of the Police Criminal Bodies in the trial hearing in Court” encloses itself on a theme of crucial importance not only for members of the Police and Security Forces, who must welcome this subject with the utmost seriousness and professionalism, but also for the proper administration of the criminal justice system in Portugal.

Produção de misturas betuminosas a quente com incorporação de material fresado

A incorporação de materiais reciclados na construção de estradas, como substituição de materiais virgens é percebida como uma oportunidade de economizar recursos, e evitar o impacto associado à sua extração e transporte. Desta forma, a incorporação de material fresado (do termo inglês RAP - Reclaimed Asphalt Pavement) em misturas betuminosas produzidas a quente em central tem sido uma alternativa satisfatória. Neste trabalho, foram estudadas três misturas betuminosas do tipo macadame betuminoso (AC 20 base 35/50), tradicional e com taxas de incorporação de RAP de 10% e 20%, com o objetivo de efetuar uma análise comparativa do seu comportamento. Começou-se por realizar um estudo Marshall de forma a determinar a percentagem ótima de betume a usar em cada mistura e, posteriormente, a composição foi transposta para central para o seu fabrico. No final foram realizados ensaios de caracterização mecânica sobre as misturas para avaliar o seu desempenho, através de ensaios de sensibilidade à água, módulo de rigidez, resistência à fadiga e à deformação permanente. Esta dissertação teve o apoio da empresa Tecnovia – Sociedade de Empreitadas S.A., com a disponibilização de instalações e materiais para o trabalho experimental. De acordo com os resultados obtidos, é possível concluir que as misturas recicladas apresentaram um comportamento satisfatório, quando comparado com as misturas tradicionais.