Diagnóstico Energético e Modelação Energética de uma Piscina Municipal

Mestrado em Engenharia Mecânica – Ramo Energia

Sharing best practices in introducing and teaching ethics principles to public administration employees : research report

O projeto, financiado pelo Programa Aprendizagem ao Longo da Vida, decorreu entre 1 de agosto de 2011 e 31 de julho de 2013 e foi coordenado pelo Instituto de Administração Pública de Praga, tendo como parceiros a Escola de Economia e Direito de Berlim, a Escola Nacional de Administração Pública da Polónia e o INA, de Portugal. A coordenação portuguesa do estudo esteve a cargo da Prof. Doutora Helena Rato e da Dra. Matilde Gago, com a colaboração do Prof. Doutor César Madureira e da Dra. Margarida Quintela, ex investigadores do INA, atualmente na DGAEP.

How can public administration reforms instill (or not) cooperation among the society?

Comunicação apresentada na Conferência Anual do IASIA, em Paris, a 6 de julho de 2015

The selection of senior civil servants in the context of the different public administration models: an issue of accountability

Comunicação apresentada no Congresso do IIAS-IISA no âmbito do IX Grupo de Estudo: Serviço público e política, realizado em Ifrane, Marrocos de 13 a 17 de junho de 2014

C&SIG na delimitação da estrutura ecológica municipal: aplicação ao município de Cascais

Trabalho de projecto apresentada como requisito parcial para obtenção do grau de Mestre em Ciência e Sistemas de Informação Geográfica.

Sustentabilidade do SIG municipal da CM de Vila Franca de Xira - Operacionalização de um grupo de trabalho multidisciplinar, estruturalmente suportado pelo ArcGis Server Empertrise Advanced

Relatório de Estágio apresentado para cumprimento dos requisitos necessários à obtenção do grau de Mestre em Gestão do Território.

Autoantibodies before, during and after administration of recombinant interferon-alpha for chronic viral hepatitis

This study was undertaken to investigate the presence of autoantibodies in patients with chronic viral hepatitis B and C, before, during and after interferon-alpha (IFN-alpha) therapy and to study their relation to dose and type of IFN-alpha and response to treatment. Fifty patients with chronic hepatitis were divided in two groups, a control-group of 21 patients (10 type B and 11 type C) who were followed for 6 months without treatment and an IFN-group consisting of 29 patients (8 type B and 21 type C) who received IFN therapy for 6 months. Serum samples were tested for a range of antibodies at the start of the study, during therapy and at the end of the 6 month period. Antibodies tested for included: antinuclear, smooth muscle, antimitochondrial, parietal cell and thyroid microsomal. Four (8%) of the total patient group had autoantibodies at the beginning of the study (two in each group). During the follow-up period no patient in the control group developed antibodies compared with 3 (11%) patients in the treatment group. Autoantibodies developed in patients treated with higher doses of IFN and were found in those patients who tended to show a poor response to IFN-therapy. Further studies are needed to establish the relationship between poor response to IFN-alpha and development of autoantibodies.

Occurence of Giardia lamblia in children of municipal day-care centers from Botucatu, São Paulo State, Brazil

Considering that the number of day-care centers for pre-school-age children has expanded rapidly in developing countries, and that these institutions presenting conditions that facilitate the transmission of many enteric agents, a parasitological survey was carried out in three municipal day-cares from Botucatu: two in the urban area (one in downtown area and the other one in the city periphery area) and the third in the rural area. Three separate stool specimens were collected from 147 children ranging from 0 to 72 months old and 20 staff members. Each stool specimen was processed by Lutz and zinc sulfate flotation methods. The frequency of giardiasis observed among children of downtown, periphery and rural day-cares was 69.6%, 52.7% and 69.6%, respectively. Only one employee was positive for G. lamblia. The examination of three stool specimens increased the positivity for G. lamblia: from the ninety three final positive examinations, 24 (25.5%) and 8 (8.5%) were positives only after examination of the second and third samples, respectively. Others intestinal organisms like Ascaris lumbricoides (20.4%), Trichuris trichiura (19.0%). Hymenolepis nana (8.8%), Entamoeba coli (22.4%) and Blastocystis hominis (32.0%) were frequently found in the children. There was no significant association among localization of the day-cares, sex of the children and the levels of G. lamblia infection. According to the age, G. lamblia was found mainly in children between 12 to 47 months old.

O arquivo da comissão municipal de turismo de Mafra: contributo para uma metodologia de descrição fotográfica em constexto arquisvístico

Relatório de Estágio apresentado para cumprimento dos requisitos necessários à obtenção do grau de Mestre em Ciências da Informação e da Documentação

Plano Director Municipal de Oeiras – Avaliação dos Programas Estratégicos e seus Impactes Territoriais

Dissertação de Mestrado em Gestão do Território na Área de Planeamento e Ordenamento do Território

Contributo dos dados lidar para o inventário florestal municipal

Relatório de Estágio apresentado para cumprimento dos requisitos necessários à obtenção do grau de Mestre em Gestão do Território

Criação de um modelo para a implementação de um sistema de informação geográfica, à escala nacional, para a gestão da cartografia municipal de risco

Relatório de Estágio apresentado para cumprimento dos requisitos necessários à obtenção do grau de Mestre em Gestão do Território – Especialização em detecção Remota e Sistemas de Informação Geográfica

Programas de intervenção municipal orientados para a promoção do envelhecimento activo

RESUMO: O novo cenário demográfico origina mudanças na estrutura etária, nas relações familiares e de trabalho, nas exigências de cuidados de saúde e de protecção social. Estas constituem fortes desafios a enfrentar pelas políticas públicas, exigindo a preparação dos organismos responsáveis. O “envelhecimento activo” começa a ter lugar como paradigma de intervenção, representando já um marco político mundial, na medida em que pode contrariar ou inverter as tendências nefastas das novas transformações. A investigação incidiu numa reflexão em torno das políticas que procuram responder à intensificação e diversidade dos problemas inerentes ao envelhecimento populacional. Envolvemo-nos numa tarefa de análise detalhada de programas municipais em três concelhos da Região Interior de Portugal, segundo a perspectiva e os determinantes do “envelhecimento activo”. Embora não exista uma solução única e definitiva, se nos detivermos no conceito como estratégia global, conclui-se o dever de considerar diversos determinantes numa perspectiva integrada e individualizada, que percorra todo o curso de vida. Os programas devem procurar enfatizar estilos de vida saudáveis com vista num alcance da maior qualidade de vida possível e ter em conta as situações sócio-económicas, mas sem se afastarem do dever de reforçar a componente reparadora e inclusiva da velhice.-----------ABSTRACT: The new demographic scenario creates changes in the age structure, in the family and work relations, in healthcare and social protection demands. All these changes create a great challenge to public policies, demanding the preparation of the responsible organizations. The “active ageing” starts to be seen as the intervention model, which represents a milestone in global policies as it can counteract or reverse the negative trends of these demographic changes. This research focused on the policies that seek to respond to the intensity and diversity of the population aging problems in Portugal. It was produced a detailed analysis of three local programs following the mainstreaming of “active ageing” in interior country. Although there is no unique and definitive solution, if we take the concept as a global strategy, then we can conclude the obligation to consider several determinants in an integrated and individualized perspective, which covers the entire course of life. These programs should emphasize healthy lifestyles aiming the highest quality of life possible taking into account the socioeconomic situations, without disregarding the duty of reinforce the repairing and inclusive component of ageing.

Modelling of the kinetics of municipal solid waste composting in full-scale mechanical-biological treatment plants

A thesis submitted in fulfilment of the requirements for the Degree of Doctor of Philosophy in Sanitary Engineering in the Faculty of Sciences and Technology of the New University of Lisbon

Hepatitis B vaccine in infants: a randomized controlled trial comparing gluteal versus anterolateral thigh muscle administration

A significantly diminished antibody response to hepatitis B vaccine has been demonstrated in adults when the buttock is used as the injection site. However, in Brazil, the buttock continues to be recommended as site of injection for intramuscular administration of vaccines in infants. In this age group, there are no controlled studies evaluating the immunogenicity of the hepatitis B vaccine when administered at this site. In the present study, 258 infants were randomized to receive the hepatitis B vaccine either in the buttock (n = 123) or in the anterolateral thigh muscle (n = 135). The immunization schedule consisted of three doses of hepatitis B vaccine (Engerix Bâ, 10 mug) at 2, 4 and 9 months of age. There were no significant differences in the proportion of seroconversion (99.3% x 99.2%), or in the geometric mean titer of ELISA anti-HBs (1,862.1 x 1,229.0 mIU/mL) between the two groups. This study demonstrates that a satisfactory serological response can be obtained when the hepatitis B vaccine is administered intramuscularly into the buttock.