A (in)existência de apoio judiciário na arbitragem administrativa: o direito de acesso à tutela jurisdicional efetiva?

Dissertação de mestrado em Direito Administrativo

The role of social cognition and motor imagery in gesture processing: a patients' study

Dissertação de mestrado integrado em Psicologia

Promoting sustainability as a strategy to mitigate the effects of economic downturn on the construction industry

During the recent years followed by the Global Financial Crisis (GFC), most of business and industries around the globe have been hardly hit to the limit that it still struggling to survive, suffering from the crisis financial consequences. For instance, in the construction industry; many construction projects have been suspended or totally cancelled. Nevertheless, among this dilemma, a call has been raised to use the sustainable practices to mitigate the effects of the GFC on construction industry. For the first look, it seems that there is contradiction since the sustainable solutions are often associated with an increase in the initial cost, undoubtedly, the sustainable practices have many advantages in both economic and environment aspects, however, the question which needs to be addressed here is, to what extent using such sustainable practices can mitigate the negative effects of the economic downturn on construction industry. Therefore, it is a challenging argument for using such sustainable construction from its economic perspective, however, this paper is aiming to present the economical benefits of sustainable practices in construction industry, and trying to clear the doubt of the high initial costs of the sustainable construction through studying the life cycle benefit of green building.

Lideranças curriculares intermédias no contexto da avaliação externa das escolas em Portugal

Tese de Doutoramento em Ciências da Educação (área de especialização em Desenvolvimento Curricular).

Arquitecturas imaginárias. Espaço real e ilusório no Barroco português

Tese de Doutoramento em Arquitectura / Cultura Arquitectónica.

Financiamento público e produtividade das empresas portuguesas

Dissertação de mestrado em Economia Industrial e da Empresa

The stimulatory effect of male agouti (Dasyprocta prymnolopha) on the onset of female puberty

The objective of this research was to analyze female agouti puberty. We did not observe the onset of puberty when the females were raised without males. When an adult male was put together with other adults and no cycling females, the onset of estrous cycle was observed after 10 to 60 days. When the young females were raised with a male, the onset of puberty was reached at 9 months. We concluded that the male agouti influences the onset of puberty in females, and that the dominant female, apparently, inhibits or delays the puberty of the other agouti females of the group. We suggest further studies be made concerning the social control of the reproduction of these animal.

Transições e percursos de alunos distinguidos na escola pública

A implementação de quadros de valor, mérito e excelência nas escolas portuguesas, nos quais se distinguem os alunos com comportamentos e desempenhos académicos exemplares, constitui o ponto de partida desta comunicação. Num primeiro momento, pretendemos abordar o processo de transição dos alunos distinguidos para o ensino superior. No momento seguinte, incidiremos o nosso olhar sobre as disposições destes jovens face ao ofício de aluno, aos atores e às instituições que marcaram os seus percursos e às expectativas que nortearam os diversos investimentos académicos. Os dados empíricos foram recolhidos no âmbito de um estudo de caso numa escola secundária do Norte de Portugal. Em relação aos alunos já ingressados no ensino superior e para aqueles que já concluíram este nível de ensino, tentaremos refletir sobre o grau de ajustamento destas experiências às expectativas inicialmente formuladas e/ou subsumidas nos sentidos das respostas e nas opções declaradas face ao futuro. Dos dados já obtidos, concluímos que a distinção académica parece escapar às lógicas do destino social, sendo a excelência escolar também visível em jovens de classes sociais mais baixas; concluímos também que estes percursos de excelência não têm na atualidade uma recompensa efetiva no acesso ao mercado de trabalho; e dentro do foco principal desta comunicação denotamos ainda a existência de transições não-lineares entre o secundário e o superior, designadamente no acesso ao curso pretendido e ao desempenho académico neste nível de ensino.

Portuguese internet radio from 2006 to 2009: technical readiness and openness to interaction

[Extrat] The advent of thc internet raised questions about the role of radio in a fast-changing media environment. Many voices forecast its end but in the summer of 2008 the Swedish Radio and TV Authority published a study named 'The Future of Radio', which clearly opposed the pessimism of recent analysis. While the study anticipates the exhaustion of the FM model, it clearly broadens perspectives for DAB and internet radio, highlighting digitalization as the key element for the future relevance of radio. The Portuguese researcher and radio professional João Paulo Meneses states that 'the future of radio relies upon the internet', calling the broad service offerings of the net the pathway for the survival of radio from the threats to its two essential aspects: rnobility and accumulation (Meneses 2008). Accumulation is radio's capability to be used in a non­exclusive manner, which means that a listener can use the radio while performing other activities, like cooking, sewing, reading, writing or jogging.

Desenvolvimento de um concentrador solar com sistema de seguimento

Dissertação de mestrado em Engenharia Mecânica

Effect of fetal bovine serum on Candida glabrata cultures

Dissertação de mestrado integrado em Engenharia Biomédica (área de especialização em Engenharia Clínica)

Desenvolvimento de um Controlador com DSP para um Motor CA de 30 kW para o CEPIUM

Dissertação de mestrado integrado em Engenharia Eletrónica Industrial e Computadores

Nanocomposites: the contribution of multiscale modelling to improve the dispersion levels

Tese de Doutoramento em Ciência e Engenharia de Polímeros e Compósitos

Protein-based nanodevices for therapeutic applications

Tese de Doutoramento em Biologia Molecular e Ambiental (área de especialização em Biologia Celular e Saúde).

Psychosis associated with methimazole-induced hypothyroidism: a case report

INTRODUCTION: Thyroid dysfunction has often been associated with several psychiatric manifestations. Previous case reports/series suggest the possible role played by acute alteration of thyroid status in the onset of psychotic symptoms. METHODS: Case report and literature review. RESULTS: A 45-year-old woman with no psychiatric antecedents was brought to the ER with a full-blown psychotic episode, marked by paranoid delusions, which developed gradually over two months. She had been treated elsewhere for hyperthyroidism for five years with methimazole 40 mg/d, with poor compliance. One month before the beginning of the psychotic symptoms, methimazole was raised to 60 mg/d and she started taking it correctly. Five months earlier she had TSH: 0.074 uUI/ml and free T4: 1.3 ng/dl. At admission we found a diffuse thyroid goiter, TSH: 70.9 uUI/ml and free T4: 0.03 ng/dl. Brain CT was normal. We hospitalized her with the diagnosis of a psychosis secondary to hypothyroidism, suspended methimazole, and gave her levothyroxine (up to 75 µg/d) and risperidone (2 mg/d). The patient had a quick remission and was discharged after 15 days. Within one month she had TSH: 0.7 uUI/ml and was completely recovered psychiatrically. She has been well since then, with risperidone in the first 8 months, and without it for 10 months now. CONCLUSION: This case report is a reminder of the necessity of checking thyroid status as part of clinical assessment of psychoses. It also supports the hypothesis that antithyroid drugs may have severe psychiatric consequences, especially when they lead to an acute change of thyroid status.