BÉRIOU, Nicole, JOSSERAND, Philippe (coord.), Prier et Combattre – Dictionnaire européen des ordres militaires au Moyen Âge, Fayard, 2009

Medievalista [Em linha]. Nº10, (Julho 2011). Direc. José Mattoso. Lisboa: IEM.

Les systèmes politico-constitutionnels des États Africains de Langue Portugaise

In, Révue Française de Droit Constitutionnel, nº 73, Janvier 2008

La Déclaration Universelle des Droits de l’Homme et la Constitution Portugaise

In, Révue Européenne de Droit Public, vol. 9, nº 4, Atenas, Inverno 1997

Integration of speech-processing technologies into Activobank's client interaction process

This dissertation analyzes the possibilities of utilizing speech-processing technologies to transform the user experience of ActivoBank’s customers while using remote banking solutions. The technologies are examined through different criteria to determine if they support the bank’s goals and strategy and whether they should be incorporated in the bank’s offering. These criteria include the alignment with ActivoBank’s values, the suitability of the technology providers, the benefits these technologies entail, potential risks, appeal to the customers and impact on customer satisfaction. The analysis suggests that ActivoBank might not be in a position to adopt these technologies at this point in time.

Improving building technologies with a sustainable strategy

In recent years it has been noticed the progressive disappearance of vernacular sustainable building technologies all over the world mainly due to a strong urban rehabilitation process with modern technologies not compatible with ancient knowledge. Simultaneously new dwellings are needed all over the world and in this sense it was decided to study an ecological and cost-controlled building technology of monolithic walls that can combine the use of low carbon footprint materials, such as earth, fibres and lime using an invasive species: giant reed cane (Arundo Donax). This paper explains the development of this building technology through testing diverse prototypes.

Building 3D City Models: Testing and Comparing Laser Scanning and Low-Cost UAV Data Using FOSS Technologies

Contém resumo

Retour à la maison des Nymphes de Néapolis

On connaît aujourd’hui de nombreux ensembles décoratifs de l’Occident romain appartenant aux dernières décennies du IVe ou aux premières du Ve siècle, où toutes les références symboliques et culturelles se rapportent à des référents classiques, sans aucune trace de références chrétiennes. On peut citer les exemples africains de Sidi Ghrib ou de la maison aux Chevaux de Carthage, le fameux cas sicilien de la Villa du Casale à Piazza Armerina ou, en Espagne, ceux de la Villa de Carranque ou de Baños de Valdearados. Pour prendre des exemples lusitaniens, on peut penser à la maison des Sept Sages de Mérida, ou encore au fascinant complexe de Milreu. La maison des Nymphes de Nabeul est un cas d’école dans ce domaine.

Des histories de famille. La dévotion aux Trois Maries en France du XIVe au XVe siècle. Textes et images

La légende des Trois Maries, les demi-soeurs nées du trinubium de sainte Anne, fut largement diffusée à partir du XIIIe siècle par la Légende dorée de Jacques de Voragine. L’émergence précoce du culte et de l’iconographie des Trois Maries à Paris, à partir du milieux du XIVe siècle, a été favorisée par la rencontre entre un miracle de guérison, en ordre religieux: les Carmes, en quête de légitimation et une reine de France: Jeanne d’Evreux, dont la descendance fut exclue de la succession au trône. L’iconographie des Trois Maries, dont Jean Venette, auteur carme, raconta l’histoire dans un long récit versifi é, est attestée dans les manuscrits et sur d’autres supports.

Methodology for WSN communication technologies automated field tests

Wireless Sensor Networks(WSN) are networks of devices used to sense and act that applies wireless radios to communicate. To achieve a successful implementation of a wireless device it is necessary to take in consideration the existence of a wide variety of radios available, a large number of communication parameters (payload, duty cycle, etc.) and environmental conditions that may affect the device’s behaviour. However, to evaluate a specific radio towards a unique application it might be necessary to conduct trial experiments, with such a vast amount of devices, communication parameters and environmental conditions to take into consideration the number of trial cases generated can be surprisingly high. Thus, making trial experiments to achieve manual validation of wireless communication technologies becomes unsuitable due to the existence of a high number of trial cases on the field. To overcome this technological issue an automated test methodology was introduced, presenting the possibility to acquire data regarding the device’s behaviour when testing several technologies and parameters that care for a specific analysis. Therefore, this method advances the validation and analysis process of the wireless radios and allows the validation to be done without the need of specific and in depth knowledge about wireless devices.

MODELES DES TRANSFERTS RADIATIFS A L'INTERIEUR DES COUVERTS VEGETAUX LES SOLUTIONS ANALYTIQUES

Cette étude décrit la modélisation mathématique des transferts radiatifs en milieu végétal, en focalisant l'attention sur le régime du rayonnement solaire au sein des couverts végétaux homogènes. Le rayonnement solaire est traité en quatre composantes principales: rayonnement primaire et complémentaire, chacune de ces parties étant constituée des composantes directe et diffuse. On a présenté, dans un contexte assez général, les équations différentielles ou les systèmes d'équations différentielles qui gouvernent les différents processus de interaction rayonnement-végétation, et des solutions analytiques sont proposées pour les différentes composantes.

Promoção da autonomia dos alunos na aprendizagem de programação para a WEB

Relatório de estágio de mestrado em Ensino de Informática

Etude du comportment mécanique des poutres corrodées réparées à l’effort tranchant par l’insertion des joncs de carbone

Cette communication présente les caractéristiques principales d’un modèle par Eléments Finis (EF) développé en utilisant le logiciel FEMIX afin de prévoir le comportement de poutres en béton armé corrodées réparées à l’effort tranchant par l’insertion des joncs de carbone par la technique NSM (Near-Surface Mounted reinforcement). Cette technique consiste à sceller les joncs de carbone dans des engravures déjà préparées sur les surfaces inférieure et latérale de la poutre corrodée à réparer. Les résultats expérimentaux et ceux de la modélisation numérique en mode 3D sont présentés en termes des courbes charge-flèche et des modes de ruine pour quatre poutres courtes: deux poutres corrodées (A1CL3-B et A1CL3-SB) et deux poutres témoins (A1T-B et A1T-SB), les poutres avec « -B » sont réparées seulement en flexion avec un jonc de carbone par la technique NSM, tandis que celles avec « -SB » sont réparées à la fois en flexion et à l’effort tranchant. La corrosion des barres d'acier tendues et son effet sur la résistance à l’effort tranchant des poutres en béton armé sont discutés. Les résultats ont montré une bonne corrélation entre les prédictions par le modèle EF en termes de courbes expérimentales charge-flèche, de la fissuration et des modes de ruine.

The quantified-Self and wearable technologies in the workplace: implications and challenges for their implementations

Introduction of technologies in the workplace have led to a dramatic change. These changes have come with an increased capacity to gather data about one’s working performance (i.e. productivity), as well as the capacity to track one’s personal responses (i.e. emotional, physiological, etc.) to this changing workplace environment. This movement of self-monitoring or self-sensing using diverse types of wearable sensors combined with the use of computing has been identified as the Quantified-Self. Miniaturization of sensors, reduction in cost and a non-stop increase in the computer power capacity has led to a panacea of wearables and sensors to track and analyze all types of information. Utilized in the personal sphere to track information, a looming question remains, should employers use the information from the Quantified-Self to track their employees’ performance or well-being in the workplace and will this benefit employees? The aim of the present work is to layout the implications and challenges associated with the use of Quantified-Self information in the workplace. The Quantified-Self movement has enabled people to understand their personal life better by tracking multiple information and signals; such an approach could allow companies to gather knowledge on what drives productivity for their business and/or well-being of their employees. A discussion about the implications of this approach will cover 1) Monitoring health and well-being, 2) Oversight and safety, and 3) Mentoring and training. Challenges will address the question of 1) Privacy and Acceptability, 2) Scalability and 3) Creativity. Even though many questions remain regarding their use in the workplace, wearable technologies and Quantified-Self data in the workplace represent an exciting opportunity for the industry and health and safety practitioners who will be using them.

Bidirectional battery charger with grid-to-vehicle, vehicle-to-grid and vehicle-to-home technologies

This paper presents the development of na on-board bidirectional battery charger for Electric Vehicles (EVs) targeting Grid-to-Vehicle (G2V), Vehicle-to-Grid (V2G), and Vehicle-to-Home (V2H) technologies. During the G2V operation mode the batteries are charged from the power grid with sinusoidal current and unitary power factor. During the V2G operation mode the energy stored in the batteries can be delivered back to the power grid contributing to the power system stability. In the V2H operation mode the energy stored in the batteries can be used to supply home loads during power outages, or to supply loads in places without connection to the power grid. Along the paper the hardware topology of the bidirectional battery charger is presented and the control algorithms are explained. Some considerations about the sizing of the AC side passive filter are taken into account in order to improve the performance in the three operation modes. The adopted topology and control algorithms are accessed through computer simulations and validated by experimental results achieved with a developed laboratory prototype operating in the different scenarios.

O jogo como potencializador da motivação para a aprendizagem: (des)envolvimento(s) através de um projeto curricular integrado

Relatório de estágio de mestrado em Educação Pré-Escolar e Ensino do 1.º Ciclo do Ensino Básico