A perceção dos alunos sobre a Educação Física à entrada do ensino secundário: um estudo comparativo entre o ensino regular e profissional

Relatório de estágio de mestrado em Ensino de Educação Física nos Ensinos Básico e Secundário

Typology based method for choosing old masonry walls inspection procedures

The diagnosis of historic masonry walls is an intricate and complex field and has been an object of research for many years. This paper aims to propose practical methodologies for the diagnosis of historic masonry walls, specifically based on their typological characteristics. In order to develop such procedures, information relating to historic masonry typologies in Portugal, classified as rural, urban and military was gathered and techniques for the assessment of historic masonry were studied. All information was integrated to develop a pattern typology oriented methodology. Developed methodology was tested and validated in a small diagnosis campaign carried out in the Guimarães Castle. Methodology was proven to be advantageous and although the study is limited and focused on the Portuguese architectural specificities, it still holds global classifications, and therefore can be useful for any diagnosis procedure of a historic masonry wall.

Task clustering on ETL systems – A pattern-oriented approach

Usually, data warehousing populating processes are data-oriented workflows composed by dozens of granular tasks that are responsible for the integration of data coming from different data sources. Specific subset of these tasks can be grouped on a collection together with their relationships in order to form higher- level constructs. Increasing task granularity allows for the generalization of processes, simplifying their views and providing methods to carry out expertise to new applications. Well-proven practices can be used to describe general solutions that use basic skeletons configured and instantiated according to a set of specific integration requirements. Patterns can be applied to ETL processes aiming to simplify not only a possible conceptual representation but also to reduce the gap that often exists between two design perspectives. In this paper, we demonstrate the feasibility and effectiveness of an ETL pattern-based approach using task clustering, analyzing a real world ETL scenario through the definitions of two commonly used clusters of tasks: a data lookup cluster and a data conciliation and integration cluster.

Improving selective collection of urban waste using a business intelligence system

Today recovering urban waste requires effective management services, which usually imply sophisticated monitoring and analysis mechanisms. This is essential for the smooth running of the entire recycling process as well as for planning and control urban waste recovering. In this paper we present a business intelligence system especially designed and im- plemented to support regular decision-making tasks on urban waste management processes. The system provides a set of domain-oriented analytical tools for studying and characterizing poten- tial scenarios of collection processes of urban waste, as well as for supporting waste manage- ment in urban areas, allowing for the organization and optimization of collection services. In or- der to clarify the way the system was developed and the how it operates, particularly in process visualization and data analysis, we also present the organization model of the system, the ser- vices it disposes, and the interface platforms for exploring data.

O ensino de canto nos ramos genérico e vocacional no 1º ciclo do ensino básico: um estudo de caso múltiplo

Tese de Doutoramento em Estudos da Criança (área de especialização em Educação Musical).

Singularities of the dynamical structure factors of the spin-1/2 XXX chain at finite magnetic field

We study the longitudinal and transverse spin dynamical structure factors of the spin-1/2 XXX chain at finite magnetic field h, focusing in particular on the singularities at excitation energies in the vicinity of the lower thresholds. While the static properties of the model can be studied within a Fermi-liquid like description in terms of pseudoparticles, our derivation of the dynamical properties relies on the introduction of a form of the ‘pseudofermion dynamical theory’ (PDT) of the 1D Hubbard model suitably modified for the spin-only XXX chain and other models with two pseudoparticle Fermi points. Specifically, we derive the exact momentum and spin-density dependences of the exponents ζτ(k) controlling the singularities for both the longitudinal  and transverse (τ = t) dynamical structure factors for the whole momentum range  , in the thermodynamic limit. This requires the numerical solution of the integral equations that define the phase shifts in these exponents expressions. We discuss the relation to neutron scattering and suggest new experiments on spin-chain compounds using a carefully oriented crystal to test our predictions.

Apoio à decisão na análise inteligente de reclamações

Dissertação de mestrado integrado em Engenharia e Gestão de Sistemas de Informação

O ensino da flauta de bisel em grupo como inovação pedagógica: Uma investigação-ação no 2.º Ciclo do Ensino Básico

Tese de Doutoramento em Estudos da Criança (Especialidade em Educação Musical)

Towards the design and implementation of aspect-oriented programming for spreadsheets

A spreadsheet usually starts as a simple and singleuser software artifact, but, as frequent as in other software systems, quickly evolves into a complex system developed by many actors. Often, different users work on different aspects of the same spreadsheet: while a secretary may be only involved in adding plain data to the spreadsheet, an accountant may define new business rules, while an engineer may need to adapt the spreadsheet content so it can be used by other software systems.Unfortunately,spreadsheetsystemsdonotoffermodular mechanisms, and as a consequence, some of the previous tasks may be defined by adding intrusive “code” to the spreadsheet. In this paper we go through the design and implementation of an aspect-oriented language for spreadsheets so that users can work on different aspects of a spreadsheet in a modular way. For example, aspects can be defined in order to introduce new business rules to an existing spreadsheet, or to manipulate the spreadsheet data to be ported to another system. Aspects are defined as aspect-oriented program specifications that are dynamically woven into the underlying spreadsheet by an aspect weaver. In this aspect-oriented style of spreadsheet development, differentusers develop,orreuse,aspects withoutaddingintrusive code to the original spreadsheet. Such code is added/executed by the spreadsheet weaving mechanism proposed in this paper.

A qualidade de vida da pessoa com doença renal crónica em programa regular de hemodiálise

Dissertação de mestrado em Enfermagem

Inclusão de alunos com necessidades educativas especiais na escola regular: perceções de professores do ensino primário na Região Académica IV - Angola

Dissertação de mestrado em Educação Especial (área de especialização em Dificuldades de Aprendizagem Específicas)

Azulejaria portuguesa e a valorização do património: interpretação de fontes patrimoniais iconográficas por alunos do 1º e 2º ciclo do ensino básico

Relatório de estágio de mestrado em Ensino do 1.º e 2.º Ciclo do Ensino Básico

Desarrollo sustentable de Productos y Servicios de Camélidos orientados al mercado en la región andina (DECAM). Sustainable Development Products and Services Marketed oriented in Andean Region

Este proyecto cuenta con el financiamiento del sistema INCO de la Unión Europea e incluye 5 contrapartes europeas, y Bolivia y Perú como contrapartes americanos. Consta de cuatro paquetes: producto, mercado, difusión y coordinación. En el primer paquete se desarrollan fundamentalmente los aspectos relacionados con la carne fresca y los productos cárnicos tanto tradicionales como nuevos a desarrollar. Se realizan faenas protocolizadas y espontáneas comparando animales con distintos tratamientos nutricionales de edades entre 19-21 meses. Se realizan análisis de calidad de carne y paneles de degustación. Los productos tradicionales como el charqui se evalúan en su forma tradicional y se implementan sistemas mejorados como desecadores solares. Los chacinados no son tradicionales en el altiplano por eso se realizan en La Pampa con la idea de transferir la tecnología desarrollada. La evaluación de calidad de la carne incluye técnicas de evaluación del animal en pié como la conservación morfológica y la ecografía para predecir calidad de res en el animal vivo. Estas observaciones se corroboran a la faena donde se realiza toda la batería de evaluaciones de calidad de la res.

Motilidad Orientada de Células Neurales: La comunicación celular a distancia. Oriented neural cell motility: Cell comunication at a distance.

La motilidad celular orientada (o mecanismo quimiotáctico de orientación), es una respuesta celular a señales moleculares de su micro-ambiente necesaria para modular la distribución celular en sitios específicos y con elevada precisión. Nuestra hipótesis establece que la migración orientada de células neurales es regulada por gradientes de concentración de moléculas solubles liberadas por sus regiones "blanco". Este proyecto es continuación del estudio de la quimiotaxis de células de cresta neural (CCN) y de neuronas ventriculares (NV) inducida respectivamente por factores difusibles de la región del futuro ganglio ciliar y del bulbo olfatorio.En el sistema de CCN, hemos caracterizado como moléculas quimiotácticas a la quimioquina Stromal Cell-Derived Factor-1, y los factores tróficos Stem Cell Factor y Neurotrophic Factor-3, habiendo determinado la expresión de sus respectivos receptores CXCR4, TrkC y p75 en la población de CCN mesencefálicas de ambrión de pollo. Actualmente, estamos desarrollando experimentos con el Ciliary Neurotrophic Factor y factores de la familia Bone Morphogenetic Proteins. Además de la estrategia experimental in vitro, hemos determinado en el embrión entero la expresión de las moléculas quimioatractantes mediante hibridación in situ del ARNm y la presencia de las respectivas proteínas mediante inmunocitoquímica. En el sistema de NV, estamos analizando la motilidad celular en relación con moléculas liberadas por el bulbo olfatorio. En los dos sistemas biológicos, estamos analizando elementos de la transducción de señales y cambios en el citoesqueleto, en ambos casos asociados con la respuesta temprana en la orientación quimiotáctica de la célula. Asimismo, en ambos sistemas biológicos, evaluamos los efectos del etanol sobre la migración y distribución celular, en condiciones equivalentes a las que inducen el Sindrome Fetal Alcohólico en mamíferos.En base a resultados ya obtenidos en experimentos in vitro, en la presente etapa intentaremos su caracterización in vivo mediante el bloqueo funcional de las moléculas quimiotácticas (y/o sus receptores) sobre embriones enteros, mediante silenciamiento con ARNsi (o morfolinos específicos) mediante electroporación, y posterior determinación de la distribución celular mediante marcadores específicos anti-CCN (o lipofílicos de tipo DiI).Los resultados permitirán mejorar el conocimiento del mecanismo de la migración celular orientada y aportar al diseño de recursos diagnósticos, terapéuticos o de control de anomalías embrionarias o patologías tumorales por mala distribución celular como las Neurocristopatías, o inducidas por tóxicos exógenos como el Sindrome Fetal Alcohólico.

Instrumentation and software for the VERITAS Project and the detection of TeV Gamma-Ray Emission from the BL Lacertae Object 1ES1959+650

Transmission of Cherenkov light through the atmosphere is strongly influenced by the optical clarity of the atmosphere and the prevailing weather conditions. The performance of telescopes measuring this light is therefore dependent on atmospheric effects. This thesis presents software and hardware developed to implement a prototype sky monitoring system for use on the proposed next-generation gamma-ray telescope array, VERITAS. The system, consisting of a CCD camera and a far-infrared pyrometer, was successfully installed and tested on the ten metre atmospheric Cherenkov imaging telescope operated by the VERITAS Collaboration at the F.L. Whipple Observatory in Arizona. The thesis also presents the results of observations of the BL Lacertae object, 1ES1959+650, made with the Whipple ten metre telescope. The observations provide evidence for TeV gamma-ray emission from the BL Lacertae object, 1ES1959+650, at a level of more than 15 standard deviations above background. This represents the first unequivocal detection of this object at TeV energies, making it only the third extragalactic source seen at such levels of significance in this energy range. The flux variability of the source on a number of timescales is also investigated.