People and object tracking for video annotation

Dissertação para obtenção do Grau de Mestre em Engenharia Informática

Information Society in Croatia, Landsc@pes of Knowledge for Development

Sabbatical Studies Report

The Use of Statins in People at Risk of Developing Diabetes Mellitus: Evidence and Guidance for Clinical Practice

Reducing low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C) levels using statins is associated with significant reductions in cardiovascular (CV) events in a wide range of patient populations. Although statins are generally considered to be safe, recent studies suggest they are associated with an increased risk of developing Type 2 diabetes (T2D). This led the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to change their labelling requirements for statins to include a warning about the possibility of increased blood sugar and HbA1c levels and the European Medicines Agency (EMA) to issue guidance on a small increased risk of T2D with the statin class. This review examines the evidence leading to these claims and provides practical guidance for primary care physicians on the use of statins in people with or at risk of developing T2D. Overall, evidence suggests that the benefits of statins for the reduction of CV risk far outweigh the risk of developing T2D, especially in individuals with higher CV risk. To reduce the risk of developing T2D, physicians should assess all patients for T2D risk prior to starting statin therapy, educate patients about their risks, and encourage risk-reduction through lifestyle changes. Whether some statins are more diabetogenic than others requires further study. Statin-treated patients at high risk of developing T2D should regularly be monitored for changes in blood glucose or HbA1c levels, and the risk of conversion from pre-diabetes to T2D should be reduced by intensifying lifestyle changes. Should a patient develop T2D during statin treatment, physicians should continue with statin therapy and manage T2D in accordance with relevant national guidelines.

Public Participation geographic information systems in developing countries: lessons from Uganda on the impacts of interactive screens PPGIS and community perceptions of space

Dissertation submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the Degree of Master of Science in Geospatial Technologies.

NEGOSEIO: framework for the sustainability of model-oriented enterprise interoperability

Dissertation to obtain the degree of Doctor of Philosophy in Electrical and Computer Engineering(Industrial Information Systems)

Knowledge and practices of general practitioners of district Peshawar about schizophrenia

ABSTRACT: Schizophrenia with its disabling features has been placed in the top ten of global burden of disease and is associated with long-term decline in functional ability. General Practitioners not only have an important role in treating patients with an established diagnosis of schizophrenia but they can also contribute significantly by identifying people in early stages of psychosis as they are the first hand medical help available and the duration of untreated psychosis is a good indicator of patient’s prognosis. This cross sectional survey, conducted at the clinics of General Practitioners, was designed to assess the knowledge and practices of general practitioners in Peshawar on diagnosis and treatment of schizophrenia. A semi structured questionnaire was used to assess their knowledge and practices regarding schizophrenia. The Knowledge/Practice was then categorized as good or poor based on their responses to the questions of the administered questionnaire. Overall, the results showed that the knowledge and practices of general practitioners of district Peshawar were poor regarding schizophrenia and may be responsible for delayed diagnosis, inadequate treatment and poor prognosis.

The impact of knowledge transfer on innovation in multinational corporations: Exploring the contingent effects

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

The impact of the social class on the development of money knowledge

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

Inteligência emocional como competência na formação do futuro gestor de saúde de instituições de saúde : proposta de uma unidade curricular

RESUMO - Introdução: A formação de um gestor neste século é um verdadeiro desafio, pois apesar das instituições de ensino superior formarem profissionais com capacidade para actuar na área da Gestão da Saúde, é difícil afirmar que tal formação seja suficiente para produzir os grandes gestores exigidos actualmente para orientarem Instituições de Saúde modernas. Assim, muitos são os estudos que têm mostrado que os gestores de saúde mais eficazes se assemelham num requisito crucial: a Inteligência Emocional (IE). Objectivos: Perceber a importância do ensino das competências emocionais nos Cursos de Mestrado em Gestão da Saúde; analisar de forma descritiva/analítica e crítica o módulo opcional de Emoção, Liderança e Coaching na Gestão da Saúde leccionado no Mestrado em Gestão da Saúde na Escola Nacional de Saúde Pública; e por fim construir uma proposta de Unidade Curricular de Inteligência Emocional. Metodologia: Realizou-se uma revisão da literatura que permitiu desenvolver e adquirir conhecimentos, conceitos e teorias na área da IE. De seguida, procedeu-se a uma análise descritiva/analítica e crítica do módulo opcional de Emoção, Liderança e Coaching na Gestão em Saúde leccionado no Mestrado em Gestão da Saúde na Escola Nacional de Saúde Pública, com base na revisão de literatura anteriormente efectuada; e por fim tentou-se construir uma proposta de Unidade Curricular de Inteligência Emocional a ser leccionada a futuros gestores de saúde. Conclusões: Este trabalho tem como principal intuito por um lado, mostrar através da vária literatura consultada que a Inteligência Emocional é uma competência essencial a ser desenvolvida pelos gestores em saúde de hoje em dia, pois as competências que a englobam fazem toda a diferença na organização, tornando os funcionários mais motivados, seguros e comprometidos com o que fazem; por outro lado foi um trabalho que permitiu reunir dados e ampliar as ideias sobre Inteligência Emocional. Da análise efectuada do módulo leccionado no Mestrado em Gestão de Saúde na Escola Nacional de Saúde Pública, o que se pode concluir é que a carga horária assim como o peso do módulo que é opcional, é pouco significativo (tendo uma percentagem apenas de 3,33% dos ECTS (Sistema Europeu de créditos curriculares que significa European Credit Transfer System) e de acordo com os dados disponibilizados pela colega Mestre Joana Areias no IV Curso de Mestrado em Gestão da Saúde, apenas 36,6% dos alunos frequentaram este módulo, o que revela que ainda nem todos os futuros gestores de saúde estão dispertos para a importância do desenvolvimento da Inteligência Emocional como competência essencial nas suas práticas.

The impact of sizeof the firm and exchange rate in the export propensity of domestic and foreign owned firms in a developing country: A study of the Brazilian exporters

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

A framework for developing motion-based games

Dissertação para obtenção do Grau de Mestre em Engenharia Informática

Developing and validating a measure of the strength of the HRM system: Operationalizing the construct and relationships among its dimensions

The four studies in this article introduce a questionnaire to measure Strength of the HRM System (HRMSQ), a multidimensional construct, theoretically developed by Bowen and Ostroff (2004). Strength of the HRM System is a set of process characteristics that lead to effectiveness in conveying signals to employees that allow them to create a shared meaning of desired and appropriate work behaviours. Nine characteristics are suggested, grouped in three features: Distinctiveness, Consistency and Consensus. Study 1 developed and tested a questionnaire in a sample of workers from five different sectors. Study 2 cross-validated the measure in a sample of civil servants in a municipality. These two studies used performance appraisal as the reference HRM practice and led to a short version of the HRMSQ. Study 3 and Study 4 extend the HRMSQ to several common HRM practices. The HRMSQ is tested in two samples, of call center and several private and public organizations‟ workers (study 3). In study 4 the questionnaire is refined and tested with a sample from a hotel chain and finally cross-validated with two other samples, in the insurance and batteries sectors, leading to a longer version of the HRMSQ. Content analysis of several interviews with human resource managers and the Rasch model (1960, 1961, 1980), were used to define and select the indicators of the questionnaire. Convergent, discriminant and predictive validity of the measure are tested. The results of the four studies highlight the complexity of the relationships between the proposed characteristics and support the validity of a parsimonious measure of Strength of the HRM System.

WebGIS applied to Improve Spatial Knowledge of High School Students

Dissertation submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the Degree of Master of Science in Geospatial Technologies