Estudo da tecnologia de produção dos azulejos Hispano-Mouriscos. Colecção de azulejos Hispano-Mouriscos do Museu do Teatro Romano de Lisboa

Do trabalho em causa resultou a seguinte comunicação: Leal, A.S., Coentro, S., Pereira, S., Fernandes, L., Alves, L., Muralha, V.S.F.. ‘’The collection of Hispano-Moresque tiles from the Museum of the Roman Theatre, in Lisboa: Chemical characterisation by μ–PIXE’’. International Conference on Nuclear Microprobe Technology and Applications’’, Pádua, Itália, 6 a 11 Julho de 2014.

Proportion, (dis)Harmonies, Identities

Number, dimension, geometric constructions, and the relationship between dimensions, proportion, are expressions of harmony and rhythm and considered a source of beauty in the things of nature, like crystals, plants, and animals, but also in human artefacts, as buildings and art in general. This is an old idea, which corresponds to the Pythagorean notion that the world is a harmonious mathematical creation and that in order to attend such harmony, the things we do have to obey the same mathematical laws. Proportion (dis)Harmonies and Identities, aims to promote awareness and reflection on the importance of this issue with the dissemination of researches of various fields of knowledge.

Support in decision-making under uncertainty: a project risk assessment tool development and supplementary advances

A foremost dispute that persists on the contemporary world’s agenda is change. The on-going social/technological/economic changes create a competitive and challenging environment for companies to endure. To benefit from these changes, world economies partially depend on emerging Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) and their adaptability skills, and subsequently the development of an integrated capability to innovate has become the prime strategy for most of SMEs to subsist and grow. However, innovation and change are always somewhat bonded to an inherent risk development, which subsequently brings on the necessity of a revision of risk management approaches in innovative processes, whose importance SMEs tend to disregard. Additionally, little efforts have been made to improve and create empirical models, metrics and tools to assist SMEs managing latent risks in their innovative projects. This work seeks to present and discuss a solution to support SMEs in engaging on systematic risk management practices, which consists on an integrated risk assessment and response support web-based tool - Spotrisk® - designed for SMEs. On the other hand, an inherent subjectivity is linked with risk management and identification processes, due to uncertainty trait of its nature, for each individual perceives situations according to his own idiosyncrasy, which brings complications in normalizing risk profiles and procedures. This essay aims to bring insights concerning the support in decision-making processes under uncertainty, by addressing issues related with the risk behavior character among individuals. To address such issues, subjects of neuroscience or psychology are explored and models to identify such character are proposed, as well as models to improve presented tool. This work attempts to go beyond the restrictive aim of endeavoring on technical improvement dissertation, and in embraces an exploratory conceptualization concerning micro, small and medium businesses’ traits regarding risk characters and project risk assessment tools.

Return migration and entrepreneurship: An IV approach

Double Degree. A Work Project, presented as part of the requirements for the Award of a Master’s Degree in Management from NOVA – School of Business and Economics and a Masters Degree in Economics from Louvain School of Management

A marketing plan for an enter into a healthy category: The launch of Lactalis Nestlé bifidus yogurt

Marketing Directed Research

Hepatic hydatid cyst: a non-surgical approach

Echinococcosis/hydatidosis is common in societies where agriculture and livestock are frequent, and represents a public health problem. The therapeutic management depends on the cyst's characteristics, the patient, and surgical contraindications. Endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography is a valuable tool in the diagnosis and treatment of complicated hepatic hydatid disease. Ultrasonography is a useful diagnostic, therapeutic and follow-up tool. The authors report a case of a 56 years old patient who was diagnosed with a hepatic hydatid cyst in the IVa/VIII segments, describe the therapeutic options and 50 months of disease-free follow-up.

Credit default swap (CDS) prediction model & trading strategy

This project focuses on the study of different explanatory models for the behavior of CDS security, such as Fixed-Effect Model, GLS Random-Effect Model, Pooled OLS and Quantile Regression Model. After determining the best fitness model, trading strategies with long and short positions in CDS have been developed. Due to some specifications of CDS, I conclude that the quantile regression is the most efficient model to estimate the data. The P&L and Sharpe Ratio of the strategy are analyzed using a backtesting analogy, where I conclude that, mainly for non-financial companies, the model allows traders to take advantage of and profit from arbitrages.

How do current term structure model behave beyond the last liquid point?: A comparison of the DNS and Smith-Wilson methods

A Work Project, presented as part of the requirements for the Award of a Master’s Double Degree in Finance from Maastricht University and NOVA – School of Business and Economics

Banco Invest's internationalization

Field lab: Business project

Autoconsumo: análise e caso de estudo

O trabalho apresentado corresponde à dissertação relatório para obtenção do grau de mestre em Engenharia Eletrotécnica e Computadores ao abrigo do programa especial para ser mestre. Pretende-se fazer um enquadramento da nova lei do autoconsumo, implicações e apresentar um caso prático simulado, baseado em valores, sempre que possíveis reais, quer da parte de consumos, quer do estudo das soluções. Os primeiros parágrafos são dedicados ao histórico do autoconsumo, sendo os seguintes destinados à apresentação dos aspetos técnicos da nova legislação, bem como a sua implicação, nomeadamente nos vários setores da atividade económica. Relativamente ao caso prático, identificou-se uma vivenda na região de Lisboa. Partindo dos valores de consumo, mediram-se os valores em standby e valores de consumo médios. Calculou-se o impacto da instalação de um sistema de painéis de potência 200 W. Num segundo cenário, a instalação de um sistema de painéis de potência 480 W e num terceiro cenário a instalação de um conjunto de painéis com potência 1,5 kW, destinado à venda total da energia produzida. Nos cálculos apresentados, teve-se em consideração o custo real dos equipamentos e instalação baseado em valores médios de mercado. Apresenta-se também uma estimativa de retorno do investimento.

Thrombocytopenia as a surrogate marker of hepatosplenic schistosomiasis in endemic areas for Schistosomiasis mansoni

Introduction This study aimed to evaluate whether a low platelet count is a good surrogate marker of hepatosplenic schistosomiasis (HSS) in a rural area of Brazil. A small district in southeastern Brazil, with a population of 1,543 individuals and a 23% prevalence of schistosomiasis, was selected for this investigation. Methods In July 2012, 384 volunteers were subjected to clinical, ultrasonography (US), and laboratory examinations, including stool sample analysis. The HSS patients were classified into four groups: Group 1 consisted of patients with a spleen >13cm and liver fibrosis; Group 2 consisted of patients with a palpable spleen and spleen>13cm measured by US; Group 3 consisted of patients with a spleen >13cm measured by US; and Group 4 consisted of patients with a palpable spleen. Results Eight patients were in Group 1 (2.1%), twenty-one were in Group 2 (5.5%), eight were in Group 3 (2.1%), and eighteen were in Group 4 (4.7%). A significant difference in the mean platelet counts was observed between the patients with and without HSS (p<0.01). Based on the receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curve (platelet count <143,000/mm3), the sensitivity was greater than 92% in all groups, and the specificity varied from 44.4% to 75%. Conclusions We concluded that in endemic areas, thrombocytopenia demonstrates good sensitivity for detecting HSS and may be used as a screening tool to identify patients with HSS.

Modelação de processos para as principais áreas de recursos humanos

Esta dissertação tem por principal objetivo propor modelos BPMN que possam representar as boas práticas em gestão recursos humanos, a fim de facilitar a identificação dos principais requisitos dos pacotes de software para a Gestão de Recursos Humanos. Assim, foram estudadas as sub-áreas recrutamento e seleção, avaliação de desempenho, formação e desenvolvimento, cálculo e pagamento de salários e recompensas, e a gestão de carreira. Para o desenho dos modelos BPMN foi adotada a metodologia design science, adequada aos projetos de investigação em tecnologias e sistemas de informação que têm por objetivo o design de artefactos a partir de bases teóricas. Os modelos desenvolvidos foram disponibilizados para avaliação por gestores e executivos da área de gestão de recursos humanos o que permitiu refinar e melhorar os mesmos.

Phenotypic and genotypic profile of pyrethroid resistance in populations of the mosquito Aedes aegypti from Goiânia, Central West Brazil

ABSTRACTINTRODUCTION:The mosquito Aedes aegypti has evolved resistance to pyrethroid insecticides. The present study evaluated Ae. aegypti from Goiânia for the resistant phenotype and for mutations associated with resistance.METHODS:Insecticide dose-response bioassays were conducted on mosquitoes descended from field-collected eggs, and polymerase chain reaction (PCR) was used to genotype 90 individuals at sites implicated in pyrethroid resistance.RESULTS:All mosquito populations displayed high levels of resistance to deltamethrin, as well as high frequencies of the 1016Ile kdr and 1534Cys kdrmutations.CONCLUSIONS:Aedes aegypti populations in the Goiânia area are highly resistant to deltamethrin, presumably due to high frequencies of kdr(knockdown-resistance) mutations.