Influência de filtros de ruído dinâmico na perceção das cores utilizando um novo teste de visão das cores

Dissertação de mestrado em Optometria Avançada

Aplicação móvel android de apoio a gestão de empréstimos e reservas das bibliotecas da Universidade do Minho

Dissertação de mestrado integrado em Engenharia de Telecomunicações e Informática

A bio-inspired computational model for motion detection

Tese de Doutoramento (Programa Doutoral em Engenharia Biomédica)

Digital literacy, technology and social inclusion: making sense of one-to-one computer programmes around the world

This book was produced in the scope of a research project entitled “Navigating with ‘Magalhães’: Study on the Impact of Digital Media in Schoolchildren”. This study was conducted between May 2010 and May 2013 at the Communication and Society Research Centre, University of Minho, Portugal and it was funded by the Portuguese Foundation for Science and Technology (PTDC/CCI-COM/101381/2008).

Foreword [to Digital literacy, technology and social inclusion: making sense of one-to-one computer programmes around the world]

(Excerto) In times past, learning to read, write and do arithmetic was to get on course to earn the “writ of emancipation” in society. These skills are still essential today, but are not enough to live in society. Reading and critically understanding the world we live in, with all its complexity, difficulties and challenges, require not only other skills (learning to search for and validate information, reading with new codes and grammar, etc) but, to a certain extent, also metaskills, matrixes and mechanisms that are transversal to the different and new literacies, are necessary. They are needed not just to interpret but equally to communicate and participate in the little worlds that make up our everyday activities as well as, in a broader sense, in the world of the polis, which today is a global world.

Introduction [to Digital literacy, technology and social inclusion: making sense of one-to-one computer programmes around the world]

This book was produced in the scope of a research project entitled “Navigating with ‘Magalhães’: Study on the Impact of Digital Media in Schoolchildren”. This study was conducted between May 2010 and May 2013 at the Communication and Society Research Centre, University of Minho, Portugal and it was funded by the Portuguese Foundation for Science and Technology (PTDC/CCI-COM/101381/2008). As we shall explain in more detail later in this book, the main objective of that research project was to analyse the impact of the Portuguese government programme named ´e-escolinha´ launched in 2008 within the Technological Plan for Education. This Plan responds to the principles of the Lisbon Strategy signed in 2000 and rereleased in the Spring European Council of 2005.

A 3D computer assisted Orthopedic Surgery Planning approach based on planar radiography

Dissertação de mestrado integrado em Engenharia Biomédica (área de especialização em Informática Médica)

La carte postale et la représentation des espaces public et intime

La carte postale est un kaléidoscope de vues, d’ornements et de couleurs, qui consacre un tout petit espace au message. C’est à la photographie et aux procédés de reproduction photomécaniques que revient le mérite d’avoir industrialisé la production de la carte postale. Et ce sont les clichés de villes, avec leurs monuments et leurs paysages, qui confèrent à la carte postale son statut de moyen de communication de masse et qui lui concèdent une affinité avec l’industrie du tourisme. La carte postale s’est ainsi emparée de l’ambition photographique de reproduire le monde, s’alliant aux « besoins de l’exploration, des expéditions et des relevés topographiques » du médium photographique à ses débuts. Ayant comme point de départ la carte postale, notre objectif est de montrer les conséquences culturelles de la révolution optique, commencée au milieu du XIXe siècle, avec l’invention de l’appareil photo, et consumée dans la seconde moitié du XXe siècle, avec l’apparition de l’ordinateur. En effet, depuis l’apparition de l’appareil photographique et des cartes postales jusqu’au flux de pixels de Google Images et aux images satellite de Google Earth, un entrelacement de territoire, puissance et technique a été mis en oeuvre, la terre devenant, en conséquence, de plus en plus auscultée par les appareils de vision, ce qui impacte sur la perception de l’espace. Nous espérons pouvoir montrer avec cette étude que la lettre traditionnelle est à l’email ce que la carte postale est au post que l’on publie dans un blog ou dans des réseaux comme Facebook et Twitter. À notre sens, les cartes postales correspondent à l’ouverture maximale du système postal moderne, qui d’universel devient dépendant et partie intégrante des réseaux télématiques d’envoi. Par elles sont annoncés, en effet, la vitesse de transmission de l’information, la brièveté de la parole et l’hégémonie de la dimension imagétique du message, et pour finir, l’embarras provoqué par la fusion de l’espace public avec l’espace privé.

Pharming: análise dogmático-penal, em especial enquanto forma de lesão do património

Dissertação de mestrado em Direito e Informática

Plataforma de Telemedicina utilizando Android OS

Las enfermedades crónicas, especialmente enfermedades del corazón, diabetes, pulmonares, son un problema que tiene un impacto dramático en la productividad de las personas afectadas y en el costo de la asistencia sanitaria. Además, en personas de edad avanzada que pueden sufrir caídas por el deterioro de su sistema de locomoción resultaría adecuado el registro permanente del movimiento. Esto es especialmente necesario para aquellos que viven solos y/o en zonas rurales, donde los sistemas de salud pública no llegan, o lo hacen de manera deficiente. Por ello, en zonas rurales es previsible que se produzca un aumento de la demanda de atención a través de sistemas de telemedicina, lo cual, estimulará a pequeñas instituciones de salud a ofrecer este tipo de servicio. Algunos trabajos recientes sugieren que la tecnología móvil para la telemedicina podría reducir costos y mejorar la eficacia del tratamiento de enfermedades. En este trabajo se propone un sistema de telemedicina de bajo costo para monitorear parámetros fisiológicos (ECG y parámetros biomecánicos) en forma remota, desde zonas rurales o urbanas, utilizando telefonía móvil con sistema operativo Android y un servidor remoto para el almacenamiento masivo de datos. Se utiliza un sistema embebido con microcontrolador ColdFire V1 de 32 bits de la Empresa Freescale para adquirir las señales fisiológicas y biomecánicas, y enviarlas al dispositivo móvil a través del protocolo Bluetooth. Los datos adquiridos en el sistema móvil son almacenados masivamente en la tarjeta de memoria flash en forma local; y luego son enviados al servidor remoto por medio de GPRS u otro tipo de conexión a internet. Los parámetros son visualizados en la pantalla del teléfono móvil y en el servidor remoto, permitiendo el análisis y diagnóstico. Se evalúa la calidad de la transmisión de datos y la performance del sistema

Computer integrated testing for the transport refrigeration systems industry.

This is a study of a state of the art implementation of a new computer integrated testing (CIT) facility within a company that designs and manufactures transport refrigeration systems. The aim was to use state of the art hardware, software and planning procedures in the design and implementation of three CIT systems. Typical CIT system components include data acquisition (DAQ) equipment, application and analysis software, communication devices, computer-based instrumentation and computer technology. It is shown that the introduction of computer technology into the area of testing can have a major effect on such issues as efficiency, flexibility, data accuracy, test quality, data integrity and much more. Findings reaffirm how the overall area of computer integration continues to benefit any organisation, but with more recent advances in computer technology, communication methods and software capabilities, less expensive more sophisticated test solutions are now possible. This allows more organisations to benefit from the many advantages associated with CIT. Examples of computer integration test set-ups and the benefits associated with computer integration have been discussed.

Supportive presentation for computer games

Supportive presentation, computer games, non-photorealistic rendering camera control, camera AI, human factors, user interfaces, action summary, action replay, non-photorealistic rendering case studies, psychology

Frame-coherent 3D stippling for non-photorealistic computer graphics

Stipping, non-photorealistic rendering, non-photorealistic computer graphics