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Multidisciplinary optimisation of an Unmanned Aerial Vehicle with a fuel cell p...
Alves, BernardoPara explorar a utilização de células de combustível a hidrogénio como alternativa viável aos combustíveis nocivos em veículos aéreos não-tripulados, um conceito de UAV de classe I foi desenvolvido no Centro de Investigação da Força Aérea (CIAFA). Este trabalho foca-se nos estudos trade-off realizados durante a sua conceção e na subsequente otimização. Primeiro, uma abordagem de otimização multi-objetivo foi ut...
Mercury exposure in Portuguese adolescents
Namorado, Sónia; Gomes, Diogo; Iria, Diogo; Cestelli, Federico; Mota, Afonso; Alves, Bernardo; Leal, João; Luz, Andreia; Gomes, João; Barros, RafaelThe possible health effects related to exposure to hazardous chemicals have let to citizens interest in environmental health. Mercury, in particular, has been recognized as a chemical of concern, due to its well-known neurotoxicity and endocrine disrupting potential. In this work a group of teenagers from a school in Lisbon together with their teachers and researchers from the academia conducted a human biomoni...
Mobile applications for pandemic monitoring: approaches, challenges and opportu...
Alves, Bernardo; Afonso, Vera; Silva, Ana Paula; Ribeiro, Fernando Reinaldo; Silva, Arlindo F.In the context of the COVID-19 pandemic, mobile applications have been widely used and promoted to help prevent the spread of the pandemic. Many countries have proposed these applications with the aim of improving contact tracing and thus helping “flatten the curve” of infection case numbers. However, even though there were many campaigns to promote the use of these apps, their adoption was relatively low, whic...