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The Portuguese Economy: The challenge of low growth and high debt
Araújo, Isabel; Lourenço, Diogo; Pereira, FranciscoIn the report entitled Global Trends 2030 – citizens in an interconnected and polycentric world, edited by Álvaro Vasconcelos, three mega-trends were identified for the evolution of global society until 2030: the empowerment of individuals, greater human development with rising inequality, climate change and scarcity of natural resources, and, finally, the emergence of a polycentric world with concomitant regul...
Evaluation of Employment Contentment among Nurses in Critical Care Settings
Fernandes, Filipe; Dias, Almeida; Araújo, Isabel; Ribeiro, Jorge; Vicente, Henrique; Neves, JoséIn Intensive Care Units (ICUs), nurses operate within an environment where data may be interpreted in entropic terms, directly influencing rapid decision-making and strategy formulation, i.e., this high-stakes environment necessitates seamless collaboration between nurses, physicians, and patients, which is vital for the association and consolidation of long-term objectives. Indeed, job satisfaction for nurses ...
Diary as a Tool to Mitigate Post-Traumatic Stress in Intensive Care Patients: A...
Araújo, Cristina; Alves, Tiago; Araújo, Isabel; Fernandes, Filipe; Araújo , Cristiana; Alves, Tiago; Araújo , Isabel; Fernandes , FilipeIntroduction: The Intensive Care Unit (ICU) environment may sometimes contribute to the development of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) in critically ill patients. The use of ICU Diaries has been proposed as a promising tool to mitigate these effects and enhance patients’ emotional recovery. Objective: To analyse recent scientific literature on the impact of ICU Diaries as a tool to mitigate PTSD, identify...
Effective Competence in Patient Care
Sousa, Lia; Neves, José; Araújo, Isabel; Gonçalves, Fernanda; Fdez-Riverola, Florentino; Gonçalves, Raquel; Vicente, Henrique; Lima, RuiAffective competence encompasses the capacity to identify, comprehend, and manage one’s own emotions as well as discern and appropriately respond to the emotions of others. This concept, first introduced by psychotherapist Silvan Tomkins in the 1960s, plays a pivotal role in empathy, i.e., the ability to grasp someone else’s perspective. Training programs aimed at bolstering affective competence focus on teachi...
Cyber interpersonal violence: Adolescent perspectives and digital practices
Machado, Bárbara; Faria, Paula Lobato; Araújo, Isabel; Caridade, Sónia Maria MartinsBackground: The pervasive use of technology, especially among adolescents, has enabled cyber communication and brought many advantages but also led to potential violence. The issue of cyber interpersonal violence (CIV) impacting young individuals is increasingly recognized as a matter of public health; however, little is known about adolescents’ perspectives of the phenomenon. This study explores adolescents’ p...
Rare Presentation of Primary Hyperparathyroidism in a Young Woman
Araújo, Isabel; Brochado, Ana Isabel; Branco Carvalho, Inês; Mateus, Sofia; Martins Baptista, AntónioEven though primary hyperparathyroidism (PHPT) is a common endocrine disorder, due to better and more regular screening, the usual presentation is only seen in less than 15% of cases of PHPT. The authors present the case of a young female patient with a previous medical history of depression and nephrolithiasis, with one year of bone pain, that had become progressively worse and disabling. In the initial work-u...
Impacto das estratégias de adaptação pedagógica, adotadas no contexto da pandem...
de Sousa, Lia Raquel; Pombal, Fernanda; Simões, Clara; Araújo, Nuno; Fernandes, Filipe; Freitas, Maria José; Araújo, IsabelA pandemia de Covid-19 impôs alterações ao normal funcionamento do sistema de Ensino Superior Português, sendo necessário implementar estratégias de adaptação pedagógica. Nos cursos da área da saúde, particularmente nos cursos de Licenciatura em Enfermagem, o plano de estudos apresenta expressiva componente de prática clínica, que teve de ser reestruturada. Com este estudo pretendeu-se identificar o impacto das...
Employees balance and stability as key points in organizational performance
Neves, José; Maia, Nuno; Marreiros, Goreti; Neves, Mariana; Fernandes, Ana; Ribeiro, Jorge; Araújo, Isabel; Araújo, Nuno; Ávidos, LilianaSystem analyses deal with interrelationships between different variables that keep the system in balance. In many analysis of complex thinking, a system is viewed as a complex unit in which the ‘whole’ is not reduced to the ‘sum’ of its parts; the system becomes an ambiguous item because it consists of several entities that interact with unforeseen results or, in other words, it is situated at a transdisciplina...
A Psychometrics Approach to Entropy
Machado, Joana; Araújo, Isabel; Dias, Almeida; Ribeiro, Jorge; Vicente, Henrique; Neves, JoséToday's metrics for women housework work (WHW) operate at a quantitative level, specifically measuring time expended on a task and the totality of tasks women perform, not considering that it is a process that is eminently qualitative in nature. To fill this gap, an innovative framework for representing and thinking about big data or knowledge is presented, borrowing from the field of artificial intelligence th...
An Assessment of the Psychometric Evidence from Household Work Satisfaction of ...
Fernandes, Filipe; Machado, Joana; Araújo, Isabel; Dias, Almeida; Ribeiro, Jorge; Vicente, Henrique; Neves, JoséPsychometrics has been understood as the branch of psychology that deals with the design, administration, and interpretation of quantitative tests for the measurement of psychological variables such as intelligence, aptitude, personality traits. On the other hand, a focus in the literature on determinants of women’s health is the cost and benefit of occupying multiple roles as employee, spouse, and mother, yet ...