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Restoration of natural and productive ecosystem systems targeting climate chang...
Filipe, Susana; Branco, PauloIn Europe more than 80% of the ecosystems are in poor condition due to excessive pressures being exerted by Humans. These systems provide services without which societies would subside. The need to act towards restoration is pressing and it is known that this is economically, not only viable but extremely profitable as every € spent on restoring ecosystems is expected to return 8 to 38 € in benefits. To spur th...
A dataset of acoustic measurements from soundscapes collected worldwide during ...
Challéat, Samuel; Farrugia, Nicolas; Froidevaux, Jérémy S. P.; Gasc, Amandine; Pajusco, Nicolas; Abrahams, Carlos R.; Acevedo-Charry, OrlandoPolitical responses to the COVID-19 pandemic led to changes in city soundscapes around the globe. From March to October 2020, a consortium of 261 contributors from 35 countries brought together by the Silent Cities project built a unique soundscape recordings collection to report on local acoustic changes in urban areas. We present this collection here, along with metadata including observational descriptions o...
Aperfeiçoamento da formação de bombeiros através da realidade virtual: perspeti...
Pinheiro, Bruno; Veiga, Pedro Alves da; Branco, PauloA utilização da realidade virtual (RV) na formação de bombeiros é uma inovação promissora, com o potencial de transformar métodos de treino tradicionais, ao permitir simulações de cenários de alto risco de forma controlada e segura. Este artigo explora os benefícios e os desafios da integração da RV em programas de formação, destacando as suas vantagens no desenvolvimento de competências práticas e na preparaçã...
Gamificação como elemento de motivação e engagement, aplicada à Metodologia Ági...
Branco, Paulo; Soberano, MarleneNo contexto atual, com o crescente recurso ao trabalho remoto, a tendência passa por procurar, cada vez mais, estratégias que permitam a continuidade e o aumento da motivação, comunicação e compromisso das equipas de TI. Com este artigo, pretende-se demonstrar a importância da gamificação enquanto ferramenta profícua para alcançar o comprometimento e aumentar a motivação. Assim, de forma a fundamentar as estrat...
Gastos públicos em mobilidade urbana no Brasil
Monzoni, Mario; Branco, Paulo; Vendramini, Annelise; Peirão, Paula; Hummel, Natalia LuttiEste trabalho é resultado de uma iniciativa conjunta do Centro de Estudos em Sustentabilidade, da Escola de Administração de Empresas da Fundação Getulio Vargas (FGVces) e o Instituto de Energia e Meio Ambiente (IEMA), com o apoio da Oak Foundation e do Instituto Clima e Sociedade (iCS), para levantar e analisar o volume de recursos financeiros públicos destinados à mobilidade urbana. Esse levantamento a...
Evaluation of the trophic status in a Mediterranean reservoir under climate cha...
Almeida, Carina; Branco, Paulo; Segurado, Pedro; Ramos, Tiago B.; Ferreira, Teresa; Neves, Ramiro; Oliveira, Rodrigo ProençaThis study describes an integrated modelling approach to better understand the trophic status of the Montargil reservoir (southern Portugal) under climate change scenarios. The SWAT and CE-QUAL-W2 models were applied to the basin and reservoir, respectively, for simulating water and nutrient dynamics while considering one climatic scenario and two decadal timelines (2025–2034 and 2055–2064). Model simulations s...
Implementation of a YBCO Superconducting ZFC-Magnetic Bearing Prototype
Arsénio, António; Roque, Miguel; Carvalho, Martim; Cardeira, Carlos; Melicio, Rui; Branco, PauloThis paper presents the conception and real prototype implementation of an original superconducting frictionless zero field cooling (ZFC) bearing. In the previous paper, a viability study of a ZFC-superconducting bearing concept was conducted. It showed that the virtual prototype was feasible. Moreover, the simulation studies showed that a ZFC superconducting track provides not only effective lateral stability ...
Predicting the ecological status of rivers and streams under different climatic...
Molina-Navarro, Eugenio; Segurado, Pedro; Branco, Paulo; Almeida, CarinaFreshwater systems have increasingly been subjected to a multitude of human pressures and the re-establishment of their ecological integrity is currently a major worldwide challenge. Expected future climate and socioeconomic changes will most probably further exacerbate such challenges. Modelling techniques may provide useful tools to help facing these demands, but their use is still limited within ecological q...
Prototype of a zero-field-cooled YBCO bearing with continuous ring permanent ma...
Arsénio, António; Roque, Miguel; Cardeira, Carlos; Branco, Paulo; Melício, RuiBased on the levitating design of the Zero-Field-Cooled (ZFC) Maglev previously developed, a novel horizontal ZFC superconductor magnetic bearing (SMB) is currently being developed. However, simulations have shown that its stator and rotor made of YBCO bulks and NdFeB permanent magnets (PM), respectively, present significant magnetic discontinuities. These produce asymmetries on the bearing rotation and several...
Oxygen depletion affects kinematics and shoaling cohesion of cyprinid fish
Hayes, Daniel S.; Branco, Paulo; Santos, J.M.; Ferreira, TeresaNumerous anthropogenic stressors impact rivers worldwide. Hypoxia, resulting from organic waste releases and eutrophication, occurs very commonly in Mediterranean rivers. Nonetheless, little is known about the effects of deoxygenation on the behavior of Mediterranean freshwater fish. To fill this knowledge gap, we assessed the impact of three different dissolved oxygen levels (normoxia, 48.4%, 16.5% saturation)...