The remote work trend has changed the organizational network architectures of firms, thereby in-creasing the attack surfaces in cybersecurity and auditing. It has thus become increasingly important to understand security controls, risk management practices, and how audit mechanisms are imple-mented in distributed environments. This research employs a bibliometric review, conducted in ac-cordance with the PRISMA...
Active rectifiers are of paramount importance for guaranteeing power quality in smart grids, due to their characteristics of sinusoidal current consumption and unitary power factor operation. In this paper, a novel unified single-phase (USP) front-end converter is proposed for active rectifier applications in smart grids, offering additional advantages and a set of relevant features besides the conventional act...
Em 2023, a área de produção de cereja em Portugal foi de 6 470 ha e na Beira Interior foi de 3 100 ha. A produção de cereja na Beira Interior atingiu um máximo de 12 000 t em 2022, mas caracterizou-se por uma grande irregularidade da produção nos últimos 5 anos, associada ao quadro de alterações climáticas, com ocorrência muito frequente de fenómenos extremos. Em 2022, o nosso País importou 8,5 milhões de euros...
This dissertation explores the implementation of Value-Based Healthcare (VBHC) through a multidimensional lens, addressing research questions on cultural organization on VBHC, dimensions and tools identified for assessment, change management and improvisation methodology in VBHC implementation. Methodologically integrates qualitative and quantitative research to investigate different cultural organization dimen...
Designing an accessible, financially viable healthcare system is a key challenge for society. The value-based healthcare (VBHC) strategic model aims to simultaneously improve the quality of healthcare and the efficiency of health systems. The aim of this research was to describe the perceptions of different stakeholders in the Portuguese health industry about the creation of value and the understanding of VBHC ...
In the last few years, the industrial, scientific, and technological fields have been subject to a revolutionary process of digitalization and automation called Industry 4.0. Its implementation has been successful mainly in the economic field of sustainability, while the environmental field has been gaining more attention from researchers recently. However, the social scope of Industry 4.0 is still somewhat neg...
In the last few years, the industrial, scientific, and technological fields have been subject to a revolutionary process of digitalization and automation called Industry 4.0. Its implementation has been successful mainly in the economic field of sustainability, while the environmental field has been gaining more attention from researchers recently. However, the social scope of Industry 4.0 is still somewhat neg...
Conferência online realizada no dia 15 de Junho 2022. A sessão de abertura contou com a intervenção da Diretora do IDN, Isabel Ferreira Nunes e pelo Secretário de Estado do Ambiente e Energia, João Galamba. Foi moderador do evento Carlos Coutinho Rodrigues (Assessor de Estudos do Instituto da Defesa Nacional)
Long-term and reliable marine ecosystems monitoring is essential to address current environmental issues, including climate change and biodiversity threats. The existing oceans monitoring systems show clear data gaps, particularly when considering characteristics such as depth coverage or measured variables in deep and open seas. Over the last decades, the number of fixed and mobile platforms for in situ ocean ...