Affective 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...
This study evaluates the effectiveness of the corporate collective decision-making process in daily operations, using a unique blend of Mathematical Logic and Entropy in the representation and processing of knowledge. This approach aims at boosting system management and the performance of decision-makers both individually and as a group. The corporate collective decision-making process is inherently intricate, ...
O presente relatório pretende apresentar aos leitores o trabalho decorrente do estágio académico no âmbito do mestrado de Psicologia Clínica e do Aconselhamento, realizado na Universidade Autónoma de Lisboa. A população alvo são crianças com idades compreendidas entre os 0 e os 6 anos, com perturbações do desenvolvimento, residentes no distrito de Lisboa. No âmbito do estado da arte, a intervenção precoce inici...
A razão cintura-anca (RCA) em mulheres é um indicador de atributos de saúde, juventude e fertilidade; o qual tem sido utilizado como uma medida de atratividade. No caso do sexo feminino a dimensão da anca indica a dimensão pélvica e, consequentemente, a dimensão do canal reprodutivo associando-se assim à fertilidade. Por outro lado, a dimensão da cintura transmite informações sobre estado de saúde feminino ou r...
Introduction: Congenital cytomegalovirus (CMV) infection is the main cause of sensorineural deafness in children. In Portugal, routine screening of the infection during pregnancy is not performed. It is acknowledged that late sequelae may occur in children with congenital infections, even when they are asymptomatic at birth. The aim of this study was to investigate early and late sequelae in children of mothers...
This paper addresses the problem of summer branch drop (SBD) in urban forests, namely through detecting the causes of this unpredictable event, aiming at preventing and increasing the control of this phenomenon, while using the most recent methodologies to detect wood deterioration, namely visual tree assessment (VTA), drilling resistance, and acoustic tomography, in an isolated and associated way. The study co...
Introduction: The role played by caregivers of children with complex chronic diseases may be influenced by sleep disturbances. This situation may affect long-term quality care for children. This study aimed to evaluate the sleep quality of caregivers of children with complex chronic diseases under home mechanical ventilation. Methods: This analytical observational study was carried out from October 2018 to Janu...
The current consumers’ demand for high quality food products together with the growing awareness regarding the link between health and nutrition has led to the development of novel food products with added functionality. Such functionality can be modulated by adding bio-based nanosystems that can improve the bioaccessibility of bioactive compounds and facilitate nutrient absorption. However, these functional pr...