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How learning to cycle influences lifestyle: an eight country pooled analysis an...
Estevan, Isaac; Meester, An De; Veldman, Sanne L.C.; Lopes, Frederico; Hasanen, Elina; Laukkanen, Arto; Tortella, Patrizia; Sá, CristinaCycling plays a key role in the promotion of individual, community, and planetary health. However, no previous study has explored the interplay between the process of learning to cycle and cycling habits, adopting a person-centered approach. To understand which variables promote the learning process (i.e., acquisition) and lifelong bicycle use on a daily and recreational basis (i.e., engagement), the aim of thi...
PrivateCTGAN: adapting GAN for privacy-aware tabular data sharing
Lopes, Frederico; Soares, Carlos; Cortez, PauloThis research addresses the challenge of generating synthetic data that resembles real-world data while preserving privacy. With privacy laws protecting sensitive information such as healthcare data, accessing sufficient training data becomes difficult, resulting in an increased difficulty in training Machine Learning models and in overall worst models. Recently, there has been an increased interest in the usag...
A review of computational modeling in wastewater treatment processes
Duarte, Maria Salomé; Martins, Gilberto; Oliveira, Pedro; Fernandes, Bruno; Ferreira, Eugénio C.; Alves, M. M.; Lopes, Frederico; Pereira, M. A.Wastewater treatment companies are facing several challenges related to the optimization of energy efficiency, meeting more restricted water quality standards, and resource recovery potential. Over the past decades, computational models have gained recognition as effective tools for addressing some of these challenges, contributing to the economic and operational efficiencies of wastewater treatment plants (WWT...
The impact of kindergarten outdoor policies and physical environments on childr...
Moreira, Mariana; Veiga, Guida; Lopes, Frederico; Cordovil, RitaThe existence of specific quality indicators of kindergarten outdoor physical environments and pedagogical policies seems to promote different affordances to play, which has impacts on children’s play behavior, and on their motor and socio-emotional development. This article presents a methodology to be used in a PhD project, which aims to analyze the quality of the outdoor physical environments and pedagogical...
The relationship between the quality of kindergartens’ outdoor physical environ...
Moreira, Mariana; Cordovil, Rita; Lopes, Frederico; da Silva, B.M.S.; Veiga, GuidaThe ability to initiate and engage in relationships is a critical landmark and predictor of children’s development and well-being. In kindergarten, children exhibit greater social participation outdoors rather than indoors. Indeed, the physical environment influences preschoolers’ social proximity. In this study, we examine the relationship between the quality of kindergartens’ outdoor physical environment and ...
A relação entre o espaço exterior e a criança que brinca: que domínios têm sido...
Pereira, Joana; Veiga, Guida; Vila-Nova, Fábio; Lopes, Frederico; Cordovil, RitaO direito ao brincar, consagrado no 31o artigo da Convenção sobre os direitos das crianças, pressupõe a criação de tempo e espaço para que as crianças possam brincar livremente. A crescente preocupação com as práticas de implementação deste direito trouxe um maior interesse na qualidade e características dos espaços de jogo e recreio que oferecem diferentes possibilidades de ação às crianças. Este estudo de car...
American environment and policy assessment and observation self-report (epaosr)...
Moreira, Mariana; Veiga, Guida; Lopes, Frederico; Cordovil, RitaA prática frequente de atividade física na primeira infância está associada a melhor saúde física, mental e psicossocial, melhor competência motora e cognitiva (1). O Jardim de Infância é um contexto que, pelas suas características, tem impacto nos níveis de atividade física das crianças nesta idade (2). O instrumento EPAO-SR avalia os indicadores de qualidade de atividade física e nutrição do Jardim de Infânci...
Learning to cycle: a cross-cultural and cross-generational comparison
Cordovil, R.; Mercê, Cristiana; Branco, Marco A. C.; Lopes, Frederico; Catela, David; Hasanen, Elina; Laukkanen, Arto; TORTELLA, PatriziaBackground: Learning to cycle is an important milestone for children, but the popularity of cycling and the environmental factors that promote the development and practice of this foundational movement skill vary among cultures and across time. This present study aimed to investigate if country of residence and the generation in which a person was born influence the age at which people learn to cycle. Methods: ...
Learning to cycle: from training wheels to balance bike
Mercê, Cristiana; Branco, Marco A. C.; Catela, David; Lopes, Frederico; Cordovil, R.Background: Learning to cycle is an important milestone in a child’s life, so it is important to allow them to explore cycling as soon as possible. The use of a bicycle with training wheels (BTW) for learning to cycling is an old approach practiced worldwide. Most recently, a new approach using the balance bike (BB) has received increased attention, and several entities believe that this could be most efficient...
Caracterização da qualidade do envolvimento físico dos jardins de infância de B...
Moreira, Mariana; Vasques, Catarina; Magalhães, Pedro; Cordovil, Rita; Veiga, Guida; Lopes, FredericoCaracterizar a qualidade do envolvimento físico do Jardim de Infância (JI) é compreender como é que o seu espaço físico envolve a criança e apoia o seu desenvolvimento (Moreira et al., 2020). Bons indicadores de qualidade de envolvimento físico do JI influenciam positivamente o desenvolvimento infantil (Berti et al., 2019). Com a pandemia COVID-19 e mediante as medidas de contingência determinadas pela Direção ...