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MedTech Simulator – A tool for medical students
Beatriz, Dânia; Pinto, Gabriel; Barata, Inês; João, Maria; Marques, Maria Arcelina; Lázaro Jacob, Frederico; Guimarães, PedroSocioeconomic and health system progress has resulted in significant improvements in living conditions and an increase in average life expectancy. However, the aging of the European population highlights the growing demand for healthcare. Technology plays a crucial role in transforming this sector, driving advances in the treatment and diagnosis of diseases. Medical simulation emerges as an essential tool for i...
Home Assistive Robot for Alzheimer's Patients
Nóbrega, Antónia; Portela, Mariana; Tavares, Sofia; Guimarães, Pedro; Marques, Maria Arcelina; Lázaro Jacob, FredericoWith the increase in the senior population, especially patients with dementia and Alzheimer's, healthcare professionals are increasingly overwhelmed. Existing assistive technologies to improve these patients’ quality of life and their caregivers are scarce given the daily challenges they face. To tackle this issue, a domestic assistive robot was developed for Alzheimer's patients – AlzheimerAlly - which encompa...
Irreversible colorimetric bio-based curcumin bilayer membranes for smart food p...
Pereira, Ariane; Marques, Maria A.; Alves, Joaquim; Morais, Maria; Figueira, Joana; Pinto, Joana V.; Moreira, Felismina T. C.; Moreira, FelisminaResearch into innovative food safety technologies has led to the development of smart packaging with embedded chemical sensors that can monitor food quality throughout the supply chain. Thermochromic materials (TM), which are able to dynamically change colour in response to temperature fluctuations, have proven to be reliable indicators of food quality in certain environments. Natural colourants such as curcumi...
UVMove: Disinfection robot
Terroso, David; Sousa, João; Fernandes, Ana; Lázaro Jacob, Frederico; Silveira, António; Guimarães, Pedro; Marques, Maria ArcelinaHomes are an environment where many human activities take place, leaving them exposed to infections and other diseases, putting at risk the health of its residents, especially those who have a more fragile health [1]. Infection through the floor presents a high risk of contamination, and can occur through vomit, blood, feces, and waste that humans or pets may carry into the house [2], [3].The development of thi...
Towards an in-shoe pneumatic insole to plantar injury prevention in diabetic foot
Castro-Martins, Pedro; Coelho, Luis; Vaz, Mário; Pinto, Marcelino; Marques, Maria ArcelinaDiabetic foot is a serious complication of diabetes that affects millions of people around the world. It is characterized by poor circulation, nerve damage and high plantar pressure that can lead to the development of foot ulcers and amputations. Offloading plantar pressure in certain regions is extremely important. In this paper we propose a preliminary methodology for a new concept of pneumatic insole for pla...
Preliminary Tests with Screen-Printed Piezoresistive Pressure Sensors on PET an...
Martins, Pedro; Silva, Carolina; Oliveira, Juliana; Marques, Maria ArcelinaThe search for more practical and economically advantageous solutions to produce flexible and printable pressure sensors, is giving rise to new approaches with promising results. The production of conductive and piezoresistive inks for application on flexible and stretchable substrates is a sign of this evolution. In this paper, we propose to analyze the results of some calibration tests, performed with pressur...
A comprehensive VISIR bibliographical reference
Silva, Mariana Miguel; Fidalgo, André; Marques, Maria Arcelina; Alves, Gustavo R.; Salah, Razwan M.; Jacob, Frederico L.VISIR (Virtual Instrument Systems in Reality) is a remote laboratory environment in use in research and academic institutions since 2001. This paper presents a comprehensive VISIR bibliographical reference, including a performance analysis, which reviews the publication data and the citation indexes, and a science mapping, that presents the cognitive structure. The procedure to retrieve, aggregate, process, and...
A roadmap for the VISIR remote lab
Alves, Gustavo R.; Marques, Maria Arcelina; Fidalgo, André; García-Zubía, Javier; Castro, Manuel; Hernández-Jayo, Unai; García-Loro, FelixThis article proposes a roadmap for the VISIR remote laboratory based on a SWOT analysis performed by fifteen experts, with large experience on VISIR deployment, and their perceptions in three categories: Technical, Pedagogical and Educational. The resulting VISIR roadmap was obtained considering an underlying strategy based on a RAKID model. The major resulting insights address the user interface as the most e...
Remote laboratory VISIR: recent advances, initiatives, federation, limitations ...
Garcia-Loro, Felix; Macho, Alejandro; Castro, Manuel; Alves, Gustavo R.; Marques, Maria Arcelina; Lima, Natércia; Rodriguez-Gil, LuisThis document reflects the contribution of a group of experts in the VISIR (Virtual Instrument Systems in Reality) remote lab, regarding recent advances, initiatives, federation, limitations and future. The methodology for gathering their opinion consisted of a SWOT (Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities, and Threats) analysis on VISIR, following three categories: Technical, Pedagogical and Educational. Major co...
Students' perception about using VISIR
Lima, Natércia; Viegas, Clara; Alves, Gustavo R.; Marques, Maria Arcelina; Fidalgo, AndréRemote Labs allows students a complementary way to learn. While working upon their experimental skills, they can practice their autonomy. VISIR is one of the remote labs more used in the field of Electricity and Electronics. This study was conducted in three countries and 14 educational institutions and gathered 952 students' opinions while using VISIR along with other experimental resources. Its goal was to pe...