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Trust, Privacy and Authenticity in Scientific Data Sharing: The Role of Blockch...

Efficient and secure sharing of scientific data remains a key challenge in the Open Science framework, especially in terms of data authenticity, provenance and privacy. Traditional digital repositories improve access but often lack decentralized mechanisms that guarantee integrity and traceability. Blockchain technology provides a potential solution through tamper-proof records and distributed consensus, while ...

Mobile betting: learning business english terminology using mall

In the last decades, the focus of ESP teaching has been shifting from the grammatical analysis of technical texts to discourse analysis, and, more recently, to learner-centred approaches. This change is quite challenging and demanding for ESP teachers, in particular regarding the choice of effective teaching and learning methodologies and, consequently, the design of meaningful activities. Furthermore, it is al...

Supporting Better Physical Activity in a Smart City: a Framework for Suggesting...

The increase of elderly population creates the need to promote healthy aging, with autonomy and independence, for preserving the functional capacity and quality of life as much as possible. To achieve this goal the recommendations include walking a certain amount of steps daily, given that the exact amount of steps changes with age, lesions, and chronic health conditions that can affect health and well-being. U...

Gamification to develop coding skills

Digital technologies are increasingly assuming a crucial role in daily routines and in our professional lives, and, thereof, they are more and more relevant to provide solid answers to emerging societal challenges. Nonetheless, in initial programming curricular units, it is not always easy to manage the students' different knowledge level, especially due to their diverse learning backgrounds. In this scenario, ...

More than words: the role of computer-assisted translation in teaching English ...

This article presents the results of a project developed within the scope of English for Specific Purposes, which aimed to explore the potential of collaborative and multidisciplinary work by combining Computer-Assisted Translation and the use of authentic materials, namely interactive coding learning modules based on several programming languages available in the online platform Code Avengers. The analysis of ...

O papel da tradução assistida por computador no ensino de Inglês para fins espe...

Este projeto visa explorar as sinergias resultantes da aplicação da Tradução e da Terminologia a um caso real, envolvendo materiais autênticos, nomeadamente a plataforma CodeAvengers, num contexto de ensino/aprendizagem de línguas estrangeiras para fins específicos. A operacionalização das tarefas estará a cargo de alunos de duas licenciaturas da ESTGA-UA (Tecnologias da Informação e Secretariado e Comunicação ...

Developing coding skills: technology for a flipped classroom

Knowing how to code is critical nowadays, and coding skills are treasured in a growing range of diversified areas. This led to the emerging of several learning platforms that allow students with different kind of knowledge to develop their coding skills. These platforms provide active and fun ways to learn how to code, using technology to create controlled, practical learning and teaching experiences both for s...

BET on Top Hat: challenges to improve language proficiency

Within the business context, communication and interaction tends to be considerably rooted in the use of English (as lingua franca), as well as in ICT use. Thus, professionals have to be able to speak the English language, resorting to specific, internationally recognised terminology and be proficient in the use of manifold ICT tools. In fact, the tendency is for the great majority of higher education (HE) stud...

Enhancing business English terminology through concept mapping

Given the need of a growing internationalization of business, to have a good command of English is, most of the times important for the development of technical (specific) competences. It is, thus, critical that professionals use accurate terminology to set grounds for a well-succeeded communication. Furthermore, business communication is increasingly moving to ICT-mediated sets and professionals have to be abl...

Speaker-adaptation for hybrid HMM-ANN continuous speech recognition system