Best Paper Award; This paper presents the design of a heritage digital twin of the Serra da Estrela cheesemaking process. The proposed solution integrates traditional knowledge with digital capabilities to ensure the preservation and sustainable practices of this intangible cultural heritage. Design science research is the selected approach to create a digital replica of the cheesemaking process, refined throug...
Background: COVID-19 conditioned the normal functioning of health services, requiring a restructuring in their care capacity, specifically cardiac rehabilitation units. Objectives: to evaluate the impact of the pandemic on the quality of life and level of physical activity of patients in cardiac rehabilitation program. Methodology: cross-sectional descriptive study. All patients who had to interrupt the hospita...
The Portuguese state has transferred some areas of its social program for third sector entities, including private social welfare institutions. This transfer of powers is supported by providing economic subsidies, being public entities responsible to monitor the efficient management by those institutions. This research aims to present a contribution to monitor the efficient management of resources by the instit...
This study purposes a Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA) framework to assess the performance of Non-Profit Organizations that look after children and young people. The DEA method is used to assess the managerial efficiency of eight institutions from Bragança district, since 2010 to 2013. The model evaluates each institution concerning the reduction of operational and staff costs incurred in providing social servic...
This study purposes a Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA) framework to assess the performance of Non-Profit Organizations that look after children and young people. The DEA method is used to assess the managerial efficiency of eight institutions from Bragança district, since 2010 to 2013. The model evaluates each institution concerning the reduction of operational and staff costs incurred in providing social servic...
O Estado tem vindo a transferir algumas áreas da sua tradicional intervenção para entidades do Terceiro Setor, nomeadamente as Instituições Particulares de Solidariedade Social. Esta transferência de competências é acompanhada de transferências de apoios económicos, cabendo aos organismos públicos monitorizar a aplicação dos mesmos, promovendo uma gestão eficiente por parte destas entidades sem fins lucrativos....