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Durable and breathable ZnO/graphene-coated fabrics for enhanced BQR protection
Ferreira, Tânia; Vale, A. Catarina; Gonçalves, Afonso; Pinto, Alexandra C.; Sousa, Diana; Guimarães, Humberto; Moreira, Inês P.; Silva, CarlosThis work developed a new strategy to create active protection against chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear (CBRN) threats, based on polyurethane-based coatings for outer (water and oil-repellency) and inner (CBRN protection) functionalization of fabric. The internal coatings were functionalized with varying concentrations of zinc oxide nanoparticles (ZnO) and/or graphene nanoplatelets (Gf) and carefu...
Exploring immersive multimodal virtual reality training, affective states, and ...
Oliveira, Joana; Dias, Joana Aires; Correia, Rita; Pinheiro, Raquel; Reis, Vitor; Sousa, Daniela; Agostinho, Daniel; Simões, MarcoBackground: Firefighters face stressful life-threatening events requiring fast decision-making. To better prepare for those situations, training is paramount, but errors in real-life training can be harmful. Virtual reality (VR) simulations provide the desired realism while enabling practice in a secure and controlled environment. Firefighters’ affective states are also crucial as they are a higher-risk group. ...
The Effect of Leadership Style on Firefighters Well-Being during an Emergency
Curral, Luis; Carmona, Laura; Pinheiro, Raquel; Reis, Vitor; Chambel, M.J.Leaders are crucial to ensuring the well-being of their subordinates. This study aims to understand the effects of two leadership styles (empowering vs. directive) on subordinates’ well-being in an emergency situation (i.e., rural fire). A simulation study was conducted with two experimental conditions (empowering vs. directive leadership), and the subordinates’ stress levels were measured before and after the ...
Liderança e bem-estar dos bombeiros
Chambel, Maria José; Carmona, Laura; Curral, Luis; Pinheiro, Raquel; Anjos, Joana Faria; Reis, Vitor; Neto, Mariana; Ângelo, Rui; Namorado, SofiaA publicação deste e-book surge como um dos resultados do projeto de investigação Processo de liderança e saúde ocupacional dos bombeiros: Desenvolvimento de um programa de intervenção, financiado pela Fundação para a Ciência e Tecnologia, o qual integrou a Faculdade de Psicologia da Universidade de Lisboa (instituição proponente), a Escola Nacional de Bombeiros (instituição participante) e o Instituto Nacional...
The effect of leadership style on firefighters well-being during an emergency
Curral, Luis; Carmona, Laura; Pinheiro, Raquel; Reis, Vitor; Chambel, Maria JoséLeaders are crucial to ensuring the well-being of their subordinates. This study aims to understand the effects of two leadership styles (empowering vs. directive) on subordinates’ well-being in an emergency situation (i.e., rural fire). A simulation study was conducted with two experimental conditions (empowering vs. directive leadership), and the subordinates’ stress levels were measured before and after the ...
Assessment of Portuguese firefighters’ lifestyle: results from an online survey
Namorado, Sónia; Carmona, Laura; Pinheiro, Raquel; Faria-Anjos, Joana; Chambel, M.J.Firefighters are an occupational group exposed to multiple agents, such as heat, fatigue, noise and chemical substances. Exposure to these agents can have a severe impact on their health. In addition, lifestyle behaviors may also affect their health and well-being. As such, the aim of this study was to assess health-related lifestyle behaviors in Portuguese firefighters. Data was obtained via an online survey u...
Firefighters’ leadership and well-being in rural fires: study in virtual realit...
Pinheiro, Raquel; Reis, Vitor; Curral, Luis; Chambel, Maria JoséIn this study, we analysed the effects of team leadership style on the well-being of firefighter teams operating under conditions of a simulated rural fire. Twenty teams of firefighters (composed of five elements each) took part in a computer‐based fire‐fighting simulation task and were randomly assigned to one of two conditions (leadership style: directive vs. empowering). Our results showed that directive lea...