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Challenges of ICT use for nurse-patient communication in Portugal: a mixed meth...
Peres, Marlene; Almeida, Raquel Simões de; Moreira, António; Simões de Almeida, RaquelThe future of digital health holds enormous potential to improve communication with patients and optimize the delivery of care. The current study aims to answer the central question of which knowledge, skills, and competencies in the use of Information and Communication Technologies (ICT), health professionals should develop to promote efficient remote communication processes with patients. A mixed-method appro...
Nurse-patient communication using ICT: a scoping review
Peres, Marlene; Almeida, Raquel Simões de; Moreira, António; Simões de Almeida, RaquelTechnology is revolutionizing diagnoses, treatments, and other procedures, offering constant innovations that promote healthcare efficiency and quality. Explore how nurses use information and communication technologies (ICT) to communicate with patients, uncover challenges in these interactions, and identify their needs. The scoping review methodology allowed us to identify studies encompassing three databases:...
An overview of the recent advances in pool boiling enhancement materials, struc...
Pereira, José; Souza, Reinaldo; Lima, Rui Alberto Madeira Macedo; Moreira, António; Moita, AnaThis review attempts to provide a comprehensive assessment of recent methodologies, structures, and devices for pool boiling heat transfer enhancement. Several enhancement approaches relating to the underlying fluid route and the capability to eliminate incipient boiling hysteresis, augment the nucleate boiling heat transfer coefficient, and improve the critical heat flux are assessed. Hence, this study address...
Malaria in CapeVerde: the path towards eliminating the disease
Correia, Artur; Moreira, António; Leite, Carolina I. Introduction and objectives: Malaria is a global health challenge and continues to be one of the most prevalent infectious diseases in many parts of the world, particularly on the African continent. Cape Verde has made a positive progress in combating the disease, having achieved, in January of 2024, the status of “malaria-free country”. The challenge of epidemiological and entomological surveillance r...
Mapping science communication in higher education in Portugal: a systematic evi...
Guerra, Cecília; Moreira, António; Pombo, Pedro; Galvão, Cecília; Faria, Cláudia; Granado, António; Sanchez, Ana; Paiva, João CarlosScience communication training plays a crucial role in enabling scientists to effectively connect with the public, emphasizing essential skills such as building trust in scientific and technological advancements. Despite significant progress, some studies show a notable deficiency in higher education (HE) institutional structures and mechanisms dedicated to science communication training, addressing a diverse a...
Abandono das Tecnologias de Apoio para a comunicação em meio familiar: capacita...
Almeida, Ivone; Moreira, António; Ribeiro, JaimeIntrodução É indubitável que as Tecnologias de Apoio4 (TA) promovem a comunicação, a independência pessoal e social e a inclusão de crianças com limitações cognitivo-motoras. As TA para as crianças com diversidade funcional são uma ferramenta de ação fundamental, permitindo-lhes participar numa base de equidade nos ambientes em que se inserem. Podem contribuir para aumentar a motivação, o sentido de pertença ao...
Metacinema: thinking about film literacy in Portuguese schools
Lopes, Mariana Bento; Moreira, António; Rodrigues, José AlbertoThe filmic languages that dominate most of today mediated content – consumed, produced and distributed in the digital circuits of technologically developed societies – represent a large (if not the largest) slice in the everyday of people in terms of time retention. Especially for the younger ones, and more permeable to the powerful effects of moving images, cinema became a means of escapism and catharsis, deci...
Adjuvant Chemotherapy De-Escalation with Genomic Assay Protocol in Patients wit...
Martins-Branco, Diogo; Cristóvão Ferreira, Sofia; Gouveia, Emanuel; André, Saudade; Esteves, Susana; Brito, Margarida; Moreira, AntónioIntroduction: Genomic assays are useful tools for tailoring adjuvant treatment in early breast cancer. We aimed to analyse the role of an institutional protocol of a genomic assay for chemotherapy de-escalation.Methods: Prospective cohort study of all consecutive women diagnosed with hormone receptor-positive and human epidermal growth factor receptor 2-negative early breast cancer, tested with the 21-gene Recu...
High-tech augmentative and alternative communication devices: observing childre...
Almeida, Ivone; Moreira, António; Ribeiro, JaimeThere are many children with disabilities who need specialised devices to communicate and to be understood, which poses an added challenge for their caregivers. This study aims to diagnose the training needs of informal caregivers concerning high-tech devices for augmentative and alternative communication (AAC), to enhance the use of these devices in the home setting. The aim is to study children’s performance ...
A case study on Netychords: crafting accessible digital musical instrument inte...
Davanzo, Nicola; Avanzini, Federico; Ludovico, Luca A.; Moreno, Davys; Moreira, António; Tymoshchuk, Oksana; Azevedo, Júlia; Marques, CarlosMusical expression significantly impacts individual development, enriching cognitive, emotional, and social capacities. This influence is particularly profound in young individuals with cognitive or physical impairments. To address this, we devised an ecosystem of software tools, paired with specially designed hardware devices, such as an eye tracker. Our approach empowers even severely impaired users, with no ...