A questão da empregabilidade dos graduados converteu-se nos tempos mais recentes numa das preocupações centrais das Instituições de Ensino Superior. O acompanhamento do percurso socioprofissional dos diplomados é hoje, não só uma forma de aferir o sucesso do ensino, mas também uma necessidade de ajustar as estratégias das instituições em resposta às necessidades desse mesmo mercado. Tal acompanhamento constitui...
During the last years we have witnessed a large adoption and utilization of Internet, by enterprises and individuals. The fast development of Internet and its evolution to Web 2.0 make it more friendly and consequently with a higher usage potential. Therefore, it is increasingly more important for enterprises and organizations to have an online presence and engage the visitors. The organizations ...
A televisão é uma atividade pessoal comumente motivada pela tentativa de satisfazer aspetos relacionados com vigilância, identidade pessoal, relações pessoais e de distração (McQuail, 1987). Alguns destes aspetos são potenciados quando se trata de espectadores seniores que, muitas vezes, sofrem de solidão e isolamento. Suportados nesta realidade e nos desenvolvimentos tecnológicos ao nível das infraestruturas d...
The central role that television-viewing plays in the daily life of elderly people motivate several research efforts towards the improvement of the benefits of companionship and information they seek from this media. Along with the advent of technical and interactive improvements, TV operators may provide the user with a more personalized television experience (with specific services that can, for example, incr...
During the last years we have witnessed a large adoption and utilization of Internet, by enterprises and individuals. The fast development of Internet and its evolution to Web 2.0 make it more friendly and consequently with a higher usage potential. Therefore, it is increasingly more important for enterprises and organizations to have an online presence and engage the visitors. The organizations that are presen...
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Watching TV is changing and becoming more personalized as we witness a spread use of interactive television, Personal Video Recorders (PVR) and Set-Top-Boxes (STB) enabling access to time-shifted content and a large range of interactive services. However, this technological mediation does not guarantee by itself an effective personalization of content, since it relies on the STB identification being not appropr...
As tecnologias de internet de banda larga de elevada velocidade encontram-se em disseminação crescente no mercado doméstico, assistindo-se, paralelamente, a um contínuo e rápido avanço das tecnologias de distribuição audiovisual. A conjunção destes dois factores contribuiu para o aparecimento do serviço de distribuição de televisão designado por IPTV (Internet Protocol Television). Este conceito de televisão te...
The DTT (Digital Terrestrial Television) switchover will enable the development of a television infrastructure with more resources and technological capabilities. In fact, DTT can encompass a variety of features and services where users can take on an interactive and participatory role. Nevertheless, the interactive services reveal interaction problems for visually impaired users (VIU). For this reason, it is i...
In today's developed societies, the number of people affected by sleep disorders is growing by the day. To handle a growing number of patients, there has been a steady growth in the number of sleep analysis clinics and laboratories. Human sleep stages are hand-scored by an expert and this is a laborious, time consuming and difficult task. (...); Nas sociedades mais evoluídas, de dia para dia, maior é o número d...