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Assessing Psychosocial Work Conditions: Preliminary Validation of the Portugues...
Pinto, Ana; Carvalho, Carla; Mónico, Lisete S.; Moio, Isabel; Alves, Joel; Lima, Tânia M.The working environment is a crucial aspect to considerfor guaranteeing a sustainable life. However, workers are exposed to various health risks daily, namely, psychological risks. These risks can be due to imbalances on the part of the workers themselves or to organisational and interfunctional risk factors arising from interactions within companies and the challenges of professional responsibilities. Over the...
Couples therapy in cases of situational intimate partner violence : translation...
Cunha, Olga; Faria, Sofia; Pinto, Ana; Santiago, João; Machado, AndreiaIntimate Partner Violence (IPV) is recognized as pervasive public health problem. IPV has been conceptualized from a dichotomous perspective - in which men are the perpetrators and women the victims. Recently, different typologies of violence have emerged, emphasizing the dyad and demonstrating other patterns than unidirectional ones. However, research, practices, and public policies have been dominated by a di...
Enhancing cobot design through user experience goals: An investigation of human...
Pinto, Ana; Duarte, Inês; Carvalho, Carla; Rocha, Luís; Santos, JoanaThe use of collaborative robots in industries is growing rapidly. To ensure the successful implementation of these devices, it is essential to consider the user experience (UX) during their design process. This study is aimed at testing the UX goals that emerge when users interact with a collaborative robot during the programming and collaborating phases. A framework on UX goals will be tested, in the geographi...
Relationship between new technologies and burnout: A systematic literature review
Pinto, Ana; Sousa, Sara; Santos, JoanaThe rise of digitization in workplaces is transforming how work is managed, presenting both advantages and challenges for safety and health. While new technologies can create safer work environments, they can also contribute to high performance pressure, which negatively affects workers' mental health. This has led to the emergence of psychosocial risks, such as Burnout Syndrome. This study aimed to investigate...
Burnout and coping strategies among Professors during COVID-19: Portugal-Brazil...
Pinto, Ana; Carvalho, Carla; Rodriguez, Susana; Simões, Ana; Carvalhais, Carlos; Gonçalves, Fernando J.; Santos, JoanaThe global pandemic experienced in recent years led Higher Education Institutions (HEIs) to close their facilities to safeguard the health and safety of the academic community. This reality overloaded professors in terms of work, often leading them to the limit of exhaustion and impacting on their performance, quality of life and well-being, taking, in many cases, to burnout. This study aims to identify and cha...
Determinantes internas do desempenho financeiro das PME: O papel do endividamen...
Pinto, Ana; Sardo, Filipe; Pacheco, Luís; Serrasqueiro, ZéliaAs PME são parte fundamental do tecido económico e industrial de qualquer economia. No entanto, dados os seus recursos limitados, enfrentam alguns obstáculos, de entre os quais se destacam as dificuldades no acesso ao financiamento. Este artigo tem como objetivo investigar o desempenho financeiro e alguns dos seus determinantes, salientando os efeitos do endividamento. Para atingir os objetivos de investigação,...
Optimized bacterial absolute quantification method by qPCR using an exogenous b...
Lameira, Inês; Pinto, Ana; Lima, Â.; Muzny, Christina A.; Cerca, NunoQuantitative Polymerase Chain Reaction (qPCR) is a widely used method in molecular biology to quantify target DNA sequences. Despite its accuracy, there are important experimental controls that should be considered to avoid biased results. One of them is gDNA loss during extraction, which is higher among samples with lower bacterial concentrations. Improvement in qPCR quantification procedures is mandatory to o...
O processo de construção do livro "Histórias com crianças: sentires e saberes d...
Dias, Isabel Simões; Lopes Correia, Sónia Cristina; Pinto, Ana; Carreira, Ana Paula; Lemos, Ana Rita; Vicente, Beatriz; Fernandes, CarolinaNesta newsletter #11 o Grupo Projeto Creche partilha o potencial formativo das suas histórias vividas com crianças através da partilha do processo de construção do livro "Histórias com as crianças: sentires e saberes do Grupo Projeto Creche".
Grupo Projeto Creche: o sono na creche
Salada, Cristiana; Dias, Isabel Simões; Pinto, Ana; Carreira, Ana Paula; Lemos, Ana Rita; Vicente, Beatriz; Fernandes, Carolina; Oliveira, CláudiaCom esta newsletter #10 pretende-se partilhar as reflexões do Grupo Projeto Creche acerca do sono em contexto de creche.
Early impairment of paracrine and phenotypic features in resident cardiac mesen...
Picchio, Vittorio; Gaetani, Roberto; Pagano, Francesca; Derevyanchuk, Yuriy; Pagliarosi, Olivia; Floris, Erica; Cozzolino, Claudia; Bernava, GiacomoRadiotherapy-induced cardiac toxicity and consequent diseases still represent potential severe late complications for many cancer survivors who undergo therapeutic thoracic irradiation. We aimed to assess the phenotypic and paracrine features of resident cardiac mesenchymal stromal cells (CMSCs) at early follow-up after the end of thoracic irradiation of the heart as an early sign and/or mechanism of cardiac to...