The COVID-19 pandemic has significantly altered consumer habits, particularly in relation to food choices. In this context, plant-based diets have gained prominence, driven by health, environmental, and ethical considerations. This study investigates the primary motivational and inhibitory factors influencing the consumption of plant-based foods among residents of the Galicia–Northern Portugal Euroregion.
The Last of Us is a worldwide entertainment phenomenon that began as a video game and, in 2023, HBO launched a series based on the game. This work reflects on the transition of The Last of Us from video game to series, considering three moments: the death of Sarah, the story of Bill and Frank, and the brothers Henry and Sam. To think about the adaptation, five interviews with people who have played the game and...
The combination of Artificial Intelligence (AI) and gamification emerges as an innovative approach to enhance both effectiveness and motivation in the educational process. This paper presents Gamibot, a gamified educational chatbot designed to integrate with the Moodle platform and support higher education students. Gamibot leverages large language models (LLMs) to provide personalized interactions, including f...
The growing demand for polymeric materials has made them signifcant in both industry and the environment, and the task of making them sustainable is becoming increasingly challenging. Cellulose presents an opportunity to minimize the efect of nondegradable materials. Cellulose nanofbers (CNFs) are a class of cellulose fbers with superior performance due to their high strength and stifness combined with low weig...
The privacy of information is an increasing concern of software applications users. This concern was caused by attacks to cloud services over the last few years, that have leaked confidential information such as passwords, emails and even private pictures. Once the information is leaked, the users and software applications are powerless to contain the spread of information and its misuse. With databases as a ce...
The purpose of this paper is to present a framework that increases knowledge sharing and collaboration in Higher Education Institutions. The paper discusses the concept of knowledge management in higher education institutions, presenting a systematization of knowledge practices and tools to linking people (students, teachers, researchers, secretariat staff, external entities)and promoting the knowledge sharing ...
This paper presents the results of an exploratory study on knowledge management in Portuguese organizations. The study was based on a survey sent to one hundred of the main Portuguese organizations, in order to know their current practices relating knowledge management systems (KMS) usage and intellectual capital (IC) measurement. With this study, we attempted to understand what are the main tools used to suppo...