This paper describes the design aspects of a system created to assess vibration perception thresholds (VPT). i.e., the minimum thresholds of mechanical vibration that humans can perceive on their hands. The system can carry out these assessments on various areas of the hand, such as the fingertips and the palm, and assessments are conducted according to pre-established psychophysical protocols. The technical sp...
The integration of Adaptive Business Intelligence systems in healthcare has garnered significant attention due to their potential to manage the ever-growing volume of healthcare data and enhance the quality of care provided to society. ABI systems also play a crucial role in supporting hospital administrators in making strategic decisions. To facilitate the transparency and interoperability of these solutions, ...
Autonomous Vehicles will change the present driving paradigm and the car will be considered a 3rd living space, contributing to the social inclusion of the visually impaired. This study aimed to develop a haptic seat to alert and inform passengers about certain situations on the road and define the perceived minimum, optimal and uncomfortable vibrational values to be considered when designing guidelines for the...
STEAP1 is a cell surface protein of the STEAP family whose main function focuses on intercellular communication and cell growth. STEAP1 is considered a promising putative biomarker and a candidate target for prostate cancer treatment. For specific and selective detection of STEAP1, a molecularly imprinted polymers (MIP) was developed on a screen-printed electrode (C-SPE) whose surface was modified with a nanoco...
As Entidades do Setor Não Lucrativo (ESNL) desempenham funções de extrema importância nas comunidades onde se inserem, sendo vital a sua sobrevivência, uma vez que o Estado nem sempre possui capacidade para cumprir as funções desempenhadas pelas ESNL. A recente pandemia COVID-19 veio dar uma maior relevância às ESNL, principalmente às Instituições Particulares de Solidariedade Social (IPSS), uma vez que, em tem...
The management of an online footwear retail store-Also known as marketplace-usually involves activities that directly or indirectly end up to interface with customers, wherein communication efficiency and effectiveness is crucially relevant. Critical factors concerning entities developing remote business in these areas or similar include: (i) production of appealing catalogues and (ii) digital tools to shorten ...
In this study, we validated a set of audio stimuli addressing emotional lexico-prosodic congruence. Positive, neutral and negative words classified as such in European Portuguese lexical databases were recorded with matching and mismatching emotional prosodic patterns (positive, neutral and negative). The produced set was submitted to behavioral validation, where each utterance was rated for lexico-prosodic mat...
This paper is a short review of the recent state of the art relating to the study of vibration perception thresholds (VPT), sensed by the fingertip(s) of the human hand. To this end, papers regarding the topic of assessing VPT, released between 2011 and 2021, were collected and reviewed. Focus was given regarding the experimental set-ups, particularly the choice of algorithms and instruments used, the choice of...
A necessidade de um conhecimento mais profundo acerca das complexidades do fenómeno da “fuga de cérebros” e o seu crescente aumento no país levaram ao desenvolvimento desta pesquisa. De forma a captar esta complexa realidade foi utilizada uma metodologia mista, multilateral, recorrendo a técnicas quantitativas e qualitativas de recolha de informação com vista à caracterização dos fatores de atração e repulsão n...
Todos os que tiveram a experiência do confinamento relatam uma estranha sensação em que o tempo subjectivo ora acelerava ora se tornava lento. Como se estivessem numa cápsula do tempo ficcional, em que as deslocações se fazem a velocidades inimagináveis, sem que os indivíduos se deem conta disso fisicamente. Designo esta desconexão espaço-temporal como a velocidade do confinamento. E esta sensação tem tudo a ve...