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Site appraisal in fractured rock media: coupling engineering geological mapping...

Geotechnical surveys are based on collecting data from fieldwork and are a key element of rock-mass quality assessment in rock engineering. The lessons learned in several engineering projects underline the value of the accuracy of the basic geological and geotechnical data information related to the rock masses description and evaluation. An evaluation based on engineering geosciences, hydraulic and geotechnica...

The Psychoactive Power of Foods: A Case of Acute Nutmeg Intoxication

Ingestion of high doses of nutmeg causes potentially serious and disabling medical and psychiatric consequences. No isolated component of nutmeg has been identified as responsible for all symptoms observed during intoxication, however myristicin, one of the essential oil’s components of this spice, is believed to be responsible for most psychoactive effects, although the exact mechanism is not known. Other cons...

Violência Interpessoal - Triagem, Identificação e Encaminhamento

Os Serviços de Urgência, são maioritariamente a porta de entrada dos doentes nos Serviços de Saúde. Compete aos enfermeiros que trabalham nestes serviços, marcar pela diferença no atendimento de vítimas de violência interpessoal, devendo para isso estar capacitados de métodos e técnicas que permitam identificar situações compatíveis com violência e desse modo prestar o apoio a quem necessitar, encaminhando de s...

Geotechnical Hazards in Rocky Slopes (Northern Portugal): Focused on Methodology

Interdisciplinary studies of rocky slopes stability have been performed on Northern Portugal, that allowed to establish a design methodology. This approach carries together the use of more traditional techniques, with the application of more recent technologies, such as unmanned aerial vehicles. This work presents a set of procedures that have been applied successfully in several case studies, describing the di...

O planeamento sustentável dos territórios dispersos de baixa densidade: o caso ...

A land-cover based urban dispersion indicator suitable for highly dispersed, di...

Land-cover based indicators assessing the effect of the magnitude and spatial patterns of the artificialization process, including urban sprawl, barely consider the impact of the discontinuous spatial distribution of the artificialized built-up areas. In this study, we propose a new urban dispersion indicator, which incorporates the characteristic dynamics of the discontinuous urban artificial land cover class,...

The future of the EU Cohesion policy and the Europe 2020 strategy: from a place...

Cohesion Policy is one of the most important policies of the European Union and historically one of the most financially significant. Over the past four decades, the focus, strategies and goals of Cohesion Policy have experienced significant changes. With the increased importance of economic growth and job creation in the 2000’s, supported by the Lisbon Strategy, cohesion started losing importance and the initi...

Cities in Citizens’ Hands

Cities in Citizens’ Hands

We propose a new paradigm for public participation in urban planning, a field which presents significant challenges for public understanding and participation. Our approach is based on leveraging the rich diversity of meaning associated with cultural gestures, traditions, folklore, and rituals, and using them in augmented reality systems, in order for citizens’ to explore, understand, and communicate the comple...

Projeto InLUT – Integração dos usos do solo e transportes em cidades de média d...

O presente documento corresponde ao relatório resultante da atividade científica desenvolvida no quadro do projeto de investigação PTDC/AUR-URB/111013/2009, intitulado Integração de usos do solo e transportes em cidades de média dimensão. O projeto teve como entidade proponente a Universidade de Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro (UTAD) e como entidades participantes a Faculdade de Arquitetura da Universidade Técnica ...