Information Systems professionals frequently deal with ethical dilemmas. Given the importance of ethical behavior for management and society, the development of codes of ethics and conduct for communities of professionals is essential to prevent unethical situations caused by a lack of full awareness of them. Since the creation of the first code of ethics in 1972 in the field of computing, many codes have been ...
Information Systems professionals deal daily with ethical dilemmas, which are most notorious when making decisions. Due to the importance of ethical behavior and to prevent unethical situations without full awareness of them, the development of codes of ethics and conduct for companies and communities of professionals has been fundamental. Since the creation of the first code of ethics in computing in 1972, man...
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Objectives: Characterization of the vestibular function in an otosclerosis population, and its comparison with a healthy population. Study Design: Case-control study. Material and Methods: Patients with clinical/audiological suspicion of otosclerosis (surgically confirmed) and healthy controls matched for age and sex were recruited. Vestibular function was evaluated using the Video Head Impulse Test and the Diz...
According to the World Health Organization in 2020, 34 million children around the world have deafness or hearing loss, in which 60% of cases can be prevented. This study intends to identify hearing changes in preschoolers who attend the cluster of schools in the Centro Hospitalar Entre Douro e Vouga, CHEDV’s region and to emphasize the value of preschool hearing evaluation in order to prevent longterm effects ...
Technological advances increasingly mark our society but also bring with them unique ethical challenges. In 1992, a paper entitled “Ethical Standards for Information Systems Professionals: A Case for a Unified Code” by Effy Oz was published in MISQ. Since then, much has happened in the area of technologies and information systems. New business contexts, methodological approaches, technologies, applications, and...
Objectives Bub3 and Spindly are essential proteins required for the activation and inactivation of the spindle assembly checkpoint, respectively. Here, we explored the clinicopathological significance and the therapeutic potential of the opposing roles of the two proteins in oral squamous cell carcinoma (OSCC). Materials and Methods Bub3 and Spindly expression was evaluated by immunohistochemistry in 62 tissue ...
A associação de marcas (ou Co-branding) ocorre quando duas ou mais marcas existentes são combinadas num mesmo produto, onde cada uma delas espera que o nome da outra fortaleça a preferência pela marca ou tenha como resultado a obtenção de um novo nicho de mercado. Cooperar para competir, nomeadamente através do Cobranding, é uma estratégia de uso generalizado nos dias de hoje, pelo que importa avaliar a sua uti...
Introdução: A capacidade auditiva dos doentes com neoplasias de cabeça e pescoço e tumores cerebrais pode ser comprometida com os tratamentos antineoplásicos realizados. A Quimioterapia com cisplatina pode provocar perda auditiva de condução ou neurossensorial, podendo agravar-se quando combinada com Radioterapia (RT). O objectivo deste trabalho foi a análise da relação entre a Terapia Combinada (Cisplatina+RT)...