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Exploring social indicators in smallholder food systems: modeling children’s ed...
Thom, Amy E.; Bélières, Jean-François; Conradie, Beatrice; Salgado, Paulo; Vigne, Mathieu; Fangueiro, DavidPromoting smallholders’ sustainable development in Africa means addressing agronomic and economic factors but also highly relevant social influences shaping farmers’ production and affecting household well-being. Holistic, integrated analyses can help to meet this need, informing more effective policies and interventions for smallholder farming systems. The authors apply a transdisciplinary, quantitative approa...
Communication and sport: a call to action
Salgado, PauloThe economic influence of media has dramatically changed the world of sport, leading sports organisations to increase their focus on communication and assets like brands and reputation. The intent for a more strategic communication within the sports industry must consider a broader and more profound reflection of how the world of sports intertwines with communication and its interactive process of creation, sel...
Multi-kalman filter to wind power forecasting
Salgado, Paulo; Igrejas, Getúlio; Afonso, Paulo Alexandre FerreiraWind power forecasting methods are important for the safety of wind renewable energy utilization. However, because wind power is weather dependent and, thus, can be variable and intermittent over different time-scales, it’s difficult to build accurate and robust predictive models. In this context, an accurate model is a relevant contribution for a reliable large-scale wind power integration. This paper explores...
Evolutionary based on selfish and altruism strategies - an approach to path pla...
Salgado, Paulo; Igrejas, Getúlio; Afonso, Paulo Alexandre FerreiraThis paper presents a novel hybrid optimization appproach based on a genetic algoritm that combines selfish gene and altruism view of evolution.
Long-term memory structure by hierarchized SOM
Salgado, Paulo; Igrejas, Getúlio; Afonso, Paulo Alexandre FerreiraThe most evolved living organisms are characterized by having a sophisticated central nervous system with memorizing capabilities.
Hybrid PSO-cubic spline for autonomous robots optimal trajectory planning
Salgado, Paulo; Igrejas, Getúlio; Afonso, Paulo Alexandre FerreiraThis paper presents a new version of the Particle Swarm Optimization algorithm where the particles are replaced by spline functions. The developed algorithm generates smooth motion trajectories with two times continuously differentiable curvature avoiding obstacles placed in the workspace. It can be used for autonomous robot path planning or transport problems. The spline based trajectory generation gives us co...
Cooperation and Human Development in the Health Area: An Experience in Guinea-B...
Salgado, Paulo; Pereira, Paulo AlmeidaThe present reflection is a result of experiences within the framework of two projects in the health sector in the Republic of Guinea-Bissau (RGB): "Postgraduate Training Course for Doctors" - 1997-2006, supported by the World Bank (WB); and "Reorganization and Management of Simão Mendes National Hospital ", coordinated by the African Development Bank (AfDB). A brief description of the two projects is presented...
Cooperação e desenvolvimento humano na área da saúde: uma experiência na Guiné-...
Salgado, Paulo; Pereira, Paulo AlmeidaA presente reflexão resulta das experiências vivenciadas e enquadradas em dois projetos na área da saúde na República da Guiné-Bissau (RGB): do Banco Mundial (BM) – “Curso de Formação Pós-Graduada de Médicos” – de 1997 a 2006; e do Banco Africano de Desenvolvimento (BAD) – “Reorganização e Gestão do Hospital Nacional Simão Mendes”. Apresenta-se uma breve descrição dos dois projetos, realçando-se a importância d...
Cooperação e desenvolvimento humano na área da saúde: uma experiência na Guiné-...
Pereira, Paulo Almeida; Salgado, PauloA presente reflexão resulta das experiências vivenciadas e enquadradas em dois projetos na área da saúde na República da Guiné-Bissau (RGB): do Banco Mundial (BM) – “Curso de Formação Pós-Graduada de Médicos” – de 1997 a 2006; e do Banco Africano de Desenvolvimento (BAD) – “Reorganização e Gestão do Hospital Nacional Simão Mendes”. Apresenta-se uma breve descrição dos dois projetos, realçando-se a importância d...
Comunicação Organizacional e Relações Públicas, numa travessia conjunta
Ruão, Teresa; Salgado, Paulo; Freitas, Renata de; Ribeiro, Paula CamposOs campos da Comunicação Organizacional e das Relações Públicas parecem cruzar-se inevitavelmente e os limites de cada um são objeto de debate recorrente. Serão conceitos distintos ou, apenas, opções terminológicas? Eis a questão que persiste entre profissionais e académicos. Neste artigo, discutiremos a nossa visão sobre a problemática: entendemos a Comunicação Organizacional como a força propulsora que permit...