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Interactive musical games–action research with a group of elderly people
Correia Castilho, Luísa; Pereira, Cristina; Rebelo, Maria; Costa, Andreia; Marques, Ana Margarida; Amaral, GabrielaSmell and hearing are vital in remembering a place, and according to Stanley Waterman (2006), they can invoke more memories than sight, allowing for the formation of more powerful mental images. For this author, sight captures a more comprehensive panorama quickly, while the senses of hearing and smell react more slowly, allowing for deeper memory records. Focusing only on hearing and taking up Murray Schafer's...
Impact of a culturally tailored informative video on cervical cancer: a pilot s...
Moyses, Rosana; Amaral, Gabriela; Viana, Juliana; Benzaken, Adele; Pereira, M. GraçaThe present study is a randomised pilot study that evaluated a culturally tailored video promoting information about cervical cancer (CC), developed with Amazonian women in treatment for CC. The sample included 63 patients in treatment for CC who were randomly assigned to three groups of 21 patients. The experimental group watched an informative video about CC. The active control group watched a video on health...
Interoperable decision support system based on multivariate time series for set...
Varela, M.L.R.; Amaral, Gabriela; Pereira, Sofia C.; Machado, Diogo; Falcão, António; Ribeiro, Rita A.; Sousa, Emanuel; Santos, Jorge A.Nowadays, interoperable decision support systems play a crucial role to improve production activity control in industrial Companies, and enable them to face the growing exigencies imposed by the arising Industry 4.0 era. In this paper an interoperable decision support system based on multivariate time series for setup data processing and visualization is put forward. The proposed system is described, in the con...
Application of the simulated annealing algorithm to minimize the makespan on th...
Amaral, Gabriela; Costa, Lino; Rocha, Ana Maria A. C.; Varela, M.L.R.; Madureira, AnaIn this paper, the unrelated parallel machine scheduling problem considering machine-dependent and job sequence-dependent setup times is addressed. This problem involves the scheduling of n jobs on m unrelated machines with setup times in order to minimize the makespan. The Simulated Annealing algorithm is used to solve four sets of small scheduling problems, from the literature, on two unrelated machines: the ...
Ontology-based meta-model for hybrid collaborative scheduling
Varela, M.L.R.; Putnik, Goran D.; Manupti, Vijaya; Madureira, Ana; Santos, André; Amaral, Gabriela; Ferreirinha, LuísIn this paper a scheduling meta-model is proposed for supporting hybrid collaboration, regarding machine-machine and human-machine scheduling interactions, based on a scheduling ontology. The utilization of the proposed scheduling ontology-based meta-model is illustrated through an example, which is further analysed, and some main features and advantages of each kind of collaborative interaction are discussed.
Decision support visualization approach in textile manufacturing a case study f...
Varela, M.L.R.; Amaral, Gabriela; Pereira, Sofia C.; Machado, Diogo; Falcao, Antonio; Ribeiro, Rita A.; Sousa, Emanuel; Santos, Jorge A.Decision support visualization tools provide insights for solving problems by displaying data in an interactive, graphical format. Such tools can be effective for supporting decision-makers in finding new opportunities and in measuring decision outcomes. In this study, was used a visualization tool capable of handling multivariate time series for studying a problem of operational control in a textile manufactur...
Improving productivity and standard time updating in an industrial company - A ...
Araújo, Mariana; Amaral, Gabriela; Varela, Maria Leonilde RochaToday’s marketplace imposes ever-tightening product pricing and quality requirements, shorter delivery times, and increasingly customized products. With increasing competition in today’s global market, companies are increasingly pressured to improve the performance of their production systems in order to be more competitive and improve market share. In order to try to satisfy these requirements several companie...
Mathematical and computational modelling in matlab for the study of an ORC sola...
Amaral, Gabriela; Araújo, Mariana; Varela, Maria Leonilde RochaThe main objective of this paper was to acquire the necessary thermodynamic knowledge in order to perform a thermodynamic and economic analysis of a solar ORC system of capacity of 10KW. For this, a model and computer program were developed in Matlab R2008a, version 7.6.0, which analyses the efficiency of the collector based on the gross solar radiation introduced and the efficiency of the ORC cycle against the...