As organizações do setor agroindustrial, atualmente têm apostado cada vez mais no desenvolvimento de sistemas tecnológicos, que permitem a informatização de todos os seus processos. Recentemente os métodos e técnicas de visão por computador têm sido muito utilizadas para monitorização e inspeção durante o período de produção e colheita, permitindo detetar problemas antecipadamente e com isto, melhorar a qualida...
Enterprise 4.0 is already referred to as the next stage of the evolution of global business and the global economy. This wave is achieved by technology enablers often referred as digital transformation (DT). Social media represent a subset of these technologies which contribute to organizational transformation. However, the adoption of social media does not imply such a transformation; changes in the organizati...
During the last decades there has been a great development of utilitarian systems, applied to the most varied areas, in which games are found. Digital games (or video games) entered everyday life at an increasing rate and became a popular form of entertainment enjoyed by people of all age and social groups (Williams et al., 2009). The first videogames came from a playful reappropriation of oscilloscopes (Tavino...
Electronic word-of-mouth (eWOM) has gained importance with the emergence of new online tools and the hospitality sector is at the core of this phenomenon. In this study, we use a data set of client reviews for Michelin starred restaurants located in Portugal and Spain to analyze the reviews in terms of overall satisfaction and four specific attributes. By employing statistical tests and regression analysis we f...
Technologies are being introduced in our everyday life, including schools and in particular classrooms. Teachers are trying to make the most of web 2.0 tools and social media. However, we are not sure if, in fact, teachers are using these technologies and, if when they do, they do so with pedagogical purposes or to help them to manage the learning process or to replace some obsolete technologies by more modern ...
Ecotourism is very important in contributing to the development of a healthier way to do tourism and, at the same time, to the wealth of a territory. This study aims to assess a relevant case study – Peneda-Gerês National Park (PGNP), in Portugal, applying a new model approach to managing eco-destinations. The results show that all aspects predicted by the ATOS (Aims, Tools, Operational domains, and Stakeholder...
The design and development of a web application to identify a high or low probability of student dropout at the National Learning Service (SENA) in Colombia, aiming to streamline the process of identifying and supporting potential candidates for assistance provided by the institution through the student welfare department. Throughout the development, socioeconomic variables with the highest impact on characteri...
La experiencia de aprendizaje en la educación superior se ha visto afectada ante la crisis mundial por el COVID-19. Se ha realizado una encuesta a un grupo de 117 estudiantes y profesores de diferentes universidades de Iberoamérica, donde se ha observado los problemas que se enfrentan los estudiantes para recibir sus clases de manera en línea, el cual puede ser ocasionado por el nivel de conectividad o la ausen...
Artigo publicado em: Proceedings of 17th European Conference on Research Methodology for Business and Management Studies (ECRM 2018).
Automated scoring of respiratory events could allow a swifter obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) identification. We assessed the accuracy of the Alice PDx device with the Somnolyzer automated scoring algorithm, compared to the manually reviewed scoring by a trained sleep technician, for the diagnosis of OSA. [...]