Brain-Computer Interfaces (BCIs) translate brain activity into precise commands for controlling external devices, providing crucial assistance to individuals with motor disabilities. Within this domain, P300 Speller systems serve as a vital communication tool. However, these systems face significant challenges, including the inherently noisy nature of EEG data and the high variability of signals both across and...
A descoberta de uma situação de infidelidade representa quase sempre um momento-chave na relação primária, com fortes consequências para o casal. Apesar da ampla literatura sobre o assunto, escasseiam investigações que explorem os mecanismos envolvidos nas relações em que o casal se mantém unido após essa descoberta. Investigações focadas na gestão de crise e na tomada de decisão em permanecer na relação, por p...
A actual forma de cálculo de preço dos seguros de saúde em Portugal distingue, para além do nível de coberturas que integram cada apólice, os riscos consoante se se trata de seguros individuais ou seguros de grupo e consoante as idades das pessoas seguras. Tem-se assistido, nos últimos anos, a uma grande pressão sobre os prémios praticados, o que tem exigido das Seguradoras um conhecimento cada vez maior do ris...
The interest in the study of Vitis is closely associated with the importance of wine and the economic impact of this species. Within this duality, two subspecies gain relevant attention: Vitis vinifera vinifera (vinifera) is the subspecies most used in viticulture, contains essentially hermaphroditic plants and results from a long process of domestication; and Vitis vinifera sylvestris (sylvestris), an essentia...
The following report presents findings from a scoping review of the literature and a series of expert interviews carried out between April and December 2021. The purpose of both the scoping review and the interviews was to gain an overview of recent practice in participatory governance, looking at initiatives across Europe over the past decade. By participatory governance, we refer to participatory forms of pol...
Business Intelligence has become an essential aspect of modern business management, providing organizations with valuable insights into their operations and performance. This Master’s Final Work focuses on leveraging BI to improve communication strategies for a business organization. The internship described in this Master’s Final Work involved working on a Business Intelligence project in a company called Taba...
Este Relatório centra-se no trabalho desenvolvido no Estágio de natureza profissional, realizado na Direcção de Serviços de Organização da Formação, integrada no Departamento de Formação Profissional do Instituto do Emprego e Formação Profissional (IEFP, IP). Descreve a minha participação na concepção de um instrumento orientador da componente de Formação Prática em Contexto de Trabalho e de um conjunto de inst...
Organizado por Clara Rowland e José Bértolo, este volume reúne ensaios de Adrian Martin, Amândio Reis, Clara Rowland, Emília Pinto de Almeida, Fernando Guerreiro, Guillaume Bourgois, Hajnal Kiraly, Joana Matos Frias, Joana Moura, José Bértolo, Luís Mendonça, Maria Filomena Molder, Mário Jorge Torres, Pedro Eiras, Rita Benis, Rosa Maria Martelo, Sonia Miceli, Susana Nascimento Duarte, Timothy Corrigan e Tom Conley.
Objectives: We examined the association between obesity and early-onset cryptogenic ischemic stroke (CIS) and whether fat distribution or sex altered this association. Materials and methods: This prospective, multi-center, case-control study included 345 patients, aged 18-49 years, with first-ever, acute CIS. The control group included 345 age- and sex-matched stroke-free individuals. We measured height, weight...
An outbreak of monkeypox has emerged, with more than 2000 cases confirmed across the globe. While this condition, caused by the Monkeypox virus, a member of the Orthopoxvirus genus, is usually considered a zoonosis, we may be facing a sexually transmissible infection (STI), with yet uncertain consequences. In Portugal, we are seeing many suspected cases a day, most of which have been confirmed. At our departmen...