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- Digital Storytelling: Art-Based Pedagogy to Improve Professional Development for NursesPublication . Laranjeira, Carlos; Carvalho, Paula; Querido, AnaDigital storytelling (DST) is a collaborative and participatory art-based approach based on experiential narratives. This column provides strategies and tips for using DST. As part of continuing education, DST training should provide information about health care experiences to enhance learning for nurses. The use of DST can foster self-knowledge and professional identity.
- The effect of International Logistics, Free Trade Agreements and Distance on International Trade, the case of PanamaPublication . Gavilanes, Juan Carlos Albarracin; Santos, João Neves de Carvalho; Machado, Luís MiguelThis study aims to determine the effect of International Logistics, Free Trade Agreements and Distance on International Trade in Panama. In terms of Distance I decided to include three dimensions, Geographical, Cultural and Institutional Distance in order to define the effect of each dimension on International Trade. Moreover, Panama was chosen since the importance of Latin American countries on International Trade has been recognized. However, countries from this region tends to present totally different behaviours. Further, this country has proved to be an open economy promoting International Trade. Nevertheless, within the literature still remains a lack of studies addressing Latin American countries. Thus, this study aims to help filling that void in the literature. Additionally, I focused on one specific country to obtain more precise results related to the country. Gravity model is the framework I used to develop the hypotheses, since it has been well-recognized, acknowledged and widely used in the literature. The hypotheses were tested using a sample covering Panama and 85 trade partners in specific years from 2007 to 2018. Data were taken from official secondary sources resulting in 510 observations and were analysed using Ordinary Least Squares (OLS) linear regression. The results of this study confirm the positive effect that International Logistics and FTAs have on International Trade, also the negative effect of Geographical Distance was confirmed. However, no effect was found for Cultural Distance and regarding Institutional Distance a positive effect was found, contrary to the literature. Thus, this study contributes to the literature by empirically testing that for Panama as Latin American country, the improvement of Logistics and liberalization of trade due to FTAs have a positive impact. Moreover, the different behaviours on International Trade were also corroborated since Panama tend to trade most with far countries and highly different in terms of Institutions, stressing the importance of study individually countries from this region and also Distance dimensions.
- Experimental characterization of the out-of-plane behaviour of masonry infill walls made of lightweight concrete blocksPublication . Agante, Marta; Furtado, André; Rodrigues, Hugo; Arêde, António; Fernandes, Paulo; Varum, HumbertoMasonry infill walls are widely spread over the reinforced concrete buildings due to different demands. The buildings' thermal energy efficiency is a top priority nowadays since many of the existing building stock comprises buildings with low energy performance. The buildings' external envelope is undergoing a transformation with the vertical hollow concrete blocks' appearance with high thermal and acoustic demands. However, recent evidence from a strong earthquake shows that the masonry infill walls are quite vulnerable to out-of-plane loadings and were responsible for many casualties, injuries and economic losses. Based on that, this work's main objective is to study the out-of-plane (OOP) behaviour of masonry infills made with vertical hollow concrete blocks. The experimental campaign comprises the OOP testing of three full-scale infill walls made up of these masonry units, one of them as-built without previous damage, one with previous damage due to an earlier in-plane test and the third one retrofitted. All the tests consisted of applying the loading–unloading-reloading history of imposed displacements in the OOP direction through a uniformly distributed load. The results will be presented in terms of OOP force–displacement responses, damage evolution and energy dissipation capacity. The test results are compared to assess the previous damage effect and the retrofit technique's effectiveness. A final study is presented concerning the masonry unit and slenderness effect with other literature results.