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- Relationship between Postural Reeducation Technique During Sleep and Relaxation Technique in Sleep QualityPublication . Desouzart, Gustavo; Filgueiras, Ernesto; Matos, RuiThe common sense warn that the quality of our day depends on the quality of our previous night. Among the main factors contributing to a better sleep quality is the postural behavior during the sleep period. However, little or nothing is known about the actual influence of these behaviors on people sleep quality. This paper presents a study which aims to: i) Check if people can take on a new postural behavior during the sleep period after a training period aware of this behavior and; ii) Check if a postural recommendations can aims to induce positive changes in the perception on the indices of Sleep quality in young adults, according to ecological and environmental approach. A sample of 21560 observations, which corresponds to 595 hours of sleep hours of 24 young adults, 12 male military and 12 female undergraduate, participated in this study. The Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index (PSQI) was used to measure the perception of sleep quality before and after six consecutive months of appliance of the Postural Intervention program. Results shown that the Postural reeducation group improved self-perception of sleep quality (from bad to good) and a significant difference between the periods of the study (p = 0.008), according to the Student's T-Test and, ideal posture while sleeping using the ideal placement and amount of pillows (1.34% to 81.48%). Findings of this study allow us to suggest to health care professionals, in particular the rehabilitation professionals, new strategies and solutions for ergonomic change in posture in bed and improve the sleep quality indices.
- Implemented Data Mining and Signal Management Systems on Spontaneous Reporting Systems’ Databases and their Availability to the Scientific Community - A Systematic ReviewPublication . Lima, Luis Miguel de Almeida Vieira; Nunes, Nuno Goncalo Sales Craveiro; Dias, Pedro Goncalo Pires da Silva; Marques, Francisco Jorge BatelAdverse drug reactions’ spontaneous reporting systems are an important element in worldwide pharmacovigilance, gathering potentially useful information for post-marketing drug safety surveillance. Data mining and signal management systems, providing the capability of reading and interpreting these systems’ raw data (data that has not been subjected to processing or any other manipulation), improve its analysis process. In order for this analysis to be possible, both data mining and signal management systems and raw data should be available to researchers and the scientific community. The purpose of this work was to provide an overview of the spontaneous reporting systems databases reported in literature as having implemented a data mining and signal management system and the implementation itself, evidencing their availability to researchers. A systematic review was carried out, concluding that they are freely provided to researchers within institutions responsible for maintaining the spontaneous reporting systems, but not to most researchers within the scientific community.
- Authentic leadership promoting employees' psychological capital and creativityPublication . Rego, Arménio; Sousa, Filipa; Marques, Carla; Pina e Cunha, MiguelTwo hundred and one employees report their psychological capital, as well as their supervisors' authentic leadership. Supervisors describe the employees' creativity. The main findings show that authentic leadership predicts employees' creativity, both directly and through the mediating role of employees' psychological capital. The study empirically validates theoretical arguments that suggest integrating authentic leadership and psychological capital in research, and indicates that both may foster employees' creativity, a crucial resource for helping organizations to face competitive challenges, take advantage of business opportunities, and improve organizational effectiveness.
- Landscape and Regionalism in Portugal: The Case of the Leiria RegionPublication . Magalhães, FernandoThis article aims to explore the landscape appropriation process in the affirmation of the Portuguese region of Leiria. National and foreign leaders cultivated the landscape as a metaphor of the nation. Like other European countries, in the nineteenth century, the landscape was fundamental to understanding the building process of the Portuguese national community. Nowadays aside from the nation, the regional communities also seek cultural affirmation both in the national space as well in the global space. So, local and regional leaders claim the landscape particularities to affirm their regions in the global space.
- Formar para Intervir: reflexões sobre trabalho colaborativo a partir de metodologias ativas de aprendizagem no Ensino SuperiorPublication . Mónico Lopes, Sara; Sousa, JennyO presente trabalho analisa a utilização de metodologias ativas de aprendizagem no Ensino Superior, com foco no trabalho colaborativo desenvolvido nas unidades curriculares de Métodos e Técnicas de Investigação Social e de Serviço Social de Casos, Grupos e Comunidades, da licenciatura em Serviço Social de uma universidade portuguesa. Centradas na participação ativa dos estudantes, as unidades curriculares assentam em metodologias promotoras da construção coletiva do conhecimento, do pensamento crítico e da interligação entre teoria e prática. Este artigo pretende analisar e discutir a perceção dos estudantes inscritos nestas duas Unidades Curriculares relativamente ao trabalho colaborativo realizado com recurso a metodologias ativas de aprendizagem, bem como identificar as competências por eles adquiridas e a importância que atribuem a estas experiências para a sua formação académica. A abordagem metodológica consistiu num estudo de caso descritivo-exploratório, privilegiando-se o inquérito por questionário como instrumento mais adequado para a recolha de dados. Foram obtidas informações quantitativas, analisadas estatisticamente, e dados mais descritivos e textuais(n=20), recorrendo-se a uma interpretação do seu conteúdo. Os resultados demonstram que o trabalho colaborativo entre Unidades Curriculares que utilizam metodologias ativas de aprendizagem favorece, por um lado, o desenvolvimento de competências fundamentais para a prática profissional,como a comunicação com públicos diferenciados, a adaptabilidade e flexibilidade,e por outro, estimula a reflexão crítica e o exercício de práticas investigativas e interventivas desde a formação inicial. Conclui-se que a utilização deste tipo de metodologia, especialmente no campo do Serviço Social, fortalece a aprendizagem significativa e prepara os estudantes para os desafios da prática profissional na sociedade atual.
- What factors of satisfaction and motivation are affecting the development of the academic career in Portuguese higher education institutions?Publication . Machado-Taylor, Maria de Lourdes; Soares, Virgílio Meira; Ferreira, Jose; Gouveia, Odília Maria RochaAn important constituent group and a key resource of higher education institutions (HEIs) is the faculty or academic staff. The centrality of the faculty role makes it a primary sculptor of institutional culture and has implications for the quality of the institution and therefore has a major role in achieving the objectives of the institution. Demand for academic staff in higher education has been increasing and may be expected to continue to increase. Moreover the performance of academic staff as teachers and researchers determines much of the student satisfaction and has an impact on student learning. There are many factors that serve to undermine the commitment of academics to their institutions and careers. Job satisfaction is important in revitalizing staff motivation and in keeping their enthusiasm alive. Well motivated academic staff can, with appropriate support, build a national and international reputation for themselves and the institution in the professional areas, in research and in publishing. This paper aims to identify the issues and their impacts on academic staff job satisfaction and motivation within Portuguese higher education institutions reporting an ongoing study financed by the European Union through the Portuguese Foundation for Science and Technology.
- Relationship Between Tethered Forces and the Four Swimming Techniques PerformancePublication . Morouço, Pedro; Keskinen, Kari L.; Vilas-Boas, João Paulo; Fernandes, Ricardo JorgeThe purpose of the current study was to identify the relationships between competitive performance and tether forces according to distance swam, in the four strokes, and to analyze if relative values of force production are better determinants of swimming performance than absolute values. The subjects (n = 32) performed a 30 s tethered swimming all-out effort. The competitive swimming velocities were obtained in the distances 50, 100 and 200 m using official chronometric values of competitions within 25 days after testing protocol. Mean force and velocity (50 m event) show significant correlations for front crawl (r = .92, p < .01), backstroke (r = .81, p < .05), breaststroke (r = .94, p < .01) and butterfly (r = .92, p < .01). The data suggests that absolute values of force production are more associated to competitive performance than relative values (normalized to body mass). Tethered swimming test seems to be a reliable protocol to evaluate the swimmer stroking force production and a helpful estimator of competitive performance in short distance competitive events.
- The Effect 0f Warm-up on Tethered Front Crawl Swimming ForcesPublication . Neiva, Henrique; Morouço, Pedro; Silva, António; Marques, Mário; Marinho, Daniel; Morouço, PedroThis study was conducted to determine the effect of warm-up on high-intensity front crawl tethered swimming and thus to better understand possible variations in the force exerted by the swimmers. Ten male national level swimmers (mean ± SD; age 15.3 ± 0.95 years old, height: 1.73 ± 5.2 m, body mass: 64.3 ± 7.8 kg, Fat mass 8.31 ± 3.1 kg) participated in this study. After a typical competition warm-up, the subjects performed a 30 s tethered swimming all-out effort in front crawl swimming technique. The same test was repeated in the day after but performed without warming up. Capillary blood lactate concentration was assessed before and after the swimming test and the Borg ratings of perceived exertion scale was used. Without a previous warm-up, the mean ± SD values of maximum and mean forces were 299.62 ± 77.56 N and 91.65 ± 14.70 N, respectively. These values were different (p<0.05) from the values obtained with warm-up (351.33 ± 81.85 N and 103.97 ± 19.11 N). Differences were also observed when regarding to the forces relative to body mass. However, the values of lactate net concentrations after the test performed with and without warm-up were not different (6.27 ± 2.36 mmol·l(-1) and 6.18 ± 2.353 mmol·l (-1)) and the same occurs with the values of ratings of perceived exertion (15.90 ± 2.42 and 15.60 ± 2.27). These results suggest an improvement of the maximum and mean force of the swimmer on the tethered swimming due to previous warm-up.
- A acessibilidade na comunicação do património em multiformatoPublication . Sousa, Célia Maria; Gil, H.Este trabalho propõe uma reflexão acerca de como o património pode ser comunicado para todos dentro e fora do espaço físico do museu, tendo como princípio a equidade, de forma a sensibilizar para a diversidade humana, através da comunicação para todos. Para tal, fundamenta-se nos conceitos de Desenho Universal, equidade e diferentes formatos de comunicação, relacionando-os com a nova definição de Museus pelo Conselho Internacional de Museus. Os resultados que ora se apresentam evidenciam que a comunicação multiformato auxilia na comunicação do património, podendo ser utilizado de muitas formas, consoante ao objetivo que se pretende atingir. Observa-se a sensibilização de todos para a aprendizagem acerca da diversidade humana, bem como do entendimento do conceito de “para todos”. Mais se acrescenta que o Museu da Seda é o único equipamento patrimonial do munícipio de Castelo Branco e que se pretende seja o percursor de uma iniciativa mais global. Pretende-se que esta iniciativa seja replicada em todos os equipamentos e estruturas patrimoniais de todo o município de Castelo Branco.
- Acessibilidade para todos: inclusão social e autonomia através de menús multiformatoPublication . Gil, Henrique Manuel Pires Teixeira; Saraiva, Daniela Filipa Silva; Sousa, Célia MariaA acessibilidade à informação em restaurantes ainda carece de estratégias eficazes para garantir a inclusão de pessoas com Necessidades Específicas (NE). Esta pesquisa teve como objetivo validar a adaptação de ementas em comunicação acessível como ferramenta de promoção da inclusão social e autonomia. Utilizou-se um estudo de casos múltiplos em dois restaurantes, com recolha de dados por entrevista semiestruturada (n=1), notas de campo, Focus Group (n=4) e questionário (n=80). A análise de conteúdo e estatística descritiva indicou que 98% dos participantes consideram a adaptação das ementas um meio de inclusão e 95% uma estratégia promotora de autonomia.