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- Accessible and inclusive tourism: The hotel industry in Porto – The InterContinental Porto, Palácio das CardosasPublication . Ferreira, Ana; Villares, MartaPorto is internationally renowned for its hospitality. A city that knows how to welcome, a tourist destination that excels in hospitality, according to the opinion of millions of tourists who visit us every year. Tourism, on its side, has become increasingly specialised to respond to a growing demand for unique, sustainable and accessible experiences for everyone. In recent years we have been faced with the demands of different and new markets. According to a study by Booking.com, 54% of travellers in 2023 will choose to travel as a family, with the aim of reuniting the various members. This multi-generational market is very challenging as it includes different age groups in the same group with different motivations and needs, needs that can be special. In addition, physical and mental disabilities are increasingly present, such as limited or reduced mobility, visual and/or hearing impairments, learning difficulties caused by long-term illnesses, in a general way, target public with specific needs to which the tourist offer must be adapted. These new demand requirements should therefore be considered a central point in the discussion of accessible and inclusive tourism. As the hotel industry is a fundamental pillar of tourism, there is an increasing need to rethink its approach in terms of offer.In this article we will present the Intercontinental Porto - Palácio das Cardosas Hotel as an example of this new way of looking at tourist services, making a significant contribution to affirming Porto as an accessible and inclusive destination.
- AIRDOC: Smart mobile application for individualized support and monitoring of respiratory function and sounds of patients with chronic osbtructive diseasePublication . Almeida, Rute; Amaral, Rita; Jácome, Cristina; Martinho, Diogo; Vieira-Marques, Pedro; Jacinto, Tiago; Ferreira, Ana; Almeida, Ana; Martins, Constantino; Pereira, Mariana; Pereira, Ana; Valente, José; Almeida, Rafael; Vieira, Ana; Amaral, Rita; Sá-Sousa, Ana; Gonçalves, Ivânia; Rodrigues, Pedro; Alves-Correia, Magna; Freitas, Alberto; Marreiros, GoretiCurrent tools for self-management of chronic obstructive respiratory diseases (CORD) are difficult to use, not individualized and requiring laborious analysis by health professionals, discouraging their use in healthcare. There is an opportunity for cost-effective and easy-to-disseminate advanced technological solutions directed to patients and attractive to different stakeholders. The strategy of AIRDOC is to develop and integrate self-monitoring and self-managing tools, making use of the smartphone's presence in everyday life. AIRDOC intends to innovate on: i) technologies for remote monitoring of respiratory function and computerized lung auscultation; ii) coaching solutions, integrating psychoeducation, gamification and disease management support systems; and iii) management of personal health data, focusing on security, privacy and interoperability. It is expected that AIRDOC results will contribute for the innovation in CORD healthcare, with increased patient involvement and empowerment while providing quality prospective information for better clinical decisions, allowing more efficient and sustainable healthcare delivery.
- Análise de informação disponível online relativa a alimentos compostos complementares (ACC) para animais exóticos de companhiaPublication . Ferreira, Ana; Correia, Patrícia; Pinho, CláudiaOs animais exóticos têm-se tornado cada vez mais populares. Além dos cuidados normais com a alimentação, o uso de Alimentos Compostos Complementares (ACC) pode ser necessário para suplementar a ração diária destes animais. Porém, são ainda escassos os estudos relativos a ACC, nomeadamente quanto às evidências dos seus ingredientes e indicações de uso. Recolher e discutir a informação disponível online dos ACC para animais exóticos de companhia. Estudo descritivo e transversal, com recolha dos ACC disponíveis nos primeiros três websites do motor de busca Google®, de forma a simular a pesquisa de um consumidor comum. Para os ACC recolhidos, analisou-se a informação disponível online (categoria de animal exótico, indicações de uso dos ACC, ingredientes presentes; outras informações relevantes). Obtiveram-se 44 produtos (8 ACC para répteis, 18 ACC para aves e18 ACC para roedores). Quanto às formas de apresentação, destacam-se as misturas de ervas/cereais nos roedores; as formulações em líquido/gotas nas aves, e as formulações em pó nos répteis. No caso das indicações de uso, para os répteis destaca-se a compensação das deficiências de uma dieta normal (3 ACC) e o aumento dos níveis de cálcio (3 ACC). Nas aves, 5 em 18 ACC têm como indicação o cuidado das penas e pelo, enquanto que a compensação das deficiências da dieta (4 ACC) e a melhoria da função intestinal (4 ACC), foram as indicações mais referidas para roedores. Quanto a outra informação disponível ao consumidor, apenas foram visíveis dados sobre contraindicações/precauções (1 ACC), duração de tratamento (1 ACC) e condições de conservação (1 ACC). O cálcio foi o ingrediente em destaque nos ACC para répteis e aves. São muitos os ingredientes nos ACC para animais de companhia exóticos, sendo ainda escassas as evidências relativas ao seu uso, justificando-se mais estudos na área da suplementação animal.
- Biomarkers in whole slide images stained by: Hemtoxylin-Eosin: A groundbreaking application using artificial intelligencePublication . Borrecho, Gonçalo; Curado, Mónica; Vale, João; Vinagre, Tiago; Geraldes, Mariana; Assunção, Teresa; Coelho, Daniel; Ferreira, Inês; Ferreira, Ana; Fernandes, Ana Isabel; França, Amélia; Mendes, Fernando; Martins, DianaBiomarkers play a fundamental role in the diagnosis, prognosis and prediction of diseases. The study of biomarkers requires the performance of complementary diagnostic tests, which entails high costs and inevitably leads to an increase in response time, which could have a severe impact on the patient’s outcome. The digital transformation in Pathology Laboratories, accompanied by the wide implementation of slide digitalization, has been decisive for the development and application of digital intelligence algorithms in a diagnostic context. The aim of this review is to assess artificial intelligence algorithms for evaluating biomarkers that can be applied to whole slide images stained by hemtoxylin-eosin (WSI-HE) and to understand their advantages and limitations. There are several types of algorithms, some established on the identification and quantification of morphological biomarkers, such as nuclear density, celular heterogeneity, the presence of certain cellular structures, tissue organization and other features. The usage of WSI-HE is enormously promising, as it reveals additional information that is not visually observable but can help or even expand to pathologists capabilities. The identification and validation of morphological biomarkers in WSI-HE still presents challenges, such as the need for large data sets annotated using multimodal data (information from diferente sources, such as histopathological images, clinical data, radiologial information, genomic data, among others), the interpretability of deep learning models, the integration of these biomarkers into clinical practice, among others. The application of algorithms in WSI-HE could represente na importante change in patient management, contributing to timely precision medicine.
- Computacional pathology: What’s newPublication . Coelho, Daniel; Assunção, Teresa; Borrecho, Gonçalo; Geraldes, Mariana; Vinagre, Tiago; Ferreira, Inês; Ferreira, Ana; Fernandes, Ana Isabel; França, Amélia; Vale, João; Curado, Mónica; Mendes, Fernando; Martins, DianaThe term computacional pathology (CPath) has become a buzz-word among the digital pathology community. Adances in scanning systems, imaging technologies and storage devices are generating an ever-increasing volume of whole-slide images (WSI) acquired in clinical settings, which can be computacionally analyzed using artificial intelligence (AI), such as deep learning technologies, in a new área of development called CPath. The purpose of the review is to disseminate the latest news and futures perspectives by CPath. Deep learning in the context of CPath has methodological contributions that can be distinguished into approaches based on the final purpose of the analysis: predicting clinical endpoints such as cancer subtype, patient survival or genetic mutations from WSI and AI-based assistive tools, such as segmentation methods for WSI or virtual staining. The emergence of multipex imaging, spatially resolver genomic assays and 3D pathology, among other methodologies, will accelerate this trend, providing new opportunities for multimodal integration and discovering new biomarkers. Additionally, these developments will help automating labor-intensive manual work and reducing inter-observer variability diagnosis between pathologists, contributing to a better patient care. CPath will underpin the development of the next generation of cancer therapies and diagnostics, changing the clinical research and ultimately leading towards new cures or improved patient outcomes.
- Descobrir o Porto com Camilo Castelo Branco – propostas de roteiros literários para saídas de estudo em GeografiaPublication . Ferreira, AnaCamilo Castelo Branco, personalidade marcante da literatura portuguesa do século XIX é leitura recomendada no 11ºano de escolaridade. É um homem do Porto –embora aqui não tenha nascido -cidade que acolhe a experiência educativa que aqui apresentamos. Neste artigo procuramos refletir sobre a oportunidade de trabalhar a interdisciplinaridade, utilizando o texto literário como fonte de informação para o conhecimento do território. Persegue-se o objetivo central de promover a aprendizagem no ensino secundário através da motivação para a leitura e interpretação textual e da exploração do espaço, resultando numa proposta de roteiros para saídas de estudo na cidade do Porto apoiada em excertos de textos produzidos pelo autor.
- Development of a mobile health app for the management of hypertension, including treatment adherence assessment,using image detection technology - inspirers-HTNPublication . Nogueira-Silva, Luís; Viera-Marques, Pedro; Valente, José; Holtkötter, Jannis; Amaral, Rita; Jácome, Cristina; Ferreira, Ana; Almeida, Rute; Almeida Fonseca, JoãoWe aim to develop a mHealth smartphone app with a novel strategy to support the management of hypertension, including the measurement of adherence to treatment, taking advantage of the widespread use of smartphones and using only their embedded sensors. We have designed and developed a cross-platform, multi-language app which allows to register a pharmacological treatment and to customize alerts for the patient to take his/her medication and to measure his/her blood pressure (BP). Moreover, the app will be able to identify the number of pills in a blister and to capture the BP values from the screen of BP measuring devices, using the smartphone's camera. Thus, the app will quantify adherence to therapy and generate automatic BP reports. Blister photos and BP values collected by the users are enhanced using standard image processing methods for contrast increase, gap filling and relevant elements location. Classification strategies allow to count the pills present in the blisters, while the Google MLKit text mining API is employed for BP values recognition. Health Level Seven International (HL7) Fast Health Interoperability Resources (FHIR) standard is used for health care data modeling and exchange, promoting interoperability while guaranteeing data quality and security. Evaluation of the app's performance by real users will be presented, regarding its usability and the offline validity of the data acquisition. The user interface concept of the app has been defined and the mockups have been produced. Regarding pill counting, blisters with diverse materials and textures were considered. Different processing strategies are used depending on blisters’ characteristics, which has allowed an accuracy above 95% for most of the tested blisters. Extracting the BP measures from smartphone acquired images using the MLKIT app seems to be feasible. Further improvements and evaluations are ongoing. We will show preliminary results regarding usability and offline validity. We propose a new smartphone app that will support the management of hypertension, including an innovative image detection tool that will allow to objectively measure adherence to therapy and will facilitate the capture of BP values.
- Educational practice: the domain of Curricular Autonomy (DCA) at Fontes Pereira de Melo SchoolPublication . Ferreira, Ana; Villares, MartaThe present article revisits a discussion about the Curricular Autonomy Domain within the context of Portuguese education. Curricular Autonomy is a concept that essentially represents changes in methodology and assessment. One should question if it is a reachable practice and if schools are able to implement the necessary changes. In Portugal, the changes in education policies arose after the revision of the Basic Law of the educational system of 2009, especially through the (Decreto-Lei nº 55/2018 de 6 de julho. Diário da República nº 129 - Série I. Ministério da Educação, Lisboa), that “establishes the curriculum of basic and secondary educa tion and the guiding principles of learning assessment”. This document determines the implementation of the Curricular Autonomy Domain in schools, starting in the school year 2018–2019. However, its implementation has not been consensual, and four years later, its implementation and effectiveness in terms of learning are still questioned. Although all teachers recognize the major changes and the need to adapt teaching practices to a new generation of students, they are not always able to iden tify the best ways to meet the students’ demands in a global world where knowledge should be seen in an integrated perspective. The main goal of this work is to under stand to what extent students and teachers consider the development of teamwork projects’ determinant in the success of teaching, understanding the interdisciplinary approach as a key resource to appropriate knowledge. In fact, if interdisciplinarity is considered essential for the learning process, then project work can be an appealing tool for students, motivating them to research and questioning, essential conditions for successful learning. Thus, in a perspective of inclusion in education, we ask ourselves about the effect that the Domain of Curricular Autonomy may have on students’ learning, which activities are being introduced/implemented and what is the effectiveness/relevance that students and teachers attribute to these Domains of Curricular Autonomy (DCA). To carry out this study, a questionnaire was applied to teachers and another one to students from the 5th to 12th grade, from the elementary and secondary school Fontes Pereira de Melo, in Porto. The goal was to assess the effect that the proposed activities in the DCA have on learning and how the Domains of Curricular Autonomy are integrated in teaching practices. In order to enrich the study, one conducted a survey to understand the teachers’ position regarding the implementation of the DCA in their teaching practice.
- Estudo de caso: Medicamentos Look-Alike, Sound-Alike (LASA): Estratégias para o uso seguro de medicamentosPublication . Pereira, Eduardo de Sá; Ferreira, Ana; Caldeira, Ana; Rocha, Rúben; Pinho, Cláudia; Correia, Patrícia; Couto, CristinaErros LASA representam um problema complexo, com potencial para causar danos fatais ou irreversíveis aos doentes. As estimativas de prevalência apontam que 1 em cada 4 erros de medicação advém dos medicamentos tipo LASA. Várias abordagens para os minimizar estão disponíveis, desde a educação humana até à implementação de estratégias que diminuam o risco de troca entre pares de medicamentos LASA. Explorar o conceito de medicamentos LASA e a sua implicação no contexto clínico, identificar estratégias implementadas para a minimização de erros provenientes da sua utilização em vários países e proceder à comparação com as normas da Direção-Geral daSaúde. Foram pesquisados artigos nas bases de dados Pubmed e Science Direct sem aplicação de limite temporal ou de tipologia durante maio e 13 de junho de 2022 (última pesquisa). Após leitura dos abstracts, foram escolhidos aqueles que abordavam os medicamentos LASA e sua influência em erros de medicação ou que exploravam estratégias de minimização de erros associados aos mesmos. Pesquisou-se no motor Google normas ou guidelines que orientassem para esta temática. Foram identificadas 16 estratégias para a mitigação de erros LASA através da análise das normas de Portugal, Espanha e Estados Unidos da América. A norma portuguesa menciona 10 de 16 estratégias, sendo que 2 destas não foram encontradas nas restantes normas. Não foram adquiridos dados estatísticos que permitissem aferir quantidade ou eficácia das medidas aplicadas sobre erros LASA. Não obstante, encontraram-se 6 novas medidas possíveis de serem implementadas na norma portuguesa com potencial de minorar o impacto destes erros. Erros LASA constituem risco para a saúde pública, cabe às instituições implementar estratégias específicas que possibilitem o uso seguro destes medicamentos. Devido à complementaridade entre estratégias, assume-se que a implementação de um maior número de medidas aumenta a eficácia de resposta das instituições à problemática dos LASA.
- Influência de duas ligaduras no tempo de reacção dos peroniaisPublication . Ferreira, Ana; Monteiro, Pedro; Carvalho, Paulo; Moreira, CamiloPretendeu-se verificar a influência de dois tipos de ligaduras no tempo de reacção dos peroniais, através de electromiografia de superfície, em atletas femininas de voleibol, com história de entorse e indicadores de instabilidade. Efectuou-se um estudo com uma amostra de 15 atletas. Seleccionaram-se as ligaduras elástica adesiva em heel-lock e kinesiotape com aplicação peronial e ligamentar, pela sua indicação de diminuição da instabilidade tíbio-társica. Utilizaram-se os testes paramétricos ANOVA de medidas repetidas e Teste t para amostras emparelhadas. Verificou-se que a aplicação da ligadura kinesiotape reduziu o tempo de reacção dos peroniais enquanto a ligadura elástica não exerceu influência sobre este.
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