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- Design de comunicação como ferramenta de compreensão espacial : uma proposta arquigráfica para o edifício da FBAULPublication . Burkardt, Letícia; Taveira, Rogério, 1966-The present dissertation intends to approach the intersection between typography and architecture, more specifically the insertion of a signage system in the historical building of the Faculty of Fine Arts of the University of Lisbon (FBAUL). As part of the strategy, we’ll approach concepts related to information design such as archigraphy, wayfinding design and environmental graphic design (EGD) as well as design references that approximates architecture and graphic design, from the 20th century to the present day, as a way of creating a repertoire of good references. We conducted an analysis of the FBAUL building, both in its historical component and in the points of interest that we aim to insert the proposal for a signage system. It is also intended to understand the characteristics of the Faculty’s visual identity, based on a specific typeface. Typography is an area of human production that reflects identity in the specificity of a temporal, geographical, cultural or social context. With this in mind, the typographic presence is understood as one of the most important elements in the construction of identity. Whether it’s a text, poster, object of design and even in the built environment, this identity can be reflected in a building or in the city itself. This study has its focus in the context of the architecture, being proposed the analysis about typography and its relation with the physical space where it is inserted, to later materialize this reflection in the form of a signage project for the FBAUL building. The aim of this research is to understand the complexity of information and typography as a three-dimensional object integrated into a historical building with a consolidated program and space occupation through a practical project
- Quando um Presidente da República vive no limite do semipresidencialismo: retratos que a imprensa diária esboçou na primeira metade do mandato de Marcelo Rebelo de SousaPublication . Lopes, Felisbela; Espírito Santo, PaulaO 20º Presidente da República Portuguesa inaugurou, em Março de 2016, um mandato distintivo na forma como se relaciona com os poderes que a Constituição lhe confere. Participando diariamente em múltiplos eventos, Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa fala, acima de tudo, daquilo que considera mais estratégico (re)colocar na ordem do dia, entrando em permanência em áreas de atuação que pertencem ao Governo. E isso é legitimado por duas forças que este PR não descura: a popularidade que reúne junto dos portugueses e a atenção mediática que provoca nos jornalistas. É aqui que reside a sua força para testar alguns dos poderes presidenciais que lhe estão fixados pela Lei Fundamental. Nesta contribuição, identificaremos o modo como o Presidente da República exerceu os seus poderes à luz do que a imprensa diária generalista portuguesa tem publicado sobre si, ao longo dos primeiros dois anos de mandato (9 de Março de 2016 a 9 de Março de 2018). Com base num universo de 1.537 textos noticiosos publicados, neste período, no Diário de Notícias, Jornal de Notícias, Público e Correio da Manhã, identificaremos quais os poderes presidenciais que estiveram em destaque na imprensa e faremos sobressair três situações que assumiram relevância no modo como o Presidente da República faz vingar a sua posição junto do Governo: a intervenção no rumo do único banco público português (Caixa Geral de Depósitos), a coordenação das operações em torno do roubo de material militar em Tancos e o envolvimento com as vítimas dos incêndios que afetaram a região centro de Portugal em 2017. Como resultados esperados, esta contribuição procura examinar a construção da proximidade entre eleitores e eleitos, promovida pela figura presidencial, e amplificado pela imprensa. Ou seja, pretende-se identificar os moldes e o papel da imprensa como motores essenciais para a projeção da mensagem política e da figura presidencial, em termos de utilização do espaço público mediático.
- Fermata: "Artaud, Sade e Bataille: uma suspensão do pensamento no acto da poiesis"Publication . Pereira, Catarina Maria Lusitano Leal da Câmara; Caseiro, Carlos Vidal Tenes OliveiraAs artists, we know that the reasons that lead us in creative processes have no logical foundation. Most decisions taken during artistic praxis are not translatable in thought (in logical phrase structure). They derive from intuitions anchored in the darkest zones of our consciousness. If this is true for formal decisions about object building, it is even more evident when we try to understand the reasons that led us to a particular subject, a process or sheer mechanics. We are driven by drives from unconscious areas, sometimes therapeutic, often involuntary. And it is this same unconsciousness that makes creative processes into cognitive and ontological processes. The work that I present as an artistic component of the doctorate gives us news of the same strangeness (see annex). It was absolutely unsuspected to see me engender a work of this nature. The natural question that confronted me with the need to develop a thesis that dialogues with my poetic production was to ask myself how did it arrived there? What did exist underneath my existence, on my daily life, with my ghosts and fears? What pushed me into what was evident and into the irrepressible drive to produce certain images? How to question these subjects in the first person would always have a swamp nature, be tedious, analytical and in a closed-circuit; the hypothesis that remained was to project the questions underlying these mysteries into the poetic production of other authors. I name the authors as if someone whom is known by name, as if the intimacy established by the reading of their works had embodied them in concrete actors in my life: Antonin Artaud, Sade and Georges Bataille. I think that the poetic production only happens when one speaks with authenticity, when one anchors in the lived intimacy of experience and that is as absolute and common as more intimate. Because, deep down, our territories of individual intimacy, unconfessable and untranslatable, are territories transverse to all individuals; are universal in proportion to their intimacy. In this sense, I went to find (not look for) the testimonies contained in the works of Artaud, Sade and Bataille, a reflection of what I sense to be unconscious and involuntary foundations of the creative processes: anguish, affectivity, sexuality, incarceration, boredom, revolt and guilt. The choice was involuntary: it was dictated by affinity, by color, by heart.
- O acesso às fontes autárquicas no jornalismo regional: estudo de três jornais do distrito de Castelo BrancoPublication . Martins, Paulo Jorge dos Santos; Nunes, Carla Marisa BarataO presente estudo analisa o acesso às fontes autárquicas no jornalismo regional, mais concretamente no distrito de Castelo Branco. Para tal, realizaram-se cinco entrevistas a jornalistas e responsáveis por gabinetes de comunicação autárquicos, para além de se analisarem 167 notícias de três jornais semanários da região. Conclui-se que a relação entre os jornalistas deste distrito e as suas fontes autárquicas é pautada pela interdependência. Este tipo de fontes acaba por ser muito importante para os jornais regionais, visto que as ações da autarquia incidem diretamente nas dinâmicas sociais. O estudo evidencia ainda que a transmissão de informação autárquica é realizada diariamente, atendendo aos pedidos de informação adicional dos jornalistas. Apesar disso, todos os jornalistas apontaram discrepâncias no funcionamento das várias câmaras municipais.
- Brain connectivity of the amygdala : a prospective study based on cortico-cortical evoked potentials in patients with stereotactically implanted electrodesPublication . Coelho, Cristina Maria Rosado da Silva; Lüders, Hans O.; Peralta, Ana Rita Fernandes, 1976-Introduction: The human brain has multiple cortical structures connected by white matter pathways. Different methods have been attempted to study these connections in order to better understand the function of the brain and its pathology. One recent described method is the cortico-cortical evoked potentials (CCEPs). Patients with refractory focal epilepsy may undergo evaluation with intracranial electrodes targeting suspected epileptogenic regions to better define the actual epileptogenic zone. CCEPs can be studied in these patients. CCEP mapping consists in applying a current between a pair of electrodes while collecting electroencephalography data. The stimulation triggers a local electrical response at the stimulation area and may evoke a cortical potential at other locations if there is an electrophysiological, effective connection between the two regions. The procedure is repeated several times and the output responses averaged to obtain a response profile for a given stimulus and regions. Lüders and colleagues (2004, 2006) introduced the CCEP terminology, being one of the first groups to use CCEP to investigate connectivity within functional circuits, including motor/language systems. Since then, different and variable types of methodologies have been applied. One factor not usually analyzed in previous works is the volume conduction effect, causing an electrical field in the surrounding tissue, decreasing with the inverse square of the distance, shown by Shimada and colleagues (2017). This effect occurs in the majority responses near the stimulation site, emphasizing the impact of volume-conducted potential in CCEPs interpretation. The amygdala has been implicated in a wide array of behaviors, being important for emotional processing. In humans, the earliest electrical stimulation studies were conducted by Penfield and colleagues (1954, 1958) in patients with temporal lobe epilepsy and sought to understand amygdala role. However, few electrophysiological works studied the amygdala connectivity. Brazier (1964), Buser and Bancaud (1983), Wilson (1990) performed temporal lobe stimulation, and showed amygdala connectivity with ipsilateral hippocampus, other limbic structures, and the temporal pole. Recently, Enatsu and colleagues (2015) studied the limbic network connection. Two patients had amygdala-implanted electrodes stimulation and showed CCEP responses in ipsilateral hippocampus, orbitofrontal cortex (OF), temporal pole (TP), lateral temporal (LT), insula, cingulate gyrus, pre-supplementary motor area (preSMA), premotor (preM), and inferior parietal lobule (IP). Few studies focus on the amygdala connectivity in the human brain. Furthermore, CCEP methodology and analysis is variable between different works, which lack an evaluation or rarely consider certain factors that could influence the responses. With this work, we propose to expand the knowledge regarding amygdala. Additionally, we intend to emphasize some features that can influence CCEP morphology, in order to systematically be considered when interpreting CCEP responses in future studies. These types of studies can help understand the mechanisms of the amygdala and seizure propagation pathways in patients with epilepsy. Objectives: The aim of this project is to identify the electrophysiological connectivity of the amygdala with different cortical areas in patients with epilepsy, implanted with stereotactic electroencephalography (SSEG) electrodes using CCEPs. Our primary outcome was: Presence of CCEP responses and topography. Secondary outcomes: Influence of stimulus intensity in CCEP features and exploration of other characteristics that can influence CCEP morphology. Materials and methods: This is a prospective observational study. Inclusion criteria: Patients admitted in the Adult Epilepsy Monitoring Unit, Epilepsy Center, University Hospitals, Cleveland Medical Center, USA, between December/2016 and August/2017; diagnosis of medically intractable focal epilepsy; underwent SEEG/functional brain mapping; had amygadala-implanted electrodes. Exclusion criteria: Technical problems that unable CCEP evaluation; absence of informed consent. This study was submitted and approved by the Institutional Review Board Committee at the same institution, and informed consent was obtained from all participating patients. The implantation targets followed the usual clinical practice. The CCEP recording started 24-48 hours after SEEG implantation. During the procedure the patient was in a resting state. Two adjacent contacts placed in the amygdala were stimulated in a bipolar manner. The stimulation parameters applied were: constant current with a square wave output, pulse width of 0.3ms, pulse frequency of 1Hz, alternating polarity. The current intensity started at 0.5mA, increasing stepwise to 15mA maximum, or less if after-discharges or seizures were seen. Sixteen to 30 stimuli were applied. CCEP responses were identified visually. For each region it was analyzed: i) The presence/absence of CCEP responses per brain region; ii) The minimal threshold of the current intensity applied to trigger a response; iii) CCEP features: Latency, 1st peak amplitude, maximum peak-to-peak amplitude, duration of CCEP responses. Regarding the primary outcome, a descriptive statistical analysis of CCEP responses and their features was performed. It was further analyzed whether each CCEP feature (latency, 1st peak amplitude, maximum peak-to-peak amplitude, duration) differed between regions (mesial temporal, non-mesial temporal, and frontal lobes). Concerning the secondary outcomes: The influence of stimulus intensity in CCEP features was analyzed through the evaluation of each CCEP feature for 2 different stimuli intensities, when a maximum stimulus intensity was at least the double of the minimum stimulus intensity applied. After, the averages of the ratio for each CCEP features between the maximum stimulus intensity and the minimum stimulus intensity were calculated. Descriptive statistical analysis was performed for this ratio. Regarding the other secondary outcome: The exploration of other characteristics that could influence CCEP morphology, were visually analyzed. One of these characteristics was further analyzed with a linear regression modeling function for regression analysis of amplitude decay with the inverse square of the distance relative to the stimulation site/CCEP response contacts to show volume-conducted potential. Results: Seven patients underwent SEEG. Two patients were excluded. All 5 patients had unilateral hemispheric SEEG electrodes implantation, except one patient (bihemispheric implantation). Different brain regions revealed ipsilateral CCEP responses when the amygdala was stimulated, including hippocampus head (HH), body (HB), and tail (HT), parahippocampal gyrus (PHG), TP, LT, OF, subcallosal area (SC), prefrontal mesial cortex (preFM), prefrontal lateral cortex (preFL), preM, preSMA, supplementary motor area (SMA), and anterior insula (AI). No responses were identified in ipsilateral anterior (AC) and posterior cingulate (PC) cortices, superior parietal lobule (SP) and IP. No contralateral responses were seen in the patient with bihemispheric SEEG implantation. The minimal threshold of the current intensity necessary to apply to trigger a CCEP response varied mildly across regions (1-4mA). The lower latencies were seen in temporal lobe (mesial and non-mesial) and higher latencies were seen in the frontal lobe (p-value<0.01). No statistically significant differences were seen regarding the response amplitudes and duration between the different regions (p-value>0.01). Other explored characteristics seem to influence CCEP features. When at least the double of the current intensity was applied during amygdala stimulation, it was possible to see small changes or no significant changes in latency. By contrast, the response amplitudes showed an increase between 2- to 9-fold with the maximum stimulus intensity, particularly noticeable for temporal lobe, OF, SC. An increase was also seen regarding the duration of responses. We also demonstrated that the stimulation site response and other CCEP responses can have an amplitude decay with the inverse of the square of the distance, in accordance with a volume conduction effect. In addition, we showed examples of different types of CCEP responses within the same region. Furthermore, we demonstrated that CCEP waveforms obtained can have different superimposed components, representing the sum of different underlying components. Discussion: By using CCEPs analysis, we investigated the electrophysiological connectivity of the amygdala with other brain regions in patients with medically intractable focal epilepsy and stereotactically-implanted electrodes. Our study enabled to provide evidence regarding the amygdala connectivity. The amygdala stimulation induced CCEPs in different regions, revealing connectivity with ipsilateral temporal (mesial/non-mesial), frontal lobe structures, and anterior insula. These connections are consistent with previous stimulation studies and provide supporting evidence for interactive circuits between emotion and other aspects of cognition, suggested from animal and human studies. Additionally, we sought to explore factors that could influence CCEP features. We demonstrated that with an increase in the stimulation intensity, there is also an increment in the amplitude and duration of some responses. Moreover, other factors influence the morphology of the CCEP responses. We showed examples of the volume-conducted potential affecting both the stimulation site and CCEP response in a remote site. Interestingly, two other factors contributed to the waveforms generated: we found different CCEP responses morphologies within the same region and showed that different superimposed components contribute to the waveform generated, which represents the sum of the different underlying components. Conclusions: Our work demonstrates in vivo human functional and electrophysiological connectivity between amygdala and other brain structures in patients with epilepsy using CCEPs. We found evidence of amygdala connectivity to temporal, frontal lobes, and anterior insula, which can provide us with better understanding of the human brain function and seizure propagation pathways in patients with epilepsy. Additionally, this work allows to emphasize the importance of considering volume conduction effect, different neural generator locations and orientations, differences in the brain tissue conductivity, and the possible presence of epileptic circuits when analyzing CCEP responses. As a consequence, it would be important to integrate these elements in the future studies which might unveil new information on the brain connectivity.
- Qualidade nutricional e parâmetros físco-químicos da folha da alcatra (picanha) de novilhos de diferentes origens a nível mundialPublication . Lagoa, Pedro Miguel Silva Gaspar; Quaresma, Mário Alexandre Gonçalves; Correia, Luís SantanaEm Portugal, a carne importada pode ter diversas proveniências, o que conjectura diferenças ao nível da qualidade nutricional da mesma, pelo que se decidiu realizar um estudo comparativo da qualidade nutricional, nomeadamente perfil lipídico e parâmetros físico-químicos, de picanhas (gluteus biceps) provenientes de diferentes origens a nível Mundial. Nos parâmetros físico-químicos, a picanha da Holanda apresentou o pH mais elevado (5,86) e a picanha dos Estados Unidos da América apresentou a maior luminosidade (L*; 34,55), enquanto que a picanha da Inglaterra apresentou simultaneamente a maior intensidade de vermelho (a*; 24,61) e amarelo (b*; 5,96). Relativamente ao perfil lipídico, a picanha proveniente do Botswana apresentou os teores mais elevados de colesterol (102,5 mg/100 g de carne fresca) e γ-tocoferol (1,25 μg/g de carne fresca), ao passo que a picanha proveniente da Namíbia apresentou os teores mais elevados de α-tocoferol (16,1 μg/g de carne fresca) e β-caroteno (0,80 μg/g de carne fresca). Os ácidos gordos monoinsaturados (MUFA) foram predominantes nas picanhas da Europa, América do Norte e Oceânia, ao contrário das picanhas de África em que os ácidos gordos predominantes foram os ácidos gordos saturados (SFA).
- Intervenção psicomotora em saúde mental : inserida em projeto comunitário no grupo de Intervenção e Reabilitação Ativa (GIRA)Publication . Resendes, Carina Cabral; Melo, Ana Paula Lebre dos Santos BrancoNo âmbito do Ramo de Aprofundamento de Competências Profissionais do Mestrado em Reabilitação Psicomotora, da Faculdade de Motricidade Humana da Universidade de Lisboa, este relatório tem como intuito descrever todas as atividades realizadas ao longo do estágio, realizado no Fórum Socio-Ocupacional de Alfama (FSO), pertencente ao Grupo de Intervenção e Reabilitação Ativa (GIRA), uma Instituição Particular de Solidariedade Social, na área da Saúde Mental. Inicialmente será apresentado o enquadramento da prática profissional, onde se encontra a componente teórica que serviu de suporte a toda a intervenção, sendo descritos conteúdos relacionados com a área da Saúde Mental, terapias expressivas e intervenção psicomotora. Seguidamente, serão descritas todas as atividades desenvolvidas no FSO, o Projeto “Troca a Dar”, as sessões de grupo de Psicomotricidade e as sessões de Dança e Movimento Expressivo, finalizando com a apresentação do estudo de caso e com a descrição das atividades complementares ao estágio. Por fim, será realizada uma reflexão crítica a todo o trabalho e resultados obtidos ao longo da intervenção, bem como resultados obtidos no Projeto “Troca a Dar”, concluindo que a intervenção psicomotora e as terapias expressivas são uma mais valia para as pessoas com experiência em doença mental, bem como a realização de projetos que envolvam estas com a comunidade, promovendo benefícios ao nível das relações socias, afetos, pertença à comunidade e satisfação com o suporte social.
- Intervenção psicomotora com crianças e jovens com perturbação do espectro do autismo (PEA) do Agrupamento de Escolas Dr. Azevedo NevesPublication . Magalhães, Inês Filipa Salvador; Melo, Ana Paula Lebre dos Santos BrancoO presente relatório reflete a Intervenção Psicomotora realizada no Agrupamento de Escolas Dr. Azevedo Neves, no ano letivo 2017/2018, com 33 crianças e jovens entre os 5 e os 19 anos com Necessidades Educativas Especiais, maioritariamente Perturbação do Espetro do Autismo (PEA). A terapia foi conduzida em sessões individuais e de grupo, incluindo o Projeto de Dança & Movimento bem como Intervenção em Meio Aquático. De modo a enquadrar o trabalho com esta população, é apresentada neste relatório uma revisão da literatura acerca da PEA, dos modelos de intervenção mais comummente utilizados na PEA, da Intervenção Psicomotora e da sua relação com a PEA, de Intervenções de Grupo como a Dança e o Meio Aquático na PEA e, considerando que o trabalho foi desenvolvido em contexto escolar, do Enquadramento Legal e do Ensino Inclusivo. Como complemento à revisão teórica, três estudos de caso foram selecionados para ilustrar o trabalho realizado. Estes estudos de caso incluem duas intervenções individuais/pares e o Projeto de Dança & Movimento.
- Construção da imagem da mulher atleta pela mídia nos jogos olímpicos-Rio 2016 : abordagem cognitivo-culturalPublication . Cabete, Fernanda Bassi; Almeida, ClotildeA presente dissertação visa uma análise cognitivo-cultural de como as construções discursivas na mídia, marcadas por modelos cognitivos e culturais pré-estabelecidos, retratam a mulher atleta, em referência aos Jogos Olímpicos – Rio 2016. A participação de mulheres em meios tradicionalmente masculinos, como no esporte e na mídia, ainda que venha sofrendo avanços notáveis, continua a ser limitada. Mediante a desconstrução de conceitualizações metafóricas e metonímicas presentes no jornalismo esportivo, busca-se descortinar estes discursos segregadores e as suas consequências sociais, bem como sugerir um paradigma alternativo conducente à revisão de valores e práticas sociais que contribuem decisivamente para perpetuar a desigualdade de gênero.