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Thin-film sensors surfaces are becoming popular to collect data in several specific and complex processes, namely plastic injection or metal stamping, allowing the digitization of such processes through the use of Internet of Things technologies. A particular challenge in such thin-film sensors surfaces is the data acquisition and signal conditioning system, which implementation is complex due to the characteristics of these sensors (e.g., low amplitude and noisy signals), but even more complex when implemented in real industrial processes, which are subject to harsh conditions, namely noise, dirt and aggressive elements. This work describes a modular data acquisition and signals conditioning system for thin-film sensors surfaces, meeting the requirements of scalability, robustness and low-cost, meaning that it can be easily expanded according to the number of sensors required for the application scenario. The work reported in this paper was supported by ONSURF- Mobilizar Competências Tecnológicas em Engenharia de Superfícies, Projeto n.o POCI-01-0247-FEDER-024521. info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion more...

Objetivo: Realizar revisão integrativa da literatura acerca das ferramentas gerenciais utilizadas na Linha do Cuidado do Acidente Vascular Cerebral. Metodologia: Para seleção dos artigos, utilizou-se as bases de dados: LILACS (Literatura Latino-Americana em Ciências da Saúde), MEDLINE (National Library of Medicine), SCOPUS – Base de dados multidisciplinar e CINAHL (Cumulative Index of Nursing and Allied Health Literature), e idiomas Inglês, Espanhol e Português. A pesquisa ocorreu de novembro de 2020 a abril de 2021, utilizando os descritores controlados em Inglês “Management Decisions” e “stroke”, mediados pelo operador booleano “and”, visando ampliar o quantitativo de estudos. Os descritores foram extraídos do DECS (Descritores em Ciências da Saúde) do Portal BVS, do MESH (Medical Subject Headings) da National Library, e Portal de Periódicos CAPES/ MEC. Resultados: As tecnologias de educação foram as de maior achado na literatura comparadas com as tecnologias inovadoras, como: panfletos, cartilhas e palestras, mostrando relevância para o enfrentamento do paciente e a comunidade contribuindo com a identificação precoce dos primeiros sinais e sintomas, o que ainda pode ser considerado um desafio neste trabalho. Conclusão: É possível melhorar a qualidade de vida dos pacientes acometidos de AVC por meio da existência de ferramentas de tecnologias gerenciais que garantam de forma rápida e efetiva a comunicação entre a equipe multidisciplinar e a gerência dos serviços de saúde. more...

Oceanic islands have been the grand stage of documented extinctions. In view of limited resources, efficient prioritization is crucial to avoid the extinction of taxa. This work lists the top 100 management priority species for the European archipelagos of the Macaronesian region (Azores, Madeira and the Canary Islands), taking into account both their protection priority and their management feasibility. Bryophytes, vascular plants, molluscs, arthropods and vertebrates were scored by species experts following two sets of criteria: (i) protection priority, including ecological value, singularity, public institutions’ management responsibilities and social value; (ii) management feasibility, including threats knowledge and control feasibility, external socio-economical support for management and biological recovery potential. Environmental managers weighted the same criteria according to their management importance. Final species scores were determined by the combination of both species valuation and criteria weighting. Vascular plants dominate the Top 100 list, followed by arthropods and vertebrates. The majority of listed taxa are endemic to one archipelago or even to a single island. The management feasibility criteria did not dictate that all taxa must be eminently endangered, as for most of the species it should be relatively easy to control threats. The main advantages of this process are the independent participation of scientists and conservation managers, the inclusion of criteria on both protection priority and management feasibility and the taxonomically unbiased nature of the process. This study provides a potentially useful biodiversity conservation tool for the Macaronesian archipelagos that could be readily implemented by the respective regional governments in future legislation. more...