The study assessed the effect of velocity of arm movement on the generation of APAs in the contralateral and ipsilateral muscles of individuals with stroke in the sitting position. In the sitting position, 10 healthy and 8 post-stroke subjects reached for an object placed at the scapular plane and mid-sternum height at self-selected and fast velocities. Electromyography was recorded from the anterior deltoid (A...
Many companies have embraced the benefits of cloud computing because of its pay-per-use cost model and the elasticity of resources that it provides. But from a data confidentiality and integrity viewpoint, moving a company’s IT systems to a public cloud poses some challenges. System protection is often based on perimeter security, but in the cloud, the company’s systems run on the cloud provider’s hardware and ...
Apresentação pública da actividade desenvolvida no Repositório Científico do Instituto Politécnico de Lisboa desde a sua criação (em Setembro de 2011) até à actualidade.
A recente explosão tecnológica, centrada em dispositivos de leitura electrónica, está a revolucionar a forma como os leitores se relacionam com o objecto livro, a informação, o mercado editorial e, naturalmente, as bibliotecas.Como espaços privilegiados de acesso ao livro e à informação, as bibliotecas necessitam de preparar-se e adaptar-se a esta realidade e adequarem os seus serviços à previsível demanda dest...
O Instituto Politécnico de Lisboa (IPL) nasceu em 1986 e reúne oito unidades orgânicas com temáticas diversas: comunicação social, contabilidade e administração, dança, educação, engenharias, música, teatro e cinema e tecnologias da saúde. Em Outubro de 2011, o Repositório Científico foi disponibilizado à comunidade académica do IPL. Até 2011, o IPL usava de forma inconsciente e involuntária o Portal RCAAP a pa...
Dissertação para obtenção do grau de Mestre em Engenharia Civil
The present paper gives an overview of the developments achieved in biosignal and sports performance monitoring in the context of the Bioswim project. The Bioswim project aims at developing technologies for integration of conventional as well as embedding novel textile sensors for the measurement, recording and transmission of biometric and performance parameters for athlete monitoring. The study object has be...
Master in International Economics and European Studies ; Madeira, which is an Autonomous Region of Portugal and an Outermost Region of the EU, is currently facing problems regarding the sustainability of the Regional Government’s finances. The Government of the Republic was asked to provide assistance in exchange for the implementation of an austerity plan. Madeira’s International Business Center, encompassed ...
The objective of the study was to investigate the effect of strength and endurance training on muscle fiber membrane properties and discharge rates of low-threshold motor units of the vasti muscles during fatiguing contractions. Methods: Twenty-five sedentary healthy men (age (mean T SD) = 26.3 T 3.9 yr) were randomly assigned to one of three groups: strength training, endurance training, or a control group. Co...
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