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In this work, two industrial dual-step pressure swing adsorption (PSA) processes were designed and simulated to obtain high-purity methane, CO2, and syngas from a gas effluent of a CO2 electroreduction reactor using different design configurations. Among the set of zeolites that was investigated using Monte Carlo and molecular dynamics simulations, NaX and MFI were the ones selected. The dual-PSA process for case study 1 is only capable of achieving a 90.5% methane purity with a 95.2% recovery. As for case study 2, methane is obtained with a 97.5% purity and 95.3% recovery. Both case studies can produce CO2 with high purity and recovery (>97 and 95%, respectively) and syngas with a H2/CO ratio above 4. Although case study 2 allows methane to be used as domestic gas, a much higher value for its energy consumption is observed compared to case study 1 (64.9 vs 29.8 W h molCH4-1).

Background: Some evidence suggests that different changes in body composition after Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery (MBS) may be distinctly associated with specific cardiometabolic outcomes. However, evidence is scarce and longitudinal studies describing body composition changes and their association with cardiometabolic markers are warranted. Objective: To evaluate the association of weight and body composition changes with the cardiometabolic profile, after MBS, considering a possible heterogeneity between Roux-en-Y Gastric Bypass (Bypass) and Sleeve Gastrectomy (Sleeve). Methodology: Longitudinal retrospective study in patients undergoing MBS at CUF Tejo Hospital, between September 2018 and March 2021.Anthropometric and body composition assessment data [weight, BMI, Fat Mass (FM) and Skeletal Muscle Mass (SMM)],as well as cardiometabolic markers [Total Cholesterol (TC), LDL, HDL and VLDL, Triacylglycerols, Fasting Glucose (FG) and Glycated Haemoglobin A1c], were collected in the electronic medical record from the preoperative evaluation until the follow-up of 6 months post-surgery, at four time points (pre surgery, 1, 3, and 6 months after surgery). Associations of anthropometric and body composition changes with cardiometabolic outcomes were estimated by regression coefficients (ẞ) and respective 95% confidence intervals (95%CI) by separate linear regression models for each marker. Results: No significant heterogeneity was observed between Bypass and Sleeve on the association with cardiometabolic markers. One month after surgery, we observed that decreased weight and BMI were significantly associated with lower HDL cholesterol levels at 3 months (ß=- 2,118 mg/dL; 95%CI: -2,970; -1,267; ß=-7,192 mg/dL; 95%CI: -9,485 ; -4,900, respectively).A decreased in SMM at 3 months after MBS, was associated with lower HDL cholesterol and TC at 6 months (ß=-9,612 mg/dL; 95%CI: -13,583; -5,640; ß=-16;296 mg/dL; 95%CI: -29,243; -3,349, respectively). After adjustment for sociodemographic characteristics, no significant associations were observed with the remaining cardiometabolic markers. Conclusion: Weight loss and the corresponding decrease in BMI are associated with a decrease in HDL cholesterol at 3 and 6 months of follow-up, with loss of SMM being the factor most strongly associated with this decrease.

Temporal interference stimulation has been suggested as a method to reach deep targets during transcutaneous electrical stimulation. Despite its growing use in transcutaneous stimulation therapies, the mechanism of its operation is not fully understood. Recent efforts to fill that gap have focused on computational modelling, in vitro and in vivo experiments relying on physical observations - e.g., sensation or movement. This paper expands the current range of experimental methods by demonstrating in vivo extraneural recordings from the ulnar nerve of a pig while applying temporal interference stimulation at a location targeting a distal part of the nerve. The main aim of the experiment was to compare neural activation using sinusoidal stimulation (100 Hz, 2 kHz, 4 kHz) and temporal interference stimulation (2 kHz and 4 kHz). The recordings showed a significant increase in the magnitude of stimulation artefacts at higher frequencies. While those artefacts could be removed and provided an indication of the depth of modulation, they resulted in the saturation of the amplifiers, limiting the stimulation currents and amplifier gains used. The results of the 100 Hz sine wave stimulation showed clear neural activity correlated to the stimulation waveform. However, this was not observed with temporal interference stimulation. The results suggest that, despite its greater penetration, higher currents might be required to observe a neural response with temporal interference stimulation, and more complex artefact rejection techniques may be required to validate the method.

Current neuromodulation research relies heavily on in-vivo animal experiments for developing novel devices and paradigms, which can be costly, time-consuming, and ethically contentious. As an alternative to this, in-vitro systems are being developed for examining explanted tissue in a controlled environment. However, these systems are typically tailored for cellular studies. Thus, this paper describes the development of an in-vitro system for electrically recording and stimulating large animal nerves. This is demonstrated experimentally using explanted pig ulnar nerves, which show evoked compound action potentials (eCAPs) when stimulated. These eCAPs were examined both in the time and velocity domain at a baseline temperature of 20° C, and at temperatures increasing up to those seen in-vivo (37°C). The results highlight that as the temperature is increased within the in-vitro system, faster conduction velocities (CVs) similar to those present in-vivo can be observed. To our knowledge, this is the first time an in-vitro peripheral nerve system has been validated against in-vivo data, which is crucial for promoting more widespread adoption of such systems for the optimisation of neural interfaces.

The indigenous fruit

A partir da problemática da habitação é exposta a primazia do estudo das necessidades básicas humanas em reconciliação com a natureza, não como um problema estilístico mas como uma tarefa socialmente responsável. Sendo apresentado um trabalho arquitetural promotor de um desenvolvimento contínuo de transformação, Alvar Aalto expressa a necessidade da arquitetura atender a condição física e psíquica do homem Moderno. A sua abordagem ao Racionalismo e Funcionalismo do início do século, em pleno contexto Europeu, priorizou a componente humana na prática profissional do arquiteto, desenvolvendo formas que promoveriam significado socio-cultural a longo prazo. Esta dissertação reflete sobre beleza e funcionalidade em Arquitetura recorrendo à obra e processo projetual do arquiteto Alvar Aalto. Num período entre 1920-1952, centrado nos projetos de habitação - Villa Flora (1926-1938), Casa-Atelier (1935), Casa Experimental (1952) e Villa Mairea (1938-39) - e nos Pavilhões de Exposição de Paris (1937) e Nova York (1939), cruzar-se-à a escrita, o processo de projeto e a obra construída do arquiteto. Com o intuito de expôr o fenómeno da Arquitetura sobre uma perspectiva humanista, apresenta-se o processo de alojamento humano, descrito por Hans van der Laan; a problemática da beleza e funcionalidade em Arquitetura através do método projetual de Álvaro Siza; e a relação entre natureza e artifício na prática profissional de Gilles Clément. A partir deste referencial teórico, foi possível identificar variáveis - Função, Forma, Muro - que serão alvo de problematização ao longo do estudo das casas. Seguindo-se a componente teórica de Alvar Aalto, é desconstruída a problemática da Humanização da Arquitetura no trabalho profissional do arquiteto. Na procura de harmonia em cada detalhe, beleza e funcionalidade correlacionam-se numa aproximação à essência do objeto arquitetónico. Aalto recorda-nos as potencialidades do desenvolvimento tecnológico em prol da humanidade, cultivando a ideia de uma "Nova Renascença" na Finlândia, face ao paradigma social em que se encontra o país. Na procura por integrar o artifício humano no meio natural, Aalto nos seus projetos, reconcilia funcionalismo com identidade nacional, enquanto promotores de cultura. O conteúdo das formas arquitetónicas pretendem dar resposta às necessidades físicas e psíquicas do habitar humano, em harmonia com a natureza envolvente - sendo colocada em evidência a intrínseca relação entre interior e exterior. No cruzamento teórico-prático do seu trabalho, identificou-se o princípio do "Anarquismo Arquitetónico", apresentado por Schildt, como referência a uma ideologia social que se reflete ao longo do desenvolvimento do seu processo criativo. Por último, será apresentada uma reflexão em torno de um espaço particular na Faculdade de Arquitetura da Universidade do Porto, onde será posta em causa a influência do pensamento arquitetural de Alvar Aalto na conceção do projeto de Álvaro Siza. Este último espaço da dissertação procura reconhecer a importância do próprio habitar a Faculdade na formação dos estudantes de Arquitetura da Universidade do Porto. Drawn upon the housing issue, the urgency of studying the basic human needs - in reconciliation with nature - is exposed: not as a mere stylistic problem, but as a socially responsible task. Presenting his architectural work as one that actively promotes continuous development and transformation, Alvar Aalto expresses the need within Architecture of attending to the Modern Man's physical and intellectual needs. In the beginning of the century, amidst full European background, his approach to Rationalism and Functionalism has prioritized the Human element in the architect's practice, bringing to light new ways in which Social-Cultural significance can be promoted in the long-run. This essay dwells on the concepts of beauty and functionality in Architecture, calling upon the oeuvre and project process of the Finnish architect Alvar Aalto. Addressing the period between 1920-1950, it centers its focus on the housing projects - Villa Flora (1926-1938), Casa-Atelier (1935), Casa Experimental (1952) and Villa Mairea (1938-39) - and the Paris (1937) and New York (1939) exhibition halls, to cross-examine its methods of writing, projecting and building the works. In the hopes of presenting the Architecture phenomena under a Humanist perspective, here we find the human housing process, as described by Hans van der Laan, the problematics of beauty and functionality through the project method of Álvaro Siza, and the relationship between the Artificial and the Natural as proposed by Gilles Clément. Making this theoretical referencial our starting point, we were able to trace some motifs - Function, Form, Wall - that pave the way throughout the paper to considerations within the study of this houses. Following the theoretical component of Alvar Aalto, the essay deconstructs the idea of Humanizing Architecture, at the heart of the Architect's work. In searching for the harmony in each and every detail, beauty and functionality link deeply with one another when approaching themselves to the essence of the architectural object. Aalto reminds us of the vast potentialities that were brought to us by technological development, nurturing the idea of a New Renaissance in Finland, facing the social paradigm where his country stands. Striving to incorporate the human craft into the natural space, Aalto tries to fuse his functionalist approach with the sentiment of nacional identity, as a means of promoting culture within his works. The substance behind the architectonic shapes he chooses is the struggle to answer the physical and intellectual needs of the human way of living, in harmony with its natural surroundings - laying out the intrinsic relations between interior and exterior spaces. At the crossing-point of his theoretical-practical work, one could single out the Architectonic Anarchism principle, as exposed by Schildt, making reference to the social ideology reflected throughout Aalto's creative process. Lastly, it will be rendered a reflection on one very peculiar space belonging to the Faculdade de Arquitetura da Universidade do Porto, where it will be called into question the presumable influence of Aalto's thought within the project of Álvaro Siza. This last section of the essay attempts to establish an acknowledgment of the importance of the dwelling as such, and as a fundamental part of the academic path of FAUP's community.

Breast cancer is a leading cause of death in women worldwide and yet its pathophysiology is poorly understood. Although single-cell studies have highlighted the contribution of membrane depolarisation to the proliferation of breast cancer, dynamic signalling at a network level has not been extensively researched. It is urgent therefore to decode the intercellular signalling patterns linked to metastasis, particularly at a cell cohort level. This paper introduces a novel strategy for conducting such recordings on highly metastatic MDA-MB-231 cells, via an ultra-low noise biosensor based on a large electrode area which maximises the Helmholtz double-layer capacitance. The extracellular sensitivity of our biosensor allows, for the first time, the detection of pA level Random Telegraph Signal (RTS) noise superimposed with an omnipresent 1/f noise. The RTS noise is validated and modelled using a Markov chain. The analysis of slow cooperative potentials across the large area electrode suggests the involvement of cohort calcium signalling, and the 1/f noise analysis suggests a strong contribution of resting membrane noise. Overall, this work shows the potential of the new recording platform and statistical analysis for better understanding and predicting the underlying signalling mechanisms of metastatic breast cancer cells. In future, this platform could highlight the effects of compounds, or drugs, on the underlying activity of cancer cell cohorts in a clinical setting.

Introduction: Children born before 38 weeks gestation are considered preterm. According to the World Health Organization, there are several subgroups according to the gestational age and several risks related to the preterm status have been reported. Premature birth may cause changes in motor performance and particularly, at a more specific level, in motor coordination. Our study aimed at carrying out a systematic review on the performance of the movement assessment battery and developmental coordination disorders in preschool age in preterm infants. Methods: Four databases (PubMed, ScienceDirect, Web of Science, Scopus) were systematically investigated and publications from 2008 to 2016 were included if the movement assessment battery band 1 tests were used. All of the studies found less performance on the results of preterm children. Three authors independently assessed the eligibility of the studies. Results: A total of 236 publications were found, with 15 publications being selected according to the criteria included in the research. Only seven articles were selected after the application of the eligibility criteria. Discussion: Movement assessment battery shows that premature children are at a higher risk of having changes in motor coordination, resulting in lower preschool performance and, consequently, hampering daily routines, both at home and in school compared to their peers that were born full term. It is pivotal for motor difficulties to be detected as early as possible, so that they can be attenuated or even eliminated during the transition to school., Portuguese Journal of Pediatrics, Vol. 51 No. 1 (2020)

In this paper we present a case study of the development of a technological framework to promote and enhance the self-management of a homeless people institution. This work has been developed by students of a bachelor's degree, included in the Inclusive School Project of the High School of Technology and Management of the Viana do Castelo Polytechnic Institute. This paper has two main contributions: the ICT tools adoption to the digital modernization of the society and the role academic community play in social responsibility. We present the solution architecture as well as the final prototype developed.

Relatório de estágio apresentado à Escola Superior de Comunicação Social como parte dos requisitos para obtenção de grau de mestre em Jornalismo. O presente relatório de estágio foi realizado com vista à obtenção do grau de mestre em Jornalismo da Escola Superior de Comunicação Social (ESCS). Nele está relatada aquela que foi a minha primeira experiência como estagiária num canal de televisão, nomeadamente no programa Você na TV, da estação televisiva TVI. O estágio teve início no dia 1 de Fevereiro e terminou no dia 28 de Abril de 2017. Paralelamente ao relato das atividades ali desenvolvidas, o objetivo principal deste trabalho é refletir sobre a miscigenação entre conteúdos de entretenimento e de informação, a partir da observação direta das práticas de investigação e reportagem da Crónica Criminal do “Você na Tv”. De que forma os conteúdos jornalísticos “alimentam” os programas de entretenimento? Que diferenças e semelhanças de abordagem no tratamento dos acontecimentos se verificam num formato de entretenimento e num noticiário televisivos? Como é que estas se evidenciam no caso particular dos acontecimentos relacionados com o crime? A análise das notícias da Crónica Criminal em comparação com as de abertura do Jornal da Uma, permitiu verificar que os programas de entretenimento se “alimentam” de conteúdos jornalísticos de crime como isco para provocar interesse no espetador e que o entretenimento aliado ao jornalismo formam uma união de complementaridade que em nada piora a qualidade da informação. ABSTRACT: This internship report was executed with a view to obtaining a MA, inserted in the MA in Journalism at the Higher School of Communication and Media Studies (ESCS). So, in this intership report is described what was my first experience as an intern in a television channel. At the same time, to the report of the activities developed there, the main objective of this work is to reflect on the miscegenation between entertainment and information content, from the direct observation of the research and reporting practices of the Crónica Criminal from the Você na Tv. How do journalistic content "feed" entertainment programs? What differences and similarities of approach in the handling of events take place in an entertainment format and in a television newscast? How are these evident in the particular case of events related to crime? The analysis of the news in the Crónica Criminal comparing to with the opening new of Jornal da Uma, allowed to conclude that the entertainment programs "feed" of journalistic contents of crime like bait to provoke interest in the viewer and that the entertainment allied to journalism form a union of complementarity which in no way worsens quality of information. N/A

Misfolding and aggregation of alpha-synuclein (α-syn) into Lewy bodies (LB) is associated with a range of neurological disorders, including Parkinson's disease (PD). The cell to cell transmission of α-syn pathology has been linked to soluble amyloid oligomer populations that preceded LB formation. Oligomers produced in vitro under certain conditions have been demonstrated to induce intracellular aggregation in cell culture models. Here we characterize, by electrospray ionisation - ion mobility spectrometry - mass spectrometry (ESI-IMS-MS), a specific population of α-syn oligomers. These mass spectrometry compatible oligomers were compared with oligomers with known seeding and pore forming capabilities and were shown to have the ability to induce intracellular aggregation. Each oligomer type was shown to have distinct epitope profiles that correlated with their toxic gain of function. Structurally the mass spectrometry compatible oligomers populated a range of species from dimers through to hexamers. Lower order oligomers were structurally diverse and consistent with unstructured assemblies. Higher order oligomers were shown to be compact with ring-like structures. The observation of this compact state may explain how this natively disordered protein is able to transfer pathology from cell to cell and avoid degradation by cellular proteases.

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A presença de humidade nos elementos de construção é uma das principais causas de degradação de edifícios, nomeadamente a ação da humidade ascensional em paredes de edifícios antigos de interesse histórico. A água proveniente do solo migra através dos materiais porosos, por capilaridade, levando ao aparecimento de diversas patologias. Com o intuito de diminuir o efeito da progressão da humidade ascensional em paredes de elevada espessura e heterogeneidade, é desenvolvida a técnica de tratamento designada por ventilação da base das paredes. Pretende-se com este trabalho avaliar o desempenho de sistemas de ventilação da base das paredes em edifícios antigos com valor patrimonial. Neste trabalho foi ainda realizada a instrumentação e monitorização de um sistema de ventilação interior da base das paredes na Igreja de Santa Maria em Vila Boa do Bispo, no Marco de Canaveses, com o intuito de determinar as causas que estão na origem das patologias que surgiram após a implementação desta técnica de tratamento da humidade ascensional. PALAVRAS-CHAVE: Humidade Ascensional, Ventilação da Base das Paredes, Estudo Experimental, Edifícios Históricos. The presence of moisture in building elements is one of the major causes of building degradation, namely the action of rising damp on walls of ancient buildings with historical interest. The water from the soil migrates through the porous materials by osmosis, leading to the appearance of several pathologies. In order to decrease its effect on high thick and heterogenic walls, a treatment technique is developed, known as wall base ventilation. This work aims to evaluate the ventilation systems of the base of walls performance in ancient historic buildings. This work was also carried out a instrumentation and monitoring of an interior system of wall base ventilation in the Santa Maria Church, Vila Boa do Bispo, Marco de Canaveses, in order to find out the causes that are responsible for the emerged pathologies after implementation of this technique for the treatment of rising damp. KEYWORDS: Rising Damp, Wall Base Ventilation, Experimental Study, Historic Buildings.

Dissertação de Mestrado, Ciências Económicas e Empresariais, 27 de março de 2023, Universidade dos Açores. O presente documento surge da análise e reflexão das práticas pedagógicas desenvolvidas em contexto dos estágios inseridos nas unidades curriculares de Estágio Pedagógico I e II. Estas disciplinas integram o plano curricular do Mestrado em Educação Pré-Escolar e Ensino do 1.º Ciclo do Ensino Básico, da Universidade dos Açores. Este Relatório de Estágio intitula-se Educar para Valores através da Literatura Infantil na Educação Pré-Escolar e no 1.º Ciclo do Ensino Básico e tem como foco a importância da educação para valores e da literatura infantil nestes níveis de ensino. Neste trabalho, apresentamos a práxis educativa axiológica onde implementamos um processo de educação para valores aliado à literatura infantil, com o objetivo de promover o gosto pela leitura entre os mais novos e, também, levar os alunos a refletir sobre as suas ações, para que construíssem uma consciência moral autónoma. De modo a atingir os nossos objetivos realizámos entrevistas à educadora e professora cooperantes e às crianças/alunos, para compreendermos as suas conceções sobre os valores e sobre a importância que atribuem à literatura infantil. O atual Relatório está dividido em duas grandes partes que dialogam entre si. A primeira é destinada à reflexão sobre conceitos como educação, valores, literatura infantil, a relação que se pode estabelecer entre estes conceitos e quais as metodologias a adotar numa educação para valores aliada à literatura infantil. A segunda parte enfoca-se na análise reflexiva acerca das práticas pedagógicas adotadas no âmbito dos estágios na educação pré-escolar e no ensino do 1.º ciclo do ensino básico. Para além da reflexão sobre as nossas próprias práticas pedagógicas, são também apresentados os objetivos que orientam a elaboração deste trabalho, são caracterizados os contextos onde foram realizados os estágios, são identificadas as conceções/representações de vários educadores e professores sobre a educação para valores e a importância da literatura infantil e, também, são descritas as atividades implementadas nos estágios no âmbito da temática deste relatório. No final, é elaborada uma reflexão global acerca da educação para valores através da literatura infantil, na qual se reconhece a importância de criar ambientes propícios à discussão de valores, recorrendo à utilização de textos e obras literárias, que irá promover a construção de uma consciência moral autónoma das crianças/alunos. ABSTRACT: The present document arises from the analyse and refletion of the pedagogical practices developed in the context of the stages inserted in the curricular stages of the Pedagogical Stage I and II. These subjects integrate the curricular plan of Master in Pre-School Education and Teaching of the 1st Cycle of Basic Education, of the University of the Azores. This Report entitled The Education for Values through Children’s Literature in Pre-School Education and Basic Education and focus on the importance of the education for values and the children’s literature at these levels of education. With this work, we intended to plan an environment conducive to an education for values, combining it with children’s literature, to promote the interest in reading among the youngest. In order to achieve our goals, we found it pertinent to carry out interviews with the cooperating kindergarten teacher and 1st cycle teacher and children/students, to understand their conceptions about the values and the importance of children’s literature. The report consists of two parts that articulate and dialogue with each other. The first one is intended to reflect in concepts such as education, values, children’s literature, the relationship that can be established between these concepts and which methodologies to adopt in an education for values allied to children’s literature. The second one focuses on a reflective analysis of the pedagogical practices adopted within the scope oh internships in pre-school education and in teaching the 1st cycle of basic education. In addition of that, there are also presented the goals that consolidate the elaboration of this work, the description of the contexts where the internships were carried out, the conceptions/representations of various educators and teachers on education for values and the importance of children’s literature and as the description of the activities that were implemented in the internships within the scope of the theme of this report. In the end, it’s elaborated a global reflection of the education for values through children’s literature, in which is recognized the importance of creating environments conducive to the discussion of values, using texts and literary works, which will promote the construction of an autonomous moral conscience of children/students.

Dissertação de Mestrado, Educação Pré-Escolar e Ensino do 1.º Ciclo do Ensino Básico, 23 de março de 2023, Universidade dos Açores. O presente relatório apresenta uma reflexão sobre as práticas ocorridas no âmbito da Educação Pré-Escolar e do 1.º Ciclo do Ensino Básico, que integram as unidades curriculares Estágio Pedagógico I e Estágio Pedagógico II, respetivamente, do Mestrado em Educação Pré-Escolar e Ensino do 1.º Ciclo do Ensino Básico da Universidade dos Açores. A escolha do tema deste Relatório, A Educação para a Cidadania na promoção do sucesso em Matemática, na Educação Pré-Escolar e no Ensino do 1.º Ciclo do Ensino Básico, consubstancia a nossa intenção educativa de promover um processo de ensino-aprendizagem que permita a integração das áreas de Cidadania e Matemática, com o intuito de potenciar o sucesso nesta última, ao mesmo tempo em que se favorece a formação de crianças/alunos enquanto cidadãos ativos e responsáveis. Primeiramente, apresentamos um enquadramento teórico que fundamenta o projeto educacional desenvolvido no âmbito deste Relatório. Para enformar este trabalho, foi efetuado um estudo empírico acerca das conceções e representações dos educadores/professores sobre a Educação para a Cidadania, a Educação para a Matemática e o modo como as articulam no contexto das suas práticas. Por último, refletimos sobre o trabalho desenvolvido na nossa prática educativa, em particular na práxis desenvolvida, na integração da Matemática e da Cidadania, metarrefletindo sobre a formação cívica de crianças/alunos. Neste sentido, procedemos à caraterização dos contextos em que ocorreram os Estágios Pedagógicos I e II. Em forma de conclusão é feita uma reflexão global sobre todo o trabalho desenvolvido, evidenciando-se a relação entre a área de Matemática e a área de Cidadania e modo como a integração entre elas pode ser uma mais-valia para o processo de ensino-aprendizagem. Depois de todo o caminho percorrido foi possível perceber as potencialidades da educação para a cidadania, apesar de esta nem sempre ser valorizada pelos docentes, e entender o seu contributo para o desenvolvimento do pensamento lógico-matemático. report presents an analysis and a reflection on the practices that took place within the scope of Pre-School Education and the 1st Cycle of Basic Education, which integrate the curricular units Pedagogical Internship I and Pedagogical Internship II, respectively, of the Masters in Pre-School Education and Teaching in the 1st Cycle of Basic Education of the University of the Azores. The choice of the theme of this report, Education for Citizenship in Pre-School Education and Teaching of the 1st Cycle of Basic Education, embodies our educational intention to promote a teaching-learning process that allows the integration of the areas of Citizenship and Mathematics, with the aim of potentiating the success in the latter, while promoting, at the same time, the formation of children/students as active and responsible citizens. Firstly, we presented a theoretical framework that underpins the educational project developed within the scope of this report. To accomplish this work, we carried out an empirical study on the conceptions and depictions of a representative number of educators/teachers about both Citizenship and Mathematics Education and on the way those scholars articulate the two areas in the context of their practices. Finally, we described the work done in our educational practice, and then reflected upon it, particularly in the praxis developed, in the integration of Mathematics and Citizenship, meta reflecting on the civics training of children/students. In this sense, we proceeded to the characterization of the contexts in which Pedagogical Internships I and II occurred. To conclude the report, a global reflection is made about all the work developed, highlighting the relationship between the Mathematics and the Citizenship areas, and also about the way how the integration between them can be an asset to the teaching-learning process. After all the path taken, it was possible to perceive the potentialities of education for citizenship, although it is not always valued by the teachers, and to understand its contribution for the development of the logical-mathematical thought.

Dissertação de Mestrado, Educação Pré-Escolar e Ensino do 1.º Ciclo do Ensino Básico, 13 de março de 2023, Universidade dos Açores. O envolvimento parental na vida escolar das crianças é socialmente reconhecido como essencial e indispensável. Não obstante este ser um tema muito estudado e debatido no âmbito da Sociologia, continua a ser pertinente refletir sobre os vínculos entre escola e família, sob o ponto de vista da Educação. Neste sentido, este relatório incide essencialmente nos agentes escola e família, bem como na relevância das relações entre estas no que diz respeito ao sucesso educativo das crianças e/ou dos alunos e ainda à construção de cidadãos reflexivos, responsáveis e ativos na sociedade. Assim, o reconhecimento da importância da relação entre a escola e a família e a intenção de conceber estratégias e promover atividades que envolvessem as famílias no quotidiano escolar dos seus educandos foram os principais motivos que levaram à opção pelo tema deste Relatório de Estágio: A Relação Escola-Família: que implicações no Sucesso Educativo e na formação para a Cidadania? Ao longo deste trabalho, é apresentada a prática educativa desenvolvida nos contextos de Estágio Pedagógico I e II, nos quais foram implementadas atividades potenciadoras da promoção de uma relação mais estreita entre a escola e as famílias. Ainda com o objetivo de obter representações da educadora de infância e da professora do 1.º Ciclo do Ensino Básico, bem como dos pais/encarregados de educação acerca da importância da relação entre a escola e a família, foram realizadas entrevistas às profissionais de educação e aos pais/encarregados de educação e foram aplicados inquéritos por questionário aos pais/encarregados de educação. Os dados obtidos possibilitaram planificar a ação educativa de forma contextualizada, potenciando o envolvimento e a participação das famílias. Concluímos, assim, com base na revisão da literatura e nas práticas implementadas, que é possível promover uma relação estreita entre a família e a escola, sendo as crianças e/ou os alunos os que mais beneficiam com ela. Contudo, apesar de reconhecida a importância deste vínculo, teimam em existir alguns entraves a ser superados nas dinâmicas desta relação. Torna-se, então, imprescindível continuar a diligenciar formas de ultrapassar esses obstáculos no sentido de um bem maior: potenciar o sucesso educativo das crianças e/ou dos alunos, bem como a formação dos mesmo enquanto cidadãos. ABSTRACT: The parental involvement in the school life of the childrens is socially recognized as essential and indispensable. Despite this being a topic much studied and debated within the scope of Sociology, it is still important to think about the bond between school and family on the point of education. This investigation focus essentially in the family and school agents as well as the importance between these two institutions for the education and formation of the students not only regarding the educational success of these but also helps building a citizens reflexive responsible and active in the environment surrounding them. In recognition of this importance for the relationship between school and family and the intention to devise strategies and promote activities that effectively involve families in school daily life and their students. These were the main reasons that led to the choice of the theme of this Report of Internship: The School-Family Relationship: What implications for Educational Success and training for Citizenship? Throughout this work, the educational practice developed in the contexts of Pedagogical Internship I and II is presented, in which activities and dynamics were implemented to promote a closer relationship between school and families. For this, and with the main objective of obtaining the conceptions and representations of both the kindergarten teacher and the teacher of the 1st Cycle of Basic Education, as well as the parents/guardians themselves about the importance of the relationship between school and family, interviews were carried out with education professionals, as well as with parents/guardians and questionnaire surveys were also applied to parents/guardians. The data that was obtained allowed a plan for the educational action in a contextualized way, enhancing the involvement and participation of families. We conclude, based on the literature review and practices implemented, that it is possible to promote a close relationship between the family and the school, as well as the children/students who will benefit most from these relationships being so connected and intertwined. Despite the importance and benefits of this bond being recognized, there are still some obstacles to be overcome in the dynamics of this relationship. It is essential to continue to work on ways to overcome these obstacles towards a greater good: to enhance the educational success of children/students, as well as their formation as citizens.