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2017

Eating behaviour among nutrition students and social desirability as a confounder

Autores
Freitas, D; Oliveira, BMPM; Correia, F; Pinhao, S; Poinhos, R;

Publicação
APPETITE

Abstract
Introduction: The study of eating behaviour should consider the presence of potential sources of bias, including social desirability. This is particularly relevant among students of Nutrition Sciences, since they have a higher risk of eating disorders. Objective: To analyse the effect of social desirability in the assessment of eating behaviour dimensions among nutrition students. Methods: In this cross-sectional study, we analysed data from 149 students of Nutrition Sciences. Participants completed a questionnaire assessing social desirability and eating behaviour dimensions (emotional, external and binge eating, flexible and rigid control, and eating self-efficacy). Results: Among males, social desirability had a negative association with binge eating, while among women it had a negative association with emotional, external and binge eating and a positive association with eating self-efficacy. In both subsamples, social desirability showed no significant association with any of the two types of dietary restraint (rigid and flexible control). Discussion: Overall, the association between social desirability and eating behaviour dimensions among students of Nutrition Sciences occurs in the same direction as found in students from other areas. However, alongside these similarities, there is a stronger association between social desirability and binge eating among male students of Nutrition Sciences. We hypothesize that this may be related with the different knowledge of students from different areas, and the way they perceive and face the treatment of eating disorders. Conclusion: Our study shows that social desirability should be considered while assessing eating behaviour among nutrition students, particularly when studying external eating, binge eating and eating self-efficacy. Moreover, when tailoring interventions to reduce the possible effects of eating behaviour on nutritionists and dieticians' practice, we should consider the influence of social desirability.

2017

System Design for Wireless Powering of AUVs

Autores
Ressurreicao, T; Goncalves, F; Duarte, C; Goncalves, R; Gomes, R; Santos, R; Esteves, R; Pinto, P; Oliveira, I; Pessoa, LM;

Publicação
OCEANS 2017 - ABERDEEN

Abstract
The present work addresses the design of an electronic system for powering autonomous underwater vehicles (AUVs). We report the study and implementation of a system developed for transmitting and receiving wireless power in water from a docking station to an AUV. A simplified analysis is presented regarding the operation of a class-D power driver in a series-series inductive resonant coupling topology. We further investigate the compromise between link efficiency and power delivery of the system to circumvent the reduced power output capability. Simulation results are provided as well as measurement data validated using circuit prototypes in an experimental setup with a structure similar to the docking station of the AUV filled with salt water.

2017

PSF reconstruction via full turbulence characterization and end-to-end simulations

Autores
Béchet C.; Ayancán B.; Guesalaga A.; Correia C.; Neichel B.; Masciadri E.; Conan R.;

Publicação
Adaptive Optics for Extremely Large Telescopes, 2017 AO4ELT5

Abstract
Enhancement and wise archiving of astronomical images require an accurate estimate of the observational Point Spread Function (PSF). Although modelling of the telescope and its optics is a well-understood problem, PSF reconstruction becomes challenging when the observations include adaptive optics (AO) correction. The approach presented in this paper consists in feeding an end-to-end (E2E) simulation of the telescope, the instrument and its environment with the characterized disturbances from the telemetry and AO loop data, in order to produce the estimated PSFs. This method benefits from the developments made in the last years with respect to the estimation of external disturbances during AO correction, such as turbulence profile and its dynamics as well as sensor noise and vibrations characteristics. In particular, characterization of the turbulence profile in terms of strength, C2n (h), and outer scale, L0(h), is considered with an example on on-sky recorded AO telemetry from the GALACSI AO system. Once identified, the internal and external parameters of the observing conditions are used as inputs to carry out E2E simulations of the optical propagation and estimate the PSF. The method can be regarded as a "brute force" approach, as it is highly intensive in computer power; particularly for the ELTs. However, its ability to integrate complex combination of effects from all disturbances and not relying on analytical approximations for the aliasing or fitting errors makes the approach worth of a deeper study. E2E simulations have been used before in PSF reconstruction, but limited to a theoretical modelling of the system. Here, the development of the E2E simulation part is an ongoing work. A simplified AO system similar to the GALACSI WFM is currently simulated to obtain the PSF estimates and illustrate how such approach allows to account for the anisoplanatic effects and for the inuence of the outer scale values.

2017

High-performance embedded computing

Autores
Cardoso, JM; Coutinho, JGF; Diniz, PC;

Publicação
Embedded Computing for High Performance

Abstract

2017

Is social responsibility a question of marketing? An exploratory study on non-profit-seeking behaviour in academia

Autores
Au Yong oliveira, M; Moreira, F; Branco, F; Martins, J; Gonçalves, R;

Publicação
Proceedings of the European Conference on Innovation and Entrepreneurship, ECIE

Abstract
While lecturers who gave their testimonials to us admit that workloads in academia are extremely high they still accept to direct study cycles without receiving extra pay or any apparent benefits, besides added status and prestige. Similarly, students surveyed (n=69) also want to do socially responsible activity when they become executives, even though this may go against their evaluation (as profit maximizers) by shareholders. Is society and academia in particular becoming more altruistic? One might say that social responsibility is no longer an option, that informed consumers are looking to buy from socially responsible enterprises. One might also assume that in academia, which is a very hierarchical environment, that individuals initiating careers in academia are not in a position to decline invitations to coordinate study cycles. We do also, however, with our study, see evidence of something beyond the above more authoritarian reasons for wanting to do good in society. Individuals may genuinely want to contribute as more basic needs are increasingly fulfilled and individuals seek a higher and more worthwhile purpose in life. When asked whether social responsibility is a question of marketing, a number of students were divided on this issue. Just under one third answered neutrally, and over half answered neutral or disagreeing. The sample of students is interested in social responsibility - with over three quarters revealing a strong connection with social responsibility activity. Firms should not only seek profit, our students stated in majority, though seeking a profit is not seen by the majority to be a sign of being wicked. Previous studies on human motivation have emphasized how, in more advanced societies, needs follow a hierarchy and at the highest level one will find worthwhile accomplishment. What is novel is that this worthwhile accomplishment is not linked to material success but to wanting to do good in society. Further in-depth research is necessary into such change in society, towards a softer stance than that advocated by Milton Friedman in the 1970s, in his landmark paper defending that profit is the social responsibility of firms and that executives know nothing about solving the poverty problem or unemployment or inflation and so should stay away from seeking to solve these problems (rather, leave that to civil servants). We have found that change is upon us and that millennials want to play an active role in solving society's woes, so more research in this area is necessary to quantify the change and its effects.

2017

Stub Wireless Multi-hop Networks using Self-configurable Wi-Fi Basic Service Set Cascading

Autores
Julio, P; Ribeiro, F; Dias, J; Mamede, J; Campos, R;

Publicação
2017 WIRELESS DAYS

Abstract
The increasing trend in wireless Internet access has been boosted by IEEE 802.11. However, the application scenarios are still limited by its short radio range. Stub Wireless Multi-hop Networks (WMNs) are a robust, flexible, and cost-effective solution to the problem. Yet, typically, they are formed by single radio mesh nodes and suffer from hidden node, unfairness, and scalability problems. We propose a simple multi-radio, multi-channel WMN solution, named Wi-Fi network Infrastructure eXtension-Dual-Radio (WiFIX-DR), to overcome these problems. WiFIX-DR reuses IEEE 802.11 built-in mechanisms and beacons to form a Stub WMN as a set of self-configurable interconnected Basic Service Sets (BSSs). Experimental results show the improved scalability enabled by the proposed solution when compared to single-radio WMNs. © 2017 IEEE.

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