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The decision to adopt new technologies is the most important stage in integrating a new technology into the ongoing processes of the organization and also to obtain benefits from its routine use. This paper proposes an integrated framework that combines Diffusion of Innovations (DOI) Theory, Technology-Organization-Environment (TOE) framework and Institutional Theory (INT) to characterize the critical factors influencing advanced technologies adoption in manufacturing context. This conceptual framework identifies three contextual environments - innovation, internal organizational and external environmental - that can influence the adoption decision along with some sub-contexts from the literature that may be considered. This framework can be used as starting point to explore in depth influential factors in advanced technologies in manufacturing contexts. Additionally, this framework can assist companies to develop adoption process plans as well as managerial practices that consider the role of these factors and thus lead to successful implementations.

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Facial recognition under uncontrolled acquisition environments faces major challenges that limit the deployment of real-life systems. The use of 2.5D information can be used to improve discriminative power of such systems in conditions where RGB information alone would fail. In this paper we propose a multimodal extension of a previous work, based on SIFT descriptors of RGB images, integrated with LBP information obtained from depth scans, modeled by an hierarchical framework motivated by principles of human cognition. The framework was tested on EURECOM dataset and proved that the inclusion of depth information improved significantly the results in all the tested conditions, compared to independent unimodal approaches.

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This article revisits the inverted pendulum-in particular, analyses a simplified model of a Segway, with a view to exploring its capabilities in Control Systems Engineering education. The integration between the theoretic and practical side is achieved through simulation, and in particular by using MathWorks software. We also present a structure for the work to be done in the Laboratory class and propose a solution for the problem.

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Livro de bordo do 6º Retiro Doutoral em Média-Arte Digital – Ad Astra Per Aspera”, Centro Cultural Magalhães Lima, Alfama, Lisboa, 21-27 julho de 2018.

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A. Campbell, M. Gutierrez and M. Lancelott, Operating Model Canvas, 2017, Zaltbommel, Netherlands: Van Haren Publishing, 224 pp., $41.00. ISBN: 078-0401800716.