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- External and model validity in a systematic review of game-based interventionsPublication . Coelho, Franz; Gonçalves, Daniel; Abreu, Ana MariaGame-based learning, training, exercises, serious games, and gamification represent distinct approaches, integrating games into diverse contexts. Lately, interventions based on these approaches have gained popularity due to their potential to enhance cognitive outcomes. The term game-based intervention (GBI) was adopted to describe the use of all these playful processes with the goals of cognition and behavior promotion. Here, we present complementary research originating from a comprehensive systematic review examining the influence of GBI on adult cognition. This additional research evaluates the external and model validity of the original studies included in a systematic review, adhering to a registered PROSPERO protocol and PRISMA guidelines. Our systematic methodology covered various databases, resulting in 1398 articles. Following examination, 42 studies (26 randomized control trials and 16 non-randomized control trials) were selected. External and model validity were assessed using the External Validity Assessment Tool (EVAT©). Half of the studies inadequately described recruitment (48%), and most poorly outlined participation (71%) in terms of external validity, obscuring the results' generalizability. However, most studies adequately described model validity (88%), clarifying the comprehension of staff, places, and facilities used. While the systematic review showcased encouraging results regarding the impact of GBI on adult cognition, the evaluation of external and model validity conducted here revealed challenges in generalizing these findings to real-world settings and other populations beyond the laboratory context. However, it underscored that the contextual environment and operational procedures are conducive to replicability
- Explorations on sound and new media artPublication . Gomes, José AlbertoThis special issue of the Journal of Science and Technology of the Arts is inspired by the first >>| Explorations on Sound and New Media Art Conference, held at the Universidade Católica Portuguesa, School of Arts in Porto, Portugal. Like the conference, this issue seeks to celebrate the convergence of sound, new media, and artistic expression by exploring a wide range of innovative practices, theories, and approaches. It aims to foster meaningful discussions that critically examine traditional notions of art while pushing the boundaries of creativity. Following the conference, we invited various authors to develop and submit their research, with the hope that their contributions will shed further light on how we perceive and construct the world through sonic and new media art practices.
- Editorial: V16 n1Publication . Natálio, Carlos; Balona, Alexandra; Amorim, João Pedro
- Why listen with animals? Straining toward an environmental resonancePublication . Luz, Nuno daThis article summons John Berger’s essay Why Look at Animals?, reframing its analysis on human–animal relations under Modernity (with its emphasis on the gaze at a distance) through the entangled reflexivities of listening together with more-than-humans others. If for Berger, animals “in zoos … constitute[d] the living monument to their own disappearance,” field recording helped enshrine their extinction while archiving their voices. Here, I intend to stress the significance of more-than-human vibrations and sounds as transformative zones of contact, especially in our increasingly impoverished urban biomes. And by arguing for an expansion of vibrational attention to such social-environmental contexts, re-assess listening as an eco-sensible methodology that understands both humans, more-than-humans and technology as part of integrated ecologies.
- Risco de queda em crianças : contributos para a decisão clínica do enfermeiro especialista em saúde infantil e pediátricaPublication . Farinha, Cláudia Sofia d'Orey; Berenguer, Sílvia Maria Alves CaldeiraThis document, as part of the XVI Master's degree in Pediatric Nursing, reports the journey that began in October 2022, aiming to reflect on and solidify the learning process and the competencies throughout the internship. The main topic is the risk and prevention of falls in the pediatric hospital environment, which is not often explored in the internship, highlighting patient safety as essential in health, as emphasized by the National Plan for Child and Youth Health and the National Plan for Patient Safety 2021-2026. Due to their development stage, children are more susceptible for falls, and the hospital environment represents an added risk factor for this type of event. Hospitals are responsible for ensuring a safe environment for pediatric patients, decreasing risks through recognizing specific factors, and developing interventions to reduce falls, fulfilling their moral and legal duty. The inclusion of the " Risk for Fall" diagnosis in the ICNP and NANDA-I classifications underlines the importance of this phenomenon within the scope of nursing, reflecting the universal recognition that falls constitute a significant health risk, particularly in vulnerable populations, such as children. This report aims to reflect on the journey and the competencies through the experiences lived and the work developed in each internship context. It also highlights the importance of clinical reasoning in nursing, a dynamic and complex process that involves applying knowledge and experience to assess and respond to clinical situations, essential for the effective identification and management of patients at risk. This process integrates critical thinking, problem-solving, and decision-making, being fundamental for competent practice and preventing risks and damages in healthcare.
- Parceria de cuidados à criança em situação de doença crónica : a atenção ao irmão saudávelPublication . Coelho, Rita Horta Correia Vaz; Berenguer, Sílvia Maria Alves CaldeiraThis report is part of the master's degree in Pediatric Nursing. It aims to present the development of internships, following the research topic related to children with chronic illnesses, called: "Partnership in caring for children with chronic illnesses: caring for healthy siblings". This document reports the journey through a critical-reflective analysis based on evidence of the stages in the development of the Master's, Common and Specific competencies of the Pediatric Nurse, focusing on their impact on personal and professional development. Anne Casey's Care Partnership Model was adopted as the guiding conceptual foundation for providing care to children with chronic illnesses and their families. Experiencing a chronic illness as children can have a significant impact also on the family environment, including the healthy siblings. One of the competencies of the Pediatric Nurse is to promote the adaptation of the child/young person and family to chronic illness. A cross-cutting theme throughout the training course was the care partnership between the nurse, the child/young person, and the family, promoting their adaptation, and focusing on the consequences of chronic illness on healthy siblings. Based on a project methodology, specific objectives were defined and developed for each internship context. In the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit, the activities focused on standardizing strategies to promote and enable sibling visits, creating a visiting protocol. In the Pediatric Emergency Department, the focus was on reducing the impact of hospitalization on the child/young person and their family. Finally, in the Family Health Unit, the activities aimed to promote and recognize the importance of the first thousand days of a child's life, boosting parental empowerment and the inclusion of siblings.