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Voltamos com mais uma edição da revista “Neutro à Terra”, que já vai na sua décima primeira publicação. Atendendo ao crescente impacto que a revista tem obtido no setor eletrotécnico, não só a nível nacional, mas também a nível internacional, vai iniciar-se com esta edição a publicação de pelo menos um artigo em Inglês, de forma que gradualmente a revista possa ir consolidando o seu prestigio também a nível internacional. Nesta edição da revista o tema que é publicado em Inglês é no âmbito das máquinas elétricas. Além deste tema, merecem particular destaque nesta revista os temas relacionados com as instalações elétricas, as energias renováveis, a eficiência energética e a automação industrial. Professor Doutor José Beleza Carvalho

The economical and environment impacts of fossil energies increased the interest for hybrid, battery and fuel-cell electric vehicles. Several demanding engineering challenges must be faced, motivated by different physical domains integration. This paper aims to present an overview on hybrid (HEV) and electric vehicles (EV) basic structures and features. In addition, it will try to point out some of the most relevant challenges to overcome for HEV and EV may be a solid option for the mobility issue. New developments in energy storage devices and energy management systems (EMS) are crucial to achieve this goal.

Segundo as previsões da Entidade Reguladora dos Serviços Energéticos (ERSE), o défice tarifário deverá atingir em finais do 2013 um valor acumulado de 3,7 mil milhões de Euros. Na comunicação social, o défice tarifário (DT) é considerado como mais uma “renda” a alguns grupos de interesse. Na realidade o DT é justificado por uma acumulação sucessiva de diversos tipos de sobrecustos do sistema elétrico que não foi considerada nas tarifas e preços da eletricidade nos anos anteriores aos respetivos consumidores elétricos.

A Segurança de pessoas, animais e bens e o respeito por direitos (individuais, de grupo) foram desde sempre os principais objetivos da regulamentação das instalações elétricas. Outros aspetos como a qualidade de serviço, a continuidade de serviço, a adequação às necessidades dos utilizadores, a eficiência energética, a utilização racional de energia e sustentabilidade e o conforto na utilização, são fatores que devem estar presentes , aquando da realização de um projeto, da execução e na exploração das instalações elétricas.

A satisfação das necessidades e a defesa dos interesses dos consumidores de comunicações eletrónicas passa por infraestruturas de telecomunicações modernas, fiáveis e adaptadas aos serviços disponibilizados pelos operadores de telecomunicações.

A Novos produtos são sempre aliados a novas tecnologias, mas nem sempre aplicadas no imediato. No que se refere à radio frequência (RF), são inúmeros os obstáculos aplicados à deteção de incêndio sejam eles, o custo, o interface ou somente a falta de informação por parte da engenharia de projeto.

Nem sempre são fáceis os desafios ambientais associados ao consumo de energia. Sobretudo devido à forte dependência de combustíveis fósseis, torna-se cada vez mais evidente a inevitabilidade de agentes económicos, políticos, sociedade em geral, assumirem um compromisso focado na melhoria da eficiência energética e no uso racional da energia, decorrente das atividades económicas.

This paper analyses the characteristics and the human factors of the senior drivers and how those can influence the driving experience. We analysed recent studies in ergonomics, iteration and influence of the technologies applied to design the physical interfaces and their respective board devices, with the aim of identifying improvement opportunities in enabling usability design onboard tasks. The research methodology is descriptive with the collection of baseline studies within the auto industry, ergonomics, health and senior mobility. We concluded that even the latest car models do not provide the highest levels of safety and comfort that could be achieved, opting some manufacturers to include extra resources to mitigate  the changes that result from aging. It is suggested to create a script of automotive interior design recommendations to improve the safety, the comfort and the inclusion of the senior drivers.

Touch screen devices are a reality that, although recent, has a considerable impact on today’s society. Digital technologies have become a means of facilitating and enhancing information and communication. As children are among its main enthusiasts and users, it is up to designers to interpret this change of paradigm and face the challenge of designing specifically for this group. It is considered that these devices become especially effective as a communication interface for children with some sort of difficulty. Several authors have conducted researched concerning interaction and interface design for children, but regarding deaf children the information is still scarce and disperse. Thus, this article presents a number of aspects to consider, relating to the design of interfaces and interaction, when designing applications for touchscreen devices (iPad), for deaf children. To highlight the principles underlying the project for that group of users, is taken as an example the application (app) in development "o rato do campo e o rato da cidade" although some other references may appear.

O evento Ergotrip design foi criado em 2012 com a intenção de disseminar a pesquisa e desenvolvimentoprovenientes da interação entre o design e a ergonomia. Ao longo dos últimos anos, a participação de alunos, professores e pesquisadores de várias instituições de ensino e pesquisa – nacionais e internacionais – vêm-se intensificando. Paralelamente, o evento tem sido a oportunidade de contar com a contribuição de palestrantes renomados e com expertise em suas área de atuação.

The article proposes reflections over the relationship between Design, Fashion, Art and Photography having as object of study costumes of the TV series „Capitu", which was aired by Rede Globo de Televisão. With iconographic sources, techniques, and visual arts expressions, it is put on stage the recreation of shapes, colors, textures, and patterns of aspects of apparel in the late XIXthCentury.

The article presented here, is a reflection on the role that the designer and communication can currently play in organizations. The importance of the designer, while value creation agent applied to the strategy and communication of organizations, it is not always taken into account, it is often regarded as a professional that only solves aesthetic problems and responds to some demanding challenges, punctual and isolated. Given all this, we intend to address in this article and reinforce concepts that cover the areas of design, communication and management considerations being made about the importance and relationship between these, identity, strategy and organizations. In order to make sense of all this, this study will support base a practical intervention on a research unit, INET-MD - Institute of Ethnomusicology - Centre for Studies in Music and Dance, aiming to observe, collect and analyze the institution in order to meet conditions to design and manage the diversity of their identity. It seeks so the unit reaches, throughdrawing, a coherent identity with the visual discourse associated with it and be able to add value and contribute to its affirmation and recognition.

This paper presents the trajectory of Labsol – Laboratory for Solidarity Design, a Science Outreach Project at Unesp - Univ. Estadual Paulista, inside the Department of Design of the School of Architecture, Arts and Communication, campus of Bauru. The Labsol works in the area of Social Design relating a perspective that acts on the relationship between design and crafts through counseling activities, in a dialogic relationship, with craft communities, with the objective to generate jobs and income. The Labsol was organized in 2007 through the initiative of a coordinating professor and a group of volunteer students, and in the years following it adopted theoretical assumptions that include Ecodesign, Sustainability, Solidarity Economy and Dialogicity. Several years were dedicated to communities by developing products that sought to highlight the cultural identity of the groups served, valuing the local culture and different ways of manufacturing. In recent years we highlight three actions taken by Labsol through partnerships: Arte e Convívio Association of Botucatu, the “Cornelia Maria Elizabeth van Hylckama Vlieger” Association in Sousas, and the Samba School “Coroa Imperial da Cidade Grande” in Bauru, all in the São Paulo state.

This article presents an analysis derived from a field research based on a literature review that approaches the theme of the people's social inclusion with visual deficiencies and the techniques of applied merchandising in commercial environment.Besides, other points were approached, as the relative concepts to the universal drawing and the technical norms of accessibility. The results were revealed among the ones that are done to obtain an inclusive atmosphere, what is necessary for the merchandising and what is being put into practice in the commercial environment

This project had as main objective the development of a digital script, in an app format, about the main Portuguese contemporary architectural references, located in national territory. The study was divided into two phases: the first phase consisted of the analysis of the main digital platforms and mobile applications on the market related to the Portuguese architecture. It was intended to analyze in detail these solutions, with a main focus on the evaluation of their interaction and usability; the second phase, through the research carried out, developed a new solution, an app, specifically related to contemporary Portuguese architecture. In this work, a theoretical-practical research methodology was used, with the analysis of theoretical bodies, formal models and the realization of a practical project, applied research. In this study process, themes such as User-Centered Design and Design Thinking were addressed. As a result, it was intended to develop a set guiding principles in order to achieve a complete and efficient experience in the use of the application.  

Resulting from a genetic change where individuals instead of being born with 46 chromosomes are born with 47, Down's Syndrome is caused by the presence of three 21 chromosomes in all or most of the cells, resulting in several problems regarding the physical structure of the child such as hypotonia and laxity in the joints, consequently retarding motor development. The aim of this research was to investigate the particularities of this group and to develop a device to aid the progression of the lower limbs in children from 9 to 18 months, of domestic. The equipment consists of a structure that performs the exercise of squatting and when dismembered some of its parts make possible two exercises, being the balance and the climbing staircase, both having an important role in the process of child development. The process of creating the proposal had the participation of professionals from different areas - Design and Physiotherapy - Thus, it was possible to realize the importance of interdisciplinary in the development of new projects.

This work includes the development of a typography based on the symbols designed by Espedito Seleiro, from Nova Olinda-CE, one of the most prominent artisans of Ceará, being inspired by the northeastern Sertão and Cangaço culture. The study has as reference the universe of vernacular typography and its influences on design, as well as the influences that the design exerts on them, valuing as characteristics of a vernacular graphic and assuming the handcraft, one of the main representations Ceará and his Sertão. Starting from the systematization of the present symbols in the handcraft and identify the design of art patterns and patterns of repetitions in the art drawings, intends, from the regularization and geometrization of the forms, to create a base for the development of projects. The highlight of a new typography inspired by Ceará is to value the culture in the various styles of graphics manifestations that represent the interests of consumers of Cordel and books that portray the local culture, newspapers printed locally the other graphic documents, in order to give visibility to the signs present in the craft of Ceará.

O 4o número, referente ao ano de 2019, da revista Ergotrip Design tem como base o evento ETD'19, a 7a Conferência Internacional Ergotrip Design, que teve lugar em Natal, RN - Brasil, no passado mês de setembro. Esta edição teve como principais objetivos o de disseminar o projeto e a pesquisa em design no Brasil – com grande enfoque no Rio Grande do Norte – e em Portugal, promover a visibilidade em diferentes escalas, abrangendo dimensões de ambito local/regional, mas também nacional e internacional, das pesquisas desenvolvidas e contribuir para integração e troca de experiências entre alunos de diferentes graus de formação, professores, pesquisadores e profissionais, criando um ambiente favorável à partilha, diálogo e cruzamento de ideias, de forma a potenciar os trabalhos académicos e o fortalecimento das redes de contactos transatlânticos. Reunindo domínios de investigação como o Design, a Ergonomia e a Interação Humano-Computador, baseou-se no conjunto de 8 sub-temáticas: Ergonomia Interfaces e interação Jogos digitais Experiência do usuário Inovação social Design de produto Design de comunicação Acessibilidade Assim, decidimos partilhar uma seleção de textos por meio deste suporte, tendo como critério de seleção os resultados da avaliação da comissão científica em sistema de double-blind peer review, na expectativa de que a sua disponibilização atinja o maior número possível de investigadores/pes- quisadores. Esta será uma das formas dos trabalhos ganharem a visibilidade e disseminação que, estamos certos, merecerem. Antes ainda de passar aos artigos selecionados, gostaríamos de deixar um agradecimento a toda a comunidade académica participante, tendo em especial atenção aqueles que submeteram artigos para a avaliação assim como todos os membros da comissão científica, pelo seu contributo para mais este número. Gostaríamos também de deixar um agradecimento ao DEART - Departamento de Artes da Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte, em especial ao LEXUS - Laboratório de Ergodesign de Interfaces, Usabilidade e Experiência do Usuário e ao IMD - Instituto Metrópole Digital, ao Departamento de Comunicação e Arte da Universidade de Aveiro e ao ID+ (Instituto de Investigação em Design, Media e Cultura), assim como às profissionais da Biblioteca da Universidade de Aveiro associadas ao PROA.UA – Plataforma de Revistas em Open Access da Universidade de Aveiro, pela disponibilidade, envolvimento e empenho, sem as quais não teria sido possível publicar este número.

Accessing the facts in a drug description leaflet, whether digital or printed, is indispensable for the correct use of a medicine. The use of technology such as animations, which are already proven as an aid in the process of teaching and learning, may be an interesting resource to assist and facilitate the understanding of this information. Thereby, considering studying how this contribution can be made, this research sought to investigate user interaction with animations of topical and injectable medications, following the phases: literature study, experimental study and discussion of results. The interaction was investigated with a total of 40 participants: 20 health professionals (satisfaction and interview about the description leaflet) and 20 potential users (content, comprehension and simulation of use). The results, obtained by a qualitative analysis, showed that the participants are satisfied with the animations, as they considered them clear and a good way to simplify the understating of the information. Therefore, interest in animated materials can contribute and facilitate access to data.

This paper contributes to the understanding of how accessibility has been inserted in cultural spaces in Brazil, focusing on the discussion about the spatial orientation of blind visitors in museums. The tactile maps and models were defined as an object of study, considering their relevance in promoting autonomy of walking and spatial orientation within these spaces. The initiative presented in this paper is an artisanal production of a museum tactile map representation using low cost materials. With the aim of increasing the possibilities of representation of tactile maps, as well as of making feasible the construction of a model, digital fabrication was presented as a viable alternative for production. This paper launches important analysis result that will be continued in the future in order to combine the precision and agility of the digital with the process of exploration of materials together with the blind in a constant exchange in the translation of architectural visual aspects into tactile models.