The purpose of this paper is to present a framework that increases knowledge sharing and collaboration in Higher Education Institutions. The paper discusses the concept of knowledge management in higher education institutions, presenting a systematization of knowledge practices and tools to linking people (students, teachers, researchers, secretariat staff, external entities) and promoting the knowledge sharing across several key processes and services in a higher education institution, such as: the research processes, learning processes, student and alumni services, administrative services and processes, and strategic planning and management.The framework purposed in this paper aims to improve knowledge practices and processes which facilitate an environment and a culture of knowledge collaboration, sharing and discovery that should characterize an institution of higher education.

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Electromigration data after stressing narrow lines with or without a TiW layer underneath have been analysed. The difference between the failure morphology and the failure time distributions is explained and a new statistical failure model is derived to explain the differences in electromigration observations.

Abstract. In recent years, mobile learning has emerged as an educational approach to decrease the limitation of learning location and adapt the teachinglearning process to all type of students. However, the large number and variety of Web-enabled devices poses challenges for Web content creators who want to automatic get the delivery context and adapt the content to mobile devices. In this paper we study several approaches to adapt the learning content to mobile phones. We present an architecture for deliver uniform m-Learning content to students in a higher School. The system development is organized in two phases: firstly enabling the educational content to mobile devices and then adapting it to all the heterogeneous mobile platforms. With this approach, Web authors will not need to create specialized pages for each kind of device, since the content is automatically transformed to adapt to any mobile device capabilities from WAP to XHTML MP-compliant devices.

The Internet plays an important role in higher education institutions where Learning Management Systems (LMS) occupies a main role in the eLearning realm. In this chapter we aim to characterize the Internet and LMS usage patterns and their role in the largest Portuguese Polytechnic Institute. The usage patterns were analyzed in two components: characterization of Internet usage and the role of Internet and LMS in education. Using a quantitative approach, the data analysis describes the differences between gender, age and scientific fields. The carried qualitative analysis allows a better understanding of students' both motivations, opinions and suggestions of improvement. The outcome of this work is the presentation of the Portuguese students' profile regarding Internet and LMS usage patterns. We expect that these results can be used to select the most suitable digital pedagogical processes and tools to be adopted regarding the learning process and most adequate LMS's policies.

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O presente estudo visou comparar jovens por sexo, nível de actividade física e fase da adolescência em função dos níveis de perfeccionismo. A amostra foi constituída por 184 indivíduos (96 do sexo feminino) com idades entre os 11 e os 17 anos residentes na região do interior norte Portugal. Foi utilizada a forma Júnior da Escala de Auto-apresentação de Perfeccionismo (PSPS-Jr.). O estudo evidenciou diferenças por níveis de actividade física, grupo etário e sexo. Face aos resultados poderemos concluir que os muito activos pontuam mais alto nas três subescalas do perfeccionismo, que os adolescentes mais jovens se diferenciam na subescala autopromoção e na não-verbalização. As comparações por sexo evidenciam que os indivíduos do sexo masculino apresentam valores mais altos todos os parâmetros avaliados.