A financial evaluation of MGM Resorts International - Lei, Cheng I. (University of Saint Joseph, 2018)
Keywords: Theses and Dissertations Master of Business Administration (MBA); University of Saint Joseph

A financial evaluation of MGM Resort International - Lei, Pou I. (University of Saint Joseph, 2016)
Keywords: Theses and Dissertations Master of Business Administration (MBA); University of Saint Joseph

A Financial Evaluation of Fluor Corporation - Cabaça, Anacleto de Jesus da Silva (University of Saint Joseph, 2018)
Keywords: Theses and Dissertations Master of Business Administration (MBA); University of Saint Joseph

A figura feminina na ficção de Senna Fernandes: identidade, subalternidade e agência - Correia, Ana (O Macaense. Identidade e cultura e quotidiano, 2020)

A feasibility study for Sino-Angolan business consulting: the case of anginvest co. ltd - Faria, Liliana Sofia da Silva (University of Saint Joseph, 2013)
Keywords: Theses and Dissertations Master of Business Administration (MBA); University of Saint Joseph

A Fast Lightweight Based Deep Fusion Learning for Detecting Macula Fovea Using Ultra-Widefield Fundus Images - Wang, Han; Yang, Jie; Wu, Yaoyang; Du, Wencai; Fong, Simon; Duan, Yutong; Yao, Xiaoping; Zhou, Xiaoshu; Li, Qingqian; Lin, Chen; Liu, Jiang; Huang, Lina; et al. (MATHEMATICS & COMPUTER SCIENCE, 2021)
Macula fovea detection is a crucial prerequisite towards screening and diagnosing macular diseases. Without early detection and proper treatment, any abnormality involving the macula may lead to blindness. However, with the ophthalmologist shortage and time-consuming artificial evaluation, neither accuracy nor effectiveness of the diagnose process could be guaranteed. In this project, we proposed a deep learning approach on ultra-widefield fundus (UWF) images for macula fovea detection. This study collected 2300 ultra-widefield fundus images from Shenzhen Aier Eye Hospital in China. Methods based on U-shape network (Unet) and Fully Convolutional Networks (FCN) are implemented on 1800 (before amplifying process) training fundus images, 400 (before amplifying process) validation images and 100 test images. Three professional ophthalmologists were invited to mark the fovea. A method from the anatomy perspective is investigated. This approach is derived from the spatial relationship between macula fovea and optic disc center in UWF. A set of parameters of this method is set based on the experience of ophthalmologists and verified to be effective. Results are measured by calculating the Euclidean distance between proposed approaches and the accurate grounded standard, which is detected by Ultra-widefield swept-source optical coherence tomograph (UWF-OCT) approach. Through a comparation of proposed methods, we conclude that, deep learning approach of Unet outperformed other methods on macula fovea detection tasks, by which outcomes obtained are comparable to grounded standard method.

A experiência de Macau e Hong Kong – Ensino de Arquitectura entre o Local e o Global - Soares, Nuno (VI Congresso Internacional do Conhecimento Científico ISECENSA, 2018)

A dose of lateral thinking - Morrison, Keith (Macau Business, 2022)
Macau, Macau Business, MAG, MB, MB Featured, Opinion | The late psychologist, business and management consultant Edward de Bono gained a worldwide reputation for ‘lateral thinking’, which included his ‘six thinking hats’ and ‘tools for thinking’. Though his work is arguably only plausible pseudoscience, his ‘tools for thinking’ remain interesting. Consider some of these from his Cognitive Research Trust (CoRT), in approaching planning, e.g.: CAF (Consider All Factors); EBS (Examine Both Sides); and OPV (consider Other People’s Views). Here I apply them to Macau.

A dois passos do paraíso - Simões, José Manuel (Aspectus. Revista de Arte & Ciência, 2019)

A discussion on the group psychotherapy treatment for depressed individuals - Chan, Ka Chon (University of Saint Joseph, 2015)
Keywords: Thesis and Dissertations Master of Couselling and Psychotherapy (MCP); University of Saint Joseph

A Diocese de Macau no alvorecer da Diocese de Dili - Soares, Domingos da Silva (University of Saint Joseph, 2016)
Keywords: Thesis and Dissertations Master of Religious Studies (MRS); University of Saint Joseph

A descriptive study of students' motivation to learn English in Macao - Kuan, Ho Lam (University of Saint Joseph, 2004)
Keywords: Thesis and Dissertations Master of Education (MED); University of Saint Joseph

A defesa noticiosa do status quo - Simões, José Manuel (E-Revista de Estudos Interculturais, 2018)

A Deep Neural Network Based on Circular Representation for Target Detection - Lin, Cong; Chen, Zhoujian; Huang, Yiquan; Jiang, Haoyu; Du, Wencai; Chen, Qiong (Journal of Sensors, 2022)
Convolutional neural network (CNN) model based on deep learning has excellent performance for target detection. However, the detection effect is poor when the object is circular or tubular because most of the existing object detection methods are based on the traditional rectangular box to detect and recognize objects. To solve the problem, we propose the circular representation structure and RepVGG module on the basis of CenterNet and expand the network prediction structure, thus proposing a high-precision and high-efficiency lightweight circular object detection method RebarDet. Specifically, circular tubular type objects will be optimized by replacing the traditional rectangular box with a circular box. Second, we improve the resolution of the network feature map and the upper limit of the number of objects detected in a single detect to achieve the expansion of the network prediction structure, optimized for the dense phenomenon that often occurs in circular tubular objects. Finally, the multibranch topology of RepVGG is introduced to sum the feature information extracted by different convolution modules, which improves the ability of the convolution module to extract information. We conducted extensive experiments on rebar datasets and used AB-Score as a new evaluation method to evaluate RebarDet. The experimental results show that RebarDet can achieve a detection accuracy of up to 0.8114 and a model inference speed of 6.9 fps while maintaining a moderate amount of parameters, which is superior to other mainstream object detection models and verifies the effectiveness of our proposed method. At the same time, RebarDet’s high precision detection of round tubular objects facilitates enterprise intelligent manufacturing processes.

A DCRC Model for Text Classification - Hao, Zhaoquan; Jin, Jiangyong; Liang, Shengbin; Cheng, Suying; Shen, Yanqing (Computer and Information Science, 2023)
Traditional text classification models have some drawbacks, such as the inability of the model to focus on important parts of the text contextual information in text processing. To solve this problem, we fuse the long and short-term memory network BiGRU with a convolutional neural network to receive text sequence input to reduce the dimensionality of the input sequence and to reduce the loss of text features based on the length and context dependency of the input text sequence. Considering the extraction of important features of the text, we choose the long and short-term memory network BiLSTM to capture the main features of the text and thus reduce the loss of features. Finally, we propose a BiGRU-CNN-BiLSTM model (DCRC model) based on CNN, GRU and LSTM, which is trained and validated on the THUCNews and Toutiao News datasets. The model outperformed the traditional model in terms of accuracy, recall and F1 score after experimental comparison.
Keywords: BiGRU; BiLSTM; CNN; Text classification

A cultura nas abordagens comunicativas: análise de materiais didáticos em manuais de Português como língua estrangeira - Morais, David (University of Saint Joseph, 2015)
Keywords: Thesis and Dissertations Master of Education (MED); University of Saint Joseph

A Critical Look at Blockchain-Interactive Generative Art - Farinha, Daniel Filipe (International Journal of Creative Interfaces and Computer Graphics, 2022)
Artists are increasingly using blockchain as a tool for trading digital artwork as non-fungible tokens (NFTs); however, some are also beginning to experiment with the blockchain as a medium for generative art, using it as a seed for a generative process or to continuously modify an evolving piece. This paper surveys, reviews, and classifies the state-of-the-art in blockchain-interactive NFTs and presents a liberal-arts critique of the opportunities and threats posed by this technology, whilst addressing existing criticism on the broader topic of art-related NFTs. The paper examines some of the most experimental pieces minted on the Hic et Nunc (HEN) and Teia NFT marketplaces, for which a purpose-built research tool was developed. The survey reveals some reliance on centralised infrastructure, namely blockchain indexers, placing undesired trust on third parties which undermines the potential longevity of the artwork. The paper concludes with recommendations for artists and NFT platform designers for developing more resilient and economically sustainable architectures.
Keywords: Art Preservation; Blockchain; Crypto Art; Dynamic NFT; Generative Art; Non-Fungible Token; Provenance

A contribution to Paulo Freire’s theory and practice: The ‘Cultural Extension Service/University of Recife’ (1962–64) - Gerhardt, Heinz Peter (Educational Philosophy and Theory, 2022)
This contribution to the special issue is an historical account of Paulo Freire’s pedagogical and administrative praxis before his forced exile in 1964. It relies on interviews collected during a field trip in 1976, a conversation with Paulo Freire in Geneva one year later and on the secondary literature up to date. Being the head of the first Extension Service of a major Brazilian university in the early 1960s gave Freire and his collaborators the space and time to experiment with the today world famous literacy method bearing his name. The concept of ‘Field of Cultural Production’ (Bourdieu) is used to elucidate better Freire and his team’s avant-gardist production within the spaces opened up by Brazil’s popular movements in the early sixties. The contribution shows how the ‘Paulo Freire System’ developed in the praxis of a cultural movement and received its academic consecration in an incremental and eclectic style.
Keywords: Bourdieu; Brazil; Paulo Freire; University of Recife; extension service; literacy

A content analysis of views of disability within Portuguese language newspapers in Macau - Amaral, Ana Helena (University of Saint Joseph, 2018)
Keywords: Thesis and Dissertations Master of Education (MED); University of Saint Joseph

A Content Analysis of School Bullying: A Review of Macau Newspaper Reports - Vong, Fan Nei (University of Saint Joseph, 2020)
Keywords: Thesis and Dissertations Master of Education (MED); University of Saint Joseph

A CONTEMPORARY VENUE FOR TRADITIONAL CANTONESE OPERA IN MACAO - Li, Zebin (University of Saint Joseph, 2024)
Cantonese opera has a long and profound history and has evolved over 700 years, making it unique and distinctive. In a diversified media and entertainment, Cantonese opera culture in Macao, like many other aspects of traditional Chinese cultures, is facing a general decline. Specific challenges include loss of audience, the decline and disintegration of professional groups, and reduced scope of the active repertoire. How can a new venue for traditional Cantonese opera promote a positive response to the contemporary challenges that threaten its cultural vitality? How can a new design approach respond to local issues and contemporary architectural production? Can programmatic diversification of a performance venue (cultural exchange, art display, education) be a useful strategy? This thesis consists of five parts. Part 1 of this thesis outlines the background of research, describes the purpose and significance of the research, and deal with issues of research method. Part 2 considers the artistic characteristics of Cantonese opera, including the spatial characteristics of traditional Cantonese opera theatres, the characteristics of Cantonese opera costumes, and the changing characteristics forms of performance. Part 3 is focused on the uses of parametric models in architectural design. Part 4 offers three case studies of opera houses in China, the Guangzhou Opera House, the Harbin Grand Theatre, and the Xiqu Centre in Hong Kong. Part 5, the core of this thesis, proposes a design of a new performance venue for Cantonese Opera House in Macao. Overall, this thesis offers an account of main considerations in the transformation process from traditional Cantonese opera venues to modern Cantonese opera houses and situates these considerations in the context of contemporary discussions of parametric architecture
Keywords: Architectural Parametric; Cultural Characteristics of Cantonese Opera; Design of Cantonese Opera House in Macao; Modern Opera House Design; Theses and Dissertations Master of Architecture (MARCH); University of Saint Joseph

A consideration of the determinants of market-orientation in China: with particular reference to the experience of foreign companies in the Pharmaceutical and consumer goods markets - Perumal, Muruga (University of Saint Joseph, 1999)
Keywords: Theses and Dissertations Master of Business Administration (MBA); University of Saint Joseph

A Confucian Perspective on Tertiary Education for the Common Good - Eh, Edmond (The Journal of the Macau Ricci Institute, 2018)
Confucian education is best captured by the programme described in the Great Learning. Education is presented first as the process of self-cultivation for the sake of developing virtuous character. Self-cultivation then ...

A conductor's guide to selected choral works by Tien-Hao Jan - Chu, Chun Wai (University of Saint Joseph, 2014)
Keywords: Thesis and Dissertations Master of Choral Conducting (MCC); University of Saint Joseph

A Conceptual Model of Behavioral Factors Affecting the Adoption of E-government Services in Macao SAR - Iong, Kit Yeng (University of Saint Joseph, 2022)
Information and communication technologies (ICTs) are highly associated with the study of e-government, and many scholars believe that within the coming decades, government operation and policy decision-making cannot persist without the use of ICTs (Van Dijk, 2018). This thesis aims to generate a conceptual framework of the behavioral factors that could contribute to the acceleration of the implementation of e-government services in Macao SAR. Rather than regarding e-government services as a goal to be realized in traditional practice through evaluating the outcome, a process-oriented study was conducted. The e-government services are regarded as advanced tools in the 21st century to transform Macao into a smart city. The design of the process-oriented approach and the comparative study of four groups of Macao citizens' behavioral intentions are solidly supported by the research gaps identified in the literature review of e-government studies in an international perspective and the actual context of local Macao studies. Under the framework of the Theory of Planned Behavior (Ajzen, 1985, 1991), the behavioral factors of the general public and civil servants are investigated through a qualitative approach, and the findings are triangulated from various aspects. Firstly, a systematic literature review of TPB was conducted thoroughly to better understand the current study of e-government around the world. Secondly, a content and thematic analysis of the official documents and articles from local press media and research institutes related to the topic of e-government services was carried out to demonstrate a more comprehensive picture of the current problems of implementing iv and adopting e-services in Macao SAR. Observations in some government premises that provided e-services and 40 in-depth interviews were conducted to generate detailed and first-hand data. Key issues were extracted from the interviewees’ narratives and daily actual usages. Different conceptual models for different age groups and civil servant group were formed. Special attention was paid to analyzing the "hard-to-reach" groups' behavioral intentions. Research limitations identified from the previous literature were overcome partially in this study too. After comparing the similarities and differences, a new conceptual model of significant behavioral factors that affect the behavioral intentions in adopting e-government services was built. Results and findings from the analysis could be used to develop effective interventions by the government policymakers in responding to the behavioral change of the general public in the aspect of e-government services acceptance and adoption
Keywords: Thesis and Dissertations PhD in Government Studies (D-GS); University of Saint Joseph

A Comprehensive Review of Investor Sentiment Analysis in Stock Price Forecasting - Ma, Huawen; Ma, Jixin; Wang, Han; Li, Pengsheng; Du, Wencai (2021 IEEE/ACIS 20th International Fall Conference on Computer and Information Science (ICIS Fall), 2021)
Sentiment analysis technologies have a strong impact on financial markets. In recent years there has been increasing interest in analyzing the sentiment of investors. The objective of this paper is to evaluate the current state of the art and synthesize the published literature related to the financial sentiment analysis, especially in investor sentiment for prediction of stock price. Starting from this overview the paper provides answers to the questions about how and to what extent research on investor sentiment analysis and stock price trend forecasting in the financial markets has developed and which tools are used for these purposes remains largely unexplored. This paper represents the comprehensive literature-based study on the fields of the investors sentiment analytics and machine learning applied to analyzing the sentiment of investors and its influencing stock market and predicting stock price.
Keywords: Analytical models; Information science; Investor sentiment analysis; Machine learning; Market research; Predictive models; Reliability; Sentiment analysis; Social media; Stock price trend forecasting; Tools

A comparative study on the attitudes of Macanese teachers towards inclusive education (IE) from an IE secondary school and a non-IE secondary school - Chan, Chi Seng (University of Saint Joseph, 2019)
Keywords: Thesis and Dissertations Master of Education (MED); University of Saint Joseph

A Comparative Study of Sympathy in David Hume, Karuna in Buddhism, and Ren in Confucianism - Chon, Iao Pang (University of Saint Joseph, 2021)
Keywords: Thesis and Dissertations Master of Philosophy (MPH); University of Saint Joseph

A comparative analysis of smartphone brands in Macau: Apple and Samsung - Cheong, Ka Man (University of Saint Joseph, 2018)
Keywords: Theses and Dissertations Master of Business Administration (MBA); University of Saint Joseph

A common foreign and security policy in Sino-European relations: crosscurents in a changing relationship - Lam, Hon Kei (University of Saint Joseph, 2009)
Keywords: Thesis and Dissertations Master of Government Studies (MGS); University of Saint Joseph

A cognitive semantic study of biblical Hebrew: the root šlm for completeness-balance - Leong, Andrew Chin Hei (Studies in semitic languages and linguistics, 2021)
"Semantic studies of the Biblical Hebrew verb "whole" have been influenced by those of its most invoked nominal form "whole". In this volume Andrew Chin Hei Leong shows that the concepts of balance, alliance, and completeness form the basic semantic structure of "whole". Previous studies on "whole" employed either historical or textual methodology, which has been dominant in biblical lexical studies. In addition to these methods, in Leong develops a systematic semantic methodology from Cognitive Semantics and Frame Semantics, to demonstrate that it is balance, rather than completeness, that is the most central concept in holding the semantic network together"--
Keywords: Bible; Hebrew language; Language, style; Semantics; Shlm (The Hebrew root)

A Christmas present worth having - Morrison, Keith (Macau Business, 2022)
Macau, Macau Business, MAG, MB, MB Featured, Opinion | When the casino resorts applied for the first licenses to operate in Macau, one of the commitments that they made was to serve the Macau society. Many of them have honoured those commitments outstandingly well, and continue to do so, and in ways too many and diverse to list here.

A Case Study on Using House-Tree-Person (HTP) Projective Drawing Technique to Identify the Personality Traits of Children with Socio-Emotional Challenges - Yee, Seong Wa (University of Saint Joseph, 2021)
Keywords: Thesis and Dissertations Master of Education (MED); University of Saint Joseph

A case study of the English class council of form 5B (Yuet Wah College, Macau school year 1999-2000): towards a participatory and transformative approach in education - Ching, Desiderio (University of Saint Joseph, 2002)
Keywords: Thesis and Dissertations Master of Education (MED); University of Saint Joseph

A case study: an analysis of the parental involvement in a Macau secondary school with primary focus on new immigrant parents from Mainland China and Macau local parents - Cheong, Ka Wai (University of Saint Joseph, 2019)
Keywords: Thesis and Dissertations Master of Education (MED); University of Saint Joseph

A business valuation of Ford company - Zhang, An Qi (University of Saint Joseph, 2015)
Keywords: Theses and Dissertations Master of Business Administration (MBA); University of Saint Joseph

A business plan for super baby restaurant - Chao, Pek Chu (University of Saint Joseph, 2014)
Keywords: Theses and Dissertations Master of Business Administration (MBA); University of Saint Joseph

A business plan for a part-time job creation social enterprise aimed at helping the elderly - So, Hom Cheung (University of Saint Joseph, 2014)
Keywords: Theses and Dissertations Master of Business Administration (MBA); University of Saint Joseph

A business concept study for Macau's historic centre revitalization (The renovation of the central hotel as as example) - Cruz Vaz Pimentel, Mariana (University of Saint Joseph, 2015)
Keywords: Theses and Dissertations Master of Business Administration (MBA); University of Saint Joseph

A Biblioteca Escolar como promotora de hábitos de leitura: estudo de caso no primeiro ciclo do ensino básico - Gonçalves, Rosa Maria de Fátima Dias da Silva (University of Saint Joseph, 2013)
Keywords: Thesis and Dissertations Master of Education (MED); University of Saint Joseph

A aquisição da leitura em leitores principiantes: erros típicos no português europeu - Simões, Edlia; Martins, Margarida Alves (Educação e Pesquisa, 2018)
O estudo das estratégias que as crianças usam na leitura de palavras e a análise dos erros que tipicamente ocorrem ao longo do processo de aprendizagem numa dada ortografia são da maior importância para a compreensão do processo de aprendizagem da leitura. O objectivo deste trabalho foi perceber como se processa a aquisição da leitura no início do ensino fundamental no português europeu. Procurou-se saber se haveria diferenças na frequência de erros fonológicos e lexicais e no padrão de erros fonológicos entre os dois primeiros anos do ensino fundamental. Participaram 175 crianças do 1º ano e 137 do 2º ano de seis escolas. Foi aplicada uma prova de leitura oral de palavras. Os erros foram categorizados em fonológicos, com diversas subcategorias, e lexicais. Encontraram-se diferenças na frequência dos erros fonológicos e lexicais entre os dois anos, assim como nos subtipos de erros fonológicos que tipicamente ocorreram. Os erros de substituição foram os mais frequentes, tendo ocorrido mais nas consoantes e nos dígrafos. Seguiram-se os erros de adição e de supressão, que ocorreram sobretudo em sílabas complexas. Tais resultados, contribuindo para uma caracterização dos erros típicos nessa fase de aprendizagem, revelam-se um instrumento importante na detecção de dificuldades precoces na aprendizagem da leitura e na adequação de estratégias de ensino-aprendizagem. Este estudo permite uma melhor compreensão dos processos usados pelas crianças na resolução dos problemas que as características da língua portuguesa lhes coloca, assim como poderá permitir uma intervenção educativa que conduza a um maior sucesso na aprendizagem da leitura.Leitores principiantes; Aprendizagem; Leitura de palavras; Padrão de erros
Keywords: Aprendizagem; Leitores principiantes; Leitura de palavras; Padrão de erros

A análise da cultura organizacional escolar através dos seus artefactos - Correia, Ana; Costa, Adelino (Revista do Fórum Português de Administração Educacional,, 2003)

A Alma e o Lugar de uma Comunidade Singular - Simoes, José Manuel (O Macaense - Identidade, Cultura e Quotidiano, 2019)

3D Printing Objects As Installation Art: Standing Humanity: 3D Yan Character - Estadieu, Gérald; Martins de Abreu, F.; Barbosa, Álvaro (ACM, 2017)

2015年「澳門講場」輿情: 公民參與個案研究 - Lei, Ming (University of Saint Joseph, 2017)
Keywords: Thesis and Dissertations Master of Government Studies (MGS); University of Saint Joseph

150 years of Envangelization in Taiwan. A review from personal witness - Velasco, Sergio Arilbal Edward (University of Saint Joseph, 2009)
Keywords: Thesis and Dissertations Master of Religious Studies (MRS); University of Saint Joseph