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The panel 'Fear, terror and horror in Graeco-Latin Antiquity and its Reception in Popular Culture' of the 14th Celtic Conference in Classics will take place on 11-14 July 2023 at the University of Coimbra, Portugal. It explores the different ways in which fear, terror and horror have been manifested in Graeco-Latin literature and tradition. All in...

This one-week advanced course TiE 2023 (Tools in Ecophysiology: It’s a Kind of Magic! 2023), held at FCUL (Faculty of Sciences, University of Lisbon, Portugal), aims to provide knowledge about the recent approach using general biomarkers. This modern approach, which classifies and ranks the importance of different biomarkers, presents several advan...

Azulejos have been applied to architectural settings in Portugal for the last five centuries and represent one of its most unique art forms. In this article a group of representative samples regarding the chronology and typology of the majolica azulejos produced by the Lisbon workshops from the second half of the 16th century (beginning of majolica...

Dear Researchers and/or Young Investigators, We are pleased to inform you that we are organizing a Mini-Symposium entitled CSSM01 – “Computational Methods for the Dynamic Response of Metamaterials and Structures”, in the 7th ECCOMAS Young Investigators Conference (YIC2023), which will be held on June 19-21, 2023 at Porto, Portugal. The goal of t...

The extent to which domestic industrial capabilities are essential in contributing to a Nations' prosperity and national well-being is the topic of long-standing debate. On the one hand, globalization and the outsourcing of production can lead to greater productivity, lower product costs, and gains from trade. On the other hand, national capabiliti...

Bird mortality by collision is one of the major biodiversity impacts of transmission power lines. The European Union legislation determines that overhead power lines subject to Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) procedure should be monitored at post-construction to confirm the predicted impacts, and evaluate the effectiveness of the implemented...

Modelling and mapping water-related ecosystem services (ES) are getting more important in the scientific community and decision making contexts. Especially straightforward, easy to operate ES model suites that are based on Land Use / Land Cover (LULC) data have gained popularity in the scientific realm, including but not limited to the InVEST Model...

123-Retos, número 48, 2023 (2º trimestre) Caracterización sociodemográfica y hábitos de vida saludable en estudiantes universitarios de Pedagogía en Chile-Portugal Sociodemographic characterization and healthy life habits in university students of Pedagogy in Chile-Portugal Resumen. Los hábitos de vida saludable corresponden a costumbres, actitudes...

As the number of introduced species keeps increasing unabatedly, identifying and prioritising current and potential Invasive Alien Species (IAS) has become essential to manage them. Horizon Scanning (HS), defined as an exploration of potential threats, is considered a fundamental component of IAS management. By combining scientific knowledge on tax...

In Europe, the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) encouraged the specialisation of agriculture and forestry systems by supporting schemes that promoted productivity, despite the socio-ecological changes' detrimental effects on ecosystem services and biodiversity. In the case of mountain viticulture of southern Europe, the adoption of intensive manage...

Os imigrantes dos países em desenvolvimento chegados à Europa beneficiam menos diretamente da economia das plataformas e assistem com maior frequência a uma crescente precarização e desqualificação das suas ocupações, ao mesmo tempo que uma fatia significativa desses imigrantes procura ajustar-se àquilo que Ambrosini (2021, 2022) designou por "econ...

Environmental governance aims to develop and understand the lessons, achievements and challenges of planning at both local and global levels. In particular, integrated river management is key to the sustainable development of ecosystems, and the collaborative and inclusive approach among stakeholders supports the decision-making process. The object...

The increase of agricultural nitrogen (N) inputs since the 1960s is a key driver in surface- and groundwater nitrate pollution. The water abstracted from these sources can input substantial amounts of reactive nitrogen (NIrrig) if used for crop irrigation. This input is often not included in N related agricultural policies and studies, which are li...

The present study was conducted in Portugal and had, as its object of study, workers from Portuguese companies belonging to several sectors of activity. The main goal of this study was the identification of the dimensions related to the causes of churning and to analyse its applicability in the management of human resources to promote individual an...

This study aimed to explore differences in the perceptions of professional and voluntary firefighters regarding the extreme wildfire events that occurred in Portugal in 2017. We collected a sample of 185 participants, professional and voluntary firefighters, who directly participated in suppression activities for the Pedrógão Grande and October 201...

Judaism was the first Abrahamic monotheistic religion, or also called the Israelite religion. The objective of this work is to show the issue of the importance of Shabbat and the inclusion and respect for Jews in their culture in societies that intend to be multiculturalists where Jews live as citizens, whose greatest example would be the problemat...

Fire is one of the natural agents with the greatest impact on the terrestrial ecosystem and plays an important ecological role in a large part of the terrestrial surface. Remote sensing is an important technique applied in mapping and monitoring changes in forest landscapes affected by fires. This study presents a spectral separability analysis for...

How could it be that we missed a personality of his stature! How could it be that a great poet of ours was born and forgotten before we could honour him! Joseph Furtado was a great poet whom colonial India could not feel it. Even after independence we could not give him his due and not even to his family. Had we been good at English, we would have...

Sustainability and smart tourism are current hot topics in academic research. While these two concepts are complementary, their relationship has not been clearly outlined in the scientific literature. This bibliometric analysis aims to address this gap by examining the literature on sustainability and smart tourism. Specifically, this review has fi...

One-third of the world’s population is suffering from “hidden hunger” due to micronutrient deficiency. Zinc is acquired through diet, leading its deficiency to the development of disorders such as retarded growth, anorexia, infections, and hypogeusia. Accordingly, this study aimed to develop an agronomic workflow for Zn biofortification on two red...

Recent societal changes have brought new challenges to contemporary organisations, e.g., how to properly manage the work-family/family-work dyad and, thus, promote adequate task performance. This paper aimed to study the relationship between conflict (work-family and family-work) and task performance, and whether this relationship was moderated by...

University-industry R&D collaborations (UICs) play a vital role in stimulating open innovation that leads to new products, processes, and services that creates value for customers and broader societal impact. UICs, however, commonly fail to meet these stakeholders' benefits. This study identifies thirty-four critical success factors (CSFs) for impr...

A água é um recurso escasso e fundamental para a pro�dução agrícola. No entanto, com a crescente demanda por alimentos e o aumento da população global, a disponibilidade de água doce está se tornando cada vez mais limitada. Além disso, as mudanças climáticas e os eventos climáticos extremos, como secas e inundações, estão afetando a disponibilidad...

Introdução O sistema de cultivo biológico pode ser definido como um sistema de produção sustentável no tempo e no espaço, por meio de gestão e proteção dos recursos naturais mantendo assim a fertilidade, a vida e a biodiversidade dos solos. A manutenção de biodiversidade engloba o microbioma do solo (fungos, bactérias, protozoários, e algas, entre...

The necessity for accurate biomass estimates is greater than ever for the sustainable management of forest resources, which is an increasingly pressing matter due to climate change. The most used method to estimate biomass for operational purposes is through allometric equations. Typically, each country develops their own models to be applied at th...

OSWALDO GONÇALVES CRUZ Th e 150 th birth anniversary of the Brasilian scientist, physician, bacteriologist, epidemiologist and public health offi cer Oswaldo Gonçalves Cruz (1872-1917), the founder of Brasilian microbiology, was celebrated on August 5, 2022. His personality is broadly described in material historical sources: philately, bonistics,...

Descritores Reabilitação Cardíaca Transplante de Coração Cuidadores Enfermagem de Reabilitação Resumo Introdução: A Reabilitação Cardíaca (RC) é uma intervenção multifactorial, geralmente composta por exercício físico estruturado, apoio psicológico e educação para a saúde. A estruturação nas diferentes fases de RC para esta população específica não...

Introduction: Exclusive breastfeeding (EBF) is currently recommended until six months of age. The Baby-friendly Hospital (BFH) initiative an international program to promote breastfeeding, was launched in Portugal in 1994. The aim of this study was to identify the prevalence and factors influencing breastfeeding in the first six months of life and...

Many capital cities are expanding bicycle lanes or investing in public bike-sharing systems to make cycling mobility a viable transport solution within urban areas. While bicycles are fit for short-distance trips (<15 minutes), their attractiveness declines for longer trips (Ton et al., 2020; Handy et al., 2014; Jäppinen et al., 2013). So, it is op...

This document is part of the list of publications focused on fossil material found in Portugal, analyzed within the framework of the Portuguese Fossil Database project (https://ptfossildb.wixsite.com/ptfossildb). Each part comprises of only 100 publications referenced according to the APA style.

Atualmente, há uma procura significativamente crescente das bagas de Lycium barbarum L. (goji), impulsionada pela sua indicação como alimento funcional. Em Portugal esta é uma cultura emergente, em que a produção biológica vem sendo potencializada como forma de promover uma agricultura sustentável e resiliente que produza alimentos mais saudáveis....

The COVID-19 pandemic has had an impact on the routines of children and adolescents and on their level of involvement in physical activity (PA). The restrictive rules applied in this period affected the functioning of physical education (PE) classes in Portugal, and strongly limited student participation. The aim of this study was to analyze and co...

In recent years, Portugal has been increasingly credited as an emergent European entrepreneurial and technological hub, a rising and promising start-up nation. An ethnographic study was developed in one of the most successful start-up ventures operating in Portugal, with the goal of scrutinizing policy effectiveness in an employment creation and re...

Temperature is a determinant cue for several behavioral, physiological, and metabolic processes in fish, which occur within a range set to optimize species fitness. Understanding how ocean warming will impact species, at individual and population levels, is, therefore, of utmost relevance for management and conservation purposes. This knowledge ass...

This study aims to analyze the influence of the application of cryotherapy on shoulder proprioception in badminton athletes. Thirty federated badminton athletes were included in this study, all of whom belonged to three of the teams currently competing in national competitions (Portugal). Their mean ages were 21.00 ± 5.60 years, and their experienc...

There is a scarcity of simulation-based interprofessional (IP) programs in Portugal, with a notorious absence in undergraduate education. This paper describes the first step towards the development of an interprofessional education (IPE) undergraduate program, namely the implementation and preliminary assessment of the workshop LINKS – Lifting INte...

As “Comunidades Imaginadas” constituem parte de um projeto político que inventa tradições, discursiviza sobre as línguas, formata indivíduos, identidades e saberes coloniais. Este trabalho analisa imagens produzidas sobre o Timor português, à luz dos estudos da sociologia das imagens em diálogo com a análise de enunciados presentes em publicações e...

Em 1948, a Junta das Missões Geográficas e de Investigações Coloniais editou em Lisboa, o Atlas de Portugal Ultramarino e das Grandes Viagens Portuguesas de Descobrimento e Expansão. Para além de um nítido propósito propagandístico, o Atlas pretendia constituir-se como uma referência do esforço científico desenvolvido nas colónias portuguesas. Proc...

Due to the intermittent and variable nature of wind, Wind Power Generation Forecast (WPGF) has become an essential task for power system operators who are looking for reliable wind penetration into the electric grid. Since there is a need to forecast wind power generation accurately, the main contribution of this paper is the development, implement...

This paper explores the timeliness and relevance of secularization theories in Europe. It seeks to understand how the classical theories of secularization—rationalization, societalization, functional differentiation, and existential security—and their theoretical innovations—namely, cultural diversity—help describe religious phenomena in a specific...

María Teresa Miras Portugal devoted most of her scientific life to the study of purinergic signalling. In an important part of her work, she used a model system: the chromaffin cells of the adrenal medulla. It was in these cells that she identified diadenosine polyphosphates, from which she proceeded to the study of adrenomedullary purinome: nucleo...

This paper reviews the recent analytical work and policy recommendations of ten national productivity commissions, i.e., Australia, Belgium, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Ireland, Netherlands, New Zealand and Portugal, and makes some comparisons with the work of the UK Productivity Commission. The paper finds considerable diversity in the work...

Green façades in the urban environment represent points of biodiversity value, contributing to species conservation, acting as urban wildlife corridors connecting elements, and also aiming at sustainability, when the materials and structure are thoughtfully chosen. Ivies (Hedera spp.) are perennial climbing evergreen plants that are easy to cultiva...

The genus Empidideicus Becker, 1907 is comprised of more than 50 species found primarily in Africa, Europe and Asia. Four new species from Portugal are here described and illustrated: Empidideicus carrapateira, n. sp., E. blascoi, n. sp., E. inesae, n. sp., and E. pallidifacies, n. sp. In addition, the species Empidideicus freyi Greathead, 1986 is...

A programação dirigida a crianças foi uma tradição da rádio praticamente desde o seu início, em vários países, mesmo em Portugal. Esta realidade sofreu, porém, mudanças significativas. Perante um público economicamente menos atraente, a lógica comercial acabou por prevalecer e esta oferta foi desaparecendo, inclusive no serviço público (Meneses, 20...

Introduction: School-age test anxiety is an important risk factor for school performance. Notwithstanding, few studies seek to identify which strategies are effective in improving test anxiety. The aim of this study was to assess whether a cognitive-behavioural intervention for high school students could significantly reduce test anxiety. Materia...

The knowledge about the leaf beetles (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) of mainland Portugal is improved with the first record of Lachnaia gallaeca Baselga & Ruiz-García, 2007 and the confirmation of the presence of Phratora (Chaetoceroides) vulgatissima (Linnaeus, 1758), a species that had only been recorded once from the country in the late 19th century...

Nas diferentes culturas, os mais velhos, em especial os avós, constituem elos de apoio e solidariedade entre gerações, funcionando como âncoras da cultura, do cuidado, educação, afetividade, desenvolvimento e transmissão. Nesta pesquisa objetivou-se analisar relatos vividos entre avós, em tempos de pandemia Covid-19. Trata-se de um estudo descritiv...

Após algumas notas soltas sobre o início da minha carreira na Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade de Lisboa, como aluna de Matemática Pura e como docente da Secção de Matemática Aplicada, avanço com as ideias básicas que associo à formação da 'Escola de Extremos' em Portugal, atualmente reconhecida pela comunidade científica internacional. No meu...

749-Retos, número 48, 2023 (2º trimestre) Inteligencia emocional, resiliencia y satisfacción vital en el arbitraje deportivo Emotional intelligence, resilience, and life satisfaction in sport refereeing Helena Merino-Prados, David Molero, Óscar Gavín-Chocano Universidad de Jaén (España) Resumen. La inteligencia emocional, la resiliencia y la satisf...

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Teaching–learning-based optimization (TLBO) is a meta-heuristic algorithm that simulates the process of teacher and student (or learner) interaction in transmitting knowledge. The algorithm is relatively simple to implement, with free-tuning parameters for balancing exploration and exploitation of the solution space. TLBO contains two phases, namel...

This book brings together the research papers carried out by the PhD students of the 3rd cycle in Law (2021/2022) of the Lusíada University / Oporto, covering the fundamental aspects of the parliamentary elections of 1822, the first ones to be held in Portugal, as well as an encompassing collection of the doctrinal texts that, two hundred years ago...

European hedgehogs, Erinaceus europaeus (Linnaeus, 1758), are small mammals found in western Europe and also in parts of northern Europe. They can be seen in rural, suburban and urban areas, but are usually found in grassland with edge habitats. These animals are omnivorous and serve as definitive or paratenic hosts for several parasites, including...

This paper describes a real case implementation of an automatic pedestrian-detection solution, implemented in the city of Aveiro, Portugal, using affordable LiDAR technology and open, publicly available, pedestrian-detection frameworks based on machine-learning algorithms. The presented solution makes it possible to anonymously identify pedestrians...

The current study reports the first occurrence and the spread of the European catfish Silurus glanis (Family: Siluridae) in the Portuguese section of the Douro River, suggesting a potential expansion of its distribution in Portugal either via westward dispersal across international rivers and/or human-assisted introductions into new reservoirs and...

This paper presents a comprehensive study of the evidence for ancient tin mining at the Ervedosa mine (Vinhais, Portugal). The geological context of the site indicates a rich cassiterite (SnO2) deposit, which was subject to mining in the twentieth century. Some ancient mining and ore processing stone tools were recovered during the twentieth centur...

Resumo A preocupação com a literacia científica das crianças e dos jovens para o discernimento das informações é pertinente. A escola é também responsável pela divulgação de conhecimentos e pela formação de cidadãos críticos e livres e os atores da educação devem valer-se de recursos e estratégias que acompanhem as mudanças na sociedade. A Agenda 2...

Purpose This study aims to demonstrate that gamification applied to an environmental behavior can create a habit. For this, it is necessary to determine the connection between traveler satisfaction and the different kinds of stimulus (extrinsic, intrinsic and internalized extrinsic). Design/methodology/approach Survey data was gathered from gamers...

Current global trends in the field of rapid population growth and urbanization have led to an increase in the labor market. The development of industrial cooperation has led to an increase in the number of science-intensive specialties resulting from economic activity, which has led to an increase in scientific and technological potential through t...

A literacia física detém potencial para informar a mudança de práticas que valorizem e suportem o acesso equitativo à saúde e à educação. Esta revisão crítica tem como objetivo a reflexão sobre os aspetos centrais do processo de definição deste construto, desde a compreensão da sua origem e natureza filosófica até à sua definição no contexto europe...

The food chain is a large contributor to environmental pollution, especially greenhouse gas emissions, strongly associated with the consumption of animal-based proteins. The understanding of the negative environmental impacts of dietary habits by the population is of the utmost importance to provide the means to effect change to more sustainable ea...

Em uma sociedade desigual, ser mulher, preta e periférica evidenciam elementos da interseccionalidade que potencializam vivências de vulnerabilidade. Entretanto, o acesso à pós-graduação de estudantes negras possibilitam que estas mulheres tenham perspectivas de um futuro diferente de seus pais e antepassados. Este artigo propõe descrever a experiê...

To date, a variety of species potential distribution mapping approaches have been used, and the agreement in maps produced with different methodological approaches should be assessed. The aims of this study were: (1) to model Maritime pine potential distributions for the present and for the future under two climate change scenarios using the machin...

Inmaculada Sánchez-Macías https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8908-9333 Universidad de Valladolid Alice Semedo https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8308-0971 Universidade do Porto Guadalupe García-Córdova https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2753-1595 Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México Resumen En el marco de estancias de investigación en el Centro de Investigação Trans...

This article describes the translation and cultural adaptation process of the WRITIC (Writing Readiness Inventory Tool in Context) into European Portuguese. We examined the content and convergent validity, test-retest, and interrater reliability on the norm-referenced subdomain of the Portuguese (PT) WRITIC Task Performance (TP). To establish conte...

This study was conducted to determine how the public markets that serve as open urban areas fit themselves among the other functions in the city and how the design criteria could be shaped in a good organized city. In the study, urban space quality was analyzed over Yeşilköy market (İstanbul), Kemerburgaz Bol Pazar market (İstanbul) and the Braga M...

Many geospatial analyses require flexible aggregation of adjacent units to meet a minimum target area or attribute value. This is usually accomplished using several non-automated and complex GIS tasks. We developed an integrated user-friendly approach and algorithm implemented in the ‘GHSSmartDissolve’ tool, which addresses minimum mapping unit or...

La inteligencia artificial ha llegado al periodismo en diferentes fases del proceso de producción de noticias, desde la identificación de tendencias informativas, al tratamiento de datos o a la producción automática de textos, entre otros. Su potencial se manifiesta, sobre todo, cuando existe una gran cantidad de datos, algo que pueden ofrecer secc...

Fractured media hydrosystems sources are valuable worldwide for irrigation, water supply, and industrial purposes. Mapping and evaluating intrinsic groundwater vulnerability is a balanced integrative methodology to describe the potential groundwater contamination or pollution. The Geographical Information System (GIS) overlay mapping technique and...

The present research was part of a cross-sectional project involving children aged 8 to 10 years in Porto, Portugal. The project involved a first research part at primary schools where the health tests and a questionnaire were performed and a second research part concerning environmental conditions. Two groups emerged from the health questionnaire...

One of the main factors contributing to water scarcity is water loss in water distribution systems, which mainly arises from a lack of adequate knowledge in the design process, optimization of water availability, and poor maintenance/management of the system. Thus, from the perspective of sustainable and integrated management of water resources, it...

Memória e Transtorno do Estresse Pós-Traumático (TEPT): narrar estórias e ressignificar a história autobiográfica Memory and Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD): Telling stories and refraiming one's autobiographical history * 1, 2 ISPA-Instituto Universitário (Lisboa, Portugal). O Transtorno de Estresse Pós-Traumático (TEPT) é caracteri-zado como...

The species Neokilianina concava Ramalho was described from the Kimmeridgian of Portugal found in the same (isochronous) levels as Neokilianina rahonensis (Foury & Vincent). The external morphology was indicated as the only difference between the two taxa, notably a pronounced concavity in the middle part of the cone base and a wider apical angle i...

The COVID-19 pandemic has brought new challenges and work changes for formal caregivers such as personal care aides with an impact on their quality of life (QoL). This cross-sectional study aims to analyze the relationships and contribution of sociodemographic and psychological variables towards QoL including the moderating role of self-care. This...

For years fires have devastated rural areas, destroying properties, causing economic damages, and killing people in mainland Portugal. After the forest fires of 2003, 2005 and 2007 the need to intensify and develop work strategies to reduce the number of ignitions leveraged, to a better landscape planning and management of these areas in a for mini...