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Ongoing outbreak of hepatitis A associated with sexual transmission among men w...

An outbreak of hepatitis A is ongoing in Portugal, with 71 confirmed cases from 7 October 2023 to 24 April 2024. Most cases are male, aged 18-44 years, with many identifying as men who have sex with men (MSM) and reported as suspected sexual transmission. Phylogenetic analysis identified the subgenotype IA, VRD 521-2016 strain, last observed in an MSM-associated multi-country outbreak in 2016 to 2018. We wish t...

“Three white men walk into a bar” – TQM’s vanguard pluralistic intersectionalit...

In the rich, educated and industrialised world, with high levels of concentration of technology, Total Quality Management has successfully allowed industries, organizations and institutions to gradually adapt to the new circumstances of the past 20th century, including the gradual transition from industry-based societies to a focus on services. In the 21st century, facing the radical changes in contemporary soc...

New Times, New Realities, New Laws: Continuity, Change and the Same-Old Challen...

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Student Participation: Issues for the Governance of Higher Education

The paper reports findings of a research project aimed at developing insight into student participation in the governance of higher education institutions. The project was carried out in two institutions in Portugal, analyzing numbers and forms of participation, identifying facilitators and constraints to participation, and analyzing the students’ perceptions of their own participation. The study was carried ou...

Community intervention programs for sex offenders: a systematic review

Sexual violence is a phenomenon that negatively impacts the victims' physical and psychological health and well-being. Sex offenders tend not to take responsibility for their actions, have difficulties in emotion regulation and impulse control, paraphilias or other disorders, so they are a difficult group to treat. In addition, the available psychological treatment programs tend to have inconsistent and, someti...

Exploring the benefits of combining DevOps and agile

The combined adoption of Agile and DevOps enables organizations to cope with the increasing complexity of managing customer requirements and requests. It fosters the emergence of a more collaborative and Agile framework to replace the waterfall models applied to software development flow and the separation of development teams from operations. This study aims to explore the benefits of the combined adoption of ...

Planeamento fiscal agressivo internacional, seus limites legais, legislação eur...

A presente dissertação tem como objeto de estudo o planeamento fiscal agressivo e os mecanismos adotados pelas instituições Europeias e internacionais, no combate a esse flagelo. Para melhor se compreender o fenómeno do Planeamento fiscal abusivo e elisão fiscal, nada é mais importante que entender-se o seu conceito, pelo que, começou-se a dissertação, pela clarificação de alguns conceitos relevantes para o ass...

Planeamento fiscal agressivo internacional, seus limites legais, legislação eur...

A presente dissertação tem como objeto de estudo o planeamento fiscal agressivo e os mecanismos adotados pelas instituições Europeias e internacionais, no combate a esse flagelo. Para melhor se compreender o fenómeno do Planeamento fiscal abusivo e elisão fiscal, nada é mais importante que entender-se o seu conceito, pelo que, começou-se a dissertação, pela clarificação de alguns conceitos relevantes para o ass...

Personality characteristics of victims of intimate partner violence: A systemat...

Intimate partner violence (IPV) is global public health issue and refers to the violence committed by a partner in the context of an intimate relationship, regardless of whether or not it is legally recognized. This review aims to analyze the personality characteristics present in victims of IPV, addressing the causes and consequences of the abusive relationship. Studies focusing on female victims were obtained...

Male and Female Psychopaths: Affective, Interpersonal, and Behavioral Differences