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Early Career Researchers as Stakeholders in University Decision‐Making in Europ...

The voices of academics have traditionally been strong in university decision‐making bodies, where they participated in the shared governance of the university. It has been customary for senior academics to be represented in managing bodies and to exercise control over the key areas of strategy, finance, quality assurance, study programs, and/or human resources. With the new public management reforms that have ...

CONTROVERSY OVER BRAIN DRAIN IN ANGOLA – LACK OF PUBLIC POLICIES?

Investing in the qualification of human resources is acknoledged as essential to promote countries’ economic and social development, particularly those in the developing world. It is therefore a common practice for different States to directly finance their students, through scholarships for example, to improve their qualifications in other countries, to ensure then that they return to their country, increasing...

Estruturas organizacionais para a educação doutoral em Portugal: Prevalência e ...

Este estudo exploratório analisa as estruturas organizacionais das universidades portuguesas para a educação doutoral, procurando identificar a sua prevalência e características. Apesar de recentes, estas estruturas parecem emergir como arranjos institucionais autónomos, com modelos de implementação, missão, objetivos e domínios de atividade específicos. Parecem, também, desempenhar um papel crucial na legitima...

Noite europeia dos investigadores em Armamar: palco da ciência em ambientes rurais

The role of circular economy in the decarbonization of the agrifood sector in P...

White spot lesions: diagnosis and treatment - a systematic review

BACKGROUND: White spot lesions represent the first stage of caries and their prevalence has been increasing in recent years, particularly in patients undergoing orthodontic treatment. DIferential diagnosis and lesion activity are essential to decide on the clinical approaches to treatment. The aim of this study is to understand if the new diagnostic tools such as fluorescence, microradiography and computed micr...

Generation of induced pluripotent stem cell lines from two unrelated individual...

Familial hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM) is the most common inherited heart condition. HCM patients show left ventricle hypertrophy without any associated loading conditions, being at risk for heart failure and sudden cardiac death. Two induced pluripotent stem cell (iPSC) lines were generated from peripheral blood mononuclear cells obtained from two unrelated individuals, a 54-year-old male (F81) and a 44-ye...

The Renaissance of a Bicentennial Medical Journal

Alternaria alternata an emerging pathogen with great impact on olive groves

Downy mildew, powdery mildew, grey mould, black rot, and grapevine trunk diseases are among the most important fungal or oomycete diseases affecting grapevine, with a high economic impact in all growing areas. In recent decades, extensive efforts have been made to reduce the use of agrochemicals in viticulture, turning the management of these diseases a major challenge. Given the urgent need to identify and dev...

Mini-Project of Ethanol Production from Waste as a Teaching Methodology

The development of sustainable alternative fuel, energy and chemical products is happening all over the world. Some of the main reasons for this increase are the increasing demand for fuel and energy due to population growth and economic development; climate change and the need for decreasing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions; enhancement of waste recovery efforts to redirect waste away from landfills and decrease...