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Sea surface temperature variations revealed by planktonic foraminifera at the P...

ABSTRACT: Global warming, resulting from increasing human emissions of greenhouse gases, is raising ocean temperatures, projecting an increase of 2.6 °C by the end of this century. With the aim of refining climate models and predicting future regional climate conditions more accurately, this study reconstructs sea surface water temperature during the current interglacial period, the Holocene, off the southwest ...

Definitions of determinants of physical activity behaviour: process and outcome...

Background Despite extensive research on physical activity behaviour (PAB), consensus is lacking on related terms and definitions, thereby hindering the ability to compare findings between studies and to develop reliable assessment tools. This study therefore aimed to establish consensus on the definitions of key PAB determinants. Methods First, an international expert steering committee was established, compri...

Pedagogia XXI: boas práticas de inovação e de formação na educação superior

A Educação Superior vive um momento de transformação profunda, impulsionado pela necessidade de responder a desafios sociais, tecnológicos e pedagógicos cada vez mais complexos. Tendo em conta este espaço-tempo contemporâneos, o presente e-book reúne um conjunto de reflexões, experiências e boas práticas de inovação pedagógica e de formação docente, no âmbito do Pedagogia XXI.

Assessing the invasion risk of the cnidaria Blackfordia virginica Mayer, 1910: ...

The ecological role, bloom extent and long-term dynamics of jellyfishes are mostly overlooked due to sampling limitations, leading to the lack of continuous long-term datasets. A rise in frequency and magnitude of jellyfish invasion around the world is shedding new light on these organisms. In this study, we estimate the current and future distribution of the introduced jellyfish Blackfordia virginica in the Ba...

O lugar da(s) inteligência(s) – entre o relacional e o artificial: Nota de Aber...

School psychologists’ training to support inclusive education in Portugal: trai...

School psychologists can support schools in implementing inclusive practices. In Portugal, the Decree-Law 54/2018 has set the country on the path to inclusive education based on whole-school approaches. This policy shift demands a change in school psychologists’ practices to be agents for systems change versus traditional roles (such as assessing and counseling students). An e-learning training course was devel...

Prosódia na Leitura: O Papel da Automaticidade e das Variáveis Motivacionais

A leitura proficiente vai além do reconhecimento automático de palavras; ela envolve a capacidade de ler um texto sem esforço, com expressividade, entonação, pausas adequadas e precisão. Diversos estudos apoiam a ideia de que a prosódia é a habilidade mais proeminente na fluência de leitura devido à sua forte conexão com a compreensão de leitura. O presente estudo buscou expandir o conhecimento sobre a associaç...

Assessment of math abilities before school entry: a tool development

The years preceding school entry are pivotal for children to develop fundamental skills that bolster their learning in literacy and math in the following years. Skills like counting and subitizing stand as key predictors of future math abilities. Hence, the availability of universal screening tools is vital to promptly identify children who are lacking in these skills, allowing for tailored classroom practices ...

The artistic methods as a way to look at the possibilities of construction of g...

Based on a collaborative action-research project with a high school class, we discuss the possibilities that artistic methodologies bring to collective analysis and reflections in order to promote youth political consciousness. Through moments of aesthetic-political exploration, in which the Theatre of the Oppressed and Photovoice were mobilised, the young people reflected on their everyday experiences and prob...

The more stars, the brighter! Interview with the ECM award winner 2023

Congratulations on receiving the ERS ECM award! Would you like to share what sparked your interest in respiratory research, and specifically ageing, and how it has evolved over the years? You are interested in endophenotyping COPD and IPF patients to identify treatable traits. How do your research findings translate into clinical practice to improve management and quality of life in chronic respiratory diseases...