The earliest archaeological evidence of wine came from ceramic vessels of the Tran- scaucasian ‘Shulaveri-Shomutepe’ or ‘Aratashen-Shulaveri-Shomutepe culture’ (SSC/AShSh: c. 6000–5200 BC). Western European ‘Bell Beaker culture’ (BB: c. 2500–2000 BC) is characterized by bell- shaped pottery vessels but has so far not been found with residues consistent with wine. Knowing that wild grapes populated both habitats...
A vitivinicultura está historicamente ligada a Portugal e ao Município de Alenquer como atividade agrícola de relevante importância económica e social. Em 2017, foi celebrado um Acordo de Cooperação Internacional entre a Câmara Municipal de Alenquer e a Cidade Croata de Benkovac, cidade situada no condado de Zadar. Integram esta parceria o INIAV Polo de Inovação de Dois Portos, a Universidade de Zagreb, Faculda...
Brazil changed the remuneration format of supplementary energy auction contracts in 2018. As a result, electricity generation companies that win these auctions are now remunerated based on the energy they supply as specified in the contracts. As a result of this change, electricity generation companies shifted their focus towards the free energy market (ACL), which typically offers more attractive prices per kW...
[Excerpt] Due to the increasing pressures on the environment derived from the intensive use of energy, policy-makers are increasingly aware of the need to design new energy policies capable of addressing those negative impacts on the environment [...]
The forest inventory plays a crucial role in forest management planning, and it is the first step in planning actions for forest production. However, conducting an inventory can be expensive and complex. Forest inventory applications on smartphones have emerged as an alternative to traditional methods and they aim to make field data collection more accessible to non-professionals while ensuring accuracy in dete...
Seeking to reduce the number of inconsistencies in their processes, many organisations choose to implement the ISO 9001:2015 quality management standard. Their aim is to improve operational performance while, at the same time, they cope with increased pressures from the market to present innovative products and solutions and from the stakeholders to implement new organizational methods. This work intends to inv...
The importance of macroeconomic indicators on the performance of bankruptcy prediction models has been a contentious issue, due in part to a lack of empirical evidence. Most indicators are primarily centered around a company's internal environment, overlooking the impact of the economic cycle on the status of the company. This research brings awareness about the combination of microeconomic and macroeconomic fa...
For the energy transition, Social Innovation (SI) has been defined as innovations that contribute to the low carbon energy transition, civic empowerment, and social goals through initiatives such as new forms of governance, social configurations, supportive policies and regulations, and new business models. This work systematically reviews the literature to identify (potential) impacts of SI and bottom-up initi...