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Reproductive traits of the European catfish, Silurus glanis, during the early s...
Gkenas, C.; Sequeira, V.; Ribeiro, D.; Gago, João; Dias, D.; Verma, C.R.; Kumkar, P.; Ribeiro, F.In recent decades, the European catfish Silurus glanis has spread across Europe and elsewhere, significantly impacting the native fauna of the recipient ecosystems. Studies on its reproductive traits from its non-native range are limited, although this is a critical step in developing effective management plans. Here, we explore the reproductive characteristics of invasive European catfish populations in the Lo...
Access and achievement: Low-income students in Portuguese higher education case...
Justino, E.; Dias, D.; Santos, G.This study investigates the experiences of low-income students in Portuguese higher education, focusing on universities in peripheral regions. Despite policies aimed at widening access since the 1980s, inequalities persist. The research examines whether families with greater social, cultural, and economic capital are disproportionately represented in higher education relative to their presence in Portuguese soc...
Westwards expansion of the European catfish Silurus glanis in the Douro River (...
Gkenas, C.; Martelo, J.; Ribeiro, D.; Gago, João; Santos, G.; Dias, D.; Ribeiro, F.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 drainages. The European catfish has unique features (e.g., oppor...
DNA metabarcoding reveals the diet of the invasive fish Oreochromis mossambicus...
Nogueira, S.; Curto, M.; Gkenas, C.; Afonso, F.; Dias, D.; Heumüller, J.; Félix, P. M.; Silva De Lima, Rivete; Chaínho, P.; Brito, A. C.; Ribeiro, F.Invasive species can trigger profound effects on recipient ecosystems, namely through the food web. Despite being recognized as one of the worst invasive species, little is known about the feeding ecology of the Mozambique tilapia Oreochromis mossambicus. To understand how this invasive species might impact food webs, we applied metabarcoding to analyze its diet’s composition in two African mangroves, in the Ob...
Diversity in higher education: Students' grits and fears
Santos, G.; Dias, D.; Candeias, T.; Pinto da Costa, E.; Justino, E.Framework: Demographic changes, which have taken on a new paradigm after the COVID-19 pandemic, have led researchers to approach diversity with a focus on gaining a competitive advantage. Therefore, one of the objectives is to obtain knowledge regarding the new generations in the changing landscape of education, which requires attention to the needs of teaching a multicultural audience (Unruh & McCord, 2010). W...
Social work through the ages: The case study of Portuguese higher education
Dias, D.; Justino, E.Social Work is an academic discipline that promotes social development and change, social cohesion, empowerment, and human improvement. The values of social justice, human rights, collective responsibility, and respect for diversity are essential to social work. Embedded in the social sciences and humanities but endowed with its own conceptual framework, social work connects people with social structures to res...
Social work curricular design and the international standards for the professio...
Justino, E.; Dias, D.One of the main features of Social Work as a field of science is that training and practice have always been articulated, as one inevitably impacts on the other. Thus, the Bologna guidelines have not implied the same deep adjustments as in other disciplines, since social work has always been closely aligned with prevailing practices. Its definition as a scientific field implies that social work is both a practi...
Formação de terapeutas ocupacionais em Moçambique: a parceria SCML/ESSAlcoitão/...
Martins, Sílvia; Vieira Da Silva, Cristina; Moreira, Nuno; Dias, D.; Matimba, A.Introdução: As parcerias para o desenvolvimento têm sido apontadas pela ONU como um dos objetivos do milénio e de desenvolvimento sustentável. Em 2007, constitui-se uma parceria para formar os primeiros terapeutas ocupacionais em Moçambique, respondendo às necessidades do país no apoio a pessoas com problemas de saúde mental e com sequelas de HIV/SIDA. Passados 14 anos da mesma, importa refletir sobre os fatore...
Diretrizes de boas práticas para a transcrição de amostras de fala de crianças ...
Teles, A.; Dias, D.; Guardado, J.; Lopes, M.; Pós de Mina, S.Introdução: Na avaliação de crianças com alterações de produção dos sons da fala, o terapeuta da fala recolhe uma amostra do discurso e concretiza a transcrição fonética para proceder à análise das características e especificidades de produção. Os procedimentos de transcrição não são uniformes entre terapeutas da fala. Em Portugal, não existe evidência de diretrizes que sustentem o processo de transcrição fonét...
Characterization of microbial communities associated with ceramic raw materials...
Garcia-Sanchez, A.M.; Machado-Moreira, B.; Freire, M.; Santos, R.; Monteiro, S.; Dias, D.; Neves, O.; Dionísio, A.; Miller, A.Z.Technical ceramics are being widely employed in the electric power, medical and engineering industries because of their thermal and mechanical properties, as well as their high resistance qualities. The manufacture of technical ceramic components involves complex processes, including milling and stirring of raw materials in aqueous solutions, spray drying and dry pressing. In general, the spray-dried powders ex...