Evidence shows that fathers have an important role in child development, but few studies explore this influence in the Latin American context. This study aimed to contribute to bridge this gap by analyzing in a Peruvian urban, mainly middle socioeconomic sample, the associations between different dimensions of father engagement (i.e., interaction in direct care, teaching/discipline, and play activities) and chi...
Data from 83,423 parent reports of temperament (surgency, negative affectivity, and regulatory capacity) in infants, toddlers, and children from 341 samples gathered in 59 countries were used to investigate the rela- tions among culture, gender, and temperament. Between-nation differences in temperament were larger than those obtained in similar studies of adult personality, and most pronounced for negative aff...
Background: Head and neck cancer is the seventh most prevalent cancer worldwide and it includes oral cancer [1]. Approximately 90% of all oral cancers are oral squamous cell carcinomas [2,3]. Despite their promising preclinical results, the inhibitors of mitotic kinesins and kinases failed in clinical trials, probably because they are not too effective in inducing apoptosis when used in monotherapy [4,5]. Thus,...
O presente trabalho pretende contribuir para uma melhor compreensão do papel do pai, visando identificar perfis de envolvimento, relativamente à mãe, em diferentes atividades diárias relacionadas com a criança, e que implicam interação direta. Visou, ainda, explorar as diferenças entre os perfis obtidos em função de características do pai, da criança e da família. Participaram 175 casais, com crianças em idade ...
O presente estudo visou contribuir para um olhar sobre a parentalidade, além da típica análise centrada na mãe, incluindo na sua amostra o pai. Estudaram-se as relações entre a perceção de eficácia e satisfação parental, e os estilos de parentalidade, testando o papel moderador da satisfação com o suporte social. Participaram 371 mães e 279 pais (famílias nucleares), com crianças em idade pré-escolar. Para as m...
No âmbito da parentalidade, e numa perspetiva da Teoria da Vinculação, a aceitação-rejeição parental tem vindo a ser associada a um conjunto de consequências para o desenvolvimento do indivíduo, que podem persistir até à idade adulta. Dado o pouco conhecimento sobre este domínio dos comportamentos maternos, o presente estudo teve como objetivo explorar possíveis fatores preditores da aceitação-rejeição materna,...
Fourier Transform Infrared (FTIR) spectroscopy focused on the near infrared (NIR) region has become crucial for quality control on diverse areas, from energy to biomedical applications, by enabling in-situ and in real time analysis of samples with complex organic compositions [1,2]. The development of portable and miniaturized NIR spectrometers (miniNIR) can further extend NIR spectroscopy applications [3,4], t...
This article is the result of work carried out within the scope of Erasmus+ project Kit@: Media competency training for professionals in day-care centres and comparable institutions in rural areas of Europe. Its main objective is to describe ECE systems, curriculum guidelines, pre-service teacher training curricula and teacher profiles related to media education and ICT use in ECE across the Europe project part...
The balance between work and family demands is one of the main challenges of contemporary parenting. However, most of the research has focused on mothers’ perspectives, with fathers’ perspectives about the links between work–family activities and father involvement, as well as the role of indirect effects, such as parenting styles, being less explored. This study aims to bridge these gaps by exploring whether w...
MIXDesign, provides a tangible Mixed-Reality system oriented towards tasks in Architectural Design, in several! usage scenarios, such as Conceptual Design, Client Brief, or even Architectural Design education. With MIXDesign, an architect can intuitively interact with a real scale model of the design, in normal working settings, where he can observe an enhanced version of the scale model, with JD virtual object...