Information and communication technologies have become an integral part of daily life. However, the increasing reliance on technology in both personal and professional contexts presents significant challenges. Individuals′ levels of digital literacy affect their ability to complete everyday and work-related tasks that depend on digital tools. The present systematic review is aimed at identifying the main predic...
Vulnerability to heat waves and their negative effects on health vary not only due toindividual factors but also due to situational factors, such as time and geography. Hence,we explored seasonal variations and predictors of heat wave feelings of threat acrossdifferent heat wave geographical susceptibility locations in Portugal. A total of 238Portuguese residents responded to a web-based longitudinal survey: be...
Monitoring how different people – as ‘social sensors’ – evaluate and respond to crisis such as pandemics, allows tailoring crisis communication to the social perceptions of the situation, at different moments. To gather such evidence, we proposed a index of social perceptions of systemic risk (SPSR), as an indicator of a situational threat compromising risks to physical health, psychological health, the economy...
Pottery traditions refect the socioeconomic framework of past cultures, while the spatial distribution of pottery indicates exchange patterns and interaction processes. Material and earth sciences are employed here to determine raw material sourcing, selection and processing. The Kongo kingdom, internationally renowned since the late ffteenth century, is one of the most famous precolonial states in Central Afri...
In recent decades, telecollaboration has become more frequent in different teaching contexts, with regular publication of studies on this type of practice [1]. Based on the interaction, mediated by digital communication tools, between students from different geographical, cultural and/or linguistic contexts, telecollaboration favours sharing, dialogue and debate, contributing to the consolidation of linguistic,...