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Physical and mental wellbeing, teaching efficacy and school connectedness - a s...
Ferreira, Marco; Barqueira, Ana; Reis-Jorge, José; Pacheco, Patrícia; Brito, Rita; Baltazar, IsabelThis article aims to investigate correlations between physical and mental wellbeing, teaching efficacy and school connectedness and to explore the relationship between those dimensions and sociodemographic variables such as age, teaching experience, academic qualifications, education sector, and geographical regions. For this purpose, an online questionnaire was applied to 450 preschool teachers. To assess phys...
Specification of a collaborative platform for intercompany maintenance informat...
Martins, Pedro Pinto; Lopes, Isabel da Silva; Teixeira, Humberto Nuno; Ferreira, MarcoIn the current competitive markets, the possibility to obtain relevant and accurate data and information can make the difference between achieving success or not. A company which has several maintenance technicians in the final stage of their career and plants spread through different countries, can benefit from a collaborative platform that aggregates the maintenance information and knowledge to support decisi...
Headteachers and Inclusion: setting the tone for an inclusive school
Neves, Claudia; Almeida, Ana Patrícia; Ferreira, MarcoInclusion is an unavoidable dimension of education and the school’s mission. Educational organisations must therefore seek approaches and practices that materialise in the effective management of diversity, equity and inclusion, since these are conditions for the involvement of the whole community to achieve the goals of education for all. This study sought to answer (i) How do school leaders conceptualize equi...
School leadership engagement: validation of the Portuguese version of UWES scale
Silva, José Castro; Ferreira, Marco; Pacheco, Patrícia; Almeida, Ana PatríciaThe Utrecht Work Engagement Scale (UWES) is a widely used self-report scale with the original twenty-three items and its abbreviated version of nine items to assess workers’ engagement. This paper reports a validation study of the UWES-17 and UWES-9 using confirmatory factor analysis, its convergent validity and invariance across gender in a sample of 921 Portuguese school leaders. The main findings support a b...
Fatores explicativos do bem-estar em lideranças escolares
Almeida, Ana Patrícia; Pacheco, Patrícia; Ferreira, Marco; Rosa, José Maria SilvaO desempenho de funções de liderança escolar é emocionalmente exigente e as consideráveis exigências experienciadas pelos diretores das escolas podem ter impacto no bem-estar de toda a escola. Num contexto educacional em constante mudança, a crescente pressão sobre estes profissionais pode afetar o seu desempenho profissional, a sua satisfação, a sua saúde mental e física, o seu bem-estar e relacionamento com o...
Fine needle aspiration biopsy in the diagnosis of neck masses
Raposo, Diogo; Menezes, Marco; Carvalho, Liliana; Trindade-Soares, Mafalda; Ferreira, Marco; Freire, FilipeObjective: To evaluate the diagnostic performance of fine needle aspiration biopsy (FNAB) in the diagnosis of neck masses. Study design: Retrospective study. Materials and Methods: Analysis of 181 neck FNAB performed in Hospital Prof. Doutor Fernando Fonseca between 2011-216. Results: The diagnostic sensitivity and specificity of FNAB for detection of malignant disease was 88.6% and 96%. The sensitivity for det...
GUIA ORIENTADOR ESTÁGIO DO CURSO TÉCNICO E SUPERIOR PROFISSIONAL DE ESTÉTICA, C...
Roldão, Elisabete; Marques, João Paulo; Ferreira, MarcoEste Guia Orientador de Estágio tem como principal objetivo a compilação e clarificação dos pressupostos para o desenvolvimento de competências em Estágio. De um modo simples e claro, pretende-se dar a conhecer num primeiro capítulo os objetivos do curso e a sua estrutura curricular. Num segundo capítulo apresenta-se o regulamento de avaliação de conhecimentos dos CTeSP da Escola Superior de Saúde do Politécnic...
O PEIXE GATO EUROPEU (SILURUS GLANIS) – UM GIGANTE NO RIO TEJO: DISPERSÃO, DIST...
Gago, João; Ferreira, Marco; Anatácio, Pedro; Gkenas, Christos; Banha, Filipe; Quintella, Bernardo; Ribeiro, FilipeO peixe gato europeu (Silurus glanis) é mais uma espécie não nativa que foi introduzida nos rios da Península Ibérica. Neste trabalho é apresentado o padrão de dispersão desta espécie no rio Tejo desde o primeiro registo em Espanha em 1998 até à atualidade. Mais de 80 registos foram obtidos principalmente através de fóruns e blogs de pesca desportiva. Atualmente estima-se que esta espécie esteja distribuída por...
Diet of European Catfish in a Newly Invaded Region
Ferreira, Marco; Gago, João; Ribeiro, FilipeBiological invasions are considered to be one of the leading causes of biodiversity loss worldwide. Freshwater ecosystems are amongst the most biodiverse, containing about 50% of the world’s known fish species but, ironically, are the most invaded ecosystems. In Portuguese freshwaters, there are currently 20 identified non-native fishes, arriving at an unprecedented rate of a new species every two years. A rece...
Amine Modification of Silica Aerogels/Xerogels for Removal of Relevant Environm...
Lamy-Mendes, Alyne; Torres, Rafael B.; Vareda, João P.; Lopes, David; Ferreira, Marco; Valente, Vanessa; Girão, Ana V.; Valente, Artur J. M.Serious environmental and health problems arise from the everyday release of industrial wastewater effluents. A wide range of pollutants, such as volatile organic compounds, heavy metals or textile dyes, may be efficiently removed by silica materials advanced solutions such as aerogels. This option is related to their exceptional characteristics that favors the adsorption of different contaminants. The aerogels...