Os objetivos propostos no Pacto Ecológico Europeu (“European Green Deal”), na estratégia do Prado ao Prato (“Farm to Fork”) e na nova Política Agrícola Comum (PAC) visam a integração de um roteiro de políticas, ações, incentivos e medidas de gestão para fomentar a utilização eficiente dos recursos na agricultura, restaurar e preservar a biodiversidade e as paisagens rurais e reduzir a pegada de carbono. São est...
(Introduction) The increasing impact of environmental issues has driven the development of increasingly cleaner and renewable processes and products. Biomassderived carbons have gained significant attention due to their high specific surface areas, hierarchical porous structures, cost-effectiveness and widespread availability [1]. Given the growing interest in these materials, the substitution of carbon atoms w...
Background: The incidence of thyroid carcinoma (TC) in human population has been increasing worldwide, and it was estimated an incidence of 2.1% of cancer new cases in 2019 [1]. A smaller incidence is reported for canine population (1.1%) in 1995-2005 [2]. Diagnosis, prognosis, and management of human TC rely on mutation screening of BRAF, RAS genes, and TERT promoter. BRAF, NRAS, HRAS, and KRAS encode proteins...
In steep slope viticulture, the existence of vegetation cover is of utmost importance in order to reduce the risk of erosion. However, under Mediterranean conditions, there is a need for applying costeffective control strategies in areas where vegetation cover may compete with vineyards for soil and/or water resources during the growing season. In Douro Wine Region (DWR) due to the application of longterm chemi...
The SAVING project aimed to create a sustainable and active aging program to promote the transition to sustainable aging in residential structures for the elderly (RSEs), developing research activities to apply the best strategies and good practices regarding the promotion of an active, healthy, and sustainable aging regarding social, economic, environmental, and pedagogic aspects. All this innovative methodolo...
Social entrepreneurship (SE) is an emerging research field that has received much scholarly attention in recent years. Given the global scope of this attention, this review explores the existing scientific literature on social entrepreneurship to contribute to a systematization of the research field. Based on the publications in Web of Science and Scopus, a total of 1425 scientific articles were analyzed. We us...
Vineyard yield estimation can bring several benefits to all the grape and wine production chain. Among several methods the ones based on estimation of yield components are the most used at farm level. However, as they are manual, destructive and very time-consuming, there is a strong demand to replace them with low-cost and reliable automated methods. Recent advances in machine vision have provided accurate too...
This study aims to understand the impact of air quality on the demand of tourism destinations and the impact that tourism may have on the air quality of a specific destination. Nights spent at tourist accommodation establishments were used as a proxy of tourism demand in each location, while PM10 concentrations were a proxy of air quality. Data for five European countries (Austria, Cyprus, Great Britain, Italy,...