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Processed Food Consumption and Sleep Quality in School-Aged Children: Insights ...
Gomes, M.S.; Martins, J.; Duarte, A.; Augusto, C.; Silva, M.J.; Padrão, Patrícia; Moreira, Pedro; Rosario, R.Objective: This cross-sectional study aimed to investigate the association between processed food consumption and sleep quality among school-aged children. Methods: Our sample consisted of 137 children, with 52.6% being girls with a mean age of 7.9 +/- 1.2 years. Moreover, 40.2% of children had overweight and 35.9% had experienced sleep problems. Dietary intake was evaluated using two non-consecutive 24 h recal...
Alpha-tocopherol content on the semimembranosus muscle of Alentejano pigs reare...
Neves, J.; Freitas, A.; Martins, J.; Nunes, J.This trial was undertaken to determine the effect of the rearing system (intensive vs. extensive) over the content of antioxidants (alpha-tocopherol) in the meat of Alentejano pigs. Sixteen Alentejano pigs with an average body weight (BW) of 60 kg were divided in two groups: Group I (n=10) was allocated in open-air individual pens, while Group II (n=6) was maintained in a 3 ha natural pasture. Both groups were ...
Does perceived quality mediate the relationship between country of origin image...
Martins, J.; Moguluwa, S. C.; Lucas, J. L.; loka, B. C.; Mata, M. N.The aim of this study was to examine the relationship between the country of origin image of a product and consumers’ purchasing behavior in Nigerian hypermarkets, as well as the mediating role of perceived price in this relationship. The research considers four aspects of purchasing behavior: information search, product evaluation, purchase decision-making, and post-purchase behavior. A total of 1272 participa...
Do economic freedom, innovation, and technology enhance Chinese FDI? A cross-co...
Martins, J.; Gul, A.; Mata, M. N.; Haider, S. A.; Ahmad, S.This study evaluates the determinants of Economic freedom, innovation and technology concerning Chinese foreign direct investment. The aim of the study is to explore, that how these determinants influence Outward Foreign Direct Investment (OFDI) from China toward different regional economies. The study will enrich the existing literature by providing useful policies to the concerned economies to influence more ...
Impact of absorptive capacity on project success through mediating role of stra...
Mata, M. N.; Martins, J.; Inácio, P.The purpose of this study is to explore the role of potential and realized absorptive capacity on project success through both the mediating roles of strategic agility and the moderating role of project complexity. A simple random sampling was used to collect data from 285 respondents working in the IT sector of small-medium sized Portuguese enterprises (SMEs). Due to the Covid-19 pandemic, data were collected ...
Exploring the asymmetric effect of internal and external economic factors on po...
Dantas, R. M.; Ali, S.; Rafiq, M.; Martins, J.; Abreu, A.; Mata, M. N.Objective: This study examines the asymmetric impact of both internal (military, education, and health expenditures) and external (trade opening and foreign direct investment) factors that contribute to poverty reduction. Methodology: To find an asymmetric relationship between the proposed variables, we used a non-linear ARDL co-integration approach for the period ranging from 1981-2019. Findings: The findings ...
Physical activity levels of Portuguese adolescents in the first period of confi...
Gomes, L.; Martins, J.; Ramos, M.; Costa, F. C. DaDue to the COVID-19 pandemic, social confinement was declared in Portugal on 19th March 2020. Schools and sports clubs were closed, access to all sports and leisure facilities was limited, and young people have experienced restrictions regarding the practice of physical activities and sports. The purpose of this study was to identify the physical activity (PA) levels and sports participation of adolescents befo...
The impact of non-physical education teachers’ perceptions on the promotion of ...
Gomes, L.; Martins, J.; Ramos, M.; Costa, F. C. Da(1) Background: In accordance with the socio-ecological model of physical education (PE), school-based interventions to promote physical activity (PA) will only be successful if a change occurs in the perceptions and attitudes of all. This study sought to analyze non-PE teachers experiences in PE and how these experiences relate to the value they attribute to PE, sports and PA, and the impact of teachers’ perce...
Una aproximación geográfica a los impactos de la turistificación del ocio noctu...
Nofre, J.; Martins, J.; Garcia Ruiz, M.; Costa, G.A lo largo de las dos últimas décadas, la expansión de la economía del ocio nocturno orientada al turismo ocurrida en un número significativo de ciudades europeas puede ser vista - simultáneamente - como resultado y causa de la rápida e intensa turistificación de sus respectivas áreas urbanas centrales. A su vez, lo que podríamos denominar como turistificación de ‘la noche’ ha conllevado sin duda alguna la apar...
The biosecuritization of the tourist city: Some reflections from and about Lisb...
Nofre, J.; Garcia Ruiz, M.; Martins, J.The impact of COVID-19 on tourism has been enormous across the globe. The successful recovery of the tourism industry at the local, national, and global levels is strictly dependent on the efficient contention and mitigation of the COVID-19 pandemic at the global level and on the capacity of tour operators, governments, and other actors to generate complete trust among tourists. In this article, we examine the ...