The present study explores the relationship between the characteristics, performance, and sustainability of ports that will, in the future, support the logistical chains of new floating offshore wind farms, considering the crucial advancement and expansion of the offshore wind energy sector for the transition to a low-carbon economy. Through a detailed analysis, which includes international case studies in Amer...
The purpose of this study is to assess the effect of the port community system (PCS) and its influence on port performance. The techniques of principal component analysis and structural equation modelling are applied to 153 valid responses from a sample, obtained from Portuguese port community experts. The results identify and measure the factors that characterize the PCS and affects port performance. PCS chara...
Existem más oclusões na criança, que quando abordadas precocemente pelo odontopediatra / ortodontista na fase de dentição decídua ou mista, são corrigidas e/ou minimizadas não se perpetuando na dentição permanente. Pretende-se com este artigo alertar os pediatras para algumas dessas situações, nomeadamente os problemas resultantes dos hábitos de sucção não nutritivos, mordidas cruzadas e retrusão mandibular (co...
The aim of this study was to characterise the intra and extra-oral phenotype associated with agenesis of the permanent maxillary lateral incisor. We compared three groups: (1) subjects with agenesis of one or both permanent maxillary lateral incisors (n=80); (2) first and second degree relatives of group 1 with no agenesis of the permanent maxillary lateral incisor and (3) subjects with no agenesis of the maxil...