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Geography of sustainability transitions: mapping spatial dynamics and research ...

The study of Sustainability Transitions (STs) has emerged as an interdisciplinary research field aimed at understanding and guiding societal transformations toward sustainability. While significant advancements have been made in analyzing socio-technical, economic, and policy dimensions, spatial aspects of STs have been largely overlooked. This study contributes to the field by conducting a systematic literatur...

A pandemia da inatividade: as ferramentas digitais como instrumento de atuação

Por uma pandemia da felicidade através das escolas

Factors influencing individualized nursing care in acute medical and perioperat...

Individualized nursing care addresses the needs, experiences, behaviors, feelings, and perceptions of patients and families, but its implementation in clinical practice contexts remains challenging. This review aims to map the factors that interfere with the individualization of nursing care, in acute medical and perioperative settings. Scoping review was conducted according to the Joanna Briggs Institute guide...

Compor Mundos: Explorando a Metamorfose do Mundo na Era das Alterações Climátic...

Climate change (CC) is the greatest evidence of the "metamorphosis of the world" and is changing the temperature and rainfall patterns, but also the social, cultural and health systems on planet Earth. The unpredictability of climactic phenomena and their multidimensional impacts on human and environmental health contribute to making our understanding of the world increasingly difficult. Moreover, history has p...

The effect of motivation on physical activity among middle and high school stud...

The study addressed two main objectives: (i) to investigate disparities in motivation dimensions regarding extracurricular physical activity and (ii) to identify the influence of motivation on time spent in formal and informal physical activity. A sample of 704 adolescents (56% girls) from middle (46%) and high school (54%), with an average age of 14.88 ± 2.52, was assessed for different motivation dimensions u...

Systematization of the types of adaptations requested in pedestrian routes: hum...

The aim of this work is to create a structure of knowledge that allows to understand and explain different adaptations requested in pedestrian routes to individuals. We establish the conceptual framework in which this study fits and define its application to two types of frequent adaptations in these activities: uneven terrain and sloped terrain (downhill), establishing which variables to consider and how they ...

Evolution of attack in handball when playing 7 vs. 6 with empty goal between 20...

Recently, several studies on the 7 vs. 6 “empty goal” (EG) in handball have produced different and even contradictory results. The aim of the present study was to investigate the behavior of teams and players in the 7 vs. 6 EG attack in the European (Euro) and World Championships (WCh) between 2020 and 2023 and characterize the coaches’ perceptions.</jats:p></jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Methods</jats:title><...

Changing coaches in a local Portuguese professional soccer team: influencing fa...

In male professional soccer, changing coaches frequently occurs during a sports season. Although this decision may disrupt players’ and teams’ development, organizational progress, and financial stability, the administrations still decide to change coaches due to several sportive factors. This study aims to describe a local Portuguese professional soccer team's reality regarding specific factors influencing the...

The effect of physical activity levels on cognitive performance: Research in po...

The literature unequivocally acknowledges the numerous health benefits that physical activity (PA) provides. However, in other variables, such as cognitive performance (CP), the PA characteristics required to elicit favorable benefits remain controversial, particularly among adolescents. The aim was to investigate the evolution of CP in adolescents over the school year, as well as the role of regular PA levels....