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Human capital and business performance in the European tourism and hospitality ...
Costa, Vânia; Loureiro, Isabel; Mira, Maria; Pereira, RaquelThis paper examines the business performance of the European tourism sector, focusing on the three segments of Hotels and Restaurants (HR), Recreational and Cultural Activities (RCA) and Transport and Logistics (TL). This exploratory study is based on a sample of 6.000 companies operating in 17 EU countries during 2021, selected by the random sampling method and distributed equally among each sub-segment, provi...
Tourism Sector: Evidence Of Business Dynamics in Portugal *
Costa, Vânia; Pereira, Raquel; Loureiro, Isabel; Campinho, Sara; Moura, Andreia; Mira, Maria do Rosário; Silva, Goretti; Silva, SusanaAn in-depth understanding of the business dynamics of a given sector enables key stakeholders to define appropriate strategies for its development, promotion and consolidation. This study aims to analyse the Portuguese tourism and hospitality sector, characterising the companies and their business dynamics between 2011 and 2022. It uses a Related-Samples Friedman‘s Two-Way Analysis of Variance by Ranks to ident...
Sustainable Tourism: A Systematic Literature Review and Bibliometric Analysis
Loureiro, Isabel; Costa, Vânia; Malheiro, AlexandraThe research aims to emphasise the significance of sustainable tourism and the topics it’s being associated with. It is also intended to analyse the shift in literature during the selected time. A bibliometric analysis was conducted on highly cited documents about the Topic “sustainable tourism” from 2017 to 2022, using the Web of Science database. The analysis involved examining the number of research papers, ...
An Overview of Higher Education in Tourism and Hospitality in Portugal
Andreia, Moura; Costa, Vânia; Loureiro, Isabel; Silva, Susana; Mira, Maria do Rosário; Pereira, Sílvia RaquelObjective: This study evaluates the higher education provision in Portugal's tourism and hospitality sector, examining its evolution and alignment with labor market demands to address the growing skills gap in the industry. Theoretical Framework: The research is grounded in concepts of labor market demands, educational alignment, and workforce development amid digital, societal, and economic transformations. Th...
Using Artificial Intelligence in Tourism Sustainability Research
Loureiro, Isabel; Costa, Vânia; Malheiro, AlexandraArtificial intelligence has become one of the strongest tools used in a variety of sectors, including academic research. AI has the potential to revolutionize communication and research, facilitating the collection of data and providing more efficiency in the research process. This chapter aims to highlight the importance of AI research by using ChatGPT, a generative pre-trained transformer. ChatGPT was used to...
The use of the EQ-5D-5L to assess the perception of health status: an empirical...
Vaz, Márcia; Loureiro, Isabel; Alves, Maria José; Costa, Vânia; Ferreira, Fernanda A.; Fernandes, Paula Odete; Nunes, AlcinaHealth is more than having no diseases. It involves observing and measuring symptoms and emotional, intellectual, spiritual, occupational, social, and physical aspects. Literature shows that thermalists seek thermal spas for health reasons, and their expectations are met as they revisit them. Thermal spa users have perceived an improvement in their health status. The perceived health status is subjective but ca...
Marital development, communication and happiness in portuguese newly retirees
Pedreiro, Ana Teresa; Loureiro, Isabel; Loureiro, HelenaIntroduction: Retirement is a transitional event, experienced by middle-aged individuals, and its consequences can interfere with their health status. Changing family structures are also changing patterns and experiences related to retirement. When both members of the couple are going through this transition, it may also be necessary to redefine the relationship as identities, patterns, roles, and expectations ...
A Importância da Prevenção Quinquenária: Uma Reflexão Crítica
Loureiro, IsabelO quotidiano do médico de família passa muitas vezes por atuar e promover as diferentes formas de prevenção nos doentes. Em 2014, surgiu uma nova prevenção – a prevenção quinquenária. Esta previne o dano para o paciente, atuando no médico através de estratégias que visam diminuir o burnout. É importante a diminuição do burnout dado que este tem consequências que se vão repercutir no doente, no médico e conseque...
Nutritional quality of foods consumed by the Portuguese population according to...
Santos, Mariana; Matias, Filipa; Fontes, Tânia; Bento, Ana Cristina; Pires, Maria João; Nascimento, Ana; Santiago, Susana; Castanheira, IsabelIn the last few years, public health authorities have shown interest in introducing front-of-pack labelling (FOPL), as one of the main policies to combat diet-related non-communicable diseases (NCDs). Nutri-Score is a FOPL that categorizes a food product into five categories according to its nutritional value. This study aimed to investigate the ability of Nutri-Score to discriminate the nutritional quality of ...
Commercial Baby Foods Aimed at Children up to 36 Months: Are They a Matter of C...
Santos, Mariana; Matias, Filipa; Loureiro, Isabel; Rito, Ana Isabel; Castanheira, Isabel; Bento, Alexandra; Assunção, RicardoProper nutrition in infancy and early childhood is crucial to ensuring optimal child development, growth, and better health outcomes later in life. The nutrient profile model proposed by WHO/Europe aims to assess the nutritional quality and promotional/marketing aspects of commercial baby foods aimed at children up to 36 months. We used commercial data from 191 baby foods collected between March 2021 and July 2...