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Azores Archipelago: sport tourism development toward sustainability

Sport tourism, and particularly nature sport tourism, is a strategic sector for the Azores archipelago. Despite all, few studies analyzed the sustainability of sport tourism in the territory, although some studies researched the demand, the offer, and the impacts of sport tourism particular products or services. Within the IRNIST research framework produced specifically for this project, outlining the contribut...

Learning from health professionals: a user-centred approach to design a wound m...

Health professionals are able to improve the care quality of chronic wounds by monitoring and reporting the wound status. Resorting to visual representations of wound status enhances comprehension by facilitating knowledge transfer to all stakeholders. However, selecting appropriate healthcare data visualisations is a critical challenge and healthcare platforms must be designed to meet their users' needs and co...

The COVID-19 pandemic impact on the Portuguese Physical Education classes

The restrictions “imposed” to avoid the spread of Covid-19 disease have strongly conditioned the school life of millions of children and youth. However, little is known about the impact of the pandemic on PE classes in Portugal. The purpose of the present study is to describe the perception of secondary and high school students about the impact of the pandemic on PE classes, after the first wave of the COVID-19...

Real-world data from an online health education program for pregnancy and trans...

Real-world data from an online health education program for pregnancy and trans...

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Undaria pinnatifida (U. pinnatifida) bioactivity: Antioxidant, gastro-intestina...

Undaria pinnatifida is a brown alga, largely used as food in oriental countries. The purpose of this work was to analyze several bioactivities that might be present in different food preparations, relating them with the compounds present in the extracts. Aqueous extracts cooked, like a soup, as well as used in a salad, by simulating U. pinnatifida digestion with pancreatin were prepared. The soup preparation ha...

Modelling the distribution of a commercial NE-Atlantic Sea Cucumber, Holothuria...

There is an increasing demand for sea cucumbers, for human consumption, mainly from Asian markets and, as a consequence, NE-Atlantic species are now new targets for exploitation and exportation. Holothuria mammata is one of the most valuable species in Europe. However, the lack of historical economic interest in this species in most European countries has also led to a lack of studies concerning biological and ...

Livro de resumos do 3º Forum REDESPP : desporto para um futuro sustentável - te...

Técnicos de desporto de natureza: Contributos para o entendimento das problemát...

O objetivo deste artigo é apresentar o perfil sociodemográfico e profissional dos técnicos de desportos de natureza que trabalham na Região de Coimbra, identificar as principais problemáticas do setor e da profissão sentidas por estes técnicos, e apresentar recomendações estratégias para a melhoria do setor. Para isso desenvolveu-se um estudo de caso, cuja recolha de dados se efetuou através da aplicação de 30 ...

Nature Sports: Prospects for Sustainability

This paper articulates a paradigm shift in the adoption of a critical ecopedagogy focused on substantive and systemic change within nature sports. In analyzing the unifying concept of nature sports, we propose an ontological shift towards genuine sustainability, a communion among people and with nature. These activities comprise a group of physical practices that have the potential to challenge participants in ...