High-risk surgery is related to the extent, invasiveness and complexity of the procedure, factors that result in an increased stress response due to surgical trauma, increased oxygen demand and increased rate of postoperative complications, which may lead to patient death. Classically, the perioperative period comprises three interrelated sequential phases: preoperative, intraoperative and postoperative. Regard...
This study aimed to develop a multi-stakeholder analysis to identify the best strategies for the integration of a new Digital Energy Management Platform (DEMP). The municipality of Loulé (South of Portugal) was used as a case study. A Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities, and Threats (SWOT) framework combined with an Analytical Hierarchy Process (AHP) framework and a TOWS Matrix was employed to analyse the stak...
Vegetation natural heritage can be valued in itself, but also as a habitat for many wildlife species. This study presents a methodological essay concerning the evaluation of plant heritage, applied in Central Alentejo, in the south of Portugal. This evaluation was based on the following criteria: horizontal and vertical structure of vegetation, tree cover density, rare plant species richness, phytocenotic matur...
Introduction: Forest and pre-forest fringe communities in the southwest of the Iberian Peninsula are semi-shaded perennial herbs of external fringe and open areas of evergreen or semi-deciduous woodlands and their pre-forestry mantles, linked to the Stachyo lusitanicae-Cheirolophenion sempervirentis suballiance. Objective: To evaluate the chorology, ecological features and floristic circumscription of the fores...
The water courses of southern Portugal are ecosystems subject to constant fluctuations between periods of flooding and desiccation associated with seasonal dryness. In these unstable ecological conditions, a considerable diversity of riparian plant communities occurs. The objective of this study, carried out in the Monchique Sierran and Andévalo Districts, is to compare the perennial grasslands community domina...
Although the concept of ecosystem services is well defined and centred on human use of natural systems, it is not yet consensual. The ecosystem services connect ecology and economy; they allow to integrate ecology into policies and to bring a monetary value. Even if the authors do not entirely agree with the idea of giving a monetary value to all elements, living and not living, they consider that the concept o...
Montado landscape is a highly valuated agro-forestry-pastoral system protected by law and integrated in the Portuguese Nacional List for Cultural Landscape World Heritage of UNESCO. It provides important environmental and cultural functions and services. These types of multifunctional landscapes are very attractive for sustainable tourism, like walking,birdwatching and other leisure activities. Alentejo Central...
Some wastes are illegally dumped on public/private areas, causing several aesthetic, environmental,economic and social negative impacts and representing a public hazard. These sites need to be treatedand managed and this task is often a responsibility of municipalities, representing high costs. However,there is a lack of strategies for the municipal management of these degraded areas that minimize costs,restore...
Introduction: Forest and pre-forest fringe communities in the southwest of the Iberian Peninsula are semi-shaded perennial herbs of external fringe and open areas of evergreen or semideciduous woodlands and their pre-forestry mantles, linked to the Stachyo lusitanicae-Cheirolophenion sempervirentis suballiance. Objective: To evaluate the chorology, ecological features and floristic circumscription of the forest...
Objetivos: Determinar a prevalência de burnout em internos de medicina geral e familiar da zona Norte de Portugal e testar possíveis associações com fatores sociodemográficos, profissionais e stress. Tipo de estudo: Observacional, transversal, com componente analítica. Local: Zona Norte de Portugal. População: Médicos internos de medicina geral e familiar. Métodos: Amostra de conveniência constituída pelos inte...