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Co-creating a sustainability performance assessment tool for public sector orga...

Organisations are increasingly being pushed to manage, assess and report their sustainability performance, including public sector organisations (PSO). Several approaches were developed to implement sustainability assessments at the organisation level. However, the majority are still for the private sector and are often not supported by active stakeholder involvement. Several PSO have adapted private-oriented m...

Correction: Perazzoni, F.; Bacelar-Nicolau, P.; Painho, M. Geointelligence agai...

Geointelligence against illegal deforestation and timber laundering in the braz...

Due to the characteristics of the Southern Amazonas Mesoregion (Mesorregião Sul do Amazonas, MSA), conducting on-site surveys in all licensed forestry areas (Plano de Manejo Florestal, PMFS) is an impossible task. Therefore, the present investigation aimed to: (i) analyze the use of geointelligence (GEOINT) techniques to support the evaluation of PMFS; and (ii) verify if the PMFS located in the MSA are being ex...

Epidemiologia espacial do cancro. Incidência e mortalidade por cancro colorreta...

Neste seminário foi apresentado o trabalho de doutoramento concluído por Rita Roquette. A tese, intitulada “Spatial Epidemiology of Cancer: Data types, spatial aggregation and geographical patterns in mainland Portugal”, teve como principal objetivo contribuir para o conhecimento da epidemiologia espacial do cancro em Portugal continental, com particular ênfase nos padrões de distribuição da incidência e mortal...

A geographically weighted regression approach to investigate air pollution effe...

The risk of developing lung cancer might to a certain extent be attributed to tobacco. Nevertheless, the role of air pollution, both form urban and industrial sources, needs to be addressed. Numerous studies have concluded that long-term exposure to air pollution is an important environmental risk factor for lung cancer mortality. Still, there are only a few studies on air pollution and lung cancer in Portugal ...

Geographical patterns of the incidence and mortality of colorectal cancer in ma...

Background: Cancer is a leading cause of morbidity and mortality in the world. In Portugal, colorectal cancer is one of the most incident cancers; thus, it is crucial to act to fight it. Knowledge of the geographical distribution of the incidence and mortality of colorectal cancer can facilitate the execution of these actions and make them more effective. Methods: Our paper aims to describe and discuss the geog...

Modelação do Crescimento Urbano Para a Distribuição Eficaz das Forças de Segura...

A segurança é um fenómeno complexo e dinâmico, exigindo novas abordagens dotadas de instrumentos de apoio à decisão adequados. No âmbito das políticas públicas de segurança, o projeto SIM4SECURITY tem como objetivo criar uma solução tecnológica de apoio à decisão que permita melhorar a eficácia da atividade operacional das forças de segurança. Afigurase necessário o estudo da evolução da urbanização para compre...

Colorectal Cancer Incidence And Mortality In Mainland Portugal (2007-2011)

Background/Objectives: Colorectal cancer is one of most common cancers in the world. That’s also the reality in Portugal where has the second highest cancer incidence rate for both sexes. With this in mind, is important to study colorectal cancer’s incidence and mortality evo-lution and to define measures that diminish the effect of this disease. One relevant issue in this analysis is to identify their spatial ...

The relevance of spatial aggregation level and of applied methods in the analys...

Knowledge regarding the geographical distribution of diseases is essential in public health in order to define strategies to improve the health of populations and quality of life. The present study aims to establish a methodology to choose a suitable geographic aggregation level of data and an appropriated method which allow us to analyze disease spatial patterns in mainland Portugal, avoiding the "small number...

Sustainability policies and practices in public sector organisations: the case ...

The adoption of sustainability policies and practices in organisations is a rising trend, in particular in companies. Public sector organisations are also following this occurrence but with slower signs. Despite a relevant amount of research work on sustainability practices implemented by private organisations and by some public agencies, central public sectors have been left out of the scope of these studies. ...