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Varieties of economic elites? Preliminary results from the World Elite Database...
Bühlmann, F.; Christesen, C. A.; Cousin, B.; Denord, F.; Ellersgaard, C. H.; Lagneau-Ymonet, P.; Larsen, A. G.; Savage, M.; Thine, S.; Young, K.The strategies, decisions and beliefs of those who occupy prominent positions of economic power have influence on very large corporations and the markets they dominate, on vast amounts of economic resources, and on the rules of the game. However, the sociology of elites faces a dual challenge: divergent conceptualisations of what can be considered as a position of economic power and internationally incompatible...
Livro Vermelho dos Peixes Dulciaquícolas e Diádromos de Portugal Continental
Magalhães, M.F.; Amaral, S.D.; Sousa, M.; Alexandre, C.M.; Almeida, P.R.; Alves, M.J.; Cortes, R.; Farrobo, A.; Filipe, A. F.; Franco, A.; Jesus, J.As Listas Vermelhas de Espécies Ameaçadas da União Internacional para a Conservação da Natureza constituem indicadores importantes do estado da biodiversidade, e são amplamente utilizadas para informar e estruturar as atividades de conservação. Estas Listas, publicadas em Livros Vermelhos, resultam de um rigoroso processo de avaliação, baseado num sistema de categorias e critérios de diagnóstico do risco de ext...
Users' satisfaction evaluation of telemedicine mobile applications based on ISO...
Pereira, J.; Alturas, B.; Marques, C.This study focuses on assessing the satisfaction of telemedicine mobile application users. Four perspectives, namely acceptance, quality as a software product, content quality and usage quality are assessed. The applications selected in the study are from two Portuguese market leaders in the sector. A model is tested based on the ISO 25010:2011 and ISO 25012:2008, and data from a survey to gather the user's opi...
Next-generation sequencing of 12 obesity genes in a Portuguese cohort of patien...
Manco, L.; Pereira, J.; Cunha, Marina; Pinto-Gouveia, José; Padez, Cristina; Palmeira, Lara
Evidence of genetic segregation among meagre (Argyrosomus regius) Atlantic spaw...
Almeida, R.; Mateus, C.S.; Alves, M.J.; Marques, J.P.; Pereira, J.; Prista, N.; Cabral, H.; Almeida, P.R.; Quintella, B.R.The meagre Argyrosomus regius, one of the largest sciaenidae in the world, is a valuable resource for fisheries and aquaculture. Despite its socioeconomic relevance, knowledge about population dynamics and wild stocks is still scarce, and conservation risks are associated with overexploitation. Two genetic distinct groups, one in the North Atlantic Ocean and one in the eastern Mediterranean Sea, were identified...
Intelligent clinical decision support system for managing COPD patients
Pereira, J.; Antunes, N.; Rosa, J.; Ferreira, J.; Mogo, S.; Pereira, M.Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is the third leading cause of death worldwide. Health remote monitoring systems (HRMSs) play a crucial role in managing COPD patients by identifying anomalies in their biometric signs and alerting healthcare professionals. By analyzing the relationships between biometric signs and environmental factors, it is possible to develop artificial intelligence models that ar...
Circadian and Biological Rhythms in Shift Workers—A Firefighter’s Study
Duarte, I.F.; Pereira, J.; Lima, JPM.; Simões, H.; Pereira, T.; Conde, J.Shift Work contribute to dysregulation of the typical sleep and awake periods that cause circadian distortions, increasing the risk of cardiovascular mortality and morbidity and developing metabolic diseases. Firefighting is a career that demands much of individuals and has a great impact on their health, making it a high-risk job. Objectives: This study aims to characterize shift workers’ blood pressure profil...
Looking into Foreign Languages and Multimodal Creativity as a Tool for Pedagogi...
Lopes, A. M. da Costa; Coutinho, Emília; Oliveira, I.; Pereira, J.; Gillain, Romain; Fidalgo, Susana; Susana Relvas; Delplancq, VéroniqueThe innovation of pedagogical practices is a challenge currently faced by higher education, in which the student is the main actor in the learning process. The aim of this project is to develop collaborative work, using multimodality in communication, adapted to the professional context, as a strategy to foster the learning of foreign languages. The JASM project ([Janela aberta sobre o mundo].Open Window onto t...
Living on the Edge: Management and Conservation of Atlantic Salmon at the South...
Alexandre, C.; Silva, S.; Mateus, C.S.; Lança, M.J.; Quintella, B.R.; Belo, A.F.; Domingues, A.; Rato, A.S.; Oliveira, R.; Moreira, A.; Pereira, J.Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar L.) are an emblematic anadromous fish species that inhabit marine and freshwater ecosystems in the Northern Hemisphere. In Portugal, the southern limit of its global distribution range, the species is classified as Critically Endangered (CR), and occurs only in the Minho and Lima rivers, which hold the most abundant populations, with occasional confirmed occurrences in the Cávado an...
Effect of Aflatoxin B1 in both Caco-2 and Caco-2/HT29-MTX models
Serrenho, I.; Vidal, N.; Rolo, D.; Louro, H.; Pereira, J.; Matos, P.; Jordan, P.; Alvito, P.About effect of Aflatoxin B1 in both Caco-2 and Caco-2/HT29-MTX models within the scope of the intestinal absorption assessment and enabling formulations.