The Iberian Peninsula, in southwestern Europe, is home to a distinctive freshwater fish fauna, predominantly composed of endemic species. This is a consequence of the prolonged isolation from western Europe caused by the Pyrenees, the diverse geological and climatic gradients, and the isolation of river basins. Freshwater and diadromous fishes have diversified in the Iberian Peninsula and include 72 currently r...
This study outlines the procedures used for collecting, processing, and categorizing data on 16 new mammal species for mainland Portugal, belonging to four taxonomic groups: Eulipotyphla (1), Chiroptera (4), Rodentia (2), and Cetacea (9). Data collection and processing encompassed field and lab work and bibliographic compilation. Data categorization involves, whenever possible, the assessment of the approximate...
O presente ensaio retoma a leitura dos livros Evicted e Poverty, by America, da autoria do sociólogo norte-americano Matthew Desmond, para dela retirar ensinamentos de natureza teórica, metodológica e analítica a considerar no desenho e desenvolvimento de processos de investigação sociológica do fenómeno da pobreza urbana. Mesmo se reportados ao caso específico dos Estados Unidos da América, os estudos a que es...
The Iberian Peninsula, in southwestern Europe, is home to a distinctive freshwater fish fauna, predominantly composed of endemic species. This is a consequence of the prolonged isolation from western Europe caused by the Pyrenees, the diverse geological and climatic gradients, and the isolation of river basins. Freshwater and diadromous fishes have diversified in the Iberian Peninsula and include 72 currently r...
The Porto Metropolitan Area Social Innovation Promotion Program (PPIS-AMP) is an initiative included in the Action Plan for Disadvantaged Communities, which the Portuguese Recovery and Resilience Plan (RRP) has been financing since the end of 2021 in this territory. The PPIS-AMP is a program designed for the training and support of teams coming from the different municipalities within the Porto Metropolitan Are...
No âmbito do segundo ciclo do Programa Internacional para a Avaliação das Competências dos Adultos (PIAAC), um pequeno grupo de países europeus, que Portugal integrou, decidiu juntar à recolha de dados realizada através do “Inquérito às Competências dos Adultos”, principal componente do Programa, um processo adicional de inquirição, direcionado para empregadores e orientado para a produção de informação sobre a...
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O Programa Internacional para a Avaliação das Competências dos Adultos (Programme for the International Assessment of Adult Competencies, PIAAC) é um estudo internacional multiciclo promovido pela Organização para a Cooperação e Desenvolvimento Económico (OCDE). A participação de Portugal no 2.º Ciclo deste Programa vai permitir aceder, a partir de dezembro de 2024, a informação muito detalhada sobre competênci...