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From percentages to narratives: giving silence a voice in child sexual abuse wi...

Background: Over the last two decades, several studies have examined the extent and expression of child sexual abuse (CSA) in religious institutions. In 2021, following new Vatican guidelines and under intense public pressure, the Portuguese Episcopal Conference commissioned a study on CSA in Portugal by members of the Portuguese Catholic Church (PCC) and others associated with it (from 1950 to 2022). Objective...

Comissão Independente para o Estudo dos Abusos Sexuais de Crianças na Igreja Ca...

Esta base de dados resulta do trabalho da Comissão Independente para o Estudo dos Abusos Sexuais de Crianças na Igreja Católica Portuguesa. Contém as respostas das 512 pessoas vítimas que responderam ao inquérito. Os inquiridos foram questionados acerca da sua situação atual (local de residência, profissão, escolaridade, situação familiar e relação com a Igreja Católica), à situação da sua família de origem (si...

Social memory, nationalisms, inequalities: Interview with José Manuel Sobral, b...

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Information technology monitoring in healthcare: a case study

The healthcare environment is particularly relevant when discussing information technology infrastructure monitoring since availability and communication are vital for the proper functioning of healthcare units. It is important to be able to easily monitor and observe each unit from a single point of access so that actions can be swiftly taken when there is a problem. This paper proposes a multi-site and multi-...

Memória social, nacionalismos, desigualdades.: Entrevista com José Manuel Sobra...

Intersectionality and food consumption: a roundtable

Intersectionality is a concept that has received little attention in scholarship on consumption, despite its significant relevance. Marie Plessz and Stefan Wahlen organised a roundtable held at the European Sociological Association (ESA) Consumption research network (RN5) interim meeting, 2 September 2022, in Oslo. This is a summarised and edited transcript of this roundtable discussion. As such, it advances th...

Food consumption, social class and taste in contemporary Portugal

In this article, I investigate the logic underlying household food consumption in Portugal and how it relates to class positioning, like other expressions of culture. Therefore, the paper examines the Bourdieusian hypothesis of homology between the field of food and the configuration of social positions in Portuguese society against the hypotheses that emphasise homogenisation and individualisation of consumpti...

Between lifecourse and social inequalities. Articulation proposals and research...

In this paper, we trace a conceptual roadmap aimed at reconciling a life course perspective with the sociology of class and social inequality. We begin by presenting the life course perspective, reflecting on the central role it grants to processes of institutional regulation. Taking stock of critiques to both atomist explanations of agency and structural determinisms, we advocate for a longitudinal reading of ...

Predicting diabetes disease in the female adult population, using data mining

The aim of this study is to predict, through data mining, the incidence of diabetes disease in the Pima Female Adult Population. Diabetes is a chronic disease that occurs either when the pancreas does not produce enough insulin or when the body cannot effectively use the insulin it produces and is a major cause of blindness, kidney failure, heart attacks, stroke and lower limb amputation. The information collec...

Pervasive monitoring system for services and servers in healthcare environment

Information systems are continuously evolving in nature and complexity. In the healthcare environment, information and information exchange are critical for providing health care at all levels. Hence, the healthcare environment is particularly relevant when discussing IT infrastructure monitoring and disaster prevention since availability and communication are vital for the proper functioning of healthcare unit...