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Public relations in volleyball

Abstract Volleyball is a sport with a historical trajectory, from its creation by William G. Morgan to its global consolidation. In Portugal, initially introduced by American troops stationed in the Azores during World War I, it is now one of the sports with the most registered athletes in the country. Beyond the benefits of sports practice, volleyball promotes social inclusion, the development of interpersonal...

Effects of a music-based intervention on psychophysiological outcomes of patien...

Introduction: Musical intervention (MI) is a valuable strategy for addressing the psychological and emotional challenges faced by patients undergoing imaging procedures. This study explores MI's impact on psychophysiological outcomes during imaging procedures, detailing the sound repertoire and technical characteristics employed in MI. Methods: A systematic review (SR) and meta-analysis (MA) were conducted. Ele...

The role of art in coastal and marine sustainability

Sustainability is a universal goal that requires balancing social, economic and environmental dimensions, and that applies to both terrestrial and marine environments. Several authors argue that arts are valuable tools to frame and engage with current environmental issues related to sustainability, including pollution, climate change and biodiversity loss. Accordingly, our research question is: What is the role...

From art to the sustainability of coasts and seas

Sustainability is a universal goal by which human development balances social, economic, and environmental dimensions, applicable to both terrestrial and marine environments. Several authors argue that arts are valuable tools to frame and engage with current environmental issues related to sustainability, including pollution, climate change, and biodiversity loss. In this work, we ask - what is the role of art ...

Historical gender discrimination does not explain comparative Western European ...

Gender discrimination has been pointed out as a determining factor behind the long-run divergence in incomes of Southern vis-à-vis Northwestern Europe. In this paper, we show that women in Portugal were not historically more discriminated against than those in other parts of Western Europe, including England and the Netherlands. We rely on a new dataset of thousands of observations from archival sources coverin...

Portugal’s French wars: cost, loss, missed opportunities? 1793–1850

Exploring polyphony in spatial patterns in acousmatic music

The multiplicity of musical practices in Western art music that arose from the technological developments involving the use of electricity applied to music were particularly expressive after the Second World War. Their associated terminologies are varied: musique concrete, Elektronische Musik, acousmatique, cin´ema pour l’oreille, sonic art, among others. For the purpose of this text, their differences will not...

Can autocracy promote literacy? Evidence from a cultural alignment success story

Do countries with less democratic forms of government necessarily have lower literacy rates as a consequence? Using a random sample of more than 9000 individuals from military archives in 20th century Portugal, we show that 20-year old males were 50% more likely to end up literate under a nondemocratic regime than under a more democratic one. Our results are robust to controlling for a host of factors including...

Reconstruction of regional and national population using intermittent census-ty...

We offer a new methodology for the construction of annual population stocks over the very long run. Our method does not require the assumption of a closed economy, and can be used in situations in which local annual gross flows are obtainable. Combining gross flows with intermittent census-type data, it is possible to arrive at local, regional and national population stock estimates at annual frequencies. We pr...

Reconstruction of regional and national population using intermittent census-ty...

We offer a new methodology for the construction of annual population stocks over the very long run. Our method does not require the assumption of a closed economy, and can be used in situations in which local annual gross flows are obtainable. Combining gross flows with intermittent census-type data, it is possible to arrive at local, regional and national population stock estimates at annual frequencies. We pr...