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Westwards expansion of the European catfish Silurus glanis in the Douro River (...

The current study reports the first occurrence and the spread of the European catfish Silurus glanis (Family: Siluridae) in the Portuguese section of the Douro River, suggesting a potential expansion of its distribution in Portugal either via westward dispersal across international rivers and/or human-assisted introductions into new reservoirs and drainages. The European catfish has unique features (e.g., oppor...

Social responsibility, organisational support, and identification: An approach ...

In an era where social responsibility is increasingly embedded in organisational strategy, this study scrutinises the infusion of social responsibility into the strategic underpinnings of non-profit organisations. Specifically, it aims to assess the influence of social responsibility initiatives on the organisational support and organisational identification of NGO employees to verify the impact of social respo...

Sustainable and Autonomous Soil Irrigation: Agro Smart Solution

Water scarcity is probably one of the most serious problems that humanity will have to face globally. For that reason, it will certainly be urgent to try to define practices and find solutions that, in a first phase, allow to mitigate the problem, but whose ultimate objective will be to overcome the situation. This chapter presents an irrigation system set on an internet of things platform, able to act in real ...

Can Protective Factors Prevent Antisocial Behavior? Insights from the PROTECT-C...

Can Protective Factors Prevent Antisocial Behaviour? Insights from the PROTECT-...

Efeito de programa específico em futebol, na qualidade das fintas básica, rolet...

Fintar é adquirível e aperfeiçoável através de exercitação específica. Foi objetivo deste estudo verificar se um programa de exercícios específicos propiciaria melhoria de execução técnica qualitativa de 3 fintas básicas do futebol, em escalões de formação. Doze benjamins (B) (10,58±,52 anos; experiência-3,58±1,56 anos) e 16 infantis (I) (11,25±,58 anos; experiência-3,62±1,96 anos), praticaram ao longo de 6 ses...

Diversity in higher education: Students' grits and fears

Framework: Demographic changes, which have taken on a new paradigm after the COVID-19 pandemic, have led researchers to approach diversity with a focus on gaining a competitive advantage. Therefore, one of the objectives is to obtain knowledge regarding the new generations in the changing landscape of education, which requires attention to the needs of teaching a multicultural audience (Unruh & McCord, 2010). W...

Improvement of Production Line in the Automotive Industry Through Lean Philosophy

This work refers to concepts and definitions of Lean Philosophy. The main targets were to study how waste reduction can be achieved on a production scenario, by identifying added-value operations, enhance productivity, levelling and over-processing reduction. The project behind this study is a massive one, which involves the installation of seven final production lines and more seven pre-assembly lines, being c...

Optimization of the cold profiling process through SMED

In a more and more competitive and industrialized market, it is essential that companies realize that the way forward must go through the optimization of their production processes, reducing the costs and increasing product quality. Nowadays it’s necessary to adopt innovative management models that can provide increased productivity at minimal costs, such as the Lean thinking. The metalworking industry is integ...

ERP-machining centre integration: a modular kitchen production case study

This document presents an ERP system connection with a CNC machining center application in a kitchen furniture manufacturing facility. This has contributed to allow individually designed product to every customer through high process flexibility and integration. A Dynamic Structure Parametric Bill Of Materials is used as basic element in the management information system. The machining center used to perform th...