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Challenges in Nanomaterials Safety Assessment: Insights from Titanium Dioxide
Bettencourt, Ana; Santos, Rita; Ribeiro, HelenaNanomaterials (NMs) hold immense potential for innovation in healthcare, but their safe use requires evaluation through all stages of product research and development. Scientific literature is a crucial resource for assessing NMs safety, yet extracting and analyzing this information presents significant challenges. In this context, the objective of this study was to illustrate the application of the Ishikawa di...
Trust, Privacy and Authenticity in Scientific Data Sharing: The Role of Blockch...
Almeida, Joana; Santos, Rita; Martins, Ciro; Gomes, Hélder; Guimarães, Cármen; Costa, Fernando; Colarejo, Pedro; Monteiro, Afonso; Costa, Liliana ValeEfficient and secure sharing of scientific data remains a key challenge in the Open Science framework, especially in terms of data authenticity, provenance and privacy. Traditional digital repositories improve access but often lack decentralized mechanisms that guarantee integrity and traceability. Blockchain technology provides a potential solution through tamper-proof records and distributed consensus, while ...
Ensino da Ortografia no 3º ano do 1º Ciclo do Ensino Básico: Contributos para o...
Santos, RitaA escrita, ao contrário da oralidade, exige um processo de aprendizagem explícito e sistemático, no qual a ortografia assume um papel central, dada a complexidade que representa para muitos alunos. O presente estudo insere-se no âmbito do desenvolvimento da ortografia e resultou da constatação de dificuldades persistentes na aplicação de regras ortográficas por parte de uma turma do 3.º ano do 1.º Ciclo do Ensi...
The populist far right and the intersection of anti-immigration and antifeminis...
Santos, Rita; Roque, SílviaThis article argues that far right antifeminist and gendered narratives are not separate from their ethnonationalist/racist purposes; in fact, they are at their core and cannot be analyzed independently. It reflects on the intersections of antifeminist and anti-immigration agendas in the Portuguese far right by critically analyzing PNR/Ergue-te’s and Chega’s discursive positions on immigration, feminism, and ge...
Police Violence, Racism, and Anti-racism: Opinion Struggles in the Portuguese D...
Pereira, Ana Cristina; Roque, Sílvia; Santos, RitaThis chapter analyses opinion articles on a case of police violence and racism, known as “the Alfragide Police Station Case”, in the Portuguese daily newspapers Público, Observador, and Correio da Manhã between 2015 and 2019. Drawing from critical discourse analysis, it showcases how processes of othering and deothering are put forward, chiefly the role of racialisation in said procedures, and the ways in which...
#Metoo: um segredo muito público. Assédio Sexual em Portugal
Roque, Sílvia; Santos, Rita; Faustino, Maria João; Garraio, JúliaO assédio sexual acontece diariamente nas escolas, nas universidades, na rua, perto ou longe de casa, nos transportes e no trabalho, podendo ser extremamente perturbador na vida quotidiana das mulheres, para além de minar e ameaçar a igualdade entre mulheres e homens. As autoras, apresentam-nos um livro fundamental para compreender este fenómeno e refletir sobre o mesmo. Numa linguagem clara e objetiva, esclare...
A igualdade de género na cooperação portuguesa para o desenvolvimento. Orientaç...
Santos, Rita; Roque, SílviaO presente estudo pretende fornecer pistas ao Instituto Camões, I.P em matéria de inclusão efetiva da Igualdade de Género na prossecução de planos, programas e projetos de Cooperação para o Desenvolvimento.; Instituto Camões I.P.
The Volunteer Functions Inventory (VFI): Adaptation and Psychometric Properties...
Martins, Cátia; Silva, José Tomás da; de Jesus, Saúl Neves; Ribeiro, Conceição; Estêvão, Maria Dulce; Baptista, Ricardo; Carmo, Cláudia; Brás, MartaThe Volunteer Functions Inventory (VFI) is an instrument widely used to assess volunteers' motivation based on the Functionalist Model of Omoto and Snyder. It assesses six factors that reflect several motivational functions. The VFI has been translated into various languages and validated in different cultural contexts, but some studies have reported different factor structures (e.g., five or four factors). In ...
An Audiovisual Strategy to Raise Higher Education Students’ Awareness about Dig...
Soares, Ricardo; Santos, Rita; Caixinha, HelderIn today's modern world, digital skills have become crucial and recognized as an essential tool for citizens’ personal fulfilment, employability, active citizenship, and social inclusion. To address this topic, several initiatives have arisen. This study focused on developing an audiovisual strategy to be disseminated in social media, to raise higher education students’ awareness about digital skills developmen...
The volunteer functions inventory (VFI): adaptation and psychometric properties...
Martins, Cátia; Silva, José Tomás da; Neves de Jesus, Saúl; Ribeiro, Conceição; Estêvão, Maria Dulce da Mota Antunes de Oliveira; Baptista, RicardoThe Volunteer Functions Inventory (VFI) is an instrument widely used to assess volunteers’ motivation based on the Functionalist Model of Omoto and Snyder. It assesses six factors that reflect several motivational functions. The VFI has been translated into various languages and validated in different cultural contexts, but some studies have reported different factor structures (e.g., five or four factors). In ...