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Plano para a Igualdade IPVC 2025-2028

Valorization of Olive Oil and Wine Industry Byproducts

The historical co-production of olive oil and wine has influenced the Mediterranean landscape and economy. Olive oil and wine production generates substantial organic waste, including olive pomace, grape pomace, and wastewater, which poses environmental challenges if untreated. These byproducts contain bioactive compounds, including polyphenols, such as hydroxytyrosol, resveratrol, and flavonoids, which possess...

Adolescents’ Perceptions of Sustainable Diets

This narrative review examines adolescents’ perceptions of sustainable dietary characteristics, including local eating, plant-based diets, organic food, and food waste, and how these influence their understanding and behavior. Evidence indicates that adolescents often have simplified conceptions of these practices, which leads to misconceptions. Local food is frequently perceived as inherently more sustainable ...

Enantiomeric biodistribution and toxicity of 3-chloromethcathinone (3-CMC) in W...

Background: There has been a surge in global attention to New Psychoactive Substances (NPS) [1]. Synthetic cathinones stand out as a widely consumed NPS class. Notably, 3-chloromethcathinone (3-CMC) accounted for over 34% of NPS seizures in 2021 [2], which underscores concerns regarding its consumption and health effects. Of note, 3-CMC is chiral and mostly sold as a racemate. As human metabolism and pharm...

Enantiomeric biodistribution and toxicity of 3-chloromethcathinone (3-CMC) in W...

There has been a surge in global attention to New Psychoactive Substances (NPS) [1]. Synthetic cathinones stand out as a widely consumed NPS class. Notably, 3-chloromethcathinone (3-CMC) accounted for over 34% of NPS seizures in 2021 [2], which underscores concerns regarding its consumption and health effects. Of note, 3-CMC is chiral and mostly sold as a racemate. As human me-tabolism and pharmacological effec...

The willow (Salix sp.) toothpicks from the Cistercian Monastery of Lorvão (Pena...

In Portugal, the tradition of handmade white willow (Salix albaL.) toothpicks began in the Cistercian Monastery of Lorvão (Penacova), in an uncertain date during the 17th century. After the suppression of all monastic orders (1834), people from Lorvão continued this craft and, later, this parish became the main Portuguese centerof the toothpick industry, an activity that still flourishes today. Handmade toothpi...

The tourist experience associated to salt

Despite the importance of oering memorable tourist experiences and the increase of research in this field, there are few studies in this context that focus on local products, and no research is known on the tourist experience associated with salt. However, salt, a fundamental food product in most gastronomy and associated with a peculiar traditional production, marks the landscapes and the identity of some tour...

Preparing for birth and parentality online: a COVID-19 pandemic challenge

In March 2020, with the beginning of COVID-19 pandemics, on-site Preparation for Childbirth and Parenting (PPP) was suspended. In order to fill this need, it became imperative to carry out these courses in an online format. The World Health Organization (WHO) recognizes the importance of PPP programs, which uphold its principles in health promotion, empowerment, autonomy and decision-making in the health of ind...

Implementation and development of IPVC's equality plan in association with its ...

Purpose (Mandatory) - In the scope of the Instituto Politécnico de Viana do Castelo (IPVC) Strategic Plan 2020-2024 and its Social Responsibility strategy, was developed a project, IPVConcilia Project, aiming to invest in conditions that promote equality, inclusion, well-being, and conciliation of professional life with family and personal life its staff. The project gained a competitive funding to work on prom...

IPVConcilia- sistema de gestão da conciliação

O Instituto Politécnico de Viana do Castelo (IPVC), no âmbito do Plano Estratégico IPVC2024, iniciou, em 2019, a implementação do Sistema de Gestão da Conciliação entre a vida profissional, familiar e pessoal, segundo a NP 4552, em integração com o atual Sistema de Gestão (SG-IPVC), da Qualidade (ISSO 9001) e da Responsabilidade Social (NP 4469). Para a implementação do IPVConcilia e Integração do SGConciliação...