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Unlocking the potential of decellularized rabbit dermal matrices for advancing ...
Rosadas, M.; Sousa, T.; Silva, I. V.; Sousa, A.; Ribeiro, V. P.; Oliveira, A. L.Purpose Burn wounds represent a significant challenge in medical care, particularly due to the complexity of dermal reconstruction. The use of autologous grafts as substitutes is the standard option, however, it may not be suitable to deep and extensive burns (1). An alternative approach involves employing artificial collagen-based dermal substitutes, which do not meet the full requirements of the dermis extrac...
Proceedings of the XL CIOSTA and CIGR Section V International Conference
Barbosa, J.C.; Silva, L.L.; Rico, J.C.; Coelho, D.; Sousa, A.; Silva, J.R.M.; Baptista, F.; Cruz, V.F.Proceedings of the XL CIOSTA and CIGR Section V International Conference, 10-13 September, Évora,Portugal. Universidade de Évora.
Cluster-based approaches towards developing a customer loyalty program in a sec...
Sousa, A.; Moro, S.; Pereira, R.This study aimed to create a loyalty program for a private security company’s most valuable customers using clustering techniques on a dataset from the company. K-means was employed as an unsupervised machine learning algorithm to segment customers. Performance evaluation metrics, including the silhouette coefficient, were utilized to compare various algorithmic approaches. As a distinctive feature of this stud...
Influência de membranas de policaprolactona na remodelação celular de um modelo...
Gojon, F.; Sousa, A.; Rocha, A. C.; Sousa-Mendes, C.; Rodrigues, I.; Soares, R.; Fernandes, R.; Costa, R.
Coping with poachers in European stalked barnacle fisheries: Insights from a st...
Geiger, K.; Rivera, A.; Álvarez, J.; Arrontes, J.; Borrell, Y.J.; Cruz, T.; Davoult, D.; Dubert, J.; Feis, M.; Fernandes, J.N.; Fernández, C.In January 2020, a stakeholder workshop was organized as a knowledge sharing strategy among European stalked barnacle fisheries. Management of this fishery differs greatly among regions and ranges from less organized and governed at large scales (>100 km, coasts of SW Portugal and Brittany in France) to highly participatory systems which are co-managed at small spatial scales (10′s km and less, Galicia and Astu...
Environmental inequalities in the municipality of Lisbon: Spatial analysis of c...
Silva, C. F. da.; Nunes, N.; Moro, S.; Henriques, J.; Sousa, A.; Sarroeira, R.Some inducing factors of climate change can be attributed to a set of pollution indicators, and the territorial distribution of pollution has repercussions on environmental inequalities. Based on the case study of Lisbon, we map some environmental inequalities and how they relate to the location of transport infrastructures, green spaces, and mobility practices. How is air pollution distributed inside Lisbon? W...
Resilience and sustainable urban tourism: Understanding local communities’ perc...
Brochado, A.; Rodrigues, P.; Sousa, A.; Borges, A. P.; Veloso, M.; Gómez-Suárez, M.This study sought to examine the coronavirus COVID-19 pandemic’s impacts on local communities whose residents are directly or indirectly affected by city tourism. Qualitative research was conducted via in-depth interviews and Leximancer software analysis to explore locals’ perceptions in two highly tourism-dependent southern European cities. While the crisis has had predominantly negative impacts on tourism, th...
COVID-19 vaccine hesitation and brand choice uncertainty
Rodrigues, P.; Borges, A. P.; Brochado, A.; Sousa, A.Purpose: This study aims to examine individual behaviours regarding coronavirus disease-2019 vaccine brands. Design/methodology/approach: Firstly, qualitative research identified the reasons for vaccine hesitancy in relation to specific brands using data gathered from 36 semi-structured interviews and processed with Leximancer software. Secondly, a new conceptual model was developed with data from 917 questionn...
What’s on the menu? How celebrity chef brands create happiness
Rodrigues, P.; Brochado, A.; Sousa, A.; Borges, A. P.; Barbosa, I.Purpose – This study aims, first, to understand consumers’ perception of chefs as human brands (i.e. study one). Second, tests were run to assess the validity of a new conceptual model of the relationships between the factors of chef image, luxury restaurant image, both images’ congruity and consumers’ hedonic and novelty experiences and happiness and well-being (i.e. study two). Design/methodology/approach – T...
Training and Learning Needs for MSc Programs in Sustainable Agriculture
Lourenço, P.; Baptista, F.; Picuno, P.; Cruz, V.F.; Silva, L.L.; Silva, J.R.; Sousa, A.; Dimitriou, E.; Papadakis, G.Sustainable agriculture is urgently needed to promote conservation and sustainable resources use in an equitable manner through integrated management of land, water, energy and biodiversity. In this way, education in agriculture emerges as a crucial tool for preparing agricultural technicians, researchers and farmers for productive contributions. Higher education institutions arise with an important mission of ...