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Global attractivity criteria for a discrete-time Hopfield neural network model ...
Oliveira, José J.; Teixeira, Ana SofiaIn this work, we establish two global attractivity criteria for a multidimensional discrete-time non-autonomous Hopfield neural network model with infinite delays and delays in the leakage terms. The first criterion, which applies when the activation functions are bounded, is based on -matrices that are not necessarily invertible. The second criterion, relevant for unbounded activation functions, requires that ...
Satisfaction and loyalty evaluation towards health and wellness destination
Liberato, Dália; Brandão, Filipa; Teixeira, Ana Sofia; Liberato, PedroNowadays, successful tourism destinations must offer diversity and new tourism products, addressing special interest niches, where it is possible to frame the health and wellness tourism, with special emphasis on thermal tourism. It has been observed some changes regarding the customer characteristics, treatments, products, and services made available, as a strategy to overcome imbalances in physical and psycho...
Satisfaction and loyalty evaluation towards health and wellness destination
Liberato, Dália; Brandão, Filipa; Teixeira, Ana Sofia; Liberato, PedroNowadays, successful tourism destinations must offer diversity and new tourism products, addressing special interest niches, where it is possible to frame health and wellness tourism, with special emphasis on thermal tourism. It has been observed some changes regarding the customer characteristics, treatments, products, and services made available, as a strategy to overcome imbalances in physical and psychologi...
Motives for thermal tourism: an application to North and Central Portugal
Brandão, Filipa; Liberato, Dália; Teixeira, Ana Sofia; Liberato, PedroHealth and wellness tourism should be particularly valued in the post-pandemic phase. It has the potential to be a strategic product that enhances the population’s well-being and quality of life, on social, physical, and environmental levels. Different proposals for specialized experiences that complement what the destination offers allow to position regions as health and wellness destinations. Thermal tourism ...
Nature tourism in Peneda-Gerês National Park (Portugal): tourism motivation and...
Fernandes, Bruno Miguel; Liberato, Dália; Teixeira, Ana Sofia; Oliveira, Cláudia Aragão; Silva, Inês; Cerqueira, Isabel Janeiro; Fernandes, JessicaThe increase in demand at the Peneda-Gerês National Park (PNPG), the first protected area created and the only national park in Portugal, demonstrates the growing interest in nature and adventure tourism, both national and international, also confirming current trends in today´s society. However, this research implies the definition of strategies that aim at the protection, conservation and sustainability of th...
Immersion and distancing across the therapeutic process: relationship to sympto...
Barbosa, Eunice; Amendoeira, Maria; Ferreira, Tiago; Teixeira, Ana Sofia; Gouveia, José Pinto; Salgado, JoãoThis study aims to clarify the roles of immersion and distancing (that is, reflection on an experience from an egocentric point of view or as an observer, respectively) on therapeutic change analyzing i) the evolution of these two perspectives across the resolution of a clinical problem, and ii) the relationship between immersion/distancing with symptoms and emotional arousal. We extracted all the passages of s...
Immersion and distancing across the therapeutic process: relationship to sympto...
Barbosa, Eunice; Amendoeira, Maria; Ferreira, Tiago; Teixeira, Ana Sofia; Pinto-Gouveia, José; Salgado, JoàoThis study aims to clarify the roles of immersion and distancing (that is, reflection on an experience from an egocentric point of view or as an observer, respectively) on therapeutic change analyzing i) the evolution of these two perspectives across the resolution of a clinical problem, and ii) the relationship between immersion/distancing with symptoms and emotional arousal. We extracted all the passages of s...
Immersion and distancing across the therapeutic process: relationship to sympto...
Barbosa, Eunice; Amendoeira, Maria; Ferreira, Tiago; Teixeira, Ana Sofia; Pinto-Gouveia, José; Salgado, JoàoThis study aims to clarify the roles of immersion and distancing (that is, reflection on an experience from an egocentric point of view or as an observer, respectively) on therapeutic change analyzing i) the evolution of these two perspectives across the resolution of a clinical problem, and ii) the relationship between immersion/distancing with symptoms and emotional arousal. We extracted all the passages of s...
Therapeutic collaboration and the assimilation of problematic experiences in em...
Ribeiro, Eugénia; Cunha, Carla; Teixeira, Ana Sofia; Stiles, William B.; Pires, Nuno; Santos, Beatriz; Basto, Isabel; Salgado, JoãoAims: The Assimilation model argues that therapists should work responsively within the client’s therapeutic zone of proximal development (TZPD). This study analyzed the association between the collaborative processes assessed by the Therapeutic Collaboration Coding System (TCCS) and advances in assimilation, as assessed by the Assimilation of Problematic Experiences Scale (APES). Method: Sessions 1, 4, 8, 12, ...
Client's immersed and distanced speech and therapist's interventions in emotion...
Couto, Ana Bela; Barbosa, Eunice; Silva, Sara; Bento, Tiago; Teixeira, Ana Sofia; Salgado, Joào; Cunha, CarlaPrevious laboratory studies have explored the importance of participants adopting an immersed or distanced perspective in the analysis of their experiences. These studies concluded that distancing allows analyzing emotions in a healthier way and immersion leads to higher vulnerability. However, in psychotherapy, the relationship between these perspectives and clinical change has been less investigated. The pres...