Lameiros, grasslands typical of Northern Portugal, have high environmental and landscape value, also contributing to ecosystems services provision in mountain areas. Their position in the headwaters of large basins contributes to the regulation of hydrological risks, stressing their importance in the context of global change. In Montesinho Natural Park (PNM), a Protected Area in Northeast Portugal, lameiros fac...
The skin is a dynamic barrier with important organic functions. On the other hand, the excessive exposure to ultraviolet (UV) radiation without the use of adequate photo-protection is associated to health risks. The main objective of this study was to analyze the habits of sun exposure and the sun-protective practices in students of the Polytechnic Institute of Bragança. A cross-sectional study was performed th...
Desporto para todos é um fator potenciador de inclusão social permitindo as pequenas minorias de beneficiarem de um nível de vida e bem-estar considerado regular na sociedade em que vivem (Bouchard et al., 1990). As adolescentes institucionalizadas caracterizam-se pela falta de capacidades na adaptação às exigências habituais da sociedade empurrando-as para um comportamento de inadaptação, marginalização e auto...
A presente invenção reivindica um processo de fabricação de uma bebida alcoólica a base de mel e um produto denominado hidromel tipo doce a base de mel de abelha social sem ferrão, água e aguardente, com graduação alcoólica que varia de 10-20% e um processo de fabricação para o mesmo, com melhoria, quando comparado aos processos formulações de bebidas alcoólicas fermentadas a base de mel existente no mercado e ...
Cork oak (Quercus suber L.) forests play an important ecological and economic role. Ectomycorrhizal fungi (ECMF) are key components for the sustainability and functioning of these ecosystems. The community structure and composition of ECMF associated with Q. suber in different landscapes of distinct Mediterranean bioclimate regions have not previously been compared. In this work, soil samples from cork oak fore...
O acto político que determinou a presença de 500 anos da cultura portuguesa em Goa, o colonialismo, teve consequências determinantes na construção de comportamentos sociais sobretudo no seio da parcela católica da população. Este testemunho é visível em Goa mas também nos espaços de acolhimento das comunidades migrantes e define o que os próprios goeses católicos designam por “identidade goesa” que procuram man...
Do estudo da antropologia do cuidar, descortinam-se fundamentalmente quatro períodos, cuja influência determinou a redefinição do cuidar e contribuiu fortemente para a origem, evolução e profissionalização da actividade de enfermagem.
The aim of this study was to compare the cardiovascular and perceived effort of head‐out water exercises selecting different limb strategies and using resistance equipment. Ten young women were randomly assigned to perform at 132 bpm during five minutes different head‐out aquatic exercises: (i) horizontal arms abduction (Ab); (ii) horizontal arms abduction with dumbbells (AbD); (iii) frontal kick (Fk); (iv) fro...
The appropriate organization of application components and their right mapping into physical resources is fundamental to fully exploit cutting edge technologies especially when hierarchical architectures are used. We present a new approach to combine application modelling with resource management. The proposed programming model allows the mixing of message-passing and global memory facilities and integrates the...
Determinations ofdissolved reactive and total dissolved mercury, particulate and sedimentary mercury, dissolved organic carbon (DOC), particulate organic carbon (POC) and suspended particulate matter (SPM) have been made in the estuary ofriver Douro, in northern Portugal. The estuary was stratified by salinity along most ofits length, it had low concentrations of SPM, typically <20 mg dm-3, and concentrations o...