O tema da "saudade" em Gaspar Frutuoso

Colóquio Internacional "Camões e os seus Contemporâneos", Universidade dos Açores, Ponta Delgada, 18 a 20 de Abril de 2012.

Diversidade de briófitos e alterações climáticas nos Açores: olhar para o futuro para delinear o presente

Jornadas "Ciência nos Açores – que futuro? Tema Ciências Naturais e Ambiente", Ponta Delgada, 7-8 de Junho de 2013.

Mapping multi-species habitat use for marine conservation planning

Tese de Doutoramento, Ciências do Mar (Biologia Marinha)

O Ambiente (também) é um desafio ético: da universalidade dos princípios aos particularismos insulares

É reconhecida a necessidade de se integrarem as práticas ambientais em reflexões de natureza ética. Uma vez que as ações desprovidas de fundamentação rapidamente se transformam em re-ações vazias e sem sentido, torna-se essencial aliar o "como devo agir?" ao "porquê devo agir (desta forma e não de outra)"? O que a Ética Ambiental procura é dotar os seres humanos das ferramentas que lhes permitam assumir essa intencionalidade de um agir responsável e consciencioso, promovendo um imprescindível olhar crítico sobre os contextos em que nos inserimos.

Invasion success and development of benthic assemblages: effect of timing, duration of submersion and substrate type

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About hazing In higher education

Not a year goes by that we don't hear of another hazing scandal in a higher education institution. Many researchers took interest in this issue in order to understand its causes and consequences. They provided definitions and lead to prevent it. We found hazing in many social groups around the world, with different names, and under specific forms. This paper aims to better understand hazing and its actors, with a specific focus on hazing in higher education. We presented three definitions to offer several perspectives on hazing, and facilitate its apprehension. Our method was to analyze the relevant scientific literature with the intention of reflecting on its roots and representation among individuals. Results are an exposition of motivations from hazing's actors, recommendations about how to define it and how to prevent derivations. Our main conclusions assume hazing is usually depicted as a deviant behavior, but it would appear to be a norm. Also, its core purpose would be the progression from newcomer to a group member. A lack of structure or meaning could lead to its misuse and facilitate outrageous events. In higher education, hazing seems to be used as a tool to integrate freshmen in their new institutional world. Scandals including violence, sexual and alcohol abuse could be a symptom of something deeper from hazing's environment.