Estudo empírico sobre os determinantes da estrutura de capital em Portugal

Dissertação de Mestrado, Ciências Económicas e Empresariais, 13 de Dezembro de 2012, Universidade dos Açores.

Algumas notas sobre juventude e emprego em Portugal

Pretendemos neste breve ensaio abordar os processos de construção da relação com o trabalho e o emprego por parte dos jovens, aos quais se associa uma dicotomia de base que os distingue, referimo-nos ao facto de, para alguns, serem processos projectados no futuro dado que são estudantes, enquanto para outros são processos que reflectem uma inserção mais ou menos prolongada no mundo do trabalho

Género e profissões: uma análise empírica para Portugal

Dissertação de Mestrado, Ciências Económicas e Empresariais, 9 de Janeiro de 2014, Universidade dos Açores.

Flora coralinal no geniculada de la región macaronésica: evidencias moleculares de su singularidad y relaciones biogeográficas con la flora europea

XIX Simposio de Botánica Criptogámica, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, 24-28 de junio de 2013.

Azores marine algal flora: how endangered is it?

Unesco chair for "Conservation of plant biodiversity in Macaronesia and the West of Africa", Gran Canaria, 27-28 November 2013.

Infografia jornalística em Portugal: estudo de caso de dois diários e um semanário

Dissertação de Mestrado, Ciências da Comunicação (Jornalismo), 22 de Janeiro de 2013, Universidade dos Açores.

Assessing the conservation status of the strict endemic Desertas wolf spider, Hogna ingens (Araneae, Lycosidae)

The Desertas Islands (Madeira, Portugal) are the sole home of one of the largest and rarest wolf spiderspecies, Hogna ingens (Blackwall 1857) (Araneae, Lycosidae). Despite its size, it inhabits a single valleyin the North of the Deserta Grande Island, Vale da Castanheira, currently invaded by the herb Phalarisaquatica. This invasive species competes with the native flora and was subject to several eradicationexperiments, namely through fire and chemicals. The objectives of this work were to: (1) estimate thecurrent distribution and abundance of H. ingens and respective trends; (2) evaluate the impact of theinvasive plant and eradication methods on the spider population; (3) suggest future measures for therecovery of the species; and (4) evaluate its conservation status according to the IUCN criteria. The current distribution of H. ingens covers 23 ha, a recent reduction from its original 83 ha, correspond-ing to the entire Vale da Castanheira. A total of 4447 and 4086 adults and 71,832 and 24,635 juvenileswere estimated to live in the valley during 2011 and 2012, respectively. We found a significant negativeimpact of P. aquatica cover on the presence and abundance of H. ingens and that chemical treatmentspecifically directed towards the invasive plant species may be the only way to effectively recover thespider's habitat. We suggest (1) regular monitoring; (2) extend chemical treatments; (3) ex-situ conserva-tion with future reintroduction of adults. Based on the current area of occupancy (AOO) of H. ingens and itsrecent decline in both AOO and number of individuals, it was recently classified as Critically Endangeredby IUCN and we suggest its urgent inclusion in the Habitats Directive species lists.

Portugal - Teacher education with an atlantic flavor

Este trabalho, em co-autoria, visa divulgar os processos de internacionalização da Universidade dos Açores e da Universidade do Minho, dando conta de um conjunto diversificado de projetos na área do ensino da língua portuguesa e cultura em diferentes partes do mundo.

Mar dos Açores, mar de Portugal, mar da Europa : aprofundar o passado para projectar o futuro : resumos

Colóquio Internacional "Mar dos Açores, Mar de Portugal, Mar da Europa", Ponta Delgada, 27-29 de Novembro de 2014.

As avós e os avôs nos manuais de leitura do 1º ciclo do ensino básico em Portugal

Comunicação apresentada no I Congresso Internacional "A voz dos Avós: Migração e Património Cultural", realizado na Universidade dos Açores, de 8 a 11 de maio de 2008. O texto encontra-se publicado no livro de Actas do evento.

A procura de gasolina em Portugal no período 1960-2008 : cálculo das elasticidades de curto e longo prazo

Dissertação de Mestrado em Ciências Empresariais.

Perceção da flora de uma região : o caso dos alunos da Universidade dos Açores

Dissertação de Mestrado em Biodiversidade e Biotecnologia Vegetal.

New data on hoverflies (Diptera: Syrphidae) from the Azorean island Pico (Portugal)

The hoverfly fauna of the Azores currently comprises 23 species (Smit 2010), but the current state of knowledge concerning these species differs for each island. In the year 1938, R. Frey and R. Storå recorded the first seven hoverfly species on Pico Island (Frey 1945), and these very same ones were still mentioned by Rojo et al. (1997). Smit (2010) added one more species to this list (Table 1). In the summer of 2014, the author of this article sampled hoverflies on Pico Island in several habitats. In this paper, the results will be presented.

Determinantes da concessão de crédito bancário : aplicação a Portugal

Mestrado em Ciências Económicas e Empresariais.

Mathematical education and interdisciplinarity : promoting public awareness of mathematics in the Azores

Mathematical literacy in Portugal is very unsatisfactory in what concerns international standards. Even more disturbingly, the Azores archipelago ranks as one of the worst regions of Portugal in this respect. We reason that the popularisation of Mathematics through interactive exhibitions and activities can contribute actively to disseminate mathematical knowledge, increase awareness of the importance of Mathematics in today’s world and change its negative perception by the majority of the citizens. Although a significant investment has been undertaken by the local regional government in creating several science centres for the popularisation of Science, there is no centre for the popularisation of Mathematics. We present our first steps towards bringing Mathematics to unconventional settings by means of hands-on activities. We describe in some detail three activities. One activity has to do with applying trigonometry to measure distances in Astronomy, which can also be applied to Earth objects. Another activity concerns the presence of numerical patterns in the Azorean flora. The third activity explores geometrical patterns in the Azorean cultural heritage. It is our understanding that the implementation of these and other easy-to-follow and challenging activities will contribute to the awareness of the importance and beauty of Mathematics.