Seismic vulnerability of vernacular buildings in urban centres: the case of Vila Real de Santo António

Following detailed studies of Portuguese vernacular building typologies, this paper deals with buildings located in historical urban centres. An analysis of the history of the urban centre and, in particular, of some vernacular buildings is enhanced. Additionally, a discussion on the influence of changes of the geometry, and on added built volumes to original buildings in the seismic vulnerability of the buildings is also provided.

O Conceito de Autarquias Locais na Constituição da República de Angola: o caso do Município

Dissertação de mestrado em Direito Administrativo

Validation of the Portuguese version of the Evidence-Based Practice Questionnaire

OBJECTIVES: To describe the process of translation and linguistic and cultural validation of the Evidence Based Practice Questionnaire for the Portuguese context: Questionário de Eficácia Clínica e Prática Baseada em Evidências (QECPBE). METHOD: A methodological and cross-sectional study was developed. The translation and back translation was performed according to traditional standards. Principal Components Analysis with orthogonal rotation according to the Varimax method was used to verify the QECPBE's psychometric characteristics, followed by confirmatory factor analysis. Internal consistency was determined by Cronbach's alpha. Data were collected between December 2013 and February 2014. RESULTS: 358 nurses delivering care in a hospital facility in North of Portugal participated in the study. QECPBE contains 20 items and three subscales: Practice (α=0.74); Attitudes (α=0.75); Knowledge/Skills and Competencies (α=0.95), presenting an overall internal consistency of α=0.74. The tested model explained 55.86% of the variance and presented good fit: χ2(167)=520.009; p = 0.0001; χ2df=3.114; CFI=0.908; GFI=0.865; PCFI=0.798; PGFI=0.678; RMSEA=0.077 (CI90%=0.07-0.08). CONCLUSION: confirmatory factor analysis revealed the questionnaire is valid and appropriate to be used in the studied context.

António Rodrigues Sampaio e o papel “civilizador” da imprensa

António Rodrigues Sampaio foi seguramente um dos maiores e melhores jornalistas portugueses do século XIX, tendo exercido longamente a profissão, sobretudo em “A Revolução de Setembro”, como um verdadeiro magistério cívico e político. Nesta comunicação procura-se sublinhar as concepções jornalísticas desta figura oitocentista, perspectivadas no quadro a que José Tengarrinha chamou a ‘fase romântica da Imprensa portuguesa. Sustenta-se aqui a ideia de que as tribunas jornalísticas e o próprio jornalismo eram assumidos por Rodrigues Sampaio como formas desejáveis e eficazes de transferir para o debate das ideias a violência das relações sociais, originadas pelas mudanças culturais, económicas e políticas. O jornalismo seria uma forma de prosseguir a guerra por outros meios, parafraseando Clausewitz.

D. António Barroso e as potencialidades do turismo religioso em Remelhe (Barcelos, norte de Portugal)

Dissertação de mestrado em Património e Turismo Cultural