���PhenoWorld���: a new multidimensional strategy for studying behaviour in rodents

Tese de Doutoramento em Ci��ncias da Sa��de

La dimensione di diritto fondamentale della maternit�� nel Diritto dell���Unione: politiche europee di conciliazione della vita famigliare e della vita professionale in tempo di crisi

Disserta����o de mestrado em Direito da Uni��o Europeia

Impacto da altera����o de um sistema de turnos semicont��nuo para labora����o cont��nua

Disserta����o de mestrado integrado em Psicologia

School governance and academic excellence: the representations of distinguished students in an annual award of excellence

Within a research project on ��academic excellence in the state school��, this paper is a contribution to the sociological reflection on the cultural and organisational characteristics of the school and its relationship with the academic success of students. The data we present stem from a case study underway at a secondary school in the north of Portugal, referring to the universe of students that since 2003 have distinguished themselves for achieving grades equal to or greater than 18 (on a scale of 0 to 20) and have thus been included in the school���s Framework of Excellence. From a contextual approach to this educational practice, we focused on the cultural characteristics of the school/subject as analytical support for the study of school and non-school dimensions in their mutual connections. To this end, we used the information from document analysis and data collected from a questionnaire survey administered to more than two-thirds of the students included in the above-mentioned Framework of Excellence. Subsequently, we will use the data from this survey to understand the extent to which academic excellence is perceived as an indivisible social construction of the school���s political and organisational matrix, particularly in terms of the educational and teaching guidelines adopted by the management body. We will conclude by questioning the meaning of the school���s management policies regarding the emphasis on educational outcomes, with particular focus on the representations of excellent students in the processes of school leadership, teaching organisation, school merit and justice.

Form tutors in the joint teaching of music: perspectives and experiences

In the Portuguese school system, form tutors (FTs) are an intermediate education management structure. The form tutor is responsible for a position of coordination and orientation with a ��threefold function��: a relationship with students, relationship with the student���s family and relationship with other class teachers. The joint teaching of music is a part of the educational system in basic education. It is optional and provides musical and instrumental training to students who are interested in taking it. In order to achieve this, there is a system, subject to protocols, between general education schools and schools specializing in teaching music. There is also the position of FT in specialized schools and it also includes a ��threefold function��. However, these FTs have the additional role of representing music teachers at the class council, which is held at the general education school. Thus, in these cases, both FTs have a fourth joint area, between the music school and the general education school, which makes the relationship between them even more complex. This paper is based on the analysis of empirical data obtained from the testimonies of FTs regarding their representations and experiences in leadership and the coordination of teachers among schools in which there is a joint teaching system. The aim of collecting narratives is to look into some of the main challenges and confrontations related to leadership issues, which we assume to be the focus of those who have the role of form tutor in that specific context.

[Introdu����o ��s] "Representa����es e pr��ticas de g��nero"

(Excerto) Estas quest��es t��m despertado um interesse crescente nos campos acad��micos da comunica����o e dos estudos culturais em Portugal, ilustrado, por exemplo, pelo aumento do n��mero de teses de doutoramento centradas nas representa����es e pr��ticas de g��nero. Representa����o e Pr��ticas de G��nero �� um livro da cole����o de ebooks do Centro de Estudos de Comunica����o e Sociedade (CECS). A presen��a do g��nero na agenda de investiga����o do Centro remonta aos seus primeiros anos de exist��ncia. Mas talvez possamos considerar que o ano de 2011 representou um momento particularmente relevante para o fortalecimento da ��rea. Nesse ano, foram defendidas as duas primeiras teses de doutoramento na ��rea (Lobo, 2011; Mota-Ribeiro, 2011) e aprovado pela Funda����o para a Ci��ncia e Tecnologia o primeiro projeto coletivo do CECS dedicado ao g��nero (G��nero em Foco, 2011).

A informa����o desportiva da TV dirige-se aos sentidos ou ao pensamento?

(Excerto) ��, sobretudo, atrav��s do olhar e do ouvido que acedemos ��quilo que a televis��o transmite, mas �� igualmente no imagin��rio de cada um que os sentidos e os significados da imagem e do discurso televisivos acontecem. Isto implica que n��o pode haver nestes dois actos uma contraposi����o, mas uma continuidade. Concebendo o corpo como o meio que nos situa no mundo, uma esp��cie de axis mundi, a fenomenologia j�� havia neutralizado oposi����es como corpo/alma, f��sico/ps��quico, sens��vel/intelig��vel. Concordando com estas teses, a proposta de encarar a pele como o limiar entre o que est�� fora e o que est�� dentro, mas tamb��m como o lugar que permite o contacto a partir do qual a comunica����o se torna poss��vel, re��ne, na nossa perspectiva, tra��os pertinentes para pensar a informa����o desportiva veiculada pela TV.

Tend��ncias da pesquisa em comunica����o organizacional em Portugal: um estudo desde 1990 a 2009

ISBN 978-972-8932-91-6

Avalia����o externa de escolas e avalia����o externa de aprendizagens no contexto institucional: um estudo paralelo sobre Brasil e Portugal

Disserta����o de mestrado em Ci��ncias da Educa����o (��rea de especializa����o em Desenvolvimento Curricular e Inova����o Educativa)

Relat��rio de atividade profissional

Relat��rio de atividade profissional de mestrado em Ci��ncias - Forma����o Cont��nua de Professores (��rea de especializa����o em Biologia e Geologia)

Breastfeeding and postpartum depression: state of the art review

Objective: To review the literature on the association between breastfeeding and postpartum depression. Sources: A review of literature found on MEDLINE/ PubMed database. Summary of findings: The literature consistently shows that breastfeeding provides a wide range of benefits for both the child and the mother. The psychological benefits for the mother are still in need of further research. Some studies point out that pregnancy depression is one of the factors that may contribute to breastfeeding failure. Others studies also suggest an association between breastfeeding and postpartum depression; the direction of this association is still unclear. Breastfeeding can promote hormonal processes that protect mothers against postpartum depression by attenuating cortisol response to stress. It can also reduce the risk of postpartum depression, by helping the regulation of sleep and wake patterns for mother and child, improving mother���s self efficacy and her emotional involvement with the child, reducing the child���s temperamental difficulties, and promoting a better interaction between mother and child. Conclusions: Studies demonstrate that breastfeeding can protect mothers from postpartum depression, and are starting to clarify which biological and psychological processes may explain this protection. However, there are still equivocal results in the literature that may be explained by the methodological limitations presented by some studies.

Descodifica����o do De re aedificatoria de Alberti: gram��ticas de forma para a an��lise e gera����o de edif��cios sagrados

Teses de Doutoramento em Arquitectura.

Comportamento das organiza����es: a influ��ncia da dimens��o das empresas na capacidade de internacionaliza����o e o interesse daquelas no aumento da dimens��o

Teses de Doutoramento em Ci��ncias Empresariais.