Correspondo eu ou respondes-me tu? Uma questão de desejo

Este estudo propôs-se investigar, como a qualidade da relação amorosa era influenciada pela proximidade, tempo de duração da relação e ainda as dimensões propostas pelo CRQ 6.0 – Central Relationship Questionnaire. A amostra foi constituída por 179 (jovens) portugueses/as, com idades entre 16 e 24 anos, que, mantenham uma relação amorosa. A investigação, de natureza quantitativa, utilizou um protocolo formado pelos instrumentos: Questionário Relationship Questionaire (QRA), Escala de Inclusão do Self (IOS) e Central Relationship Questionnaire (CRQ 6.0) Tendo conta os resultados obtidos, é percetível que a qualidade da relação é influenciada por diversos fatores, apesar de não terem existido dados estatísticos significativos em comparação com as variáveis apresentadas no estudo. Apesar disso a Resposta do Eu, foi a dimensão que mais revelou dados significativos tanto na qualidade da relação, como no tempo de duração da mesma; I correspond or Do you answer me? A matter of desire A study on the quality of love relationships ABSTRACT: This study propose to investigate, how the quality of a relationship was influenced by proximity, duration of the relationship and also the dimensions proposed by the CRQ 6.0 - Central Relationship Questionnaire. The sample consisted of 179 Portuguese young adults, aged 16 and 24, who maintain a loving relationship. The research, quantitative, used a protocol formed by instruments: Relationship Questionnaire Questionnaire (QRA), Self Inclusion Scale (IOS) and Central Relationship Questionnaire (CRQ 6.0) Taking account of the results obtained, it is visible that the quality of the relationship is influenced by several factors, although there has been no significant statistical data compared to the variables presented in the study. Nevertheless the I response was the dimension that showed more significant data both in the quality of the relationship, as time duration.

The Commission, the Single Market and the Crisis: The Limits of Purposeful Opportunism

The economic and financial crisis opened a window of opportunity to place the Single Market back on top of the European agenda as part of a two-tiered crisis response, which also included reinforced financial supervision and economic co-ordination. We argue that the Commission acted as a ‘purposeful opportunist’ in both tiers; but whereas in economic governance issues there was breakthrough change in the Commission's achievements and competences, in the Single Market realm policy change was fairly modest. Using process tracing analysis our goal is to explain why the Commission did not succeed in furthering a genuine Single Market reform. Our findings suggest that the Commission's entrepreneurship was constrained by the limited salience of Single Market issues in the crisis context and by the lack of actual political commitment from the other relevant stakeholders. Thus, our research highlights the limits of the Commission's opportunistic behaviour in less advantageous circumstances.

Evaluation of DUALEM, OptRx and Grassmaster II sensors for monitoring the spatial variability and the temporal stability of a Mediterranean pasture

Site-specific management (SSM) is a form of precision agriculture whereby decisions on resource application and agronomic practices are improved to better match soil and crop requirements as they vary in the field. SSM enables the identification of regions (homogeneous management zones) within the area delimited by field boundaries. These subfield regions constitute areas that have similar permanent characteristics. Traditional soil and pasture sampling and the necessary laboratory analysis are time-consuming, labour-intensive and cost prohibitive, not viable from a SSM perspective because it needs a large number of soil and pasture samples in order to achieve a good representation of soil properties, nutrient levels and pasture quality and productivity. The main objective of this work was to evaluate technologies which have potential for monitoring aspects related to spatial and temporal variability of soil nutrients and pasture green and dry matter yield (respectively, GM and DM, in kg/ha) and support to decision making for the farmer. Three types of sensors were evaluated in a 7ha pasture experimental field: an electromagnetic induction sensor (“DUALEM 1S”, which measures the soil apparent electrical conductivity, ECa), an active optical sensor ("OptRx®", which measures the NDVI, “Normalized Difference Vegetation Index”) and a capacitance probe ("GrassMaster II" which estimates plant mass). The results indicate the possibility of using a soil electrical conductivity probe as, probably, the best tool for monitoring not only some of the characteristics of the soil, but also those of the pasture, which could represent an important help in simplifying the process of sampling and support SSM decision making, in precision agriculture projects. On the other hand, the significant and very strong correlations obtained between capacitance and NDVI and between any of these parameters and the pasture productivity shows the potential of these tools for monitoring the evolution of spatial and temporal patterns of the vegetative growth of biodiverse pasture, for identifying different plant species and variability in pasture yield in Alentejo dry-land farming systems. These results are relevant for the selection of an adequate sensing system for a particular application and open new perspectives for other works that would allow the testing, calibration and validation of the sensors in a wider range of pasture production conditions, namely the extraordinary diversity of botanical species that are characteristic of the Mediterranean region at the different periods of the year.