From the Humpata Plateau to Namibe Desert, SW Angola

After the Congress, a six-day field trip, will be held through three southwestern provinces of Angola (Huíla, Namibe and Cunene), every day starting and ending in the city of Lubango, for overnight stay in Lubango, with the purpose to observe some of the main sites of geological interest in this zone of Angola. The itinerary of this field trip presents the geologic history of Southwestern Angola and its evolution in the scope of the Congo Craton, through a trip that begins in the first excursion days by the oldest geologic formations and phenomena until the recent geologic formations and phenomena on the last excursion days. On the first and second excursion days, September 5th and September 6th, the field trip will go along the Kunene Anorthosite Complex of Angola (KAC), to observe some petrographic features of the KAC that are important to understand the emplacement of this huge igneous massif of the early Kibarean age. These days of the field trip allow the observation of Earthen Construction, because this region of Cunene is privileged to appreciate a kind of Eco-construction, made of raw earth and in wattle and daub, built with ancient techniques, which constitute a real GeoHeritage. On September 7th, in the morning, the destination will be Tundavala, to visit Tundavala Gap, a huge escarpment of more than 1,000 m high cutted in Neo-Archean and Paleo-Proterozoic igneous rocks, the Ruins of Tundavala (quartzite blocks with sedimentary structures) and Tundavala Waterfalls on a quartzitic scarp. After lunch, the field trip continues towards Humpata plateau to observe the panoramic view over Lubango city from the Statue of Cristo Rei, then the outcrops of dolomitic limestones with stromatolites and dolerites and finally the Leba passage, a huge escarpment and one of the most spectacular parts of the Serra da Chela, traversed by a mountain road built in the early 70s of the last century, that can be observed from the belvedere of the Serra da Chela. On September 8th, the destination is the carbonatite complexes of Tchivira and Bonga, belonging to the Mesozoic alkaline massifs of ultrabasic rocks, a rift valley system that occurs during the Early Cretaceous. In this forth excursion day, due to the huge dimensions of these two carbonatite structures it will be visited, only, the Complex of Bonga, namely the outcrops of the northern part of the structure and secondary deposits on the boundary on the southern part of the of the Complex. The last two excursion days, September 9th and September 10th, are to observe the Cretaceous Basin of Namibe. On September 9th, the northern part of Namibe Basin will be visited to observe the volcanic basic rocks of Namibe as well as the interesting paleontological site of Bentiaba. On September 10th, the destination is the southern and more recent part of Namibe Basin, where on the Namib Desert, the exotic plant Welwitschia mirabilis can be observed, as well as Arco, an oasis in the desert. This last excursion day, ends up at the dunes of Tombwa near the mouth of Curoca river and the beautiful bay of Tombwa, where can be observed heavy minerals in their beach sands.

Significado regional dos depósitos neogénicos continentais da área de Vila de Rei (Portugal Central)

In the Vi la de Rei arca (Central Portugal) the continental deposits ofthe Lower Tagus Tertiary 8asin lay upon the pediment of me Portuguese Central Chain. Three ronglomerate units are recorded from me base upwards. separated by regional or basinal unconfonnities: Conglomerados de Rio de Moinhos (RM); Conglomerados de Serra de Almeirim (SA) and Conglomerados de Vila de Rei (VR). The first two units (KM and SAl have been si les of gold exploitation in huge optn pit mines probably dunng Roman colonisation times. The contact ofthis units, on thc Paleozoie basement or on the Paleogene unil Grés de Monsanto, is unconfonn, defining in both limits a large nondepositional andlor erosional hiatus. Those conglomerates seal the scdimcntation ofthe Lower Tagus Tertiary Basin along irs northem border. Taking lnto account lhe significance /lssigned to their basinal unconfonnity limits, lhe uplift ofthe Portuguese Centra! Chain. and thc facl ofthis continental units yielded no fossils with chranostratigraphic significanee, they have been eonsidered ranging fram Uppcr Miocene to lhe beginning ofthe Qualemary. Finally, a lithostratigraphic equivalence with lhe Neogenic units ofthc Bierzo and Duema basins (NW ofthe Iberian Peninsula), where exploitalions from Roman limes are also evident, is presented.

A voz das famílias com crianças portadoras de doença crónica: estudo de caso na Unidade de Saúde de Almada, Seixal e Sesimbra

Este trabalho debruça-se sobre as exigências/expectativas de famílias com crianças com doença crónica face ao atendimento dos serviços de saúde, assim como na identificação de aspectos passíveis de serem melhorados. Neste processo, foi ainda sentida a necessidade de compreender como é que as famílias lidam com a problemática da doença crónica na criança, não só na vertente institucional, mas também familiar. Caracterizar as respostas institucionais face às famílias com crianças com doença crónica, no âmbito da Unidade de Saúde de Almada, Seixal e Sesimbra, constitui o objectivo principal da pesquisa. Metodologicamente utiliza-se a entrevista semi-estruturada aplicada a familiares e a profissionais de saúde. ABSTRACT; This work approaches the demands/expectations of families with children with chronic diseases face to health services, as well as the identification of the aspects to be improved. In this process, it was felt the need to understand how families deal with the problem of the chronic condition, not only in the institutional but also in the family point of view. The main goal of this research is to characterize institutional answers face to families with children with chronic conditions, in the Unit of Health of Almada, Seixal and Sesimbra. The methodological approach is based on the semi-structured interview to family members and health professionals.

Património religioso cristão em Portugal: a memória dos primeiros programas edificados

O desenvolvimento da arquitetura paleocristã decorreu do anterior modelo romano das basilicae públicas, e dirigindo-se com a oficialização da nova religião após os Éditoa de Constantino a um culto coletivamente participativo, convergente na exaltação e contemplação do divino, dando origem a formas específicas que desembocaram nos vindouros modelos da própria arquitetura europeia. Aa primeiras fases desta génese de um património edificado cristão vieram assim assinalar um evidente sentido de memória, associada aos fundadores, e, no exato momento dos primeiros exemplos construídos, proporcionando uma aproximação ao próprio sentido de referenciação clássica, em modos que possibilitam então a abordagem dos mesmos primeiros exemplos de aedificatio em períodos ou ainda romano-cristãos ou imediatamente subsequentes do território português.

O acesso de uma família de cristãos-novos portugueses à Ordem de Cristo

Traça-se o percurso social de uma família de mercadores cristãos-novos do final do séc. XVI até meados do séc. XVIII. Em meados do Seiscentos, os Serrões Pimentéis já eram militares e um deles foi cosmógrafo-mor do Reino. No início do séc. XVIII, um elemento da família conseguiu um hábito de Cristo, mas reprovou nas habilitações. O objetivo do artigo é analisar de que modos esta parentela lidou com o embaraço que constituía a sua origem cristã-nova e o insucesso referido.