Perfil de ácidos gordos de larvas recém eclodidas produzidas em cativeiro de camarões marinhos ornamentais candidatos a aquacultura

Dissertação de Mestrado, Biologia Marinha, especialização em Pescas e Aquacultura, Faculdade de Ciências do Mar e do Ambiente, Universidade do Algarve, 2009

Aves nidificantes na freguesia de Casével (Santarém) - distribuição, abundância e relação com o uso do solo: contributos para a gestão do território

Dissertação de mest., Gestão e Conservação da Natureza, Faculdade de Ciências do Mar e do Ambiente, Univ. do Algarve, 2009

Utilização de macroalgas verdes como biorremediadores em efluentes de indústrias agroalimentares: dinâmica das vias metabólicas relacionadas com os compostos azotados

Dissertação de mest., Tecnologia de Alimentos, Instituto Superior de Engenharia, Univ. do Algarve, 2013

Desenvolvimento e mudança nos territórios rurais deprimidos: o caso dos jovens da freguesia de Cachopo (Tavira)

Dissertação de mest., Planeamento e Avaliação de Processos de Desenvolvimento, Departamento de Sociologia, Inst. Sup. de Ciências do Trabalho e da Empresa, 2006

Apoio social, acontecimentos de vida negativos e adaptação em famílias com menores em risco psicossocial

No contexto atual de proteção à infância, as famílias em situação de risco psicossocial constituem uma realidade, com a qual as instituições e os profissionais se deparam e ainda pouco estudada em Portugal. As famílias têm de lidar com inúmeros acontecimentos de vida negativos que comprometem o adequado exercício das suas funções parentais. Neste trabalho analisámos o perfil psicossocial, a coesão e adaptação familiar, os acontecimentos de vida stressantes e de risco das suas trajetórias de vida e circunstâncias atuais, o seu impacto emocional, o apoio social percebido das famílias com menores em risco, a forma como se associam entre si e com as diversas características sociodemográficas. Foram entrevistados 51 participantes, 33 do sexo feminino e 18 do sexo masculino, com idades compreendidas entre os 16 e os 57 anos de idade, resultando uma média de idade de 36,33 anos (DP = 7,98), acompanhados pela Comissão de Proteção de Crianças e Jovens de Faro. Foram avaliadas as seguintes dimensões: adaptação e coesão familiar, acontecimentos de vida stressantes ou negativos, apoio social percebido em situações normativas e de risco e o perfil psicossocial dos participantes. Os resultados mostraram que as famílias com menores em risco psicossocial apresentam elevada taxa de desemprego, precaridade educativa, económica e profissional, elevado número de acontecimentos de vida negativos atuais e passados relacionados sobretudo com problemas psicológicos, económicos, profissionais e conjugais que são vivenciados com elevado impacto emocional. Ao nível do funcionamento familiar, os níveis de coesão foram superiores aos de adaptação familiar. Os participantes reportaram uma necessidade mais elevada de apoio emocional do que informativo ou material. A fonte de apoio social das famílias é constituída principalmente por familiares e amigos, que experienciaram um reduzido apoio de profissionais. As famílias evidenciaram importantes necessidades, entre as quais o apoio social e as intervenções psicossociais assumem um papel essencial nos contextos familiares de risco.

Competências parentais percebidas e satisfação marital em famílias com menores em risco

As famílias com menores em risco psicossocial têm que enfrentar várias adversidades que comprometem a sua capacidade para exercer uma parentalidade adequada e frequentemente adotam práticas com efeitos negativos para o desenvolvimento dos seus filhos. As competências parentais percebidas e a capacidade dos cônjuges para comunicar, colaborar e resolver desacordos desempenham um papel crucial para exercer uma parentalidade eficaz. No presente estudo analisamos as relações entre a satisfação marital e as competências parentais percebidas. A amostra é constituída por 112 pais (80 mães e 32 pais), com uma idade média de 36,18 anos, residentes no Algarve. Foram aplicados, através de uma entrevista individual, o Parental Sense of Competence (Johnston & Mash, 1989), a ENRICH Marital Satisfaction Scale (Fowers & Olson, 1993) e um questionário de dados sócio-demográficos e familiares (Nunes, Lemos, Costa, Nunes, & Almeida, 2011). A maioria dos participantes são casados ou vivem em união de facto, integram lares biparentais e estáveis, possuem um baixo nível educativo, estão desempregados e vivem na pobreza. Estas três últimas condições são preocupantes, uma vez que podem comprometer não só o seu bem-estar psicológico, como o desenvolvimento dos seus filhos. Os resultados encontrados sugerem ainda que os pais com uma maior satisfação marital são aqueles que se percebem como mais eficazes e mais satisfeitos com o seu papel de pais. Não observámos diferenças entre pais e mães nas dimensões estudadas. São discutidas as principais necessidades de apoio e de intervenção nestas famílias para serem tomadas em consideração pelos profissionais que trabalham com elas.

Golf destinations' brand personality: the case of the Algarve

The purpose of this research is to develop and validate a measurement scale to assess golf destinations’ brand personality and therefore to perceive the destination personality of the Algarve as a golf destination. Based on literature review on human personality, brand personality, destination brand image and marketing scales validation procedures, an initial 36 unrepeated items were the base for a survey instrument. Those items were generated from the literature, from the results of individual interviews with experts in tourism and golf in the Algarve and from promotional texts in golf- related websites. After content validation, the items were allocated into categories of attributes by a panel of expert judges. A survey was then applied to a convenient sample of 600 golf players in the Algarve, and 545 (valid) questionnaires were analysed to refine the scale. Golf players assessed the components of the relational brand personality (functional, symbolic and experiential) as well as the Algarve as a golf destination. A taxonomy of brand personality was developed and tested in the Algarve as it is recognized as one of the world best golf destination. The developed taxonomy of brand personality was assessed in two ways: 1) through the overall perception of the Algarve as a golf destination and 2) through the perception of specific attributes of the destination grouped into three main categories (functional, symbolic and experiential). Therefore, two multi-dimensional brand personality models were estimated by using structural equation modelling. Findings of this study indicate that golf players ascribe personality characteristics to destinations. The brand personality of the Algarve is translated into three main dimensions enjoyableness, distinctiveness and friendliness when tourists/golf players reveal their overall perception of the destination. The brand personality of golf destination Algarve is reflected in the dimensions reliability, hospitality, uniqueness and attractiveness when tourists assess the components of the relational brand personality. Refined scales consisting of 10 and 12 items were finally derived meeting both reliability and validity requirements. This study does not replicate Aaker’s (1997) personality dimensions and very little parallelism can be drawn with Aaker’s (1997) brand personality scale since only three items from her scale were validated in both models: friendly and cheerful, (sincerity), reliable (competence). The same is verified concerning the ‘Big-five’. The human personality traits (HPT) validated to describe golf destinations personality are only four helpful, pleasant (agreeableness), relaxed (emotional stability), and innovative (intellect or openness). As far as destination image descriptors (DID) are concerned, the items appealing, relaxed and safe were validated, while traits suggested by the interviews and website promotional texts such as calm, natural, spectacular, unique, welcoming, and the best (destination-specific traits) appear to be appropriate to describe the personality of a golf destination. The results suggest that the overall perception of the Algarve´s brand personality is described by the dimensions enjoyableness, distinctiveness and friendliness. Moreover, the relational perspective revealed that the functional attributes of the destination are described by the dimension reliablility, while the symbolic attributes are described by the dimensions hospitablility and uniqueness and finally its experiential attributes are described by the dimension attractiveness. These results show that a golf destination´s brand personality should not just be based on good golf practices. Theoretical and practical implications are discussed in the context of destination brand personality.

Recreational shore fishing in southern Portugal: biological and socio-economic aspects and perspectives for management

Although overfishing is a concern for many fish stocks, it was for a long time only associated with commercial fishing exploitation, with less or no attention being given to the recreational fisheries. Recent research has shown however that the impact of recreational fishing on particular species can be considerable, and that the recreational harvest needs to be taken into account if fisheries are to be accurately assessed and effectively managed. In Portugal, the first recreational fishing regulations were only recently implemented. However, mirroring other European countries, regulations lacked scientific support, and specific knowledge of the activity was limited to a few studies with limited coverage. This thesis aimed to characterize the biological and socioeconomic aspects of the recreational shore angling activity in southern Portugal, to investigate whether the regulations in place were adequate and effective, and to provide recommendations for improved management and conservation of the inshore fisheries resources. A combined aerial-roving survey was conducted to gather data on fishing effort, catch, fishing trips and socioeconomic aspects (including anglers’ perceptions of regulations) of the recreational angling activity. The analysis of anglers’ catches suggested that compliance with daily bag limits was high, with less than 0.5% of creels exceeding the 10 kg angler-1 day-1 bag limit. Overall, 11.5% of the retained fishes were undersized, but non-compliance with minimum size limits was found to be high for some species (e.g. seabass, 73% undersized). In terms of the impact of recreational shore angling, the total estimated catches corresponded to less than 1% of the commercial landings for the same period (shared species). However, shore angling catches for white sea bream (Diplodus sargus) were found to be considerable, corresponding to 65% of the commercial landings (39.4% of total catch). In terms of anglers’ perceptions about the recreational fishing regulations in Portugal, the present study has shown that the majority of anglers accepted the existence of some kind of SRF regulations, but in general there was a partial or total disagreement with the recreational fishing restrictions recently put in place. Most anglers perceived themselves as not being involved in the decision-making process and claimed that some restrictions lacked a meaningful rationale (e.g. prohibition of fishing from piers/jetties). Fishers’ awareness with regard to specific aspects of the restrictions (such as the rationale for minimum size limits) was found to be very limited. During the same period, catches from sport fishing competitions were examined to test for differences with the recreational activity in terms of catches, and evaluate long term trends in catch and mean size of fish. Catches of the sport fishing competitions were found to be different from those observed for recreational fishing, being dominated by different species (e.g. garfish, mullets), and suggesting different fishing strategies of the the two types of anglers. High percentages of undersized fish were observed to be captured (and retained) during the competitions (in particular seabass, with 100% undersized), probably as a result of a single allowable minimum size (AMS) of 15 cm for all species in use in competitions. Lastly, catch and release fishing experiments were carried out to assess post-release mortality of three recreationally important species: two banded sea bream Diplodus vulgaris; black sea bream Spondyliosoma cantharus; and gilthead sea bream Sparus aurata. Post-release mortalities were found to be low (0-12%). The main predictor of mortality for Sparus aurata was anatomical hooking location, with 63% of the fishes that died being deeply hooked. The results support the release of fish, either from mandatory (e.g. minimum landing sizes) or voluntary practices. In summary, this thesis has demonstrated that the impact of recreational fishing for particular species is significant and needs to be taken into account for more effective management and stock assessment purposes. It has also highlighted several management issues that should be addressed in order to promote more adequate regulations in the future and prevent noncompliance issues. A periodic monitoring of the recreational fishing activity including all fishing modes (i.e. spear fishing, boat, and shore angling) would also be beneficial to ensure a timely knowledge on the global recreational fishing activity and support future management actions.

Vencer desafios: famílias que têm filhos com necessidades educativas especiais

Dissertação de mestrado, Psicologia da Educação, Faculdade de Ciências Humanas e Sociais, Universidade do Algarve, 2015

Caracterização da agitação marítima central de energia das ondas do Pico, Açores

Dissertação de mestrado, Energias Renováveis e Gestão de Energia, Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Universidade do Algarve, 2015