The low cost phenomenon

LCC Market Development - In 1996 low cost airlines (LCCs) accounted for only 1.4% of intra-European Union capacity. By the end of 2002, low cost airlines had captured 12% of all intra-EU capacity - Currently LCCs have a 30% market share of scheduled European point-to-point passengers. According to AEA forecasts, the LC market is expected to increase to 43% of European traffic by 2011. - In 2006 140 million passengers were carried by LCCs. - Low-fare airlines have increased their presence from 13% of city pairs in 2003 to 26% in 2007. 96% of new city-pairs between 2005 and 2007 were added by LCCs. - The United Kingdom still sees the highest number of low-cost flights, followed by Spain, which has been making up a lot of ground over the last year. This is followed by Italy and Germany with slightly fewer flights. These four countries contribute to roughly three quarters of low-cost departures. France is fifth in this list with only 5% of LC flights. - easyJet and Ryanair continue to be the biggest players in the European LCC market accounting for about 40% of all LCC capacity. The top two are followed by Airberlin, which contributes another 10% leaving three carriers in control of half the European low-cost market.

" (...) mais gosto de ti??? Diferenças entre homens e mulheres nas crenças e comportamentos sobre violência conjugal

O presente trabalho tem como objectivo analisar as diferenças de género nas crenças e comportamentos relacionados com a violência conjugal, fazendo uma avaliação de condutas e atitudes face ao fenómeno. Participaram no estudo 50 casais, que preencheram o Inventário de Violência Conjugal e a Escala de Crenças sobre Violência Conjugal. Os resultados apontam para a não existência de diferenças entre homens e mulheres na perpetração e vitimação de violência em relações íntimas. São os homens os que mais facilmente legitimam os comportamentos violentos, embora a tendência atitudinal flua no sentido de não a aprovar. ABSTRACT:This study aims to examine gender differences in beliefs and behaviors related to domestic violence, by making an assessment of behaviors and attitudes addressing the phenomenon. 50 couples supported the study by filling Inventário de Violência Conjugal and Escala de Crenças sobre Violência Conjugal. The results indicate that there are no substancial differences between men and women in the perpetration and victimization of violence in intimate relationships. Men are more easily prone to accredit violent behavior, although the sight tendency is not to approve.

A natureza do ciúme

RESUMO:O presente estudo tem como objectivo a compreensão do ciúme como fenómeno e sua génese, e verificar como cada um dos sexos se expressa na vivência do ciúme e a consequente relevância para cada um deles. Foi utilizada uma amostra de 210 jovens adultos de ambos os sexos, com idades compreendidas entre os 17 e os 35 anos, que preencheram um protocolo de investigação que incluía um questionário de dados demográficos e historial dos relacionamentos amorosos e sexuais, um de reacções emocionais à infidelidade do parceiro, a Chornic Jealousy Scale (White, 1981), a Multidimensional Jealousu Scale (Pfeiffer & Wong, 1989), Reactive and Suspicious Jealousy Scale (Rydell & Bringle, 2003). Foram encontradas diferenças entre géneros no que respeita às reacções emocionais face a uma potencial infidelidade, sendo que os homens consideraram pior uma infidelidade sexual e as mulheres uma infidelidade emocional. Foram ainda encontradas diferenças entre os sexos na forma como vivenciavam o ciúme, sendo que as mulheres revelaram ser mais ciumentas em todas as escalas de ciúme, com a excepção do ciúme reactivo, onde comparativamente aos homens se verificou inferior. ABSTRACT: The goal of the present study is to understand jealousy as a phenomenon and its origins, and verify how each gender expresses it and the consequent relevance to both of them. For this purpose, we considered a sample of 210 young adults of both sexes, aged between 17 and 35 years, who completed a research protocol which included a questionnaire of demographic data and a report of love and sexual relationships, a scale of emotional reactions to partners infidelity; the Jealousy Chronic Scale (White, 1981), the Multidimensional Scale Jealousy (Pfeiffer & Wong, 1989), Reactive and Suspicious Jealousy Scale (Rydell & Bringle, 2003). Gender differences were found in what concerns emotional reaction to a potential infidelity: men considered sexual infidelity as being the worst, whereas women pointed out emotional infidelity. Differences were also found in the way they experienced jealousy: women proved to be more jealous on all scales, with the exception of reactive jealousy.