"Portugal Vale A Pena" Un ritratto senza tempo del portogallo attraverso il prisma dei giornalisti

This dissertation aims at enhancing the cultural and linguistic skills in Portuguese of the author of this work, as it is a third language. This activity is carried out starting from the analysis and research of topics mentioned in a number of texts within a particular literary work, “Portugal Vale A Pena”. In this work, many Portuguese personalities express their vision on their country and state why Portugal matters. Since these texts have many cultural references, it can be assumed that such work of analysis and research can lead to better linguistic skills as well as a greater knowledge of the Portuguese culture. All of the chosen texts were originally written by journalists. This choice originates from the important service these professionals provide to the public as well as from the special role their work has played in my interpreting studies over the last couple of years. Chapter 1 explains why I chose this dissertation and who are the target users of these texts. Chapter 2 focuses on the role of journalists. A brief history of modern journalism is presented and its functions are analysed. This chapter also includes a section that examines which values make an event newsworthy. Attention is then paid to the evolution of Portuguese journalism, from Salazar's dictatorship until today. Teaching of journalism in Portuguese academia is also presented. Then, a selection of Portuguese-language media is offered. Chapter 3 focuses on some aspects of Portugal, with particular attention to its history. Finally, Chapter 4 presents a selection of texts from the original book. This part provides a biography of the authors, a translation with a comment and a presentation of some of the topics from the texts. To conclude, a glossary with words and expressions from the original text is included and their translations into Italian, Spanish and English are provided.

Trichinella britovi in a red fox (Vulpes vulpes) from Portugal

Trichinellosis is one of the most important foodborne parasitic zoonoses, caused by nematodes of the genus Trichinella. Pigs and other domestic and wild animals, including red foxes (Vulpes vulpes), are sources of Trichinella infection for human beings. Trichinella britovi is the major agent of infection in sylvatic animals and the most important species circulating in the European wildlife. The present study aimed at assessing Trichinella spp. infection in red foxes from the North of Portugal. Forty-seven carcasses of wild red foxes shot during the official hunting season or killed in road accidents were obtained between November 2008 and March 2010. In order to identify the presence of Trichinella spp. larvae in red foxes, an individual artificial digestion was performed using approximately 30g of muscle samples. Larvae of Trichinella spp. were detected in one (2.1%) out of the 47 assessed foxes. After a multiplex polymerase chain reaction analysis, T. britovi was molecularly identified as the infecting species. The recognition of T. britovi in a red fox confirms that a sylvatic cycle is present in the North of Portugal and that the local prevalence of Trichinella infection in wildlife must not be ignored due to its underlying zoonotic risks.

How Teresa and Maria Margaretha migrated to Nordstrand: Translation of Relics and Transformation of a German Island into a Catholic Dutch enclave in the 17th century

When on 26 May 1662 the founding first stone was laid for a new church on the island Nordstrand at the coast of Schleswig, relics of Teresa of Avila (1515-1582) and of the Dutch Carmelite abbess Maria Margaretha ab Angelis (1605-1658) were inserted. This church was built for Dutch dyke builders who were called to reconstruct the island after its destruction by flood in 1634; coming from a Catholic background and from the Dutch Republic which was at war with Spain at that time, the dyke builders and their families were guaranteed religious freedom in the Lutheran duchy of Holstein. In this paper, the reasons for the choice for the Spanish mystic Teresa of Avila and for the Dutch Carmelite abbess Maria Margaretha are discussed. The latter patroness was never beatified but had died in the smell of holiness; after her death several miracles were ascribed to her. It is understandable that migrants brought relics of their appreciated holy persons who would remind them of their homeland. The paper will first shortly introduce the two patronesses of the church. In the second part, the reasons for this choice will be discussed. Behind this translation of relics not only spiritual reasons played a role. The function of the translation of the saints was first to keep up geographical and political connections with the old country (both Spain and the Netherlands), secondly to perpetuate personal-familial relationships (esp. with Maria Margaretha), thirdly to strengthen the confessional identity in a non-Catholic environment. Fourthly the transfer brought a certain model of Christian life and reform to the new place of living, which in the second part of the 17th century became marked as “Jansenist”. The paper shows the transformation of the island into an enclave of Dutch Catholic culture.

The Tomato Processing Industry in Portugal

Portugal is a major producer of tomatoes for processing. Is export industry now ranks 4th worldwide; before the strongly protectionist European Common Market policy initiated in the early 1970s it ranked 3rd. The culture of tomatoes for processing in irrigated areas of Portugal is favored by the dry, warm summer that characterizes Mediterranean climates. In addition the summer in Portugal is not too hot for a good tomato set.

Influence of the training system on the agronomic behavior and grape composition of Albariño in Rías Baixas apellation

The aim of this study was to evaluate if early defoliation can be an alternative to bunch thinning in limiting yield and improving quality in grapes of the white cultivar Loureiro (Vitis vinifera L.), grafted onto 1103P. The field trial had been set up in a commercial vineyard in Vinhos Verdes Region (Northwest of Portugal, 41º 48? 53? N, 8º 24? 42? W). Treatments studied, performed five days before full bloom were: LR5 ? Leaf removal of the first five basal leaves, performed manually, LR8 ? Leave removal of the first eight basal leaves, LRM ? mechanical leaf removal and C ? the control, without defoliation. This paper reports the results of four years (2010-2013). The results presented a significant removal of main leaf area after defoliation principally in the most intensive treatment (LR8) but at harvest, the total leaf area had been compensated by lateral regrowth and no statistical differences between the treatments and the control were found. Early defoliation caused a decrease in fruit set and also a significant reduction in the diameter of the berry within the more severe defoliation treatments (LR5 and LR8). Yield factors were also significantly affected by the defoliation, causing a reduction of bunch weight and in 2013 a yield reduction in LR8 and LRM, and in 2010 in LR8. Conversely, LR5 presented a yield always similar to the control C. The reduction of cluster compactness and the substantial improvement of the microclimate at the cluster level significantly reduced bunch rot incidence in the defoliated modalities compared to control. No carry-over effects, along the four years trial were observed Early defoliation proved to be a canopy management technique that can have a strong impact in the final quality of grapes, reducing the compactness and lower the incidence and intensity of bunch rot, even if the reduction of yield observed in other papers had not been observed in all modalities.

Embracing english as a lingua franca : learning from portuguese users of english in higher education

Tese de doutoramento, Linguística (Linguística Aplicada), Universidade de Lisboa, Faculdade de Letras, 2016

Análise genética com Y-SNPs de subgrupos populacionais residentes no Sul de Portugal

Tese de mestrado, Medicina Legal e Ciências Forenses, Universidade de Lisboa, Faculdade de Medicina, 2016

Atitudes dos pais perante a criança com febre

Enquadramento – A fobia da febre contínua a subsistir na atualidade, levando muitos pais a ficar ansiosos perante a febre no seu filho, refletindo-se em atitudes menos adequadas. Objetivos – Identificar se as variáveis sociodemográficas se repercutem nas atitudes dos pais/acompanhantes face à criança com febre; analisar se as variáveis contextuais da criança interferem nas atitudes dos pais/acompanhantes face à criança com febre; averiguar se as variáveis fontes de informação sobre a febre interferem nas atitudes dos pais/acompanhantes face à criança com febre. Material e Método – Estudo quantitativo, transversal, descritivo e correlacional. Recorreu-se ao questionário de caracterização sociodemográfica, variáveis clínicas, fontes de informação, conhecimento e atitudes perante a criança com febre. A amostra é do tipo não probabilística por conveniência, constituída por 360 pais/acompanhantes de crianças na consulta de Vigilância de Saúde Infantil e Juvenil. Resultados – Amostra é maioritariamente feminina (51.7%), sendo as mulheres, em média (M=34.78 anos .7.976 anos), mais velhas comparativamente aos homens. As principais fontes de informação sobre a febre foram o médico de família, o enfermeiro, os familiares e a experiência própria. O sexo, a idade, a zona de residência e as habilitações literárias são variáveis que interferem nas atitudes dos participantes perante a criança com febre. Existe uma probabilidade de 63.9% de atitudes não adequadas perante a criança com febre. Conclusão: Os resultados indicam que as atitudes da maioria dos pais/acompanhantes face à criança com febre são desadequadas. O que justifica que os pais/acompanhantes têm de ser mais esclarecidos, fazendo-se uma contextualização e desdramatização sobre o significado da febre, realçando aos pais a sua importância como mecanismo protetor do organismo no combate à infeção, alertando-os para os sinais de alarme que justificam a observação profissional atempada e para a adoção de atitudes adequadas. Palavras-chave: Febre; Criança; Pais; Atitudes.

Conhecimento dos pais perante a criança com febre

Enquadramento – A febre na criança é reconhecida como uma manifestação de doença e encarada por muitos pais com uma conotação negativa, causando grande ansiedade e obsessão pela apirexia. Objetivos – Determinar o nível do conhecimento dos pais/acompanhantes perante a criança com febre; verificar se as variáveis sociodemográficas, contextuais da febre e de caraterização da criança interferem no conhecimento dos pais/acompanhantes perante a criança com febre. Métodos – Estudo quantitativo, transversal, descritivo e correlacional, realizado numa amostra não probabilística por conveniência, constituída por 360 pais/acompanhantes de crianças na consulta de Saúde Infantil, em instituições de saúde públicas, na região centro de Portugal. Recorreu-se a um questionário de autopreenchimento, com caracterização sociodemográfica, da febre, da criança e do conhecimento sobre a febre. Resultados – Amostra com idade média de 34.7 anos ± 7.9, maioritariamente feminina (51.7%). Com fracos conhecimentos perante a criança com febre prevalecem os participantes com idade ≥ 38 anos (36.2%), que coabitam com companheiro(a) (77.0%), em zona rural (69.3%) e com escolaridade até ao 3º ciclo (53.9%). Os participantes com idade até 37 anos (68,2%), com companheiro(a) (89.0%), residentes em zona urbana (53.0%) e com o ensino superior (43.3%) revelaram bons conhecimentos. As principais fontes de informação sobre a febre foram o médico (65.8%) e o enfermeiro (50.6%). As mulheres, os acompanhantes de crianças com menos idade e com melhores atitudes revelaram melhores conhecimentos perante a criança com febre. Conclusão: Os resultados apontam para a importância da realização de sessões de educação para a saúde aos pais/acompanhantes, de modo a aumentar o conhecimento perante a febre na criança. Palavras-chave: Conhecimento - Febre - Criança.

Calcareous nannofossils of ODP Sites 149-897 and 149-901

Mesozoic calcareous nannofossil assemblages recovered during Ocean Drilling Program Leg 149 from the Iberia Abyssal Plain off the coast of Portugal were examined to determine the age of the rifting processes that affected the western Iberia Margin. Dark carbonaceous claystones (black shales) recovered from Site 901 contain highly diverse and abundant Tithonian calcareous nannofossil assemblages. Careful examination and documentation of this material has extended the ranges of numerous Jurassic and Cretaceous species and detailed a significant Late Jurassic assemblage turnover observed in the calcareous nannofossil record. The Lower Cretaceous sequence consists of intervals of serpentinized peridotite intercalated between various breccias and dark claystones. With the exception of a few samples, calcareous nannofossils are few and moderately preserved. The age of nannofossils within these varied sedimentary lithologies ranges from the late Barremian to the late Aptian. Eight new species are described: Ansulasphaera covingtonii, Clepsilithus meniscus, Conusphaera sinespina, Crepidolithus parvulus, Diazomatholithus galicianus, Percivalia arata, Rotelapillus pleoseptatus, and Tranolithus incus. Also proposed are five new combinations.

Distribution of planktic foraminifera in surface sediments and sedimentation rates of sediment cores from the Ibero-Moroccan continental rise and slope

Cores from the Atlantic Ibero-Moroccan continental rise and slope contain fine-grained Late Pleistocene and Holocene sediments. These young sediments cover the continental margin in large lensformed litho- and biostratigraphically well-defined units. The total sedimentation rates range from 4 cm/ 1000 yrs. to 27 cm/1000 yrs. off Portugal and from 6 cm/1000 yrs. to 14 cm/1000 yrs. off Morocco. Only a small proportion of these sediments usually consists of sand-sized particles (>0.063 mm) which are mostly dominated by foraminifera. Both planktonic and benthic foraminifera are much more abundant in Late Pleistocene and Holocene samples from the upper slope in comparison to those from the deeper slope and from the abyssal plains. Total sedimentation rates during cool and warm climatic stages are rather similar for both groups of foraminifera. For example, in Late Holocene sediments 7 x 10**3 benthic and 201 x 10**3 planktonic foraminifera (fraction 0.63 -0.20 mm) per 100 cm**2 and 1000 yrs. are preserved in the Tagus, 10-19 X 10**3 benthic and about 1.3 X 10**6 planktonic foraminifera are preserved in the Seine abyssal plain sediments. Values from the upper slope sediments are higher for benthic foraminifera by a factor of 60 off Portugal and 60 to 70 off Morocco. The values for planktonic ones differ by factors of 6-12 and 6 respectively. These numbers seem to reflect differences in production and preservation. Production rates of planktonic foraminifera generally seem to be somewhat higher during Holocene than during Late Pleistocene, and the rates of benthic foraminifera appear rather higher during Late Pleistocene than during Holocene.

Narrazione delle solenni reali feste : fatte celebrare in Napoli da Sua Maestà il re delle Due Sicilie Carlo infante di Spagna, duca di Parma, Piacenza &c. &c. per la nascita del suo primogenito Filippo real principe delle Due Sicilie.

The plates depict floor plans of the Palazzo reale and of the Teatro di San Carlo in Naples, a vertical cross section of the Palazzo reale; interior decoration of the Teatro di San Carlo; most plates depict festivities taking place in the decorated interiors of the theater and the royal palace, including a masquerade at the royal palace, the stage scenery and a scene from the opera "Il sogno di Olimpia" by Ranieri de Calzabigi, which was performed at the Teatro di San Carlo; a view of the illuminated Castello Nuovo in Naples, the fireworks installation at the Piazza del Castello Nuovo, and a floorplan of the fire works installation. Plate XI depicts the mythical land of plenty "Cuccagna", arranged as a landscaped hill with an architectural grotto, richly decorated with food and drink, which was offered as part of the festivities to the common people. Most plates have a detailed legend in the lower margin.

Ao passamento de sua magestade fidelissma a senhora D. Maria Segunda, Rainha de Portugal : poesia offerecida aos poetas portuguezes e com especialidade e muito reconhecimento ao Ill.mo. Sr. José da Silva Mendes Leal Junior / por Francisco Moniz Barretto.

Mode of access: Internet.

The gilded man (El Dorado) and other pictures of the Spanish occupancy of America,

The gilded man: I. Cundinamarca. II. Meta. III. Omagua. IC. The expedition of Ursa and Aguirre.--Cibola: I. The Amazons. II. The seven cities. III. Francisco Vasquez Coronado. IV. The New Mexican pueblos. V. Quivira.---The massacre of Cholula (1519)--The age of the city of Santa Fé.--Jean L'Archévèque.