Entrepreneurial skills of students of polytechnic higher education in Portugal: Business influences

Background Most entrepreneurial ideas do not appear ready or finished. Any business opportunity needs to be developed and improved throughout the enterprise process. Educational institutions may facilitate the ability of the students in undertaking, identifying and building business opportunities, enhancing their knowledge and formative experiences along the learning process. Objective: Evaluate business influences on the entrepreneurial ability of students of the Polytechnic. Methods Correlational quantitative study, conducted with 1,604 students from 18 institutions of the Polytechnic of Portugal. Data collection took place between July and November/2015, with a questionnaire to assess the entrepreneurial profile, the Carland Entrepreneurship Index (CEI) and sociodemographic variables of students. Results We found four business factors that influence entrepreneurship: "availability of funds" (4:13, SD = .67); "Having stable customers and incentives" (3.99, SD = .58); "Social and economic instability" (3:08, SD = 1.17) and "Opportunities in the sector and area of residence" (3:36, SD = 1.05). On a scale ranging between 1 and 5, we obtained an overall score of 3.86 (SD = .55), for the corporate influences on entrepreneurship. Conclusions For students, entrepreneurial influences are important, with a greater sense of fear with regard to economic instability, reinforcing the need for further training and academic investment in business.

Analysis of the entrepreneurial profile of students attending higher education in Portugal: the Carland Entrepreneurship Index application

Background The societal changes have created new necessities in terms of health care and of professionals with diverse skills. The institutions of higher education should promote the development of an entrepreneurial profile in students which may boost the exploration of new opportunities. Objectives: To identify the entrepreneurial profile in the students in higher education and its relationship to some personal characteristics and training. Methods Correlational quantitative study, accomplished with 1,604 students from 18 institutions of polytechnic Institutes of Portugal. The collection of data occurred between July and November/2015. The Carland Entrepreneurship Index (CEI) entrepreneurial skills questionnaire was applied, along with the acquisition of socio-demographic variables of the students. Data was analysed with the SPSS 23.0. The study followed the ethical requirements. Results The (CEI) application, allowed us to note that 75.7 % of the students presented an entrepreneurial profile, 20.8 % a Micro entrepreneurial profile and 3.4 % a Macro entrepreneurial. Additionally, we verified that older students (r = 0.193, p < = 0.000), of the male gender (Female = 0.55; Male, M= 0.580 p < 0.000), that had already worked or would like to work for others, showed the greatest entrepreneurial potential (Yes M= 0.60; No 0.54; p < 0.000), along with those who participated in entrepreneurial contents during their training (Did not participate M= 0.53; Participated 0.58; p < 0.000). Conclusions The entrepreneurial profile is related with some social demographic characteristics of the students; however, the educational institutions may have a preponderant role in the development of that profile, which may contribute to a greater contribution in the wellbeing of the populations.

Internamentos Compulsivos: revisão da casuística dos HUC e HIP no triénio 2006-2008.

ão obstante terem passado mais de 10 anos sobre a publicação da Lei de Saúde Mental, o intenso debate e reflexão ocorridos não foram acompanhados por publicação, igualmente profusa, de investigação clínica sobre a epidemiologia dos internamentos compulsivos. Os autores procuraram caracterizar o arquétipo do doente submetido a internamento involuntário em Portugal, apreciando variáveis demográficas, clínicas e legais. Para esse fim, conduziu-se um estudo retrospectivo dos internamentos compulsivos ocorridos entre 2006 e 2008 em dois hospitais: os Hospitais da Universidade de Coimbra (HUC) e o Hospital Infante D. Pedro – Aveiro (HIP). Uma amostra de 384 internamentos foi recolhida e caracterizada, apresentando-se resultados desta investigação e discussão dos dados obtidos.

O Balanced ScoreCard como instrumento de gestão na Atividade Portuária em Portugal

Mestrado em Controlo da Gestão e dos Negócios

A gripe em Portugal: análise preliminar da atividade gripal na época 2015/2016

Este estudo pretende divulgar a análise preliminar dos dados da atividade gripal em Portugal na época de 2015/2016 (setembro de 2015 a junho de 2016). Segundo o Programa Nacional de Vigilância da Gripe (PNVG) a atividade gripal foi considerada de baixa intensidade, tendo ocorrido o período epidémico entre as semanas 1/2016 e 9/2016. O valor máximo de incidência foi observado na semana 3/2016 (59,4 casos por 100 000 habitantes). O vírus da gripe foi detetado em 40,7% (449/1.104) dos casos de síndroma gripal (SG) estudados. O vírus da gripe do subtipo A(H1)pdm09 foi detetado em 90,4% (406/449) dos casos de gripe. O vírus A(H1)pdm09 foi o mais frequente em todos os grupos etários, sendo a percentagem mais elevada no grupo etário 65 ou mais anos (97,4%). O vírus da gripe do tipo B (linhagem Victoria) foi detetado com maior frequência nas crianças entre os 5 e os 14 anos de idade (14,3%). Todos os vírus da gripe A(H1)pdm09 isolados e caraterizados antigenicamente foram semelhantes à estirpe vacinal A/California/7/2009, contemplada na vacina antigripal do Hemisfério Norte 2015/2016. Os vírus da gripe do tipo B (linhagem Victoria) caraterizados foram antigénicamente diferentes da estirpe contemplada na vacina antigripal do Hemisfério Norte 2015-2016. Foi detetado em circulação o vírus do subtipo A(H3), semelhante à estirpe selecionada para a composição da vacina antigripal da época de 2016/2017 (A/Hong Kong/4801/2014). Os vírus da gripe A(H1)pdm09 que predominaram em circulação em Portugal durante a época de 2015/2016 foram antigenicamente semelhantes à estirpe que integrou a vacina antigripal para o mesmo inverno.

Quantificação de iodo em alimentos consumidos em Portugal: resultados preliminares

O iodo é um oligoelemento indispensável para a síntese das hormonas da tiroide. A alimentação é a maior fonte natural de iodo. Assim, o principal objetivo deste trabalho foi a determinação de iodo em alimentos como consumidos e representativos da dieta portuguesa. A metodologia escolhida para a quantificação deste nutriente foi a espectrometria de massa acoplada ao plasma indutivo (ICP-MS). Analisaram-se seis grupos de alimentos: peixes, mariscos e bivalves, leite e derivados, vegetais, fruta e refeições compostas. Os grupos do pescado (peixe, marisco e bivalves) foram os que apresentaram concentrações de iodo mais elevados, com um valor médio de 114 μg/100g. Os laticínios são também uma fonte importante para suprir o aporte diário de iodo (150 μg/dia) apresentado valores médios de 22 μg/100g. Os resultados permitem concluir que em Portugal uma alimentação rica em pescado e lacticínios supre a dose diária recomendada de iodo para um adulto saudável.

A new echinoderm Lagerstätten in Portugal : preliminary results

Congresso realizado em Mendoza, Argentina de 28 de setembro a 3 de outubro de 2014

Geomorphological constraining of tsunami (?) run-up in the Alcantarilha coastal lowland (Central Algarve, Portugal)

The Alcantarilha lowland, partly barred by a well developed barrier, including foredunes covering Pleistocene-Holocene beachrock and aeolianite, develops across the Alcantarilha infilled estuary, the beach-dune extending further SE until the Salgados lagoon. A topographic and coring survey revealed a peculiar feature at the leeward toe of the dune ridge close to the inlet area: a sandy fan with location, shape and morphology suggesting emplacement by single or multiple overwash of the barrier tip rather than tidal forcing. Its storm or tsunami origin and age are under investigation, and the only time-constrain available at present is that it should post-date ca. 6600 cal BP, the most recent in situ aeolianite (Moura et al., 2007) dated so far. METHODS, DATA SET AND RESULTS The fan boundaries are distinctive in aerial photos and satellite images: it is roughly ellipsoidal, ~200 m wide and ~300 m elongated paralleling the shoreline, rising ~ 0.9-1.2 m above the surrounding floodplain surface. Detailed topography shows that its short axis aligns with SW-NE elongated (though irregular) depressions in the dune crest, which link the beach with the fan. This could have favoured funnelling of, or erosion by, water overtopping the barrier but, in either case, the fan should correspond to extreme and abrupt event(s) of coastal flooding. 18 trenches and cores were performed in the exposed area of the fan and nearby flood plain to obtain samples and data on its sedimentology, lithostratigraphy and geometry. The fan consists of well sorted and rounded sand (Fig. 2). It thins away and wedges out landwards of the apex (located near Alc29T) where it is partly covered by dune sand. Its lower boundary is undulating and marked by textural contrast between sand (fan) and underlying mud (alluvial/lagoonal); an accumulation of marine-sourced perforated pebbles showing limited lateral continuity may pinpoint this boundary near the foredune (core Alc 25, ca. 80 m westward of profile in Fig.1); mud-balls were also observed immediately above this surface in cores and trenches. As the washover was probably emplaced in a barred lagoonal/estuarine floodplain setting, the fan’s northern outer belt is enclosed by low-energy sediments (not shown in Fig. 2).

Museus & Pessoas: Pedro Gadanho

Um novo edifício junto ao Museu da Electricidade começa a ganhar forma. Trata-se do futuro Museu de Arte, Arquitectura e Tecnologia (MAAT) da Fundação EDP, a inaugurar em Outubro deste ano, um novo equipamento que irá marcar a paisagem cultural lisboeta. Para conhecer este ambicioso projecto fomos conversar com Pedro Gadanho, director do museu.

U-Pb geochronology and Nd isotope contributions to the interpretation of a peculiar ring massif: the Santa Eulália plutonic complex (SW Iberia, Portugal)

The Santa Eulalia plutonic complex (SEPC) is a late-Variscan granitic body placed in the Ossa-Morena Zone. The host rocks of the complex belong to metamorphic formations from Proterozoic to Lower Paleozoic. The SEPC is a ring massif (ca. 400 km2 area) composed by two main granitic facies with different colours and textures. From the rim to the core, there is (i) a peripheral pink medium- to coarse-grained granite (G0 group) involving large elongated masses of mafic and intermediate rocks, from gabbros to granodiorites (M group), and (ii) a central gray medium-grained granite (G1 group). The mafic to intermediate rocks (M group) are metaluminous and show wide compositions: 3.34–13.51 wt% MgO; 0.70–7.20 ppm Th; 0.84–1.06 (Eu/Eu*)N (Eu* calculated between Sm and Tb); 0.23–0.97 (Nb/Nb*)N (Nb* calculated between Th and La). Although involving the M-type bodies and forming the outer ring, the G0 granites are the most differentiated magmatic rocks of the SEPC, with a transitional character between metaluminous and peraluminous: 0.00–0.62 wt% MgO; 15.00–56.00 ppm Th; and 0.19–0.42 (Eu/Eu*)N ; 0.08–0.19 (Nb/Nb*)N [1][2]. The G1 group is composed by monzonitic granites with a dominant peraluminous character and represents the most homogeneous compositional group of the SEPC: 0.65–1.02 wt% MgO; 13.00–16.95 ppm Th; 0.57–0.70 (Eu/Eu*)N ; 0.14–0.16 (Nb/Nb*)N . According to the SiO2 vs. (Na2O+K2O–CaO) relationships, the M and G1 groups predominantly fall in the calc-alkaline field, while the G0 group is essencially alkali-calcic; on the basis of the SiO2 vs. FeOt/(FeOt+MgO) correlation, SEPC should be considered as a magnesian plutonic association [3]. New geochronological data (U-Pb on zircons) slightly correct the age of the SEPC, previously obtained by other methods (290 Ma, [4]). They provide ages of 306  2 Ma for the M group, 305  6 Ma for the G1 group, and 301  4 Ma for the G0 group, which confirm the late-Variscan character of the SEPC, indicating however a faintly older emplacement, during the Upper Carboniferous. Recent whole-rock isotopic data show that the Rb-Sr system suffered significant post-magmatic disturbance, but reveal a consistent set of Sm-Nd results valuable in the approach to the magmatic sources of this massif: M group (2.9 < Ndi < +1.8); G1 group (5.8 < Ndi < 4.6); G0 group (2.2 < Ndi < 0.8). These geochemical data suggest a petrogenetic model for the SEPC explained by a magmatic event developed in two stages. Initially, magmas derived from long-term depleted mantle sources (Ndi < +1.8 in M group) were extracted to the crust promoting its partial melting and extensive mixing and/or AFC magmatic evolution, thereby generating the G1 granites (Ndi < 4.6). Subsequently, a later extraction of similar primary magmas in the same place or nearby, could have caused partial melting of some intermediate facies (e.g. diorites) of the M group, followed by magmatic differentiation processes, mainly fractional crystallization, able to produce residual liquids compositionally close to the G0 granites (Ndi < 0.8). The kinetic energy associated with the structurally controlled (cauldron subsidence type?) motion of the G0 liquids to the periphery, would have been strong enough to drag up M group blocks as those occurring inside the G0 granitic ring.

Determinantes da fecundidade em Portugal

Portugal regista atualmente um dos mais baixos níveis de fecundidade da Europa e do mundo, resultado da redução do número de filhos e do adiamento dos nascimentos para idades mais tardias. As características individuais e a idade ao nascimento do primeiro filho são determinantes cruciais para o número de filhos que se tem e que se espera ter, variando em função do grau de instrução. Apesar das alterações comportamentais ao longo das últimas décadas, os contextos familiares e a conjugalidade continuam a ser centrais na vida dos portugueses, pois aqueles que não vivem com cônjuge ou companheiro apresentam fecundidades mais baixas. A dimensão familiar ideal é outro determinante crítico, dado que ideais mais baixos potenciam que se tenha menos filhos, dificultando a recuperação da fecundidade. O ideal parece corresponder ao número de filhos que permite manter um determinado nível de vida para a família e ainda garantir aos filhos mais oportunidades, mesmo que para tal se tenha apenas um filho. Daí também a atual relevância das questões económicas nas decisões de fecundidade. A alteração de mentalidades parece ter gerado um novo modelo social marcado por uma crescente valorização dos filhos.

Seasonal influenza vaccine effectiveness in Portugal: results from the EuroEVA project 2015/16

The EuroEVA study aimed to estimate the 2015-16 end of season influenza vaccine effectiveness for all population and for the influenza vaccination target group. The presented results resulted from implementation of the study during 2015/2016 season.

Influenza vaccine effectiveness in Portugal: season 2015/2016 report

This report was prepared as part of the Project “Monitoring Influenza vaccine effectiveness during influenza seasons and pandemics in the European Union” and describes the results obtained in Portugal under the Protocol Agreement celebrated between EpiConcept SARL, Paris and National Health Institute Dr. Ricardo Jorge, Lisbon. Data and activities related to the individuals 65 years and more were funded by European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under grant agreement no 634446.

A microbiology study of the surgical site infection, at a hospital in northern Portugal

Surgical site infections (SSIs) remain a major clinical problem in terms of morbidity, mortality, time spent in hospital and overall direct and indirect costs. Objectives: To measure the prevalence of the SSI, by type of surgery and microbiologically characterization, in adult patients undergoing surgery during 2015 at a public hospital in northern Portugal. Methods: A prospective study, attended by 609 adult patients, undergoing surgery. The sociodemographic and clinical data of the population, as well as the surgical procedure and microbiological study were analyzed using Microsoft Access 2013. Results: In the sample of 609 adults undergoing surgery, it was found that 62.89% of surgical wound were cleaned, 15.8% were clean-contaminated, 8.70% were contaminated and 9.36% infected. About 62.52% of the intervened patients had antibiotic prophylaxis prior to surgery. Out of all surgeries, 33.3% were laparoscopic. The percentage of SSI was 5.74%; In these positive cases, only 3.61% was identiied the responsible bacteria. The urgent surgeries have more infections when compared to the programmed ones. In colon surgery the number of infections was 60% after cholecystectomy (22.86%). In hernioplasty, infection occurred in only 2.86% of the patients. The most isolated bacteria was Escherichia coli with 59%, in which 30% are -producing-lactamases of extended spectrum, followed by Pseudomonas aeruginosa (13.6%) and Serratia marcescens (13.6%). The mortality rate was 14.8%. Pseudomonas aeruginosa was isolated in 3 of 4 patients who died. Conclusions: The most microorganisms belong to the group of Gram-negative and are usually linked to infections associated with health care.