A tecnologia lítica no tardiglaciar do Algarve

Dissertação de mest., Arqueologia, Faculdade de Ciências Humanas e Sociais, Universidade do Algarve, 2009

Análise das capturas de concursos de pesca desportiva na Costa Algarve

Dissertação de mest., Biologia Marinha (Ecologia e Conservação Marinha), Faculdade de Ciências do Mar e do Ambiente, Universidade do Algarve, 2007

A gestão dos destinos turísticos: o caso do Algarve

Tese de dout., Gestão, Faculdade de Economia, Universidade do Algarve, 2009

Estudo do efeito de contaminantes na espécie sentinela, a amêijoa Ruditapes decussatus, por intermédio da análise da expressão proteica: aplicação à monitorização do meio marinho

Tese dout., Ciências e Tecnologias do Ambiente, 2009, Universidade do Algarve

Utilización de las tecnologías de información y comunicación en aulas de artes visuales: una acción con profesores de la Educación Básica y Secundaria en Loulé, provincia de Algarve, Portugal.

Tecnologías de Información y Comunicación en Aulas de Artes Visuales. La acción con profesores de la Educación Básica y Secundaria en Loulé, provincia de Algarve, Portugal.

Avaliação Económica e Social dos Concelhos do Algarve

Este estudo tem como objectivo principal realizar uma avaliação económica e social dos concelhos do Algarve através de Índices de Desenvolvimento Concelhio. A realização de análises exploratórias multivariadas suportou a construção desses Índices de Desenvolvimento. As assimetrias existentes entre os concelhos puderam ser identificadas através da formação de grupos homogéneos de concelhos.

Estudo zooarqueológico de comunidades islâmicas do Algarve

Dissertação de mest., Arqueologia (Teoria e Métodos da Arqueologia), Faculdade de Ciências Humanas e Sociais, Univ. do Algarve, 2011

Controlo e análise do processo de produção de aguardente de medronho da Serra do Caldeirão

Dissertação de mest., Tecnologia dos Alimentos, Instituto Superior de Engenharia, Univ. do Algarve, 2010

Música tradicional no Algarve: abordagem e análise comparativa

A partir da experiência acumulada ao longo de uma dezena de anos, na recolha de lições de música tradicional em vários concelhos do Algarve, reflecte-se a sua importância no contexto da etnomusicologia e do folclore do país.

Turismo e criatividade no Algarve : uma análise da oferta turística regional como elemento de atracção da classe criativa

Dissertação de mest., Gestão e Desenvolvimento de Destinos Turísticos, Faculdade de Economia, Univ. do Algarve, 2010

Identification of descendants of an extinct bovine population from the Algarve region of Portugal using numerical taxonomy analysis of morphological traits

The morphology of a sample of four bulls and 43 cows, presumed to be descendants of the extinct cattle breed ‘Algarvia’ (AG), was used to assign their relationship with animals from other Portuguese autochthonous breeds – Arouquesa (AR), Barrosa˜ (BA), Cachena (CA), Marinhoa (MA), Maronesa (MO), Minhota (MN), Mirandesa (MI), (only bulls), Alentejana (AL), Garvonesa (GA), Mertolenga (ME) and Preta (PR). Standard numerical taxonomic methods were applied to a set of 183 (cows) and 170 (bulls) traits, to derive average pairwise taxonomic distances among the sample of 257 cows and 76 bulls. Distance coefficients (morphological index of distance) ranged from 0.22 to 2.62 (cows) and from 0.49 to 2.13 (bulls). Unweighted pair group method using arithmetic averages (UPGMA)-based phenograms and a principal coordinate analysis showed that bulls were highly clustered and cows showed a tendency to cluster according to their geographical and breed origin. The AG population grouped together with GA, AL, ME and MN breeds in the Red Convex group. The average taxonomic distance among breeds was 1.02, the highest being 1.39 (ME versus BA) and the lowest being 0.64 (MA versus AR). The approach allowed for the identification of a phenotypically differentiated set of animals, comprising 19 cows and four bulls representative of the AG breed, and which can be targeted in further studies aiming at the recovery of this extinct breed.

Evaluation of fruit and seed diversity and characterization of carob (Ceratonia siliqua L.) cultivars in Algarve region

The genetic diversity of 15 carob ( Ceratonia siliqua L.) cultivars located in an experimental field from Algarve (Portugal) was evaluated over 7 years using 12 fruit and seed phenotypic characters, in order to characterize carob cultivars. The values of morphological traits obtained by cultiv ar were compared with those from other countries of the Mediterranean basin. Statistically significant differences were found between cultivars for al l characters which were examined, what indicates a high genetic diversity. The relationship among these characters was analyzed by principal component analysis (PCA) resulting in the separation of these cultivars classed in four groups (clusters I–IV) and in four ungrouped cultivars. A three dimension of the model was found to be significant and explained 74.5% of the total variation, in which the first component accounting for 34.6% of the total variation is dominated by fruit characters, while the second component is dominated by seed characters. Cultivars plotted on the left-lower quadrant on the space determined by principal components 1 and 2 are characterized by fruits with high seed yield more appropriated for industrial rentability. The correlation analyses established by cultivar provided a specific understanding about the way how fruit and seed characteristics correlate within each cultivar. This approach can be useful for the development of a breeding programme, aiming to increase the seed yield, seed thickness, individual and total seed weight by fruit, characteristics that are determinant to improve the industrial exploitation of carob.

Aeroportos e turismo residencial. Do conhecimento às estratégias

Tese Dout., Turismo, Universidade de Aveiro, 2009

Exploring the linguistic landscape: the case of the ‘Golden Triangle’ in the Algarve, Portugal

Studies of the linguistic landscape (LL) are concerned with language in its written form, in the public sphere; language that is visible to all through texts such as billboards and other public signs. The LL is such a taken-for-granted part of our everyday experience that its importance as a form of social practice is often overlooked. Taking a mixed methods approach to the case of the linguistic landscape of the ‘Golden Triangle’, an area of tourist resorts which is gradually becoming a residential area in the Algarve, Portugal, I suggest that the discursive construction of a place is partly achieved through the highly visible texts of the LL which may also impact upon the discursive construction of the collective identities of those who inhabit the place.

The discursive construction of place-identity: british lifestyle migrants in the Algarve

Tese dout., Philosophy, Lancaster University, 2011