Yacht charter in Portugal- developing a business model for a sailing charter company

Given the signals that Portugal can be a great destination for charter sailing, the purpose of this work is to disprove this. Thereby the model of Porter’s five forces has been used to analyze the Portuguese yacht charter market, whereas a SWOT analysis should give an overview and compare the Portuguese market with the well running charter market of Croatia. The research outcome on the supply side as well as on the demand side should then serve as a foundation for establishing a model of a sailing charter company in Portugal, explained with the aid of the Canvas model.

Five-day plan for smoking cessation using group behaviour therapy.

The "Five-Day Plan to Stop Smoking" (FDP) is an educational group technique for smoking cessation. We studied a cohort of 123 smokers (55 men, 68 women, mean age 42 years) who participated in 11 successive FDP sessions held in Switzerland between 1995 and 1998 and who were followed up for at least 12 months by telephone or direct interview. Overall, 102 of the 123 subjects (83%) had stopped smoking by the end of the FDP, and self-declared smoking cessation rate was 25% after one year. The following factors potentially associated with outcome were studied: age, sex, smoking habit duration, cigarettes per day, Fagerström Test for Nicotine Dependence (FTND), group size, and medical presence among the group leaders. Smoking habit duration was the only variable which showed a statistically significant association with success: the rate of smoking cessation was higher among patients who had smoked for less than 20 years (34.7% vs. 18.9%, p = 0.049). Stress was the most common cause of relapse. The FDP appears to be an effective smoking cessation therapy. Propositions are made in order to improve the success rate of future sessions.

Transient stimulation of glucose metabolism by insulin in the 1-day chick embryo.

Effects of insulin upon glucose metabolism were investigated in chick embryos explanted in vitro during the first 30 h of incubation. Insulin stimulated the glucose consumption of the chick gastrula (18 h) and neurula (24 h), but had no effect on the late blastula (0 h:laying) and on the stage of six to eight somites (30 h). The increase in glucose consumption concerned both the embryonic area pellucida (AP) and extraembryonic area opaca (AO). AP responded to a greater extent (50%) and at a lower range of concentrations (0.1-1.0 ng/ml) than AO (30%; 1-100 ng/ml). Insulin had no effect on the oxygen consumption of blastoderms, whereas it stimulated the aerobic lactate production (approximately 70% of the additional glucose consumption was converted to lactate). The nanomolar range of stimulating concentrations suggests that insulin has a specific effect in the chick embryo, and that it could modulate glucose metabolism in ovo as well. The transient sensitivity of the embryo to insulin is discussed in relation to behavior of mesodermal cells.

[Automobile à 3 roues] : [photographie de presse] / [Agence Rol]

Référence bibliographique : Rol, 58397

Monaco, [avril] 1920, [le pilote ou le constructeur de canot automobile Victor] Despujols : [photographie de presse] / [Agence Rol]

Référence bibliographique : Rol, 58817

Monaco, [avril] 1920, [le canot automobile] Sunbeam Despujols II : [photographie de presse] / [Agence Rol]

Référence bibliographique : Rol, 58850

Monaco, [avril] 1920, [le canot automobile] Sunbeam Despujols I : [photographie de presse] / [Agence Rol]

Référence bibliographique : Rol, 58852

Monaco, [avril] 1920, [le canot automobile] Sunbeam Despujols I : [photographie de presse] / [Agence Rol]

Référence bibliographique : Rol, 58856

[Monaco, avril 1920, le canot automobile] Sunbeam Despujols I : [photographie de presse] / [Agence Rol]

Référence bibliographique : Rol, 58858

Monaco, [avril] 1920, [le canot automobile] Vicuna IV : [photographie de presse] / [Agence Rol]

Référence bibliographique : Rol, 58884

Monaco, [avril] 1920, [le canot automobile] Sunbeam Despujols II : [photographie de presse] / [Agence Rol]

Référence bibliographique : Rol, 58889

Monaco, [avril] 1920, [le canot automobile] Sunbeam Despujols I : [photographie de presse] / [Agence Rol]

Référence bibliographique : Rol, 58892

Monaco, [avril] 1920, [le canot automobile] Crusader : [photographie de presse] / [Agence Rol]

Référence bibliographique : Rol, 58897

Monaco, [avril] 1920, [le canot automobile] Sunbeam Despujols I : [photographie de presse] / [Agence Rol]

Référence bibliographique : Rol, 58902