[Introdução ás] "Representações e práticas de género"

(Excerto) Estas questões têm despertado um interesse crescente nos campos académicos da comunicação e dos estudos culturais em Portugal, ilustrado, por exemplo, pelo aumento do número de teses de doutoramento centradas nas representações e práticas de género. Representação e Práticas de Género é um livro da coleção de ebooks do Centro de Estudos de Comunicação e Sociedade (CECS). A presença do género na agenda de investigação do Centro remonta aos seus primeiros anos de existência. Mas talvez possamos considerar que o ano de 2011 representou um momento particularmente relevante para o fortalecimento da área. Nesse ano, foram defendidas as duas primeiras teses de doutoramento na área (Lobo, 2011; Mota-Ribeiro, 2011) e aprovado pela Fundação para a Ciência e Tecnologia o primeiro projeto coletivo do CECS dedicado ao género (Género em Foco, 2011).

Performance assessment of electrically small antennas for implantable microsystems with wireless power and communications

Dissertação de mestrado integrado em Engenharia Biomédica (área de especialização em Eletrónica Médica)

A radiofrequency identification system for the 60 GHz ISM band

Dissertação de mestrado integrado em Engenharia Biomédica (área de especialização em Eletrónica Médica)

A televisão no quotidiano das crianças

[Excerto] A relação crianças-televisão tem suscitado na comunidade académica e nos analis­tas dos fenómenos sociais uma atenção tão duradoura quanto o meio televisivo leva de vida. Em boa verdade, a preocupação com a influência dos meios de comunicação sobre as gerações mais novas é bem mais antiga e recorrente, e apenas se aplicou e polarizou em mais um campo novo com a chegada e disseminação da TV (Wartella, 1988). Desde a invenção da escrita e, muito mais tarde, da imprensa, passando pelo cinema, a rádio ou a banda desenhada, todos os novos processos, veículos e tecnologias de comunicação foram vistos como ameaças potenciais ou reais à socialização dos mais novos. O modo como se desenvolveu o dispositivo televisivo, nomeadamente nas sociedades do mundo ocidental, atingindo um índice de cobertura dos grupos domésti­cos virtualmente universal e um leque crescente e tendencialmente contínuo no plano da oferta, tornou a TV objecto de especiais preocupações de natureza cultural e moral e, também, científica (...).

Firm innovation and co-location in Portugal

This paper investigates the geographical distribution and concentration of firms’ innovation persistence and innovation type (product and process) based on three waves of the Portuguese Community Innovation Survey data covering the period 1998–2006. The main findings are: 1) both innovation persistence and innovation type are asymmetrically distributed across Portuguese regions, 2) the degree of correlation between geographical location and innovative output varies with the innovation type, and 3) the correlation between geographical unit and innovation increases when the spatial unit of analysis is narrower. The results suggest that the firms’ choices of geographical location have a long-lasting effect, engendering no equal probabilities of being persistently innovative.

Preschool education in Brazil: does public supply crowd out private enrollment?

Expanding access to preschool education is a particularly important policy issue in developing countries, where enrollment rates are generally much lower, and where private institutions constitute a much larger share of the formal preschool sector, than in developed countries. This paper examines if an expansion in the supply of public preschool crowds-out private enrollment using rich data for municipalities in Brazil from 2000 to 2006, where federal transfers to local governments change discontinuously with given population thresholds. Results from a regression-discontinuity design reveal that larger federal transfers lead to a significant expansion of local public preschool services, but show no evidence of crowding-out of private enrollment, nor of negative impacts on the quality of private providers. This finding is consistent with a theory in which households differ in willingness-to-pay for preschool services, and private suppliers optimally adjust prices in response to an expansion of lower-quality, free-of-charge public supply. In the context of the model, the absence of crowding-out effects of more public preschool providers can be rationalized by the existence of relatively large differences in willingness-to-pay for preschool services across different demand segments. Our theoretical and empirical findings therefore suggest that in developing country settings characterized by relatively high income inequality, an expansion in public preschool supply will likely significantly increase enrollment among the poorest segments of society, and need not have adverse effects on the quantity or quality of local private supply.

Flexibilidade, proteção do emprego e contratos de trabalho

O debate sobre o grau de flexibilidade/rigidez do mercado de trabalho é um tema recorrente quer para economistas quer para os agentes políticos, tendo assumido particular relevância a partir da crise petrolífera dos anos 70. A manutenção de elevados níveis de desemprego nos anos 70 e 80 colocaram em questão os regimes de proteção do emprego e da regulação das relações laborais até então praticados, considerados agora como excessivamente penalizadores dos despedimentos e dotados de uma rigidez excessiva, quer no domínio da fixação dos salários, quer no que diz respeito à organização do trabalho no interior da empresa. A solução encontrada para flexibilizar o mercado de trabalho adotada em muitos países, nomeadamente os do sul da Europa, e assim facilitar a criação de emprego, foi a de introduzir novas formas contratuais, nomeadamente contratos temporários, não alterando de forma substancial os direitos anteriormente adquiridos.

Oportunidades de negócio e desenvolvimento económico local em territórios do interior: setores de investimento prioritário em Montalegre

(CO)EMPREENDE-Programa de Empreededorismo

Accuracy comparison of implant impression techniques: A systematic review

Background Several studies link the seamless fit of implant-supported prosthesis with the accuracy of the dental impression technique obtained during acquisition. In addition, factors such as implant angulation and coping shape contribute to implant misfit. Purpose To identify the most accurate impression technique and factors affecting the impression accuracy. Material and Methods A systematic review of peer-reviewed literature was conducted analyzing articles published between 2009 and 2013. The following search terms were used: implant impression, impression accuracy, and implant misfit. A total of 417 articles was identified, 32 were selected for review. Results All 32 selected studies refer to in vitro studies. Fourteen articles compare open and closed impression technique, 8 advocate the open technique and 6 report similar results. Other 14 articles evaluate splinted and non-splinted techniques; all advocating the splinted technique. Polyether material usage was reported in 9; 6 studies tested vinyl polysiloane and 1 study used irreversible hydrocolloid. Eight studies evaluated different copings designs. Intra-oral optical devices were compared in 4 studies. Conclusions The most accurate results were achieved with two configurations: (1) the optical intra-oral system with powder; and (2) the open technique with splinted squared transfer copings, using polyether as impression material.

Politically driven cycles in fiscal policy: in depth analysis of the functional components of government expenditures

NIPE - WP 02/2016

On the length of bank-firm relationships: an empirical application to a major French bank

NIPE - WP 01/ 2016

Estudo do comportamento tribológico de materiais compósitos à base de titânio reforçado com partículas cerâmicas para aplicação em implantes articulares

Dissertação de mestrado integrado em Engenharia Biomédica

Peptaibolin analogues by incorporation of α,α-dialkylglycines: synthesis and study of their membrane permeating ability

Analogues of Peptaibolin, a peptaibol with antibiotic activity, incorporating α,α-dialkylglycines (Deg, Dpg, and Ac6c) at selected positions were synthesised by MW-SPPS and fully characterized. A control analogue incorporating L-alanine was also prepared. The native peptide and the analogues were studied by fluorescence spectroscopy for their membrane permeating activity. Small unilamellar vesicles (SUVs) of egg phosphatidylcholine/ cholesterol (70:30) containing an encapsulated fluorescence probe (6-carboxyfluorescein) were used as membrane models. The assays of carboxyfluorescein release from SUVs upon peptide addition showed that Peptaibolin-Dpg and Peptaibolin-Ac6c are the most active peptides. These results indicate that the structure of the α,α-dialkylglycines is crucial for the membrane permeating ability of these Peptaibolin analogues.

Single-function approach to calibrating whatman n.º 42 filter paper based on suction versus water content relationships

Several suction–water-content (s-w) calibrations for the filter paper method (FPM) used for soil-suction measurement have been published. Most of the calibrations involve a bilinear function (i.e., two different equations) with an inflection point occurring at 60 kPa

Molecular regulation of flowering induction in Quercus suber

Dissertação de mestrado em Plant Molecular Biology, Biotechnology and Bioentrepeneurship