The Hugo^(TM)robot-assisted surgery(RAS)system(Medtronic)is being successfully adopted in surgical procedures across Asia-Pacific,Latin America,and Europe.1e6 The Santo Antonio University Hospital in Porto,Portugal is...
This study examines the attitudes and behaviors of Portuguese air travelers towards voluntary carbon offset(VCO)programs,with a focus on understanding the motivations and awareness levels that drive offsetting behavio...
supported by CESAM by FCT/MCTES (UIDP/50017/2020+UIDB/50017/2020+LA/P/0094/2020)and MED (UIDB/05183/2020)to FCT/MEC through national funds;the co-funding by the FEDER,within the PT2020 Partnership Agreement and Compete 2020,and projects FIRECNUTS (PTDC/AGRCFL/104559/2008);CASCADE (ENV.2011.2.1.4-2/283068),which is funded by the European Union;the FCT CEEC funding of Frank G.A.Verheijen (CEECIND/02509/2018),Sergio A.Prats (CEECIND/01473/2020),funded by national funds (OE);the SOILCOMBAT project (PTDC/EAM-AMB/0474/2020)through the Portuguese Foundation for Science and Technology (FCT/MCTES).
Soil pedestals have long been used as qualitative indicators of soil splash erosion.In rangelands,plant-capped pedestals,generally grass tussocks,have also been used to quantitatively estimate soil loss since the firs...
supported by national funds through Fundacao para a Ciencia e Tecnologia(FCT)through project UIDB/04728/2020.
To contribute to the empirical literature on innovation in non-profit organizations,this study examines innovation in Private Social Solidarity Institutions with social responses for the elderly in Northern Portugal.I...
Purpose: From a social and labor inclusion perspective, the article presents a digital prototype conceptualized to provide a “Diagnostic Page”, which delivers various prescribers and suppliers of support products th...
supported by national funds through FCT-Fundaçao para a Ciencia e a Tecnologia,I.P.,within CINTESIS R&D Unit(UIDB/4255/2020 and UIDP/4255/2020);within the scope of the project RISE(LA/P/0053/2020).
Objectives The aim of this study was to analyze the psychometric properties(reliability and validity)of the Social Isolation Scale(SIS)in a sample of Portuguese community-dwelling older adults.Methods A transversal de...
Guimarães is a middle sized city and municipality located in northern Portugal.The municipality has committed to reducing the annual amount of undifferentiated municipal solid waste(MSW)from 371 kg/capita in 2021 to 1...
The researcher is funded by Portuguese national funds through the FCT-Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia,I.P.,under the Norma Transitória[DL57/2016/CP1453/CT07].
This paper discusses to what extent land is considered in food-related policies from a systemic perspective.Based on existing literature and international agendas priorities,we argue that access to and preservation of...
funded by FCT (Funda??o para a Ciência e Tecnologia/Portuguese Foundation for Science and Technology),through the projects “Be Safe Slide-Landslide early warning soft technology prototype to improve community resilience and adaptation to environmental change”(PTDC/GES-AMB/30052/2017);“MIT-RSC-Multi-risk interactions towards resilient and sustainable cities”(MIT-EXPL/CS/0018/2019);Jorge Rocha was financed through FCT,within the framework of the project “TRIAD-Health risk and social vulnerability to arboviral diseases in mainland Portugal”(PTDC/GES-OUT/30210/2017);partially developed within the framework of the RISKCOAST project (Ref:SOE3/P4/E0868) funded by the Interreg SUDOE Program (3rd Call for proposals);Pedro Pinto Santos was fi nanced by FCT,within the framework of the contract CEEIND/00268/2017;by the Research Unit UID/GEO/00295/2020
Social vulnerability,as one of the risk components,partially explains the magnitude of the impacts observed after a disaster.In this study,a spatiotemporally comparable assessment of social vulnerability and its drive...