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- Within- and between-mesocycle variations of well-being measures in top elite male soccer players: a longitudinal studyPublication . Oliveira, Rafael; Ceylan, Halil İbrahim; Brito, João; Martins, Alexandre; Nalha, Matilde; Mendes, Bruno; Clemente, Filipe ManuelBackground: The aims of this study were to describe the variations of training monotony (TM), training strain (TS), and acute:chronic workload ratio (ACWR) through Hooper Index categories (fatigue, stress, DOMS, and sleep quality) and to compare those variations between player status and player positions. Methods: Seventeen male professional soccer players participated in this study. Considering player status, participants were divided in nine starters and eight non-starters. Additionally, participants were divided by playing positions: three wide defenders, four central defenders, three wide midfielders, four central midfielders, and three strikers. They were followed during 40-week in-season period. TM, TS, and ACWR were calculated for each HI category, respectively. Data were grouped in 10 mesocycles for further analysis. Results: Results showed variations across the mesocycles. In general, starters showed higher values for TM, TS, and ACWR calculations than non-starters, although there were some exceptions. Regarding player positions, significant differences were found in stress between wide defenders vs central midfielders for TM (p = 0.033, ES = 5.16), central defenders vs wide defenders for ACWR (p = 0.044, ES = 4.95), and in sleep between wide defenders and strikers for TM (p = 0.015, ES = 5.80). Conclusions: This study revealed that an analysis of players’ well-being parameters according to player status and positions can provide clear information to the coaches and their staff to complement the tasks of training monitoring.
- Participatory selection of indicators for water resources planning and strategic environmental assessment in PortugalPublication . Santos Coelho, Rosa; Lopes, R.; Coelho, Pedro; Ramos, T.B.; Antunes, P.International agencies, non-governmental organisations, technical experts, and academia have strongly recommended that water resources planning and strategic environmental assessment (SEA) processes should be supported by indicators that can be used to characterise, assess and monitor water resources overtime against management objectives. Moreover, indicators are used to measure the performance of actions implemented to goals and provide simple and meaningful information to stakeholders. The main goal of this research was the operationalization of a stakeholder engagement process for the selection of key indicators to support water resources planning and SEA processes. Those indicators can be adapted to all Portuguese river basin districts and be used through consecutive cycles of planning. The process was developed in four main stages: (1) collection of suitable indicators; (2) analysis and screening of indicators, (3) stakeholders' workshop and (4) reflection and refinement of the indicator set. A set of 35 key indicators were selected as the most relevant by stakeholders in the participatory workshop. A final analysis carried out by the research team resulted in a streamlined set with 22 indicators organised in four thematic areas (resources, socioeconomics, governance and risks). This set of key indicators may not be able to capture all specific planning objectives for all river basin regions. In such cases, it will be necessary to add specific indicators to the set proposed herein. This research demonstrated the relevance and usefulness of using a participatory approach in developing a set of key indicators for supporting water resources planning and SEA processes, and the proposed methodology can be used in different contexts. The participatory process fostered stakeholders' commitment to the planning and SEA processes and assured increased fitness of the selected indicators.
- In-season quantification and relationship of external and internal intensity, sleep quality, and psychological or physical stressors of semi-professional soccer playersPublication . Nobari, Hadi; Gholizadeh, Roghayyeh; Martins, Alexandre Duarte; Badicu, Georgian; Oliveira, Rafael: The purpose of this study was two-fold: (a) to describe and analyse the relationship of the in-season variations of external and internal intensity metrics as well as well-being measures across different periods of a semi-professional soccer season (early-, mid- and end-season); and (b) to describe training monotony (TM) and training strain (TS) for 20 weeks in a semi-professional soccer season. Eighteen semi-professional players (age: 29 ± 4.1) from the Asian First League team participated in this study. The players were monitored for 20 consecutive weeks during in-season for external training intensity, internal training intensity and well-being parameters. The in-season was organized into three periods: early-season (weeks 1–7); mid-season (weeks 8–13); and end-season (weeks 14–20). Total distance (TD), high-speed running distance (HSRD), sprint distance, rate of perceived exertion (RPE), session-RPE (s-RPE), TM, TS, heart rate average and maximum, as well as sleep quality, stress and muscle soreness were collected. Results revealed that TD, HSRD and sprint distance (total values) were meaningfully greater during end-season than in the early-season. RPE showed a significantly highest value during the end-season (4.27 AU) than in early- (3.68 AU) and mid-season (3.65 AU), p < 0.01. TS showed significant differences between early-season with mid-season (p = 0.011) and end-season (p < 0.01), and the highest value occurred in week 17 during end-season (6656.51 AU), while the lowest value occurred in week 4 during early-season (797.17 AU). The average TD periods showed a moderate to large correlation with RPE, sleep and s-RPE at early-, mid- and end-season. Increasing the training intensity without considering the well-being of the players affects the performance of the team. Examining processes of the relationship between training intensity and other psychological indicators among players will probably be effective in training planning. Sports coaches and fitness professionals should be wary of changes in TM and TS that affect players performance. Therefore, to better control the training, more consideration should be given by the coaches.
- O enfermeiro especialista em enfermagem de saúde materna e obstétrica na promoção do contato pele a pele na primeira hora de vida do recém-nascidoPublication . Andrade, Natália; Palma, SaraO desenvolvimento do presente relatório tem o objetivo apresentar uma análise crítica, do percurso desenvolvido ao longo do estágio IV. O referencial teórico que pautou os meus cuidados foi o de Kristen Swanson (1991). Tendo por base uma prática baseada na evidência, foi realizada uma revisão scoping, segundo a metodologia defendida pelo Instituto Joanna Briggs (JBI®), e que desse resposta à questão: “Como o Enfermeiro Especialista em Enfermagem de Saúde Materna e Obstétrica Promove o Contato Pele-a-Pele na Primeira Hora de Vida do Recém-Nascido?”. Os resultados obtidos através da Scoping Review vieram tornar mais óbvia a influência do Contato Pele-a-Pele (CPP), tanto para a mãe como para o recém-nascido (RN), tal como a importância do papel do enfermeiro especialista em enfermagem de saúde materna e obstétrica (EEESMO) como promotor desta prática. A promoção desta prática, é uma garantia da sua inclusão e valorização nos cuidados realizados à díade após o nascimento
- Consanguinidade no cavalo Puro-sangue LusitanoPublication . Carolino, Nuno; Vicente, António
- Mensuração da satisfação pessoal no âmbito da economia social:estudo preliminarPublication . São João, Ricardo; Galinha, SoniaAssumindo a importância que o estudo do voluntariado organizado assume para a economia social em particular e para o desenvolvimento dos países no geral, constitui-se como objetivo central desta investigação quantitativa analisar o nível da perceção de satisfação com a vida avaliada através da escala ESV (Pavot & Diener, 1993), tendo sido formuladas as seguintes questões de investigação: Q1 - Qual o perfil sociodemográfico dos inquiridos, incluindo a sua prática de voluntariado? Q2 – Qual o nível de Perceção de Satisfação com a Vida dos inquiridos? Adicionalmente foram formuladas as seguintes hipóteses de estudo: H1- Existência de relação entre género e experiência de voluntariado e H2 – Existência de relação entre género e a perceção de satisfação pessoal com a vida, pontuada através da escala ESV. A informação sociodemográfica e os resultados aos cinco items da ESV foi recolhida em auto registo pelos inquiridos sendo utilizado um link para preenchimento e/ou em alternativa foi procedida a administração do mesmo na região centro de Portugal em 2022, constituída por participantes de ambos os géneros com idades compreendidas entre os 65-74 anos garantindo-se o anonimato e confidencialidade dos dados obtidos. Observa-se uma maioria dos respondentes do género feminino (81.12%) que refere que exerce ou já exerceu alguma atividade de voluntariado (95,8%). Em termos globais a perceção média de satisfação com a vida tem uma pontuação de 3.83 (em 5 pontos). Conclui-se que efetivamente os respondentes têm uma perceção da satisfação com a vida que se situa acima do centro da escala. Corroboram-se as hipóteses de estudo H1 e H2 para um nível de significância α=10%. Aponta-se para um estudo futuro probabilístico, com a inclusão de novas variáveis sociodemográficas por forma a acentuar a componente inferencial.
- Proteção fitossanitária : Proteção biológica contra as principais pragas na cultura de tomate protegido no OestePublication . Rodrigues, S.; Godinho, Maria; Valério, Elsa; Abraços-Duarte, G.; Figueiredo, E.
- Estatística aplicada à GestãoPublication . Domingues, Tiago Dias
- Collaborative writing to transform and improve the narrative quality of primary school students: challenges and opportunities.Publication . Cardoso, Inês; Graça, Luciana; Coimbra, Rosa Lídia; Pereira, Luísa ÁlvaresCollaborative writing has long been used and recognized as a very important pedagogical tool leading students to explicit their grammatical and textual choices, deepening their linguistic knowledge. However, since there is still very little research on this topic with early school year students, it is important to develop knowledge about the transposition of grammar into writing from an early age, about the students' own development in this domain, and the quality of their texts.
- Géneros argumentativos e atual panorama legal: ensino de texto de opinião no 3.ºciclo do ensino básicoPublication . Lemos, Lúcia; Cardoso, Inês; Coimbra, Rosa LídiaNo atual contexto educativo, com as Aprendizagens essenciais, o Perfil do aluno à saída da escolaridade obrigatória e as Áreas de competências do perfil do aluno à saída da escolaridade obrigatória, há orientações que salientam a importância da reflexão sobre a língua para a usar adequadamente, compreender e produzir ações de linguagem conscientes. Como docentes apercebemo-nos da importância dada aos géneros argumentativos, em que destacamos o texto de opinião, um género muito requerido ao longo da escolaridade, e sobre o qual o grupo ProTextos – Ensino e aprendizagem da escrita de textos - tem algum material divulgado, sobretudo para os primeiros seis anos de escolaridade. E