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How does gender affect visiting a World Heritage Site? : The case study of Guim...

Perceptions of residents of hosting the “Guimarães 2012 European Capital of Cul...

The European Capital of Culture is an annual mega-event, which can provide a good forum though which to challenge and engage local citizens, thus generating feelings of common citizenship. In addition, it presents an ideal opportunity to promote the restructuring of the hosting urban space. However, the success of both the organization and the city that hosts the cultural event depends on the residents’ commitm...

The assessment of the generated temperature by the drill bit in the bone tissue

The main goal of this work is to evaluate the developed temperatures in bone tissue due to a drilling process, and verify the hypothesis of the thermal necrosis occurrence. Experimental methods were used in the laboratory based on the use of thermography and thermocouples during bone drilling in different materials. The follow-up of patients was also performed during the dental implants placement for data colle...

Residents??? perceptions on impacts of hosting the ???Guimar??es 2012 European ...

Residents tend to have high expectations about the benefits of hosting a mega???event. So, it was not surprising that the nomination of Guimar??es, Portugal, as the 2012 European Capital of Culture (2012 ECOC) had raised great expectations in the local community towards its socio???economic and cultural benefits. The present research was designed to examine the Guimar??es residents??? perceptions on the impacts...

The role of cultural mega events in the enhancement of city???s image attribute...

In a time of fierce competition between regions, an image serve as a basis to develop a strong sense of community, which fosters trust and cooperation that can be mobilized for regional growth. A positive image and reputation could be used in the promotional activities of the region benefiting all the stakeholders as a whole. Mega cultural events are frequently used to attract tourists and investments to a regi...

The assessment of the generated temperature by the drill bit in the bone tissue

This work aims to evaluate the generated temperature in bone tissue during a drilling process. Different clinic visits were carried out to follow-up a dental implantology and collected thermographic images for reading the temperature generated during the drilling. Simultaneously an experimental procedure was adopted with the acquisition of four blocks of Sawbones with similar properties to the trabecular and co...

Extracção Óptica de Relógio para Redes de Elevado Débito

This article reports a modelling and experimental work on all-optical clock extraction for high bit-rate systems using self-pulsation mechanisms in semiconductor lasers at 1300 nm. External cavity DFB semiconductor lasers have been used, of both bulk and multiple quantum-well (MQW) types. ; Este artigo descreve um trabalho de modelização e realização pr...

Psicopatologia da noite: o consumo de novas substâncias

Obsessive-compulsive-bipolar disorder comorbidity: a case report

Anxiety disorders have been described as features of Bipolar Disorder (BD), and Obsessive- compulsive-bipolar disorder (OCBD) may occur in as many as 56% of obsessive- compulsive patients. Mania in Obsessive- Compulsive Disorder (OCD) can occur either as an independent comorbidity or as a result of an antidepressant-induced switch. We report the case of a 38-year-old male with a 3 year diagnosis of OCD treated ...

As assimetrias regionais em Portugal : análise da convergência versus divergênc...

Há muito que a literatura empírica sublinha a realidade socioeconómica assimétrica que Portugal apresenta, contrastando sobretudo litoral e interior, mas também “Norte” e “Sul”. A presente comunicação analisa a evolução das assimetrias ao nível dos municípios do país. Na análise da convergência a que se procedeu usou-se como proxy do nível de bem-estar ou de desenvolvimento dos municípios o Indicador per capita...