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- Age-period-cohort effects in the incidence of hip fractures: political and economic events are coincident with changes in riskPublication . Alves, Sandra Maria; Castiglione, Débora; Oliveira, Carla Maria; Sousa, Bruno; Pina, Maria De FátimaIntroduction: Healthcare improvements have allowed prevention but have also increased life expectancy, resulting in more people being at risk. Our aim was to analyse the separate effects of age, period and cohort on incidence rates by sex in Portugal, 2000–2008. Methods: From the National Hospital Discharge Register, we selected admissions (aged ≥49 years) with hip fractures (ICD9-CM, codes 820.x) caused by low/moderate trauma (falls from standing height or less), readmissions and bone cancer cases. We calculated person-years at risk using population data from Statistics Portugal. To identify period and cohort effects for all ages, we used an age–period–cohort model (1-year intervals) followed by generalised additive models with a negative binomial distribution of the observed incidence rates of hip fractures. Results: There were 77,083 hospital admissions (77.4 % women). Incidence rates increased exponentially with age for both sexes (age effect). Incidence rates fell after 2004 for women and were random for men (period effect). There was a general cohort effect similar in both sexes; risk of hip fracture altered from an increasing trend for those born before 1930 to a decreasing trend following that year. Risk alterations (not statistically significant) coincident with major political and economic change in the history of Portugal were observed around birth cohorts 1920 (stable–increasing), 1940 (decreasing–increasing) and 1950 (increasing–decreasing only among women). Conclusions: Hip fracture risk was higher for those born during major economically/politically unstable periods. Although bone quality reflects lifetime exposure, conditions at birth may determine future risk for hip fractures.
- Burnout among Portuguese healthcare workers during the COVID-19 pandemicPublication . Duarte, Ivone; Teixeira, Andreia; Castro, Luísa; Marina, Sílvia; Ribeiro, Carla; Jácome, Cristina; Martins, Vera; Ribeiro-Vaz, Inês; Pinheiro, Hugo Celso; Silva, Andreia Rodrigues; Ricou, Miguel; Sousa, Bruno; Alves, Cristiana; Oliveira, Andreia; Silva, Paula; Nunes, Rui; Serrão, CarlaDuring COVID-19 pandemic, healthcare workers (HCWs) have had high workload and have been exposed to multiple psychosocial stressors. The aim of this study was to evaluate HCWs in terms of the relative contributions of socio-demographic and mental health variables on three burnout dimensions: personal, work- related, and client-related burnout.
- Citybranding: generation of brands in the cities of Mindelo and Praia, Cape VerdePublication . Rosa, Aguinaldo; Sousa, Bruno; Liberato, Pedro; Santos, José DuarteThe purpose of this manuscript is to analyze models for creating city brands and present a proposal for a conceptual model to influence the generation of city brands in valuing cities (specifically, with the context of the study in Cape Verde—Mindelo e Praia). As an exploratory study, it focuses on the creation of a citybranding from the analysis of several models previously presented, removing important points for the creation of a new model that proposes to point out the factors that make up the brand of a city as a product identity, product development, brand management, and brand building activities, in order to execute the creation of brands for the cities in question. It relates the influence of local identity to behavioral intentions in tourism on the part of residents and tourists. The result of this master’s project was to create brands within the scope of uniting the creative guidelines with the strengths identified in the research, establishing the necessary factors for the creation of a conceptual model (reflection on brand generation) so that it represented in a clear objective way what the city visually displays.
- Digital communication and the crisis management in hotel management: a perspective in the Euroregion North of Portugal and Galicia (ERNPG)Publication . Cardoso, Diana; Sousa, Bruno; Liberato, Dália; Liberato, Pedro; Lopes, Eunice; Gonçalves, Francisco; Figueira, VictorThe current unprecedented globalization of the social economy, with worldwide mobility of people, products and services in an increasingly connected market and society, has promoted the rapid geographic spread of the coronavirus (i.e., crisis management) outbreak, negatively affecting tourists’ behavior and their well-being, whether due to restrictions imposed by governments on international travel, or due to tourists’ fear of catching the disease. This manuscript aims to understand how digital communication has helped the tourism industry in general and the hotel context in particular to face the negative consequences caused by the new coronavirus pandemic. The development of the research followed a qualitative methodological approach, constituting an exploratory study, based on four semi-structured interviews with managers of hotel establishments, located in the Northern Region of Portugal and Galicia. As main conclusions, it is possible to highlight that digital communication and the use of social networks were fundamental tools for hotel establishments during the pandemic caused by COVID-19, especially during the confinement period, when establishments had to close, many of them completely. There were many changes brought about in the tourism industry in the Euroregion of Northern Portugal and Galicia (ERNPG), with an increase in domestic tourism, a decrease in the external market and a change in tourist profile and behavior, whether due to sanitary and public health issues that induced fear of travel, or by the measures imposed by the government that prevented such trips. According to the strategies implemented by the hotel establishments, the intensification of digital communication use and social networks stands out, since, for a long time, it consisted of the only connecting tool between the hotel and its customers and the initiatives of the Regional Entities and Turismo de Portugal (regional and national DMOs), through numerous training courses in the area of digital marketing and the implementation of hygiene, sustainable and safety measures in hotel establishments. Regarding the future of tourism, it is expected that it will recover in the coming years and approach the historical values of previous years, given the advance in vaccination against the disease and the tourist’s desire to travel. In the short term, strategies are expected from hotel establishments that include valuing the destination on digital marketing platforms through attracting qualified human resources and a commitment towards tourism sustainability.
- Diversity in tourism demand and the revisiting of sustainable and pilgrimage destinations: an approach to the Ways of St. JamesPublication . Martins, Adriana; Sousa, Bruno; Liberato, Dália; Santos, José Duarte; Liberato, PedroThe way of Saint James is a pilgrimage to Santiago de Compostela that has seen great growth and tourist development in recent years. Allied to the marketing and tourism component, this pilgrimage is studied to understand what can still be done at the marketing level to promote the route and at the tourism level, as this is fundamental to support pilgrims, namely through sustainability, accommodation, and catering. In this sense, to design appropriate strategies for tourists and pilgrims, it is necessary to understand their motivations, experiences, and what makes them make this pilgrimage again, with revisiting being the focus of the study. In summary, evaluate the relationship between revisit intentions and motivations, satisfaction, and loyalty.
- Exploring the research agenda in literary tourismPublication . Liberato, Pedro; Liberato, Dália; Sousa, Bruno; Costa, Adriano; Pereira, Carina; Rodrigues, Cristina; Malheiro, Alexandra; Esteves, Elsa; Carvalho, Pedro
- Exploring wine tourism and competitiveness trends: insights from portuguese contextPublication . Liberato, Dália; Liberato, Pedro; Sousa, Bruno; Paíga, HugoO Enoturismo é um segmento do mercado muito vinculado aos destinos rurais, onde as pessoas podem usufruir da diferença e autenticidade dos seus produtos locais para promover a atividade turística, estimulando assim a procura de uma determinada região. Esta tipologia de oferta tem evidenciado um crescimento em Portugal e em todo o mundo ao longo dos últimos anos, com exceção dos últimos dois em virtude da pandemia. É um segmento do mercado turístico atualmente relevante e apresenta um grande potencial de crescimento a médio e longo prazo. A presente investigação pretende constituir-se como um contributo para aprofundar o conhecimento sobre o mesmo e/ou abrir horizontes de investigação nesta área do Enoturismo, principalmente na região Demarcada do Douro, Concelho de São João da Pesqueira, assim como identificar um melhor conhecimento do setor, nomeadamente na área da procura, por forma a possibilitar o desenvolvimento do produto e, também, identificar as motivações na escolha do destino turístico. Foca-se na análise do tema do enoturismo com uma enorme preponderância na Região Demarcada do Douro, em particular no Concelho de São João da Pesqueira. O objetivo geral da investigação consiste em compreender a importância do enoturismo na promoção do destino São João da Pesqueira. Por conseguinte, como objetivos específicos, o estudo pretende identificar as preferências do turista, as motivações na escolha do destino turístico, identificar um melhor conhecimento do setor, nomeadamente na área da procura, para assim possibilitar o desenvolvimento do produto, identificar e valorizar a perspetiva enoturística e identificar o impacto do enoturismo no desenvolvimento regional e local. Nas principais conclusões, é possível destacar os pontos fortes do destino, as características únicas, a paisagem, o produto (vinho), a história e a diversidade de produtores de vinhos, as novas atrações, proximidade, infraestruturas, clima, ciclo de vida do turismo e dinâmica do visitante, tendo em conta se é a primeira visita ou não. Em relação à influência do enoturismo no território, é fundamental e assume um papel crucial no Concelho, de forma transversal, uma vez que está relacionado com outras atividades, em que assume um papel de divulgação por todo o mundo, é um setor em plena expansão e que atrai imensos turistas à região, que fixa pessoas no interior, pois também dá muito trabalho a quem lá vive. Adicionalmente, o enoturismo pode ser uma alavanca na cocriação sustentável de novas experiências de turismo, de ideias inovadoras para se implementarem no concelho futuramente, que coincidem com alguma ideias já existentes em outras Regiões e Países. Relativamente ao futuro do setor do enoturismo, as estratégias passam pela valorização do destino, por apostar na diferenciação pela qualidade e pela inovação de novas propostas, como por exemplo a criação de rotas turísticas, ou a criação de novos hotéis envolvidos com a paisagem, pela diversidade vitivinícola, pela sua história. A mesma será de evolução, as regiões têm a função de valorizar a sua imagem de marca, aproveitando o enoturismo, as características do seu vinho, juntamente com a sua gastronomia, valorizando os seus recursos particulares e endógenos, e neste sentido proporciona experiências únicas, de modo a divulgar e promover o turismo na região e por sua vez o impacto económico.
- Foliar application of sodium nitroprusside boosts solanum lycopersicum l. tolerance to glyphosate by preventing redox disorders and stimulating herbicide detoxification pathwaysPublication . Soares, Cristiano; Rodrigues, Francisca; Sousa, Bruno; Pinto, Edgar; Ferreira, Isabel M. P. V. O.; Pereira, Ruth; Fidalgo, FernandaStrategies to minimize the effects of glyphosate (GLY), the most used herbicide worldwide, on non-target plants need to be developed. In this context, the current study was designed to evaluate the potential of nitric oxide (NO), provided as 200 µM sodium nitroprusside (SNP), to ameliorate GLY (10 mg kg−1 soil) phytotoxicity in tomato plants. Upon herbicide exposure, plant development was majorly inhibited in shoots and roots, followed by a decrease in flowering and fruit set; however, the co-application of NO partially prevented these symptoms, improving plant growth. Concerning redox homeostasis, lipid peroxidation (LP) and reactive oxygen species (ROS) levels rose in response to GLY in shoots of tomato plants, but not in roots. Additionally, GLY induced the overaccumulation of proline and glutathione, and altered ascorbate redox state, but resulted in the inhibition of the antioxidant enzymes. Upon co-treatment with NO, the non-enzymatic antioxidants were not particularly changed, but an upregulation of all antioxidant enzymes was found, which helped to keep ROS and LP under control. Overall, data point towards the benefits of NO against GLY in tomato plants by reducing the oxidative damage and stimulating detoxification pathways, while also preventing GLY-induced impairment of flowering and fruit fresh mass.
- Literary tourism in Northern Portugal: an exploratory perspectivePublication . Sousa, Bruno; Liberato, Pedro; Liberato, Dália; Pereira, Carina; Rodrigues, Cristina; Costa, Adriano; Malheiro, Alexandra; Esteves, Elsa; Carvalho, Pedro
- Literary tourism in Northern Portugal: proposals based on literary routesPublication . Liberato, Dália; Liberato, Pedro; Sousa, Bruno; Pereira, Carina; Rodrigues, Cristina; Costa, Adriano; Malheiro, Alexandra; Esteves, Elsa; Carvalho, Pedro