Understanding the ways and the dynamics of collaborative innovation processes: the case of the Maritime Cluster of the Algarve region (Portugal)

The Algarve region has always showed a close relationship with the sea as a result of its excellent natural conditions, historical and cultural reasons, and notorious know-how related with traditional maritime activities, such as fisheries and fish processing, and naval industry; more recently, nautical activities, such as tourism and recreational boating, have been gaining increased importance. The region is also well infrastructured in terms of public R&D institutions which are important cornerstones of the regional and national innovation systems. Through surveys carried out over a population of firms related to fisheries, aquaculture, fish processing and trade, nautical tourism, naval construction, and repair and shipping, we intend to: (1) characterize the innovation processes adopted by the Algarve’s firms of the maritime economy and evaluate some of the main outputs generated by R&D activities promoted by the regional innovation centers; (2) analyze the potential externalities linked to the production and dissemination of information from knowledge spillovers and knowledge networks; and (3) assess the strategic interest associated with the use of knowledge-intensive service activities regarding their role as sources and/or facilitators of innovation in customer organizations, or as carriers of innovation, when they help in transferring knowledge between or within organizations

Outcomes from elective colorectal cancer surgery during the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic

This study aimed to describe the change in surgical practice and the impact of SARS-CoV-2 on mortality after surgical resection of colorectal cancer during the initial phases of the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic

Diversifying Mediterranean Tourism as a Strategy for Regional Resilience Enhancement

Tourism-based regions, especially in southern Europe, are extremely vulnerable to the expected impacts of climate change (Amelung and Moreno 2009, pp. 16–25). In the case of the south of Portugal, the Algarve region’s socio-economic base is grounded on summer sun and beach tourism, i.e. coastal tourism with large-scale and concentrated accommodation. This could be drastically affected by climate change, essentially derived from sea level rise and potential beach area reduction, constraining the future of a region that strongly depends on this type of tourism. From the assumed weakness of the touristic use of this Mediterranean climate region to the impacts of climate change, it urges a reflection about what adaptive strategies can be considered.info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersio

Cidadania, relações étnico-raciais e educação: desafios e potencialidades do ensino de ciências Citizenship, ethnical-racial relationships and education: challenges and opportunities in the teaching of sciences

Em meio às discussões sobre direitos humanos, cidadania e educação, o presente artigo procura contribuir para o entendimento de desafios e potencialidades do ensino de Ciências no contexto de uma formação para a cidadania plena. O objetivo do texto é articular cidadania, a educação das relações étnico-raciais e o ensino de Ciências, tirando dessa articulação considerações, temáticas e questões relativas a formas pelas quais o ensino de Ciências pode promover a educação das relações étnico-raciais, entendida enquanto direito humano fundamental. Partindo de referências teórico-metodológicas e de dados empíricos coletados em duas pesquisas, foram identificados cinco grupos de temáticas e questões que podem ser abordadas no ensino de Ciências a fim de promover relações étnico-raciais éticas entre estudantes. Esses grupos são: a) impacto das Ciências Naturais na vida social e racismo; b) superação de estereótipos, valorização da diversidade e Ciências Naturais; c) África e seus descendentes e o desenvolvimento científico mundial; d) Ciências, mídia e relações étnico-raciais, e) conhecimentos tradicionais de matriz africana e afro-brasileira e Ciências. Para além de proclamar direitos, ressalta-se a necessidade de viabilizar sua efetivação e promover processos de formação de professores comprometidos com a educação de cidadãos críticos e engajados em lutas por equidade social. Por meio da análise empreendida, esperamos contribuir para o fomento do debate e da pesquisa sobre o papel do ensino de Ciências na formação de cidadãos, tendo em vista a construção de relações sociais positivas e o engajamento em lutas por eliminação de quaisquer formas de desigualdade social e de discriminação.<br>Set amidst the discussions about human rights, citizenship, and education this article wants to contribute to the understanding of the challenges and opportunities of the teaching of Sciences within the context of a formation for full citizenship. The aim of the text is of articulating citizenship, ethnical-racial relationships in education, and the teaching of Sciences, extracting from such articulation considerations, themes and issues related to the forms in which the teaching of Sciences can promote the education of ethnical-racial relationships understood as a fundamental human right. Staring from theoretical- methodological references and empirical data collected in two studies, five groups of themes and issues were identified that could be approached in the teaching of Sciences with the purpose of promoting ethical ethnical-racial relationships amongst students. These groups are: a) the impact of Natural Sciences to social life and racism; b) the overcoming of stereotypes, valuation of diversity and Natural Sciences; c) Africa and her descendents and the world's scientific development; d) Sciences, media and ethnical-racial relationships; e) traditional knowledge of African and Afro-Brazilian origin and the Sciences. Apart from proclaiming rights, we highlight the need to make their implementation possible and to promote teacher education processes committed to the formation of critical citizens engaged with the struggle for social equity. Through the analysis carried out here we hope to have contributed to foster the debate and research on the role of the teaching of Sciences in the formation of citizens, with a view to create positive social relations and the commitment to the struggle to eradicate every form of social inequality and discrimination

Code and data used for analyses from The biogeography of community assembly: latitude and predation drive variation in community trait distribution in a guild of epifaunal crustaceans

Zip file including raw trait, environmental, and community data, code for conducting analyses, and a spreadsheet summarizing model selectio