Synthesis of the Piacenzian onshore record between the Aveiro and Setubal parallels (Western portuguese margin)

Onshore, the Piacenzianof the Mondego and Lower Tagus Tertiary basins comprises siliciclastic sediments deposited in shallow marine to continental environments. The outcrops of the deposits are relatively widespread in the Aveiro and Seuibal region. A lithostratigraphic synthesis based on the correlation of geological sections, is presented for the two basins. In general, the Piacenzian sediments display a regressive sucession. The Late Tortonian-Zanclean (?) confined drainage pattern changed at the beginning of Piazencian, to fluvial systems draining to the Atlantic, and capturing the drainage of the inner parts of the Hesperic Meseta. The Piacenzian sedimentary sequence post-dates one of the uprising phases during Neogene compression, recorded by a strong regional unconformity. Some local active faulting - as in Lousa, Rio Maior and Senibal- Pinhal Novo - allowed the local thickening of the sedimentary record. Later compressive tectonism continues to generate reverse faulting and diapiric reactivation, affecting those sediments. Currently, the Piacenzian deposits culminates the marginal piedmonts, widely eroded by the Quaternary fluvial dissection

Impact of composition and morphology on the optical properties of Si-NC/P3HT thin films processed from solution

Blends of Si nanocrystals (Si-NCs) and organic semiconductors are promising materials for new optical and electronic devices processed from solutions. Here, we study how the optical properties of composite films containing Si-NCs and the organic semiconductor poly(3-hexylthiophene) (P3HT) are influenced by the composition and morphology resulting from different solution-processing parameters and different solvents used dichlorobenzene vs. chloroform). The optical spectra of the hybrid films are described using a simple phenomenological model, with which we can discern the contribution of each material in the films to the optical properties. From this analysis, we obtain quantitative information about the composition and morphology of the hybrid nanostructured films, which otherwise would be obtained from more demanding microscopy and spectroscopy techniques. For the case of the Si-NC/P3HT blend, we find that in films deposited from dichlorobenzene solutions the Si-NCs contribute sizably to light absorption.This work was funded by FCT/I3N via the HybridSolar project, by the DFG via Teilprojekt B2 and by the European Union and the Ministry of Innovation, Science and Research of the German State of North Rhine-Westphalia in the framework of an Objective 2 Programme (European Regional Development Fund, ERDF). Funding is also acknowledged from the Portuguese Foundation for Science and Technology (FCT) through the Projects Nos. PTDC/FIS/112885/2009 and PEst-C/CTM/LA0025/2011 and via the Strategic Project LA 25:2011-2012

Behavior of the training load, recovery and well-being in volleyball professional athletes in weeks with and without matches

O objetivo deste estudo foi comparar a carga interna de treinamento, o estado de recuperação e o bem-estar em atletas profissionais de Voleibol de acordo com a frequência semanal de jogos. A recuperação foi quantificada pela Escala de TQR, a carga pela PSE da sessão e o bem-estar pela escala de QBE. Para comparar os valores da Carga de Treinamento Semanal Total, o delta da Qualidade Total de Recuperação (ΔTQR) e o delta da Qualidade de bem-estar (ΔQBE) foi aplicado o teste ANOVA para medidas repetidas. Não foram encontradas diferenças significativas ao comparar a carga de treinamento com a frequência de jogos semanais, porém o tamanho do efeito foi muito elevado quando se comparou a diferença entre um e dois jogos semanais, assim como de nenhum a dois jogos na semana. Houve diferença entre o ΔTQR entre as semanas sem jogos e com dois jogos assim como entre as semanas com um e dois jogos. Já o ΔQBE foi diferente para as semanas que não havia a realização de jogos e aquelas com jogos. Concluise que, mesmo que não haja uma variação das cargas com diferentes frequências semanais de jogos, a recuperação assim como o bem-estar dos atletas foi alterada.The aim of this study was to compare the internal training load, recovery state and the well-being of volleyball professional athletes, according to the number of matches during the week. The recovery was quantified with TQR Scale, the training load with sRPE and the well-being with QBE Scale. The ANOVA was applied for repeated measures in order to compare the values of Total weekly training load, the delta of Total Quality Recovery (ΔTQR) and the delta of the quality of well-being (ΔQBE),. There was no significant difference among the training load and the frequency of weekly games, but the effect size was very high when it was compared to the difference between one and two weekly games, as well as any and two games in a week. There were differences on the ΔTQR between weeks without games and with two games, as well as weeks with one and two matches. The ΔQBE was different for weeks in which there was no game and those with matches, regardless of the frequency. It was concluded that, even if there is no variation of loads in different weekly frequency of matches, the athletes' recovery and well-being change.Facultad de Humanidades y Ciencias de la Educació

Behavior of the training load, recovery and well-being in volleyball professional athletes in weeks with and without matches

O objetivo deste estudo foi comparar a carga interna de treinamento, o estado de recuperação e o bem-estar em atletas profissionais de Voleibol de acordo com a frequência semanal de jogos. A recuperação foi quantificada pela Escala de TQR, a carga pela PSE da sessão e o bem-estar pela escala de QBE. Para comparar os valores da Carga de Treinamento Semanal Total, o delta da Qualidade Total de Recuperação (ΔTQR) e o delta da Qualidade de bem-estar (ΔQBE) foi aplicado o teste ANOVA para medidas repetidas. Não foram encontradas diferenças significativas ao comparar a carga de treinamento com a frequência de jogos semanais, porém o tamanho do efeito foi muito elevado quando se comparou a diferença entre um e dois jogos semanais, assim como de nenhum a dois jogos na semana. Houve diferença entre o ΔTQR entre as semanas sem jogos e com dois jogos assim como entre as semanas com um e dois jogos. Já o ΔQBE foi diferente para as semanas que não havia a realização de jogos e aquelas com jogos. Concluise que, mesmo que não haja uma variação das cargas com diferentes frequências semanais de jogos, a recuperação assim como o bem-estar dos atletas foi alterada.The aim of this study was to compare the internal training load, recovery state and the well-being of volleyball professional athletes, according to the number of matches during the week. The recovery was quantified with TQR Scale, the training load with sRPE and the well-being with QBE Scale. The ANOVA was applied for repeated measures in order to compare the values of Total weekly training load, the delta of Total Quality Recovery (ΔTQR) and the delta of the quality of well-being (ΔQBE),. There was no significant difference among the training load and the frequency of weekly games, but the effect size was very high when it was compared to the difference between one and two weekly games, as well as any and two games in a week. There were differences on the ΔTQR between weeks without games and with two games, as well as weeks with one and two matches. The ΔQBE was different for weeks in which there was no game and those with matches, regardless of the frequency. It was concluded that, even if there is no variation of loads in different weekly frequency of matches, the athletes' recovery and well-being change.Facultad de Humanidades y Ciencias de la Educació

Behavior of the training load, recovery and well-being in volleyball professional athletes in weeks with and without matches

O objetivo deste estudo foi comparar a carga interna de treinamento, o estado de recuperação e o bem-estar em atletas profissionais de Voleibol de acordo com a frequência semanal de jogos. A recuperação foi quantificada pela Escala de TQR, a carga pela PSE da sessão e o bem-estar pela escala de QBE. Para comparar os valores da Carga de Treinamento Semanal Total, o delta da Qualidade Total de Recuperação (ΔTQR) e o delta da Qualidade de bem-estar (ΔQBE) foi aplicado o teste ANOVA para medidas repetidas. Não foram encontradas diferenças significativas ao comparar a carga de treinamento com a frequência de jogos semanais, porém o tamanho do efeito foi muito elevado quando se comparou a diferença entre um e dois jogos semanais, assim como de nenhum a dois jogos na semana. Houve diferença entre o ΔTQR entre as semanas sem jogos e com dois jogos assim como entre as semanas com um e dois jogos. Já o ΔQBE foi diferente para as semanas que não havia a realização de jogos e aquelas com jogos. Concluise que, mesmo que não haja uma variação das cargas com diferentes frequências semanais de jogos, a recuperação assim como o bem-estar dos atletas foi alterada.The aim of this study was to compare the internal training load, recovery state and the well-being of volleyball professional athletes, according to the number of matches during the week. The recovery was quantified with TQR Scale, the training load with sRPE and the well-being with QBE Scale. The ANOVA was applied for repeated measures in order to compare the values of Total weekly training load, the delta of Total Quality Recovery (ΔTQR) and the delta of the quality of well-being (ΔQBE),. There was no significant difference among the training load and the frequency of weekly games, but the effect size was very high when it was compared to the difference between one and two weekly games, as well as any and two games in a week. There were differences on the ΔTQR between weeks without games and with two games, as well as weeks with one and two matches. The ΔQBE was different for weeks in which there was no game and those with matches, regardless of the frequency. It was concluded that, even if there is no variation of loads in different weekly frequency of matches, the athletes' recovery and well-being change.Facultad de Humanidades y Ciencias de la Educació

Portuguese recommendations for the use of biological therapies in patients with psoriatic arthritis - 2015 update

OBJECTIVE: To update recommendationsforthe treatment of psoriatic arthritis with biological therapies, endorsed by the Portuguese Society of Rheumatology (SPR). METHODS: These treatment recommendations were formulated by Portuguese rheumatologists based on literature evidence and consensus opinion. At a national meeting the 16 recommendations included in this document were discussed and updated. The level of agreement among Portuguese Rheumatologists was assessed using an online survey. A draft of the full text of the recommendations was then circulated and suggestions were incorporated. A final version was again circulated before publication. RESULTS: A consensus was achieved regarding the initiation, assessment of response and switching biological therapies in patients with psoriatic arthritis (PsA). Specific recommendations were developed for several disease domains: peripheral arthritis, axial disease, enthesitis and dactylitis. CONCLUSION: These recommendations may be used for guidance in deciding which patients with PsA should be treated with biological therapies. They cover a rapidly evolving area oftherapeutic intervention.Asmore evidence becomes available and more biological therapies are licensed, these recommendations will have to be updated

The Fourteenth Data Release of the Sloan Digital Sky Survey: First Spectroscopic Data from the extended Baryon Oscillation Spectroscopic Survey and from the second phase of the Apache Point Observatory Galactic Evolution Experiment

The fourth generation of the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS-IV) has been in operation since July 2014. This paper describes the second data release from this phase, and the fourteenth from SDSS overall (making this, Data Release Fourteen or DR14). This release makes public data taken by SDSS-IV in its first two years of operation (July 2014-2016). Like all previous SDSS releases, DR14 is cumulative, including the most recent reductions and calibrations of all data taken by SDSS since the first phase began operations in 2000. New in DR14 is the first public release of data from the extended Baryon Oscillation Spectroscopic Survey (eBOSS); the first data from the second phase of the Apache Point Observatory (APO) Galactic Evolution Experiment (APOGEE-2), including stellar parameter estimates from an innovative data driven machine learning algorithm known as "The Cannon"; and almost twice as many data cubes from the Mapping Nearby Galaxies at APO (MaNGA) survey as were in the previous release (N = 2812 in total). This paper describes the location and format of the publicly available data from SDSS-IV surveys. We provide references to the important technical papers describing how these data have been taken (both targeting and observation details) and processed for scientific use. The SDSS website (www.sdss.org) has been updated for this release, and provides links to data downloads, as well as tutorials and examples of data use. SDSS-IV is planning to continue to collect astronomical data until 2020, and will be followed by SDSS-V.Comment: SDSS-IV collaboration alphabetical author data release paper. DR14 happened on 31st July 2017. 19 pages, 5 figures. Accepted by ApJS on 28th Nov 2017 (this is the "post-print" and "post-proofs" version; minor corrections only from v1, and most of errors found in proofs corrected