Microbiological evaluation in oral health units: detection of antibiotic resistant bacteria

Abstract in proceedings of the Fourth International Congress of CiiEM: Health, Well-Being and Ageing in the 21st Century, held at Egas Moniz’ University Campus in Monte de Caparica, Almada, from 3–5 June 2019.This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersio

“Seeing a country with your own eyes”: The impact of immersion experiences in language travel

This study approaches immersion experiences in the context of language tourism. Immersion is here understood as tourists’ extensive engagement and interaction with the members of the host culture. Previous studies have pointed out that language tourism implies a deeper contact with locals; however, other studies have observed that many language programmes abroad are not always as immersive as expected. These contradictory findings suggest that there may be a tremendous variation in contact with locals in the context of language tourism. Hence, the present mixed methods study uses interviews with 22 language travellers, and 1,011 survey answers to address the question of how language tourists who had an intense contact with local residents differ – in terms of profile and travel experiences – from those language travellers who did not have such an intense contact. There are significant differences between these groups. Those who had a more intense contact with locals are more likely to be intrinsically motivated by an interest for the local culture, to travel alone, to report higher levels of fluency, more frequent accommodation at homestays, and greater engagement in a wider range of activities at the destination.info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersio

a quantitative and qualitative study

Funding Information: The study was funded by the National Association of Pharmacies. The sponsor had no role in the study design; in the collection, analysis, and interpretation of the data; or in the preparation, review, or approval of the manuscript. Publisher Copyright: © 2022, The Author(s), under exclusive licence to Springer Nature Switzerland AG.Background: Point-of-care tests can contribute to earlier diagnosis and treatment of infectious diseases, thereby affording the opportunity to prevent chronic stages and the spread to others. As part of the Fast-Track Cities initiative, a pilot study was initiated in community pharmacies in Portugal. Aim: To characterize the individuals choosing to have point-of-care testing or screening for human immunodeficiency virus, hepatitis C, and hepatitis B virus infections in community pharmacies, their risk behaviours and motivations to perform the tests, as well as to understand the facilitators and barriers from the perspective of pharmacists. Method: A quantitative and qualitative study was conducted. A survey was applied to test users in pharmacies between May and December 2019, and three focus groups were conducted with six, four, and five pharmacists involved in the initiative. Qualitative data were analysed according to thematic content analysis. Results: A total of 210 questionnaires were collected (57.9% response rate). Point-of-care test users were predominantly male, mean age of 35 (± 13.0) years, the majority had higher education level, and 22.8% were born outside of Portugal. Almost half of the users were first time tested and the main reason for screening was unprotected sexual intercourse. Pharmacists identified speed, confidentiality, counselling provided to users, pharmacists’ initial training to perform the tests, and trust in the pharmacist as facilitators of these tests. Stigma associated with infections, the procedure, logistical conditions, and the referral process were considered as barriers. Conclusion: Pharmacies are a screening site with special importance for individuals who are first tested, heterosexuals, and some migrants. Nevertheless, it is necessary to understand and reduce barriers and increase the support to specific groups.publishersversionpublishe

As redes sociais e a cor dos seus logótipos

This article seeks to briefly reflect on the role of social networks in contemporary platforms while that started to encourage new communicative practices. The phenomenon of social networks is transverse to the individual and organizations, fostering substantial changes in everyday life. Compression of space and time, the world is globalized. On the one hand, be on the network assumes that companies exist in cyberspace, sine qua non, to become more competitive, however, the social networks themselves compete with eachother in order to gain and retain more adherents. We also seek to reflect on the importance of color in the creation of logos, one of the elements of the brand. It is known that the use of color by businesses is a means to convey a series of subliminal messages that are crucial to the way they want to be perspectivated by consumers

A coerência da imagem da marca: o caso Gucci

In this article we want to show how the eighties continued to mirror the progress of major holding companies, mergers, acquisitions, divestitures of products, the uncontrolled increase of the licensing system, the emergence of new brands. Our study focuses on Gucci, which in the late eighties was in financial disruption, going through a very troubled phase, which settled into many errors of the brand management, for example, a licensing policy that contributed to rampant speculation, and not always following the consistency of the brand. What path did it follow? What are the actors in this process? How was the brand repositioned? We also tried to focus on the new communication strategy of the Gucci Group, which capitalized the role of message’s consistency globally, the reacquisition of licensing systems, the manufacture of products, the investment in new products and stores and the acquisition of other brands’ portfolio

Ofertas presenciais e não presenciais no jogo do ultimato

Dissertação de mestrado integrado em Psicologia (área de especialização em Psicologia do Trabalho, das Organizações e dos Recursos Humanos)A presente investigação tem como principal objetivo verificar se no Jogo do Ultimato em formato presencial e interativo (participante real vs participante real) ou em formato não presencial, a partir de um computador (participante vs computador), existem diferenças entre a tomada de decisão das ofertas. Pretende-se averiguar se, em termos metodológicos, os dois contextos resultam de decisões equivalentes e chegam a resultados idênticos, contribuindo assim para o conhecimento de fatores que afetam a tomada de decisão no Jogo do Ultimato. As ofertas de dois grupos de participantes, um grupo (presencial) fazendo ofertas a um parceiro real (n=20) e um grupo (não-presencial) fazendo ofertas em computador, sem parceiro real (n=30) foram comparadas. Os resultados sugerem que não há diferenças significativas entre as ofertas na situação presencial e a não presencial, indicando que a utilização de qualquer uma das formas é válida como método de investigação.This research explores whether offers in interactive or non-interactive implementations of the Ultimatum Game situation are similar, or whether these two different formats have by themselves some influence on the offering behavior of participants. Because interactive implementations of the situation are more complex to organize and more expensive, evidence that non-interactive implementations may yield the same results is relevant information. The offers of two groups of participants, one in an interactive situation (2 partners, possibility of rejection by respondent) and the other in a non-interactive situation (offers in a computer, no reaction from a partner), were compared. Results show that there are no differences between these two sets of offers, suggesting that both forms of implementation yield the same results

Perceção infantil dos logótipos: cores

This paper presents a study conducted to determine what are the preferences of children between 3 and 6 years old in regard to color. There are many factors which influence and support the child's recognition and memory of a particular brand. In addition to the name, a brand is identified by visual elements such as the logo. The constituent aspects of the logo, such as color, can determine the success or failure of the brand. The study was supported on a questionnaire applied by the researcher, and designed as a visual game of cards. The chosen group was composed by children between 3 and 6 years of age, resident in Braga and the sample included 305 children. After collecting and analyzing data, it was found that young children prefer red and red-violet, and dark tones over light ones. Color choices are also influenced by childrens’ age and gender

Perceção infantil dos logótipos: formas

This paper presents a study conducted to determine what are the preferences of children between 3 and 6 years old in regard to shape. There are many factors which influence and support the child's recognition and memory of a particular brand. In addition to the name, a brand is identified by visual elements such as the logo. The constituent aspects of the logo, such as shape, can determine the success or failure of the brand. The study was supported on a questionnaire applied by the researcher, and designed as a visual game of cards. The chosen group was composed by children between 3 and 6 years of age, resident in Braga. The sample included 305 children. After collecting and analyzing data, it was found that young children prefer irregular shapes such as heart, a star, a lightning and a cloud. Shape choices are also influenced by children’s’ age and gender