Otolith morphology of Nezumia sclerorhynchus and Nezumia aequalis (Macrouridae): a useful tool to species identification and ecological studies

Bol. Mus. Mun. Funchal, Sup. N.º 6: 205-212, 2001Otoliths of Nezumia sclerorhynchus and N. aequalis are described and compared. When studying the marine trophic relationships, its general shape and morphometry allows one to separated these two sympatric species.São descritos e comparados os otólitos sagitta de Nezumia sclerorhynchus e de N. aequalis. No estudo das relações tróficas marinhas a sua forma e morfometria permitem distinguir qual destas duas espécies simpátricas foi predada

Contratualização em saúde : a negociação externa e interna

Relatório de estágio do mestrado em Gestão (Planeamento e Controlo de Gestão), apresentado à Faculdade de Economia da Universidade de Coimbra

Real holdings international limited investment fund strategic growth plan

The world is changing faster than at any time in documented history; longstanding strategies must change and new investment approaches must be established. The Investment Fund Strategic Growth Plan is intended to accurately shape the new strategy of Real Holdings International Limited, while accounting for the impact of macroeconomic trends in real assets. The flat growth, low central banks’ interest rates and strong prospects in agriculture industry emerge to support an investment proposal in an olive oil production in Alqueva, Portugal. A buy-to-lease strategy with flexible lease agreements was designed to maximize LPs and GPs’ cash flows, while reducing their exposure to the risk inherent to the project. From the financial analysis, Real Holdings concluded that the Alqueva project delivers attractive returns measured by IRR and NPV

Why Should Central Banks Avoid the Use of the Underlying Inflation Indicator?

This paper assesses the usefulness of the commonly used underlying inflation indicator, in light of the criteria proposed in Marques et al. (2000). Empirical evidence for a group of six countries strongly suggets that the use of underlying inflation as an indicator of trend inflation should be avoided.