Nature-based tourism in the Algarve: a fact or a myth?

The Algarve is a mature destination in the south of Portugal and is mainly well-known for its offerings of sun and sea. In addition to strong seasonal changes, the region also faces strong competition from other nearby destinations, which has affected its ability to better attract tourists. Regional stakeholders have recognized the need to diversify the tourist experience, and a strong effort has been dedicated to the development of complementary tourist products, with special attention to eco-tourism. The present study uses data from a survey of tourists who visited the Algarve in December 2010 (low season) to determine the extent to which tourists visiting the region would actively search for nature-related activities, and the profile of these individuals. In particular, the study aims to understand whether these tourists share environmentally friendly values or, instead, have chosen the Algarve based on its attributes of traditional appealing climatic conditions and beaches. Depending on whether nature-based tourism in the Algarve is a fact or a myth, strategies for repositioning the destination can be adapted, new tourist products can be proposed and communication campaigns may need to be rethought.info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersio

Feasts, Theatre and Power

La Dinastía Avis tomó el poder en Portugal en el siglo XIV con el apoyo de la población de las ciudades de Lisboa, Oporto y Coimbra. Desde el principio, hizo uso de las festividades populares como forma de apoyo y legitimación. A lo largo de toda la dinastía, en las festividades regias estaban presentes los segmentos urbanos de las ciudades, reforzando el contrato vasallar entre los reyes y las ciudades. En el reinado de Manuel, el teatro será parte de esta dinámica y destacará Gil Vicente, el primer gran dramaturgo portugués que sirve en las cortes de D. Manuel y Juan III, en la creación de registros de teatro para las fiestas reales, tales como nacimientos, coronas y funerales.La Dinastía Avis tomó el poder en Portugal en el siglo XIV con el apoyo de la población de las ciudades de Lisboa, Oporto y Coimbra. Desde el principio, hizo uso de las festividades populares como forma de apoyo y legitimación. A lo largo de toda la dinastía, en las festividades regias estaban presentes los segmentos urbanos de las ciudades, reforzando el contrato vasallar entre los reyes y las ciudades. En el reinado de Manuel, el teatro será parte de esta dinámica y destacará Gil Vicente, el primer gran dramaturgo portugués que sirve en las cortes de D. Manuel y Juan III, en la creación de registros de teatro para las fiestas reales, tales como nacimientos, coronas y funerales.La Dinastía Avis tomó el poder en Portugal en el siglo XIV con el apoyo de la población de las ciudades de Lisboa, Oporto y Coimbra. Desde el principio, hizo uso de las festividades populares como forma de apoyo y legitimación. A lo largo de toda la dinastía, en las festividades regias estaban presentes los segmentos urbanos de las ciudades, reforzando el contrato vasallar entre los reyes y las ciudades. En el reinado de Manuel, el teatro será parte de esta dinámica y destacará Gil Vicente, el primer gran dramaturgo portugués que sirve en las cortes de D. Manuel y Juan III, en la creación de registros de teatro para las fiestas reales, tales como nacimientos, coronas y funerales.The Avis Dynasty took power in Portugal in the fourteenth century with the support of the population of the cities of Lisbon, Porto and Coimbra. From the beginning, it made use of the popular festivities as a form of support and legitimation. Throughout the entire dynasty, in the royal festivities the urban segments of the cities were present, reinforcing the vassal contract between the kings and the cities. In the reign of D. Manuel the theater will be part of this dynamic and will highlight Gil Vicente, first Portuguese playwright who acted in the courts of D. Manuel and D. JoãoIII, creating theatrical acts for the most important moments of the royal festivities such as births, coronations and funerals

Agonistas Beta-2 de actuação prolongada, medicação controversa**Adaptação escrita de Conferência proferida em Novembro de 1996 no XII Congresso de Pneumologia (Porto)

ABSTRACTOn reviewing the scientific data on the long-acting beta-agonists, it is pointed out they do not meet the goals they were synthetized – the regular use as maintenance therapy.The fact that they do not possess anti-inflammatory properties is a great handicap because that is exactely the aim of long-term asthma therapy.More than bronchodilation, one would be interested that long-acting beta-agonists could prevent the excessive airway narrowing under inbalatory agression. However, it has been observed that its regular administration decreases the protection against inhaled methacholine, histamine and allergen, and that it does not protect against exercise bronchooonstriction. Futhermore, they induce tolerance to Salbutamol bronchodilation.The usefulness of this drugs seems, therefore, to be scarce. They should not, in any circunstance, be administered as monotherapy.If for mild and moderate asthma we easily find other options, we remain, beside the nocturnal asthma prevention, with its use in more severe cases of asthma as presumable potentiator of corticosteroids

The Intersection of Neuroscience and Art

The Interaction of Neuroscience and Art will give you an insight into how they interact with each other by analyzing visual art, musical art and theatrical art

Effective action in DSR1 quantum field theory

We present the one-loop effective action of a quantum scalar field with DSR1 space-time symmetry as a sum over field modes. The effective action has real and imaginary parts and manifest charge conjugation asymmetry, which provides an alternative theoretical setting to the study of the particle-antiparticle asymmetry in nature.Comment: 8 page