A elite política parlamentar portuguesa: caracterização, cristalização e circulação (2005-2011)

Dissertação de Mestrado em Ciência PolíticaA dissertação centra-se no estudo das elites políticas e procura dar continuidade ao estudo de Teixeira (2009) sobre o período entre 1990 e 2003, concentrando-se em caracterizar através de vários indicadores a elite parlamentar portuguesa entre 2005 e 2011, período ao longo do qual se realizaram três eleições legislativas em Portugal (2005, 2009 e 2011), bem como debater os fenómenos de cristalização e circulação dessa mesma elite. Além disso, a investigação procurou também estabelecer comparações entre os resultados obtidos referentes ao período 2005-2011 com as conclusões obtidas por Teixeira (2009) sobre o período 1990-2003. A dissertação estabeleceu a seguinte pergunta de partida: existem alterações significativas em termos de caracterização, cristalização e circulação da elite parlamentar portuguesa ao longo do período 2005-2011 face ao período 1990-2003 analisado por Teixeira (2009)? A investigação utilizou diversos indicadores (género, idade, profissão, vínculo partidário, reeleição e renovação) para analisar e caracterizar os candidatos e os eleitos à Assembleia da República dos partidos com representação parlamentar. A investigação concluiu que a elite parlamentar portuguesa é homogénea e, não obstante sua evolução em aspectos muito específicos, não existem alterações significativas de caracterização, cristalização e circulação da elite parlamentar portuguesa ao longo do período 2005-2011 face ao período 1990-2003 analisado por Teixeira (2009).The master thesis focuses on the study of political elites and seeks to continue the study of Teixeira (2009) about the period between 1990 and 2003, focusing on characterization through various indicators the Portuguese parliamentary elite between 2005 and 2011, a period over which took place three legislative elections in Portugal (2005, 2009 and 2011), as well as to discuss the crystallization and the circulation of Portuguese parliamentary elite. In addition, the research also sought to draw comparisons between the results obtained by Teixeira (2009). The dissertation has established the following question: are there significant changes in terms of characterization, crystallization and circulation of the Portuguese parliamentary elite over the period 2005-2011 compared to the 1990-2003 period analyzed by Teixeira (2009)? The research used various indicators (gender, age, occupation, party ties, re-election and renewal) to analyze and characterize the Portuguese parliamentary elite and concluded that the Portuguese parliamentary elite is homogeneous and, despite its evolution in very specific aspects, there are no significant changes in characterization, crystallization and circulation of the Portuguese parliamentary elite over the period 2005-2011 compared to the 1990-2003 period analyzed by Teixeira (2009)

Characterisation of microbial attack on archaeological bone

As part of an EU funded project to investigate the factors influencing bone preservation in the archaeological record, more than 250 bones from 41 archaeological sites in five countries spanning four climatic regions were studied for diagenetic alteration. Sites were selected to cover a range of environmental conditions and archaeological contexts. Microscopic and physical (mercury intrusion porosimetry) analyses of these bones revealed that the majority (68%) had suffered microbial attack. Furthermore, significant differences were found between animal and human bone in both the state of preservation and the type of microbial attack present. These differences in preservation might result from differences in early taphonomy of the bones. © 2003 Elsevier Science Ltd. All rights reserved

NEOTROPICAL CARNIVORES: a data set on carnivore distribution in the Neotropics

Mammalian carnivores are considered a key group in maintaining ecological health and can indicate potential ecological integrity in landscapes where they occur. Carnivores also hold high conservation value and their habitat requirements can guide management and conservation plans. The order Carnivora has 84 species from 8 families in the Neotropical region: Canidae; Felidae; Mephitidae; Mustelidae; Otariidae; Phocidae; Procyonidae; and Ursidae. Herein, we include published and unpublished data on native terrestrial Neotropical carnivores (Canidae; Felidae; Mephitidae; Mustelidae; Procyonidae; and Ursidae). NEOTROPICAL CARNIVORES is a publicly available data set that includes 99,605 data entries from 35,511 unique georeferenced coordinates. Detection/non-detection and quantitative data were obtained from 1818 to 2018 by researchers, governmental agencies, non-governmental organizations, and private consultants. Data were collected using several methods including camera trapping, museum collections, roadkill, line transect, and opportunistic records. Literature (peer-reviewed and grey literature) from Portuguese, Spanish and English were incorporated in this compilation. Most of the data set consists of detection data entries (n = 79,343; 79.7%) but also includes non-detection data (n = 20,262; 20.3%). Of those, 43.3% also include count data (n = 43,151). The information available in NEOTROPICAL CARNIVORES will contribute to macroecological, ecological, and conservation questions in multiple spatio-temporal perspectives. As carnivores play key roles in trophic interactions, a better understanding of their distribution and habitat requirements are essential to establish conservation management plans and safeguard the future ecological health of Neotropical ecosystems. Our data paper, combined with other large-scale data sets, has great potential to clarify species distribution and related ecological processes within the Neotropics. There are no copyright restrictions and no restriction for using data from this data paper, as long as the data paper is cited as the source of the information used. We also request that users inform us of how they intend to use the data