‘Mild Mannered’? Protest and Mobilisation in Portugal under Austerity, 2010–2013

Anti-austerity mobilisations in Southern Europe since 2010 have been widely debated in recent times. Commentators have emphasised the emergence of new political subjects such as the ‘precariat’ organised into loose, IT-connected movements. To what extent do these portrayals reflect the underlying dynamics of this protest cycle, and how do these movements interact with traditional political actors? Using Portugal as a case study, this article maps the cycle of anti-austerity contention between 2010 and 2013 to reveal a more complex picture, where traditional actors, including labour unions and left-wing political parties, emerge as key actors, facilitating and sustaining the discontinuous mobilisation of new forms of activism, while seeking to gain access to new constituencies through them.This is the accepted manuscript. The final version is available from Taylor & Francis at http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/01402382.2014.937587#.VGHwa4XziEo

History Manifested: A Commentary on continuity, disruption and the production of history

The author responds to the essay entitled "History manifested: making sense of unprecedented change" by Zoltán Boldizsár Simon, which is presented within this issue. He considers the review of the books "The History Manifesto" by Jo Guldi and David Armitage and "The Practical Past" by Hayden White. It explores aspects of the philosophy of history and historiography.This is the author accepted manuscript. The final version is available from Taylor & Francis via http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/13507486.2015.107347

FÉRAL, Josette, Mise en scène et jeu de l’acteur : entretiens, Montréal/Carnières (Belgique), Éditions Jeu/Éditions Lansman, t. 2, 1998

Frugivorous birds are important seed dispersers and influence the recruitment of many plant species in the rainforest. The efficiency of this dispersal generally depends on environment quality, bird species, richness and diversity of resources, and low levels of anthropogenic disturbance. In this study, we compared the sighting number of dusky-legged guans (Penelope obscura) by km and their movement in two areas of Serra do Japi, one around the administrative base (Base) where birds received anthropogenic food and a pristine area (DAE) with no anthropogenic resource. We also compared the richness of native seeds in feces of birds living in these two areas. Although the abundance of P. obscura was higher in the Base, these individuals moved less, dispersed 80% fewer species of plants and consumed 30% fewer seeds than individuals from DAE. The rarefaction indicated a low richness in the frugivorous diet of birds from the Base when compared to the populations from DAE. We conclude that human food supply can interfere in the behavior of these birds and in the richness of native seeds dispersed.Frugivorous birds are important seed dispersers and influence the recruitment of many plant species in the rainforest. The efficiency of this dispersal generally depends on environment quality, bird species, richness and diversity of resources, and low le75410081017sem informaçãosem informaçãoAves frugívoras são importantes dispersoras de sementes e influenciam no recrutamento de muitas espécies na floresta tropical. A eficiência dessa dispersão geralmente depende da qualidade do meio ambiente, das espécies de aves envolvidas, da riqueza e divWe thank the Graduate Program in Ecology of Unicampfor financial support through the discipline Topics in Field Ecology. The Research Base of Serra do Japi for lodging and authorizing research in the study area. We also thank E. Pereira for contributions

A case report of a 4-year-old child with glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase deficiency: An evidence based approach to nutritional management

Pinto A, MacDonald A, Cleto E, Almeida MF, Ramos PC, Rocha JC. A case report of a 4-year-old child with glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase deficiency: An evidence based approach to nutritional management. Turk J Pediatr 2017; 59: 189-192. The objective was to describe the nutritional management of a 4-year-old child with glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase (G6PD) deficiency. A 4-year-old male child, African descent, born from non-consanguineous parents presented with a clinical history of frequent respiratory infections, usually treated with antibiotics. At 30 months of age, G6PD diagnosis was made after eating one portion (40 - 60 g) of fava beans, resulting in severe hemolytic anemia hospitalization for 5 days. Diagnosis was confirmed by G6PD activity measurement. Nutritional counseling was given to avoid dietary oxidative stressors particularly the exclusion of fava beans and accidental ingestion of other similar beans. Dietary intake of high vitamin C containing foods was discouraged and adequate hydration advised. Nutritional management is crucial in preventing acute stress events in patients with G6PD deficiency.info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersio

Viabilidade ambiental das hortas urbanas enquanto espaços para o desenvolvimento sustentável

As hortas urbanas constituem espaços de usos múltiplos, en- quanto espaços verdes, espaços de alimentação, espaços de econo- mia e espaços de recreio e lazer, fundamentais ao desenvolvimento de qualquer cidade que se pretenda sustentável. Como forma de avaliar a viabilidade ambiental das hortas urbanas da cidade de Braga foram realizadas análises a amostras de alfaces e de solos. Os resultados analíticos permitiram identificar problemas de con- taminação pelos metais pesados Cádmio, Chumbo e Zinco.Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia (FCT

Sistema electrónico de controlo de temperatura da água para aplicações domésticas

Este artigo descreve um sistema que permite controlar a temperatura e regular o caudal das águas sanitárias num ambiente doméstico. O sistema tem como limite sete saídas independentes de caudal, substituindo as tradicionais torneiras mecânicas e manuais. A arquitectura do sistema está dividida em dois tipos de blocos: a interface com o utilizador (IU) e o bloco de controlo e regulação (CR). A IU é composta por um mostrador e por um teclado que permitem a interacção do utilizador com o sistema. O bloco de CR é constituído por um circuito electrónico que gere os módulos da IU e o sistema electromecânico. No controlo de temperatura é usado um controlador PID digital. A regulação do caudal de cada saída é efectuada de forma independente.info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersio

Dilated fetal bowel as indication for prenatal diagnosis of cystic fibrosis

Dilated fetal bowel is a sonographic fi nding that is associated to meconium ileus, a feature of cystic fi brosis (CF). Prenatal diagnosis of CF is possible through analysis of the cystic fi brosis transmembrane regulator gene mutations. A male infant is described, who was referred to our Prenatal Diagnosis Center a 17th week of gestation with a dilated bowel loop on a prenatal scan. Amniocentesis was performed at 23rd week gestation and a homozygous F508del mutation was found. He was born at 38 weeks gestation, after an otherwise unremarkable pregnancy, and admitted to Neonatal Intensive Care Unit. He showed progressive abdominal distension without stools and was transferred to another Hospital to surgery. A total occlusion of terminal ileum with meconium and a microcolon were found, and resection of 8 cm of ileum and an ileostomy were performed. The characteristic sonographic fi nding of a dilated bowel is an indication to search for CF mutations

Tabique construction in the Municipalities Association of the Terra Quente Transmontana

Tabique is one of the main Portuguese traditional building techniques which use basically natural and local building materials such as earth and timber. A tabique building component such as a wall is build up using a simple timber structure covered on both sides by an earth based mortar. The earth based mortar has an important role in this building system technology since it not only protects the internal timber structure but it also acts as finishing elements. Meanwhile, earth has the advantage of being abundant, natural, local and recycled which gives to this technique a special importance in the sustainability context. It has been noticed that this traditional building technique has an expressive incidence in the region of Trás-os-Montes and Alto Douro, Portugal. Taking into account that the Trás-os- Montes and Alto Douro region is very large, there was the necessity to divide it in to more manageable areas. The manageable areas are the six Municipalities Associations, which are: Alto Tâmega, Terra Quente Transmontana, Terra Fria do Nordeste Transmontano, Vale do Douro Norte, Vale do Douro Sul and Douro Superior. This research work is focused on the Municipalities Association of Terra Quente Transmontana. This, combined with the scarcity of scientific studies concerning the construction of partition wall in this region, motivated this research work that uses some constructions as sampling and which is focused on experimental study to determine the texture, identification of chemical and mineralogical composition of the coating material / filler used, identifying the species of wood and the hardness of the nails

Critical and Tricritical Points for the Massless 2d Gross-Neveu Model Beyond Large N

Using optimized perturbation theory, we evaluate the effective potential for the massless two dimensional Gross-Neveu model at finite temperature and density containing corrections beyond the leading large-N contribution. For large-N, our results exactly reproduce the well known 1/N leading order results for the critical temperature, chemical potential and tricritical points. For finite N, our critical values are smaller than the ones predicted by the large-N approximation and seem to observe Landau's theorem for phase transitions in one space dimension. New analytical results are presented for the tricritical points that include 1/N corrections. The easiness with which the calculations and renormalization are carried out allied to the seemingly convergent optimized results displayed, in this particular application, show the robustness of this method and allows us to obtain neat analytical expressions for the critical as well as tricritical values beyond the results currently known.Comment: 29 pages, 14 figure