Analysing applicant's attraction with social networks on both sides of the table : those who recruit and those who are recruited have a compatible performance?

Applicant’s attraction in recruitment is perhaps one of the best known areas that integrate knowledge from different fields of research, such as the Hrm, Communication and Work and Organizational Psychology. Under this thematic, the social networks (SN) began to be understood as useful for recruitment purposes. The main objective of this research is to describe and understand the compatibility between the practices of recruiters regarding applicant’s attraction using SN and the expectations of the latter ones when looking for jobs via SN. This work has allowed us to generate a set of considerations regarding the theoretical, empirical and practical levels.info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersio

Quantum control in foundational experiments

We describe a new class of experiments designed to probe the foundations of quantum mechanics. Using quantum controlling devices, we show how to attain a freedom in temporal ordering of the control and detection of various phenomena. We consider wave-particle duality in the context of quantum-controlled and the entanglement-assisted delayed-choice experiments. Then we discuss a quantum-controlled CHSH experiment and measurement of photon's transversal position and momentum in a single set-up.Comment: Contribution to the Proceedings of the workshop Horizons of Quantum Physics, Taipei, 14-18.10.2012. Published version: two new authors, modified and streamlined presentation, new section on quantum control in complementary position/momentum measurement

Satisfaction with human resource management practices and turnover intention in a five-star hotel : the mediating role of perceived organizational support

Employees’ satisfaction with human resources management (HRM) practices has been envisaged as a solid predictor of turnover; nonetheless, how these practices may influence employee’s behavior is still an unclear process. There are suggestions that HRM practices may be distal determinants of turnover, as their effects may be mediated by more proximal variables such as perceived organizational support. This study empirically tested a model of research arising from these theoretical suggestions in a five-star hotel. The data collected from the survey of 152 workers were subjected to structural equation analyses. The results showed that the theoretical model had a strong fit to the data, giving empirical support to the prediction that satisfaction with HRM practices reduces turnover intentions, by increasing perceived organizational support. The importance of these results is discussed and interpreted from the point of view of strategic gains associated to the quality of HRM practices for the management of voluntary turnover.info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersio

Combining IoT and users’ profiles to provide contextualized information and services

Technological evolution has led to the emergence of a set of solutions suitable to support mobility and ubiquity scenarios. Wireless computing and mobile devices together with the miniaturization of sensors and actuators, which are now embedded in physical spaces, are today’s reality. This phenomenon opened the door to a set of opportunities for reengineering how we perceive a given fact or situation and how we act on it. With regard to the delivery of information to users of a given physical space, there is now the possibility of radically transforming the mechanisms of interaction between the space and the user, redesigning the entire experience of interaction. This change allows the user to see the physical space around him adapt to himself and provide him with contextualized and personalized information according to his profile of interest. This approach can improve the way we manage customer relationships in a given business context. This article presents an overview of the state of the art of intelligent spaces and analyzes the potential of indoor positioning systems and techniques, and proposes a conceptual model for the detection of users in physical spaces and the consequent adaptation of an intelligent physical space to provide information aligned with the user's interest profile and in accordance with their privacy rules.UNIAG, R&D unit funded by the FCT – Portuguese Foundation for the Development of Science and Technology, Ministry of Science, Technology and Higher Education. UID/GES/4752/2019.info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersio

The origin and evolution of the zodiacal dust cloud

We have now analyzed a substantial fraction of the IRAS observations of the zodiacal cloud, particularly in the 25 micron waveband. We have developed a gravitational perturbation theory that incorporates the effects of Poynting-Robertson light drag (Gomes and Dermott, 1992). We have also developed a numerical model, the SIMUL mode, that reproduces the exact viewing geometry of the IRAS telescope and calculates the distribution of thermal flux produced by any particular distribution of dust particle orbits (Dermott and Nicholson, 1989). With these tools, and using a distribution of orbits based on those of asteroidal particles with 3.4 micron radii whose orbits decay due to Poynting-Robertson light drag and are perturbed by the planets, we have been able to: (1) account for the inclination and node of the background zodiacal cloud observed by IRAS in the 25 micron waveband; (2) relate the distribution of orbits in the Hirayama asteroid families to the observed shapes of the IRAS solar system dustbands; and (3) show that there is observational evidence in the IRAS data for the transport of asteroidal particles from the main belt to the Earth by Poynting-Robertson light drag

Entre a classe e a nação: o (inter)nacionalismo de Gramsci

I analyse Gramsci’s internationalist thinking from a sociological perspective, interpreting how he reconciled the ideals inherent to “proletarian internationalism” with the demand for national Italian unification. The methodology consists of tracing a parallel between biography and “Political Writings”, exposing his first forays in favour of the independence of Sardinia, his turn to workers’ militancy in Turin and the fight against fascism. I conclude with arguments from nationality theorists.Analiso sociologicamente o pensamento internacionalista de Gramsci, interpretando como conciliou ideais inerentes ao “internacionalismo proletário” com a demanda de unificação nacional italiana. A metodologia consiste em traçar um paralelo entre biografia e “Escritos Políticos”, expondo suas primeiras investidas em prol da independência da Sardenha, passando pela militância operária em Turim e a luta antifascista. Concluo com argumentos à luz de teóricos das nacionalidades

New insights in the discovery of novelh-MAO-B inhibitors: structural characterization of a series ofN-phenyl-4-oxo-4H-chromene-3-carboxamide derivatives

Six N-substituted-phenyl 4-oxo-4H-chromene-3-carboxamides, namely N-(2-nitro­phen­yl)-4-oxo-4H-chromene-3-carboxamide, C16H10N2O5 (2b), N-(3-meth­oxy­phen­yl)-4-oxo-4H-chromene-3-carboxamide, C17H13NO4, (3a), N-(3-bromo­phen­yl)-4-oxo-4H-chromene-3-carboxamide, C16H10BrNO3, (3b), N-(4-methoxy­phen­yl)-4-oxo-4H-chromene-3-carboxamide, C17H13NO4, (4a), N-(4-methyl­phen­yl)-4-oxo-4H-chromene-3-carboxamide, C17H13NO3, (4d), and N-(4-hy­droxy­phen­yl)-4-oxo-4H-chromene-3-carboxamide, C16H11NO4, (4e), have been structurally characterized. All compounds exhibit an anti conformation with respect to the C—N rotamer of the amide and a trans-related conformation with the carbonyl groups of the chromone ring of the amide. These structures present an intra­molecular hydrogen-bonded network comprising an N—H⋯O hydrogen bond between the amide N atom and the O atom of the carbonyl group of the pyrone ring, forming an S(6) ring, and a weak Car—H⋯O hydrogen bond in which the carbonyl group of the amide acts as acceptor for the H atom of an ortho-C atom of the exocyclic phenyl ring, which results in another S(6) ring. The N—H⋯O intra­molecular hydrogen bond constrains the carboxamide moiety such that it is virtually coplanar with the chromone ring.info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersio

Cell recycling during repeated very high gravity bio-ethanol fermentations using the industrial Saccharomyces cerevisiae strain PE-2

A very high gravity (VHG) repeatedbatch fermentation system using an industrial strain of Saccharomyces cerevisiae PE-2 (isolated from sugarcane-to-ethanol distillery in Brazil) and mimicking industrially relevant conditions (high inoculation rates and low O2 availability) was successfully operated during fifteen consecutive fermentation cycles, attaining ethanol at 17.1 ± 0.2% (v/v) with a batch productivity of 3.5 ± 0.04 g l-1 h-1. Moreover, this innovative operational strategy (biomass refreshing step) prevented critical decreases on yeast viability levels and promoted high accumulation of intracellular glycerol and trehalose, which can provide an adaptive advantage to yeast cells under harsh industrial environments. This study contributes to the improvement of VHG fermentation processes by exploring an innovative operational strategy that allows attaining very high ethanol titres without a critical decrease of the viability level thus minimizing the production costs due to energy savings during the distillation process.The authors thank COPAM-Companhia Portuguesa de Amidos SA (Portugal) for kindly providing the CSL, and Rosane Schwan (Federal University of Lavras, Brazil) for kindly providing the PE-2 yeast strain. The financial support of Fundacao para a Ciencia e a Tecnologia (FCT), Portugal, is acknowledged: project ProBioethanol PTDC/BIO/66151/2006, grant SFRH/BD/64776/2009 to F. B. Pereira and grant SFRH/BPD/44328/2008 to P. M. R. Guimaraes

Plasmid-mediate transfer of FLO-1 into industrial Saccharomyces cerevisiae PE-2 strain creates a strain useful for repeat-batch fermentations involving flocculation-sedimentation

The flocculation gene FLO1 was transferred into the robust industrial strain Saccharomyces cerevisiae PE-2 by the lithium acetate method. The recombinant strain showed a fermentation performance similar to that of the parental strain. In 10 repeat-batch cultivations in VHG medium with 345 g glucose/L and cell recycling by flocculation–sedimentation, an average final ethanol concentration of 142 g/L and an ethanol productivity of 2.86 g/L/h were achieved. Due to the flocculent nature of the recombinant strain it is possible to reduce the ethanol production cost because of lower centrifugation and distillation costs.The authors thank COPAM - Companhia Portuguesa de Amidos S.A. (Portugal) for kindly providing the CSL, Rosane Schwan (Federal University of Lavras, Brazil) for kindly providing the PE-2 yeast strain and Merja Penttila (VTT, Finland) for plasmids pET13.1 and pBR-ADH1-FL01. The financial support of Fundacao para a Ciencia e a Tecnologia (FCT), Portugal, is acknowledged. Project ProBioethano