Transformational Leadership, Task-Involving Climate, and Their Implications in Male Junior Soccer Players: A Multilevel Approach

Despite the well-known positive consequences of transformational coaches in sport, there is still little research exploring the mechanisms through which coaches’ transformational leadership exerts its impact on athletes. Multilevel SEM was used to examine the relationship between coaches’ transformational leadership style, a task-involving climate, and leadership effectiveness outcome criteria (i.e., players’ extra effort, coach effectiveness, and satisfaction with their coach), separately estimating between and within effects. A representative sample of 625 Spanish male soccer players ranging from 16 to 18 years old and nested in 50 teams completed a questionnaire package tapping the variables of interest. Results confirmed that at the team level, team perceptions of transformational leadership positively predicted teams’ perceptions of task climate, which in turn positively predicted the three outcome criteria. At the individual level, players’ perceptions of transformational leadership positively predicted teams’ perceptions of task climate, which in turn positively predicted teams’ extra effort and coach effectiveness. Mediation effects appeared at the team level for all the outcome criteria, and at the individual only for extra effort. Transformational leadership is recommended to enhance task climate, in order to increase players’ extra effort, their perceptions of the effectiveness of their coach, and their satisfaction with his/her leadership style

Potential market value for portuguese territory : demographics as mobility proxy

Mestrado Bolonha em Econometria Aplicada e PrevisãoIn retail a business location is of extreme importance as it can directly affect profits. Therefore, it is of the utmost importance to be accurate and critical when allocating products and sales personal to a location. This report is the result of the work performed at PSE1 during a curricular internship. PSE is a data science company that offers data science services and market research. They are currently developing a model that segments a region according to its Potential Market Value. This model relies on multiple factors, including human mobility data. The challenge lies in implementing the model to new locations for which they do not yet have accurate human mobility data. This was the focus of the work developed, finding a proxy for human mobility by using demographic data pared with information regarding different types of Points of Interest. To tackle the issue at hand data mining techniques were used following the CRISP-DM methodology as well as the Tabu Search Algorithm, culminating in the creation of a Potential Market Segmentation Model that can be reproduced for multiple locations and even other companies and retail industries. The results of the new model exceeded the expectations, and this new approach seems to be quite promising. Although there is a loss of information regarding mobility, there is an increase in the knowledge regarding the consumer profile. It is important to notice that the success of the model is related to the type of product, since the consumption of the product used in this study is highly correlated with the residency area of the consumer which means that loosing information about mobility does not pose a major setback.info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersio

Importancia de la alimentación en la obesidad.

An analysis of some of the reason that now a days are used to justify why obesity is increasing day to day, is realized. nen, having in mind that obesity is a disorder which has a multifactorial etiology, we analyze those factors related with eating which play un important casual and maintenance roll. Finally, we expose the consequences of dieting on the weight of obese patients, as well for the development of eating disorders. We suggest following the clinical guidelines of the Expert Panel on the Identification, Evaluation , and Treatment of ovenveight in adults with the aim of favoring the development of satisfactorily eating and physical activity habits to maintain the best Body Mass Index for health

Investigating specialized translators: Corpus and documentary sources

This paper describes research carried out through electronic surveys of three groups of translators working in different areas of expertise (legal, medical and technical) that aimed to discover their socio-professional profile, their opinions both on corpora and other documentary sources, and the use they make of them. Certain characteristic features emerged from the analysis of data on the three population groups, regarding years of experience, documentary sources used and most usual clients. For example, even if legal translators seem more satisfied with the documentary sources available, medical translators never use translation memories, and technical translators often refer to thesauri. In any event, regardless of their area of activity, most subjects feel the need for a specialized corpus combining formal, terminological-lexical, macrostructural and conceptual aspects, aswell as contextual information.That isthe reasonwhy the GENTT 3.0 Corpus is believed to meet the expectations and needs of professional translators.El presente artículo da cuenta de una investigación con encuestas electrónicas llevada a cabo con tres grupos de traductores que trabajan en distintas áreas de especialidad (legal,médica y técnica) y cuyo objetivo es descubrir distintasfacetas de su perfil socio-profesional, su opinión tanto acerca de los corpus como de otrasfuentes documentales, así como el uso que hacen de estas.El análisis de los datos ha puesto de relieve rasgos característicos en lostres grupos de población, concretamente en relación con los años de experiencia, las fuentes de documentación utilizadas y los clientes habituales. Por ejemplo, los traductores jurídicos parecen más satisfechos con las fuentes documentales disponibles; los traductores médicos no utilizan nunca las memorias de traducción, mientras que los traductores técnicos a menudo recurren a los tesauros. En cualquier caso, y con independencia del área de especialidad, la mayoría de sujetos valoraría positivamente un corpus especializado que combinara aspectos conceptuales, macro-estructurales, terminológicos y léxicos, y que incluyera asimismo información sobre el contexto. Por todo ello, creemos que el Corpus GENTT 3.0 respondería bien a las expectativas y necesidades de los traductores profesionales

Importancia de la alimentación en la obesidad

An analysis of some of the reason that now a days are used to justify why obesity is increasing day to day, is realized. nen, having in mind that obesity is a disorder which has a multifactorial etiology, we analyze those factors related with eating which play un important casual and maintenance roll. Finally, we expose the consequences of dieting on the weight of obese patients, as well for the development of eating disorders. We suggest following the clinical guidelines of the Expert Panel on the Identification, Evaluation , and Treatment of ovenveight in adults with the aim of favoring the development of satisfactorily eating and physical activity habits to maintain the best Body Mass Index for health.Se realiza un análisis de algunas de las razones que se emplean para justificar en la actualidad por qué la obesidad sigue incrementando día a día. A continuación, teniendo presente que la obesidad es un trastorno cuya etiología es multifactorial, se analizan aquellos factores relacionados con la alimentaci6n que juegan un papel causal y de mantenimiento importante. Finalmente, se exponen las consecuencias del seguimiento de dietas sobre el peso de pacientes obesos, así como para el desarrollo de trastornos del comportamiento alimentario. Se sugiere seguir las recomendaciones del Panel de Expertos sobre la Identificacidn, Evaluación y Tratamiento de adultos con sobrepeso con el fin de favorecer el desarrollo de hábitos alimentarios y de actividad física adecuados para mantener un índice de Masa Corporal óptimo para la salud

Posicionamiento de las mujeres como locutoras en las transmisiones de programas radiales en Santiago de Chile

This paper aims to describe the role of women in FM radios broadcasting in Santiago de Chile. A database was created in order to identify the number of women participating as announcers and to observe, through the categorization of different programs, which is the role they have been given. This is a descriptive analysis that follows the notions of communicational framing of gender,agenda setting and critical feminist analysis. It also relates the underrepresentation of women in radio broadcasting with the masculinization of public spaces and power.Este artículo busca describir el rol de las mujeres en las radios de Frecuencia Modulada que transmiten en Santiago de Chile. Para ello levanta información respecto a la cantidad de mujeres que ocupan roles de locución y observa a través de la categorización de los programas qué espacios se les han asignado. Se trata de un análisis descriptivo que discute mediante las nociones del encuadre de género, agenda setting y análisis crítico feminista la subrepresentación de las mujeres en la locución radial. Junto a esto, da cuenta de algunas relaciones entre los resultados obtenidos en esta investigación y la masculinización de los espacios públicos y de poder

Análisis de las propiedades psicométricas de la versión española del cuestionario de clima en el deporte

The psychometric properties of the Spanish version of the Sport Climate Questionnaire (S-SCQ) (SDT, Sport Climate Questionnaire, n.d.) were determined from a sample of 301 Spanish high-level competitive athletes (171 men and 130 women) from the Community of Valencia. The S-SCQ assesses athletes' perceptions of coach-provided autonomy support. The assumed uni-dimensional structure of both the long and short versions of the instrument was supported. Both versions also exhibited high reliability (internal consistency). Support for the convergent validity of the scale(s) was also obtained as the measure of coach autonomy support significantly related to the different types of motivation regulations (as assessed via the Sport Motivation Scale; Pelletier et al., 1995), in accordance with theoretical predictions

Podcast "Humanidades Digitales. Nuevos retos, nuevas formas de trabajar"

Duración de 6:05 minutos.- Podcast divulgativo sujeto a una Licencia Creative Commons Atribución-NoComercial-CompartirIgual 4.0 InternacionalAcercamiento desde diferentes puntos de vista a la definición y alcance de las Humanidades Digitales. Se trata de explicar el papel que juegan investigadores y personal técnico en el desarrollo de proyectos de investigación de Humanidades Digitales así como el papel determinante de los centros de Humanidades Digitales para la consolidación de esta área. Hablar de Humanidades Digitales implica desarrollar colectivamente nuevas formas de trabajar, difundir e incluso valorar el trabajo científico.Peer reviewe

Temporal evolution of carbon stored in young forest stands: effects of site preparation intensity

As modificações que se processam ao nível do solo, causadas pelas técnicas de preparação do terreno, muitas vezes de elevada intensidade, podem exercer grande influência sobre a qualidade do solo e a sua capacidade em armazenar carbono. Neste contexto, o presente estudo tem como principal objetivo avaliar o armazenamento de carbono em jovens povoamentos florestais, 7 anos após a sua instalação (em 2009), com recurso a diferentes técnicas de preparação de terreno e comparar os resultados com os obtidos 2 anos após a sua instalação (em 2004), de modo a analisar a evolução e recuperação do sistema. Para avaliação da massa de carbono no sistema foram analisadas amostras de solo, de vegetação herbácea, de horizonte orgânico e de biomassa das espécies florestais (Psedotsuga menziesii e Castanea sativa). As amostras de solo foram colhidas nas profundidades 0-5, 5-15, 15-30 e 30-60 cm. As amostras da vegetação herbácea e do horizonte orgânico foram colhidas numa área de 0,49 m2, nos mesmos locais onde se efetuaram as recolhas das amostras de solo, antes da abertura das trincheiras. Depois de uma primeira análise dos resultados observa-se que, ao fim de 7 anos, a quantidade de carbono armazenada no solo é inferior à registada em 2004 (2 anos após a instalação) e tanto menor quanto mais intensiva foi a técnica de preparação do terreno aplicada. Também, o carbono presente na vegetação herbácea diminuiu tendo-se formado ao longo do tempo um horizonte orgânico (que após a instalação do povoamento não existia), acrescentando carbono ao sistema. Quanto às espécies florestais, verificou-se um aumento no armazenamento de carbono comparativamente a 2004. Globalmente, observa-se uma redução do armazenamento de carbono no sistema, para a qual o compartimento solo contribuiu largamente, mostrando que, ao fim de 7 anos, ainda são notórios os efeitos causados pelas técnicas de preparação do terreno

Divisão de Bibliotecas e Arquivos Municipais de Cascais, estudo da satisfação dos utilizadores das bibliotecasBMC-Casa da Horta da Quinta de Santa Clara, BMC-S. Domingos de Rana

Relatório de estágio de mestrado, Estudos Regionais e Autarquicos, Universidade de Lisboa, Faculdade de Letras, 2012Este Relatório de Estágio, no âmbito do Mestrado em Estudos Regionais e Autárquicos, da Faculdade de Letras da Universidade de Lisboa, em protocolo com a Câmara Municipal de Cascais e o Instituto de Cultura e Ciências Sociais (ICES), destina-se à obtenção do grau de Mestre. Baseia-se num estudo realizado à satisfação dos utilizadores, a partir dos 15 anos de idade, da Rede de Bibliotecas Municipais de Cascais (RBMC), nomeadamente a BMC – Casa da Horta (BM1) e a BMC – S. Domingos de Rana (BM2), entre os dias 3 e 17 de Setembro de 2011. São abordadas questões relativas à origem e ao desenvolvimento da Rede Nacional de Bibliotecas Públicas e à missão definida para as Bibliotecas Públicas pelo Manifesto da UNESCO; à importância das bibliotecas públicas para a vivência de uma cidadania plena por parte de todos os indivíduos da comunidade, para o combate à infoexclusão e para a redução dos níveis de iliteracia informacional e cultural, mediante a oferta de meios e serviços que possibilitem o acesso à informação e conhecimento no contexto dos desafios e das mudanças resultantes da evolução cultural, económica, tecnológica e comunicacional (World Wide Web) da sociedade da informação. A presente análise evidência a importância das bibliotecas municipais possuírem recursos financeiros e humanos para se conseguirem adaptar continuamente, em meios e serviços, às exigências e carências dos seus utilizadores, independentemente da sua faixa etária, nível de formação ou condição social, tanto na educação formal como na auto-formação, através da modernização das tecnologias usadas, da criação e divulgação de serviços e conteúdos informacionais pela internet (bibliotecas digitais), um maior investimento na formação dos seus recursos humanos e em parcerias institucionais (públicas e/ou privadas), tendo sempre presente a principal missão das bibliotecas públicas, definida pelo Manifesto da UNESCO.Abstract: This Practice Report, within the Master in Regional and Local Government Studies, of the Faculdade de Letras, Universidade de Lisboa, in a protocol with the Municipality of Cascais and the Instituto de Cultura e Ciências Sociais (ICES), for obtaining a Master's Degree. It is based on a study of user satisfaction, from 15 years age, of Cascais Municipal Library Network (RBMC), respectively BMC - Casa da Horta (BM1) and BMC - S. Domingos de Rana (BM2), between the 3rd and 17th September 2011. It covers issues relating to the origin and development of the National Network of Public Libraries and the tasks assigned to the Public Library in the Manifesto of UNESCO; the importance of public libraries to the experience of full citizenship by all individuals in the community, for the efforts against info-exclusion and reducing levels of illiteracy and cultural information, by offering facilities and services that enable access to information and knowledge in the context of the challenges and changes that result from the cultural, economic, technological and communicational (World Wide Web) evolution of the information society. This analysis highlights the importance of public libraries having financial and human resources to be able to adapt continuously, with facilities and services, to the demands and needs of their users, regardless of their age, education level or social status, both in formal education and self-education by modernizing the technologies used, the creation and dissemination of informational services and content over the Internet (digital libraries), a greater investment in training human resources and in institutional partnerships (public and / or private), bearing in mind the primary mission of public libraries, defined by the UNESCO Manifesto