Tractado pratico e critico de todo o direito emphiteutico: conforme a legislação e costumes deste reino e uso actual das nações

Manuel de Almeida e Sousa de Lobão nasceu em 19.05.1744 na vila de Vouzela (Portugal), sendo filho de Manuel Rodrigues (boticário) e de Catarina de Almeida. Foi um dos maiores jurisconsultos portugueses. Depois de estudar Humanidades, freqüentou a Universidade de Coimbra de 1756 a 1762, tendo obtido o bacharelado em Cânones em 20.05.1762. Querendo dedicar-se à advocacia, decidiu ir para a cidade de Alcouce, para estagiar com um advogado de prestígio, chamado Estanislau Lopes. Casou-se em 1766 com Maria Josefa, com quem teve oito filhos, dos quais sete sobreviveram. Foi ganhando fama como advogado. Em 1787 foi contratado pelos cônegos regrantes de S. Agostinho do Mosteiro de Santa Cruz, em Coimbra, para os defender numa causa que os opunha ao Cabido da Diocese. Para estudar melhor a causa, Sousa Lobão viveu dois anos em Coimbra, mas no final sofreu uma depressão de tal ordem que ficou onze anos sem exercer a advocacia. Os seus muitos e variados escritos compreendem todas as partes da jurisprudência, além das notícias sólidas do direito romano e canônico, e abundam em conhecimentos profundos da história e das leis pátrias, e sobretudo da prática do foro. Morreu em 31.12.1817, em Alcouce.Enfiteuse é um instituto jurídico de origem romana, derivado diretamente do arrendamento por prazo longo ou perpétuo de terras públicas a particulares, mediante o pagamento de um foro anual. É considerado um direito real, alienável e transmissível aos herdeiros, que confere, mediante a obrigação de manter em bom estado o imóvel e efetuar o pagamento de um foro anual em numerário ou espécie, o pleno gozo do bem. Nesta obra trata-se especialmente sobre os prazos concernentes ao regime e sobre a ações competentes

A influência de aulas de Dança em ambiente escolar, na atividade física diária de alunos da pré-escola

Os tempos modernos de crescente urbanização levaram a profundas alterações comportamentais na sociedade, levando as pessoas, em geral, e as crianças, em particular, a imergir, no sedentarismo e a sofrer precocemente dos estigmas da obesidade. A atividade física desempenha um papel crucial no desenvolvimento global das crianças, melhorando as suas capacidades motoras e cognitivas, promovendo, concomitantemente o seu bem-estar físico, psicológico e psicossocial, bem como a sua maturidade emocional, mas infelizmente, as evidências sugerem que as crianças, já em idade pré-escolar, são insuficientemente ativas. Os participantes neste estudo foram 35 crianças de uma escola jardim-de-infância (17 rapazes e 18 raparigas) com idades compreendidas entre os 4 e os 6 de idade. A atividade física diária foi aferida utilizando acelerómetros GTM1 (Pensacola, FL 32502. USA).Pretendemos com este estudo averiguar a influência de aulas de Dança na atividade física diária das crianças na faixa etária dos 3 aos 5 anos. Podemos então concluir que a implementação da prática regular de Dança, estruturada e planeada, pode influenciar positivamente o aumento da atividade física diária e da atividade física moderada e vigorosa da criança. Esta influência positiva foi registada independentemente do sexo dos alunos da pré-escola.Ambas as atividades organizadas (aulas de Educação Física e aulas de Dança) apresentaram valores inferiores de atividade física comparativamente com períodos sem qualquer atividade organizada e orientada, como os recreios escolares.Concluímos ainda que os recreios proporcionaram valores superiores de atividade física e de atividade física moderada e vigorosa em crianças do sexo masculino relativamente às do sexo feminino. Concluímos por último que o recurso à música no recreio, poderá ser um fator influenciador do aumento da atividade física total e atividade física moderada e vigorosa em crianças do pré-escolar independentemente do sexo.Modern times of increasing urbanization have led to profound behavioral changes in society, leading people in general and children, in particular, to immerse themselves in the sedentary lifestyle and to suffer early from the stigmas of obesity.Physical activity plays a crucial role in the overall development of children, enhancing their motor and cognitive abilities, while promoting their physical, psychological and psychosocial well-being, as well as their emotional maturity, but unfortunately the evidence suggests that pre-schoolers are already insufficiently active.This study aims to find out the influence of dance classes in the daily physical activity of children aged between three and five. We can then conclude that the implementation of structured and planned regular dance practice, can positively influence the increase in daily Physical Activity and child Moderate and Vigorous Physical Activity. This positive influence was recorded regardless of the gender of pre-school students.Both organized activities (Physical Education classes and Dance classes) presented lower values of Physical Activity compared to periods without any organized and oriented activity, such as school playgrounds.We also concluded that unorganized activities, such as playground, provided higher values of Physical Activity and Moderate and Vigorous Physical Activity in males than in females. Finally, we conclude that the use of music in unorganized and oriented activities (playground) may be a factor influencing the increase of total physical activity and Moderate and Vigorous Physical Activity in pre-school children regardless of sex

Espacialização musical : a banda sonora de “Bom Dia, Alegria!”

O espaço, o tempo e o som, são paradigmas inerentes à condição humana. A paisagem sonora que nos rodeia chega até nós de todos os lados, e o cérebro tem a capacidade, juntamente com fenómenos físicos, de perceber exatamente de onde vem determinado som, mesmo não estando em contato visual com a fonte sonora. Sendo tão natural ao Homem esta noção de “espaço sonoro”, era também natural a aplicação da espacialização sonora nas expressões artísticas onde o som é fundamental. A música seria a primeira expressão artística onde, conscientemente, se pensaria uma peça que oferecesse ao espetador uma sensação de espaço distinta do habitual concerto. No cinema, o primeiro filme onde é usada a espacialização sonora, mais frequentemente denominado surround, foi no “Fantasia” de Walt Disney (1941). A orquestra, responsável por sonorizar o filme foi dividida em quatro secções, e captada em quatro pistas independentes, que foram posteriormente reproduzidas em quatro altifalantes distintos. Na música, a espacialização é um assunto debatido desde muito cedo. Já em 1600 Giovanni Gabrieli, músico veneziano e organista principal da basílica de S. Marcos, dispôs vários instrumentistas por vários pontos da basílica, interpretando composições musicais da sua própria autoria, que criou especialmente para serem tocadas na basílica. Isto representa o conceito base de espacialização e mostra que, como referido anteriormente, desde cedo músicos e compositores se debatem com este tema. Pierre Boulez, por exemplo, compôs “Répons”. Esta é uma peça importantíssima no estudo da espacialização, onde o objecto central é uma orquestra, e à sua volta encontra-se a audiência. Espalhados por seis pontos distintos encontram-se diferentes instrumentistas solistas que, captados por microfones, são processados em tempo real e reproduzidos em diferentes espaços da sala. Esta peça “obrigou” ao desenvolvimento de software e hardware específico para a sua concretização. A espacialização da banda sonora de “Bom Dia, Alegria!” resulta do estudo da relação entre a perceção auditiva, o espaço acústico e a arte musical, dando assim origem à presente dissertação.Space, time and sound are paradigm connected to human condiction. Soundscape that around us, arrives all over the place, and the brain has capacity with physical phenomenal to realize exactly where comes an particular sound, even if not in visual contact with the sound source. Being so natural to man this notion of "sound space" was also the application of natural spatial sound in artistic expression where the sound is critical. The music would be the first artistic expression which consciously one would think a piece that offers the spectator a distinct feeling from the usual concert space. In Cinema, the first film where the sound spatialization was used more often called surround, was in "Fantasia " Walt Disney (1941). ! The orchestra responsible to make the sound to the film was divided into four sections, and captured four independent tracks, which were later reproduced in four different speakers. In music, the spatial distribution is a subject debated since long ago. Already in year of 1600 Giovanni Gabrieli, Venetian musician and principal organist of St. Mark's Basilica, arranged several musicians for several points of the basilica, playing musical compositions of his own composition, which created especially to be played in the basilica. This is the basic concept of spatial and shows that, as mentioned above, early musicians and composers are struggling with this issue. Boulez, for example, composed "Répons". This is a very important part in the study of spatialization, where the central object is an orchestra, and around it is the audience. Spread across six distinct points are different instrumentalists soloists who, captured by microphones are processed in real time and played in different room spaces. This piece "forced" to software development and specific hardware to achieve them. The spatialization of the "Bom dia, Alegria!" soundtrack, results of the study of the relationship between auditory perception, the acoustic space and the art of music, thus giving rise to this dissertation

Thrombus aspiration in patients with ST-elevation myocardial infarction: results of a national registry of interventional cardiology

BACKGROUND: We aimed to evaluate the impact of thrombus aspiration (TA) during primary percutaneous coronary intervention (P-PCI) in 'real-world' settings. METHODS: We performed a retrospective study, using data from the National Registry of Interventional Cardiology (RNCI 2006-2012, Portugal) with ST-elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) patients treated with P-PCI. The primary outcome, in-hospital mortality, was analysed through adjusted odds ratio (aOR) and 95% confidence intervals (95%CI). RESULTS: We assessed data for 9458 STEMI patients that undergone P-PCI (35% treated with TA). The risk of in-hospital mortality with TA (aOR 0.93, 95%CI:0.54-1.60) was not significantly decreased. After matching patients through the propensity score, TA reduced significantly the risk of in-hospital mortality (OR 0.58, 95%CI:0.35-0.98; 3500 patients). CONCLUSIONS: The whole cohort data does not support the routine use of TA in P-PCI, but the results of the propensity-score matched cohort suggests that the use of selective TA may improve the short-term risks of STEMI..info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersio

Health-related quality of life in patients with type 1 diabetes mellitus in the different geographical regions of Brazil : data from the Brazilian Type 1 Diabetes Study Group

Background: In type 1 diabetes mellitus (T1DM) management, enhancing health-related quality of life (HRQoL) is as important as good metabolic control and prevention of secondary complications. This study aims to evaluate possible regional differences in HRQoL, demographic features and clinical characteristics of patients with T1DM in Brazil, a country of continental proportions, as well as investigate which variables could influence the HRQoL of these individuals and contribute to these regional disparities. Methods: This was a retrospective, cross-sectional, multicenter study performed by the Brazilian Type 1 Diabetes Study Group (BrazDiab1SG), by analyzing EuroQol scores from 3005 participants with T1DM, in 28 public clinics, among all geographical regions of Brazil. Data on demography, economic status, chronic complications, glycemic control and lipid profile were also collected. Results: We have found that the North-Northeast region presents a higher index in the assessment of the overall health status (EQ-VAS) compared to the Southeast (74.6 ± 30 and 70.4 ± 19, respectively; p < 0.05). In addition, North- Northeast presented a lower frequency of self-reported anxiety-depression compared to all regions of the country (North-Northeast: 1.53 ± 0.6; Southeast: 1.65 ± 0.7; South: 1.72 ± 0.7; Midwest: 1.67 ± 0.7; p < 0.05). These findings could not be entirely explained by the HbA1c levels or the other variables examined. Conclusions: Our study points to the existence of additional factors not yet evaluated that could be determinant in the HRQoL of people with T1DM and contribute to these regional disparities

Local hydrological conditions influence tree diversity and composition across the Amazon basin

Tree diversity and composition in Amazonia are known to be strongly determined by the water supplied by precipitation. Nevertheless, within the same climatic regime, water availability is modulated by local topography and soil characteristics (hereafter referred to as local hydrological conditions), varying from saturated and poorly drained to well-drained and potentially dry areas. While these conditions may be expected to influence species distribution, the impacts of local hydrological conditions on tree diversity and composition remain poorly understood at the whole Amazon basin scale. Using a dataset of 443 1-ha non-flooded forest plots distributed across the basin, we investigate how local hydrological conditions influence 1) tree alpha diversity, 2) the community-weighted wood density mean (CWM-wd) – a proxy for hydraulic resistance and 3) tree species composition. We find that the effect of local hydrological conditions on tree diversity depends on climate, being more evident in wetter forests, where diversity increases towards locations with well-drained soils. CWM-wd increased towards better drained soils in Southern and Western Amazonia. Tree species composition changed along local soil hydrological gradients in Central-Eastern, Western and Southern Amazonia, and those changes were correlated with changes in the mean wood density of plots. Our results suggest that local hydrological gradients filter species, influencing the diversity and composition of Amazonian forests. Overall, this study shows that the effect of local hydrological conditions is pervasive, extending over wide Amazonian regions, and reinforces the importance of accounting for local topography and hydrology to better understand the likely response and resilience of forests to increased frequency of extreme climate events and rising temperatures

BUILDING BRIDGES FOR INNOVATION IN AGEING : SYNERGIES BETWEEN ACTION GROUPS OF THE EIP ON AHA

The Strategic Implementation Plan of the European Innovation Partnership on Active and Healthy Ageing (EIP on AHA) proposed six Action Groups. After almost three years of activity, many achievements have been obtained through commitments or collaborative work of the Action Groups. However, they have often worked in silos and, consequently, synergies between Action Groups have been proposed to strengthen the triple win of the EIP on AHA. The paper presents the methodology and current status of the Task Force on EIP on AHA synergies. Synergies are in line with the Action Groups' new Renovated Action Plan (2016-2018) to ensure that their future objectives are coherent and fully connected. The outcomes and impact of synergies are using the Monitoring and Assessment Framework for the EIP on AHA (MAFEIP). Eight proposals for synergies have been approved by the Task Force: Five cross-cutting synergies which can be used for all current and future synergies as they consider overarching domains (appropriate polypharmacy, citizen empowerment, teaching and coaching on AHA, deployment of synergies to EU regions, Responsible Research and Innovation), and three cross-cutting synergies focussing on current Action Group activities (falls, frailty, integrated care and chronic respiratory diseases).Peer reviewe

Allergic Rhinitis and its Impact on Asthma (ARIA) Phase 4 (2018) : Change management in allergic rhinitis and asthma multimorbidity using mobile technology

Allergic Rhinitis and its Impact on Asthma (ARIA) has evolved from a guideline by using the best approach to integrated care pathways using mobile technology in patients with allergic rhinitis (AR) and asthma multimorbidity. The proposed next phase of ARIA is change management, with the aim of providing an active and healthy life to patients with rhinitis and to those with asthma multimorbidity across the lifecycle irrespective of their sex or socioeconomic status to reduce health and social inequities incurred by the disease. ARIA has followed the 8-step model of Kotter to assess and implement the effect of rhinitis on asthma multimorbidity and to propose multimorbid guidelines. A second change management strategy is proposed by ARIA Phase 4 to increase self-medication and shared decision making in rhinitis and asthma multimorbidity. An innovation of ARIA has been the development and validation of information technology evidence-based tools (Mobile Airways Sentinel Network [MASK]) that can inform patient decisions on the basis of a self-care plan proposed by the health care professional.Peer reviewe

Mapping density, diversity and species-richness of the Amazon tree flora

Using 2.046 botanically-inventoried tree plots across the largest tropical forest on Earth, we mapped tree species-diversity and tree species-richness at 0.1-degree resolution, and investigated drivers for diversity and richness. Using only location, stratified by forest type, as predictor, our spatial model, to the best of our knowledge, provides the most accurate map of tree diversity in Amazonia to date, explaining approximately 70% of the tree diversity and species-richness. Large soil-forest combinations determine a significant percentage of the variation in tree species-richness and tree alpha-diversity in Amazonian forest-plots. We suggest that the size and fragmentation of these systems drive their large-scale diversity patterns and hence local diversity. A model not using location but cumulative water deficit, tree density, and temperature seasonality explains 47% of the tree species-richness in the terra-firme forest in Amazonia. Over large areas across Amazonia, residuals of this relationship are small and poorly spatially structured, suggesting that much of the residual variation may be local. The Guyana Shield area has consistently negative residuals, showing that this area has lower tree species-richness than expected by our models. We provide extensive plot meta-data, including tree density, tree alpha-diversity and tree species-richness results and gridded maps at 0.1-degree resolution