Philip Morris in a dying industry - leaving competitors fuming

This report is an equity valuation of Philip Morris International Inc., the tobacco company leading the transition to a smoke-free future. For this, both a relative valuation based on multiples and transactions as well as an intrinsic valuation in the form of a DCF model were completed. The calculated target share price of $108.16 represents a Buy recommendation with a potential total return on investment of 10.79% including the dividend yield. Particularly given PMI's evolving business strategy and clear future focus on risk-reduced products, the company’s competitive position was highly valued. In addition, scenario and sensitivity analyses were conducted to evaluate potential outcomes of assumption deviation

Os movimentos sociais no protesto político: War Resisters´ International

Os movimentos sociais assumem, cada vez mais, um maior protagonismo nos Estados democráticos do Mundo Ocidental, constituindo-se como uma forma importante de participação social e política. Enquanto portadores de um protesto que visa influenciar e modificar as decisões políticas, os movimentos sociais agregam, no seu seio, várias pessoas com diferentes ideias, distintos objectivos e que entendem a acção colectiva de forma diferente. Além desta heterogeneidade de pessoas, os movimentos sociais caracterizam-se pela variedade do seu modus operandi, pelos diferentes recursos que empregam e pelos diferentes contextos em que surgem. Ao exercerem o protesto, os movimentos sociais levam a que a sua acção cruze com a actividade policial, obrigando a que a Polícia conheça estes fenómenos sociais e esteja preparada para lidar com eles. Neste trabalho apresenta-se uma reflexão teórica sobre os movimentos sociais e sobre a actuação policial que estes implicam. Utilizando uma abordagem qualitativa, faz-se, também, a caracterização do movimento transnacional social War Resisters’ International.The social movements assume increasingly a greater role in the democratic states of the Western World, establishing itself as an important form of social and political participation. While carrying a protest that aims to influence and change policy decisions, the social movements aggregate, at its core, several people with different ideas, different objectives, that understand collective action differently. Besides this heterogeneity of individuals, the social movements are characterized by the variety of its modus operandi, by employing different resources and different contexts in which they arise. In exercising the protest, the social movements lead to cross their action with the police activity, requiring that the police know these social phenomena and be prepared to deal with them. In this work we present a theoretical reflection on social movements and the police activity they entail. Using a qualitative approach, it is also characterized the transnational movement War Resisters' International

Continuidades entre o público e o privado

Dissertação de Mestrado Integrado em Arquitetura, com a especialização em Arquitetura, apresentada na Faculdade de Arquitetura da Universidade de Lisboa para obtenção do grau de Mestre

Efeitos na composição corporal em jogadoras profissionais de futebol durante o período competitivo

The assessment of anthropometric and body composition variables has been considered crucial to improve soccer athletes’ performance and health. Thus, the aim of this study was to analyse the anthropometric and body composition effects in professional soccer women playersA avaliação de variáveis antropométricas e de composição corporal tem sido considerada crucial para melhorar o desempenho e a saúde de atletas de futebol. Assim, o objetivo deste estudo foi analisar os efeitos antropométricos e de composição corporal em jogadoras profissionais de futebol.info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersio

How design and technology can contribute to learning: the Mobeybou in Brazil educational game case study

Currently, there is a generation of children that tend to be exposed from a very early age to digital media, especially in the most economically and culturally developed societies. Thus, it is necessary to think about ways in which technology can contribute to learning, namely by seeking to converge the recreational component with the educational while preventing or suppressing potential dangers. This study aimed at extending the Mobeybou pedagogical materials, i.e., a Digital Manipulative for storytelling, and a set of interactive story applications, thus integrating the easy access that children have to technologies and the positive characteristics of games. In this context, here we present a descriptive case study of the design process of the interface for a game to be integrated into the Mobeybou in Brazil story app. The game interface is intended to reinforce the knowledge conveyed through the reading of the story app, therefore contributing to the development of language skills, creativity, and digital literacy. The game interface should be easy and intuitive to use, its development followed a design thinking methodology. A pilot test carried out with a group of five children aged between 8 and 9 years-old revealed very encouraging results, showing that the game interface was easy to use and engaged children with the story content.This work has been financed by national funds through the Portuguese Foundation for Science and Technology (FCT)—and by the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) through the Competitiveness and Internationalization Operational Program under the reference POCI/01/0145/FEDER/032580

Once upon a time: a kit of tools for reading and telling stories

This paper discusses the contribution of Design in the development of a kit of tangible and multimedia tools for children to collaboratively read and create stories about the world. Here, we detail the design process, including the investigation of visual concepts, the prototyping and the user studies carried out during the development of the tools. We discuss the contribution of Design in the development of each step both through the adoption of theoretical concepts from the field, and by following a participatory Design and a User Centered Design approach. In the context of an investigation that combines a range of different fields, we argue that the Design has acted as the element that materializes and unifies the multidisciplinary contributions, leading to the creation of compelling engaging materials, which have the potential to involve users in the creation of multicultural narratives.This work has been financed by the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF), through the Operational Programme for Competitiveness and Internationalization (POCI) - COMPETE 2020, under Portugal 2020, and by the Portuguese Foundation for Science and Technology (FCT)- under the reference POCI/01/0145/FEDER/032580

In-Season Body Composition Effects in Professional Women Soccer Players

This study aimed to analyze anthropometric and body composition effects in professional soccer women players across the early and mid-competitive 2019/20 season. Seventeen players (age, height, body mass, and body mass index of 22.7 ± 6.3 years, 167.5 ± 5.6 cm, 60.7 ± 6.6 kg and 21.6 ± 0.2 kg/m2) from a Portuguese BPI League team participated in this study. The participants completed ≥80% of 57 training sessions and 13 matches. They were assessed at three points (before the start of the season (A1), after two months (A2), and after four months (A3)) using the following variables: body fat mass (BFM), soft lean mass (SLM), fat-free mass (FFM), intracellular water (ICW), extracellular water (ECW), total body water (TBW), and phase angle (PhA, 50 Khz), through InBody S10. Nutritional intake was determined through a questionnaire. Repeated measures ANCOVA and effect sizes (ES) were used with p < 0.05. The main results occurred between A1 and A2 for BFM (−21.7%, ES = 1.58), SLM (3.7%, ES = 1.24), FFM (4%, ES = 1.34), ICW (4.2%, ES = 1.41), TBW (3.7%, ES = 1.04). Furthermore, there were significant results between A1 and A3 for FFM (4.8%, ES = 1.51), ICW (5%, ES = 1.68), and PhA (10.4%, ES = 6.64). The results showed that the water parameters improved over time, which led to healthy hydration statuses. The training load structure provided sufficient stimulus for appropriate physical fitness development, without causing negative disturbances in the water compartments.Portuguese Foundation for Science and Technology, I.P., Grant/Award Number UIDP/04748/202

Fuga mundi na relação entre igreja e mundo:

Ao longo da história do cristianismo, a fuga mundi surgiu como forma radical de vivência cristã. Esse modo de viver os valores do Evangelho correspondeu a necessidades específicas do contexto do seu surgimento. No entanto, com o passar do tempo, alguns princípios norteadores da fuga mundi colaboraram para a implantação, em larga escala no cristianismo, de uma compreensão de mundo dualista que separa a Igreja do mundo, bem como faz oposição entre corpo e alma, sagrado e profano, matéria e espírito. Entretanto, a Igreja está inserida no mundo, da mesma maneira como “o Verbo de Deus se fez carne e habitou entre nós” (Jo 1,14). A reflexão realizada pelo Concílio Vaticano II, expressa na Gaudium et spes, fornece elementos relevantes para essa evangélica autocompreensão da Igreja no mundo. Há outros autores que também refletiram sobre as relações entre cristianismo e mundo como, por exemplo, o teólogo luterano Dietrich Bonhoeffer (1906-1945). Neste artigo, faz-se uma crítica à atitude de fuga mundi, a partir da análise comparativa de alguns escritos de Bonhoeffer e da Gaudium et spes, o que permite compreender melhor o modo dialógico e servidor de existir das igrejas cristãs no mundo contemporâneo (chamado por Bonhoeffer de “mundo adulto”). Ao mesmo tempo, reflete-se sobre a superação dos dualismos e sobre a delimitação do lugar que a fuga mundi teve na Igreja Católica, a partir do evento conciliar

In-season internal load and wellness variations in professional women soccer players: comparisons between playing positions and status

The internal intensity monitoring in soccer has been used more in recent years in men's football, however, in women's soccer, the existing literature is still scarce. The aims of this study were threefold: (a) to describe the weekly variations of training monotony (Foster, 1998), training strain and acute:chronic workload ratio (Murray et al., 2017) through session Rated Perceived Exertion (s-RPE); (b) to describe weekly variations of Hooper Index [stress, fatigue, Delayed Onset Muscle Soreness (DOMS) and sleep] (Hooper & Mackinnon, 1995); and (c) to compare those variations between playing positions and player status. Nineteen players (24.1±2.7 years) from a Portuguese BPI League professional team participated in this study. All variables were collected in a 10-week in-season period with 3 training sessions and 1 match per week during the 2019/20 season. Considering the overall team, the results showed that there were some associations between Hooper Index categories and s-RPE like stress or fatigue (0.693, p<0.01), stress or DOMS (0.593, p<0.01), stress or s-RPE (-0.516, p<0.05) and fatigue or DOMS (0.688, p<0.01). There were no differences between all parameters in playing positions or player status. In conclusion, the study revealed that higher levels of fatigue and DOMS occurs concurrently with better nights of sleep. Moreover, any in-season variations concerning internal load and perceived wellness seems independent of position or status in outfield players. Also, the data showed that the higher the players’ reported stress, the lower the observed s-RPE, thus possible indicating a mutual interference of experienced stress levels on the assimilation of training intensity by women elite soccer players.info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersio

Effects of two types of low impact physical training on screen time among overweight adolescents

Introduction: The time that adolescents spend in front of some screen as TV, computer, video games and mobile phones, has been considered a risk factor for obesity and non-communicable chronic diseases.Objective: To analyze the effectiveness of two types of low impact training on the screen time and the BMI of overweight adolescents.Methods: Sixty-seven adolescents were allocated into three groups: control group (CG); hydrogimnastic (HG); and jump (JG). The three groups had a weekly session of nutritional guidance; Additionally, the HG and JG trained 12 weeks with three weekly sessions ranging between 24 and 32 minutes as stage periodization training with hydrogimnastic and jump, respectively. Anthropometric measurements were performed, and screen time through a questionnaire created for this study in order to identify the amount of hours that adolescents passed in front of a screen. The questionnaire was carried out before and after the training period, as well as anthropometric assessments.Results: There was no difference pre and post-intervention in screen time for the three groups, however, there was a decrease in BMI in both exercise groups of the pre-training period for post-training.Conclusion: There was no reduction of the screen time, however the BMI decreased in the exercise groups