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    Transição para o mercado de trabalho dos licenciados da Escola de Economia e Gestão da Universidade do Minho

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    Dissertação de mestrado em Administração PúblicaO grande número de alunos a frequentar o Ensino Superior e o consequente acréscimo do número de diplomados em Portugal tem trazido para a esfera da discussão pública a questão da sua transição para o mercado de trabalho e das dificuldades associadas a este processo. De entre os vários obstáculos que se colocam à transição dos licenciados para o mercado de trabalho têm sido muitas vezes discutidas questões como o desemprego, a (in)adequação entre as competências desenvolvidas e os requisitos exigidos no mercado de trabalho, ou ainda a (i)mobilidade geográfica dos licenciados. O presente trabalho decorre desta discussão e tem por objectivo, por um lado, analisar a transição dos licenciados da Escola de Economia e Gestão da Universidade do Minho para o mercado de trabalho, e por outro lado, relacionar esse processo de transição com o seu desempenho académico. Para o efeito, utilizou-se a informação resultante de um inquérito realizado junto dos licenciados da Escola de Economia e Gestão nos anos letivos de 2002/2003 a 2006/2007. Estes dados incluem licenciados dos cinco cursos de primeiro ciclo então existentes. Foi colocada particular ênfase no primeiro emprego. No que respeita à transição dos licenciados para o mercado de trabalho, os resultados revelam que são as empresas com menos de 100 trabalhadores, dos sectores dos bancos e outras instituições financeiras, a indústria e a administração pública, central e local, as principais empregadoras. Os licenciados conseguem, regra geral, contratos com baixo nível de precaridade, com salários, na maior parte dos casos, entre os 500 e os 1000 euros. Os diplomados da EEG/UM não se caracterizam por uma grande mobilidade geográfica. Tendo em vista o objetivo de relacionar a transição para o mercado de trabalho com o desempenho académico dos alunos, foi feita a análise cruzada dos aspetos mais importantes do primeiro emprego com o desempenho escolar, distinguindo dois grupos: com nota final de curso igual ou superior a 14 valores e os que têm nota final de curso inferior a 14 valores. Um melhor desempenho académico parece não se traduzir, necessariamente, num contrato menos precário ou num vencimento superior. Onde se encontraram vantagens para os melhores alunos é ao nível do tempo médio de espera pelo primeiro emprego.The increasing number of higher education students and, consequently the increasing number of higher education graduates in Portugal have brought to the public arena the discussion of the issues and difficulties of the transition from university to labour market. Unemployment, the inadequacy between the competences as acquired at school and the job requirements and the geographic (im)mobility of higher education graduates, inter alia, are amongst the most discussed issues. The aim of the present study is twofold. Firstly, it aims at analysing the transition to labour market of the graduates of the Escola de Economia e Gestão, of Universidade do Minho. Secondly, it intends to shed some light upon the relationship between the aforementioned transition and the academic performance of graduates. In this light, we have used the information collected by means of a survey, among the graduates of Escola de Economia e Gestão, of Universidade do Minho, from 2002/2003 to 2006/2007, from the existing first cycle study programmes. The emphasis has been put on the first job. Insofar the graduates transition to the labour market is concerned, results unveil that the main employers are firms with less than hundred workers, and in sectors such as financial institutions, industry and public administration. Overall, the contracts they get are not very much precarious, and the majority of them earn between 500 and 1000 euros. Those graduates are not geographically mobile. In what concerns the relationship between the transition to labour market and their previous academic performance, we have analysed the main characteristics of the first job whilst focusing upon two groups of graduates: those with a final grade point average of 14 (out of 20) or above, and those whose grade point average is below 14. The first group does not appear to differ very much from the second on the type of contract or even the wage. However, and should one compare the evidence for both groups, the former ones do take advantage in terms of the waiting time for the first job

    Prevalence, associated factors and outcomes of pressure injuries in adult intensive care unit patients: the DecubICUs study

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    Funder: European Society of Intensive Care Medicine; doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.13039/501100013347Funder: Flemish Society for Critical Care NursesAbstract: Purpose: Intensive care unit (ICU) patients are particularly susceptible to developing pressure injuries. Epidemiologic data is however unavailable. We aimed to provide an international picture of the extent of pressure injuries and factors associated with ICU-acquired pressure injuries in adult ICU patients. Methods: International 1-day point-prevalence study; follow-up for outcome assessment until hospital discharge (maximum 12 weeks). Factors associated with ICU-acquired pressure injury and hospital mortality were assessed by generalised linear mixed-effects regression analysis. Results: Data from 13,254 patients in 1117 ICUs (90 countries) revealed 6747 pressure injuries; 3997 (59.2%) were ICU-acquired. Overall prevalence was 26.6% (95% confidence interval [CI] 25.9–27.3). ICU-acquired prevalence was 16.2% (95% CI 15.6–16.8). Sacrum (37%) and heels (19.5%) were most affected. Factors independently associated with ICU-acquired pressure injuries were older age, male sex, being underweight, emergency surgery, higher Simplified Acute Physiology Score II, Braden score 3 days, comorbidities (chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, immunodeficiency), organ support (renal replacement, mechanical ventilation on ICU admission), and being in a low or lower-middle income-economy. Gradually increasing associations with mortality were identified for increasing severity of pressure injury: stage I (odds ratio [OR] 1.5; 95% CI 1.2–1.8), stage II (OR 1.6; 95% CI 1.4–1.9), and stage III or worse (OR 2.8; 95% CI 2.3–3.3). Conclusion: Pressure injuries are common in adult ICU patients. ICU-acquired pressure injuries are associated with mainly intrinsic factors and mortality. Optimal care standards, increased awareness, appropriate resource allocation, and further research into optimal prevention are pivotal to tackle this important patient safety threat

    Characterisation of microbial attack on archaeological bone

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    As part of an EU funded project to investigate the factors influencing bone preservation in the archaeological record, more than 250 bones from 41 archaeological sites in five countries spanning four climatic regions were studied for diagenetic alteration. Sites were selected to cover a range of environmental conditions and archaeological contexts. Microscopic and physical (mercury intrusion porosimetry) analyses of these bones revealed that the majority (68%) had suffered microbial attack. Furthermore, significant differences were found between animal and human bone in both the state of preservation and the type of microbial attack present. These differences in preservation might result from differences in early taphonomy of the bones. © 2003 Elsevier Science Ltd. All rights reserved

    Correction to: Prevalence, associated factors and outcomes of pressure injuries in adult intensive care unit patients: the DecubICUs study (Intensive Care Medicine, (2021), 47, 2, (160-169), 10.1007/s00134-020-06234-9)

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    The original version of this article unfortunately contained a mistake. The members of the ESICM Trials Group Collaborators were not shown in the article but only in the ESM. The full list of collaborators is shown below. The original article has been corrected
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