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- Advances and perspectives on the ecology and management of Castanea speciesPublication . Marcolin, Enrico; Clark, Stacy L.; Patrício, Maria Sameiro; Loewe-Muñoz, VerónicaSpecies of chestnut (Castanea spp.) are naturally widespread throughout temperate forests of the northern hemisphere in Asia, Europe, and North America. Populations have been naturalized outside of species’ native ranges in Europe, North America, South America and Oceania. The wide diffusion on a planetary level over tens of millions of years has resulted in high genetic variability within the genus and spe- cies adaptations to disparate environmental conditions (Dane et al., 2003; Mellano et al., 2012; Krebs et al., 2019). Perhaps more than many other tree species, the history of chestnut has been closely linked to human civilizations who utilized chestnut as an agricultural and forest resource over millennia. Chestnut species have had important cultural significance for Indigenous communities, although much Traditional Ecological Knowledge has been lost (Barnhill-Dilling and Delborne, 2019), and chestnut species have been subjected to challenges of the contemporary Anthropocene, from globalization to climate change. Al- terations to disturbance regimes, particularly related to drought and fire, and the introduction of nonnative pests and pathogens, have reduced genetic diversity and population densities, particularly for species in North America, Europe, and western Asia (Mellano et al., 2012; Dalgleish et al., 2016). Forest management practices, genomic tools, tree breeding, and prediction models have been developed and tested to meet these challenges (Jacobs et al., 2013; Fernandes et al., 2022). Most strategies, however, are underdeveloped and species spe- cific, including for American chestnut (Burnham et al., 1986; Ana- gnostakis, 2012; Fei et al., 2012) and sweet chestnut (Conedera et al., 2016; Manetti et al., 2019; Marcolin et al., 2020; Patrício et al., 2020). A global perspective for chestnut sustainability, conservation, and man- agement has largely been missing in the literature, excluding pro- ceedings from International Chestnut Symposia (e.g., Double and MacDonald, 2014).
- Advances in Methods and Technologies for Carcass and Meat Quality EvaluationPublication . Silva, Severiano; Teixeira, AlfredoThe importance of advanced methods and technologies in the meat industry has increased significantly in the last decade, reflecting broader trends in consumer demand and food safety. In this way, integrating advanced methods and technologies in the meat industry is not only meeting current challenges, but also paving the way for a more sustain- able, efficient, and consumer-oriented future. As the industry evolves, these innovations will be critical in addressing global food security, health, and environmental issues sup- ported by objective and reliable data. Hence, this Special Issue brings advances in different meat animal species and topics related to meat quality. Thus, articles were published to assess the meat characteristics of the Portuguese Bísaro pig breed; to characterize flavor volatiles in parts of Chinese Lueyang black chicken; the quality characteristics of the meat from dual-purpose poultry; the impact of dietary energy and protein levels on the qual- ity and metabolomic profile of Yunshang black goats’ meat and the degradation of the intramuscular connective tissue with cathepsin L.
- Backpacking culture and mobilities: Independent and nomadic travelPublication . Martins, Márcio RibeiroOver the last 40 years significant changes have taken place in the world with impact in the tourism industry. The technological development, the emergence and spread of innovations in telecommunications, transports, accommodations, and marketing, and the (re)emergence of public health threats as COVID-19 and the manifestation of natural and anthropic hazards, introduced profound transformations into the way we travel. Backpacker tourism in not an exception.
- Beija-mePublication . Alves, VascoMusic/Lyrics by Vasco Alves © 2020 Performers: Patrícia Pinto (vocals); Vasco Alves (vocals/instrumental)
- Book review of grazing communities: pastoralism on the move and biocultural heritage frictions edited by Letizia BindiPublication . Sa Rego, JulioPastoralism has long offered a privileged field of research for producing contextualised ethnographies on mobile communities living on the fringes of society. These ethnographies described pastoral systems of specific communities with a feeble orientation towards the connection of the local anthropological observations with more universal theoretical and political debates. Times have changed. Anthropology has begun to approach more systematically other social and environmental disciplines which has contributed to a shift in pastoralism studies in recent years. Thematic publications are now increasing with the aim of connecting local pastoralism to global (economic, social, cultural, or environmental) challenges from a transdisciplinary lens. Grazing Communities: Pastoralism on the Move and Biocultural Heritage Frictions, edited by Letizia Bindi, falls positively within this modern anthropological movement. From a multi-disciplinary perspective, it brings a diversity of ethnographic cases of pastoralism in Europe to establish a global narrative on intangible heritage frictions related to transhumance. Each book chapter explores the dynamics of transhumance in a different mountain region of Europe: Albania (Chapter 5), Bosnia and Herzegovina (Chapter 13), Finland (Chapter 11), France (Chapter 3), Greece (Chapter 1), Italy (Chapters 2, 6, 7, 10, and 12), Poland (Chapter 8), Romania (Chapter 9), and Spain (Chapter 4). As a whole, the case studies permit first to strengthen the critical argument that pastoralism holistically shares mobile convergent trajectories of livelihood embedded in nature and confronted with environmental injustice and social subordination.
- Comparando redes neuronais na inferência de planos de produçãoPublication . Carneiro, Gabriel; Matos, Paulo; Plasencia, PaulaNo âmbito do projeto eLeveling System, em desenvolvimento na empresa Techwelf para um dos maiores produtores mundiais de componentes para a indústria automóvel, o trabalho realizado pelos autores visou dar continuidade à construção de um sistema de apoio à decisão (SAD) para definição de planos de produção, tendo por base um histórico de quase três anos de planos de produção e de registos de encomendas. A mais-valia do SAD é aproximar a produção à procura efetiva, minimizando a existência de stocks e indo de encontro à base de funcionamento do eLeveling System que assenta num modelo pull-based.
- Concerto/Conferência: Catedrais do ViolonceloPublication . Alves, VascoO duo de violoncelo Cello d’Ouro, composto por Vasco Alves e João Silva, irá dar vida expressiva a repertório musical erudito, da cultura ocidental europeia, das épocas históricas do Barroco e Clássica. Simultaneamente, far-se-á uma contextualização histórica das obras musicais que, abordando aspectos estéticos inerentes a estas, permita uma experiência artística na qual teoria e prática se articulam e complementam.
- Concerto/Conferência: notas do vinho ao violonceloPublication . Alves, VascoNo âmbito do programa cultural Notas do Vinho promovido pelo Município do Peso da Régua, o duo de violoncelo Cello d’Ouro, composto por Vasco Alves e João Silva, no âmbito das atividades desenvolvidas da Unidade Curricular de Música de Câmara do Curso Técnico Superior Profissional de Músico Instrumentista da Escola Superior de Educação de Bragança, irá dar vida expressiva a repertório musical erudito, da cultura ocidental europeia, das épocas históricas do Barroco e Clássica. Simultaneamente, far-se-á uma contextualização histórica das obras musicais que, abordando aspectos estéticos inerentes a estas, permita uma experiência artística na qual teoria e prática se articulam e complementam.
- Considerações iniciais do [I Congresso Internacional de Bem-Estar e Saúde Mental nos estudantes do ensino superior: livro de atas]Publication . Galvão, Ana Maria; Vaz, Clara B.; Pais, Clarisse; Sánchez, SusanaO Bem-Estar e a Saúde Mental essenciais para que os estudantes do ensino superior possam desenvolver e alcançar sucesso no seu percurso académico e formativo e no seu processo de desenvolvimento pessoal. A transição para o ensino superior é uma fase marcante na vida dos jovens, trazendo consigo um conjunto de desafios e oportunidades. Enquanto é um momento de crescimento pessoal e académico, também pode ser uma época de significativa tensão na saúde mental dos estudantes. As evidências indicam que uma grande parcela de alunos do ensino superior relata enfrentar questões de saúde mental, incluindo ansiedade, depressão e stress, tendo impacto não apenas no seu desempenho académico, mas também sua qualidade de vida e bem-estar. A importância de abordar e promover a saúde mental e o bem-estar neste contexto é, portanto, inegável, requerendo atenção tanto por parte dos estudantes quanto das instituições educacionais. Este congresso teve como propósito evidenciar os desafios comuns enfrentados pelos estudantes, o impacto desses desafios no seu bem-estar e na sua saúde mental, e estratégias eficazes de enfrentamento e suporte disponíveis para ajudá-los a navegar com sucesso neste período crucial das suas vidas.