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Transdisciplinary ecohydrology for water management solutions and sustainability
Publication . Elfithri, Rahmah; Zalewski, Maciej; Arduino, Giuseppe; Chicharo, Luis
Ecohydrology is a transdisciplinary and applied science, a sub-discipline of hydrology that seeks to understand and apply the natural ecological processes controlled by the hydrological cycle and vice versa1. This ‘dual regulation’2–4 knowledge is used to develop solutions restoring impacted aquatic ecosystems at the entire river system, where a starting point for the regulation of processes is the identification of a hierarchy of drivers at different ecosystems5. It is a solution-oriented science for reducing anthropogenic impacts, enhancing aquatic ecosystems and their catchment sustainability, improving water resources, bioproductivity and biodiversity, ecosystem services6 and resilience at the whole mesocycle, while the involvement of society through water culture and water education will be crucial for effective implementation.
The continuous development of science-based solutions must be accompanied by dissemination and education about the concept of ecohydrology and its potential application and solutions.
How institutions can better support international early-career researchers
Publication . Lubośny, Marek; Annasawmy, Pavanee; Martínez, Itziar Burgués; Dermastia, Timotej Turk; Espasandín, Lucía; Fernandes, Joana Filipa; Morente Fontela, Marcos; Galobart, Cristina; Garcia-Garin, Odei; Gregório, Inês; Monferrer, Natalia Llopis; López-Acosta, María; Mazurkiewicz, Mikołaj; Piñeiro-Juncal, Nerea; Schadeberg, Amanda; Scopetani, Costanza; Sowa, Anna; Suaria, Giuseppe; Tsiola, Anastasia
To build and establish essential international networks, gain international experience and secure a position on the academic tenure track, early-career researchers are increasingly seeking employment opportunities abroad1,2. Relocation to a foreign country — particularly one with a different culture and language — is an inherently challenging undertaking. Early-career researchers often encounter difficulties even before departing. A typical example would be the frustrating cycle between residence permit and employment contract: in many cases, obtaining a visa or residence permit is necessary to secure an employment contract. However, without proof of employment and a rental agreement, obtaining a visa can be difficult. In situations in which institutions fail to provide specialized and dedicated support, delays in the researcher’s arrival may occur that limit the ability of the early-career researcher to achieve and show their full potential within the host institution.
Understanding resident support towards the 2030 FIFA World Cup: a co-hosting country’s perspective
Publication . Ribeiro, Tiago; Almeida, Victor Manoel Cunha de
Research question: Joint events uniting multiple cities or nations seem to guide FIFA’s choice for hosting future mega-events. In response to this challenge, new principal–agent social insights are shaping citizen support. This study investigated the determinants of Portuguese resident support for the 2030 FIFA World Cup within the framework of the agency and social exchange theories.
Research methods: A sequential explanatory mixed-methods design was used to examine Portuguese resident perceptions towards the 2030 FIFA World Cup. This involved an initial quantitative phase using structural equation modelling (n = 402) followed by a qualitative strand comprising two focus groups (n = 16) to develop inferences from the findings.
Results and findings: The results indicate that a country’s sport federation is a key agent that can attract and influence resident behaviour, while the relations with the government are weakened within the co-hosted event context. The findings confirmed that the principal–agent symbiotic dynamic can strengthen the exchange relationships and subsequently influence their support intentions to the event. The qualitative strand provided rationale for the results, emphasizing the shortcomings in agency relationships and minimizing the social value attributed to the support process in co-hosted events.
Implications: This study enhances our understanding complementarity between agency and social exchange theories, clarifying the real value attributed by the host residents to a co-hosted event. Moreover, our findings offer valuable information for event bidders and local governments, especially when decisions are made without public consent that socially impact the host community.
Design of dashboards for CRM associated with health and wellbeing tourism
Publication . Ashqar, Rashed Isam; Ramos, Celia; Contreiras, Alexandre
Design of dashboards is strategic for the Customer Relationship Management (CRM) associated with Health andWellness Tourism, considering all the knowledge acquired about Health and Wellness Tourism, the Machine Learning algorithms identified, and the characteristics to be considered in the development of the reports. It is intended to identify the components to be used in the development of the dashboards, which allow for control of the information associated with this business and to detect deviations in operation, taking into account concepts associated with User Experience/Consumer Experience and the Customer Journey of this type of customers in order to identify opportunities to innovate
and grow economically, through the creation of intelligence about this business.
In this paper, the presentation of examples of dashboards developed in Power BI, it was possible to show that customer capital indicators can be included, under different dimensions that characterize it. However, the lack of real data to apply in the formulas of the new indicators is one of the limitations of this paper.
Contributions to a theoretical-practical analysis of the efficiency of cine-imagetic typography in the reading experience
Publication . Filipe Martins, Nuno; Mendes da Silva, Bruno; Marques, Tiago Navarro
The thematic of this research, questions the imagistic quality of the written word and the inherent artistic conventions of combination of form, typography, and composition. The focus of this analysis is the significance of typographic compositions, in which words acquire an intentional visualization that can be “understood” even before verbal reading. To our analysis, we used a selection of poems from Sophia de Mello Breyner Andresen to question: How can we amplify semantics and emotional perception of a poem? To answer it, we
used a practice-based research methodology defined as a/r/tography (Irwin 2013) and a/r/cography (Veiga 2020), articulated with interpretative phenomenology, ethnographic studies, case studies analysis, focus groups, artistic references analysis, visual research, user-centred research, that helped the construction of typographic laboratory to collect data. The result was the validation of the prototype typographic laboratory, with user experience data collection in an event with a real audience which enhanced the experience of the final interactive typographic installation. The contribution of this research is through the visual interpretation of poems, to create a media-art experience that defies an audience to perceive it and interact in various ways and to the creation of knowledge about imagistic typographic approaches, the use of kinetic an interactive behaviour, to amplify the
significance of static text, in ways that can be influential trough the mediation of the reading experience.