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- A antecipação da velhice na meia-idade: uma perspetiva de géneroPublication . Janssens-Theunis, Alyssa; São José, JoséEste artigo reporta os resultados de uma pesquisa qualitativa, que procurou compreender, a partir de uma perspetiva de género, como é que os indivíduos na meia-idade antecipam a sua própria velhice. Detetou-se uma grande diversidade de modos de antecipação da própria velhice, bem como marcas de género relativamente à opinião de alguns entrevistados (maioritariamente mulheres) sobre o modo como os homens e as mulheres antecipam a própria velhice e sobre a idade em que eles e elas entram na velhice. Outros entrevistados (maioritariamente homens) acham que as eventuais diferenças entre sexos no que respeita a estes dois temas não têm a ver com o género. São discutidas as implicações destes resultados para o conhecimento sociológico e para as políticas públicas.
- Antibacterial, antioxidant, and antiproliferative activities of corymbia citriodora and the essential oils of eight eucalyptus speciesPublication . Miguel, Maria da Graça; Gago, Custódia; Estêvão, Maria Dulce da Mota Antunes de Oliveira ; Lagoas, Soraia; Faleiro, Maria Leonor; Megías, Cristina; Cortés-Giraldo, Isabel; Vioque, Javier; Figueiredo, Ana CristinaBackground: Essential oils (EOs) have shown antimicrobial, antioxidant, and antiproliferative activity, which may, alone or in combination with other substances, potentially be used for the development of new drugs. However, their chemical variability, depending on the species, varieties, or geographical origin (among other factors) determines different bioactivities that need to be evaluated. Methods: The antioxidant activity of Corymbia citriodora and eight Eucalyptus species EOs was determined using two different methods: the scavenging ability of 2,20 -azino-bis(3-ethylbenzothiazoline-6-sulphonic acid) (ABTS+• ) and peroxyl free radicals or oxygen radical absorbance capacity (ORAC). Antibacterial activity was evaluated using the microorganisms Streptococcus pneumoniae (strains D39 and TIGR4), and Haemophilus influenza (strain DSM 9999). The essential oils’ minimum inhibitory concentration (MIC) and minimum bactericidal concentration (MBC) was assessed using a microdilution method. The antiproliferative activity was determined using the THP-1 cell line (human acute monocytic leukaemia) with methylthiazolyldiphenyl-tetrazolium bromide assay (MTT). Results: Corymbia citriodora and Eucalyptus viminalis EOs showed the highest ABTS and peroxyl free radical scavenging capacity. Eucalyptus globulus EO showed a high potential to treat Streptococcus pneumoniae infections. Haemophilus influenzae was the respiratory pathogen that showed the highest resistance to all EOs, including tea tree EO. After 96 h of incubation, at 25 µg/mL, Eucalyptus radiata and Eucalyptus viminalis EOs showed highest cytotoxic activity against the THP-1 cell line. Conclusions: Despite their specific bioactivities, no single EO showed simultaneously good antioxidant, antimicrobial, and antiproliferative activity.
- Comparative analysis of additive and multiplicative BoD models in healthcare performance evaluationPublication . Vara, Guilherme; Gomes, Marta Castilho; Caldas, Paulo; Varela, Miguel; Ferreira, Diogo CunhaComposite indicators play a pivotal role across various fields, serving as powerful tools to condense information into a single, comprehensible metric. They function as a link between complex data and practical conclusions, which makes them valuable assets in diverse fields, assisting decision-makers. Since objectivity is vital for policy- and decision making, many researchers base their studies on the Benefit of-the-Doubt (BoD) methodology, which originated from the widely recognised Data Envelopment Analysis. This study provides a detailed comparison between the linear and multiplicative BoD approaches, incorporating both optimistic and pessimistic viewpoints to assess the performance of the Portuguese public hospitals. The linear approach is an additive linear programming model that constructs a piecewise linear and convex efficient frontier with the benchmarks. In contrast, the multiplicative approach constructs logarithmic curves instead of linear segments to define the efficient frontier allowing for greater flexibility by accommodating nonconvex and nonlinear shapes that better reflect the data distribution. As a result, the multiplicative approach achieves a tighter fit to the data, ultimately yielding higher overall scores. The results show that multiplicative scores in the pessimistic approach are lower than linear scores. Conversely, in the optimistic multiplicative approach, while expected to yield superior scores, certain entities lag due to non-compensatory elements. The implementation of the multiplicative BoD is remarkably simple, requiring only minimal changes when compared to the linear BoD. This raises questions about its low adoption and utilization compared to linear methods, despite its apparent advantages.
- Exploração das percepções sobre o emprego na hotelaria no Algarve durante a COVIDPublication . Castela, Guilherme; Henriques, Cláudia Helena; Lampreia Carvalho, Fatima; Afonso, CarlosThe Travel and Tourism (T&T) industry is highly sensitive to extreme events like pandemics (Price et al., 2022; OECD, 2020). The COVID-19 pandemic severely disrupted the sector, leading to mobility restrictions and closures (Chowdhury and Jomo, 2020). However, it also presented opportunities for innovation (Price et al., 2022). The economic impact on Portugal's GDP was significant, with T&T's contribution dropping from 17.1% in 2019 to 8.7% in 2020 and recovering in subsequent years (WTTC, 2022). Given the Algarve's dependence on tourism, this study highlights the need for new strategies to overcome challenges (EURES, 2022). This research aims to analyse how Algarve's (South of Portugal) hospitality (hotels and restaurants) employers and employees perceived the Portuguese government's measures to address the COVID-19 crisis via a Three-Way Data Analysis multivariate statistical procedure, namely the COSTATIS method, which can be considered a more advanced or specialized version of STATIS, offering more flexibility and refinement in handling complex data relationships. The statistical procedure supports the assessment of 27 varieties of perceptions of the pandemic crisis that were collected from respondents distributed in four hospitality professional categories (restaurant and hotel managers and employees). The conclusions identify that association with a professional category in the hospitality industry tends to affect ideas regarding the potential for coping and resilience associated with organizational challenges. Members of the diverse professional categories think of the crisis in different ways due to their status and hierarchic position in business organisations. More attention should be given to what those professionals with lower status have to say about the organisational climate in the event of future crises.
- Holisticscape dimensions of the tourism experience in wellness spas: Evidence from PortugalPublication . Valente Pedro, Cristina; de Matos, Nelson Manuel da Silva; Pinto, PatríciaThe present study examines how tourists’ experiences in wellness spas promote holistic health through the Holisticscape framework from both tourists’ and other stakeholders’ perspectives, an extension of the servicescape that encompasses the ambience, social, activity, body, mind, and spirit dimensions. An ex-ploratory, multi-stakeholder qualitative design was employed, with 20 in-depth interviews conducted inwellness spas in Portugal. Thematic analysis revealed that ambience, social relations, activity, body, mind, and spiritual stimuli support tourists’ holistic health. These findings extend existing research on servicescape and experiencescape by demonstrating how multidimensional experiential stimuli interact to produce holistic health in wellness spa settings. The study offers practical implications for designing immersive and health-oriented environments, enhancing service customisation, and integrating cultural and natural resources intowellness spa offerings. Given its exploratory and context-bound nature, it is recommended that further research be conducted to validate Holisticscape dimensions across a range of wellness spas at distinct destinations. Furthermore, the development of measurement tools for future quantitative investigations is recommended.
- How do spectator-to-spectator negative interactions lead to a less memorable and recommended sport tourism experience through internal attention and involvement?Publication . Martins, Rute; Monteiro, Patrícia; Campos, Ana Cláudia; Sthapit, Erose; Mascarenhas, MargaridaPurpose – On-site tourist experience co-creation enhances memorability, and the latter precedes tourists’ intention to revisit and recommend the experience/destination to others. However, tourists’ interaction is not always perceived as positive, co-destroying experience value. This study aims to examine the influence of experience value co-destruction on sport tourists’ future behavioral intentions, considering the mediating effects of internal attention, involvement and memorability. Design/methodology/approach – Data were gathered from 254 non-resident spectators at Tudor Nazare´ Tow Surfing Challenge event in Portugal. Findings – The results showed that value co-destruction during a sport tourism experience negatively influences spectators’ internal attention and involvement, which further impacts their memorability and behavioral intentions. Practical implications – Sport event managers should minimize and reverse negative sport tourists’ interactions to enhance the spectators’ attention and involvement in the experience. In addition, to boost the memorability and behavioral intentions, spectators’ involvement should be prioritized through leveraging sport culture and event-generated liminality. Originality/value – This study expanded the research lens of co-destruction of tourist experience value by integrating cognitive psychology and behavioral outcomes, validating the on-site tourist experience co-creation model to co-destruction and extending it to behavioral intentions.
- Integrated continued care as a space for collective action: the strategic actor game in the era of artificial intelligencePublication . Soares Pinheiro Vieira Pescada, Susana; Teixeira, Fernando José Calado e Silva NunesPurpose – This study aims to explore the potential of artificial intelligence (AI) to reshape the governance and operations of the National Integrated Continued Care Network (NICCN) in Alentejo, Portugal. It addresses the dual challenge of population ageing and fragmented coordination between health and social care, assessing how AI-enabled solutions can foster more responsive, efficient and integrated care delivery. Design/methodology/approach – Using the Actors, Objectives, Power Relations Method (MACTOR), the research examines strategic influence and alignment among 27 institutional actors ranging from regional authorities and hospitals to primary care units and third-sector organisations. The study applies an AI-focused lens to assess its transformative role in organisational structures, professional responsibilities and decisionmaking processes within the NICCN. Findings – AI demonstrates clear potential to enhance patient monitoring, enable predictive planning and streamline administrative processes. Nonetheless, implementation is hindered by institutional silos and a high reliance on regional actors. Entities such as Private Social Solidarity Institutions and Continued Care Units are well placed to benefit from AI tools. However, effective deployment demands robust leadership to bridge digital skills gaps, manage workforce transitions and establish collaborative, technologysupported care pathways. Originality/value – By integrating strategic action theory with an AI-informed perspective, this study offers novel insights into the systemic transformation of integrated care governance. It provides practical recommendations for policymakers and health-care managers seeking to promote AI-enabled care models that are socially responsive and future-oriented.
- Mapping organizational culture, work motivation and innovative behaviour, before and during the crisis: a bibliometric analysisPublication . Rodrigues Guita Almeida, Maria Helena; Kumi, S.; Lampreia Carvalho, FatimaAbstract COVID-19 and the Russia–Ukraine war have profoundly transformed the organisational culture of many organisations, shifting from a focus on security to innovation, which poses a major challenge for managers in all aspects of service delivery, including the healthcare sector. This article addresses gaps in the literature by exploring and mapping the evolution of organisational culture, work motivation, and innovative behaviour before and during the crisis (2012–2018), and summarises the relationship between these variables in 25 selected articles. A literature review on Web of Science with bibliometric analysis and RStudio was conducted. The dynamics, associations, dimensions, and networks that emerge as a way of adapting to new contexts to foster innovation are examined. Results indicate that keywords have evolved over time, and a positive and significant relationship between organisational culture, motivation, and innovation was also identified. The findings suggest that organisations should focus on organisational culture to leverage it as a tool for motivating and fostering innovative behaviour in the workplace.
- Measuring the effect of deprivation on primary health care performance using data envelopment analysis and Malmquist IndicesPublication . Merelie, Holly Bea; Amado, Carla; Pereira dos Santos, SérgioLife expectancy is typically shorter in areas with higher deprivation, highlighting the need for policymakers and health care managers to focus on reducing health inequalities through efficient and effective care. This study aims to assess the impact of deprivation on primary health care performance using data from the National Health Service (NHS) in England. Two methods are applied: Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA) to evaluate the performance of 188 Clinical Commissioning Groups (CCGs), whose duties were recently taken on by the new Integrated Care Systems (ICSs), and the Malmquist Index (MI) to assess deprivation’s effect on performance. The DEA results reveal significant variation among CCGs in equity, efficiency, and effectiveness, indicating substantial room for improvement. The MI results show that while CCGs in more deprived areas had more resources per capita and higher efficiency, they were generally less effective than those in less deprived areas. This emphasizes the need to enhance health and social policies to address persistent health inequalities due to deprivation, a critical challenge for the new ICSs. This study illustrates how DEA and the MI can support policymakers and managers in this effort.
- Minute city concept for healthy tourism during the COVID-19 pandemic crisis. who for? The city of Lagos, PortugalPublication . Pires Rosa, Manuela; Lopes, Ana; Aghaeizadeh, Esmaeil; Gomes, André; Andraz, JorgeUrban spatial organization provided an important contribution for healthy tourism in the first COVID-19 pandemic period. The 15-Minute City concept promotes walking which is essential for the development of outdoor activities for a healthier tourism. The tourist city of Lagos (Portugal) is a pilot city of the Interreg Med SuSTowns Project which aims to promote sustainable and resilient territories. This study presents an analysis of the pedestrian accessibility through a specific geographical indicator: the percentage of short-term rentals existing in the surrounding tourist attractions. Ideal standard distances, studied internationally, were considered to assess this close proximity. Different walking speeds were considered to address human diversity and their implications on the 15-Minute City concept. The functionalities of the geographic information systems, in particular the assessment of distances over the pedestrian network were used. The results indicate that in the city of Lagos there is a trend towards an effective 15-Minute City for healthy tourists, promoting walking which could enhance tourism attraction. For tourists with reduced mobility, the use of accessible public transportation is required and needs to be integrated in the 15-Minute City concept.