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Antecedents of Members Retention in Fitness: Study of Fitness Clubs in Portugal
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Toward a Resource-Based View of City Quality: A New Framework
No full textBased on an extensive literature review on intelligent cities, smart cities, and happy cities, and on their
conceptual connections with citizens’ well-being, quality of life, and happiness, we developed a resource-based view on City Quality: the PESNAT (political, economic, social, natural, artificial, and technological) framework. The concept of City Quality rests on the idea of cities interconnected sub-habitats—PESNAT—which are powerful analytical categories needed for understanding cities as complex and intricate loci. This framework eventually aims at assessing the cities’ power to attract businesses and people, to contribute to a sustainable development of the city and an increased quality of life. Furthermore, two hypotheses are outlined regarding the level of importance of each sub-habitat in relation to happi ness, and the level of controversy of each one for citizens, city planners, and decision makers.info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersio
I see myself, therefore I purchase: factors influencing consumer attitudes towards m-commerce AR apps
No full textMobile commerce (m-commerce) is starting to represent a significant share of e-commerce.
The use of Augmented Reality (AR) by brands to convey information about their products -
within the store and mainly as mobile apps – makes it possible for researchers and managers to
understand consumer reactions. Although attitudes towards AR have been studied, the overall
effect of distinct aspects such as the influence of others, the imagery, projection and perceived
presence, has not been tackled as far as we know. Therefore, we conducted a study on 218
undergraduate students, using a pre-test post-test experimental design to address the following
questions: (1) Do AR media characteristics affect consumer attitudes towards the medium in a
mobile shopping context? Also, (2) Do the opinion and physical presence of people influence
the attitude towards an m-commerce AR app? It found that AR characteristics such as
projection and imagery positively influence attitudes towards m-commerce AR apps, whereas
social variables did not have any influence.info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersio
Implementation of a PBL/CDIO methodology at ISEP-P.PORTO Systems Engineering Course
Get PDFThe earlier engineers start their creative process, the faster they can be useful to industry and economically
compensated. The academy therefore has the duty to take the first step as an educational agent.info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersio
Economic Impact of the 11th Douro Valley Half Marathon
Get PDFThe aim of this study was to analyze the direct economic impact of the 11th Douro Valley Half Marathon held in Portugal in 2016. An ad-hoc questionnaire was designed for collecting data. It was composed of four dimensions: (i) sociodemographic data, (ii) expenses, (iii) sports practice, and (iv) satisfaction with
the event (54 items in total). There were 375 questionnaires randomly collected in a total of 16,330 runners. The mean expense of local participants in this half marathon was €219, while non-resident participants expended about €320. Thus, the local participants’ inflow was €1,036,965, while the non-resident participants’ inflow was €3,709,760, resulting in a total participant inflow of €4,746,725. Regarding the participants’ specific expenses, the following order was obtained: 1st, accommodation; 2nd, food; 3rd, travel costs; 4th, shopping. It was calculated that the total local economic impact of the 11th Douro Valley Half Marathon participants was
almost five million euros (€4,746,725).info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersio
Processos de amostragem e cálculo para determinação do tamanho da amostra: critérios e métodos adotados em teses e dissertações em Ciências do Movimento Humano - um estudo descritivo
Get PDFQuantitative monographic studies systematically use inferential statistical
procedures to test hypotheses. For this purpose, sampling procedures and sample sizes
need to be adequate for the proposed procedures. The aim of this study was to identify the
sample selection methods, as well as the performance and types of calculation to determine
the sample size adopted in theses and dissertations developed in a graduate program in
the field of Physical Education. Theses and dissertations defended between 2003 and
2013 were obtained through digital repository. Only quantitative studies were included,
in which the following issues were analyzed: (1) sample selection criteria; (2) presence
of sample calculation; (3) calculation type to estimate sample size. A total of 199 studies
were included. Of these, 6% (n=11) used probabilistic methods for sample selection and
3% (n=6) used animal models. As for the accomplishment of sample calculations, 36%
(n=72) studies reported having adopted this procedure. Of studies that performed sample
calculations, 25% (n=18) used predictive equations, 67% (n=48) considered methods with
statistical power as their base, 3% (n=2) used confidence interval, 4% (n=3) did not mention
the method and 1% (n=1) was based on the type of statistical test to be used later. Nonprobabilistic
sampling methods predominate for the selection of subjects; most studies do
not report adopting calculations to estimate sample size and, among those that reported
the use, the models that consider statistical power as the main criterion are predominant.info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersio
A escolha de uma carreira no ensino em Portugal: Motivos e autoeficácia de estudantes de mestrado
No full textNeste estudo analisaram-se os motivos de estudantes para escolherem a carreira docente e respetivas associações com variáveis sociodemográficas, com características do curso de formação de professores e com crenças de autoeficácia. Participaram no estudo 183 estudantes (86% do género feminino) de cursos de mestrado em ensino de instituições portuguesas, que preencheram um questionário on-line sobre características sociodemográficas, motivos da sua decisão de se tornarem professores e crenças de autoeficácia. Através da análise fatorial, foram derivados quatro fatores subjacentes aos motivos para ser professor: (a) Benefícios da profissão, (b) Influências sociais, (c) Interesse no curso ou nos conteúdos
académicos, e (d) Promoção do desenvolvimento das crianças/adolescentes. Foram encontrados valores médios mais elevados nos motivos relacionados com a Promoção do desenvolvimento das crianças/adolescentes e com o Interesse no curso/nos conteúdos académicos. Foram encontradas diferenças estatisticamente significativas entre os motivos de estudantes que optaram por um curso que profissionaliza para a educação pré-escolar e/ou primeiro ciclo e os que optaram por um curso que profissionaliza para o ensino de disciplinas específicas, assim como em função da idade, do género e da autoeficácia.
As implicações para a formação de professores são discutidas.info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersio
Douro em Movimento, Aldeias com Vida” (Portugal) Carta de Boas Práticas
No full textA “Rede das Aldeias Vinhateiras” (Douro, Portugal), formulada a partir da reconstrução e valorização local, teve como propósito a fixação de população e o aprofundar das suas dinâmicas socioeconómicas. Numa espessura territorial onde se cruzam complementarmente as industrias do vinho com a do turismo, defendese
agora um modelo de gestão territorial que deverá implicar a participação de múltiplos atores, públicos e privados, a que se deve associar uma framework e uma entidade de governança que consubstancie a “negociação, discussão e cooperação” entre todos aqueles. Além da desk research a coleta de dados passa pelo uso de técnicas abertas, nomeadamente o inquérito, o focus-group e a entrevista (stakeholdes e trade local) e o questionário delphi. Pretende-se, pois, interrogar o modelo de desenvolvimento territorialista e as formas de afirmação da visão holística sobre o território, nos seus quadrantes naturais, culturais e eteno-antropológicos. A consubstanciar a investigação propõe-se a elaboração de uma Carta de Boas Práticas que contribua para o morigerar da tensão entre competitividade do destino e o desenvolvimento sustentável que se pretende
associado à revitalização e ao bem-estar das populações residentes
Augmented Reality Trends to the Field of Business and Economics: A Review of 20 years of Research
No full textAugmented Reality (AR) is emerging as a technology that is reshaping the current
society, especially the fields of Business and Economics (B&E). Therefore, the
scientific studies produced on AR call for an interdisciplinary systematic review of
the knowledge generated to structure an organized framework. Three main questions
are addressed: How has the production of AR scientific knowledge evolved? What
user-related aspects does AR affect? Also, which set of subtopics is associated with
each motivation to develop an AR solution? The content of 328 papers produced
between 1997 and 2016 in the field of AR is analyzed, unveiling 58 coding categories.
There are 13 digital media characteristics that assume instrumental roles in addressing
four major motivations to develop AR solutions. Technological topics dominate the research focus over behavioral ones. The investigations on AR in mobile displays show the highest increase. This research identifies the main scientific topics that have led researchers' agenda. Consequently, they contributed to develop and to adopt AR solutions and to forecast its future application in the organizations' strategiesinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersio