New restaurants and their intra-industry effects: evidence from Portugal by Luís Miguel Serra Coelho

“…This paper investigates the intra-industry effects resulting from the birth of a new restaurant at Portugal. Using event-study methods, this paper finds that, in the year the new competitors open for business, industry rivals experience an average abnormal loss of -17.6% in their return-on-assets, which is due to a significant decrease in their profit margin, and asset turnover ratio. …”
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Reference dietary patterns in Portugal: Mediterranean diet vs Atlantic diet by Guiné Raquel P. F., Florença Sofia G., Amaral Ana Luisa, Costa Cristina A.

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Understanding the private-public school performance gap in PISA: evidence from Portugal by Ricardo Colaço, Pedro Freitas, Luis Catela Nunes, Ana Balcão Reis

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Knowledge and attitudes towards cervical cancer and screening among migrant women: a qualitative study in Portugal by Inês Fronteira, Patrícia Marques, Sónia Dias, Ana Gama, Joana Silva

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The impact of virtual exchange on East–West social relations: lessons from a China-Portugal foreign language exchange by Rienties Bart, Rets Irina

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UNDERSTANDING TOURIST RECOMMENDATION THROUGH DESTINATION IMAGE: A CHAID ANALYSIS by DORA AGAPITO, PATRÍCIA OOM DO VALLE, JÚLIO DA COSTA MENDES

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The Detection of Small-Scale Open-Burning Agriculture Fires Through Remote Sensing by Eduardo R. Oliveira, Bárbara T. Silva, Diogo Lopes, Sofia Corticeiro, Fátima L. Alves, Leonardo Disperati, Carla Gama

“…The open burning of agricultural residues is a widespread practice with significant environmental implications. …”
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Exploring environmental risk in soils: Leveraging open data for non-sampling assessment? by Silvia Aparisi-Navarro, Maria Moncho-Santonja, Beatriz Defez, Carla Candeias, Fernando Rocha, Guillermo Peris-Fajarnés

“…This study explores whether geostatistical analysis with GIS and open data can provide a faster, more precise, and cost-effective alternative for HM contamination assessment without extensive sampling.Concentrations of nine HMs (Cu, Pb, Ni, Co, Mn, As, Cd, Sb, Cr) were analysed from 498 soil samples collected in two mining areas in Portugal: the Panasqueira and Aljustrel mines. …”
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Unveiling the UNESCO Biosphere Reserve of the Berlengas Archipelago in Portugal as a Hotspot of Fish Species Using eDNA Metabarcoding and the Collaboration of Fishing Crews by Marco Simões, Cátia Costa, Maria da Luz Calado, Nuno Vasco-Rodrigues, Maria Jorge Campos, Sérgio Miguel Leandro, Agostinho Antunes

“…Fisher-collected samples were generally less diverse than those by the research team but detected species typical of deeper and open-ocean habitats, validating this sampling method. …”
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Association between perception of COVID-19 risk, confidence in health services and avoidance of emergency department visits: results from a community-based survey in Portugal by Silvia Lopes, Sónia Dias, Ana Gama, Pedro Laires, Carla Nunes, Patrícia Soares, Ana Rita Pedro, Marta Moniz, Ana Rita Goes

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<i>Allosaurus europaeus</i> (Theropoda: Allosauroidea) Revisited and Taxonomy of the Genus by André Burigo, Octávio Mateus

“…The presence of <i>Allosaurus</i> in Portugal is strong evidence for a North America–Europe Late Jurassic dispersal, later supported by other taxa. …”
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Recent Findings and Open Issues concerning the Seismic Behaviour of Masonry Infill Walls in RC Buildings by André Furtado, Maria Teresa de Risi

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Use of photogrammetry to survey Iron Age rock art motifs in the Côa Valley: the Vermelhosa Rock 3 case study (Vila Nova de Foz Côa, Portugal) by Natália Botica, Luís Luís, Paulo Bernardes

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Super Yang-Mills action from Hybrid Superstring Field Theory by Ulisses M. Portugal

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Thermodynamic Properties of γ- and δ-Lactones: Exploring Alkyl Chain Length Effect and Ring-Opening Reactions for Green Chemistry Applications by Ana L. R. Silva, Gastón P. León, Vladimír Lukeš, Erik Klein, Maria D. M. C. Ribeiro da Silva

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Acceptance of Open Preperitoneal Repair in Inguinal Hernia Surgery Delphi-Consensus After an Anonymous International Survey Among European Hernia Society Members by Ralph Lorenz, Ralph Lorenz, Willem Akkersdijk, Gabriel Paiva De Oliveira, Gabriel Paiva De Oliveira, Tim Warren, Marc Soler

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Challenges in linking destinations’ online reputation with competitiveness by Patricia P. Iglesias-Sánchez, Marisol B. Correia, Carmen Jambrino-Maldonado

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Upper Pleistocene fauna from the Middle Palaeolithic site of Foz do Enxarrique (Vila Velha de Ródão, Naturtejo Unesco Global Geopark) by Silvério Figueiredo, Luís Raposo, Maria Sousa

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Splenic artery aneurysms – a systematic review of the literature by Marta Machado, Andreia Coelho, João Peixoto, Luís Fernandes, Roberto Boal, Francisco Basílio, Patrícia Carvalho, Beatriz Guimarães, Pedro Brandão, Alexandra Canedo

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Chronic limb-threatening ischemia under the age of 50 – a single-center 12-year retrospective study by Inês Gueifão, Anita Quintas, Rita Soares Ferreira, Fábio Pais, Tiago Ribeiro, Joana Cardoso, Helena Fidalgo, Maria Emília Ferreira

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