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- Influência dos self etch na estabilidade da cor de restaurações com resinas bulk fillPublication . Belchior, S.; Almeida, C.; Correia, A.; Noites, R.
- Humidificação de oxigénio de baixo fluxo à pessoa em situação crítica: a scoping reviewPublication . Conceição, C.; Santos, C.; Morgado, S.; Martins, L.; Madureira, M.; Veludo, F.
- Should senior members in the police and security forces be qualified as politically exposed person?Publication . Gonçalves, Francisco Jorge; Martins, Veronica
- Freedom and pandemic: on the way to a police state?Publication . Duque, RaquelThe COVID-19 pandemic presents a serious threat to public health. At the same time, measures adopted to combat it can have harmful and discriminatory effects on political rights and civil liberties, caused either intentionally or accidentally .Since the coronavirus outbreak, the condition of democracy and human rights has grown worse in 80 countries around the world according to the Freedom House. Governments have engaged in abuses of power, silenced their critics, undermined institutions and the existing mechanisms of accountability.This is the conclusion of the Freedom House research on the impact of COVID-19 on democracy and human rights which is original and based on a survey of nearly 400 journalists, civil society staff, activists, and other experts as well as research on 192 countries.The research presents the assumption that the COVID-19 pandemic is exacerbating the 14 years of repeated decline in freedom. Not only has democracy weakened in 80 countries, but the problem has become critical in struggling democracies and repressive states. This is also the basis of our presentation.The crisis of democracy is not a new political science subject, neither it is from this century. However, recently the pandemic seems to be the perfect excuse to impose measures that will be hard to reverse. Our presentation will analyse how democracy is being challenged during this pandemic and in order to do this, we will follow the “minimalist” and “electoralist” definition; at the same time, we will review some literature about the crises of democracy and connect this with the four behaviour warning signs made by Steven Levitsky and Daniel Ziblatt, that will help to identify a break in democracy.
- Climate change and terrorism: the challenges for multilateralismPublication . Duque, RaquelClimate change poses one the most serious challenges to societies across the globe. As a transnational phenomenon, the action of a State alone cannot prevent, combat or mitigate the adverse consequences of climate change. The complexity of climate change also lies in its impacts in transversal sectors such as economics, politics, science, ethics, among others. Moreover, the scarcity of essential goods, material or immaterial, generates tensions in any community and climate change have implications in the livelihoods of people whenever there is a drought, a hurricane or a tsunami. These extreme conditions force people to displace in their country or to migrate and exacerbate the fragility of states which terrorist groups may exploit in their own profit. Awareness of climate change in all its dimensions has led states to recognize the importance of cooperation in solving domestic problems caused by the effects of climate change. Dialogue in multilateral arenas and action plans sanctioned by as many countries as possible, ensuring global action, becomes the most effective answer to climate change. Never have climate change issues had so much attention and concern from heads of state and government and public opinion. This can be seen in the diversity of high-level summits and panels in multilateral forums such as the UN, the European Union and security organizations such as NATO where climate change has been the central theme. From the above mentioned ideas, it is important to better understand the nexus between climate change and terrorism, as well as how multilateralism can respond to both phenomena, and this will constitute the core of this paper.
- The fight against terrorism in Morocco: its religious diplomacy as an instrument for counter-radicalisation in France and in the United KingdomPublication . Martins, Verónica; Gonçalves, Francisco JorgeIn a national and international context marked by religious extremism that is eroding the image and practice of Islam and arousing animosity among Muslim communities in Europe, various reflections on the most effective means of fighting against terrorism have emerged. Conscious that the purely security approach is not a solution against terrorist activities, since it is often used downstream, national and international strategies to combat terrorism have come to integrate a prevention component, which importance has grown over the years. After being hit by a suicide attack in 2003, Mohammed VI has implemented in Morocco a "comprehensive, integrated and multidimensional" strategy to strengthen the national system of counter-terrorism. Moreover, the ruler has gradually developed in recent years a diplomatic strategy outside its borders, advocating an Islam of the "middle path", aimed at guaranteeing the "spiritual security" of the Kingdom. Therefore, the struggle in the ideological field remains one of the major challenges and there is an absolute necessity for the production of a credible counter-speech, in order to prevent possible acts of Islamist terrorists. We propose to answer the following research question: what contribution(s) can the religious diplomacy of Morocco bring to a policy of counter-radicalisation in the field of Islamist terrorism in France and in the UK?As far as the theoretical framework is concerned, this project will be guided/ framed by the « securitisation theory ». It is not a question of analysing the process of securitising religious training as such, but, as our main hypothesis indicates, demonstrating that Moroccan religious diplomacy is gaining momentum following the wave of terrorist attacks in Europe and the presence of terrorist groups in Mali. To answer our research question and understand what contribution Moroccan religious diplomacy can make in terms of counter-radicalisation (mainly from 2003 onwards), it will be necessary to undertake a field work which includes, on the one hand, the analysis of official texts and, on the other hand, the realization of semi-structured qualitative interviews. In addition, the consultation of various secondary sources (e.g. books, specialized articles on the prevention, counter-radicalisation) will provide us with a complement of information.
- Women and grassroots-level engagement in building peacePublication . Calléja, LucieIn Building Peace: Sustainable Reconciliation in Divided Societies (1997), John Paul Lederach expressed that “the greatest resource for sustaining peace in the long term is always rooted in the local people and their culture” (1997:94). Based on this argument, this research promotes bottom-up approaches to peacebuilding and acknowledges the need for more inclusion and coordination between actors. Aligned with the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) outlined in the 2030 Agenda adopted in 2015, we advance the centrality of community engagement and women’s participation in building sustainable peace. The 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development constitutes a collective action to strengthen universal prosperity and highlights the linkages between development, peace, and gender equality. More specifically, SDG 5 ‘gender equality’ is central to this research as it advances the need to ensure women’s full inclusion and equal participation in peacebuilding processes. Besides, our perspective supports SDG 16, reaffirming the need to ensure peace and security through conflict prevention and resolution initiatives. We emphasise the need to include grassroots approaches and strengthen capacity-building at the community level. In this regard, this research relates to the Laudato Si’ Goals (LSGs) ‘Response to the Cry of the Poor’ and ‘Community Engagement and Participatory Action’. These goals defend the development of cultures and policies that protect human life and increase solidarity with vulnerable people. Finally, this research highlights the need for increased coordination and collaboration between all stakeholders as a global partnership to achieve inclusive and sustainable peace worldwide.
- Computer guided bone harvesting from mandible. Case seriesPublication . Marques, Tiago; Correia, André; Araújo, Filipe; Santos, Nuno