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This counter storytelling engages with Critical Race Theory and Latinx Queer Feminism to author a personal story of a poet who is a Pagan with Christian beliefs, a person of color from Latin America and a queer man connecting with indigenous ways of knowing and worshiping going through a path of healing and liberation of internalized oppression. In this Arts-Based narrative the experimental writing reflects field trips to Mexico in which inspiration was found to discover new meanings in spirituality, religion, love, sexuality, race, and how to overcome recent traumatic experiences including a near death hospitalization. Intergenerational trauma as an African descendant from Brasil is also addressed as well as systematic oppression experienced in Brasil, Mexico, and in the USA. Quetzalcóatl and La Coatlicue, two Mexica non-binary deities who are archetypes of wisdom, transformation, and the dynamics of the universe, reflect deepest aspirations and anxieties and inspiration to walk in life being a person with conflicting marginalized identities. In this narrative I talk about fear, despair, and pain, but also about joy, pleasure, and healing. Through this personal journey, I express my voice in a non-linear and fragmented way inspired by Mexican and Brazilian popular poetry with visual representations that seeks for a dialogue among cultures and spiritualities to create new possibilities of community building. The aim is not to essentialize the intersectionalities that can be so painful but find the beauty and awakening moments for those who have them. This narrative is connecting with decolonial pedagogies to encourage students and people in general with marginalized identities to come forward in classrooms and in life and share their histories denouncing systematic oppression and healing from its wounds. This counter storytelling is an experiment of academic and poetic voices looking for a queer and feminist future that breaks binaries, embracing fluidity and constant change as ways of expressing yourself and being who you are.

O presente trabalho propõe-se a relatar e analisar as tarefas realizadas durante o estágio curricular no Grupo Érre (ÉRRE LRB). O relatório é composto pela apresentação da entidade, pelas atividades, práticas e tarefas realizadas durante o estágio curricular e por uma componente de investigação. Na questão de investigação, irá ser analisado o papel relevante da União Europeia e instituições internacionais na internacionalização e desenvolvimento das empresas nacionais. No decorrer deste estágio foi-me possível estabelecer contato com a realidade do mercado de trabalho numa empresa multinacional e auxiliá-la na sua expansão. Este estágio foi essencial para a aplicação e consolidação de conhecimentos adquiridos ao longo do meu percurso no Mestrado em Línguas e Relações Empresariais. The present work proposes to report and analyze the tasks performed during the curricular internship at Érre Group (ÉRRE LRB). The report comprises the presentation of the entity, the activities, practices, and tasks performed during the curricular internship and an investigation component. In the research question, the relevant role of the European Union and international institutions in the internationalization and development of national companies will be analyzed. During this internship, I was able to establish contact with the reality of the job market in a multinational company and help it in its expansion. This internship was essential for the application and consolidation of knowledge acquired along my path in the Masters in Languages and Business Relations. Mestrado em Línguas e Relações Empresariais

Additional file 1. Supplementary figures.

Additional file 1. Growth performance of gilthead seabream (Sparus aurata) submitted to three different chronic stressors. Values are mean ± SD (n = 75).

Additional file 2. Protein spots, with statistically different relative abundances (P

Additional file 3. List of the overrepresented terms in the GO Enrichment analysis of the 18 proteins showing significantly differential abundance between control and NET treatments (hypergeometric test, FDR

The occurrence of emotions in non-human animals has been the focus of debate over the years. Recently, an interest in expanding this debate to non-tetrapod vertebrates and to invertebrates has emerged. Within vertebrates, the study of emotion in teleosts is particularly interesting since they represent a divergent evolutionary radiation from that of tetrapods, and thus they provide an insight into the evolution of the biological mechanisms of emotion. We report that Sea Bream exposed to stimuli that vary according to valence (positive, negative) and salience (predictable, unpredictable) exhibit different behavioural, physiological and neuromolecular states. Since according to the dimensional theory of emotion valence and salience define a two-dimensional affective space, our data can be interpreted as evidence for the occurrence of distinctive affective states in fish corresponding to each the four quadrants of the core affective space. Moreover, the fact that the same stimuli presented in a predictable vs. unpredictable way elicited different behavioural, physiological and neuromolecular states, suggests that stimulus appraisal by the individual, rather than an intrinsic characteristic of the stimulus, has triggered the observed responses. Therefore, our data supports the occurrence of emotion-like states in fish that are regulated by the individual’s perception of environmental stimuli. info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion

Tese de doutoramento, Ciências do Mar, da Terra e do Ambiente, Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Universidade do Algarve, 2016 The reason why some individuals from the same fish population react so differently under similar aquaculture husbandry practices or to any other stressful situation is at the core of today’s fish welfare research. In this context, the large individual variation in the physiological or behavioural response under stressful conditions is now accepted as reflection of distinct personality traits and of divergent cognitive evaluation that the individual makes of the situation, i.e. on the way the stressor is appraised. This thesis aimed to uncover which appraisal criteria fish use, the interplay with their personality traits, the underlying neurophysiological mechanisms and the potential application of psychological modulators of the stress response to improve fish welfare. Thus, the experimental work was oriented towards: i) investigating whether pre-existing inherent traits in behaviour and physiology affect the outcome of exposure to environmental stressors in Gilthead seabream (Sparus aurata) and Atlantic seabass (Dicentrarchus labrax) (Chapter II.1 and Chapter II.2); ii) evaluating the effect of predictability on the onset of action-related responses to aversive and appetitive stimuli (Chapter III.1); iii) inferring how predictability stressor modulates the cognitive stress response (Chapter III.2); iv) investigating how controllability improves coping ability on both seabream and seabass (Chapter IV.1); v) examining the relationship between thermal choice and animal personality using Nile tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus) as model (Chapter IV.2). Differences in behaviour, physiology and brain states measurements support specific appraisal and motivations in fish, according to the prospect of reward or punishment. This seems to be, nevertheless, highly dependent of both species - and contextspecificity. In addition they suggest that predictable stimuli and social support alongside with perception of control can be used as psychological modulators of the stress response to make animals more resilient and empowered under sustainable farming systems. The link between personality and appraisal deserves further investigation as evidences are narrow. The work developed in the core of this thesis has brought new insights on how to manipulate fish´s ability to cope with changes in their environment, ensuring positive outcomes in terms of welfare, fitness and survival.

Trabajo presentado en el 3rd International Workshop on Biology of Fish Gametes, celebrado en Budapest del 7 al 9 de septiembre de 2011., Oxidative stress, as a result of the imbalance between the reactive oxygen species (ROS) and the sperm antioxidant system, promotes sperm morphological and physiological damage, since all cellular components (lipids, proteins and nucleic acids) are potential targets for ROS. Although antioxidant defense system is active in semen, its activity is limited as the amount of spermatozoa cytoplasm is low (Shiva et al. 2011). Moreover, dilution in the extender media for cryopreservation reduces the seminal plasma constituents being sperm more vulnerable to oxidative stress. Oxidative damage can be reduced by sperm modulation through breeders’ diet (Cerolini et al. 2006) or by antioxidant addition in the freezing media (Cabrita et al. 2011). Thus, in the present work, these two ways of modulation were tested to improve the antioxidant system of seabass sperm by enrichment of HUFAs, vitamin E and Selenium (Se), with the aim to reduce cryodamage., Source of funding: Project CRYOSPERM (PTDC/MAR/64533/2006) founded by FCT national funding; S. Martínez-Páramo (SFRH/BPD/48520/2008) co-founded by POPH-QREN, Tipologia 4.1 (FEDER and MCTES) and E. Cabrita (RYC-2007-01650).