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Adolescence is a critical developmental period associated with an increased variety of interrelated risks and vulnerabilities. Previous studies have found associations between early memories of warmth and safeness, as well as emotion regulation, and self-harm and suicidal ideation in adolescence. Additionally, these early emotional memories have been found to be positively linked with some indicators of emotion regulation during this period. The present cross-sectional study extends prior research by exploring the moderating role of emotion regulation in the relationships between early memories of warmth and safeness, as well as each of the following risk-related outcomes in adolescence, in younger (i.e., 13–15) and older (i.e., 16–19) adolescents: suicidal ideation and self-harm and its associated functions (i.e., automatic and social reinforcement. Three self-report measures of these early emotional memories, emotion regulation, and risk-related outcomes, and a sample of 7918 Portuguese adolescents (53.3% females), with ages ranging from 13 to 19 (Mage = 15.5), were used. In both age groups, at high levels of emotion regulation, early memories of warmth and safeness had a greater (negative) effect on suicidal ideation and the automatic reinforcement function of self-harm, compared to at average and low levels of emotion regulation. These findings highlight the enhancing role of emotion regulation on the associations between early memories of warmth and safeness and some risk-related outcomes in adolescents, both younger and older, which reveals the relevance of targeting emotion regulation when preventing or tackling these outcomes, regardless of adolescents’ levels of early memories of warmth and safeness.

Este ensaio, sob a forma de uma pensata, discute ideias com relação à epistemologia que envolve a instrumentalidade da pesquisa em administração. A pesquisa em administração é ampla, vasta, multidisciplinar, repleta de métodos e procedimentos que podem ser utilizados e a análise da produção do conhecimento por parte do pesquisador se torna um exercício intelectual acerca de como a investigação científica se torna um elo entre o pesquisador e a comunidade científica que ele está inserido, no caso aqui, da área de administração. Assumimos como condição prévia que a compreensão da administração em sua episteme torna o pesquisador consciente de que este se encontra diante de campo científico complexo e, portanto, o esforço instrumental e procedimental propriamente dito requer conhecimento epistemológico capaz de gerar pesquisas mais sólidas acerca da realidade observada dos fenômenos sociais que a área de administração se debruça a investigar.

The relevance of molecular composition of diatom assemblages to detect river impairment caused by different intensive land uses (industrial, agricultural, and urbanization) was tested in this study with data from two rivers (Ferreira and Sousa rivers) and 21 sampling sites located in the north of Portugal. The Water Framework Directive (WFD) gives the legal basis for the use of this ecological indicator for water quality assessment (Vasselon et al. 2017 ). However, the morphological identification and count of diatoms using the light microscope requires a high level of expertise, is time-consuming and costly (Valentin et al. 2019). DNA metabarcoding combined with high-throughput sequencing techniques (HTS), offers a promising alternative to classic methodologies, reducing time and costs (Mortágua et al. 2019 ). Thus, here we compared the response of the two approaches in terms of ecological assessments (IPS Ecological Quality Ratios) to the different types of pressures felt in the 21 sites. Diatoms were sampled at 21 sites located in the North of Portugal in autumn of 2019 (Fig. 1). Samples were submitted in parallel to the molecular and morphological analyses. The eDNA was extracted, PCR amplified (312 bp rbcL DNA barcode), and finally sequenced (Illumina MiSeq). The Mothur software was used to obtain the Operational Taxonomic Units (OTUs), which were then taxonomically assigned to the species through the R-Syst::diatom version 7.1 (Rimet et al. 2018) reference library. EQR values indicated a good correlation between morphological and molecular methods (Fig. 2). PCA analysis (Fig. 3 ) revealed that in urban, agricultural, and industrial areas there is a greater concentration of nutrients (phosphorus and nitrogen), organic matter, and heavy metals due to the discharge of urban/industrial effluents, while in places considered natural (without any type of anthropogenic pressure) we find low levels of these pollutants and high concentrations of dissolved oxygen (DO). The BEST (BIO-ENV) analysis (Tables 1, 2) shows in the case of the morphological approach, the combination of 4 environmental variables (NO₃⁻, Li, K, and Cu) is highly correlated with the biological patterns, and in the molecular approach the combination of only 2 of the environmental variables (Li and K), explains the distribution of diatom communities composition and has a slightly higher correlation. The morphological methodology seems to demonstrate a better response to urban pressures, mainly to effluent discharges, while the molecular one demonstrates a more diffuse response with special emphasis on good correlation with variables such as zinc and nitrate, which may also be related to effluent discharges and use of fertilizers in agriculture. However, it is necessary to improve the reference library so that there is a better response of the molecular methodology to the existing pressures.

The European Water Framework Directive (2000/60/EC) includes biological assessment of water bodies that has been implemented for many years. Indicator organisms such as diatoms respond to geological and hydrological features of rivers by modifying their structure. Therefore, when implementing the WFD, it was necessary to establish type-specific reference conditions to be able to measure the deviations of sampled communities due to anthropogenic impact.HTS-related eDNA metabarcoding has been developed to complement or even replace traditional approaches for its rapid, low-cost and highly accurate identification of communities for assessment of rivers’ ecological status (e.g. Mortágua et al., 2019; Pérez-Burillo et al. 2020) and proved to provide even more in-depth information about biological elements. The use of this information without assignment to species is being addressed once it eliminates the limiting factor of the reference database incompleteness and may provide new ecological information (e.g. Feio et al., 2020; Rivera et al., 2020). Since WFD requires the establishment of reference conditions for each water body type, for eDNA methods’ implementation it will be essential to review, confirm or reformulate, and perhaps create new typologies. Hereupon, the aim of this study is to analyze diatom communities from different typologies of Portuguese rivers resulting from DNA metabarcoding data and compare it with current typology system. To do so, we will verify the consistency of biological groups included in each type, validate the molecular data, analyze the correspondence of OTU/ISU/ESV to environmental characteristics of rivers. A total of 154 sampling sites were selected from central Portugal and northern Portugal in 2017 and 2019. The biofilm was collected for morphological identification and DNA sequencing of diatoms. Reference sites were selected for 4 river types (mountain, littoral, small and medium-large northern rivers) based on a set of pressure information (water quality, hydromorphology, land use and riparian zones). Diatom inventories were obtained from molecular and morphological analysis. DNA sequences were treated using Mothur software which processed two bioinformatic strategies in order to obtain the final ISU and OTU tables, while ESVs were treated with DADA2 package from R. Identification and counting of diatom valves took place under the light microscope concerning the morphological approach. We expect results to validate the molecular data for each typology either when assigning to species or not, and to understand whether it is necessary to establish new typologies for future use of the molecular approach in ecological assessment of rivers. Directive, W. F. (2000). Water Framework Directive. Journal reference OJL, 327, 1-73. Feio, M. J., Serra, S. R., Mortágua, A., Bouchez, A., Rimet, F., Vasselon, V., & Almeida, S. F. P. (2020). A taxonomy-free approach based on machine learning to assess the quality of rivers with diatoms. Science of the Total Environment, 722, 137900. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2020.137900 Mortágua, A., Vasselon, V., Oliveira, R., Elias, C., Chardon, C., Bouchez, A., ... & Almeida, S. F. P. (2019). Applicability of DNA metabarcoding approach in the bioassessment of Portuguese rivers using diatoms. Ecological indicators, 106, 105470. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecolind.2019.105470 Pérez-Burillo, J., Trobajo, R., Vasselon, V., Rimet, F., Bouchez, A., & Mann, D. G. (2020). Evaluation and sensitivity analysis of diatom DNA metabarcoding for WFD bioassessment of Mediterranean rivers. Science of the Total Environment, 727, 138445. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2020.138445 Rivera, S. F., Vasselon, V., Bouchez, A., & Rimet, F. (2020). Diatom metabarcoding applied to large scale monitoring networks: Optimization of bioinformatics strategies using Mothur software. Ecological indicators, 109, 105775. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecolind.2019.105775

O autocriticismo pode ser entendido como uma autoavaliação prejudicial que implica sentimentos de inutilidade e culpa quando o sujeito se depara com situações de fracasso. Objetivos: explorar a estrutura latente e qualidades psicométricas da Escala das Formas do Autocriticismo e Autotranquilização (FSCRS-C) da população infantil portuguesa. Método: o FSCRS-C foi administrado a 249 crianças açorianas. Resultados: verifica-se uma estrutura bidimensional que incluiu o autocriticismo e autotranquilização. As subescalas apresentaram uma boa consistência interna. O FSCRS-C apresentou uma boa validade divergente e convergente. Conclusão: a versão adaptada para crianças fornece uma medida robusta a ser utilizada em estudos visando o estudo do desenvolvimento deste construto.

An international competition for best papers authored by young criminologists for presentation at the XIX World Congress of Criminology was held in 2019 sponsored by the Education for Justice initiative of the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime and the International Society of Criminology. This preface addresses the priorities and objectives of the Education for Justice initiative and places the competition within that framework.

A escala Psychopathy Checklist-Revised (PCL-R) é considerada o “padrão ouro” na avaliação da psicopatia. É o instrumento mais extensamente investigado em termos de suas propriedades psicométricas dentro da área. Não obstante, a sua estrutura fatorial suscita controvérsias entre os autores. O objetivo deste estudo foi realizar uma revisão sistemática da literatura a fim de investigar quais os modelos relatados como plausíveis para a escala PCL-R. Foram localizados 28 estudos relevantes, propondo 11 modelos diferentes. Os modelos mais recorrentemente relatados foram os de dois fatores oblíquos, de três fatores hierárquicos com seis testlets e de quatro fatores oblíquos. Esses modelos são discutidos tendo em vista aspectos estatísticos relacionados à sua especificação e a teoria psicológica na área. Além disso, são debatidas limitações metodológicas identificadas em alguns dos estudos localizados. Psychopathy Checklist-Revised (PCL-R) has been called the “gold standard” for assessing psychopathy, consisting of the most extensively investigated instrument regarding its psychometric properties. Nevertheless, factor structure of PCL-R remains as a contentious issue among researchers. The aim of the present study was to perform a systematic review of the literature on the factor structure of PCL-R. We found 28 non-redundant studies reporting 11 distinct, empirically-plausible factor structures for the instrument. A two-factor model, a hierarchical three-factor model with six testlets, and a four-factor model comprised the most prevalent factor structures. We discuss these three models in light of both its statistical and theoretical merits. Furthermore, we stress methodological shortcomings of some of the studies included in the review. El Listado de Psicopatía de Hare Revisado (PCL-R) es considerado lo "estándar oro" en la evaluación de la psicopatía, tiendo sido objeto de un grande número de investigaciones psicométricas. Sin embargo, su estructura factorial persiste como un aspecto que suscita controversias entre los autores. Este estudio buscó realizar una revisión sistemática de la literatura internacional para identificar los diferentes modelos plausibles en los estudios empíricos realizados hasta el momento. Se localizaron 28 estudios sobre la estructura de la PCL-R, que proponen un total de 11 modelos diferentes. Los modelos más recurrentemente reportados fueron los de dos factores oblicuos, tres factores jerárquicos con seis testlets y cuatro factores oblicuos. Estos tres modelos se discuten cuanto a algunos de sus aspectos estadísticos e teóricos. Por otra parte, se debaten las limitaciones metodológicas identificadas en algunos estudios localizados.

Este estudo investigou relações entre experiências de estágio e indicadores de desenvolvimento de carreira em formandos universitários, assim como suas percepções sobre o mercado de trabalho. Participaram 131 estudantes de um curso de Engenharia Civil. Os instrumentos utilizados foram um questionário desenvolvido para a pesquisa e escalas de desenvolvimento de carreira. Avaliações otimistas em relação ao mercado de trabalho estiveram relacionadas com maior lócus de controle interno para as tarefas de inserção profi ssional e com o comprometimento de carreira. Experiências de estágio mais satisfatórias estiveram associadas a maiores níveis de autoefi cácia profi ssional, decisão de carreira e exploração, bem como à percepção de desenvolvimento de competências técnicas e transversais de trabalho a partir do estágio. Implicações dos resultados são discutidas. This study aimed to investigate relationships between apprenticeship experiences and career development indicators with senior college students, as well as their perceptions of the labor market. Participants were 131 Civil Engineering senior students. The instruments used were a questionnaire developed for this research and career development scales. Optimistic evaluations of the labor market were associated with higher inner locus of control related to job seeking tasks and higher career commitment. Higher levels of satisfaction with apprenticeship experiences were associated with higher levels of job self-effi cacy, career decision, and exploration, as well as with perception of development of technical and transferable skills related to the apprenticeship. Implications of the fi ndings are discussed. Este estudio investigó relaciones entre experiencias de prácticas e indicadores de desarrollo de carrera en estudiantes universitarios, así como sus percepciones sobre el mercado de trabajo. Participaron 131 estudiantes de un curso de Ingeniería Civil. Los instrumentos utilizados fueron un cuestionario desarrollado para la investigación y escalas de desarrollo de carrera. Las evaluaciones optimistas con relación al mercado de trabajo estuvieron relacionadas con mayor locus de control interno para las tareas de inserción profesional y con el comprometimiento de carrera. Las experiencias de prácticas más satisfactorias estuvieron asociadas a mayores niveles de auto efi cacia profesional, decisión de carrera y aprovechamiento, así como a la percepción de desarrollo de competencias técnicas y transversales de trabajo a partir de la práctica. Se discuten implicaciones de los resultados.

Submitted by Núcleo de Pós-Graduação Administração (npgadm@ufba.br) on 2017-09-19T20:41:42Z No. of bitstreams: 1 Dissertação de Mestrado-CÉSAR FONSECA RAMALHO.pdf: 1739946 bytes, checksum: 8dea42cb06fee196b9b30772524aa796 (MD5) Approved for entry into archive by Maria Angela Dortas (dortas@ufba.br) on 2017-09-22T20:50:45Z (GMT) No. of bitstreams: 1 Dissertação de Mestrado-CÉSAR FONSECA RAMALHO.pdf: 1739946 bytes, checksum: 8dea42cb06fee196b9b30772524aa796 (MD5) Made available in DSpace on 2017-09-22T20:50:45Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Dissertação de Mestrado-CÉSAR FONSECA RAMALHO.pdf: 1739946 bytes, checksum: 8dea42cb06fee196b9b30772524aa796 (MD5) No começo da década de 1990, o mundo passou a dar importância cada vez maior para mecanismos de Prevenção à Corrupção e Transparência. Muitos países assinaram as 3 convenções internacionais anticorrupção – 1996, com a Organização dos Estados Americanos, 1997, com a Organização para a Cooperação e Desenvolvimento Econômico e 2003 – Organização das Nações Unidas. Entre os países signatários estavam o Brasil e o Chile que, apesar de suas diferenças geográficas, populacionais, econômicas e culturais, desenvolveram soluções semelhantes. Esta pesquisa, de cunho histórico, visou explorar, utilizando como método, estudo de caso comparativo, a difusão isomórfica de mecanismos de Transparência e prevenção à corrupção nos dois países, em termos institucionais. Por meio de entrevistas e pesquisa documental, verificou-se que, a partir do momento crítico que deflagrou as convenções internacionais contra a corrupção, ocorreram mecanismos isomórficos, para efetivar uma série de mudanças institucionais no Brasil e no Chile. In the early 1990s, the world became increasingly important to mechanisms for the Prevention of Corruption and Transparency. Many countries have signed the 3 international anti-corruption conventions - 1996, with the Organization of American States, 1997, with the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development and 2003 - United Nations. Among the signatory countries, were Brazil and Chile, which, despite their geographical, population, economic and cultural differences, have developed similar solutions. This historical research aimed to explore, using as a method, a comparative case study, the isomorphic diffusion of transparency and prevention mechanisms to corruption in both countries, in institutional terms. Through interviews and documentary research, it was verified that, from the critical moment that triggered the international conventions against corruption, isomorphic mechanisms occurred, to stabilize a series of institutional changes in Brazil and Chile.

Submitted by Tatiana Lima (tatianasl@ufba.br) on 2016-08-30T21:05:13Z No. of bitstreams: 1 Amaral, Marcelo Santos.pdf: 5121263 bytes, checksum: 352e9409f1f2a35901488dc5bbf1474d (MD5) Approved for entry into archive by Maria Angela Dortas (dortas@ufba.br) on 2016-08-30T21:13:36Z (GMT) No. of bitstreams: 1 Amaral, Marcelo Santos.pdf: 5121263 bytes, checksum: 352e9409f1f2a35901488dc5bbf1474d (MD5) Made available in DSpace on 2016-08-30T21:13:36Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Amaral, Marcelo Santos.pdf: 5121263 bytes, checksum: 352e9409f1f2a35901488dc5bbf1474d (MD5) O surgimento de novas tecnologias da informação e da comunicação motivou estudos sobre as possíveis transformações provocadas por estas tecnologias, fazendo surgir diferentes correntes e dividindo os teóricos em moderados, otimistas e pessimistas em relação a estas mudanças. Mais recentemente, o advento das novas mídias sociais da internet também têm motivado diferentes investigações sobre os possíveis impactos que elas possam ter sobre as relações sociais, econômicas e políticas. Instituições, organizações, políticos e cidadãos estão adotando o uso das redes sociais em ritmo acelerado, levantando questões sobre os efeitos que esta adoção pode provocar nas relações entre Estado, governo e sociedade. O Twitter é um serviço de microblogging que surgiu com o propósito de ser um diário público de atividades, mas foi apropriado e utilizado de forma bem mais ampla, tornando-se uma rede social única na internet. Este estudo exploratório investigou a adoção do Twitter pelo Congresso Nacional e sua utilização durante o período eleitoral de 2014, abrangendo quatro momentos de análises: um período prévio ao momento eleitoral, o início e o final da campanha política, e um período posterior às eleições de 2014. Os indicadores analisados incluem dados sócio-políticos dos parlamentares em exercício em qualquer das quatro datas de análise e seus dados de uso do Twitter, coletados diretamente da rede social. O objetivo foi descrever e analisar como parlamentares e partidos políticos representados no Congresso Nacional atuavam no Twitter, antes, durante e após a campanha eleitoral de 2014. Os dados indicam que os parlamentares aderiram ao Twitter antes das eleições de 2010 ou antes das eleições de 2014. Em momentos de eleição, tendem a aumentar suas presenças na rede, postando mais conteúdos e buscando visibilidade para suas campanhas eleitorais, obtendo com isto mais popularidade e, dentre os mais populares, mais votos. Há parlamentares que, por sua grande popularidade no Twitter, se equivalem a celebridades virtuais, sendo excepcionalmente seguidos por colegas e por cidadãos, mas seguindo poucas pessoas em retorno. Na outra ponta, há uma parcela de parlamentares que se mostraram indiferentes ao uso do recurso durante as quatro etapas de análise. Os partidos políticos também reproduzem as relações do ambiente off-line no Twitter, tendo os principais partidos liderado o movimento de adesão. Há partidos, no entanto, que possuem importância relativamente maior no ambiente virtual do que fora dele, sendo muito seguidos por políticos de outros partidos e pelo público externo ao Congresso. Os parlamentares aumentaram ignificativamente o número de seus seguidores entre o início e o final do período analisado, mas o público dos partidos políticos não ficou mais qualificado com este acréscimo de popularidade de seus representantes. Depois das eleições, muitos parlamentares abandonam o uso da ferramenta – especialmente aqueles que não obtiveram sucesso eleitoral; outros, reeleitos, diminuíram suas presenças no ambiente virtual para um ritmo próximo do anterior. As conclusões apontam para a reprodução das relações personalistas e individualistas da política brasileira no ambiente virtual, com as conexões entre cidadãos e políticos valorizando a figura dos políticos, em detrimento das legendas políticas às quais estão filiados. The rise of new information technologies and communication has motivated research on the potential changes caused by these technologies, giving rise to different streams and splitting the theoretical in moderate, optimistic and pessimistic about these changes. Recently, the advent of new social media of the Internet also have motivated different investigations on the potential impacts they might have on the social, economic and political relations. Institutions, organizations, politicians and citizens are adopting the use of social networks at a fast pace, raising questions about the effects that adoption may result in the relations between state, government and society. Twitter is a microblogging service that has emerged intended to be a public microblogging, but was appropriated and used far more widely becoming a unique social network on the Internet. This exploratory study has investigated the adoption of Twitter by the National Congress and its use during the Brazilian election of 2014, covering four stages of analysis: one period prior to election time, the beginning and the end of the political campaign, and a period after the 2014 elections. The indicators examined here include sociopolitical data of parliamentarians in any of the four dates of analysis and their Twitter usage data collected directly from the social network. The aimed to describe and analyze how parliamentarians and political parties represented in the National Congress acted on Twitter before, during and after the election campaign of 2014. The data indicate that parliamentarians have joined Twitter before the 2010 elections or before the 2014 elections. In moments of elections, they tend to increase their presence on the network, posting more content and seeking visibility for their election campaigns, obtaining with this more popularity and among the most popular, more votes. There are parliamentarians, for their great popularity on Twitter, are equivalent to virtual celebrities, being exceptionally followed by colleagues and citizens, but following few people in return. At the other hand, a part of parliamentarians have shown indifferent to the use of the resource during the four stages of analysis. Political parties also reproduce relations of the offline environment on Twitter, with major parties led the membership movement. There are parties, however, which have relatively more important in the virtual environment than outside it, being very followed by politicians from other parties and the external public to Congress. Parliamentarians have significantly increased the number of its followers between the beginning and the end of the reporting period, but the audience of political parties was not more qualified with this popularity increase their representatives. After the elections, many parliaments have abandoned the use of the tool – especially those who did not achieve electoral success; others, re-elected, decreased their presence in the virtual environment. The findings point to the reproduction of personalist and individualist relations in Brazilian politics in the virtual environment, with the connections between citizens and politicians valuing the figure of politicians at the expense of political parties to which they are affiliated.