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Globalisation generates intense debate and contradictory positions, being a particularly relevant object of social representations (SR). This article attempts to better understand the SR of globalisation by analysing how the normative social metasystem controls, verifies and selects the material produced by the operative system in contexts of social comparison. Using a multi-method approach, we conducted two studies, with semi-structured interviews (N=30) and a free association questionnaire (N=100), in the Porto Metropolitan Area, Portugal. Results highlight how social comparison contexts trigger arguments in favour of group interests and reveal the existing power relations between groups. The importance of identifying the relations that guide thinking about social objects and the applicability of SR theory for understanding complex, controversial, sociopolitical objects are discussed.

Este artigo analisa a financeirização das famílias portuguesas de uma perspetiva socioeconómica e territorial. Fá-lo apresentando e discutindo os resultados do inquérito FESSUD Finança e Bem-Estar em quatro partes. Primeiro, caracteriza a relação das famílias portuguesas com a finança. Segundo, examina os determinantes socioeconómicos e territoriais daquela relação. Terceiro, investiga o acesso desigual à finança. Quarto, avalia a experiência com as instituições financeiras. O artigo reitera a importância de levar a cabo abordagens que integrem elementos socioeconómicos e territoriais na análise e aponta caminhos para investigação futura acerca da relação das famílias com a finança em Portugal.

The present study examined the association between ethnicity and clinical characteristics of patients admitted to a psychiatric inpatient unit in Portugal. The only ethnicity-related terms routinely recorded in the medical records were "Black" (mainly from the African Portuguese-speaking countries of Cape Verde, Angola, Guinea, Sao Tome and Mozambique) and "White." Black immigrants appeared to be over-represented, comprising 19.6% of inpatients; and were younger and more frequently male when compared with White inpatients. They were more frequently diagnosed with schizophrenia and acute or transient psychosis, and less frequently diagnosed with delusional and personality disorders than White inpatients. These results are consistent with previous studies in the US and UK, and highlight the need for more culturally sensitive care in mental health services.

Há tempos o conceito de espaço tem sido discutido sob a perspectiva do mensurável. A partir do estudo do espaço social que nos cerca e dos seres que nele habitam, é possível aplicar a perspectiva fenomenológica ao espaço e às narrativas de entretenimento na compreensão daquilo que os transforma em play, abrindo a possibilidade de incluir em uma análise novas formas de arte como os jogos de RPG. Os Role Playing Games ou jogos de interpretação de papeis existem como fenômeno cultural desde a década de 70 e a sua capacidade de criar universos virtuais que coexistem com universos físicos faz com que o papel do jogador seja a mediação da interpenetração destes espaços. O presente trabalho busca apontar as diferenças na maneira como os jogadores se comportam e quando confrontados com a atmosfera e a ambiência presentes nos jogos RPGs de horror, sejam eles tradicionais e eletrônicos.

The development of the airport segment faces environmental externalities especially related to the increase in emissions of Greenhouse Gases (GHGs) from combustion of fossil fuels by the aircraft engine, by the machinery for the maintenance of the planes and also by the vehicles used for passengers connections (private cars, taxicabs or public transportation system). In this scope, the current work presents the case study of the expansion of the Viracopos International Airport at Campinas – São Paulo, Brazil. To evaluate that, the methodology of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) was implemented to estimate the emissions of GHGs by aircraft for the years 2008 (before expansion), 2012 (current picture) and 2016 (future scenario) observing the changes in demand for passengers and cargo transportation. To evaluate the emissions from the vehicles it was used the AIMSUN microsimulation software to estimate emissions in the years 2012 and to simulate sensitivity scenarios for the year 2016. It was found that the inventory of CO2 emissions for both types of transports considered for Viracopos airport showed similar orders of magnitude, what can be inferred about the equivalent contribution of these two modes on emissions of GHGs for the study area. These results may serve as a basis for establishing emission management plans of air pollutants by the competent organizations and to propose more targeted and effective measures to reduce the GHG emissions by these sources.