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Chapter and Conference Paper
How Sociodemographic Characteristics May Affect the Thermal User's Perception of Illness, Quality of Life, Sleep Quality and Disability. A Portuguese Case Study
Literature shows that thermal spas’ users seek thermal spas for therapeutic and wellness reasons. If the effective improvement in the user's health status needs to be confirmed by clinical tests, the perceived...
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Chapter and Conference Paper
Classical Versus Wellness Thermalism: The Case of Portuguese Thermal Establishments Before and After the COVID-19 Pandemic
Thermal/mineral springs are one of the fastest-growing subcategories of wellness tourism. Indeed, it is an activity that has steadily increased in all of Europe's developed economies over the last few decades....
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Chapter and Conference Paper
Evolution of Demand for Portuguese Thermal Spas: An Exploratory Data Analysis of Administrative Data
Well-being or positive health is not a new concept; However, since the mid-twentieth century, scientific institutions have addressed the issue and its implications for medicine and public health. It can be obs...
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Article
Open AccessTwo-colour light activated covalent bond formation
We introduce a photochemical bond forming system, where two colours of light are required to trigger covalent bond formation. Specifically, we exploit a visible light cis/trans isomerization of chlorinated azoben...
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Article
Spectroscopic Studies on the Interaction of Metallic Ions with an Imidazolyl-Phenolic System
A fluorescent imidazolyl-phenolic compound was applied on the detection of metallic species (Cu2+, Al3+, Cr3+ and Fe3+) in a CH3CN/H2O (95/5, v/v) media. The presence and concentration of these cations altered si...
