Sofia Sousa
Biographic Data
| ID | 3773356 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Sofia Sousa |
| GIVEN NAMES | Sofia |
| FAMILY NAME | Sousa |
| SIGNATURE | SOUSA S |
| AFFILIATIONS | Universidade do Porto |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-3504-5394 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 25 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 10 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 25 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2012 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Enseñanza contextualizada del tema “Gases y Disoluciones” en Química de 10.o curso, utilizando la plataforma de calidad del aire QualAr y ChatGPT.
Geralmente os alunos apresentam dificuldades na aprendizagem dos conteúdos de Química, sendo necessário encontrar estratégias didáticas para minimizar essas dificuldades.
New forms of artivism in relation to contemporary societies. Tuty Moreno Campos’s soft artivism
With this article, we intend to look at the intersection between the experiences of women artists, particularly in terms of their individual and collective practices, in relation to the creation of art products with an artivist or art-based activism slant. Based on the artistic practice of Tuty Moreno Campos - a migrant artist - we intend to highlight and discuss a new type of art-activist work, in other words, to discuss the emergence of concept…
‘Headless women in public art’: Migrant artivism and do-it-yourself practices in the city of Porto
This article focuses on the do-it-yourself artistic creation of migrant women in the city of Porto, Portugal, and emerging modalities of artivism. It is focused on the project ‘Headless Women in Public Art’, by the artist Mariana Morais; an art and design project – sustained by a do-it-yourself praxis and ethos – that aims to examine public art in the city of Porto through a feminist and (i) migrant lens, to identify/deconstruct aesthetic narrati…
Towards a Sustainable Growth of the Shipping Sector—A Systematic Review of Future Shipping Emissions Scenarios
The demand for transport could be tripling by 2050, and it is expected that the increase in shipping demand will be even larger. Considering this, it is important to forecast the evolution of ship emissions in the coming decades and estimate their impacts on air quality, health and climate as reliably as possible. Thus, this study aimed to perform a systematic review considering studies where future shipping emissions scenarios have been establis…
Development and validation of a photograph-based instrument to assess nutrition literacy: The Nutly project
Most instruments measuring nutrition literacy evaluate theoretical knowledge, not necessarily reflecting skills relevant to food choices. We aimed to develop and validate a photograph-based instrument to assess nutrition literacy (NUTLY) among adults in Portugal. NUTLY assesses the ability to distinguish foods with different nutritional profiles; from each of several combinations of three photographs (two foods with similar contents and one with …
Carmen Miranda
Carmen Miranda foi, e ainda é, um dos maiores ícones musicais e estéticos do Brasil. Carmen foi tudo menos convencional, tradicionalista e conformista, e talvez por isso tenha marcado a história da música e da moda brasileira e internacional. Assim, neste artigo, pretendemos debruçar-nos sobre dois tópicos fulcrais, nomeadamente o uso do Do-It-Yourself (DIY) nas suas criações artísticas, bem como pretendemos demonstrar a relevância do design dos …
Environmental Dissemination of Sars-CoV-2 in a University Hospital during the Covid-19 5th Wave Delta Variant Peak in Castile-León, Spain
The dominant SARS-CoV-2 Delta variant (B.1.617.2) became the main circulating variant among countries by mid 2021. Attention was raised to the increased risk of airborne transmission, leading to nosocomial outbreaks even among vaccinated individuals. Considering the increased number of COVID-19 hospital admissions fueled by the spread of the variant, with Spain showing the highest COVID-19 rates in mainland Europe by July 2021, the aim of this st…
Biopsychosocial Factors That Influence the Purpose in Life among Working Adults and Retirees
This study aimed to identify and characterize biopsychosocial factors that impact the purpose in life (PIL) among adults that are working or already retired. This cross-sectional study includes a sample of 1330 participants, of whom 62.2% were female, with ages ranging from 55 and 84 years, with a mean of 61.93 years and a standard deviation of 7.65. Results suggest that the education level, stress, spirituality (religion) and optimism, social su…
Investigating the role of symptom valorisation in tuberculosis patient delay in urban areas in Portugal
These findings emphasise the importance of symptom valorisation in timely TB diagnosis. Patients who did not value their symptoms had longer PD, indicating a need for interventions to improve symptom recognition. Our findings also corroborate the importance of the socioeconomic determinants of health, highlighting tobacco as a risk factor both for TB and for PD
Nutritional Characterization of Street Food in Urban Turkmenistan, Central Asia
Objective Describing the availability and nutritional composition of the most commonly available street foods in Ashgabat , Turkmenistan. Methods One hundred sixty-one street food vending sites (six public markets) were assessed, through a collection of data on vending sites' characteristics and food availability, and samples of commonly available foods (21 homemade; 11 industrial), for chemical analysis. Results Fruit, beverages, and food other …
Health and Economic Burden of the 2017 Portuguese Extreme Wildland Fires on Children
Wildland fires release substantial amounts of hazardous contaminants, contributing to a decline in air quality and leading to serious health risks. Thus, this study aimed to understand the contributions of the 2017 extreme wildland fires in Portugal on children health, compared to 2016 (with burned area, in accordance with the average of the previous 15 years). The impact of long-term exposure to PM 10 and NO 2 concentrations, associated with wil…
Street Food and Takeaway Food Purchasing Patterns in Bosnia and Herzegovina
This study aimed to describe street food and takeaway food purchasing patterns in Sarajevo and Banja Luka, throughout the day and by city location. A cross-sectional evaluation of street food and takeaway food customers was conducted in 2017. All eligible vending sites (n = 348) in the vicinity of selected markets and bus stops were included. Data on the food items purchased, and time and geographic location of the purchases were collected. A tot…
Evidence of Air and Surface Contamination with Sars-CoV-2 in a Major Hospital in Portugal
As the third wave of the COVID-19 pandemic hit Portugal, it forced the country to reintroduce lockdown measures due to hospitals reaching their full capacities. Under these circumstances, environmental contamination by SARS-CoV-2 in different areas of one of Portugal's major Hospitals was assessed between 21 January and 11 February 2021. Air samples ( n = 44) were collected from eleven different areas of the Hospital (four COVID-19 and seven non-…
Detection of Sars-CoV-2 in the Indoor and Outdoor Areas of Urban Public Transport Systems of Three Major Cities of Portugal in 2021
Airborne transmission is mainly associated with poorly ventilated and crowded indoor environments where people stay for long periods of time. As such, public transport is often perceived as having a high risk for the transmission of SARS-CoV-2. Considering that data on the detection of SARS-CoV-2 in public transport systems are scarce, we performed air sampling for SARS-CoV-2 in indoor and outdoor spaces of public transport systems in Portugal. A…
Dreaming is not enough. Audiovisual methodologies, social inclusion, and new forms of youth biopolitical resistance
The eleventh Sustainable Development Goal, "make cities and human settlements inclusive, safe, resilient and sustainable," can only be truly answered when there are no individuals in our societies who feel forgotten by the various social institutions. Not in Education, Employment, or Training [NEET] are among those most affected by this social invisibility. Nevertheless, these young people are not alienated or lost. Far from it. Instead, some of …
Sustainable policies for air pollution reduction after Covid ‐19 pandemic: Lessons learnt from the impact of the different lockdown periods on air quality
Due to the COVID‐19 pandemic, governments imposed several mobility restrictions which can be used to evaluate their impact on air quality and generate better‐targeted policies to improve it. Therefore, this study aimed to define sustainable mitigation measures to reduce air pollution based on quantifying the impacts of the restrictions imposed during the COVID‐19 pandemic on air quality in Portugal. Thus, hourly concentrations of PM 10 , PM 2.5 ,…
Ultimate bias: Memorabilia, K-pop and fandom identities
This article puts forward a sustained approach in the perception of the processes of construction ofindividual and collectivemeanings and identities in relation to the musical (sub)genre Kpop. Thus, contrary to the logic that emphasizes the loss of relevance of the CD, we tried to demonstrate thatas an object of memorabilia and musical consumptionit remains alive within the K-pop culture. In fact, not only the CD, but also other memorabilia items…
It’s Turned Me from a Professional to a “Bedroom DJ” Once Again’: Covid-19 and New Forms of Inequality for Young Music-Makers
Given the unprecedented circumstances of the COVID-19 pandemic and increasingly uncertain socio-economic conditions, cultural practice remains a stable canvas upon which young people draw the most agency and exercise a sense of freedom. This article reports on an international research collaboration, drawing on the voices of 77 young musicians from three countries—Australia, England and Portugal—who were interviewed about their music-making pract…
Eu Não Sou de Aço. Eu Sou de Bambu. Hip-hop, desigualdades de gênero e resistência
Eu Não Sou de Aço. Eu Sou de Bambu. Hip-hop, desigualdades de gênero e resistência
Requiem Pelas Músicas Que Perdemos: Percursos com paragens pelos impactos da pandemia na produção musical independente em Portugal
Em Portugal o trabalho criativo em torno da popular music não tem sido objeto de um investimento científico atualizado. E essa situação é premente no que tange aos constrangimentos que o trespassam e se acentuaram na pandemia. Partindo de entrevistas semiestruturadas, este artigo propõe-se mapear as desigualdades e os impactos da COVID-19 no trabalho criativo de 40 músicos portugueses - fruto de uma investigação transnacional em curso, que envolv…
(Des) encontros de uma Etnografia Multissituada em Regiões Urbanas de Marginalidade Avançada no Brasil e em Portugal
Apresentamos, neste artigo, uma etnografia multissituada (Marcus, 1998) que atualmente demarca grande parte dos estudos etnográficos, na medida em que são poucos os pesquisadores que se restringem a um local ou a uma comunidade em suas pesquisas. Visamos compreender as dinâmicas de organização espaço-temporais destas populações, quanto às diferentes formas de apropriação e significação das regiões habitadas, a Grande Cruzeiro, na cidade de Porto …
Evaluation of Low-Cost Mitigation Measures Implemented to Improve Air Quality in Nursery and Primary Schools
Indoor air pollution mitigation measures are highly important due to the associated health impacts, especially on children, a risk group that spends significant time indoors. Thus, the main goal of the work here reported was the evaluation of mitigation measures implemented in nursery and primary schools to improve air quality. Continuous measurements of CO2, CO, NO2, O3, CH2O, total volatile organic compounds (VOC), PM1, PM 2.5 , PM 10 , Total S…
Children’s Exposure to Radon in Nursery and Primary Schools
The literature proves an evident association between indoor radon exposure and lung cancer, even at low doses. This study brings a new approach to the study of children's exposure to radon by aiming to evaluate exposure to indoor radon concentrations in nursery and primary schools from two districts in Portugal (Porto and Bragança), considering different influencing factors (occupation patterns, classroom floor level, year of the buildings' const…
Women in the driving seat: Eastern European immigrant women's citizenship, participation and educational inclusion in Portugal
This paper is a case study of Eastern European immigrant women's social inclusion in Portugal through civic participation. An analysis of interviews conducted with women leaders and members of two ethnic associations provides a unique insight into their migrant pathways as highly educated women and the ways in which these women are constructing their citizenship in new contexts in Northern Portugal. These women's accounts of their immigrant exper…
Indoor air pollution on nurseries and primary schools: Impact on childhood asthma – study protocol
This study intends to contribute for the understanding of the role of environmental factors, namely indoor air pollution, on asthma considering a risk group of different ages, and for the development of preventive measures, which are considered priority issues by the European Commission, according to the European Environmental Agency and the World Health Organization
It’s Turned Me from a Professional to a “Bedroom DJ” Once Again’: Covid-19 and New Forms of Inequality for Young Music-Makers
Given the unprecedented circumstances of the COVID-19 pandemic and increasingly uncertain socio-economic conditions, cultural practice remains a stable canvas upon which young people draw the most agency and exercise a sense of freedom. This article reports on an international research collaboration, drawing on the voices of 77 young musicians from three countries—Australia, England and Portugal—who were interviewed about their music-making pract…
Requiem Pelas Músicas Que Perdemos: Percursos com paragens pelos impactos da pandemia na produção musical independente em Portugal
Em Portugal o trabalho criativo em torno da popular music não tem sido objeto de um investimento científico atualizado. E essa situação é premente no que tange aos constrangimentos que o trespassam e se acentuaram na pandemia. Partindo de entrevistas semiestruturadas, este artigo propõe-se mapear as desigualdades e os impactos da COVID-19 no trabalho criativo de 40 músicos portugueses - fruto de uma investigação transnacional em curso, que envolv…
Indoor air pollution on nurseries and primary schools: Impact on childhood asthma – study protocol
This study intends to contribute for the understanding of the role of environmental factors, namely indoor air pollution, on asthma considering a risk group of different ages, and for the development of preventive measures, which are considered priority issues by the European Commission, according to the European Environmental Agency and the World Health Organization
Women in the driving seat: Eastern European immigrant women's citizenship, participation and educational inclusion in Portugal
This paper is a case study of Eastern European immigrant women's social inclusion in Portugal through civic participation. An analysis of interviews conducted with women leaders and members of two ethnic associations provides a unique insight into their migrant pathways as highly educated women and the ways in which these women are constructing their citizenship in new contexts in Northern Portugal. These women's accounts of their immigrant exper…
Children’s Exposure to Radon in Nursery and Primary Schools
The literature proves an evident association between indoor radon exposure and lung cancer, even at low doses. This study brings a new approach to the study of children's exposure to radon by aiming to evaluate exposure to indoor radon concentrations in nursery and primary schools from two districts in Portugal (Porto and Bragança), considering different influencing factors (occupation patterns, classroom floor level, year of the buildings' const…
Evaluation of Low-Cost Mitigation Measures Implemented to Improve Air Quality in Nursery and Primary Schools
Indoor air pollution mitigation measures are highly important due to the associated health impacts, especially on children, a risk group that spends significant time indoors. Thus, the main goal of the work here reported was the evaluation of mitigation measures implemented in nursery and primary schools to improve air quality. Continuous measurements of CO2, CO, NO2, O3, CH2O, total volatile organic compounds (VOC), PM1, PM 2.5 , PM 10 , Total S…
(Des) encontros de uma Etnografia Multissituada em Regiões Urbanas de Marginalidade Avançada no Brasil e em Portugal
Apresentamos, neste artigo, uma etnografia multissituada (Marcus, 1998) que atualmente demarca grande parte dos estudos etnográficos, na medida em que são poucos os pesquisadores que se restringem a um local ou a uma comunidade em suas pesquisas. Visamos compreender as dinâmicas de organização espaço-temporais destas populações, quanto às diferentes formas de apropriação e significação das regiões habitadas, a Grande Cruzeiro, na cidade de Porto …
Ultimate bias: Memorabilia, K-pop and fandom identities
This article puts forward a sustained approach in the perception of the processes of construction ofindividual and collectivemeanings and identities in relation to the musical (sub)genre Kpop. Thus, contrary to the logic that emphasizes the loss of relevance of the CD, we tried to demonstrate thatas an object of memorabilia and musical consumptionit remains alive within the K-pop culture. In fact, not only the CD, but also other memorabilia items…
It’s Turned Me from a Professional to a “Bedroom DJ” Once Again’: Covid-19 and New Forms of Inequality for Young Music-Makers
Given the unprecedented circumstances of the COVID-19 pandemic and increasingly uncertain socio-economic conditions, cultural practice remains a stable canvas upon which young people draw the most agency and exercise a sense of freedom. This article reports on an international research collaboration, drawing on the voices of 77 young musicians from three countries—Australia, England and Portugal—who were interviewed about their music-making pract…
Eu Não Sou de Aço. Eu Sou de Bambu. Hip-hop, desigualdades de gênero e resistência
Eu Não Sou de Aço. Eu Sou de Bambu. Hip-hop, desigualdades de gênero e resistência
Requiem Pelas Músicas Que Perdemos: Percursos com paragens pelos impactos da pandemia na produção musical independente em Portugal
Em Portugal o trabalho criativo em torno da popular music não tem sido objeto de um investimento científico atualizado. E essa situação é premente no que tange aos constrangimentos que o trespassam e se acentuaram na pandemia. Partindo de entrevistas semiestruturadas, este artigo propõe-se mapear as desigualdades e os impactos da COVID-19 no trabalho criativo de 40 músicos portugueses - fruto de uma investigação transnacional em curso, que envolv…
Nutritional Characterization of Street Food in Urban Turkmenistan, Central Asia
Objective Describing the availability and nutritional composition of the most commonly available street foods in Ashgabat , Turkmenistan. Methods One hundred sixty-one street food vending sites (six public markets) were assessed, through a collection of data on vending sites' characteristics and food availability, and samples of commonly available foods (21 homemade; 11 industrial), for chemical analysis. Results Fruit, beverages, and food other …
Health and Economic Burden of the 2017 Portuguese Extreme Wildland Fires on Children
Wildland fires release substantial amounts of hazardous contaminants, contributing to a decline in air quality and leading to serious health risks. Thus, this study aimed to understand the contributions of the 2017 extreme wildland fires in Portugal on children health, compared to 2016 (with burned area, in accordance with the average of the previous 15 years). The impact of long-term exposure to PM 10 and NO 2 concentrations, associated with wil…
Street Food and Takeaway Food Purchasing Patterns in Bosnia and Herzegovina
This study aimed to describe street food and takeaway food purchasing patterns in Sarajevo and Banja Luka, throughout the day and by city location. A cross-sectional evaluation of street food and takeaway food customers was conducted in 2017. All eligible vending sites (n = 348) in the vicinity of selected markets and bus stops were included. Data on the food items purchased, and time and geographic location of the purchases were collected. A tot…
Evidence of Air and Surface Contamination with Sars-CoV-2 in a Major Hospital in Portugal
As the third wave of the COVID-19 pandemic hit Portugal, it forced the country to reintroduce lockdown measures due to hospitals reaching their full capacities. Under these circumstances, environmental contamination by SARS-CoV-2 in different areas of one of Portugal's major Hospitals was assessed between 21 January and 11 February 2021. Air samples ( n = 44) were collected from eleven different areas of the Hospital (four COVID-19 and seven non-…
Detection of Sars-CoV-2 in the Indoor and Outdoor Areas of Urban Public Transport Systems of Three Major Cities of Portugal in 2021
Airborne transmission is mainly associated with poorly ventilated and crowded indoor environments where people stay for long periods of time. As such, public transport is often perceived as having a high risk for the transmission of SARS-CoV-2. Considering that data on the detection of SARS-CoV-2 in public transport systems are scarce, we performed air sampling for SARS-CoV-2 in indoor and outdoor spaces of public transport systems in Portugal. A…
Dreaming is not enough. Audiovisual methodologies, social inclusion, and new forms of youth biopolitical resistance
The eleventh Sustainable Development Goal, "make cities and human settlements inclusive, safe, resilient and sustainable," can only be truly answered when there are no individuals in our societies who feel forgotten by the various social institutions. Not in Education, Employment, or Training [NEET] are among those most affected by this social invisibility. Nevertheless, these young people are not alienated or lost. Far from it. Instead, some of …
Sustainable policies for air pollution reduction after Covid ‐19 pandemic: Lessons learnt from the impact of the different lockdown periods on air quality
Due to the COVID‐19 pandemic, governments imposed several mobility restrictions which can be used to evaluate their impact on air quality and generate better‐targeted policies to improve it. Therefore, this study aimed to define sustainable mitigation measures to reduce air pollution based on quantifying the impacts of the restrictions imposed during the COVID‐19 pandemic on air quality in Portugal. Thus, hourly concentrations of PM 10 , PM 2.5 ,…
Carmen Miranda
Carmen Miranda foi, e ainda é, um dos maiores ícones musicais e estéticos do Brasil. Carmen foi tudo menos convencional, tradicionalista e conformista, e talvez por isso tenha marcado a história da música e da moda brasileira e internacional. Assim, neste artigo, pretendemos debruçar-nos sobre dois tópicos fulcrais, nomeadamente o uso do Do-It-Yourself (DIY) nas suas criações artísticas, bem como pretendemos demonstrar a relevância do design dos …
Environmental Dissemination of Sars-CoV-2 in a University Hospital during the Covid-19 5th Wave Delta Variant Peak in Castile-León, Spain
The dominant SARS-CoV-2 Delta variant (B.1.617.2) became the main circulating variant among countries by mid 2021. Attention was raised to the increased risk of airborne transmission, leading to nosocomial outbreaks even among vaccinated individuals. Considering the increased number of COVID-19 hospital admissions fueled by the spread of the variant, with Spain showing the highest COVID-19 rates in mainland Europe by July 2021, the aim of this st…
Biopsychosocial Factors That Influence the Purpose in Life among Working Adults and Retirees
This study aimed to identify and characterize biopsychosocial factors that impact the purpose in life (PIL) among adults that are working or already retired. This cross-sectional study includes a sample of 1330 participants, of whom 62.2% were female, with ages ranging from 55 and 84 years, with a mean of 61.93 years and a standard deviation of 7.65. Results suggest that the education level, stress, spirituality (religion) and optimism, social su…
Investigating the role of symptom valorisation in tuberculosis patient delay in urban areas in Portugal
These findings emphasise the importance of symptom valorisation in timely TB diagnosis. Patients who did not value their symptoms had longer PD, indicating a need for interventions to improve symptom recognition. Our findings also corroborate the importance of the socioeconomic determinants of health, highlighting tobacco as a risk factor both for TB and for PD
‘Headless women in public art’: Migrant artivism and do-it-yourself practices in the city of Porto
This article focuses on the do-it-yourself artistic creation of migrant women in the city of Porto, Portugal, and emerging modalities of artivism. It is focused on the project ‘Headless Women in Public Art’, by the artist Mariana Morais; an art and design project – sustained by a do-it-yourself praxis and ethos – that aims to examine public art in the city of Porto through a feminist and (i) migrant lens, to identify/deconstruct aesthetic narrati…
Towards a Sustainable Growth of the Shipping Sector—A Systematic Review of Future Shipping Emissions Scenarios
The demand for transport could be tripling by 2050, and it is expected that the increase in shipping demand will be even larger. Considering this, it is important to forecast the evolution of ship emissions in the coming decades and estimate their impacts on air quality, health and climate as reliably as possible. Thus, this study aimed to perform a systematic review considering studies where future shipping emissions scenarios have been establis…
Development and validation of a photograph-based instrument to assess nutrition literacy: The Nutly project
Most instruments measuring nutrition literacy evaluate theoretical knowledge, not necessarily reflecting skills relevant to food choices. We aimed to develop and validate a photograph-based instrument to assess nutrition literacy (NUTLY) among adults in Portugal. NUTLY assesses the ability to distinguish foods with different nutritional profiles; from each of several combinations of three photographs (two foods with similar contents and one with …
New forms of artivism in relation to contemporary societies. Tuty Moreno Campos’s soft artivism
With this article, we intend to look at the intersection between the experiences of women artists, particularly in terms of their individual and collective practices, in relation to the creation of art products with an artivist or art-based activism slant. Based on the artistic practice of Tuty Moreno Campos - a migrant artist - we intend to highlight and discuss a new type of art-activist work, in other words, to discuss the emergence of concept…
Enseñanza contextualizada del tema “Gases y Disoluciones” en Química de 10.o curso, utilizando la plataforma de calidad del aire QualAr y ChatGPT.
Geralmente os alunos apresentam dificuldades na aprendizagem dos conteúdos de Química, sendo necessário encontrar estratégias didáticas para minimizar essas dificuldades.
Medicine (11 works) · Geography (9 works) · Environmental health (8 works) · Environmental Science (7 works) · Sociology (7 works) · Art (6 works) · Political science (6 works) · Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19 (5 works) · Cultural Industries and Urban Development (5 works) · Social science (5 works)