Crop production intensification often leads to the structural simplification of production systems. This structural simplification is expected to have strong impacts on biodiversity and the provisioning of ecosystem services, but information about this topic is scarce. For instance, no information exists for Mediterranean olive (Olea europaea) groves, despite olive farming representing a significant share of the agricultural sector in some European countries. We investigated the impact of in-farm and landscape-level structural simplification on the potential of three common insectivorous bats (i.e., Pipistrellus kuhlii, P. pygmaeus and P. pipistrellus) to provide biocontrol services against one of the most harmful olive pests worldwide, the olive fruit moth Prays oleae. Bats and insect surveys were both carried out in olive groves representing increasing levels of structural simplification and during three sampling seasons (spring, summer and autumn). At grove-level, structural simplification was considered as resulting from reduced planting pattern variability (i.e., tree and row spacing) and tree features (diameter at breast height, height of the trunk and canopy area), while at landscape level was considered as resulting from reduced land-cover types. We found that the Kuhl's pipistrelle was the most frequently recorded species in all types of olive groves and seasons. Moreover, the activity levels of pipistrelle bats as a whole significantly decreased with the structural simplification of olive groves. The abundance of P. oleae was highest at intermediate levels of structural simplification, irrespective of the season. Forest cover in the surrounding landscape had a significant positive influence on the activity levels of P. kuhlii, and a significant and negative influence on the abundance of P. oleae. Our study demonstrates that structural simplification differentially influences the activity patterns of both insectivorous bats and insect pests within olive groves. Moreover, it suggests that structural simplification may strongly compromise biocontrol services provided by bats on the major olive pest P. oleae.

The seeds of red clover are heteromorphic and two color morphs can be visually recognized, light purple and yellow, resulting from heterozygosity and recessive homozygosity at two loci. Here, we report the responses of seed imbibition, seed germination, and early seedling growth of the two morphs to distilled water, sodium chloride, and complete nutrient solution. The sensitivity of red clover seeds to treatments increased with the stage of development in what seems to be a cumulative process. No differences were found in seed imbibition between morphs or between treatments. In seedling growth, on the contrary, treatments were always effective, but differences between morphs were only observed in seeds that were treated with nutrient solution, whereas in the intermediate stage of seed germination, the effects by treatments were observed together with the appearance of differences between morphs in distilled water and in the treatment by sodium chloride solution. Simultaneously, the superior performance of the yellow morph that was found in germination, which appears to be a trait stable across cultivars of red clover seeds, turned into a superior performance of the light purple morph in seedling growth.

Citizenship Education is being increasingly debated, due to social changes that are rapidly occurring. Nowadays, the school must take on new challenges that should be reflected in teachers' pedagogical practices. This is where school gains prominence as a main agent in the formation of active citizens, capable of contributing to the development and well-being of the society in which they live, by educating them for citizenship. Therefore, the present investigation aimed to understand if Citizenship Education is a disciplinary area valued by teachers in the 1st Cycle of Basic Education (CEB) [years 1-4] in the classroom, based in their perspectives. For this, we tried to verify how often Citizenship Education is addressed, in the classroom; to know the importance attributed to this subject in the various areas of student training; to identify those responsible for selecting the content covered in Citizenship Education; and to analyse the thematic areas of Citizenship Education more and less worked on in the classroom. To this end, we carried out a descriptive research using a questionnaire sent to a non-probabilistic sample of ninety-one 1st CEB teachers working in the municipality of Viseu (Portugal). The data showed that teachers attribute relevance to Citizenship Education teaching in various areas of educational action, and approach it quite frequently in their teaching practice. It was also observed that content selection responsibility rests mainly over teachers and students, and that there are thematic areas of Citizenship little addressed, such as the European Dimension of Education, or the of Education for Entrepreneurship. Considering that school is a privileged space for citizenship development, it is required that teachers guide their pedagogical practices towards themes on which it is necessary to reflect, in order to promote the development of social skills from a very early age.

Resumo-Na posição de responsável máximo pela organização e direção da Função Sistemas de Informação, encontramos o Gestor de Sistemas de Informação. Dada a natureza das atividades que necessita de realizar, a sua ação influencia incontornavelmente o desenvolvimento da organização com que colabora. É, assim, importante avaliar o desempenho potencial de candidatos a ocupar este lugar, antes de serem colocados ao comando de uma função determinante para o sucesso do negócio. O presente artigo apresenta uma extensão do "Modelo para a Avaliação do Desempenho Potencial de Gestores de Sistemas de Informação", considerando para a avaliação do desempenho potencial do gestor de sistemas de informação, as dimensões Experiência, Formação e Características Psicossociais. Palavras Chave-modelo de avaliação; desempenho potencial; experiência; formação; caraterísticas psicossociais; gestor de sistemas de informação.

Resumo O Gestor de Sistemas de Informação ou Chief Information Officer é o responsável pela FunçãoSistemas de Informação. Dada a natureza das atividades que necessita de realizar, a sua ação influencia de forma significativa o desenvolvimento da organização de que faz parte. É, assim, importante avaliar o desempenho potencial de candidatos a ocupar este lugar, antes de serem colocados ao comando de uma função determinante para o sucesso do negócio. Neste póster é apresentado um trabalho em curso que visa propor uma extensão do "Modelo para a Avaliação de Desempenho Potencial de Gestores de Sistemas de Informação", considerando as dimensões experiência, formação e características pessoais conjuntamente. Este estudo procura contribuir para auxiliar as organizações no processo de decisão de contratação e avaliação do potencial do seu gestor de Sistemas de Informação.Palavras-chave: desempenho potencial; experiência; formação; caraterísticas pessoais; gestor de sistemas de informação. Abstract The Information Systems Manager or Chief Information Officer is the head of the Information Systems Function. Given the nature of the activities that s/he needs to accomplish, her/his action influences significantly the development of her/his organization. Thus, it is important to