Millenium  

Ilídio Lopes Silva

Introduction: Having expertise in accounting is not enough to be an effective accounting educator. Knowledge about learning theories, learning styles, different types of assessment, and the variety of available teaching methods, is also fundamental to be ... see more

António Abreu, josé Gomes Requeijo, João Calado

Introduction: The great demand of the markets has led to situations in which the production systems are characterized by the production of several batches but of small size. This new paradigm requires that adequate techniques be developed, both in terms o... see more

Diana Brito Barros, Cristina Sobrosa, Rita Pinheiro, Susana Fonseca, Manuela Vaz-Velho

Introduction: “Alheira” is a traditional Portuguese smoked sausage-like product that can be manufactured with different types of meat and bread. Biopreservation of foods has gained special prominence due to the possibility of naturally controlling the gro... see more

Adriana Skendi, Maria Papageorgiou

Introduction: It is recognized that the character and the quality of the malt is obtained during kilning. Moreover, the changes occurring during kilning affect mashing and wort quality.Objectives: Till now, in Greece, for the malt production other barley ... see more

Ricardo Pereira Pinto, Núria Nascimento Reis, Carla Barbosa, Manuela Vaz-Velho

Introduction: Boar taint is an off-odour/off-flavour found in meat from entire male pigs due to two main compounds: androstenone and skatole. The incidence of boar taint is of concern when considering the use of entire males for pork meat production.Objec... see more

Adriana Skendi, Maria Papageorgiou, Efthimios Papastergiadis

Introduction: Malting was generally used to produce fermentable sugars from starch in order to permit alcoholic fermentation. Variation in the starch microstructure and crystallinity affects its water solubilisation as well as and its breakdown from the e... see more

Vitor Carneiro, José Meireles

Introduction: Auxetic materials possess a negative Poisson’s ratio. Even though, the existence of isotropic auxetics is theoretically possible, they seem to be absent in natural states thus, there has been an effort to produce artificial auxetics mostly b... see more

Paula Prata, Luís Duarte, Maria Eugénia Ferrão

Introduction: An assessment test enables the evaluation of an individual’s competence or ability. Such tests are important for both teaching and professional training institutions, as well as for the recruiting of human resources in the enterprise.Objecti... see more

José María Jové Sandoval

Introduction: Designing to bring new cycles of life to Cultural Heritage requires providing it with new functionalities, making it appealing and safe, and also improving its conditions of use for all individuals. The third issue, accessibility, currently ... see more