In the last 2 years, the COVID-19 pandemic has spread all over the world, forcing the closure of universities, among other unusual measures in recent history. (1) Background: This work is based on the study HOUSE-ULisbon, a survey carried out during the second confinement (March–May 2021) in Portugal with the collaboration of all the Faculties of the University of Lisbon (UL). The present work aims to explore gender differences in how first-year college students experienced and felt COVID-19 and the second confinement. (2) Methods: A questionnaire was carried out. In total, 976 university students (19.66 years (SD = 4.033); Min = 17 and Max = 65) from the first year of the UL were included, of which 69.5% (n = 678) were female, and 30.5% were male (n = 298). SPSS v. 26 was used for quantitative data and MAXQDA 2020 for qualitative data. (3) Results: Overall, students reported various symptoms of physical and mental discomfort (especially females). Statistically significant differences were found in the problems that could arise from the pandemic, such as the prevalence of higher anxiety and worries by females, and online gaming by males. In coping strategies, differences were found in leisure and family relationships, with greater difficulty on the female side. Social interaction was perceived as difficult or very difficult by both genders. As strategies for future pandemics, they highlighted a concerted effort between the government and media in the transmission of messages to the population, facilitating information, knowledge and adoption of protective behaviors. (4) Conclusions: These results are important data for activating or maintaining resources and services for first-year university students, who in some university institutions were supported during the pandemic by psychological, material (e.g., computers, internet), and financial support measures, which are now diminished or extinct. The impacts on their lives will certainly not be extinguished post-pandemic, and health, education, and public policy measures should be prioritized for this group. These results are important data for activating resources and services for students, informing health and education professionals, and supporting public policies.

Students with chronic conditions (CC) tend to experience several barriers in terms of their school participation and performance. Therefore, the present study aims to explore the factors related to the time of diagnosis of CC (recent/non-recent), the barriers to participation and academic success (health condition, people’s attitude towards CC and school physical environment), the physical and mental health (physical/psychological symptoms and concerns) and school-related variables (relationship with teachers and peers), regarding the school participation of first-year students with CC. This work is part of the HOUSE-Colégio F3 Project, University of Lisbon, which includes 1143 first-year university students from 17 Faculties and Institutes of the University of Lisbon. In this specific study, only the subsample of 207 students with CC was considered, 72.4% of which were female, aged between 18 and 54 years (M = 20.00; SD = 4.83). The results showed that students with a recent diagnosis of CC and students with school participation affected by the CC were those who presented more negative indicators regarding barriers to school participation, physical and mental health, and school-related variables. A greater impact of CC in terms of school participation was associated with having a recent diagnosis, with people’s attitude towards CC and with the health condition as barriers, with more psychological symptoms and worse relationships with teachers and peers. This is a relevant message for the organization of health services for students with CC at the beginning of their university studies, especially since they are often displaced from home and managing their health conditions alone (in many cases, for the first time).

En este trabajo identificamos y localizamos los sistemas productivos locales (spl) que existen en la actualidad en Portugal. Para ello utilizamos la metodología propuesta por ^{Lainé (2000)}, ajustada y revisada con las aportaciones posteriores que realizaron ^{Giner, Santa María y Fuster (2006)} para el análisis del caso valenciano y con la incorporación de nuevos criterios de detección de aglomeraciones industriales que han sido utilizados en otros trabajos. Se adopta como unidad territorial de análisis para la localización de spl el concelho, y como clasificación estadística para el análisis cuantitativo, la Clasificación Portuguesa de Actividades Económicas, Revisión 3 (cae Rev. 3), específicamente información relativa a 2012. Se concluye en la detección de 25 spl en Portugal, dos de ellos poliespecializados, concentrados mayoritariamente en la mitad norte del país y próximos a la costa atlántica. Estos representarían, aproximadamente, el 15% de la industria portuguesa en términos de empleo generado y número de establecimientos.

RESUMEN: El análisis cuantitativo y comparativo de las exportaciones corcheras españolas y portuguesas durante el siglo XX muestra que España perdió el liderazgo en el comercio mundial de manufacturas del corcho en beneficio de Portugal, que pasó a ocupar la primera posición en este comercio. Este artículo trata de avanzar en la identificación de los aspectos institucionales que estuvieron detrás de las diferentes trayectorias seguidas por el negocio corchero en los dos países entre 1930 y 1975. Partiendo del análisis comparativo del marco legal y de las políticas económicas que afectaron a las distintas vertientes del negocio corchero durante las dictaduras ibéricas, se argumenta que fue diferente la atención prestada por Salazar y Franco al sector del corcho. Finalmente, se concluye que los aspectos institucionales pueden explicar una parte de la pérdida de competitividad de las exportaciones españolas respecto a las portuguesas, en la medida en que influyeron en el grado de inserción de las respectivas economías en los flujos de comercio internacional, y que afectaron a los costes de producción de esta industria.

"Growth, Institutional Change and Innovation, 1820–1930" published on 01 Jan 2017 by Brill.