جست‌وجوی استاد و پژوهشگر

• Sports Science
• Exercise Physiology
• Biomechanics
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Pedro Forte is a Professor of Sports Sciences and Physical Education at the Polytechnic Institute of Bragança, Portugal, and holds research positions at the Research Centre for Active Living and Wellbeing (LiveWell) and the Centre for Research in Sport, Health and Human Development. His academic career spans sports science, exercise physiology, and biomechanics with a focus on performance optimization and health outcomes. His educational background includes a PhD in Sport Sciences from the University of Beira Interior, a Master in Health and Exercise, and a Bachelor in Sport from the Polytechnic Institute of Bragança. He is currently pursuing a Doctorate at the University of Alcalá and holds an MBA and Master in Innovation and Entrepreneurship from the European Business School of Barcelona. Forte's research centers on Sports Science, Exercise Physiology, and Biomechanics, with specific emphasis on triathlon performance, training load monitoring, aging populations, and sex differences in ultra-endurance sports. His work frequently integrates machine learning for predictive modeling in sports performance and health analytics, addressing critical gaps in understanding physiological adaptations and injury prevention. His recent publications reveal a strong focus on triathlon and ultra-endurance events, particularly sex-based performance differences in pacing strategies across swimming, cycling, and running disciplines. He also investigates the cognitive benefits of resistance training in aging populations and the interplay between sleep quality and athletic recovery, often through large-scale international collaborations. Pedro Forte has served as course coordinator and research coordinator at the Higher Institute of Educational Sciences of the Douro, demonstrating leadership in academic program development. He actively contributes to the scientific community through extensive peer review activities for journals including International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. He collaborates with research teams at LiveWell and CIDESD on projects examining physical activity interventions, sports performance optimization, and healthy aging strategies, with particular attention to vulnerable populations and real-world applicability of findings.

• Health Law and Policy
• Corporate Personhood and Constitutional Rights
• Medicare and Healthcare Fraud
• +۴ مورد دیگر

John J. LoCurto serves as Professor at St. Mary's University School of Law, where his scholarship critically examines tensions between corporate rights and public health policy. His primary institutional affiliation remains St. Mary's with collaborative work extending to University of the Incarnate Word faculty. Professor LoCurto's research spans three interconnected domains: Healthcare Fraud Enforcement : Analyzing Anti-Kickback Statute applications, Medicare Part C vulnerabilities, and mens rea standards in fraud prosecutions Constitutional/Public Health Conflicts : Investigating corporate religious exemptions (Braidwood case), RFRA implications for ACA mandates, and theoretical foundations of corporate personhood Clinical-Legal Interfaces : Exploring end-of-life decision frameworks under Texas law and business education for physicians His publication record shows consistent scholarly output from 2020-2024, with 2024's "Corporate Takeover" article representing his most significant contribution to contemporary debates about corporate religious exemptions threatening public health infrastructure. Recent work demonstrates increasing focus on how legal interpretations of corporate personhood enable resistance to population health measures. Professor LoCurto's supervisory approach emphasizes doctrinal rigor combined with policy impact analysis. His collaborations with medical educators and public health scholars indicate interdisciplinary engagement, though no formal graduate student supervision is evident from publication records. Current research appears grant-supported through St. Mary's institutional resources rather than external funding.

• Tourism History
• Sustainable Tourism
• Tourism Policy
• +۳ مورد دیگر

Anna Amacher Hoppler serves as a Lecturer at the Institute for Tourism and Mobility (ITM) within the School of Business at Lucerne University of Applied Sciences and Arts (HSLU), a position she has held since 2015. She additionally coordinates sustainability initiatives for HSLU's Business Department since 2021, focusing on practical implementation within alpine tourism contexts. Her academic credentials include a dissertation on Swiss federal tourism policy (1917-1939) from Université de Neuchâtel (2016) and a Licentiate in Modern Swiss History from the University of Bern with minors in Economics and Modern General History. Professional development includes TourCert Auditor certification (2023), higher education didactics training (2017-2019), and TourCert Coach Training (2016). Dr. Amacher Hoppler's research centers on tourism history with specialized expertise in Swiss federal tourism policy development, cable car tourism, and alpine sustainability. Her work examines institutional dependencies in tourism-sport relationships and sustainability certification frameworks, particularly through historical analysis of interwar marketing practices and contemporary guest perception studies in ski resorts. Her publications since 2016 reveal evolving focus from historical institutional analysis toward applied sustainability challenges, with recent works addressing climate change impacts on ski tourism, guest perceptions of sustainability measures, and cross-cultural hospitality frameworks. The 2021-2025 period shows intensified collaboration on pan-European climate indicators and sports-tourism intersections. No scientific awards are documented in the provided materials. While no formal doctoral advisees are listed, her professional activities include supervising sustainability certification projects for destinations like Zermatt, Davos, and Scuol-Unterengading-Val Müstair. She leads initiatives including the Bernese Oberland second-home offensive, standardized visitor survey systems, and the Naturerlebnis Monitor (NeMo). As Co-Coordinator of Sustainability at HSLU and active participant in the Open Education Platform (2017), she integrates academic research with industry application through the Institute for Tourism and Mobility's certification projects and alpine tourism research groups.

Alfonso González Brionesمشاهده پروفایل

دانشیار

• Ubiquitous Computing
• Ambient Intelligence
• Smart Cities
• +۸ مورد دیگر

Dr. Alfonso González Briones is an Associate Professor in the Department of Computer Science and Automation at the University of Salamanca, where he conducts cutting-edge research in intelligent systems and their applications. He is a prominent member of the BISITE Research Group and has also worked with the GRASIA Research Group at Complutense University of Madrid as a 'Juan De La Cierva' postdoc. His academic journey at the University of Salamanca includes a Bachelor of Technical Engineering in Computer Engineering (2012), a Bachelor's Degree in Computer Engineering (2013), a Master's Degree in Intelligent Systems (2014), and a PhD in Computer Engineering (2018). His research focuses on Ubiquitous Computing and Ambient Intelligence for developing smarter, more energy-efficient cities that improve social welfare and promote sustainable development. His work spans Multiple Agent Systems (MAS), energy optimization, smart cities infrastructure, Industry 4.0 applications, and machine learning techniques for various domains including social networks, transportation, and agricultural systems. Dr. González Briones has published extensively with over 30 journal articles and 60 conference proceedings publications, demonstrating consistent productivity across multiple domains of computer science and artificial intelligence. His research trends show a clear progression from foundational work in multi-agent systems toward increasingly sophisticated applications in smart cities, energy management, and Industry 4.0 contexts, with a growing emphasis on practical implementations that address real-world challenges. 2nd place in 1st SENSORS+CIRTI Award for best national thesis in Smart Cities (CAEPIA 2018) Juan de la Cierva State Program Grant in ICT - Information and Communication Technologies (2018) Member of scientific committees for Advances in Distributed Computing and Artificial Intelligence Journal (ADCAIJ) and British Journal of Applied Science and Technology (BJAST) Reviewer for prestigious journals including Supercomputing Journal, Journal of King Saud University, Energies, Sensors, Electronics, and Applied Sciences As an active researcher, Dr. González Briones has participated in 10 international research projects and served on technical committees for prestigious international conferences including AIPES, HAIS, FODERTICS, PAAMS, and KDIR. His work bridges academic research with practical industry applications, particularly in energy optimization systems, IoT, and Machine Learning solutions for real-world problems. He has also collaborated with private research centers including Virtual Power Solutions in Portugal and AIR Institute, where he worked as Project Manager in Industry 4.0 and IoT projects. His research infrastructure includes work with the BISITE Research Group, where he develops and implements multi-agent architectures for optimizing energy consumption and other complex systems. His laboratory work spans smart home energy management, intelligent transportation systems, semantic analysis for Industry 4.0, and social network analysis applications.