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Profile of newborns, weighing less than 1500g, admitted to the Neonatal care Un...
Afonso, Beatriz; Van-Dúnem, AnaIntroduction: Low birth weight is often associated with prematurity and results of a multitude of factors, circumstances, often unpredictable, that vary according to the demographic characteristics of the population. This condition is the main cause of neonatal morbidity and mortality, representing a complex challenge for health systems, families and society as a whole. In addition to the increased risk of deat...
Literacia em saúde e humor em saúde
Cristina Vaz de Almeida; Esteves, Alexandra Durão; Grossinho, Ana Benevides; Candeias, Ana; Reina, Ana Carolina; Mina, Ana; Oliveira, Ana; Silva, AndréNos processos comunicacionais há evidência que o humor promove feedback imediato e envolvimento ativo do paciente e pode ser uma forma eficaz de metacomunicação, abordando tensões e mal-entendidos de forma mais leve, com comunicação não violenta e empática. Também são elencados os riscos do uso inadequado do humor nas ambiguidades e possíveis mal-entendidos, especialmente em contextos multiculturais, com a poss...
Mass Polarisation: identification with parliamentary discourses and psychologic...
Afonso, Beatriz; Rosa, Catarina; Silva, Raquel da; Bem-Haja, PedroIdeological polarisation research has gained prominence due to its growing presence in established democracies and its associated negative consequences. This study aimed to explore the identification with polarised parliamentary discourses in a Portuguese sample and its relationship with psychological factors. Results revealed the absence of mass ideological polarisation and a greater leftist identification. Pa...
Cuidar a educação em São Tomé e Príncipe: primeiros estudos de uma rede de inve...
Araújo e Sá, M. H. (org.); Aragão, José Carlos (org.); Aguilar, Ana Albuquerque e; Andrade, Ana Isabel; Cruz, Ana Maria Vera; Afonso, BeatrizSem resumo disponível.
The Challenge Of Covid19 In The Management Of Vascular Access For Hemodialysis ...
Afonso, Beatriz; Nóbrega, Leandro; Castro-Ferreira, RicardoIntroduction: Chronic kidney disease prevalence has been increasing worldwide, with an increasing need to deliver an effective treatment. During the first months of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic healthcare systems around the world were under stress. Therefore, the aim of this study is to report a single center experience with arteriovenous fistula (AVF) creation while also evaluating the impa...
Seminário Formar Professores Hoje: Partilhar Conhecimentos, Experiências e Desa...
Afonso, Beatriz; Costa, Nilza; Santos, LeonorSem resumo disponível.
Teachers’ professional development in São Tomé and Príncipe: a study within the...
Santos, Leonor; Afonso, Beatriz; Penhor, ManuelContinuing teacher training in São Tomé and Príncipe is not yet a systematic or compulsory one. It is recognized, however, that this training is essential not only for the updating and deepening of teacher knowledge, but also for filling serious gaps that a significant part of the teaching staff, still not professionally qualified and sometimes not even academically qualified, presents. Thus, in the framework o...
Association of gamma glutamyltransferase, metabolic syndrome and cardiovascular...
Martins, Maria Carmo; Faleiro, Luís Lima; Afonso, Beatriz; Fonseca, AidilSerum gamma-glutamyl transferase (GGT) has been used as a marker of alcohol induced liver disease. Recent epidemiology and pathology studies have suggested its independent role in the pathogenesis and clinical evolution of cardiovascular diseases (CVD) promoting atherosclerosis through an oxidative process leading, within the atherosclerotic plaque, to LDL oxidation, metalloproteinase activation, cell prolifera...