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Histopathologic lesions in bivalve mollusks found in Portugal : etiology and ri...
Pires, Daniel; Grade, Ana; Ruan, Francisco; Afonso, Fernando: Bivalve mollusks are an important resource due to their socioeconomic value and to the historical and genetic value of some species. Two nationally important oyster species-Portuguese oyster (Crassostrea angulata) and Japanese oyster (Crassostrea gigas) from distinctive areas in Portugal were studied to evaluate their sanitary status. Oysters were sampled from four different sites in Portugal. Oysters collect...
Intermittent administration of peracetic acid is a mild environmental stressor ...
Osório, João; Stiller, Kevin T.; Reiten, Britt‑Kristin; Kolarevic, Jelena; Johansen, Lill‑Heidi; Afonso, Fernando; Lazado, Carlo C.Background: Fish encounter oxidative stress several times during their lifetime, and it has a pervasive infuence on their health and welfare. One of the triggers of oxidative stress in fsh farming is the use of oxidative disinfectants to improve rearing conditions, especially in production systems employing recirculation technology. Here we report the physiological and morphological adaptive responses of Atlant...
Socio-cognitive questionnaire about smoking cessation: construction of an instr...
Afonso, Fernando; Pereira, M. GraçaThe Planned Behavior Questionnaire to Quit Smoking (PBQ-QS) is an instrument that measures beliefs related to smoking cessation. This paper presents the psychometric characteristics of QCP-DF. Twenty five smokers participated in the qualitative study and 224 in validation study. Interviews were done in order to elicit beliefs related to smoking cessation that were later analyzed using content analysis. By this ...
Decision support in E-government – a pervasive business intelligence approach c...
Teixeira, Rui; Afonso, Fernando; Oliveira, Bruno; Machado, José Manuel; Abelha, António; Santos, Manuel Filipe; Portela, FilipeBusiness Intelligence (BI) systems are being increasingly used by organizations and considered as an advantage, which goal is to offer access to information in a timely manner to support the decision-making process. Simultaneously, the local government has put forward quality assurance systems, with the goal of improving efficiency of internal processes, who require timely and quality information to function. H...
Business intelligence to improve the quality of local government services : cas...
Teixeira, Rui Filipe da Silva; Afonso, Fernando; Oliveira, Bruno; Portela, Filipe; Santos, Manuel FilipeThe use of business intelligence (BI) systems by organizations is increasingly considered as an asset, which goal is to provide access to information in a timely manner in order to support the decision-making process. However, in specific cases such as local government organizations, there are very specific challenges. Some of them like privacy rights and applicable law compliance must be carefully observed, ma...