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Adapting to COVID-19: Insights from Portuguese residents' home-based life
Aguiar, Ana; Soares, Patricia; Barbosa, Pedro; Duarte, Raquel; Pinto, MartaBackground: The COVID-19 pandemic led to widespread lockdowns and remote work and educational practices that have impacted the lives of many families. Objective: We aimed to investigate how parents and caregivers altered their routines due to online schooling and teleworking, exploring their association with increased anxiety and depression symptoms. Methods: We conducted an online cross-sectional study and col...
Urgent Attention Needed for Mental Health Challenges Arising from Prolonged Gri...
Aguiar, Ana; Pinto, Marta; Duarte, RaquelN/a.; N/a.
Anxiety and Depression Symptoms During the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Cluster Analysi...
Aguiar, Ana; Bezerra, Ana; Gaio, Rita; Pinto, Marta; Duarte, RaquelIntroduction: The COVID-19 pandemic is an illustration of how a physical illness can damage people’s minds. In this regard, the goal of this study was to see how different sociodemographic and behavioral factors were linked to anxiety and depression symptoms in a group of individuals living in Portugal. Methods: Between November 2020 and February 2021, a cross-sectional, snowball online study was conducted. The...
Behavior guidance during the COVID-19 pandemic: health literacy as a weapon aga...
Araújo, Rita Alexandra Manso; Lopes, Felisbela; Magalhães, Olga; Sá, Alberto; Aguiar, AnaPortugal was hit by COVID-19 on the 2nd of March 2020. For almost two months, the country was confined due to the declaration of the emergency state. The confinement was always conveyed by the media, who clearly guided citizens toward preventive behaviors and so became a means of fighting this pandemic by helping the country stay home. Several authors recognize the importance of health communication and health ...
Assessment of Potentially Inappropriate Medications Using the EU (7)-PIM List, ...
Plácido, Ana; Aguiar, Ana; Piñeiro-Lamas, María; Varallo, Fabiana; Figueiras, Adolfo; Herdeiro, Maria; Roque, FátimaAbstract: Prescription of potentially inappropriate medication (PIM) in older adults is associated with poor clinical outcomes. The EU (7)-PIM list was created for the European market to improve pharmacotherapy in older adults. Purpose: This work aims to characterize the medication profile and assess the presence of PIM, using the EU (7)-PIM list in older adults' residents at nursing homes. Methods: Retrospecti...
Calibration assessment of low-cost carbon dioxide sensors using the extremely r...
Araújo, Tiago; Silva, Lígia Torres; Aguiar, Ana; Moreira, AdrianoAs the monitoring of carbon dioxide is an important proxy to estimate the air quality of indoor and outdoor environments, it is essential to obtain trustful data from CO2 sensors. However, the use of widely available low-cost sensors may imply lower data quality, especially regarding accuracy. This paper proposes a new approach for enhancing the accuracy of low-cost CO2 sensors using an extremely randomized tre...
Kaolin particle films disrupt landing, settling behavior and feeding of Trioza ...
Félix-Oliveira, Diogo; Benhadi-Marín, Jacinto; Neto, Joana; Sanz, Lorena; Garzo, Elisa; Aguiar, Ana; Fereres, Alberto; Pereira, J.A.BACKGROUND The citrus greening disease or Huanglongbing (HLB) is the most devastating disease of citrus crops. Trioza erytreae is a vector of HLB. Since its introduction in Europe, the insect reached the northern region of Spain and the southern region of Portugal, threatening relevant citrus production areas. Limiting the spread of HLB vectors is mandatory to prevent this disease. In this work, we assessed the...
MobiWise: Eco-routing decision support leveraging the Internet of things
Aguiar, Ana; Fernandes, Paulo; Guerreiro, Andreia; Tomás, Ricardo; Agnelo, João; Santos, José Luís; Araújo, Filipe; Coelho, Margarida C.Eco-routing distributes traffic in cities to improve mobility sustainability. The implementation of eco-routing in real-life requires a diverse set of information, including different kinds of sensors. These sensors are often already integrated in city infrastructure, some are technologically outdated, and are often operated by multiple entities. In this work, we provide a use case-oriented system design for an...
Adulteração de suplementos alimentares por fármacos sintéticos
Aguiar, Ana; Lima, Rita; Terroso, Sofia; Correia, Patrícia Carla dos SantosOs suplementos alimentares estão em constante expansão no mercado mundial, uma vez que a população em geral recorre cada vez mais à toma destes com os mais variados objetivos (Ribeiro, 2015). No entanto, nos últimos anos a adulteração de suplementos alimentares com compostos farmacologicamente ativos tem vindo a agravar-se. O principal objetivo deste projeto visou analisar e comparar os diferentes métodos analí...
Vine Protection on Family Farms: Decision Making and Pesticide Use.
Neto, Joana; Aguiar, Ana; Parente, Cristina; Costa, Cristina Amaro; Fonseca, SusanaFamily farming is defined as the one which is managed by the family and uses mostly family labor. In the north of Portugal, family farm products are primarily intended for consumption by the household, and secondarily for local sale. Grape production is in many farms the main source of income, and is the one in which the farmer is willing to apply more pesticides to guarantee the quantity and quality required f...