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Characteristics of lower-limb peripheral arterial disease in women
Vasconcelos, Marta; Costa, Patrício; Alonso, Rita; Ferreira, JoanaINTRODUCTION: Peripheral Arterial Disease (PAD) affects more than 200 million people. Its estimated prevalence in women ranges from 3% to 29%. Asymptomatic PAD is more common in women than in men. However, when symptomatic, females present a more complex disease, severe critical limb-threatening ischemia (CLTI), and worse outcomes. This study aims to characterize PAD in hospitalized women, evaluating risk facto...
Methodology for the decision-making process in Social District Heating implemen...
Alonso, Rita; Azevedo, João; Martins, FlorindaDistrict heating is a centralized energetic system, capable of providing heat to different structures. This technology helps achieving energetic efficiency with a high fuel flexibility, enabling the use of various renewable sources, which will lead to a lower pollution potential. Beside the environmental perspective, these systems show a great ability concerning the social context. Benefits such as, tackling fu...
Life cycle energy of vehicles on lightweighting and alternative powertrain stra...
Monteiro, Helena; Alonso, Rita; Gonçalves, Margarida; Iten, Muriel; Caetano, Nídia S.To improve vehicles environmental performance, different strategies have been explored namely to reduce the use stage energy. In order to avoid problem shifting, a life cycle perspective should be used to compare alternative solutions. This paper aims to compare existing studies focused on life cycle energy (LCE) of vehicles to analyze the impacts and benefits regarding two trending improvement strategies: ligh...