O Grupo Português da Associação Internacional de Hidrogeólogos (AIH-GP) é uma organização científica e educacional sem fins lucrativos que congrega especialistas dedicados ao estudo, captação, gestão e proteção das águas subterrâneas. A AIH representa cerca de 4000 profissionais em vários países, organizados em grupos nacionais e comissões e networks, promovendo a partilha de conhecimento e a cooperação interna...
O Grupo Português da Associação Internacional de Hidrogeólogos (AIH-GP) é uma organização científica e educacional sem fins lucrativos que congrega especialistas dedicados ao estudo, captação, gestão e proteção das águas subterrâneas. A AIH representa cerca de 4000 profissionais em vários países, organizados em grupos nacionais e comissões e networks, promovendo a partilha de conhecimento e a cooperação interna...
O Grupo Português da Associação Internacional de Hidrogeólogos (AIH-GP) é uma organização científica e educacional sem fins lucrativos que congrega especialistas dedicados ao estudo, captação, gestão e proteção das águas subterrâneas. A AIH representa cerca de 4000 profissionais em vários países, organizados em grupos nacionais e comissões e networks, promovendo a partilha de conhecimento e a cooperação interna...
Heart transplantation is the gold-standard treatment for terminal heart failure. Despite being successful, pre- and post-transplant limitations interfere with patients’ functional capacity, self-care, and quality of life post-surgery. Rehabilitation is necessary to address these limitations, prevent complications, and promote a safe return home. This study analyzes the safety of a phase 1 cardiac rehabilitation...
Mercury pollution is significant in many former mining communities worldwide, including in developing countries. Anthropic contributions to environmental Hg pollution are mostly connected to fuel fossil emissions, industrial and mining activities. Among mining operations, gold exploration contributes to the highest Hg contamination rates, given the processes, widely used in the past, of mixing Hg with the gold ...
Vascular diseases arc among the primary causes of death worldwide. In serious conditions, replacement of the damaged vessel is required. Autologous grafts arc preferred, but their limited availability and difficulty of the harvesting procedures favour synthetic alternatives use. however, as synthetic grafts may present significant drawbacks, tissue engineering-based solutions arc proposed. Herein, tubular hydro...
The Picoto mining area is in the village of Vilar Seco (Viseu), central Portugal. Mineralization occurs mainly in quartz veins with meta-torbernite and uranophane and some U-bearing minerals, cutting a Variscan granite. Exploitation took place in two phases, between 1917 and 1953, and since the closure, the area has never been remediated. Water–rock interaction processes, including the mobility of potentially t...
Uranium and thorium are toxic in different environments. The exploitation of uranium mines and associated mine drainage leaching towards streams, sediments, and soils cause relevant pollution. The U-mine areas present high concentrations of potentially toxic elements with several consequences to ecosystems and human health. Physicochemical and potentially toxic elements of mine dumps, stream sediments, and soil...
The term 'undifferentiated connective tissue disease' (UCTD) is generally used to describe clinical entities characterised by clinical and serological manifestations of systemic autoimmune diseases but not fulfilling the criteria for defined connective tissue diseases (CTDs). In this narrative review, we summarise the results of a systematic literature research, which was performed as part of the ERN ReCONNET p...