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Prediction of Hepatocellular Carcinoma in a Portuguese Population after Hepatit...

Introduction: Chronic infection with hepatitis C virus (HCV) causes 25% of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) cases worldwide, a major cause of morbimortality even after sustained virologic response (SVR). Universal screening to all patients with advanced liver fibrosis is currently recommended. A risk-based strategy could improve the detection rate of early HCC and diminish the surveillance burden. Although severa...

Relevance of ecosystem services and disservices from green infrastructure perce...

Green infrastructure provides ecosystem services (ESs) and disservices (EDSs), although EDSs are understudied. By considering both, this study contributes to the literature. The inhabitants' perception of the importance of ESs/EDSs is assessed through a survey in two Portuguese cities facing extreme climatic events. "Heat reduction" and "contact with nature" are the most perceived ESs while "risk of fire" and "...

Bridging land value capture with land rent narratives

Urban land values have reached unprecedented levels in many parts of the world. Many scholars direct their research on their utilisation for public purposes. Two established research communities can be traced - the community referring to land value capture comprised mainly of urban planners and lawyers, and the community of economists discussing land rent. The relatively low level of interrelations between thes...

Understanding attitudes towards the adoption of nature-based solutions and poli...

Climate change is affecting cities worldwide. Accordingly, cities are required to find sustainable solutions to tackle climate change's effects, designing bottom-up policies to enhance their success. The involvement of stakeholders plays a central role in the definition of appropriate policies to tackle the challenges posed to cities by climate change. Nature-based solutions (NBS) are increasingly proposed to a...

Stakeholders’ perceptions of appropriate nature-based solutions in the urban co...

The concept of nature-based solutions (NBSs) has become increasingly popular among urban policymakers and planners to help them tackle the urban challenges arising from urban expansion and climate change. Stakeholders' involvement is a fundamental step, and stakeholders' perceptions and preferences can affect the development of NBS projects. This study aims to identify stakeholders' perceptions of the most crit...

Assessment and determinants of the quality of life in portuguese cities

the quality of life (QoL) in cities has increasingly been used as a symbol of urban success. Studies addressing this issue tend to focus, however, on large cities and/or on cities from different countries. By using a set of data from a single country, comprehending cities with different population sizes and densities, observations for 11 performance dimensions, and an approach combining the Data Envelopment Ana...

Cardiac rehabilitation programs for heart failure patients in the time of COVID-19

Alterações do perfil lipídico em crianças e adolescentes infetados com VIH subm...

Satisfied but thinking about leaving: the reasons behind residential satisfacti...

Creating liveable cities is a policy priority, especially for cities that are experiencing population loss. A decline in the number of inhabitants is commonly associated with low levels of residential satisfaction. However, such a supposition does not often find empirical support in shrinking cities. In the present study, we identify variables that influence the level of residential satisfaction, as well as tho...

Comparing the quality of life of cities that gained and lost population: An ass...

This study compares the quality of life (QoL) of cities that lost population with that of cities that gained population. A unique dataset composed of observations for 11 dimensions of QoL for all mainland Portuguese cities is used. By employing a non-parametric approach (data envelopment analysis), and by using a Malmquist-type index, this study identifies differences in QoL between the group of cities that los...