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Unraveling the occupational exposure to mycotoxins in a waste management settin...
Martins, Carla; Viegas, Carla; Eriksen, Elke; Graff, Pål; Afanou, Anani Komlavi; Straumfors, Anne; Twarużek, Magdalena; Grajewski, Jan; Kosicki, RobertIntroduction: Waste management represents an occupational setting where fungi are significant contaminants. This study aimed to assess the exposure of waste workers to mycotoxins through a human biomonitoring study. Methods: Thirty-three workers and 19 controls provided spot urine samples to determine 10 mycotoxins’ urinary biomarkers using liquid chromatography coupled with mass spectrometry. Risk characteriza...
Developmental predictors of mathematics achievement at the end of Year 1
Martins, Sara; Araújo, Carolina A.; Fonseca, Marisa; Baptista, Joana; Martins, CarlaAbstract: This study examined the predictive role of child cognitive, social, emotional, and behavioural dimensions assessed at the age of 4½, as well as of the traditional variables related to academic school readiness before the entry to primary school, on mathematics achievement at the end of Year 1. A sample of 58 Portuguese children and their parents participated in this longitudinal study. Initial correla...
Uma adolescente com espondilartrite e doença de Crohn
Marto, Liliana; Baptista, Tiago; Sousa, Renata; Martins, Carla; Araújo, Sara; Cruz, Ana Lúcia; Pinhão, Ana Raquel; Morais, Catarina; Baptista, TiagoIntroduction: This case report follows an adolescent female with articular and bowel symptoms, highlighting the association between spondyloarthritis and Crohn’s disease. Case description: The first symptoms were joint pain, mainly in the knee and lower back leading to a possible autoimmune disease diagnosis, supported by elevation of inflammatory markers and magnetic resonance imaging showing sacroilitis. Afte...
Empowering Luxury: How Cause-Related Marketing Influences Gen Z and Millennials...
Dias, Joana Carmo; Silva, Susana; Martins, Carla; Casais, BeatrizPurpose: This study explores the emotional impact of post-purchase guilt on younger consumers in the Chinese luxury retail market, with a specific focus on the role of Cause-related Marketing (CrM) in mitigating negative emotions across luxury and non-luxury product categories.Design/Methodology/Approach: A quantitative experimental design was utilized, involving 326 respondents exposed to different advertising...
Greening the plate: mycotoxin risks in sustainable food systems transition
Assunção, Ricardo; Viegas, Susana; Viegas, Carla; Martins, CarlaThe world population has changed dramatically over the last few centuries: an increasing number of people living on our planet; the world population today is around 2,000 times the size of what it was 12,000 ago when it was around 4 million — less than half of the current population of London. Pressure food systems exert on the environment has amplified over time: growth of the human population; changes in food...
Environmental determinants of health: NOVA National School of Public Health res...
Martins, Carla; Alho, Ana Margarida; Muquinapir, Fortunato; Madeira, Francisco; Durão, José; Lima, Lorena Falcão; Corda, Mariana; Dias, MartaThe environment in which we live represents a major determinant of our health and well-being. The complex human-animal-ecosystem interface imposes an increasing risk to public health with population health influenced by the interaction of multiple environmental determinants. Recognizing how the environment influences human health and disease allows us to identify the most relevant risk factors and the most suit...
HBM4EU chromates study: the Portuguese integrated and harmonized study on expos...
Viegas, Susana; Martins, Carla; Ribeiro, Edna; Ladeira, Carina; Pinhal, Hermínia; Nogueira, Ana; Santos, Sílvia; Tavares, Ana; Gomes, Bruno CostaIn the scope of the European Union (EU) human biomonitoring initiative, a multicentric study on different occupational settings from several European countries was performed, to provide information on occupational exposure to hexavalent chromium [Cr(VI)], a known lung carcinogen. Biomonitoring approaches were used to obtain exposure data to support the implementation of new risk management measures and policy a...
Mortalidade e anos de vida perdidos por COVID-19 em Portugal dois anos de pandemia
Santos, João Almeida; Martins, Carla; Assunção, RicardoIntrodução: O impacto da pandemia COVID-19 na população portuguesa não é ainda conhecido na sua totalidade. A caracterização dos anos de vida perdidos prematuramente atribuídos à COVID-19 pode fornecer informação relevante para o desenvolvimento e implementação de estratégias de prevenção e controlo de doenças infeciosas no futuro. Objetivos: Calcular os anos de vida perdidos (YLL) atribuídos às mortes por COVI...
Tendência epidemiológica de casos de brucelose em Portugal entre 2002 e 2022
Santos, João Almeida; Aires, Joana; Martins, CarlaIntrodução: Apesar do sucesso das estratégias de prevenção implementadas no controle da brucelose, Portugal permanece um dos países com maior taxa de notificação por 100 000 habitantes da União Europeia. A monitorização da doença é assim um instrumento essencial para a implementação precoce de medidas de prevenção, de forma a limitar a ocorrência de surtos na população. Objetivo: Analisar a tendência temporal d...
Press funding and strategies in online and offline business: the Portuguese case
Faustino, Paulo; Martins, CarlaMedia managers are facing a variety of profound and disruptive challenges generated by the impact of digitization and platformization on the production, distribution and consumption of media goods. Interestingly, platforms provide users with the opportunity to become providers of information ('produsers'). The technological ecology requires publishing organizations to constantly rethink and adjust their competi...