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Setting performance indicators for coastal marine protected areas: An expert-ba...

Marine Protected Areas (MPAs) require effective indicators to assess their performance, in compliance with the goals of relevant national and international commitments. Achieving and prioritizing shortlists of multidisciplinary indicators demands a significant effort from specialists to depict the multiple conservation and socioeconomic interests, and the large complexity of natural systems. The present paper d...

Setting performance indicators for coastal marine protected areas: an expert-ba...

Marine Protected Areas (MPAs) require effective indicators to assess their performance, in compliance with the goals of relevant national and international commitments. Achieving and prioritizing shortlists of multidisciplinary indicators demands a significant effort from specialists to depict the multiple conservation and socioeconomic interests, and the large complexity of natural systems. The present paper d...

Pediatric Stroke: Still a Challenging Diagnosis

Estatística: desafios transversais às ciências com dados: atas do XXIV Congress...

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Individual and mixture toxicity evaluation of three pharmaceuticals to the germ...

This work aims to assess, individually and in mixtures, possible phytotoxic effects of three pharmaceuticals (paracetamol, ibuprofen and amoxicillin) on germination and early growth of Lactuca sativa seeds. Pharmaceuticals are an important group of emerging contaminants, whose presence has been described in several environmental compartments, including soils. However, knowledge on their possible impact in terre...

Enabling factors for the competitiveness of the Portuguese automotive industry

The Portuguese automotive industry is a relevant activity sector for the Portuguese society and economy, both in job creation and value-added generation, contributing to the country’s economic development. The automotive is a high challenge industry, with intense competition, a high number of brands, increased number of models and vehicles, tighter regulatory requirements (e.g., emissions), and the need to mana...

Monitoring survey of caffeine in surface waters (Lis River) and wastewaters loc...

Investigation during 11-month period was performed to study the presence of caffeine in the Lis River in Leiria Town in Portugal, and a monitoring during 9-month period was realized to check the contribution of the human pollution of two wastewater treatment plants (WWTPs) that discharge their effluents to the studied river. The samples were collected in five sampling points along the river and in two influents...

Green zero valent iron nanoparticles dispersion through a sandy column using di...

The contamination of soils is a global environmental problem that urges an increased effort to recover polluted sites. In Europe, there are an estimated 20,000 polluted sites that need to be remediated and around 350,000 sites that are classified as potentially contaminated by the European Environment Agency (EEA). Remediation is a part of the solution to this problem, requiring the most innovative and sustaina...

Edema Agudo Hemorrágico do Lactente – a (re) conhecer

O Edema Agudo Hemorrágico do Lactente é uma vasculite leucocitoclástica de etiologia desconhecida, que ocorre em lactentes e crianças pequenas. Caracteriza-se pelo aparecimento súbito e rápida progressão de lesões eritematosas e purpúricas associadas a edema das extremidades e febre. Trata-se de uma entidade pouco conhecida e subdiagnosticada, embora o quadro clínico seja típico. Os autores descrevem dois casos...

Tuberculose miliar no século XXI – a propósito de um caso clínico

Introdução: Atualmente, a tuberculose ainda representa um sério problema de saúde pública. A idade precoce e a infeção VIH constituem importantes fatores de risco para doença grave ou disseminada. Caso clínico: Apresentamos o caso de uma menina de três anos de idade observada por febre prolongada sem foco infecioso evidente ao exame físico. O estudo analítico inicial foi sugestivo de infeção urinária, pelo que ...