The Montado, a dominant agro-silvo-pastoral system in Southern Portugal, features rainfed pastures primarily composed of legumes and grasses. Portuguese pasture area has expanded over the last century for economic, environmental, social, and cultural reasons. These pastures offer low-cost forage and improve long-term soil fertility through animal manure incorporation, enhancing soil organic matter, and legumino...
Abstract The thinlip grey mullet (Chelon ramada Risso, 1827) is a catadromous fish that per forms massive migrations to freshwater habitats for feeding purposes that can assume a structuring role on riverine ecology due to the biomass involved in these movements. Seasonal movements of thinlip grey mullet through a vertical slot fish pass located in River Mondego (Portugal) were continuously monitored between 20...
O Cardo Cynara cardunculus L. pertence à família das Asteraceae sylvestris (Compositae), onde se incluem as variantes de cardo silvestre (var. (Lamk) Fiori), a alcachofra (var. scolymus (L.) Fiori) e o cardo cultivado (var. altilis DC) (Figura 1). O Cardo é uma planta herbácea perene (10-15 anos) que cresce citadas, a luteolina e luteolina 7-O-glucósido). Além das aplicações tradicionais cafeolquínicos (por exe...
Introduction: Angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitors (ACEI) and angiotensin II receptor blockers (ARB) are not considered disease-modifying drugs in hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM) and their use is usually dependent on other clinical indications. Few data exist about the use of ACEI/ARB in HC in the real world, particularly in patients with intraventricular obstruction. Objective: In this study, we sought t...
Introduction: The diagnosis of acute myocarditis (aMyo) needs a high level of suspicion. Cardiac magnetic resonance (CMR) may contribute to the diagnosis; but endomyocardial biopsy (EMB) is considered the gold standard, although used infrequently worldwide. Short-term course, albeit unpredictable is usually benign and treatment is mainly supportive. Objectives: To assess the usual care attitudes regarding hospi...
Hypercholesterolemia is a risk factor for ciculatory diseases. This study estimates the impact of hypercholesterolemia on populations’ health levels and its economic impact in Portugal.