Setting: University-affiliated hospital located in Porto, North Portugal, an area with a low to intermediate incidence of tuberculosis (TB). Objective: To identify predictors and outcomes of disseminated TB (dTB). Design: A cohort of patients diagnosed with TB between 2007 and 2013 was retrospectively analysed. Patients with dTB criteria were characterized and compared to single organ TB cases. Factors independ...
MEGAGEO - Moving megaliths in the Neolithic is a project that intends to find the provenience of lithic materials in the construction of tombs. A multidisciplinary approach is carried out, with researchers from several of the knowledge fields involved. This work presents a spatial data warehouse specially developed for this project that comprises information from national archaeological databases, geographic an...
Tuberculosis imposes high human and economic tolls, including in Europe. This study was conducted to develop a severity assessment tool for stratifying mortality risk in pulmonary tuberculosis (PTB) patients. A derivation cohort of 681 PTB cases was retrospectively reviewed to generate a model based on multiple logistic regression analysis of prognostic variables with 6-month mortality as the outcome measure. A...
MEGAGEO - Moving megaliths in the Neolithic is a project that aims to find the provenance of slabs used in the construction of dolmens. A multidisciplinary approach has been carried out with researchers from the several fields of knowledge involved. In this work it is presented a spatial data warehouse specially developed for the project, which comprises information from national archaeological databases, geogr...
O projeto MEGAGEO visa correlacionar os materiais geológicos usados na construção das antas, durante o Neolítico, com o seu local de extração. Envolve 3 áreas de estudo com contextos geológicos distintos - Lisboa, Freixo-Redondo e Monforte, cuja diversidade de materiais permitiu a aplicação de diferentes metodologias e técnicas analíticas (DRX, ATG, FRX, ICP-MS, LAICP-MS, SEM-EDS, TIMS). Baseado nos resultados ...
As antas são sepulcros megalíticos que representam uma das evidências mais conspícuas das populações dos 4º e primeira metade do 3º milénios a.n.e., tanto pela sua monumentalidade, como pelo investimento socioeconómico que terá representado a sua construção para aquelas comunidades neolíticas peninsulares, nomeadamente do Centro-Sul de Portugal. Estas construções foram erigidas no âmbito do fenómeno funerário d...
MEGAGEO - Moving megaliths in the Neolithic is a project that intends to find the provenience of lithic materials in the construction of tombs. A multidisciplinary approach is carried out, with researchers from several of the knowledge fields involved. This work presents a spatial data warehouse specially developed for this project that comprises information from national archaeological databases, geographic an...
O estudo de proveniências geológicas realizado em 3 áreas com contextos geológicos distintos - Lisboa, Freixo (Redondo) e Monforte, através da aplicação de diferentes metodologias e técnicas analíticas (DRX, ATG, FRX, ICP-MS, LA-ICP-MS, SEM-EDS, TIMS), permitiu verificar que a seleção dos esteios é condicionada pela diversidade e disponibilidade local dos materiais geológicos. O trabalho de campo desenvolvido a...