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(Re)inventing the house of justice: from courthouse buildings to the metaverse
Branco, Patrícia; Casaleiro, Paula; Dias, João PauloOs edifícios dos tribunais são definidos como ambientes simbólicos e ritualísticos nos quais as pessoas experimentam a autoridade judicial. Com a eclosão da pandemia de covid-19, o acesso aos espaços físicos dos tribunais foi severamente limitado, ao mesmo tempo em que se verificou um aumento na utilização de ferramentas digitais e de trabalho remoto. A utilização e/ou o desenvolvimento de tecnologias digitais ...
Assessing the potential of brewer’s spent grain to enhance cookie physicochemic...
Nicolai, Marisa; Palma, Maria Lídia; Reis, Ricardo; Amaro, Rúben; Fernandes, Jaime; Gonçalves, Elsa M.; Silva, Mafalda; Lageiro, ManuelaBrewers’ spent grain (BSG), the major by-product of the brewery industry, has high nutritional value, making it suitable for upcycling into products such as healthy, and sustainable cookies. Nonetheless, the incorporation of BSG in cookies can impact their quality, given the increased fiber and protein content. This work explored the effect of replacing wheat flour with BSG at 50% and 75% in cookie formulations...
Multidisciplinary cardiorenal program for heart failure patients: Improving out...
Calça, Rita; Malho, Anabela; Domingos, Ana Teresa; Fernandes, Raquel Menezes; Silva, Francisca Gomes da; Aguiar, Carlos; Tralhão, AntónioThe cardiorenal program (CRP), implemented within a specialized heart failure and kidney disease clinic, encompasses a multidisciplinary approach to the management of patients with heart failure and kidney disease. It focuses on optimizing therapy and improving patient outcomes. The CRP includes a range of services, including clinical evaluation, diagnostic testing, medical treatment, and patient education. The...
Disaster Nephrology in Portugal: A Call for National Preparedness
Guerra, Maria Manuel; Santos, Diana; Roxo, Maria Inês; Pepe, Bruno; Santos, Luís; Figueiredo Martins, João; Moreira Fonseca, Nuno; Branco, Patrícia.
Hyperkalemia management: a multidisciplinary expert panel’s perspective on the ...
Fonseca, Cândida; Garagarza, Cristina; Silva, Gil; Caires, Graça; Marques, Irene; Lopes, José António; Branco, Patrícia; Alves, Rui; Ferreira, AníbalHyperkalemia is a potentially life-threatening condition frequently encountered in clinical practice, particularly among patients with chronic kidney disease, heart failure, diabetes, and hypertension and those undergoing treatment with renin-angiotensin-aldosterone system inhibitors (RAASi). The management of chronic and acute hyperkalemia is complex and requires timely intervention to prevent severe complicat...
Analysing courthouses’ spaces, places and architecture: Some methodological out...
Branco, PatríciaThe aim of this article is to retrospectively reflect on my experiences conducting research on the intersections between courthouse architecture and access to justice in family and children's matters. This raises methodological and practical issues motivated by the novelty of the theme, as was the case when I began my doctoral research approximately 13 years ago, in Portugal. Therefore, I will discuss the strat...
Parental Responsibilities and Health Issues: An Exploratory Study of Legal Disp...
Casaleiro, Paula; Branco, Patrícia; Sotero, LucianaThe dominant paradigm today is that the child’s best interests require the involvement of both parents. Consequently, joint parental responsibility continues in most cases even after separation or divorce, and family courts are increasingly called upon to make difficult decisions over children’s health. This article is based on exploratory qualitative research and aims to identify the main challenges and possib...
Condition Critical
Branco, Patrícia; Contini, Francesco; Mohr, RichardThe introduction to the ‘Condition Critical’ symposium explains the background to the series on the climatic and pandemic crises at the beginning of the 2020s. What is the role of the law in times of crisis? How does this force for continuity, predictability and order react to the discontinuity characteristic of disasters? The suspension of the law or its day-to-day operations is a moment of extreme danger, riv...
Judicial Perceptions and Use of Technology: Portuguese Survey Report
Casaleiro, Paula; Veiga, Gustavo; Dias, João Paulo; Branco, PatríciaThis research report explores the perceptions of Portuguese judges from two jurisdictions, judicial and administrative and fiscal, on how technology is used in the context of their work to inform broader discussion about how technology can reshape the workload of judges in the future.
Fibrosis of Peritoneal Membrane, Molecular Indicators of Aging and Frailty Unve...
Branco, Patrícia; Calça, Rita; Martins, Ana Rita; Mateus, Catarina; Jervis, Maria João; Gomes, Daniel Pinto; Azeredo-Lopes, SofiaPeritoneal membrane status, clinical data and aging-related molecules were investigated as predictors of long-term peritoneal dialysis (PD) outcomes. A 5-year prospective study was conducted with the following endpoints: (a) PD failure and time until PD failure, (b) major cardiovascular event (MACE) and time until MACE. A total of 58 incident patients with peritoneal biopsy at study baseline were included. Peri...