Roof plays an important protective role in a building, and claddings are the first element to collaborate in that function. In Portuguese architecture, ceramic roof tiles are the most common claddings in pitched roofs. Concrete roof tiles are a good alternative because of their technical performance and visual similarity to ceramic ones. Both have been studied in different perspectives, but there is no updated ...
Discrepâncias entre relatórios dos exames da Radiologia e seus subsequentes desfechos nos pacientes não são necessariamente considerados erro ou má prática. O desempenho, avaliado pelo relato e interpretação dos achados pelo especialista em Radiologia, pode não ser perfeito ou exímio, e algumas discrepâncias, ou mesmo erros, são inevitáveis. O erro ou discrepância, na interpretação e relato dos achados pelo es...
This paper presents an environmental, economic and energy (3E) assessment of an energy retrofitting of the external walls of a flat of an average building with the most current characteristics used in Portugal. For this intervention, a cork-based (as recycled lightweight aggregate) TIRM (Thermal Insulating Rendering Mortar) was considered. The declared unit was 1 m2 of an external wall for a 50-year study perio...
The portal vein (PV) is the main vessel of the portal venous system (PVS), which drains the blood from the gastrointestinal tract, gallbladder, pancreas, and spleen to the liver. There are several variants affecting the PV, and quite a number of congenital and acquired pathologies.In this pictorial review, we assess the embryological development and normal anatomy of the PVS, displaying selected cases consistin...
A 65-year-old man was evaluated for a difficult-to-characterize pancreatic head mass in the setting of idiopathic chronic pancreatitis. He had no other relevant medical history and was not taking any anticoagulant or antiplatelet treatment. Endoscopic ultrasonography fine-needle aspiration (EUS-FNA) failed to reveal neoplasm cells. A linear array echoendoscope (Olympus GF-UCT140, Center Valley, PA) was advanced...
Objectivos: Avaliar a ecografia como alternativa à TC no apoio às biopsias de lesões pleurais e pulmonares periféricas. Métodos: Análise retrospectiva de uma série consecutiva de lesões pleurais e pulmonares justapleurais, sujeitas a biopsia percutânea guiada por TC ou por ecografia, entre Janeiro de 2011 e Dezembro de 2013. Foram registados dados demográficos, características das lesões, modalidade de imagem, ...
O objetivo deste trabalho é a proposta de um sistema de apoio à inspeção e diagnóstico de anomalias em coberturas em terraço, tendo em vista a normalização e sistematização das inspeções de forma a auxiliar os intervenientes responsáveis por estas ações. Numa primeira fase, são identificadas e classificadas as anomalias e as respetivas causas prováveis e, seguidamente, elaboradas fichas de anomalias, nas quais ...
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The Intermunicipal Community of the Coimbra Region is a public administrative entity that gathers 19 municipalities of Central Portugal. As part of its competences, the Community assumed the objective of complementing the current emergency planning instruments by strengthening the local and regional intervention in the areas of prevention, contingency and recovery, a process that culminates in the elaboration o...
This ECCO topical review of the European Crohn's and Colitis Organisation [ECCO] focused on prediction, diagnosis, and management of fibrostenosing Crohn's disease [CD]. The objective was to achieve evidence-supported, expert consensus that provides guidance for clinical practice.