Nesta revisão evidencia-se o elevado potencial de utilização de nemátodes entomopatogénicos (NEPs) como agentes de proteção biológica na redução das populações de insetos fitófagos que podem causar estragos e/ou insetos vetores de doenças, em produção sustentável de alimentos, como alternativa ou complemento aos produtos fitofarmacêuticos. Descobertos em 1923, a sua comercialização como biopesticidas iniciou-se...
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Background: Radical gastrectomy remains the main treatment for gastric cancer, despite its high mortality. A clinical predictive model of 90-day mortality (90DM) risk after gastric cancer surgery based on the Spanish EURECCA registry database was developed using a matching learning algorithm. We performed an external validation of this model based on data from an international multicenter cohort of patients. Me...
“Flavescence dorée” (FD) is a quarantine disease associated with the presence of a phytoplasma transmitted by the insect vector Scaphoideus titanus. This disease affects grapevines and is of a great concern to the stability and sustainability of the wine industry, due to the harvest losses and death of infected plants. In Portugal, FD has seriously affected the “Vinhos Verdes” region, but so far the research on...
“Flavescence dorée” (FD) is a quarantine disease of great concern to the stability and sustainability of the wine industry, due to drastic harvest losses and death of infected plants. Previous studies have suggested that salicylic acid (SA) may improve the plant resistance against grapevine diseases, but no studies have been carried out for FD. The effect of 25 mM SA applied at the flowering stage to healthy an...
Purpose: This article analyses the digital marketing strategy of Porto City, aiming at providing a theoretical and practical contribution on the importance of digital marketing tools to promote tourist destinations. Methodology: The current study applies the case-study methodology using two sets of data: (1) semi-structured focused interviews were carried out with tourists and key players on the promotion of Po...
Nos tempos atuais assiste-se a alterações nos estilos de vida das crianças e jovens. Sempre conectada a uma contínua crescente industrialização, a sedentarização associada à falta de exercício físico parece ser um fator preocupante na maneira que promove o declínio dos níveis da Aptidão Física dos mais jovens e, consequentemente, na nota da disciplina de Educação Física. Desta feita, o presente estudo teve como...