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Maintaining remission after an episode of steroid-responsive acute severe ulcer...
Bravo, C.; Gomes, C. Frias; Blesl, A.; Damasceno, J.; Drygiannakis, I.; Argyriou, K.; Festa, S.; Aratari, A.; Todeschini, A.; Jelakovic, M.The best maintenance therapy after a steroid-responsive acute severe ulcerative colitis (ASUC) episode remains poorly studied and is not addressed in current guidelines. We aimed to compare the impact of different treatment strategies following hospitalization for steroid-responsive ASUC.
Health promotion innovation – a co-creation art visit cycle
Chaves, C.; Alves, Rui Alexandre Coelho; Martins, D.; Veiga-Branco, Augusta; Costa, Jorge; Guerra, Pedro; Pinto, R.; Gonçalves, A.People who live an artistic event each year become 60% healthier than those who don't visit museums, theaters orconcerts. Activities such as seeing pictures decrease the production of stressors and living art promotes in people the feeling of subjective well-being. Objective - To explore the level of co-creation of health promoting activities by gerontology students, targeting institutionalized senior populatio...
A GIS-based framework for addressing conflicting objectives in the context of a...
Szalaj, D.; Wise, L.; Rodríguez-Climent, S.; Angélico, M. M.; Marques, V.; Chaves, C.; Silva, Alexandra; Cabral, HenriqueAn ecosystem approach to fisheries management (EAFM) is as a new paradigm in fisheries management. In this study, a combination of geographic information systems (GISs) and multi-criteria decision-making method (MCDM) is proposed as a framework supporting an ecosystem approach to European sardine (Sardina pilchardus, Clupeidae) fishery management in Portugal. This case study was chosen due to the recent severe ...
Characterization of portuguese centenarian eating habits, nutritional biomarker...
Silva, Alda Pereira da; Valente, A.; Chaves, C.; Matos, A.; Gil, A.; Santos, A. C.; Clara, J. P. Gorjão; Bicho, M.BACKGROUND AND AIMS: Eating habits may contribute to longevity. We characterized the eating habits and cardiovascular risk (CVR) biomarkers in Portuguese centenarians (CENT) compared to controls. METHODS AND RESULTS: Centenarians (n = 253), 100.26 ± 1.98 years, were compared with 268 controls (67.51 ± 3.25), low (LCR) and high (HCR) CVR (QRISK®2-2016). Anthropometric and body composition were evaluated by bioim...
Characterization of portuguese centenarians eating habits, nutritional biomarke...
Silva, A. Pereira Silva; Valente, A.; Chaves, C.; Matos, A.; Gil, A.; Santos, A. C.; Gorjão Clara, J. P.; Bicho, M.Background and Aims: Eating habits may contribute to longevity. We characterized the eating habits and cardiovascular risk (CVR) biomarkers in Portuguese centenarians (CENT) compared to controls. Methods and results: Centenarians (n=253), 100.261.98 years, were compared with 268 controls (67.513.25), low (LCR) and high (HCR) CVR (QRISK®2-2016). Anthropometric and body composition were evaluated by bioimpedanc...
The importance of the 1st CEB teacher training to know the determinants of acad...
Campos, S.; Soares, L.; Ferreira, M.; Chaves, C.; Alves, C.; Martins, C.Introduction: Attention deficit-hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is an issue that affects a high percentage of school-age population. Thus, working directly with hyperactive students has become an inevitable task in our lives, as educational professionals. Thus, it has become essential to ascertain new and effective teaching practices because understanding a teacher’s role as a facilitating agent in the teaching-l...
O Ensino Superior e a SIDA
Chaves, C.; Pereira, A.; Martins, R.; Duarte, J.; Dionísio, R.Pensarmos, comprometermo-nos e agirmos em prol de uma escola melhor é um contributo para a construção de uma sociedade mais justa. Na escola não podemos apenas ensinar, necessitamos de aprender, questionarmos a situação actual, tentarmos melhorá-la e incentivar mudanças construtivas. A infecção VIH/sida, é categorizada como doença crónica, em que há a responsabilidade individual pela sua prevenção e pelos compo...
A Prediction Rule to Stratify Mortality Risk of Patients with Pulmonary Tubercu...
Bastos, H.; Osório, N.; Castro, A.; Ramos, A.; Carvalho, T.; Meira, L.; Araújo, D.; Almeida, L.; Boaventura, R.; Fragata, P.; Chaves, C.; Costa, P.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...
Lifestyles and surveillance of sexual and reproductive women’s health
Ferreira, M.; Ferreira, S.; Ferreira, N.; Andrade, J.; Chaves, C.; Duarte, J.Abstract: Background: The epidemic increase of diseases is closely related to lifestyle changes. The low adhesion to breast self-examination and cervical cytology hinders prevention and early diagnosis during the asymptomatic state of two silent diseases, with nonspecific symptoms that are a major cause of death by cancer in the Portuguese female population. Objectives: To analyze the influence of sociodemograp...
Stress vulnerability and traumatic events in students
Rodrigues, Manuel Alves; Pereira, A.; Chaves, C.; Carrinho, P.; Vagos, P.; Santos, L.; Monteiro, J.; Melo, A.; Carvalho, A.