Informing and engaging all actors in the land sector, including land-owners and managers, researchers, policy-makers and citizens, on the most effective sustainable land-based solutions and behavioural changes is a key strategy for achieving climate change adaptation and mitigation targets at the global as well as at EU and local level. One requisite to support actors in the land sector is to provide them publi...
Mediterranean water-stressed areas face significant challenges from higher temperatures and increasingly severe droughts. We assess the effect of climate change on rainfed barley production in the aridity-prone province of Almería, Spain, using the FAO AquaCrop model. We focus on rainfed barley growth by the mid-century (2041–2070) and end-century (2071–2100) time periods, using three Shared Socio-economic Path...
This article has been corrected at the request of the authors to include Virginia Sousa as the fourth author as she was erroneously omitted during the submission process. The authors deeply regret that this error was not identified and addressed prior to publication.
Introduction: Urinary tract infection (UTI) is the second most prevalent infection in the community. Aims: To determine the microorganisms responsible for UTI in Primary Health Care and their profile of sensitivity to antibiotics, as well as to evaluate if the approach of the UTI is concordant with the National Health Authority’s recommendations. Methods: Observational and retrospective study in four primary he...
Immune-checkpoint inhibitors (ICIs) have become the mainstay of treatment for many malignancies. With this new strategy, relevant immune-related adverse events (irAEs) have been reported, some of which can be mistaken for disease progression. To better illustrate the current challenges in diagnosing and managing a patient under adjuvant ICI treatment, we present the case of a 67-year-old female patient with sta...
The paintings by Rembrandt van Rijn (1606-1669) in which the Dutch artist portrays anatomy lessons in 1632 and 1656 reveal the limitations that the interpretation of a work of art can impose on the contemporary outlook if we stick only to the realm of our own subjectivity, ignoring the historical context of creation of such representations. Based on this apparently obvious remark, the present work intends to po...
The volume now presented, with texts in English and Portuguese, has a double purpose: to frame the use of History and Philosophy of Science in science teaching; and to provide Portuguese teachers with materials from which to enrich their science classes.