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Loss of antiphospholipid antibody positivity decreases the risk of recurrent th...

OBJECTIVE: To establish the predictive value of antiphospholipid antibody (aPL) negativization on recurrent thrombosis in thrombotic antiphospholipid syndrome (APS). METHODS: Retrospective cohort study including all consecutive adult patients with APS followed at Hospital de Santa Maria, Lisbon, Portugal, up to December 2024. At diagnosis, all patients were positive for solid-phase aPL. Then, patients were cate...

Interstitial Lung Disease in Mixed Connective Tissue Disease: A Single-Center C...

BACKGROUND: Mixed connective tissue disease is a rare systemic autoimmune condition characterized by overlapping features of different connective tissue diseases and the presence of anti-U1-ribonucleoprotein antibodies. Its association with interstitial lung disease represents one of the main causes of morbidity and mortality in affected patients. OBJECTIVE: To characterize the clinical, immunological, and radi...

Characterization of Sustainable Food Initiatives: Preliminary Study.

Abstract: A sustainable food system can be described as a system that ensures economic, social, and environmental sustainability to secure food and nutrition for current and future generations. The present research aimed to identify and characterize sustainable food initiatives to understand the governance framework, the motivations, the reasons for success, the typology of actors involved, and future prospects...

Analysis of Governance models for sustainable and healthy food systems

Sustainable food systems are systems that safeguard economic, social and environmental sustainability by fomenting social progress, promoting efficient management of natural resources, providing nutritious food and ensuring fair compensation for all actors in the food chain. In recent years, several initiatives worldwide have been created to ensure and promote the sustainability of the current food systems. The...

Citizen Science and the Food System—A Focus Group Pilot Study

Hyperventilation Syndrome Following an Asymptomatic COVID-19 Infection

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Outdoor Finishing of Intact Male Portuguese Alentejano Pigs on a Sustainable Hi...

This trial evaluated the effect of sex on the blood, growth, carcass, meat quality, and boar taint compounds in male Alentejano (AL) pigs (n = 30). From ~40 to 130 kg LW, castrated (C) and intact pigs (I and IExp groups) were fed commercial diets ad libitum. Between ~130 and 160 kg (slaughter), C and I pigs continued on commercial diets, while IExp were fed an experimental diet containing locally produced pulse...

Transcriptomic Profiling of Subcutaneous Backfat in Castrated and Intact Alente...

In this work, we studied the backfat transcriptome of surgically castrated (C), intact (I) and intact fed an experimental diet (IE) outdoor-reared male Alentejano (AL) pigs. The experimental diet was a high-fiber diet with locally produced legumes and by-products associated with a boar taint reduction effect. At slaughter (~160 kg), backfat samples were collected for total RNA sequencing. Intact pigs presented ...

Influence of Sex on Meat and Fat Quality from Heavy Alentejano Pigs Finished Ou...

This work aimed to examine the effects of sex on meat and fat quality traits from thirty Portuguese Alentejano (AL) pigs reared in outdoor conditions. These pigs were divided into three groups and fed ad libitum. From ~40 to 130 kg LW, castrated (C group) and intact animals (I and IExp) consumed commercial diets. Until slaughter (~160 kg), C and I pigs remained on commercial diets, and IExp changed to a more su...

Overview of phlorotannins’ constituents in Fucales

Fucales are an order within the Phaeophyceae that include most of the common littoral seaweeds in temperate and subtropical coastal regions. Many species of this order have long been a part of human culture with applications as food, feedand remedies in folk medicine. Apart from their high nutritional value, these seaweeds are also a well-known reservoir of multiple bioactive compounds with great industrial int...