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Home ‑Administered tDCS for Major Depressive Disorder: Exploring the Predictiv...
Teixeira, João Marques; Costa, JoanaIntroduction: Major depressive disorder (MDD) is a highly prevalent condition with a significant treatment‑resistant population. Transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) has emerged as a promising non‑invasive treatment, but biomarkers to predict its efficacy are needed. This study aimed to evaluate the feasibility and effectiveness of home‑administered tDCS in treating MDD and investigate frontal alpha a...
Aging and Medical Rehabilitation: A Contribution to a Comprehensive Discussion
Pinheiro, João; Rovisco Branquinho, Lurdes; Branco, João; Costa, Joana; Coimbra, António; Aguiar Branco, Catarina; Nunes, RenatoThe rapid development of innovative technologies is transforming the landscape of elderly care and physical and rehabilitation medicine, addressing the unique challenges of aging. This document explores cutting-edge solutions, including smart house technologies (SHT), artificial intelligence (AI), virtual reality (VR), robotics, and advanced geriatric rehabilitation (GR) assessment strategies. These advancement...
The Experience of Obstetric Nurses in Caring for Families with Female Genital M...
Costa, Joana; Presado, HelenaIntroductionThe World Health Organization (WHO) points out that more than 200 million women have been subjected to Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) and that around 3 million are at risk worldwide. Portugal was considered a country at risk, from January 2018 to December 2021, 426 cases of FGM were registered in the Lisbon and Tagus Valley region. The Obstetric Nurse plays an important role in eliminating FGM thro...
Towards Botanical Authentication of Ginkgo Food Supplements: A Holistic Approac...
Grazina, Liliana; Paíga, Paula; Amaral, Joana S.; Costa, Joana; Moreira, Manuela M.; Delerue-Matos, Cristina; Mafra, IsabelGinkgo biloba is one of the most consumed medicinal plants and broadly included as an ingredient in plant food supplements (PFS) and herbal infusions, being potential targets for economically motivated adulteration. This work aimed at comparing the use of DNA and phytochemical markers to authenticate the botanical origin of ginkgo-leaf extracts and PFS. Quantitative real-time PCR was used to detect ginkgo DNA, ...
Boating tourism and fishing Interactions: a social network analysis using AIS data
Ramos, Jorge; Drakeford, Benjamin; Costa, Joana; Leitão, FranciscoBoating tourism in coastal-maritime areas often overlaps spatially and temporally with other economic activities, such as fishing, leading to complex interactions. These interactions can create opportunities for positive cooperation or generate conflicts that pressure natural resources and stakeholders. The aim of this study is to show whether or not there is evidence of interactions between fishing (nf = 43) a...
Electrophysiological responses of the clam (Ruditapes decussatus) osphradium to...
Rato, Ana Cláudia Nunes; Costa, Joana; Gonçalves, Diana; Matias, Domitília; Joaquim, Sandra; Hubbard, PeterChemical sensing of the surrounding environment is crucial for many aspects of bivalve biology, such as food detection and predator avoidance. Aquatic organisms strongly depend on chemosensory systems; however, little is known about chemosensory systems in bivalves. To understand how the carpet shell clam (Ruditapes decussatus) senses its surrounding chemical environment, we used an electrophysiological techniq...
Active replay for continual learning in plant species classification
Costa, Dinis; Costa, Joana; Ribeiro, Bernardete; Sousa, José Paulo; Paiva, Rui Pedro; Silva, José Rafael; Lourenço, Rui; Silva, CatarinaContinual Learning (CL) is essential in dynamic environments, such as biodiversity monitoring, due to the continuous emergence of new species or changes in their distribution over time. A major challenge in CL is catastrophic forgetting, where a model loses performance on previously learned classes as it learns new ones. One common approach to mitigate this issue is replay, in which samples from previous tasks ...
GOOD - Agroecología para las malas hierbas: construyendo una red de manejo agro...
Osuna, Maria D.; Ramos, María; Santiago, Ana de; Maya, Valentín; Baptista, Jorge; Groenewegen, Micha; Oliveira, Rui S.; Sousa, José P.Las hierbas adventicias afectan negativamente a la sostenibilidad de los sistemas agrícolas de la Unión Europea (UE), cuya gestión depende en gran medida de los herbicidas. La estrategia "de la granja a la mesa" de la UE tiene como objetivo promover la agroecología y la transición hacia sistemas agrícolas sostenibles y resilientes, incluyendo la reducción del uso de herbicidas. GOOD es un proyecto de 4 años de ...
Acceptability and preferences regarding cognitive rehabilitation programs for c...
Loureiro, Liliana; Oliveira, Ana Filipa; Sousa, Helena; Costa, Joana; Ramalhete, Mariana; Torres, Ana; Santos, Isabel M.; Bártolo, AnaIntroduction/ Objective: Breast cancer survivors (BCS) frequently experience cancer-related cognitive impairment (CRCI), which has a negative impact on their quality of life. Studies indicate that cognitive rehabilitation is effective at improving CRCI. However, the literature is scarce on the perspectives of this population towards these interventions. Thus, this study aimed to explore acceptability and prefer...
Comparative physico-chemical characterization of organic flours from wheat, rye...
Sousa, Sérgio; Castro, Pedro; Costa, Joana; Bastos, Francisca Casanova; Dias, Ema; Gomes, AnaAim: There is an increasing consumer demand for healthier food products, such as cereal flours, free from pesticides and other contaminants. The production of organic cereals is therefore a solution that can be commercially explored. Moreover, consumers also highly appreciate and value the local production of cereals and flours. Hence, the aim of the current work was to characterize organic flours obtained from...