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Geriatric screening and comprehensive geriatric assessment during initial oncol...
Madureira, Tânia; Magalhães, Joana; Vilas, Pedro; Campôa, Elsa; Luz, Paulo; Coutinho, FilipeGeriatric oncology underscores the significance of assessing functional age in guiding medical decisions, endeavouring to delineate practical and efficacious methodologies for evaluating functionality, adapting therapeutic regimens and attenuating the risks of treatment-related deterioration.
Reflections in Pandemic Times: Our Elders Need “Even More” Help to Face Cancer
Coutinho, Filipe; Marinho, Joana; Veríssimo, Rafaela; Zão, Ana; Bertão, Manuela; Fonseca, Vasco; Marques Moreira, Sónia; Custódio, SandraIn the current pandemic times for SARS-CoV-2, several challenges are posed to the scientific community. With regard to the implementation of treatments for the elderly with cancer, despite the high complexity in its approach, a variable (SARS-CoV-2) now appears that represents a high impact on multidisciplinary decision-making processes when deciding which therapeutic strategies to use. In accordance with vario...
Evaluation of the seaweeds Chondrus crispus and Ulva lactuca as functional ingr...
Guerreiro, Inês; Magalhães, Rui; Coutinho, Filipe; Couto, Ana; Sousa, Sara; Delerue-Matos, Cristina; Domingues, Valentina F.; Oliva-Teles, AiresThe effect of a dietary incorporation of the seaweedsUlva lactucaandChondrus crispusas functional ingredients was evaluatedin gilthead seabream (Sparus aurata) juvenile growth, feed efficiency, muscle lipid composition, intermediary metabolism,oxidative status and gut histomorphology. Fish (15 g initial body weight) were fed with isoproteic (46%) and isolipidic (18%)diets with fish meal (FM) and plant feedstuff...
An Overview of Teaching Communication of Bad News in Medical School: Should a L...
Coutinho, Filipe; Ramessur, AnishaIntroduction: Delivering bad news is very common in medical daily practice. Several studies have shown a lack of effective communication skills amongst medical students, particularly concerning how to deliver bad news. The SPIKES protocol allows communicating bad news in a 6-step method. The aim of this study is to investigate the perspective of students related to this subject.Material and Methods: A 45 minute...
Descodificando o De re aedificatoria: usar as novas tecnologias para caracteriz...
Duarte, José Pinto; Costa, Eduardo Castro e; Coutinho, Filipe; Figueiredo, Bruno; Krüger, MárioA investigação descrita neste artigo é parte de um projeto que visou a descodificação do tratado de Alberti através da inferência da gramática da forma correspondente, usando depois a estrutura computacional oferecida pelas gramáticas de descrição e da forma para determinar a extensão da tal influência no período da Contra‑Reforma em Portugal. O presente artigo concentra‑se sobre os fundamentos teóricos que per...
Evaluation of antioxidant and antimicrobial properties of the Angolan Cymbopogo...
Soares, Marta O.; Ferreira da Vinha, Ana; Barreira, Sérgio; Coutinho, Filipe; Aires-Gonçalves, Sérgio; Oliveira, Maria B.P.P.; Pires, Pedro C.It was studied the chemical composition, antioxidant, antibacterial and antifungal properties of the essential oil obtained from the Cymbopogon citratus of Angolan origin. Its major constituents analyzed by GC-MS were α-citral (40.55%), β-citral (28.26%), myrcene (10.50%) and geraniol (3.37%). The essential oil antioxidant capacity was statistically identical to that of synthetic antioxidants (DPPH IC50 of 41.7...
Caracterização química e antioxidante do tomate português (Lycopersicon esculen...
Ferreira da Vinha, Ana; Coutinho, Filipe; Soares, Marta O.; Santos, António; Almeida-Dias, A.O principal objectivo deste estudo foi o de avaliar e caracterizar o perfil químico e o teor de compostos antioxidantes do tomate português cv. Redondo, cultivado por técnicas agrícolas diferentes (biológica e convencional). Atendendo ao impacto que a dieta mediterrânica tem na saúde pública, também foi estudado, por análise sensorial, o grau de aceitação e diferenciação organoléctica do fruto, produzido em dif...
Evaluation of physiological and microbiological tomatoes cultivars (Lycopersico...
Ferreira da Vinha, Ana; Coutinho, Filipe; Soares, Marta Oliveira; Barros, Raquel; Iglésias, Raúl; García Estevez, JoséThe fruits present a great importance in the feeding human being and in the public health, not only for its nutritional wealth, as well as for the easy digestion, rich in minerals and vitamins levels. The tomato fruit (Lycopersicon esculentum) can be characterized as a fruit with a complex matrix where, the nutritional quality is evaluated in terms of macronutrients, vitamins and minerals. The establishment of ...
Functional foods and phytotherapeutic: use as agents of plant development and p...
Silva, Viviana; Coutinho, Filipe; Oliveira, Marta Isabel; Iglésias, Raúl; García Estevez, José; Ferreira da Vinha, AnaThe current way of life may cause the increase of chronic degenerative diseases, whose treatment is not always possible with pharmacological medication. The Diet Therapy and Phytotherapy are on the rise, associated with functional foods phytotherapeutic action. The antioxidant action of bioactive compounds depends on their chemical structures and their concentrations in food. The main objective of this study wa...