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Evidence for sporadic Coxiella burnetii excretion in sheep milk, central Portugal
Pires, Humberto; Silva, S. Santos; Cruz, A.; Cardoso, Luís; Lopes, A.P.; Pereira, M.A.; Nóbrega, C.; Mega, A.C.; Santos, C.; Cruz, R.; Esteves, F.Coxiella burnetii, the causative agent of Q fever, is a globally distributed zoonosis, with cattle, sheep, and goats considered the main reservoirs of the disease (Agger et al,., 2013; Bento et al., 2023). Human transmission primarily occurs through inhaling infections aerosols from milk, faeces, urina, and birth products from infected ruminants. This study used a 2-year longitudinal approach to investigate C. ...
Effect of individual's characteristics on volatile organic compoounds profile a...
Slezakova, Klara; Cavaleiro-Rufo, J.; Esteves, F.; Costa, D.; Pereira, M.C.; Teixeira, J.P.; Madureira, J.Breath analysis using an electronic nose (eNose) is a technology for exhaled volatile organic compounds (VOCs) that has shown potential in the diagnosis of respiratory diseases. However, the effect of an individual’s characteristics in the exhaled VOCs profile is far from fully understood. This pilot study aimed to identify the relevant characteristics of participants that may influence the VOCs profiles by the...
Fighting occupational risks among Portuguese wildland firefighters: looking at ...
Esteves, F.; Slezakova, K.; Madureira, J.; Vaz, J.; Fernandes, A.; Carmo, M.; Morais, S.; Teixeira, J. P.; Costa, S.Background: Evidence linking wildland firefighters’ occupational exposure and health outcomes is still limited. Cytogenetic endpoints have long been applied in the surveillance of human genotoxic exposures and early effects of genotoxic carcinogens. Therefore, it is of utmost importance to clarify the exposure-induced cytogenetic effects concerning wildland firefighters’ occupational exposure at different time ...
Urinary biomonitoring in firefighters: baseline data of polycyclic aromatic hyd...
Barros, B.; Oliveira, M.; Paiva, M.; Fernandes, A.; Alves, S.; Vaz, J.; Esteves, F.; Slezakova, K.; Alves, M.J.; Madureira, J.; Pereira, M.C.Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) are among the most relevant pollutants in the firefighting context and urine the most straightforward and interesting matrix for biomonitoring. Recent studies have found elevated levels of PAH metabolites in firefighters in comparison to the general population. Since Portuguese firefighters are poorly characterized, the aim of this study was to determine the baseline data...
Coproducing leadership: A reason to resist destructive leaders
Almeida, T.; Ramalho, N.; Esteves, F.Purpose: Follower's individual differences have been receiving increased attention in studying destructive leadership because followers may enable or disable it. One of these yet under-researched features is the role of followers' leadership coproduction beliefs (a role construal) in explaining their resistance to destructive leaders. Departing from the proactive motivation theory, this paper explores the robus...
Occupational Exposure of Firefighters in Non-fire Settings
Slezakova, K.; Esteves, F.; Vaz, J.; Alves, M.J.; Madureira, J.; Costa, S.; Fernandes, A.; Teixeira, João Paulo; Morais, S.; Pereira, M.C.Freshwater pollution is a huge concern. A study aiming to evaluate physico-chemical characteristics, microbiota, occurrence of two groups of persistent environmental pollutants with similar chemical properties (polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons- PAHs and microplastics - MPs) in Alqueva's surface water was performed during 2021.
Transmitir informação pré-operatória a crianças em cirurgia de ambulatório: Um ...
Fernandes, S. C.; Arriaga, P.; Esteves, F.Neste estudo foram desenvolvidos três tipos de materiais educacionais pré-operatórios e testada a sua eficácia na preparação de crianças para a cirurgia, através da análise das preocupações pré‑operatórias das crianças e da ansiedade parental. A amostra recolhida em três hospitais de Lisboa é composta por 125 crianças, entre os 8 e os 12 anos de idade, admitidas em contexto de cirurgia de ambulatório. Os partic...
Children’s attitudes and behaviors about oral health and dental practices
Fernandes, S. C.; Louceiro, A.; Lopes, L. B.; Esteves, F.; Arriaga, P.The present study sought to contribute to a better understanding of children’s attitudes and behaviors regarding oral health and dental practices. The sample was composed of 101 children (8–10 years), collected from several schools in the Lisbon metropolitan area. Our main goals were to collect a survey of information about the beliefs, attitudes, habits and knowledge of children about oral and dental issues in...
The effects of topical antibiotics on eradication and acquisition of third-gene...
Plantinga, N.L.; Wittekamp, B.H.J.; Brun-Buisson, C.; Bonten, M.J.M.; Cooper, B.S.; Coll, P.; Lopez-Contreras, J.; Mancebo, J.; Wise, M.P.Objectives: The aim was to quantify the effects of selective digestive tract decontamination (SDD) consisting of a mouth paste and gastro-enteral suspension, selective oropharyngeal decontamination with a mouth paste (SOD) and 1-2% chlorhexidine (CHX) mouthwash on eradication and acquisition of carriage of third-generation cephalosporin-resistant Enterobacterales (3GCR-E) and carbapenem-resistant Gram-negative ...
Perceptions of people’s dishonesty towards robots
Petisca, S.; Paiva, A.; Esteves, F.Dishonest behavior is an issue in human-human interactions and the same might happen in human-robot interactions. To ascertain people’s perceptions of dishonesty, we asked participants to evaluate five different scenarios where someone was being dishonest towards a human or a robot, but we varied the level of autonomy the robot presented. We asked them how guilty they would feel by being dishonest towards a rob...