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Adoption of the GITHUB platform as a data source for creating a decision suppor...
Cabeças, António; Fernandes, Adriana; Cruvinel Júnior, Laercio; Santos, BrunaThe increasing adoption of agile methodologies in software development by companies aims to enhance productivity, quality, and responsiveness to market changes. This scenario demands tools capable of reliably monitoring the development process through easily visualisable metrics, facilitating analysis and decision-making. The present study aimed to develop a decision support system that provides essential metri...
The effect of catheter-based sham renal denervation in hypertension: systematic...
Fernandes, Adriana; David, Cláudio; Pinto, Fausto J.; Costa, João; Ferreira, Joaquim J; Caldeira, DanielBackground: Renal denervation (RDN) has emerged in recent years as a possible treatment for hypertension. The first sham-controlled trial showed a small magnitude and non-significant in the blood pressure (BP) lowering effect, also due to a substantial decrease of BP in sham arm. Considering this, we aimed to quantify the magnitude of BP decrease within the sham arm of Randomized Controlled Trials (RCT) with RD...
Impact of process of care in the short-term mortality in non-severe intracerebr...
Fernandes, Adriana; Taveira, Isabel; Soares, Rita; Marreiros, Ana; Nzwalo, HipólitoIntroduction: Patients with spontaneous intracerebral hemorrhage (SICH) face the worse functional and vital prognosis among all stroke subtypes. In cases of severe SICH, therapeutic inertia or nihilism complicates meaningful identification of outcome predictors. Therefore, we sought to investigate clinic-radiological and process of care predictors of short-term mortality in patients with mild to moderate SICH. ...
Measurement tools to assess activities of daily living in patients with Parkins...
Bouça-Machado, Raquel; Fernandes, Adriana; Ranzato, Carlo; Beneby, Duane; Nzwalo, Hipólito; Ferreira, Joaquim J.Introduction: Parkinson's disease (PD) is associated with a progressive inability to accomplish essential activities of daily living (ADL) resulting in a loss of autonomy and quality of life. Accurate measurement of ADL in PD is important to monitor disease progression and optimize care. Despite its relevance, it is still unclear which measurement instruments are the most suitable for evaluating ADL in people w...
Predictors of pneumonia in patients with acute spontaneous intracerebral hemorr...
Soares, Rita; Fernandes, Adriana; Taveira, Isabel; Marreiros, Ana; Nzwalo, HipólitoIntroduction: Following the hyperacute phase of spontaneous intracerebral hemorrhage (SICH), the severest form of stroke, pneumonia emerges as the leading cause of morbidity and mortality. Prevention of stroke associated pneumonia (SAP) is fundamental to improve the prognosis of SICH patients. Aim: Identify clinical, sociodemographic and process of care factors associated with occurrence of SAP after SICH in Al...
Aceitação do Aviso de cookies e criação de publicidade direcionada: uma decisão...
Batista, Manuel; Fernandes, Adriana; Sabino, André; Ribeiro, Lilian PonzoAo navegar na Internet o utilizador fornece dados como a idade, género, localização, entre outros, que são capturados através da utilização de cookies - pequenos ficheiros de texto que estão armazenados no browser quando se visita um website. Diversas empresas utilizam-se desses dados para mostrar ao utilizador publicidade direcionada aos seus interesses. Neste contexto, estudos recentes demonstram que a utiliz...
Avaliação de websites de hotéis do ponto de vista do marketing digital
Sampaio, Mayara; Alturas, Bráulio; Fernandes, AdrianaA evolução das Tecnologias da Informação alterou radicalmente a forma como as empresas da indústria hoteleira se relacionam com os clientes. A internet permitiu um aumento da participação no mercado, sobretudo de pequenos e médios empreendimentos, e hoje é considerada uma das principais ferramentas de comunicação e venda para as empresas dessa indústria. Sendo assim, este trabalho teve por objetivo aferir a qua...
New product development project management practices improvement in a textile c...
Fernandes, Adriana; Tereso, Anabela Pereira; Nunes, Manuel LopesIn today's fierce globalized marketplace, the ability to innovate is one of the prerequisites for excellence to ensure the competitiveness of any organization. The need to respond efficiently and in an integrated manner to the emerging challenges of the daily routines and the need to maintain market leading position encourages the implementation of methodologies that support new product development, making the ...
Lower production of IL-17A and increased susceptibility to Mycobacterium bovis ...
Dias, Alyria Teixeira; Castro, Sandra Bertelli Ribeiro de; Alves, Caio César Souza; Rezende, Alice Belleigoli; Rodrigues, Michele Fernandes-; The presence of intestinal helminths can down-regulate the immune response required to control mycobacterial infection. BALB/c mice infected with Mycobacterium bovis following an infection with the intestinal helminth Strongyloides venezuelensis showed reduced interleukin-17A production by lung cells and increased bacterial burden. Also, small granulomas and a high accumulation of cells expressing the inhibi...
A cadeira como retrato do corpo humano: análise da forma do design-arte
Fernandes, Adriana; Fernandes, AdrianaSubmitted by Adriana Fernandes (drinandes@hotmail.com) on 2017-12-01T19:41:48Z No. of bitstreams: 1 dissertação Adriana Fernandes.pdf: 4105555 bytes, checksum: 3ac4d40d404c939f324cc78633929a7f (MD5); Approved for entry into archive by Lêda Costa (lmrcosta@ufba.br) on 2018-04-23T16:33:10Z (GMT) No. of bitstreams: 1 dissertação Adriana Fernandes.pdf: 4105555 bytes, checksum: 3ac4d40d404c939f324cc78633929a7f (MD5)...