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Health professionals’ knowledge, perceptions, and attitudes toward baby-led wea...

Introduction: Baby-led weaning (BLW) is a growing method for parents to introduce food to their kids. As advisers whoaffect the decisions of parents, health practitioners have significant obligations in this regard.Objective: We aim to identify existing literature on the knowledge, perceptions, and attitudes of health professionalstoward BLW.Methods: We carried out a scoping review in accordance with the Preferr...

Pre-operative exposure to tofacitinib is as safe as biologics in patients with ...

Patients with ulcerative colitis (UC) receiving immunomodulators are at substantial risk of colectomy. Since robust evidence regarding the post-operative outcomes of patients treated with anti-JAKs in the pre-operative phase is lacking, we aimed to assess the risk of complications of tofacitinib exposure prior to colectomy in comparison with anti-TNFs, vedolizumab, and ustekinumab.

Enhancement of gluconic acid production by Aspergillus niger from by-products a...

BACKGROUND The profitable production of gluconic acid (GA), an organic acid extensively used in the food and beverages industries, relies on the use of cheap and available substrates with high sugar content. The high oxygen demand for the microbial conversion of glucose to GA is still a bottleneck of industrial production in conventional stirred tank reactors. Therefore, in this study, for the first time, it wa...

Literacy(ies) and skills in times of digital education: Exploring communication...

This article seeks to explore the notions of literacy(ies) and competences in times of digital education. The aim of the study was to understand, from perspectives of experts, what literacy(ies) and competences are in digital teaching-learning contexts, how they are operationalised, which strategies can be used for their development, and what are the opportunities and challenges for their application in digital...

Portugal in the nuclear realm: A case of broad ‘multilateralization’

Nuclear proliferation and nuclear disarmament have regained centrality in the global security agenda. The weakening of existing regimes and the search by a growing number of states to acquire or extend their nuclear capacities have contributed to shape recent developments. This paper analyses how Portugal’s foreign policy orientations, grounded on its Euro-Atlantic identity with a global vocation and a colonial...

Bimodal milk flow and overmilking in dairy cattle : risk factors and consequences

To maximise the return on capital invested in the milking parlour, the largest number of cows should be milked gently and completely in the shortest possible time. Bimodal milk flow and overmilking negatively influence the efficiency of the milk removal process and teat health. This observational study had the objective of investigating the prevalence of bimodal milk flow and overmilking, determining which indi...

Nanocellulose effects on microRNA expression in human bronchial epithelial cells

Nanocellulose is an innovative nanomaterial with physicochemical properties (high specific area, high tensile strength and stiffness, gas barrier properties, optical properties, and biodegradability) that give it potential for a wide variety of industrial (packaging, paper industry and others) and biomedical applications (regenerative medicine, wound healing, drug delivery systems and others).

Gluconic acid production by Aspergillus niger from sugarcane molasses and grape...

Feedstock costs for the biosynthesis of gluconic acid (GA) represent most of the operating costs at an industrial scale. The increasing demand for GA boosts the search for alternative substrates to pure glucose. The oxidation reaction of glucose to GA, catalyzed by glucose oxidase, is strongly dependent on oxygen availability in the culture medium. The high viscous Aspergillus niger culture, together with the u...

In silico screening and in vitro validation of natural-based luxS inhibitors

Resistance associated mutations to protease inhibitors on HIV-2 infected patien...