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Neuropotenciação e identidade pessoal

Neuropotenciação e Identidade Pessoal levanta perguntas que já não são ficção: e se tocar no cérebro fosse reinventar o Eu? Podemos melhorar a mente sem perder a nossa identidade? Num cruzamento envolvente entre filosofia, neurociência, psiquiatria e literatura, a autora convida-nos a explorar os riscos e as promessas das novas tecnologias cerebrais. Um livro desafiante, atual e imperdível para quem quer pensar...

Carnosic acid production from sugarcane syrup by engineered yeast in fed-batch ...

Phenolic diterpene carnosic acid (CA) is widely used in the food, nutritional health, and cosmetic industries due to its antioxidative and antimicrobial properties. This work aimed to overproduce CA in Saccharomyces cerevisiae from sugarcane syrup in fed-batch 2 L bioreactor fermentation. A geranylgeranyl diphosphate (GGPP)-producing strain modified with genes encoding the enzymes copalyl diphosphate synthase (...

Simulation of ideal material blocks using cellular automata

We consider deterministic and probabilistic cellular automata to study and describe certain types of patterns in idealized material blocks. We have particular interest in patterns similar to fractures. The internal structure of these material blocks is assumed to be unknown and probabilistic cellular automata are used to obtain distributions for the referred internal structure. We consider the 1D case. Certain ...

Educação menstrual e saúde de jovens portuguesas - fatores associados à prática...

Thomas, Gallagher e Thomas (2001) consideram que as mudanças de competência motora dependem essencialmente de três ordens de fatores: biológicos (p.e. genética, crescimento, puberdade), de envolvimento (p.e. oportunidades, encorajamento) e sua interação (p.e. práticas vivenciadas nas diferentes fases de desenvolvimento). Por outro lado, mais recentemente a Organização Mundial da Saúde (WHO, 2018) referia que os...

Innovative pedagogical tools for parasitology based on interactive learning

Parasitic infections in children, in particular ectoparasitoses, remain a public health challenge within the school context in Portugal. As part of the curricular unit “Agentes e Vectores de Doença I” included in the first year of the Bachelor of Pharmacy, pedagogical tools have been developed to raise awareness on this issue among the various stakeholders involved in primary education. The developed activities...

Capacitação da pessoa / família com doença respiratória obstrutiva crónica: int...

As doenças respiratórias obstrutivas crónicas, como a doença pulmonar obstrutiva crónica e a asma, são caracterizadas pela limitação do fluxo aéreo nos pulmões enquadrando-se no grupo de doenças pulmonares obstrutivas progressivas. Estas têm grande impacto na saúde mundial, pela sua elevada taxa de mortalidade e morbilidade que representa gastos em saúde e múltiplos internamentos. Este relatório visa demonstrar...

Spiraling effects of poverty on child development. A neuroethical study

Free will, neurosciences & robotics

Approach and guidance of trans and non-binary people in primary health care: ex...

The prevalence of openly trans and non-binary people has been increasing, and, in today's world, it is estimated that they represent 0.39% and 1.19% of the global population, respectively. Thus, it becomes increasingly imperative that primary health care physicians are prepared to receive and guide this population, in their general and specific health needs. In this sense, this work intends to study the knowled...

Chronic Kidney Disease: Supportive and Conservative Care in Portugal in 2023

Introduction: Elderly patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD) present a higher risk of becoming frail, a consequence of several comorbidities and worse functional status. This condition does not necessarily improve with the initiation of dialysis. Conservative care offers an option to treat elderly and/or frail patients with advanced CKD, which focuses on improving the patient’s quality of life, active sympt...