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The 15-minute city in Porto, Portugal: accessibility for the elderly

The concept of the 15-Minute City aims to enhance urban accessibility by ensuring that essential services are within a short walking distance. This study evaluates the accessibility of Porto, Portugal, particularly for the elderly, by assessing urban density, permeability, and walkability, with a specific focus on crossings and ramps. A five-step methodology was employed, including spatial analysis using QGIS a...

Association of LDL-cholesterol with prognosis in patients admitted for acutely ...

Introduction and objectives: The association of low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C) levels and prognosis in patients with heart failure (HF) remains uncertain. This study aimed to evaluate the prognostic significance of LDL-C in patients admitted for acutely decompensated HF and establish a safety cut-off value in this population. Methods: This retrospective, observational study included 167 consecutive...

Addressing absenteeism through a community of practice in higher education: The...

This article presents Community of Practice for Attendance (CoP +Attendance), awarded funding through the 7th Edition of the University of Minho's Programme to Support Projects for Innovation and Development in Teaching and Learning [2024/2nd Call], coordinated by the IDEA- UMinho Centre, throughout 2025. The CoP +Attendance addresses absenteeism among undergraduate students. The initiative will focus in Geolog...

On to the "wow" factor in nostalgia evoking products : is the old newer?

The desire or just pure longing for the past is often pointed out as the reason why consumers engage in nostalgic-related consumption. In this study, it is proposed that, rather than nostalgia alone, self-brand connections developed in one's youth, an identity construction period, play a pivotal role and act as the mechanism for the transfer of affect to occur. Social Identity Theory is employed to argue that t...

Atas VI congresso de história local: conceito, práticas e desafios na contempor...

Harvesting the power of green synthesis: gold nanoparticles tailored for prosta...

Biosynthetic gold nanoparticles (bAuNPs) present a promising avenue for enhancing biocompatibility and offering an economically and environmentally responsible alternative to traditional production methods, achieved through a reduction in the use of hazardous chemicals. While the potential of bAuNPs as anticancer agents has been explored, there is a limited body of research focusing on the crucial physicochemic...

Exploring the potential protective effect of probiotics in obesity-induced colo...

Colorectal cancer (CRC) is the third most common cancer diagnosed today and the third leading cause of death among cancer types. CRC is one of the gastrointestinal tumors with obesity as the main extrinsic risk factor, since, according to authors, the meta-inflammation sustained by the excess adipose tissue can provide abundant circulating lipids, as well as hormones and metabolites crucial to tumor development...

Avaliação de opções estratégicas para o aumento da capacidade aeroportuária da ...

Os aeroportos ocupam um lugar central nas redes de transporte, conectando as regiões à economia mundial e possibilitando o fluxo de pessoas, bens, serviços e informações. As infraestruturas aeroportuárias são essenciais para a estratégia de desenvolvimento económico dos países, sobretudo dos mais periféricos como Portugal, permitindo mitigar ou ultrapassar os efeitos negativos das longas distâncias aos principa...

Candida albicans chitinase 3 with potential as a vaccine antigen: production, p...

Chitinases are widely studied enzymes that have already found widespread application. Their continued development and valorisation will be driven by the identification of new and improved variants and/or novel applications bringing benefits to industry and society. We previously identified a novel application for chitinases wherein the Candida albicans cell wall surface chitinase 3 (Cht3) was shown to have pote...

Towards the automation of book typesetting

26 pages, 5 figures. Revised version published at Visual Informatics, 7(2), pp. 1\textendash{}12; This paper proposes a generative approach for the automatic typesetting of books in desktop publishing. The presented system consists in a computer script that operates inside a widely used design software tool and implements a generative process based on several typographic rules, styles and principles which have ...