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Engaging young people in the development of innovative nature-inspired technolo...
Moreira da Silva, Manuela; Ferreira, Lurdes; Sarmento, Teresa; Selada, CatarinaCurrently, cities are the most vulnerable places on the planet to the effects of global change, both anthropogenic and climate-related, and this is not compatible with harmony and well-being regarding the economy, nature, and future generations. Young people have a unique potential to catalyze the transformative sustainable change that the planet needs now, as they are the first generation to grow up with tangi...
Leprosy: From Antiquity to Our Times
Máquina, Atanásio; Catarino, Alexandre; Silva, Leandro; Catorze, Goreti; Ferreira, Lurdes; Viana, IsabelLeprosy is an infectious disease whose causative agent are the bacillus Mycobacterium leprae and Mycobacterium lepromatosis. It preferably affects the skin and peripheral nerves. If left undiagnosed and not treated early, it can cause severe deformation and disability. Paradoxically, as treatment became curative, many specialist centers closed, which led to a reduced knowledge of the disease. With the increasin...
The Portuguese Severe Asthma Registry: Development, Features, and Data Sharing ...
Sá-Sousa, Ana; Fonseca, João Almeida; Pereira, Ana Margarida; Ferreira, Ana; Arrobas, Ana; Mendes, Ana; Drummond, Marta; Videira, Wanda; Costa, TiagoThe Portuguese Severe Asthma Registry (Registo de Asma Grave Portugal, RAG) was developed by an open collaborative network of asthma specialists. RAG collects data from adults and pediatric severe asthma patients that despite treatment optimization and adequate management of comorbidities require step 4/5 treatment according to GINA recommendations. In this paper, we describe the development and implementation ...
The portuguese severe asthma registry : development, features, and data sharing...
Sousa, Ana Sá; Fonseca, João Almeida; Pereira, Ana Margarida; Ferreira, Ana; Arrobas, Ana; Mendes, Ana; Drummond, Marta; Videira, Wanda; Costa, TiagoThe Portuguese Severe Asthma Registry (Registo de Asma Grave Portugal, RAG) was developed by an open collaborative network of asthma specialists. RAG collects data from adults and pediatric severe asthma patients that despite treatment optimization and adequate management of comorbidities require step 4/5 treatment according to GINA recommendations. In this paper, we describe the development and implementation ...
MALIGNANT MELANOMA ASSOCIATED WITH NEVUS
Gomes, Joana; Parente, Joana; Ferreira, Lurdes; Viana, Isabel; Vale, EsmeraldaObjectives: To determine clinical and histopathological differences between melanoma associated with nevus (MAN) and de novo melanoma (MN). Methods: Retrospective study of all cases of cutaneous melanoma diagnosed between 2001 and 2009 in Centro de Dermatologia Médico-Cirúrgica de Lisboa. Results: Of the 397 melanomas included, 52.6% were of feminine sex and 47.4% of the masculine. Of these melano- mas only 9.3...
Fundo de Coesão
Ferreira, LurdesPortugal e Espanha têm feito das estradas o principal destino das ajudas do Fundo de Coesão, mas esta semelhança esconde algumas importantes diferenças: entre 1993 e 1995, o Governo português gastou muito mais em estradas do que o espanhol, mas mostra, em 1996, ter mudado radicalmente de estratégia. Esta é uma das conclusões a retirar da evolução das ajudas concedidas ao abrigo deste instrumento financeiro cria...