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Food Literacy Assessment of a Sample of Romanian Higher Education Students

Background: Food literacy is an essential aspect of modern education, nourishing students with the knowledge and necessary skills to make informed, healthy, and sustainable food choices. Building upon the validated research conducted in Portugal concerning the nutritional knowledge level of Portuguese students, our objective was to provide a similar survey instrument to Romanian students to assess their level o...

Biological and antioxidant activities of Physalis peruviana

A institucionalização de um sistema separado no atendimento à infância em Portu...

Referenciadas às Ciências da Educação e às Sociologias da Infância, da Família e da Educação, perspetivamos o recente interesse político sobre a creche no âmbito das relações entre pequena infância, família e Estado, para interrogarmos o lugar da Creche no contexto da educação para a infância que antecede a escolaridade obrigatória. A institucionalização educativa da infância dos 0 aos 6 anos apenas ganha relev...

Ensino Superior: perceção de bem-estar e inteligência emocional

Introdução: A Inteligência Emocional (IE) é a habilidade para compreender e regular as próprias emoções, bem como as emoções dos outros e usar essa compreensão para gerir pensamentos e ações Salovey e Mayer (1990). Huppert et al. (2013) definem o bem-estar como a combinação de se sentir e funcionar bem; a experiência de emoções positivas, como a felicidade e o contentamento, bem como o desenvolvimento do própri...

Implications of the COVID-19 Pandemic on the Family Structural Dimensions: A Co...

The COVID-19 pandemic caused changes in the families’ social support network, employment status, and family income, which are the focus of attention of family health nurses. This study aims to describe the pandemic’s repercussions in the areas of attention of the structural dimension of families according to the Dynamic Model of Family Assessment and Intervention, as perceived by Portuguese families, and to rel...

Maternal dietary exposure to mycotoxin aflatoxin B1 promotes intestinal immune ...

Abstract: Mycotoxins are secondary metabolites produced by fungi occurring in food that are toxic to animals and humans. Early-life mycotoxins exposure has been linked to diverse pathologies. However, how maternal exposure to mycotoxins impacts on the intestinal barrier function of progeny has not been explored. Here, exposure of pregnant and lactating C57Bl/6J female mice to aflatoxin B1 (AFB1; 400 μg/kg body ...

Investigation of the Level of Knowledge in Different Countries about Edible Ins...

This study aimed to investigate the level of knowledge about edible insects (EIs) in a sample of people from thirteen countries (Croatia, Greece, Latvia, Lebanon, Lithuania, Mexico, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Serbia, Slovenia, Spain, and Turkey). Data collection was based on a questionnaire survey applied through online tools between July and November 2021. For data analysis, techniques such as factor analysis,...

Edible Insects: Perceptions of Marketing, Economic, and Social Aspects among Ci...

Because edible insects (EI) have been, in recent years, recommended as a nutritious animal protein food with enormous environmental advantages over other sources of animal protein for human consumption, studies aimed at investigating the consumer perspective have become more prominent. Hence, this study intended to examine the perceptions of participants from different countries about the commercialization and ...

Maternal dietary exposure to mycotoxin aflatoxin B1 promotes intestinal immune ...

Mycotoxins are secondary metabolites produced by fungi occurring in food that are toxic to animals and humans. Early-life mycotoxins exposure has been linked to diverse pathologies. However, how maternal exposure to mycotoxins impacts on the intestinal barrier function of progeny has not been explored. Here, exposure of pregnant and lactating C57Bl/6J female mice to aflatoxin B1 (AFB1; 400 μg/kg body weight/day...

Investigation of the level of knowledge in different countries about edible ins...

This study aimed to investigate the level of knowledge about edible insects (EIs) in a sample of people from thirteen countries (Croatia, Greece, Latvia, Lebanon, Lithuania, Mexico, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Serbia, Slovenia, Spain, and Turkey). Data collection was based on a questionnaire survey applied through online tools between July and November 2021. For data analysis, techniques such as factor analysis,...