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Perspectives of social sustainability in urban tourism. Comparative study betwe...
Liberato, Pedro; Nogueira, Rita; Liberato, DáliaSustainability in the tourism sector has, in recent years, been raising not only a concern within the discussion of development strategies but also an area of intervention in terms of balance between residents’ quality of life and the perspective of economic benefit and investment attraction for the regions involved. This research applied a qualitative methodology, based on five semi-structured interviews with ...
Cryoprotectants synergy improve zebrafish sperm cryopreservation and offspring ...
Diogo, Patricia; Martins, Gil; Nogueira, Rita; Marreiros, Ana; Gavaia, Paulo; Cabrita, ElsaThe synergy obtained by the combination of cryoprotectants is a successful strategy that can be beneficial on the optimization of zebrafish sperm cryopreservation. Recently, a protocol was established for this species using an electric ultrafreezer (-150 degrees C) performing cooling rate (-66 degrees C/min) and storage within one step. The ultimate objective of sperm cryopreservation is to generate healthy off...
Restrições na Publicidade: O Caso Central de Cervejas
Nogueira, RitaCom o passar dos anos e com o aumento da fiscalização por parte das autoridades, há cada vez mais produtos com restrições à publicidade. Estas limitações prendem-se sobretudo com questões de saúde pública, segurança ou menores. As bebidas alcoólicas são exemplo disso mesmo. Em Portugal, o Código da Publicidade determina que "é proibida a publicidade a bebidas alcoólicas, na televisão e na rádio, entre as 7 hora...
Dengue in patients with central nervous system manifestations, Brazil
Perdigão, Anne Carolinne Bezerra; Araújo, Fernanda; Nogueira, Rita; Araújo, Maurício de Sousa; Cavalcanti, Luciano; Brilhante, Raimunda; Rocha, MarcosWe investigated the prevalence of dengue in patients with suspected viral eningitis/meningoencephalitis in a dengue-endemic area. Cerebrospinal fluid analysis showed positive results and a 6.74× greater likelihood of identifying positive fluid in patients who died. Our findings support testing patients with neurologic manifestations for the virus in dengue-endemic areas.
Putative pheromones from the anal glands of male blennies attract females and e...
Barata, Eduardo N.; Serrano, Rui M.; Miranda, António; Nogueira, Rita; Hubbard, Peter C.; Canário, Adelino V.M.Parental males of several blenniid species have a pair of glands on the anal fin. These are thought to be a source of pheromones for female attraction and/or of antimicrobials for egg protection. In Salaria pavo, we tested the female attraction hypothesis and whether the anal glands are essential for egg parental care. In S. pavo and Salaria fluviatilis, we tested whether anal glands affect female mate choice. ...