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The Identification Potential of Atherosclerotic Calcifications in the Context o...
Monteiro, Sara; Curate, Francisco; Garcia, Susana; Cunha, EugéniaAtherosclerosis is an inflammatory disease that, in its more developed stages, can lead to the calcification of fatty plaques on the walls of arteries, resulting in the appearance of new bone elements. It is a condition that has been studied and documented little in the context of paleopathology, especially in the framework of forensic anthropology. This article analyzed the skeletal remains of 71 individuals (...
Changes in dental wear magnitude in the last ∼8000 years in southwestern Iberia
Godinho, Ricardo Miguel; Umbelino, Cláudia; Garcia, Susana; Gonçalves, CéliaObjective: This study examines changes in dental wear magnitude in the past ~8000 years, i.e., since Mesolithic until the 19th century, in southwestern Iberia. Thus, it encompasses the transition from hunting-gathering to agro-pastoralism, and then to the industrialization of food production and pre-processing. Design: Dental wear magnitude was scored in a total of 191 individuals and 1557 teeth from Mesolithic...
Autonomous Nursing Interventions as Quality Sensitive Indicators for patient ca...
Garcia, Susana; Augusta, Veiga-BrancoIntroduction: Autonomous Nursing Interventions (IAN) may acquire the status of Quality Sensitive Indicators (ISQ) for critical patient care with Noninvasive Mechanical Ventilation (NIV), if their consistency of application is in accordance with the effectiveness of recovery. Objective/s: Recognizing the IAN of nurses in the care of critically ill patients with NIV, which, due to consistency of execution, can be...
Changes in dental wear magnitude in the last ∼8000 years in southwestern Iberia
Godinho, Ricardo Miguel; Umbelino, Cláudia; Garcia, Susana; Gonçalves, CéliaObjective This study examines changes in dental wear magnitude in the past ∼8000 years, i.e., since Mesolithic until the 19th century, in southwestern Iberia. Thus, it encompasses the transition from hunting-gathering to agro-pastoralism, and then to the industrialization of food production and pre-processing. Design Dental wear magnitude was scored in a total of 191 individuals and 1557 teeth from Mesolithic (...
Assigned sex estimation with the clavicle and scapula: A study in a Portuguese ...
Curate, Francisco; Alves, Inês; Rodrigues, Tomás; Garcia, SusanaThe estimation of biological sex is a critical step in the assessment of the biological profile of an anonymous skeletonized individual. In certain recovery circumstances, the most dimorphic skeletal areas, such as the pelvis, are absent or fragmented; in that case, other bones of the skeleton, including the clavicle and scapula, can be used to predict sex. The purpose of this research is to generate new models...
Changes in dental wear magnitude in the last ∼8000 years in southwestern Iberia
Godinho, Ricardo Miguel; Umbelino, Cláudia; Garcia, Susana; Gonçalves, CéliaObjective: This study examines changes in dental wear magnitude in the past -8000 years, i.e., since Mesolithic until the 19th century, in southwestern Iberia. Thus, it encompasses the transition from hunting-gathering to agro-pastoralism, and then to the industrialization of food production and pre-processing. Design: Dental wear magnitude was scored in a total of 191 individuals and 1557 teeth from Mesolithic...
Spatial variability of the nutritive value of the main feeding resources of Mon...
Ferraz-de-Oliveira, Maria Isabel; Machado, Graça; Guiomar, Nuno; Cabeza, Maria; Garcia, Susana; Tejerina, David; Sales-Baptista, ElviraMontado in Portugal and Dehesa in Spain are open savannah-type woodlands covering about 6 million ha and comprising mainly cork (Quercus suber) and holm (Q. rotundifolia and Q. ilex) oaks. Although Montados and Dehesas may differ, they both are exploited through multiple land use where the main income is extensive livestock production. For both systems, the main available feed resources are pastures and acorns ...
Osteological analysis of a skeleton with intentional dental modifications, exhu...
Alves, Rute; Garcia, Susana; Marques, António; Wasterlain, SofiaThis paper presents the osteological analysis of a young adult exhumed from the cemetery associated to Igreja do Carmo, Lisbon, Portugal, during the second archaeological intervention in 2010/2011. Although the cemetery had been used between the beginning of the 15th century and 1755 AD, the archaeological context of the burial allows us to gauge its dating between the 17th and the 18th centuries. The skeleton ...
Changes in stature of Portuguese women born between 1966 and 1982, according to...
Cardoso, Hugo F. V.; Padez, Cristina; Garcia, Susana; Conceição, EuniceStudies which document secular change in stature are almost exclusively based on males, while similar data on females is less common. In addition, secular trends in socioeconomic differences of height are seldomly reported. This study aims to document changes in mean stature in a sample of Portuguese women born between 1966 and 1982 (n = 30,629). For this study self-reported stature data was obtained from a lar...
The not-so-Dark Ages: Ecology for human growth in medieval and early Twentieth ...
Cardoso, Hugo F. V.; Garcia, SusanaThis study attempts to address the issue of relative living standards in Portuguese medieval and early 20th century periods. Since the growth of children provides a good measure of environmental quality for the overall population, the skeletal growth profiles of medieval Leiria and early 20th century Lisbon were compared. Results show that growth in femur length of medieval children did not differ significantly...