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(Very) long‐term transport of Silurus glanis, Charcharhinus melanopterus, Scomb...

In this paper, we cover 4 years of live fish transports that ranged from 14 to 200 h (8 days), and bioloads from 3.8 to 76.9 kg/m3. The key ingredients for success in all trips, where virtually no mortality occurred, was atributed to (1) pre‐buffering the water with sodium bicarbonate and sodium carbonate at 50 g/m3 (each)—and/or ATM Alka‐HaulTM at 25 g/m3—and applying additional (partial or full) doses through...

InspirerMundi—remote monitoring of inhaled medication adherence through objecti...

The adherence to inhaled controller medications is of critical importance for achieving good clinical results in patients with chronic respiratory diseases. Self-management strategies can result in improved health outcomes and reduce unscheduled care and improve disease control. However, adherence assessment suffers from difficulties on attaining a high grade of trustworthiness given that patient self-reports o...

Combined image-based approach for monitoring the adherence to inhaled medications

The adherence to inhaled controller medications is of critical importance to achieve good clinical results in patients with chronic respiratory diseases. To objectively verify the adherence, a detection tool was previously developed and integrated in the mobile application InspirerMundi, based on image processing methods. In this work, a new approach for enhanced adherence verification was developed. In a first...

Quality assessment and feedback of Smart Device Microphone Spirometry executed ...

Smart device microphone spirometry, based on the audio recording of forced expiratory maneuver (FEM), can be a simple, ubiquitous and easy tool for patients to self-monitor their asthma. Automatic validity assessment is crucial to guarantee that the global effort of the FEM fulfil the admissible minimum or if the maneuver needs to be repeated. In this work an automatic method to classify the sounds from FEM wit...

Reproducibility of the Vivatmopro measurements for exhaled nitric oxide values

Portable monitoring devices allow fraction exhaled nitric oxide (FeNO) measurements outside clinical settings. However, the reproducibility of the new portable device Vivatmo pro is not yet fully established. In this study, we aimed to assess the reproducibility of this device for FeNO measurements.

mINSPIRERS – Estudo da exequibilidade de uma aplicação móvel para medição e mel...

A má adesão à medicação inalada é um dos principais fatores que limita a melhoria clínica nos doentes com asma. Desta forma, é fundamental o desenvolvimento de ferramentas de monitorização de adesão à medicação objetivas e de fácil disseminação e a promoção de estratégias de adesão à medicação facilmente integráveis no dia a dia dos doentes. Os smartphones e jogos em comunidade virtual podem ter um papel releva...

Designing artificial anterior cruciate ligaments based on novel fibrous structures

The present paper reports the development of novel braided structures using polyamide 6.6 fibers for application as artificial anterior cruciate ligaments (ACLs). The developed structures were circular braids, axially reinforced with either a number of core yarns or braided structures. Tensile behavior of these structures was characterized and the effects of number of axial yarns or braids and, the number of ya...

Mechanical behaviour of braided fibrous structures for artificial knee ligaments

One of the research trends explored within the last few years is the use of braided fibrous materials as artificial grafts as they offer the possibility to mimic the structure as well as mechanical behaviour of artificial ligaments. The present paper reports the development of a special type of braided structure using polyamide 6.6 fibres for applications as artificial ligaments. The developed structures were c...

Designing fibrous braided structures for artificial ligaments