Background: Clinical studies are coordinated by multidisciplinary teams, which often lack adequate training and competencies. In this study, ROCHE and AICIB (Agency for Clinical Research and Biomedical Innovation) conducted a self-assessment survey aiming to evaluate the competency of clinical research professionals to conduct clinical research in Portugal and promote the identification of key actions to addres...
Pedro Gil: o tempo das coisas
Pleural mesothelioma is a disease associated with exposure to asbestos. Although rare, it is the most common malignant pleural neoplasm. It is difficult to diagnose and it has a poor prognosis. We report the case of a 62-year-old male patient with a history of prolonged occupational exposure to asbestos, with dyspnea for minor exertion and productive cough, for several months. Imaging studies revealed extensive...
Adaptive servo ventilation is a type of non-invasive ventilation device, using oscillatory positive airway pressure to treatcentral sleep apnoea. Central sleep apnoea is a commonentity in heart failure patients. The SERVE HF trial was an international controlled and randomized study, which demonstrates the hazard effects of this device therapy in HF patientswith reduced ejection fraction. Some methodological is...
Pode a performance arte hoje construir, recriar e participar no espaço público? Como podem os mundos criados pela performance reconfigurar as possibilidades políticas, éticas e estéticas do encontro com o outro, de acção no mundo e da relação entre a esfera privada e pública? Estas são as questões de fundo que norteiam os 11 ensaios e as 9 páginas de artistas reunidos neste volume, publicado por ocasião do cent...
Although spectators are seated in a traditional auditorium facing the performers of the production Until the Moment When God is Destroyed by the Extreme Exercise of Beauty (AQD), by Portuguese choreographer Vera Mantero, what is asked from them does not follow the conventions of Western theatre according to which the stage is the place for action and the spectator a passive beholder. AQD performs a critique bot...