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Ultrasound Monitoring of Skeletal Muscle Wasting and Relation to Nutritional In...

Background: Critically ill patients frequently experience profound skeletal muscle (SM) wasting, to which early detection and effective clinical management remain significant challenges. Ultrasonography (US) provides early objective information about SM compared with usual functional tests. The characteristics of the optimal nutritional support are controversial. This observational study aimed to characterize t...

Avaliação do efeito tóxico da metafedrona em minhocas da espécie Eisenia fetida...

O aumento do consumo de substâncias psicoativas (SPAs) tem gerado preocupação ambiental, devido ao consequente aumento de SPAs nos ecossistemas de água doce e terrestre. A metafedrona (3-MMC) é uma catinona sintética excretada na urina após o seu consumo, podendo chegar ao ambiente. Devido à presença das SPAs no solo, torna-se importante estudar os efeitos que podem ter nos organismos edáficos. Assim, o objetiv...

Assessing the comparability and the understandability of the information on cas...

This chapter aims to assess the comparability and understandability of information on cash flows through the choices by entities in the presentation of the statement of cash flows (SCF) and the disclosure of non-generally accepted accounting principles measures (NGM) related to cash flow information, respectively. Data were obtained from 484 consolidated annual reports, between 2018 and 2021, from 121 entities ...

Are genetic modifiers the answer to different responses to hydroxyurea treatmen...

Sickle cell anemia (SCA) is an inherited disease affecting the hemoglobin that is particularly common in sub-Saharan Africa. Although monogenic, phenotypes are markedly heterogeneous in terms of severity and life span. Hydroxyurea is still the most common treatment for these patients, and the response to treatment is highly variable and seems to be an inherited trait. Therefore, identifying the variants that mi...

Eisenia Fetida – preliminary data

Materiais de base poliuretano com resistência incrementada à fadiga térmica par...

A perda de propriedades ao longo do tempo de vida útil do calçado esta relacionada com a variação térmica e esforço mecânico ocorrido em condições de utilização, o calçado pode ser utilizado de forma intercalada a temperaturas elevc:1das e a temperaturas baixas (p.exe. o calçado usado por militares que operam no deserto). Os materiais de base poliuretano (PUs), nomeadamente os microcelulares, são convencionalme...

Reliability of the Report of Electoral Campaigns to the Portuguese Assembly of ...

Act no. 19/2003 sets out the legal framework applicable to the portuguese electoral campaigns’ accounts, which are audited by the Constitutional Court. The present investigation aims to study if this framework ensures the faithful representation of the reported information. We analysed the electoral campaigns’ accounts to the Assembly of the Republic of years 2005, 2009 and 2011. The main conclusion is the lack...

Reliability of the report of electoral campaigns to the portuguese Assembly of ...

Act no. 19/2003 sets out the legal framework applicable to the portuguese electoral campaigns’ accounts, which are audited by the Constitutional Court. The present investigation aims to study if this framework ensures the faithful representation of the reported information. We analysed the electoral campaigns’ accounts to the Assembly of the Republic of years 2005, 2009 and 2011. The main conclusion is the lack...

Ultralight microcellular polyurethanes for the production of technical footwear...

Today's society demands lightweight and comfortable footwear products, which represents a market opportunity for the footwear industry, motivating the development of new low-density (ultralight) materials. This research is dedicated to the development of ultralight microcellular polyurethanes (PUs) with suitable properties for the production of midsoles for technical footwear. In this context, the studies perfo...

Development of new footwear materials within the extralight safe shoe project

At present, footwear is considered as one of the most internationalized sectors of the Portuguese industry, having a major importance for the national economy, as it is proved by 2017 economic data: 83.3 billion shoes pairs were exported, representing an average value of 1.96 billion euros. The remarkable progress of the footwear sector is strongly related with the investment in research and technological devel...