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Development and preliminary validation studies of the Mindfulness Skills in Tea...
Barata-Gonçalves, Miguel; Damas, A. M. de Carvalho e; Pires, Luis; Carona, Carlos; Czajkowski, Anne-Marie; Lima, Margarida; Oliveira, AlbertinaThis study presents the development and first validation studies of the Mindfulness Skills inTeaching Questionnaire (MSTQ), a self-report tool assessing teachers’ perceived mindfulnessduring instruction. In the first study, exploratory factor analysis (N=126) supported a two-factor structure: Teacher Intrapersonal Mindfulness and Teacher Interpersonal Mindfulness.In the second study, confirmatory factor analysi...
Buracos Negros: Explorando os Limites do Espaço-Tempo
Lima, Margarida; Gomes, CláudioOs buracos negros são dos fenómenos mais fascinantes do Universo. Desafiam a nossa compreensão da física e ilustram os princípios da Teoria da Relatividade Geral, de Albert Einstein. Explorar buracos negros permite-nos vislumbrar como o cosmos funciona em escalas extremas, com objetos tão massivos que nada, nem mesmo a luz, consegue escapar à sua atração gravitacional. Para os compreender é crucial entender a r...
Ageing in Place: Older People Identify Barriers to Remaining in Low-Density Areas
Nossa, Paulo; Pereira, Sofia Vale; Lima, Margarida; Vieira, Cristina C.; Mota Pinto, AnabelaStudies involving older people as co-investigators are limited in Portugal. The main objectives of this article are: (I) Analyze the barriers identified by older people living in low-density territories that pose a challenge to ageing in place. (ii) Understand the co-research methodology as an appropriate instrument for increasing the participatory capacity of older people and improving the conditions for agein...
Using social media and personality traits to assess software developers' emotio...
Silva, Leo; Castro, Marília Gurgel de; Silva, Miriam Bernardino; Santos, Milena do Carmo Cunha dos; Kulesza, Uirá; Lima, Margarida; Madeira, HenriqueAlthough human factors (e.g., cognitive functions, behaviors and skills, human error models, etc.) are key elements to improve software development productivity and quality, the role of software developers' emotions and their personality traits in software engineering still needs to be studied. A major difficulty is in assessing developers' emotions, leading to the classic problem of having difficulties underst...
A ética na investigação científica: Particularidades nos estudos em pessoas com...
Loureiro, Ricardo Gomes; Bernardo, Joana; Loureiro, Hugo André Moura; Oliveira, Albertina Lima de; Lima, MargaridaA ética em investigação é uma matéria estudada há várias décadas, dado o interesse no meio académico e científico. Ao realizar-se uma revisão narrativa com o objetivo de conhecer os pressupostos éticos na investigação em doença de Parkinson, refletiu-se também a possibilidade de se interiorizar a perspetiva de Freire no ato de investigar. Uma nova corrente de investigação assente na pedagogia crítica de Freire ...
Nanotechnology to the rescue: therapeutic strategies based on brown algae for n...
Gonçalves, Anabela; Fernandes, Mário; Lima, Margarida; Gomes, João Pedro; Silva, Filipa; Castro, Sara; Sampaio, Filipa; Gomes, Andreia CIn the last decades, marine macroalgae have drawn attention mainly because of their bioactive constituents. Most brown algae are distributed over coastal areas of the Atlantic Ocean, Mediterranean Sea, Aegean Sea and Black Sea, and their composition varies with endogenous and exogenous factors. Phlorotannins, fatty acids, sterols and carbohydrates are some of the compounds responsible for biological activities ...
Study of Prevalence of Raynaud’s Phenomenon in Porto
V. Bertão, Manuela; A.Fonseca, Tomás; Reis, Maria Eduarda; Lima, Margarida; Silva, Ivone; Vasconcelos, CarlosIntroduction: Raynaud’s phenomenon (RP) is characterized by a color changed on the skin and extremities triggered by cold exposure and emotional stress. Its prevalence in Portugal is unknown. Material and Methods: A cross sectional study was carried out in the region of Grande Porto, Portugal. The non-random sample was composed of 663 subjects, of both genders, varying from 15 to 64 years old. The association b...
Role of Neuropeptides in Gastrointestinal Manifestations of Systemic Mastocytos...
Perez Duque, Carolina; Lima, MargaridaSystemic mastocytosis (SM) is a rare myeloproliferative neoplasm characterized by the extracutaneous proliferation of clonal MC in the bone marrow or other extramedullary sites with or without cutaneous involvement. GastrointestinaI (GI) manifestations, consisting of abdominal pain, diarrhea and malabsorption with various degrees of severity, are frequent in patients with SM and can result from mediator release...
Neonatal Alloimmune Neutropenia: 10 Year Experience in Portugal
Pombal, Rita; Rodrigues, João; Fonseca, Sónia; Lau, Catarina; Teixeira, Maria dos Anjos; Lima, MargaridaIntroduction: Neonatal alloimmune neutropenia is a rare condition often resulting from maternal sensitization to paternal human neutrophil antigens present on the fetal neutrophils. There is a paucity of data on neonatal alloimmune neutropenia in Portugal. This study aimed to describe the cases of neonatal alloimmune neutropenia diagnosed in a Portuguese laboratory unit of cytometry and genetics. Methods: An ob...
Treatment of Primary Cutaneous Anaplastic Large-Cell Lymphoma with Brentuximab ...
Ferreira, Sandra; Fernandes, Iolanda; Cabral, Renata; Lima, MargaridaBrentuximab vedotin is approved by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and by the European Medicines Agency (EMA) for the treatment of adult patients with CD30-positive primary cutaneous T-cell lymphomas, refractory to at least one previous line of therapy. The authors report two clinical cases of primary cutaneous anaplastic large-cell lymphoma treated with brentuximab vedotin, with different clinical respo...