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Addressing critical fungal pathogens under a one health perspective: key insigh...
Sabino, R.; Antunes, F.; Araújo, R.; Bezerra, A. R.; Brandão, J.; Carneiro, C.; Carvalho, Agostinho; Carvalho, D.; Conceição, I. C.; Cota Medeiros, F.Fungal infections have emerged as a significant public health concern, especially with the increasing incidence of severe mycoses caused by pathogens such as Aspergillus fumigatus, Candida auris, Candida albicans, and Cryptococcus neoformans. These fungi, listed as critical priorities by the World Health Organization, pose a heightened risk due to rising antifungal resistance and their severe impact on immunoco...
Flexible labour policies as competitive advantage
Antunes, F.; Pereira, L.; Dias, Á.; Vinhas da Silva, R.The emergence of the Covid-19 pandemic and the constant changes in the expectations and needs of employees have accelerated the implementation of labour flexibility policies by companies. Currently, there is some uncertainty in the literature about the real benefits of adopting these policies, hence the relevance of this research, which aims to assess whether they represent a source of sustainable competitive a...
Bacterial nanocellulose membranes loaded with vitamin B-based ionic liquids for...
Chantereau, G.; Sharma, M.; Abednejad, A.; Vilela, C.; Costa, E. M.; Veiga, M.; Antunes, F.; Pintado, M. M.; Sèbe, G.; Coma, V.; Freire, M. G.The development of innovative bio-based skin care products has received an increase attention in the latter years. In the present work, the synthesis of original active principle ingredients based ionic liquids (ILs) with cholinium cation and vitamins B anions followed by their incorporation in bacterial nanocellulose (BC) membranes for topical applications is reported. Three ILs, namely cholinium nicotinate [C...
Towards a Global Perspective of Environmental Health: Defining the Research Grou...
Virgolino, A.; Antunes, F.; Santos, O.; Costa, A.; Gaspar de Matos, M.; Bárbara, C.; Bicho, M.; Caneiras, C.; Sabino, Raquel; Núncio, Sofia; Matos, O.Environmental health is at the intersection between health and the environment. However, it still has a recent (and narrow) history as a scientific area, mainly addressing human biomonitoring and toxicological issues. Only recently additional environmental ‘layers’, other than the traditional chemical, biological and physical environmental determinants, have been considered. This broader perspective of environme...
Bacterial nanocellulose membranes loaded with vitamin B-based ionic liquids for...
Chantereau, G.; Sharma, M.; Abednejad, A.; Vilela, C.; Costa, E. M.; Veiga, M.; Antunes, F.; Pintado, M. M.; Sèbe, G.; Coma, V.; Freire, Mara G.The development of innovative bio-based skin care products has received an increased attention in the latter years. In the present work, the synthesis of original active principle ingredients based on ionic liquids (ILs) with cholinium cation and vitamins B anions, followed by their incorporation in bacterial nanocellulose (BC) membranes for topical applications, is reported. Three ILs, namely choliniumnicotina...
Towards a global perspective of environmental health: defining the research gro...
Virgolino, A.; Antunes, F.; Santos, O.; Costa, A.; De Matos, M. G.; Bárbara, C.; Bicho, M.; Caneiras, C.; Sabino, R.; Núncio, M. S.; Matos, O.Environmental health is at the intersection between health and the environment. However, it still has a recent (and narrow) history as a scientific area, mainly addressing human biomonitoring and toxicological issues. Only recently additional environmental ‘layers’, other than the traditional chemical, biological and physical environmental determinants, have been considered. This broader perspective of environm...
Numerical analysis of the influence of the last cycle scheme on plasticity indu...
Camas, D.; Antunes, F.; Moreno, B.; Gonzalez-Herrera, A.Plasticity induced crack closure is considered the main mechanism related to the premature contact of the crack flanks when a crack grows under cyclic loadings. This phenomenon has been studied numerically since the early 70s, when some researchers approached to metal fatigue problems by means of the finite element analysis. The numerical analysis requires the development of a plastic wake. How this plastic wak...
Influence of plastic wake length on results of 3D numerical modelling of plasti...
Camas, D.; Antunes, F.; Lopez-Crespo, P.; Gonzalez-Herrera, A.The numerical analysis of the plasticity induced crack closure requires the development of the plastic wake. Transient behaviour is observed when the crack starts to grow. The plastic wake length has an influence on the crack closure results and a great impact on the computational cost. Previous works have analysed the influence of this parameter considering bi-dimensional specimens in either plane strain or pl...
Hydrogen peroxide as a key player in bystander effects
Pinto, V.; Carmona, Bruno; Antunes, F.; Marinho, H. Susana; Vieira, Lina Oliveira; Soares, Helena
Impacto psicossocial de uma intervenção multidisciplinar de educação terapêutic...
Pereira, M.; Oliveira, A.; Neves, J.S.; Antunes, F.; Redondo, M.C.; Costa, A.; Arteiro, Cristina; Correia, Flora; Carvalho, D.