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Probe-based metagenomic pathogen detection
Ferreira, Rita; Coelho, Luís; Santos, João Dourado; Sobral, Daniel; Isidro, Joana; Mixão, Verónica; Pinto, Miguel; Nunes, Alexandra; Borrego, Maria JoséPublisher Copyright: Copyright © 2025 Ferreira, Coelho, Santos, Sobral, Isidro, Mixão, Pinto, Nunes, Borrego, Lopo, Oleastro, Sousa, Palminha, Veríssimo, Gargaté, Guiomar, Cordeiro, Macedo, Bajanca-Lavado, Paixão, Duarte, Vieira, Borges and Gomes.; Probe-based pathogen enrichment, followed by NGS, is a promising tool for complex diagnosis, overcoming traditional challenges of shotgun metagenomics, namely small ...
Genome-scale analysis of Mycobacterium avium complex isolates from Portugal rev...
Carneiro, Sofia; Pinto, Miguel; Rodrigues, Joana; Gomes, João Paulo; Macedo, RitaHealth Emergency Preparedness and Response (HERA) project - European Commission - Grant/2021/PHF/23776. European Union (EU) - EU4H-2022-DGAMS-IBA-1. Publisher Copyright: © 2024 The Authors. Published by Elsevier B.V.; Opportunist infections caused by nontuberculous mycobacteria (NTM) have emerged as a significant public health problem. Among these, species of the Mycobacterium avium complex (MAC) are the main r...
Visible Issues. Insights Into the Professional Identity of the Conservator
Macedo, RitaPublisher Copyright: © The Author(s) 2024.; This chapter addresses the professional identity of the contemporary art museum conservator. It departs from a general review of the literature about the professional role of the conservator to focus on how practitioners see themselves in their profession when it comes to their values, beliefs, the functions performed and perceived relationships with colleagues. I als...
Microevolution of a Mycobacteroides abscessus subsp. bolletii strain in a clini...
Santos, Andrea; Pinto, Miguel; Carneiro, Sofia; Silva, Sónia; Rodrigues, Irene; Munhá, João; Gomes, João Paulo; Macedo, RitaPublisher Copyright: © 2023 The Authors; Mycobacteroides abscessus complex (MAB), a fast-growing nontuberculous mycobacterium, is emerging as a significant infectious disease threat, due to both intrinsic and acquired resistance mechanisms to antibiotics and disinfectants and the need for extensive and multidrug regimens for treatment. Despite the prolonged regimens, outcomes are poor and persistence cases have...
Genome-Scale Characterization of Mycobacterium abscessus Complex Isolates from ...
Carneiro, Sofia; Pinto, Miguel; Silva, Sónia; Santos, Andrea; Rodrigues, Irene; Santos, Daniela; Duarte, Sílvia; Vieira, Luís; Gomes, João PauloThe acquisition of equipment for whole-genome sequencing used in this study was funded by the HERA (Human and Environmental Risk Assessment) project (Grant/2021/PHF/23776) supported by the European Commission through the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC). This work was also partially funded by the GenomePT project (POCI-01-0145-FEDER-022184) supported by COMPETE 2020 (Operational Program...
Trajetória e apresentação de uma obra time-based media
Gomes, Sofia; Macedo, RitaPublisher Copyright: © 2021 Associacao Profissional de Conservadores, Restauradores de Portugal. All rights reserved.; Ana Vieira (1940-2016) deixou um conjunto de instalações sem uma documentação sistematizada ou orientações de montagem. Numa tentativa de preservar este legado, herdeiros têm promovido exposições como forma de documentar as características tangíveis e intangíveis destas obras complexas. Em 2017...
CPLP-TB:
Perdigão, João; Silva, Carla; Diniz, Jaciara; Pereira, Catarina; Machado, Diana; Ramos, Jorge; Silva, Hugo; Abilleira , Fernanda; Brum, ClariceA Tuberculose (TB) permanece um grave problema de saúde pública na Comunidade dos Países de Língua Portuguesa (CPLP). Apesar da ampla variância da incidência da TB nos seus estados-membro e de um fluxo migratório contínuo entre os países que integram este grupo, existe uma enorme lacuna no que diz respeito ao conhecimento da estrutura populacional conjunta do Mycobacterium tuberculosis e circulação de estirpes ...
Materializar o intangível
Marçal, Hélia Pereira; Nogueira, Andreia Maria Meira Machado; Macedo, RitaUID/EAT/00693/2013; Refletindo sobre a problemática da conservação da arte contemporânea, este artigo discute o processo de documentação de “Luís Vaz 73” (1975), uma obra concebida pelo artista plástico Ernesto de Sousa (1921-1988) e pelo compositor, pianista e maestro, Jorge Peixinho (1940-1995). O processo de documentação consistiu em quatro passos: identificação do problema de conservação que contextualiza o...
Analisando o futuro do património musical contemporâneo nacional
Nogueira, Andreia; Macedo, Rita; Pires, IsabelUID/EAT/00693/2013 UID/PAM/00417/2013
The aim of documentation
Macedo, Rita; Marçal, HéliaThe preservation of performance-based artworks, such as installations and performances, is often accompanied by frequent discussions regarding their documentation. How can performance-based artworks, which are unrepeatable and contextual, be documented after the event? This paper aims to reflect upon the purpose of the documentation of performance-based artworks and about how the micro-decisions conservators ma...