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Can serum endoglin be used to improve the diagnostic performance in prostate ca...
Pina, F; Ferro, A; Botelho, F; Manso, M; Dias, N; Figueiredo, G; Pereira, P; Dinis, P; Barros, H; Lunet, NPurpose: New biomarkers may contribute to avoid unnecessary biopsies resulting from the suboptimal performance of prostate-specific antigen (PSA) testing. This study aimed to assess serum endoglin as a prostate cancer (PCa) diagnostic tool among biopsy candidates. Methods: A total of 262 consecutive patients referred for prostate biopsy based on abnormal digital rectal examination and/or elevated total PSA (tPS...
Does the introduction of gluten-free diet influence the prevalence of oral soft...
MacHo, V; Manso, M; Silva, Diana; David AndradeAims and Objectives: Celiac disease (CD) is characterized by oral manifestations in the soft tissues. The introduction of a gluten-free diet (GFD) may be related to change in the prevalence of oral changes and symptoms. The aim of the study was to evaluate the prevalence of oral soft tissue lesions in a pediatric Portuguese population with CD compared with healthy controls, and secondarily to assess the relatio...
Analytical characterization of the palette and painting techniques of Jorge Afo...
Antunes, V; Candeias, A; Mirao, J; Carvalho, ML; Dias, CB; Manhita, A; Cardoso, A; Francisco, M; Lauw, A; Manso, MIn this work, a study on a set of paintings from the most significant altarpiece assigned to Master Jorge Afonso (c. 1470–1540) painting workshop is presented. This altarpiece is composed by fourteen paintings made to the church of Convento de Jesus, in Setúbal, Portugal, and was made circa 1517–19/1530, according to art-history. This set of paintings is compared to one of the other most important Portuguese al...
Preserving European paintings in Asian environment. The case of Goa Cathedral f...
Antunes, V; Candeias, A; Mirão, J; Carvalho, ML; Serrão, V; Dias, CB; Manhita, A; Reis, M; Manso, MHow to preserve a set of paintings made with European materials and taken to South Asia in the 16th century? A set of seven paintings belonging to the first altarpiece of Goa Cathedral now remain in its sacristy. Art history states that these paintings, assigned to the painter Garcia Fernandes, were produced in Lisbon circa 1530 and carried to Goa shortly after, Serrão (2011), Reis-Santos (1957). Presently, the...
Senile Systemic Amyloidosis: An Underdiagnosed Disease.
Manso, M; Marques, D; Rocha, S; Rodeia, S; Domingos, RSenile systemic amyloidosis is caused by a non-mutated form of transthyretin with the heart being the major organ involved. This infiltrative cardiomyopathy usually presents as slowly progressive heart failure. An 82-year-old female patient was admitted for newly diagnosed heart failure. A year later she presented with decompensated heart failure and syncope. Inpatient work-up showed persistently elevated tropo...
Through The Hermit—Rediscovering António Dacosta's lost painting
FRagoso, D; Costa, S; Martins, E; Dias, F; Rosas, P; Candeias, A; Carvalho, ML; Manso, MThe radiography performed on the painting There Is No Yes without a No—The Hermit (1985) by António Dacosta revealed one of his lost works. The last and only record of the lost painting is a black and white photograph taken during the exhibition L'Artiste du Mois at Centre Culturel Portugais de la Fondation Calouste Gulbenkian in Paris, 1985. The chromatic reconstruction of the artwork would be of extreme impor...
Analytical characterization of academic nude paintings by José Veloso Salgado
Cardeira, A; Longelin, S; Costa, S; Candeias, A; Carvalho, ML; Manso, MThis case study illustrates the analytical characterization of 12 academic nude paintings by Veloso Salgado, made between 1883 and 1893. The study was done with in situ methods (infrared reflectography and EDXRF) and benchtop equipment (Raman and FTIR microscopes and SEM-EDS). Infrared reflectography revealed underdrawings, painting style, execution method and retouched/restored areas. Analytical techniques all...
The mysterious halos in iron gall ink manuscripts: an analytical explanation
Manso, M; Cardeira, A M; Silva, M; Le Gac, A; Pessanha, S; Guerra, M; Caldeira, A T; Candeias, A; Carvalho, M LThree historical manuscripts, two on parchment (dated 1280 and 1514) and one on paper support (dated 1589–1592), were under study. The three manuscripts were strongly attacked by microorganisms exhibiting dark brownish stains all over the surface except in the adjacent areas to some of the used inks, where a halo around the written text could be observed. In order to understand the origin of these halos, inks a...
Challenging wax-cast figurine serial production unravelled by multi-analytical ...
Le Gac, A; Madeira, T; Pereira, M; Santos, J; Piorro, L; Dias, L; Manso, M; Bleton, J; Longelin, S; Prazeres, C; Mirao, J; marques, J; Candeias, AEight complementary techniques were successfully applied to study a pair of very alike eighteenth-century colored wax figurines belonging to the Museu Nacional Machado de Castro, Coimbra (Portugal): examination under visible and ultraviolet light, X-ray radiography (XRR), neutron radiography and tomography (NR and NT), energy dispersive X-ray fluorescence (EDXRF), scanning electron microscopy coupled with energ...
white spots on smoke rings by Bruce Nauman: microanalytical study of a contempo...
Cardeira, A; Câmara, R; Strzelec, P; Longelin, S; Schiavon, N; Candeias, A; Carvalho, L; Manso, MWhite spots on smoke rings by Bruce Nauman: microanalytical study of a contemporary artwork