Publisher Copyright: © 2025. The Author(s).; BACKGROUND AND AIMS: Endocan has been scarcely explored in COVID-19, especially regarding its modulation by veno-venous extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (VV-ECMO), hypertension or previous renin-angiotensin-aldosterone system (RAAS) inhibitors treatment. We compared endocan and other endotheliitis markers in hospitalized COVID-19 patients and assessed their modula...
Publisher Copyright: © 2025 The Authors. Published by Elsevier B.V. This is an open access article under the CC BY license. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/; Resolvin E1 (RvE1) and Resolvin D1 (RvD1) are key resolvins implicated in inflammation resolution of respiratory and infectious diseases. In contrast to cytokines, they have been scarcely explored in COVID-19 and their ability for discriminating...
A promoção da educação STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics) tem sido cada vez mais defendida, não só para motivar os estudantes para estas áreas, mas também para os preparar para os desafios do mundo real. Em particular, tem sido recomendada para promover a aprendizagem da matemática, muitas vezes acusada de contribuir para o problema da insuficiência de licenciados em áreas relacionadas com...
The authors would like to thank the Prince Albert II of Monaco Foundation, Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), and Camões—Instituto da Cooperação e da Língua, I.P. This research is part of project NGANDU funded by the Portuguese Foundation for Science and Technology (FCT) and the Aga Khan Development Network (AKDN) under grant agreement FCT AGA-KHAN/541746579/2019. This work was co-funded by Progr...
Funding Information: Funding: This article was funded by the project NORTE-08-5369-FSE-000018, supported by Norte Portugal Regional Programme (Norte2020), under the PORTUGAL 2020 Partnership Agreement, through the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) and by FCT—Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia [UID/BIM/04293/2013]. Funding Information: Acknowledgments: M.J.P. was partially funded by the project NORTE...