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The Role of Nurses Caring for Children Diagnosed with Sickle Cell Anemia and Th...

: Sickle cell anemia (SCA) affects a significant number of children worldwide, for whom the progression of the disease can lead to functional disability-impaired development. Nurses are pivotal in providing holistic care to these children and their families. This review aims to identify recent evidence on the role of nurses in intervening with children with SCA and their families in a hospital setting. : A rapi...

HBM4EU chromates study: the Portuguese integrated and harmonized study on expos...

In the scope of the European Union (EU) human biomonitoring initiative, a multicentric study on different occupational settings from several European countries was performed, to provide information on occupational exposure to hexavalent chromium [Cr(VI)], a known lung carcinogen. Biomonitoring approaches were used to obtain exposure data to support the implementation of new risk management measures and policy a...

Unraveling the occupational exposure to mycotoxins in a waste management settin...

Introduction: Waste management represents an occupational setting where fungi are significant contaminants. This study aimed to assess the exposure of waste workers to mycotoxins through a human biomonitoring study. Methods: Thirty-three workers and 19 controls provided spot urine samples to determine 10 mycotoxins’ urinary biomarkers using liquid chromatography coupled with mass spectrometry. Risk characteriza...

HBM4EU e-waste study – Occupational exposure assessment to chromium, cadmium, m...

Processing of electronic waste (e-waste) causes the release of toxic substances which may lead to occupational exposure. The study aimed to gather information on potential occupational exposure during e-waste recycling, with a focus on biomonitoring of chromium, cadmium, mercury and lead. In eight European countries, 195 workers involved in the recycling of lead batteries, white goods, brown goods and metals an...

HBM4EU E-waste study – An untargeted metabolomics approach to characterize meta...

E-waste contains hazardous chemicals that may be a direct health risk for workers involved in recycling. We conducted an untargeted metabolomics analysis of urine samples collected from male e-waste processing workers to explore metabolic changes associated with chemical exposures in e-waste recycling in Belgium, Finland, Latvia, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Poland, and Portugal. Questionnaire data and urine sa...

Developmental predictors of mathematics achievement at the end of Year 1

Abstract: This study examined the predictive role of child cognitive, social, emotional, and behavioural dimensions assessed at the age of 4½, as well as of the traditional variables related to academic school readiness before the entry to primary school, on mathematics achievement at the end of Year 1. A sample of 58 Portuguese children and their parents participated in this longitudinal study. Initial correla...

Exploring post-purchase guilt: empowering Gen Z and millennials in China's luxu...

Uma adolescente com espondilartrite e doença de Crohn

Introduction: This case report follows an adolescent female with articular and bowel symptoms, highlighting the association between spondyloarthritis and Crohn’s disease. Case description: The first symptoms were joint pain, mainly in the knee and lower back leading to a possible autoimmune disease diagnosis, supported by elevation of inflammatory markers and magnetic resonance imaging showing sacroilitis. Afte...

Empowering Luxury: How Cause-Related Marketing Influences Gen Z and Millennials...

Purpose: This study explores the emotional impact of post-purchase guilt on younger consumers in the Chinese luxury retail market, with a specific focus on the role of Cause-related Marketing (CrM) in mitigating negative emotions across luxury and non-luxury product categories.Design/Methodology/Approach: A quantitative experimental design was utilized, involving 326 respondents exposed to different advertising...

Greening the plate: mycotoxin risks in sustainable food systems transition

The world population has changed dramatically over the last few centuries: an increasing number of people living on our planet; the world population today is around 2,000 times the size of what it was 12,000 ago when it was around 4 million — less than half of the current population of London. Pressure food systems exert on the environment has amplified over time: growth of the human population; changes in food...