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Development of a decision support system for freight forecasting
Martins, João P.; Ramos, Filipe R.; Pereira, M. Teresa; Oliveira, Marisa; Ferreira, Fernanda A.The transportation of goods is critical to supply chains, directly influencing efficiency, cost management, and competitiveness. Accurate freight cost forecasting is essential for decision-making, enabling businesses to allocate resources effectively, reduce financial uncertainties, and ensure timely deliveries. This study, conducted in the After-Sales department of a global company, aimed to analyse freight co...
Exploring alternative potentialities of portuguese and spanish craft beers: ant...
Pereira, Maria João; Santos, Diana; Cruz, Agostinho; Jesus, Ângelo; Martins, João P.; Moreira, Fernando; Santos, Marlene; Pinho, CláudiaCraft beer has gained popularity due to its unique sensory characteristics and complex matrix with nutritional and potential health benefits. Studies linking beer consumption to skin conditions are limited, however, the high content of bioactive compounds is related to biological activities such as antibacterial, anti-inflammatory, anti-oxidative, and anti-carcinogenic. This study aims to evaluate the antioxida...
Knowledge of vulvovaginal candidiasis characteristics, signs, symptoms, and app...
Oliveira, Tiago; Jesus, Ângelo; Martins, João P.; Correia, Patrícia; Moreira, Fernando; Moreira, Fernando; Oliveira Martins, João PauloVulvovaginal candidiasis (VVC) is a common cause of vaginitis. Over-the-counter drugs are usually dispensed by pharmacy professionals to treat this condition without prior medical consultation. This study aimed at assessing the knowledge of Portuguese pharmacy professionals regarding VVC. An online questionnaire including questions about the symptoms and treatment of VVC was distributed between March and April ...
Demand for emergency services during the COVID-19 pandemic and disease burden: ...
Nunes, Alcina; Costa, Catarina; Martins, João P.; Ferreira, Pedro L.; Pimenta, RuiThe COVID-19 pandemic brought changes in the pattern of care use. A significant increase in the volume of emergencies was expected. However, a significant decrease was observed worldwide.Methods An observational, analytical and cross-sectional study of all records of emergency episodes of patients aged 18 years or older admitted to the emergency services of the University of Porto Hospital Centre (2018-2022) we...
Health care expenses impact on the disability-adjusted life years in non-commun...
Torres, Margarida; Nunes, Alcina; Martins, João P.; Ferreira, Pedro L.; Pimenta, RuiNon-communicable diseases are a global health problem. The metric Disability-Adjusted Life Years was developed to measure its impact on health systems. This metric makes it possible to understand a disease's burden, towards defining healthcare policies. This research analysed the effect of healthcare expenditures in the evolution of disability-adjusted life years for non-communicable diseases in the European Un...
Demand for emergency services during the COVID-19 pandemic and disease burden: ...
Nunes, Alcina ; Costa, Catarina ; Martins, João P.; Ferreira, Pedro L.; Pimenta, RuiThe COVID-19 pandemic brought changes in the pattern of care use. A significant increase in the volume of emergencies was expected. However, a significant decrease was observed worldwide. An observational, analytical and cross-sectional study of all records of emergency episodes of patients aged 18 years or older admitted to the emergency services of the University of Porto Hospital Centre (2018–2022) were ana...
Health care expenses impact on the disability-adjusted life years in non-commun...
Torres, Margarida ; Nunes, Alcina ; Martins, João P.; Ferreira, Pedro L. ; Pimenta, RuiNon-communicable diseases are a global health problem. The metric Disability-Adjusted Life Years was developed to measure its impact on health systems. This metric makes it possible to understand a disease’s burden, towards defining healthcare policies. This research analysed the effect of healthcare expenditures in the evolution of disability-adjusted life years for noncommunicable diseases in the European Uni...
A meta-analysis on the role of sonication in the diagnosis of cardiac implantab...
Araújo, Daniela; Martins, João P.; Ferreira, Stephanie; Mota, Sandra; Ferreira, Pedro L. ; Pimenta, RuiOne of the biggest obstacles in diagnosing Implant-Associated Infections is the lack of infection criteria and standardized diagnostic methods. These infections present a wide range of symptoms, and their diagnosis can be hampered by the formation of microbial biofilms on the surface of implants. This study aimed to provide insight into the performance of sonication in the diagnosis of infections associated wit...
Mean value estimation using low size samples extracted from skewed populations
Martins, João P.; Felgueiras, Miguel; Santos, RuiThe use of the -statistic in statistical inference procedures is usually restricted to normal populations or to large samples. However, these conditions may not be fulfilled in some situations: the population can be moderate/highly skewed, or the sample size can be small. In this work, we use the Pearson’s system of distributions, namely, type IV distributions to model . By some simulation work, it is shown tha...
Generation of a reference dataset with twenty low-income single-family houses i...
Parente, Jean M.; Rodrigues, Eugénio; Fernandes, Marco S.; Rangel, Bárbara; Martins, João P.Although created with the purpose of reducing the Brazilian housing deficit, the “Minha Casa, Minha Vida” government program (PMCMV) presents a large part of its constructions with low built and indoor environment quality. Expecting the increase of the families’ income in the following decade, it is important to improve the living conditions of those inhabitants, which may result from improving the thermal comf...