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Temporal-parietal fascia and polydioxanone plates (PDS), the solution for septa...
Martins Pinto, Catarina; Matos, Ricardo; Moreira Silva, Francisco; Martins, Margarida; Pedro Mota, Clara; Santos, Mariana; Morgado, DuarteIntroduction: Septal perforations remain a surgical challenge, prompting the development of new approaches and techniques to optimize closure rates. When symptomatic, perforations can cause nasal obstruction or recurrent epistaxis, requiring treatment. This study reports two clinical cases of symptomatic septal perforations. Objective: To describe the diagnosis, treatment, and surgical outcomes, accompanied by ...
Construction and validation of a questionnaire on kinky and BDSM fantasies and ...
Vilhena, Inês; Martins, Margarida; Cardoso, Daniel; Duarte, EvaSexual practices considered unconventional, including kinky and BDSM dynamics, are integrated within the diversity of human sexuality. However, studies often use ad hoc instruments and/or depend on the self-identification of participants, leading to inconsistent results. Therefore, the present work aimed to fill these gaps through the development and validation of the Kinky and BDSM Fantasies and Activities Inv...
Simplified, high yielding extraction of xylan/xylo-oligosaccharides from palmar...
Coelho, Diogo; Costa, Diogo Félix; Barroca, Mário; Cunha, Sara Alexandra; Pintado, Maria Manuela; Abreu, Helena; Martins, Margarida; Collins, TonyThe complex plant cell wall heteropolysaccharide xylan, and its breakdown products xylo-oligosaccharides and xylose, are value-added compounds with a plethora of potential applications in diverse areas. They are nonetheless currently poorly exploited, with a major bottleneck being the unavailability of efficient, low-cost, high-yield production processes. The major objective of the present study is to identify ...
Descolonização: língua, poder e a consciencialização histórica
Martins, MargaridaEm 2012 Eve Tuck e K. Wayne Yang publicaram o artigo “Decolonisation is not a Metaphor” que desconstruía a ideia de que a descolonização poderia ser um termo aplicável a todos os tipos de desigualdade e de injustiça social. Descolonização, como os autores argumentam, refere-se unicamente à experiência indígena da colonização e o processo pelo qual o que lhes foi retirado é restituído. Com base nessa premissa, e...
Postcolonialism and the role of the Booker Prize in the God of Small Things (19...
Martins, MargaridaThis article discusses the Man Booker Prize winning novels The God of Small Things (1997) by Arundhati Roy and The Inheritance of Loss (2006) by Kiran Desai. The Booker Prize having been awarded to a number of Indian English writers over the decades, has contributed to the popularity of Indian writing in English, promoting knowledge and raising awareness on different social, cultural and linguistic concerns rel...
Exploring pseudo-labeling for reject inference
Martins, MargaridaBanks use algorithms to estimate the credit risk of loan applicants. However, we need to retrain these models. When retraining, we only know the label, meaning whether the applicant defaulted or not, for those accepted for the loan. Retraining only with the accepted will result in biased models and losses for the bank due to selection bias. To counteract this issue, we can infer the labels of those rejected. Th...
A avaliação das aprendizagens em língua estrangeira em ambientes virtuais:práti...
Martins, Margarida; Marques, Isabelle Simões; Göttsche, Katja; Setién, AnaOs cursos de 1.º ciclo em língua estrangeira da Universidade Aberta caracterizam-se por oferecer aos estudantes um alto grau de flexibilidade e versatili-dade na gestão do conteúdo, dos materiais e do próprio estudo na plataforma Moodle. De acordo com o Modelo Pedagógico Virtual da Universidade Aberta, o ensino-aprendizagem em ambientes virtuais baseia-se no princípio da aprendizagem centrada no estudante, bem ...
Plural identity and migrant communities in guy gunaratne’s in our mad and furio...
Martins, MargaridaThis paper explores the complexity of plural identities of the characters living within the sociocultural space of a London community, who define themselves as being from “here” and “elsewhere,” in Guy Gunaratne’s In Our Mad and Furious City (2018). First-generation and second-generation migrants, originally from Ireland, Pakistan, Ja- maica, as well as other nations referred to in the novel, give life to the c...
Using texts in the foreign language online classroom: the case of Universidade ...
Martins, Margarida; Marques, Isabelle Simões; Göttsche, Katja; Setién, AnaAt Universidade Aberta, Portugal’s unique distance learning university, undergraduate degrees include foreign language courses in German, Spanish, French and English (A1 – C1). These are taught entirely online through a learning platform (Moodle) which includes tools and resources teachers may use in their classes. In our experience of e-learning, we have been engaged in exploring how to effectively teach langu...
Assessing Risk Awareness with Hospital Information Systems
Martins, Margarida; Barata, João; Carroll, NoelHospital information systems continue to transform healthcare practices at a disruptive rate. However, such transformational changes within healthcare practices also introduce new technical risks. Therefore, all stakeholders within a healthcare setting must be aware of the potential risks hospital information systems pose to patient care safety and quality. This paper adopts a focus group study and Delphi metho...