Background In-solution hybridization enrichment of genetic markers is a method of choice in paleogenomic studies, where the DNA of interest is generally heavily fragmented and contaminated with environmental DNA, and where the retrieval of genetic data comparable between individuals is challenging. Here, we benchmark the commercial “Twist Ancient DNA” reagent from Twist Biosciences using sequencing libraries fr...
A distinctive and very particular work by Luiz de Freitas Branco (1890–1955), the 1.ª Suite Alentejana (1919) presents a less usual aspect of the composer's language – the evocation of folk elements from his region of choice, the Alentejo. Practically an aside in his musical output, the Suite nevertheless reflects a versatility in the aesthetic dimension of his language, simultaneously revealing his rational an...
A distinctive and very particular work by Luiz de Freitas Branco (1890–1955), the 1.ª Suite Alentejana (1919) presents a less usual aspect of the composer's language – the evocation of folk elements from his region of choice, the Alentejo. Practically an aside in his musical output, the Suite nevertheless reflects a versatility in the aesthetic dimension of his language, simultaneously revealing his rational an...
Os arquivos sanatoriais constituem uma importante fonte informativa para o conhecimento da paleoepidemiologia e da história social da tuberculose (TB). O sanatório Carlos Vasconcelos Porto (SCVP), inaugurado em 1918 em S. Brás de Alportel (Algarve), foi a primeira instituição privada em Portugal dedicada ao tratamento da tuberculose pulmonar. Até 1952 os doentes admitidos eram funcionários, exclusivamente do se...
Em 1947, sob o impulso do médico Fernando Bissaya Barreto, é inaugurado na Vila da Tocha o Hospital-Colónia Rovisco Pais (H-CRP), vocacionado para a erradicação da lepra no contexto nacional, tendo por base um modelo de internamento compulsivo e de isolamento dos doentes. Edificado num perímetro de cerca de 150 hectares, a sua projecção arquitectónica sintetiza objectivos terapêuticos, profiláticos e de gestão ...