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Perspectives and approaches for the out-of-plane testing of Masonry Infill Walls
Furtado, A.; Arêde, A.; Melo, J.; Rodrigues, H.; Pinto, N.; Varum, H.It is widely accepted that further and more in-depth research is required on the out-of-plane seismic response of masonry infill walls to increase knowledge regarding this particular behaviour and to develop effective strengthening strategies for preventing their collapse. However, such experimental tests are difficult to perform and the scientific community recognizes the complexity inherent to the test appara...
Intervention of the Occupational Therapist in the Changes of the Occupational P...
Fagundes, A.; Santos, A.; Melo, J.; Costa, R.; Pedrosa, V VarelaA newborn born less than 37 weeks gestational is considered a preterm newborn. In this sense, the occupational therapist who exhibits a holistic view about it, intends to enhance their occupational performance and improve their quality of life. To describe the performance of Occupational Therapy (OT) with the preterm newborn in Neonatal Intensive Care Units (NICUs), responding to the scarcity of information on ...
Desenvolvimento de Merenda de Beldroega (Portucala oleracea L.)
Santos, C.; Marques, J.; Melo, J.; Garcia, T.; Ribeiro, V.A inovação alimentar torna-se cada vez mais importante nas sociedades atuais e, como tal, verifica-se que a indústria tem realizado esforços para fazer a diferença nos mercados, tentando ir de encontro com as novas necessidades do público-alvo, pois os consumidores procuram produtos cada vez mais inovadores. Segundo os dados do último Inquérito Alimentar Nacional de 2017 e da Balança Alimentar Portuguesa dos an...
Minimally invasive treatment of gastric GIST by endo-laparoscopy
Cunha, Miguel; Hristrova, K.; Roseira, Joana; Hugo, V.; Melo, J.; Veiga, D.; Peixe, B.; Sousa, Helena Tavares; Rachadell, J.; Amorim, E.; Americano, M.The gastrointestinal stromal tumor,s (GISTs) are the most common mesenchymal tumours of the gastrointestinal tract. Surgery is the primary therapeutic approach. Objective: To present the results of patients undergoing combined endo-laparoscopic (ELC) approach as a minimally invasive treatment for gastric GISTs
Assessment of the efficiency of prefabricated hybrid composite plates (HCPs) fo...
Esmaeeli, Esmaeel; Barros, Joaquim A. O.; Sena-Cruz, José; Varum, H.; Melo, J.The effectiveness of prefabricated hybrid composite plates (HCPs) as a seismic retrofitting solution for damaged interior RC beam-column joints is experimentally studied. HCP is composed of a thin plate made of strain hardening cementitious composite (SHCC) reinforced with CFRP sheets/laminates. Two full-scale severely damaged interior beam-column joints are retrofitted using two different configurations of HCP...
Hazard potential classification of dams using a simplified methodology
Melo, J.; Araujo, L.; Oliveira, M. M.; Martins, T.; Pinto, M.; Freitas, P.The National Dam Safety Policy in Brazil (NDSP) assigns the classification of dams to the regulating agencies, all dams having to be classified in terms of hazard potential. The lack of appropriate basic data, such as topographic maps, makes it impossible to rely on well-established methodologies and requires effort and creativeness to find appropriate alternative approaches. This paper describes a simplified m...
Classification of the dup 15q13.3 CNV: A National data collection
Sousa, A.; Serafim, S.; Santos, R.; Custódio, S.; Ávila, M.; Dupont, J.; Dias P, P.; Moldovan, O.; Melo, J.; Ferreira, S.; Pires, L.; Leão, M.; Sá, S.Introduction: The proximal region 15q11q14 is one of the most unstable regions in the human genome, with six recognizable break points (BP1-BP6). In 15q13.3 there is a recurrent small CNV (BP4-BP5) consisting of a 350-680 Kb duplication, encompassing the CHRNA7 gene, which encodes the alpha 7 subunit of the neuronal nicotinic acetylcholine receptor. Although microdeletions of CHRNA7 are known to cause intellect...
Differential diagnosis of Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) by CNV detection – can...
Kwiatkowska, K.; Conceição, I.C.; Rodrigues, A.C.; Picanço, I.; Marques, I.; Melo, J.; Ferreira, S.; Café, C.; Almeida, J.; Mouga, S.; Oliveira, G.Autism Spectum Disorder (ASD) is an impairment in neurodevelopment that can be recognized in the first years of life. Symptoms are diverse and vary in severity, determining prognosis and influencing the integration in the community. ASD is characterized by difficulties in interpersonal interaction, verbal and nonverbal communication, and by uncommon interests, inappropriate and uncontrolled behaviors, and repet...
Cyclic behavior of substandard reinforced concrete beam-column joints with plai...
Fernandes, C.; Melo, J.; Varum, H.; Costa, A.An experimental investigation aimed at assessing the cyclic behavior of substandard interior beam-column joints built with plain reinforcing bars is described in this paper. Five specimens with plain reinforcing bars and one with deformed bars were tested under reversed cyclic loading. The influence of bond properties, displacement history, column axial load, and amount of reinforcement was investigated. A comp...
Dynamic structural health monitoring of slender structures using optical sensors
Antunes, P.; Travanca, R.; Rodrigues, H.; Melo, J.; Jara, J.; Varum, H.; André, P.In this paper we summarize the research activities at the Instituto de Telecomunicações—Pólo de Aveiro and University of Aveiro, in the field of fiber Bragg grating based sensors and their applications in dynamic measurements for Structural Health Monitoring of slender structures such as towers. In this work we describe the implementation of an optical biaxial accelerometer based on fiber Bragg gratings inscrib...