The transfer of passive immunity (TPI) is vital for newborn calf health and is typically assessed through blood sampling to measure serum or plasma IgG or total protein levels. Saliva offers a less invasive alternative. This study evaluated the potential of saliva for assessing TPI. Saliva and serum samples were collected from 20 calves at birth and on days 1, 2, and 7 of life to measure IgG, IgA, IgM, and tota...
Sensory and emotional profiling by consumers are tools used by scientists and companies to get a deeper level of understanding about product experiences and the variables which drive and motivate food choice. The work described in this publication is part of a broader study which aimed the development of three different types of chocolate enriched with seaweeds and its characterization for potential use in gast...
The idea of using macroalgae as a sustainable functional food is not new, however studies in the context of phycogastronomy are scarce. The aim of the current study was to develop three different types of chocolate enriched with marine macroalgae (seaweeds) and, through binary logistic regression models, outline their sensory profile (104–139 volunteers per sample), identify the profile of possible buyers and t...
Background: The morbidity associated with ageing has contributed to an increase in the prevalence of Pressure Ulcers (PUs) in all care settings. The impact of these on people’s quality of life and the extent of the associated economic and social burden constitutes today, by their importance, a serious public health problem. This study aims to describe the nursing work environment in Portuguese long-term care (L...
Road Traffic Accidents (RTA) cause human losses and irreparable physical and psychological damage to many of the victims. They also involve a very relevant economic dimension. It is urgent to improve the management of human and material resources for more effective prevention. This work makes an important contribution by presenting a methodology that allowed for achieving a predictive model for the occurrence o...
Road traffic accidents are a major concern for modern society with a high toll on human life and involve hard to account economic consequences. New knowledge can be obtained from combining GIS tools with machine learning and artificial intelligence, developing what is, in this work, identified as spatial intelligence. This approach is tested in a case study of Setúbal district, Portugal, for the period of 2016 ...
The aim of this study was to compare the physiological responses of dairy cows, Holstein-Frisian breed, with different milk yield potential regarding the seasonal acclimatisation process. Using milk production values adjusted to 305 days in milk, 6 and 7 multiparous cows with a milk yield lower than 9000 kg (BP) and equal or higher that 9000 kg (AP), respectively, were selected. All cows were evaluated during 5...
A prática de atividade física ajuda a prevenir a doença e promove a saúde e o bem-estar, com efeitos na funcionalidade e autonomia física do ser humano. Por outro lado, as perturbações do sono das crianças, muitas vezes não referidas de forma espontânea pelos pais, têm implicações a nível da aprendizagem, do comportamento, do humor, da obesidade, do crescimento e da qualidade de vida das famílias. Este livro dá...
A sinistralidade rodoviária é uma das maiores calamidades do nosso tempo, pelas perdas humanas e os danos físicos e psicológicos irreparáveis que provoca a muitas das vítimas, envolvendo também uma dimensão económica muito relevante. Indo de encontro a uma solicitação do Comando Territorial da Guarda Nacional Republicana de Setúbal (CTer GNR Setúbal) para o apoio científico no estudo da problemática da sinistra...
A sinistralidade rodoviária é um dos grandes problemas da nossa sociedade, tendo consequências sociais relevantes, quer na vida e na saúde das vítimas e dos seus familiares, quer no impacto em outras dimensões da vida em sociedade. O projeto Modelação e Predição de Acidentes de Viação no distrito de Setúbal (MOPREVIS) surgiu com o objetivo fundamental de contribuir para a redução da sinistralidade grave neste d...