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The impact of TikTok on fast beauty culture: Accelerated consumption and challe...

The present article aims to analyze how the social media platform TikTok dominates the beauty industry. Consumer behavior is influenced by trends created by users of the platform. Expressions such as "TikTok pretty" and various hashtags will be explored to highlight how new aesthetic standards drive the growing demand for specific products, often associated with the promise of visual transformation.Despite the ...

Evaluation of lumbar disc herniation using image segmentation and modelling

Eliciting reconceptualization innovative moments to foster change in Career Con...

This study tests an add-on procedure to foster change in Career Construction Counseling by eliciting reconceptualization innovative moments. After the career counseling intervention with 42 participants, 21 participants were allocated to the add-on procedure, consisting of two additional sessions focused on eliciting reconceptualization innovative moments In turn, participants in the comparison group attended t...

Mapping high-risk areas for Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex bacteria transmi...

In many Mediterranean ecosystems, animal tuberculosis (TB), caused by Mycobacterium bovis, an ecovar of Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex (MTBC), is maintained by multi-host communities. It is hypothesised that interspecies transmission is mainly indirect via shared contaminated environments. Therefore, identifying spatial areas where MTBC bacteria occur and quantifying space use by susceptible hosts might hel...

The meaning in loss protocol: A clinical trial of online grief therapy

For a minority of the bereaved, the loss of a significant other can trigger an overwhelming emotional reaction and impaired functioning across life domains, known as prolonged grief disorder (PGD). Hence, ongoing efforts have been made to refine existing treatments to increase their efficacy and to accommodate the idiosyncrasies of grief reactions. This study presents the results of an open clinical trial of th...

Antibacterial effect of Leucocyte and Platelet Rich-Fibrin against Klebsiella p...

Leukocyte and platelet-rich fibrin (L-PRF) is a platelet concentrate used in diverse areas of tissue healing and regeneration. Thus, its antibacterial properties are promising. In this study, we evaluated the antibacterial effect of L-PRF, in its exudate and membrane forms, against oral cavity opportunistic bacteria Klebsiella pneumoniae and Staphylococcus aureus. Blood samples were collected from three healthy...

Remote sensing of vegetation and soil moisture content in Atlantic humid mounta...

The satellite monitoring of vegetation moisture content (VMC) and soil moisture content (SMC) in Southern European Atlantic mountains remains poorly understood but is a fundamental tool to better manage landscape moisture dynamics under climate change. In the Atlantic humid mountains of Portugal, we investigated an empirical model incorporating satellite (Sentinel-1 radar, S1; Sentinel-2 optical, S2) and ancill...

Uma Associação Rara de um Linfoma Raro

O linfoma de grandes células B tipo intravascular é uma entidade rara, caracterizada pela invasão tumoral do lúmen dos pequenos vasos de vários órgãos. A enorme variabilidade clínica desta doença e o seu difícil diagnóstico condicionam um mau prognóstico, sobretudo quando há envolvimento do sistema nervoso central e/ou se trata da variante asiática associada à síndrome hemofagocítica. Apresentamos o caso de um ...

Sickle cell disease: Clinical and sociodemographic characteristics of children ...

Introduction: The global incidence of sickle cell disease (SCD) is approximately 300.000 births per year, and the condition is associated with significant morbidity and mortality in pediatric age. This study aimed to describe the sociodemographic and clinical characteristics of children up to five years of age with SCD in a Portuguese center. Methods: This was a descriptive retrospective study of children aged ...

Three narrative-based coding systems: Innovative moments, ambivalence and ambiv...

Narrative and dialogical perspectives suggest that personal meaning systems' flexibility is an important resource for change in psychotherapy. Drawn from these theoretical backgrounds, a research program focused on the identification of Innovative Moments (IMs)—exceptions to the inflexible meaning systems present in psychopathological suffering—has been carried out. For this purpose, three process-oriented codi...