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Optical sensor system to monitor the pH of circulating media on biomimetic micr...
Mendes, Fernando; Miranda, Inês Sofia Ferreira; Rodrigues, Raquel Oliveira; Ferreira, Gabriel Malheiro; Schütte, Helmut; Gassmann, StefanpH is a physiological parameter of great importance in biomedical research. For example, during cell growth process, pH is usually lowered due to the acidic metabolites released by the cells. This decrease on the pH value can affect biological processes and, consequently, affect the accuracy of the research. To monitor the pH changes along cell engineering experiments, cell culture media is usually complemented...
Study of the PDMS properties and their characterization for the fabrication of ...
Miranda, Inês Sofia FerreiraA doença coronavírus (COVID-19) é provocada pelo vírus SARS-CoV-2 e foi declarada como pandemia pela Organização Mundial da Saúde (WHO) em março de 2020. De forma a prevenir a transmissão do vírus, a WHO publicou algumas precauções que toda a comunidade deverá considerar, tais como a utilização de máscaras faciais. Quando usadas por longos períodos de tempo, podem ser bastante desconfortáveis, deixando marcas n...
Diagnosis methods for COVID-19: A systematic review
Maia, Renata Patrícia Faria; Carvalho, Violeta Meneses; Faria, Bernardo Almeida Leite; Miranda, Inês Sofia Ferreira; Catarino, Susana OliveiraAt the end of 2019, the coronavirus appeared and spread extremely rapidly, causing millions of infections and deaths worldwide, and becoming a global pandemic. For this reason, it became urgent and essential to find adequate tests for an accurate and fast diagnosis of this disease. In the present study, a systematic review was performed in order to provide an overview of the COVID-19 diagnosis methods and tests...