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Biochemical, dielectric and surface characteristics of freeze-dried bovine colo...
Mehra, R; Kumar, S; Singh, R; Kumar, N; Rathore, D; Nayik, GA; Alabdallah, NM; Monteiro, A; Guiné, Raquel; Kumar, HColostrum samples of recently registered cow breed “ Himachali Pahari ” were assorted from high altitude zone (901 – 2200 m). Prepared bovine colostrum whey powder (BCWP) was analysed for chemical composition, amino acids, minerals, surface morphology (SEM-EDS), FTIR and dielectric properties. Results showed that freeze-dried BCWP contained a considerable amount of nutritional parameters viz IgG (18.55 g/100 g)...
Aneuploidy facilitates dysplastic and tumorigenic phenotypes in the Drosophila gut
Brás, R; Monteiro, A; Sunkel, CE; Resende, LPAneuploidy has been strongly linked to cancer development, and published evidence has suggested that aneuploidy can have an oncogenic or a tumor suppressor role depending on the tissue context. Using the Drosophila midgut as a model, we have recently described that adult intestinal stem cells (ISCs), do not activate programmed cell death upon aneuploidy induction, leading to an increase in ISC proliferation rat...
Settled dust assessment in clinical environment: useful for the evaluation of a...
Viegas, C; Almeida, B; Monteiro, A; Paciência, I; Cavaleiro Rufo, J; Carolino, E; Quintal-Gomes, A; Twarużek, M; Kosicki, R; Marchand, GThe collection and analysis of settled dust samples from indoor environments has become one of several environmental sampling methods used to assess bioburden indoors. The aim of the study was to characterize the bioburden in vacuumed settled dust from 10 Primary Health Care Centers by culture based and molecular methods. Results for bacterial load ranged from 1 to 12 CFU.g−1 of dust and Gram-negative bacteria ...
Bacterial contamination in health care centers: Differences between urban and r...
Monteiro, A; Almeida, B; Paciência, I; Cavaleiro Rufo, J; Ribeiro, E; Carolino, E; Viegas, C; Uva, AS; Verde, SCThis study aims to assess the airborne bioburden of rural and urban Portuguese Primary Health Care Centers (PHCC) using active and passive sampling methods and identify the potential differences in airborne microbiota between both environments. The highest total aerobic mesophilic bacterial load in indoor air were found in the Vaccination Room (448 CFU.m−3) in the Rural PHCC and in the Waiting Room (420 CFU.m−3...
A Potential Link Between Prolonged Cork Exposure and Intestinal-Type Sinonasal ...
Alpuim Costa, D; Monteiro, A; André, T; Esteves, S; Sargento, I; Ferreira, M; Alexandre, T; Clara, A; Freire, J; Moreira, AIntroduction: intestinal-type sinonasal adenocarcinoma (ITAC) is a rare epithelium tumor of the nasal cavities and paranasal sinuses. Exposure to wood and leather dusts is a strong etiological factor related to its development. Prolonged cork exposure has rarely been associated. Materials and methods: thirty-seven-year (1981-2018) retrospective cohort analysis of all consecutive patients with sinonasal cancer (...
BMI, waist-to-height ratio and body fat mass in older adults: results from the ...
Correia, Flora; Bruno M P M Oliveira; Poínhos, Rui; Sorokina, A; Afonso, Cláudia; Franchini, Bela; Pereira, Bárbara; Fonseca, L; Sousa, M; Monteiro, A<jats:title>Abstract</jats:title><jats:p>Near 20% of the Portuguese population is aged 65 years or above, a value similar to most developed countries. This older adult population also suffers from obesity and obesity-related pathologies. The environment encompasses a set of obesity determinants and knowing the associations between the environment and obesity may help health professionals and caregivers to provi...
Portuguese Consensus on the Diagnosis and Management of Lewy Body Dementia (POR...
Monteiro, A; Velon, AG; Rodrigues, AM; Oliveira, A; Valadas, A; Nóbrega, C; Cruto, C; Neutel, D; Simões do Couto F; Morgado J; Cerejeira, J; Ruano, LLewy body dementia is a common cause of dementia leading to the progressive deterioration of cognitive function and motor skills, behavioral changes, and loss of autonomy, impairing the quality of life of patients and their families. Even though it is the second leading cause of neurodegenerative dementia, diagnosis is still challenging, due to its heterogenous clinical presentation, especially in the early sta...
Exposure assessment in one central hospital: A multi-approach protocol to achie...
Viegas, C; Almeida B; Monteiro, A; Paciência, I; Rufo, J; Aguiar, L; Lage, B; Diogo Gonçalves, LM; Caetano, LA; Carolino, E; Gomes, AQ; Twarużek, MThe bioburden in a Hospital building originates not only from patients, visitors and staff, but is also disseminated by several indoor hospital characteristics and outdoor environmental sources. This study intends to assess the exposure to bioburden in one central Hospital with a multi-approach protocol using active and passive sampling methods. The microbial contamination was also characterized through molecul...
Prognostic Power of Anaerobic Threshold Parameters in Patients with Transpositi...
Valentim Gonçalves, A; Mano, T; Agapito, A; Aguiar Rosa, S; Sousa, L; Rio, P; Oliveira, JA; Monteiro, A; Pereira-da-Silva, T; Ilhão Moreira, RINTRODUCTION: Both transposition of the great arteries (TGA) previously submitted to a Senning/Mustard procedure and congenitally corrected TGA (cc-TGA) have the systemic circulation supported by the morphological right ventricle, thereby rendering these patients to heart failure events risk. The aim of this study was to evaluate cardiopulmonary exercise test parameters for stratifying the risk of heart failure...
Pregnancy outcomes in Portuguese women with multiple sclerosis: The PREGNIMS study
Novo, A; Castelo, J; de Sousa, A; Amorim, I; Alves, JN; Calejo, M; Monteiro, A; Arenga, M; Shamasna, M; Vale, J; Sá, MJ; Palavra, FINTRODUCTION: Several questions about pregnancy in women with multiple sclerosis (MS) have been discussed, but clarification is still needed in some very practical issues. Portuguese data on this subject remain scattered and need to be analyzed in order to standardize clinical practice. OBJECTIVE: This study aimed to describe and analyze the impact of MS on pregnancy and perinatal health of children born to Por...