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Humoral immune response of SARS-CoV-2-infected patients with cancer: influencin...
Esperança Martins, Miguel; Gonçalves, Lisa; Soares De Pinho, Inês; Gomes, Andreia; Montesinos Serrano, Marta; Blankenhaus, BirteBackground: Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2)-infected patients with cancer show worse outcomes compared with patients without cancer. The humoral immune response (HIR) of patients with cancer against SARS-CoV-2 is not well characterized. To better understand it, we conducted a serological study of hospitalized patients with cancer infected with SARS-CoV-2. Materials and methods: This...
Authenticity of Portuguese olive oils assured by the use of molecular markers.
Cardoso, Hélia; Dias, Andreia; Marques, Ana Catarina; Velada, Isabel; Carvalho, Teresa; Nobre, Tânia; Cabrita, Maria JoãoOlive (Olea europaea L. subsp. europaea var. europaea) is one of the oldest tree crops in the Mediterranean basin which has recently be gaining attention due to the nutritional and health properties of its fruit and derived oil. The demand for high quality olive oils have been directly implicated on the increase of typical marks, awarded to high-quality olive oils produced from local varieties grown in well-defi...
Uso de marcadores moleculares aplicados à rastreabilidade dos Azeites.
Marques, Ana Catarina; Dias, Andreia; Cardoso, Hélia; Velada, Isabel; Carvalho, Teresa; Nobre, Tânia; Cabrita, Maria JoãoA oliveira (Olea europaea L.) é uma das mais antigas culturas arbóreas da bacia do Mediterrânico (Raieta et al. 2015), com uma importância económica, social e cultural inegável na região. A qualidade e características do azeite depende significativamente da escolha da variedade que lhe dá origem. Algumas cultivares de azeite são reconhecidas como de alta qualidade, e derivam de áreas geográficas bem definidas; ...
Establishment of a reliable protocol for gDNA extraction from olive oil.
Dias, Andreia; Marques, Ana Catarina; Velada, Isabel; Carvalho, Teresa; Nobre, Tânia; Cardoso, Hélia; Cabrita, Maria JoãoWith no possibility to reach in quantity the production of countries with large areas of olive orchards, as a small country, Portugal needs to define a strategy for valuing the high quality and specificities of its olive oil. No doubt the focus must be on the valorization of the Portuguese cultivars, the key factor in determining the singularity of the produced olive oils. Fraud detection, as the use of non-Por...
Seismic risk perception in primary school education: a case study
Marques, Ana Catarina; Almeida, AntónioIn certain regions of the planet seismicity obeys the following pattern: medium to high seismic risk associated to major earthquakes with a long period of low seismicity. This is the case of Lisbon region where the last major earthquake was precisely the historic earthquake of Lisbon in 1755. Since these extreme episodes have a pattern of periodicity of more than 200 years, seismic prevention is often ignored i...
Neurofibromatosis type 1: a case report
Marques, Ana Catarina; Dinis, FátimaIntroduction: Neurofibromatosis type 1 (NF1) is a common neurocutaneous condition with an autosomal dominant pattern of inheritance. A new mutation occurs in about half of the cases. The diagnosis is based on clinical assessment so family physicians should be aware of the manifestations of the disease. Case presentation: A 29 year-old female patient presented with a history of numerous skin lesions since childh...