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The elderly's perception of family functionality
Mota, Maria; Caramelo, Ana; Carvalho, AmâncioBackground: family functionality is important in the assessment of elderly families as it allows the development of family care strategies. It is emphasized that nurses specialized in Family Health Nursing are professionals capable of assisting the growing needs of the elderly and their families. Objective: to evaluate the functionality of the families of the elderly of a Family Health Unit from the Northern re...
Physicochemical and microbial changes in yogurts produced under different press...
Lopes, Rita P.; Mota, Maria; Pinto, Carlos A.; Sousa, Sérgio; Silva, José A. Lopes da; Gomes, Ana M.; Delgadillo, Ivonne; Saraiva, Jorge A.Variations on fermentation conditions (temperature, pressure, etc.) can bring novel characteristics to fermentative processes and the respective final products. Regarding yogurt, both bacteria metabolism and physical properties of gel may be affected, resulting in different yogurts. Therefore, lactic acid fermentation was performed under different combinations of pressure (0.1, 10 and 30 MPa) and temperature (3...
Influences of weather variables on physical activity assessed by accelerometry ...
Bento, Teresa; Morgado, Sónia; Leitão, José; Mota, MariaThe purpose of this research was to study the effects of weather on physical activity and compliance to minimum physical activity recommendations. Participants included 257 women and 178 men. Time spent in physical activity, average daily steps, and weather variables were gathered and analysed to explore the influence of weather on PA and compliance with the PA recommendations. In result, environmental factors ...