This article presents an outline about the incorporation of phase change materials (PCM) in radiant systems, their incorporation techniques, challenges, advantages, and disadvantages. The PCM incorporation into building solutions has been studied over the last 40 years to improve the energy efficiency and to solve the fast-growing problem of energy consumption in housing. The use and incorporation of PCM in bui...
As a result of increasing environmental and economic concerns, the demand for more efficient energetic systems has augmented, leading to a greater focus on investigating new solutions. The latest developments in the integration of radiant systems in buildings have shown promising results, being a feasible and more efficient technology. In this regard, an analysis of the current state of the radiant system's dev...
A retinopatia diabética é uma das principais causas de cegueira nos países desenvolvidos. Uma vez que esta doença permanece assintomática nos estádios iniciais, é da máxima importância a realização de rastreios periódicos. No entanto, o sucesso dos programas de rastreio depende em grande parte da adesão da população alvo. Assim, o desenvolvimento de simulações computacionais que permitam compreender os fatores ...
Precarious manhood beliefs portray manhood, relative to womanhood, as a social status that is hard to earn, easy to lose, and proven via public action. Here, we present cross-cultural data on a brief measure of precarious manhood beliefs (the Precarious Manhood Beliefs scale [PMB]) that covaries meaningfully with other cross-culturally validated gender ideologies and with country-level indices of gender equalit...
Background: The implementation of a population-based screening programme for diabetic retinopathy involves several challenges, often leading to postponements and setbacks at high human and material costs. Thus, it is of the utmost importance to promote the sharing of experiences, successes, and difficulties. However, factors such as the existence of regional programmes, specificities of each country’s health sy...
A retinopatia diabética é a principal causa de cegueira nos países desenvolvidos. A forma mais eficaz de evitar a evolução da doença é o seu diagnóstico atempado, através de programas de rastreio de base populacional. Um dos principais problemas associados a este tipo de programas é a baixa taxa de adesão. No entanto, a decisão individual de aderir ao rastreio praticamente não foi explorada nos modelos de simul...