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Feeding preference and intraguild interactions between the parasitoid Trichogra...
Borges, Isabel; Oliveira, Luisa; Durão, Ana; Arruda, Patricia; Soares, António O.ABSTARCT: Tuta absoluta is an exotic species and a major pest of tomato crops in Europe. Macrolophus pygmaeus and Trichogramma achaeae are two biocontrol agents widely used in integrated pest management programs of the South American tomato pinworm Tuta absoluta. In this study, we evaluated under laboratory conditions the (i) voracity of M. pygmaeus females fed on single diets of Tuta absoluta eggs parasitized ...
Legislation for ostomates in Portugal: Components of the attention to health model
Flach, Diana Mary; Santos, Célia; Andrade, Marilda; Oliveira, Luisa; Castro, Maria Manuel; Ribeiro, WandersonOstomy refers to the opening created surgically in the body for waste discharge (IOA CC, 2016) to maintain communication with the external environment by a ;stula, which may connect to a tube or a pouch depending on the patient’s clinical outlook. In Portugal, the number of ostomized patients is about 15 thousand, among whom 80% to 90% are people who su&er or have su&ered from oncological diseases. The aim of t...
Quality Management Framework for Total Diet Study centres in Europe
Pité, Marina; Pinchen, Hannah; Castanheira, Isabel; Oliveira, Luisa; Roe, Mark; Ruprich, Jiri; Rehurkova, Irena; Sirot, VeroniqueA Quality Management Framework to improve quality and harmonization of Total Diet Study practices in Europe was developed within the TDS-Exposure Project. Seventeen processes were identified and hazards, Critical Control Points and associated preventive and corrective measures described. The Total Diet Study process was summarized in a flowchart divided into planning and practical (sample collection, preparatio...
Semantic Integration Framework for Resources Identification
Pragosa, Miguel; Basto-Fernandes; Oliveira, LuisaThe global adoption of information technology systems throughout all activity domains lead to the existence of a huge amount of information systems unable to interoperate, first of all, because of different ways of identifying resources. Different transport and application level protocols for data exchange also raise some interoperability difficulties. Common interoperability scenarios rely on tightly controlle...
Pilot project on the implementation of SSD2 in the frame of the electronic tran...
Parreira, Diana; Azevedo, Ana; Tomé, Sidney; Ravasco, Francisco; Mascarenhas, Fernanda; Viegas, Silvia; Brazão, Roberto; Oliveira, LuisaEnquadramento: A EFSA foi criada com o Regulamento (CE) n.º 178/2002 com o objetivo de recolher e analisar dados que permitam a caracterização e o controlo dos riscos que tenham impacto direto ou indireto na segurança dos géneros alimentícios ou dos alimentos para animais (ponto 4 do Art. 22º). Avaliação do risco efetuada pela EFSA depende: • Utilização de toda a variedade de recursos especializados disponíveis...
Pilot project on the implementation of SSD2 in the frame of the electronic tran...
Ravasco, Francisco; Parreira, Diana; Azevedo, Ana; Mascarenhas, Fernanda; Viegas, Silvia; Brazão, Roberto; Oliveira, LuisaObjectivo do projecto: testar o SSD2 como uma ferramenta adequada e eficaz na transmissão de dados uniformizados para a EFSA, nos seguintes domínios: Contaminantes químicos, Resíduos de pesticidas, Aditivos Alimentares, Monitorização biológica.
Epidemiologic Investigation of Foodborne Outbreaks in Pharmacies: A Pilot Study
Torre, Carla; Brazão, Roberto; Guerreiro, José; Gomes, Marta; Costa, Suzete; Oliveira, Luisa; Viegas, SilviaIntroduction: The analysis of Foodborne Outbreaks (FBO) investigation data provides knowledge on food vehicles and contributive factors of human infections allowing their risk management. However, FBO are commonly underreported and alternative sources of information may prove useful. Purpose: To test the adequacy of Pharmacies as an information source to identify foods involved in FBO, their confection type and...
Pilot project on the implementation of SSD2 in the frame of the electronic tran...
Parreira, Diana; Azevedo, Ana; Tomé, Sidney; Ravasco, Francisco; Mascarenhas, Fernanda; Viegas, Silvia; Brazão, Roberto; Oliveira, LuisaObjectivo do projecto: testar o SSD2 como uma ferramenta adequada e eficaz na transmissão de dados uniformizados para a EFSA, nos seguintes domínios: Contaminantes químicos, Resíduos de pesticidas, Aditivos Alimentares, Monitorização biológica.
Activities of Apiaceae essential oils and volatile compounds on hatchability, d...
Sousa, Rose Marie O. F.; Rosa, Jose S.; Oliveira, Luisa; Cunha, Ana; Ferreira, Manuel FernandesThe inhibitory activities of Anethum graveolens, Cuminurn cyminum, Foeniculum vulgare and Petroselinum crispum Essential Oils (EOs), plus eleven volatile compounds, on embryonic development of a phytophagous pest, Pseudaletia unipuncta (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) were evaluated. Lethal and sub-lethal effects of some treatments during the postembryonic development were also monitored. The higher effectiveness to in...
Carotenoid stability in fruits, vegetables and working standards – Effect of st...
Dias, M. Graça; Camões, M. Filomena; Oliveira, LuisaThe effects of freezing and storage temperature on the mass fraction of a- and b-carotene, b-cryptoxanthin, lutein, lycopene and zeaxanthin in minimally processed fresh food products, were evaluated after sample preparation, extraction and saponification (only when strictly necessary). Effects of freezing and long-term stability were studied at two temperatures, 20 and 70 C, using high performance liquid chroma...