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Influence of the Recycling Process on the Quality of Gypsum Binders

Plasterboard use in Europe is increasing, and so is the corresponding waste (CDW), with a considerable amount ending up in landfills. In the last decades, plasterboard producers have invested in plasterboard waste recycling to partially incorporate it into new plasterboard production. Nonetheless, these facilities are almost non-existent in the Iberian Peninsula (Portugal and Spain). In response to these challe...

Assessment of Competencies of Clinical Research Professionals and Proposals to ...

Background: Clinical studies are coordinated by multidisciplinary teams, which often lack adequate training and competencies. In this study, ROCHE and AICIB (Agency for Clinical Research and Biomedical Innovation) conducted a self-assessment survey aiming to evaluate the competency of clinical research professionals to conduct clinical research in Portugal and promote the identification of key actions to addres...

Rebuttal to the Commentary on “Assessment of the Implementation of the Internat...

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Assessment of the Implementation of the International Health Regulations during...

Introduction: The International Health Regulations (IHR) were developed to prepare countries to deal with public health emergencies. The spread of SARS-CoV-2 underlined the need for international coordination, although few attempts were made to evaluate the integrated implementation of the IHR’s core capacities in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. The aim of this study was to evaluate whether IHR shortcomings ...

Prevalence and risk factors for female genital mutilation in Guinea : a cross-s...

ABSTRACT - Background: Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting (FGM/C) is a procedure that involves the complete or partial removal of the vulva for non-medical purposes. This study aims to estimate the prevalence of FGM/C and its risk factors in Guinea, as the practice's significant short- and long-term health implications make addressing this problem urgent. Methods: Secondary data from Guinea's Individual Record D...

IgG+ Extracellular Vesicles Measure Therapeutic Response in Advanced Pancreatic...

(1) Background: Pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC) is expected to be the second-leading cause of cancer deaths by 2030. Imaging techniques are the standard for monitoring the therapy response in PDAC, but these techniques have considerable limits, including delayed disease progression detection and difficulty in distinguishing benign from malignant lesions. Extracellular vesicle (EV) liquid biopsy is an em...

Exercise dependence and anxiety in cross-trainers, bodybuilders and gym exercis...

The World Health Organization declared the COVID-19 pandemic an international public health emergency in January 2020, and, soon thereafter, a worldwide adoption of quarantine and physical isolation measures restricted regular practitioners of indoor group physical exercise from many of their usual practices. Some, with exercise dependence (ED), may have experienced exercise withdrawal symptoms that triggered u...

Invention and Order: The proportional contribution in João Mendes Ribeiro's arc...

The aim of this research is to understand the role of proportion as a tool in the contemporary project regarding the methodology of the Portuguese architect João Mendes Ribeiro (JMR). On a journey marked by an alternation of disciplines (architecture and scenography [01,02, 03]) JMR stabilizes a particular methodology fertile in interdisciplinary relations that, according to our opinion, is worthy of a detailed...

Clinical Trials in Portugal: How Can we Improve?

Clinical Trials in Portugal: How Can we Improve?