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Os profissionais de saúde no combate às alterações climáticas

Já nos defrontamos, quase diariamente, com problemas associados às alterações climáticas, nomeadamente através dos seus impactes diretos e indiretos na nossa saúde. Tendo em consideração que os profissionais de saúde são os mais credíveis veiculadores de informação. Torna-se importante fazer uma síntese da informação científica mais relevante para criar uma maior literacia em saúde ambiental, de modo a que, em ...

Alterações climáticas e saúde mental

A saúde mental da humanidade e as alterações climáticas têm tido grande destaque nos últimos anos. Esta investigação pretendeu estabelecer a relação direta entre alterações climáticas e a saúde mental uma vez que não é só o ambiente que é afetado, como a saúde e o bem-estar das populações em geral, representando um risco presente e futuro. Introdução: As alterações climáticas têm ganho bastante importância a ní...

Gestão de resíduos por alunos do ensino superior: caso das lentes de contacto

Estima-se que 20% dos utilizadores de todo o mundo rejeitam as suas lentes no lavatório ou na sanita. Este estudo permitiu verificar que, para a nossa amostra, essa não é uma realidade. Mesmo que o nível de conhecimento devesse ser maior, pode afirmar-se que, no que diz respeito a este tópico, os alunos sabem onde não colocar as suas lentes usadas. Contudo há um grande caminho a percorrer. Introdução: As lentes...

Healthcare waste management as a tool for human health protection: a mini review

Healthcare wastes are generated by human or animal healthcare facilities. A small portion of these wastes are considered dangerous. However, accidents generated by incorrect waste management is a reality around the world. Accidents happen in different management stages, from the waste generation to its final destination, if waste is not properly managed. Therefore, this work aimed to discuss the possible proble...

Healthcare waste management as a tool for human health protection: a mini review

Healthcare wastes are generated by human or animal healthcare facilities. A small portion of these wastes are considered dangerous. However, accidents generated by incorrect waste management is a reality around the world. Accidents happen in different management stages, from the waste generation to its final destination, if waste is not properly managed. Therefore, this work aimed to discuss the possible proble...

Municipal solid waste management decision-making during COVID-19 pandemic: a co...

Decisions related to waste management were affected to contain the advance of the new coronavirus pandemic. Different measures have been adopted between countries around the world. This study aims to assess changes in decision-making on solid waste management in Brazil and Portugal during the COVID- 19 pandemic, considering the socioeconomic differences and the context of waste management in each country before...

Thermal comfort in aviary workers

Background: the poultry work environment has been a cause of concern in relation to the occurrence of biological risks, being still this environment the target of few studies by Occupational Health and Safety professionals. Objectives: evaluate of thermal comfort through the analysis of the Predicted Mean Vote (PMV) and Predicted Percentage of Dissatisfied (PPD) indexes. Methodology: sampling was non-probabilis...

Trehalose alleviates the phenotype of Machado–Joseph disease mouse models

Trehalose alleviates the phenotype of Machado-Joseph disease mouse models

Background: Machado–Joseph disease (MJD), also known as spinocerebellar ataxia type 3, is the most common of the dominantly inherited ataxias worldwide and is characterized by mutant ataxin-3 aggregation and neuronal degeneration. There is no treatment available to block or delay disease progression. In this work we investigated whether trehalose, a natural occurring disaccharide widely used in food and cosmeti...

Trehalose alleviates the phenotype of Machado–Joseph disease mouse models

Machado-Joseph disease (MJD), also known as spinocerebellar ataxia type 3, is the most common of the dominantly inherited ataxias worldwide and is characterized by mutant ataxin-3 aggregation and neuronal degeneration. There is no treatment available to block or delay disease progression. In this work we investigated whether trehalose, a natural occurring disaccharide widely used in food and cosmetic industry, ...