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Unveiling the impacts of tourist experiences on experiential image, satisfactio...
Martins Guerreiro, Maria Manuela; Pinto, Patrícia; de Matos, Nelson Manuel da Silva; Bagheri, Fatemeh; Sequeira, Bernardete; Parra, AnaThis study extends the experiential image concept by presenting a new approach. The experiential image refers to the holistic image tourists form and retain during their visit to a destination. The research involved diverse stakeholders (professionals, academics, and tourists) and draws on a large proportionally stratified sample of 2709 tourists. Exploratory factor analysis and structural equation modeling wer...
New Advances in Biomedical Application of Polymeric Micelles
Figueiras, Ana; Domingues, Cátia; Jarak, Ivana; Santos, Ana Isabel; Parra, Ana; Pais, Alberto; Alvarez-Lorenzo, Carmen; Concheiro, AngelAbstract In the last decade, nanomedicine has arisen as an emergent area of medicine, which studies nanometric systems, namely polymeric micelles (PMs), that increase the solubility and the stability of the encapsulated drugs. Furthermore, their application in dermal drug delivery is also relevant. PMs present unique characteristics because of their unique core-shell architecture. They are colloidal dispersions...
Polymeric Micelles: A Promising Pathway for Dermal Drug Delivery
Parra, Ana; Jarak, Ivana; Santos, Ana; Veiga, Francisco; Figueiras, Ana RitaNanotechnology is an area in great development and with application in the most varied fields of science, including cosmetic and pharmaceutical industries. Because conventional formulations for topical application are not always able to effectively penetrate the physical barrier that human skin exerts against factors and compounds of the external environment, polymeric micelles appear as alternative carriers fo...