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Dietary tryptophan intervention counteracts stress-induced transcriptional chan...
Peixoto, Diogo; Carvalho, Inês; Machado, Marina; Aragão, Cláudia; Costas, Benjamín; Azeredo, RitaImmune nutrition is currently used to enhance fish health by incorporating functional ingredients into aquafeeds. This study aimed to investigate the connections between tryptophan nutrition and the network that regulates the communication pathways between neuroendocrine and immune systems in European seabass (Dicentrarchus labrax). When tryptophan was supplemented in the diet of unstressed fish, it induced cha...
Dietary tryptophan plays a role as an anti-inflammatory agent in european seaba...
Azeredo, Rita; Peixoto, Diogo; Paulo Santos; Duarte, Inês; Ricardo, Ana; Machado, Marina; Costas, Benjamín; Aragão, CláudiaWhere teleost fish are concerned, the effects of a dietary tryptophan surplus are mostly immunosuppressive, making it a potential dietary anti-inflammatory strategy. The goal of the present work was to evaluate the effects of tryptophan dietary supplementation on immune and neuroendocrine responses of the European seabass, Dicentrarchus labrax, undergoing chronic inflammation. Juvenile European seabass were int...
Dietary tryptophan intervention counteracts stress-induced transcriptional chan...
Peixoto, Diogo; Carvalho, Inês; Machado, Marina; Aragão, Cláudia; Costas, Benjamín; Azeredo, RitaImmune nutrition is currently used to enhance fish health by incorporating functional ingredients into aquafeeds. This study aimed to investigate the connections between tryptophan nutrition and the network that regulates the communication pathways between neuroendocrine and immune systems in European seabass (Dicentrarchus labrax). When tryptophan was supplemented in the diet of unstressed fish, it induced cha...
Determining internal medicine length of stay by means of predictive analytics
Peixoto, Diogo; Faria, Mariana; Macedo, Rui; Peixoto, Hugo; Lopes, João; Barbosa, Agostinho; Guimarães, Tiago André Saraiva; Santos, ManuelIn recent years, hospital overcrowding has become a crucial aspect to take into consideration in inpatient management, which may negatively affect the quality of service provided to the patient. Inpatient management aims, through efficient planning, to maximise the availability of beds and conditions for the patient, considering cost rationalisation. In this way, this research has allowed the prediction of the ...
Predictive analytics for hospital inpatient flow determination
Peixoto, Diogo; Barbosa, Agostinho; Peixoto, Hugo; Lopes, João; Guimarães, Tiago André Saraiva; Santos, ManuelCurrently, the efficient planning of resources in hospitals present a responsibility of extreme importance in the management of the various clinical units. In Intensive Care Unit (ICU), a hospital service where patients require constant observation and control, considering the high costs incurred with hospitalized patients, the optimization of these factors assumes an extremely important role. Given its unpredi...
Tryptophan modulatory role in European Seabass (Dicentrarchus labrax) immune re...
Machado, Marina; Peixoto, Diogo; Santos, Paulo; Ricardo, Ana; Duarte, Inês; Carvalho, Inês; Raquel Cêa de Aragão Teixeira, Cláudia; Azeredo, RitaThe present work aimed to study the role of dietary tryptophan supplementation in modulating the European seabass (Dicentrarchus labrax) immune condition during stressful rearing conditions (i.e., 15 days exposure to high density), as well as the immune response to acute inflammation after intraperitoneal injection of a bacterial pathogen. Stress alone did not compromise seabass health indicators. In contrast, ...
Short-term immune responses of Gilthead Seabream (Sparus aurata) Juveniles agai...
Santos, Paulo; Peixoto, Diogo; Ferreira, Inês; Passos, Ricardo; Pires, Pedro; Simões, Marco; Pousão-Ferreira, Pedro; Baptista, Teresa; Costas, BenjaminPhotobacteriosis is a septicaemic bacterial disease affecting several marine species around the globe, resulting in significant economic losses. Although many studies have been performed related to the pathogen virulence and resistance factors, information regarding the host defence mechanisms activated once an infection takes place is still scarce. The present study was designed to understand innate immune res...
Microalgal biomasses have potential as ingredients in microdiets for Senegalese...
Peixoto, Diogo; Pinto, Wilson; Gonçalves, Ana Teresa; Machado, Marina; Reis, Bruno; Silva, Joana; Navalho, Joao; Dias, Jorge; Conceicao, LuisSenegalese sole (Solea senegalensis) production presents several nutritional challenges, making this species a good candidate to study the dietary potential of bioactive compounds. Since proper nutrition plays a fundamental role in fish biology, it is necessary to further investigate species-specific and well-balanced diets in order to improve Senegalese sole juvenile farming. Algae have antioxidant properties,...
Comparison of motivational factors between the practice of sports of nature, co...
Brandão, António; Frontini, Roberta; Peixoto, Diogo; Fernandes, Daniel; Clemente, Filipe ManuelThe main aim of this study was to compare sports practitioners of a competitive and leisure nature sports regarding their motivations for practice. The sample consisted of 631 adults (504 men and 127 women) who practiced nature and adventure sports. Participants answered an assessment protocol composed of a sociodemographic form and the Exercise Motivation Inventory - 2 (EMI-2) questionnaire. Among leisure and ...