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CHARACTERIZATION OF HYPERTENSION IN A INTERNAL MEDICINE WARD
Duarte, Rodrigo; Flores, Raquel; Pereira, JoãoIntroduction: Arterial hypertension is a serious disease, affecting more than 60% of individuals over 60 years-old. It is associated with the development of cardiac disease, terminal renal failure and cerebral disease, with increased risk of cognitive decline and dementia. The World Health Organization and the European Society of Cardiology forewarn about a low therapeutic compliance and impact, thus being cont...
Active Dressings Based On Natural Polymers For Wound Treatment
Pereira, JoãoThe skin is one of the human organs responsible for sensory detection, temperature regulation, and water balance. Skin damage can lead to wounds that if not treated properly may cause serious health complications. The conventional wound healing products, made from non-biodegradable synthetic materials, usually have low biocompatibility and only offer mechanical protection or exudate removal, without actively he...
Equity in Access to Health Care in Portugal: What Do We Know?
Fernandes, Joana; Furtado, Cláudia; Pereira, JoãoIn Portugal, constitutional and legal norms stipulate that the healthcare system should be organized to ensure equity in access to healthcare. To guarantee this objective, it is usually assumed that individuals from different socio-economic groups presenting equal levels of need should have access to the same level of care. The present narrative review describes current knowledge on this topic. It provides a br...
As histórias que nos unem: escrita criativa e diversidade linguística
Neves, Alexandra das (coord.); Estima, Ana (coord.); Baixinha, Ana; Gomes, Ana Beatriz; Cardoso, Ana Filipa; Jacob, Ana; Karbashevska, Ana; Liberal, AnaSem resumo disponível.
Virtual immersive training model with mixed reality for prosthesis application ...
Alves, Diogo; Gomes, Paulo Veloso; Magalhães, Renato; Pereira, João; Vilaça, Adélio; Marques, António; Machado Veloso Gomes, Paulo SérgioTraining medical professionals in Orthopedics faces several technical challenges. The equipment required for practical, hands-on training is often restricted to operating rooms. This constraint presents a significant issue, as developing the necessary skills to perform surgeries requires substantial practice time. This work developed a virtual training model using mixed reality, using a QR code to generate a vi...
Edge-aided V2X collision avoidance with platoons: Towards a hybrid evaluation t...
Pereira, João; Kurunathan, Harrison; Filho, Ênio; Santos, Pedro M.Infrastructure-brokered collision avoidance is an Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS) application built on top of Vehicle-to-Everything (V2X) links. An edge-hosted ITS service receives information from road-side sensors (or CAM messages in V2X-enabled vehicles) and detects impending collisions where vehicles cannot sense or contact each other directly. If so happens, it issues a warning message through net...
Desvendar o potencial da Ciência Aberta: perspetivas da engenharia biomédica e ...
Sayal, Alexandre; Direito, Bruno; Travassos, Carolina; Pereira, JoãoA Ciência Aberta potencia a partilha do conhecimento entre a comunidade científica e a sociedade. Mais do que acesso aberto de dados e publicações, é a construção de pontes no processo científico, promovendo transparência, acessibilidade e colaboração na investigação científica. A interoperabilidade (um dos princípios FAIR) é um aspeto chave. Neste sentido, a adoção de standards de dados e metadados é fundament...
Assessment of motivators to enhance the collaboration between organizations and...
Rocha, António; Braga, Ana; Neves, João; Pereira, João; Romero, FernandoThe collaboration with the Polytechnic Institute serves as a catalyst for organizational growth and success. By participating in technology demonstrations, designing tailored training activities, accessing funding programs, hosting interns and students, executing experimental actions, and accessing new technologies, facilities, and equipment, organizations benefit from a holistic approach to innovation. This co...
Neurofeedback training of executive function in autism spectrum disorder: disti...
Pereira, Daniela Jardim; Morais, Sofia; Sayal, Alexandre; Pereira, João; Meneses, Sofia; Areias, Graça; Direito, Bruno; Macedo, AntónioBackground Deficits in executive function (EF) are consistently reported in autism spectrum disorders (ASD). Tailored cognitive training tools, such as neurofeedback, focused on executive function enhancement might have a significant impact on the daily life functioning of individuals with ASD. We report the first real-time fMRI neurofeedback (rt-fMRI NF) study targeting the left dorsolateral prefrontal cortex ...
A prolonged intensive care unit stay defines a worse long-term prognosis: insig...
Bento Rodrigues, Ana Rita; Oliveira, André; Vieira, Tatiana; Assis, Rui; Lume, Catarina; Pereira, João; Fernandes, Susana M.© 2024 Australian College of Critical Care Nurses Ltd. Published by Elsevier Ltd. This is an open access article under the CC BY license (http://creativecommons.org/ licenses/by/4.0/); Background: Patients with critical illness often survive the intensive care unit (ICU) at a cost of prolonged length of stay (LOS) and slow recovery. This chronic critically ill disease may lead to long-term poor outcomes, especi...