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Charming local housing an immersive storytelling
Almeida, J. P.; Pires, I.; Radu, M.; Charif, S.; Decolin, P.; Pereira, Fernando A.; Dalle, P.Touristic Local Housing (Alojamento Local – AL) refers to private establishments, located in both urban and rural areas, providing temporary accommodation to national and international visitors at affordable prices. This type of lodging differs markedly from conventional hotels and inns. A key feature of AL is its ability to foster a closer relationship between travellers and local traditions and culture, creat...
Estimulação de movimentos estereotipados de membros acoplados a balão em bebés ...
Serrão-Arrais, Ana; Grilo, P.; Pires, I.; Carvalho, A.; Santos, R.; Catela, DavidOs movimentos estereotipados têm o seu período crítico das 24 às 32 semanas e estão associados ao desenvolvimento motor. Fomos verificar a viabilidade da sua estimulação, em contexto familiar, com balões como objeto contingente. Quatro bebés (114,25±16,82 dias; 2 meninas), vivenciaram acoplamento de balões nas seguintes condições: i) pulso direito; ii) pulso esquerdo; iii) ambos os pulsos; iv) tornozelo direito...
Molecular characterization of thyroid tumors of dogs – a multicentric Portugues...
Monteiro, A.; Gaspar, T. B.; Pinto, M.; Pires, I.; Soares, P.; Tavares, C.Background: The incidence of thyroid carcinoma (TC) in human population has been increasing worldwide, and it was estimated an incidence of 2.1% of cancer new cases in 2019 [1]. A smaller incidence is reported for canine population (1.1%) in 1995-2005 [2]. Diagnosis, prognosis, and management of human TC rely on mutation screening of BRAF, RAS genes, and TERT promoter. BRAF, NRAS, HRAS, and KRAS encode proteins...
Hemostatic dressings made of oxidized bacterial nanocellulose membranes
Teixeira, Eugénia Cristina Queirós; Pinheiro, S. P.; Pereira, J. E.; Prada, J.; Pires, I.; Dourado, Fernando; Parpot, Pier; Gama, F. M.Surgicel® (regenerated oxidized cellulose) is a bio-absorbable hemostatic material widely applied to prevent surgery-derived adhesions. Some critical issues have been reported associated with this biomaterial, which we aimed to overcome by producing bacterial nanocellulose (BNC) membranes with hemostatic activity, through electrochemical oxidation using the tetramethylpiperidine-1-oxyl (TEMPO) radical. Samples ...
Synthesis and characterization of oxidized bacterial cellulose through electroc...
Queirós, E. C.; Pinheiro, S.; Pereira, J. E.; Prada, J.; Pires, I.; Parpot, Pier; Gama, F. M.Bacterial cellulose (BC) is a biocompatible material with high purity, high crystallinity, high degree of polymerization and high-water content [1,2]. It could be applied in several fields, being the biomedical field the most relevant to this work where biodegradability is a key requirement. BC may be chemically modified through its hydroxyl groups, e.g., by oxidation, becoming reabsorbable and acquiring new fe...
Diagnosis of Mycobacterium avium complex in granulomatous lymphadenitis in slau...
Miranda, Carla; Matos, M.; Pires, I.; Neves, Margarida Correia; Ribeiro, P.; Álvares, S; Pinto, M. Vieira; Coelho, A. C.The aim of this study was to compare two diagnostic methods for the detection of Mycobacterium avium complex (MAC) infection in lymph nodes with granulomatous lymphadenitis from slaughtered domestic pigs. Fifty affected lymph nodes were collected from 50 pigs and examined microscopically and by polymerase chain reaction (PCR). Microscopically, granulomatous lesions were observed in 92% of the samples, consistin...
O vírus da imunodeficiência humana no contexto da procriação medicamente assist...
Pires, I.No início da epidemia da SIDA, devido ao mau prognóstico das pessoas infectadas com a doença, os casais com um parceiro infectado com VIH eram desencorajados de planear uma gravidez. Actualmente, a SIDA mantém-se como uma condição grave a nível mundial, e mesmo nos países industrializados onde estão disponíveis tratamentos inovadores e eficazes, a infecção por VIH continua a ser uma doença crónica com elevada m...
Antimicrobial activity of Terminalia macroptera root
Silva, O.; Pimentel, M.; Viegas, S.; Barroso, H.; Machado, J.; Pires, I.; Cabrita, J.; Gomes, E.Terminalia macroptera Guill et Perr. (Combretaceae) is a medicinal plant used in Guinea-Bissau and other West African countries to treat infectious diseases. The ethanol extract from T. macroptera decorticated root and their liquid-liquid partition fractions, were screened for antimicrobial activity, by the twofold serial microdilution assay against seven reference bacterial strains and against Candida albicans...
A new toxin in Campylobacter jejuni and Campylobacter coli?
Fragoso, G. Moutinho; Pires, I.; Silva, R.V.Correia da; Cabrita, J.Although Campytobacter has been recognised as one of the most important causes of human gastroenteritis, until now little is known about the pathogenesis of the infection and there is some confusion about the number and specificity of toxic factors produced by those microorganisms. These may be a reflex from strain selection, individual production of more than one toxin or the result of using different conditio...
Restrição de ADN, perfil de ribotipia e de proteínas da membrana externa de Cam...
Garcia, A.; Moutinho, G.; Saavedra, M. J.; Rodrigues, J.; Duarte, A.; Silva, R. Correia da; Pires, I.; Cabrita, J.O estudo da bio-ecologia do Campylobacter torna-se indispensável para a identificação das suas vias de infecção e de difusão na comunidade, tendo em vista a adopção de medidas mais adequadas de profilaxia. Para tal recorre-se a marcadores epidemiológicos que permitem a diferenciação de cada uma das espécies que integra aquele género bacteriano e o rastreio das suas cadeias de infecção. De entre as espécies até ...