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Energy Sustainability in the Ripening of Traditional Cheese
Santos, João M.; Garcia, João M.; Dias, João; Martins, João C.; Alvarenga, Nuno; Gonçalves, Elsa M.; Freitas, Daniela; Silvério, KarinaImproving the energy efficiency of traditional production methods while preserving their cultural and economic value is a challenge aligned with the Sustainable Development Goals of the 2030 agenda. Refrigeration during cheese maturation is particularly energy-intensive, contributing significantly to greenhouse gas emissions and operating costs. An approach to make traditional cheese production more sustainable...
Development and validation of the facilitative interpersonal skills scale for c...
Santos, João M.; Barata, Matilde; Rathenau, Sara; Amaro, Inês; Vaz, Alexandre; Sousa, Daniel; Severino, Margarida; Taveira, Mafaldapsychotherapist development, psychotherapy expertise, statistical methodology, test development, therapist effects1| INTRODUCTION The role of the therapist in psychotherapy research has a controversial history. The widespread focus on investigating specific treatment protocols for specific psychological disorders made the study of individual differences among therapistsalong‐neglected research topic (e.g., Beut...
Research agendas of female and male academics: a new perspective on gender disp...
Santos, João M.; Horta, Hugo; Amâncio, LígiaThe presence of gender disparities in academia was assessed by analysing the characteristics of the research agendas of academics. Multivariate analysis of variance and structural equation modelling coupled with multi-group analysis were used to identify different gender trajectories. The research agenda preferences of women were less risky and less focused on fields likely to lead to scientific discovery, but ...
Lossless coding of light field images based on minimum-rate predictors
Santos, João M.; Assunção, Pedro; Cruz, Luis A. da Silva; de Oliveira Pegado de Noronha E Távora, Luís Miguel; Fonseca-Pinto, Rui; Faria, SergioRecent developments in light field acquisition and computational photography are driving new research efforts on light field encoding methods, capable of exploiting the specific features of this type of visual data. This paper presents a research study of lossless light field image compression, using Minimum-Rate Predictors (MRP) and mainstream image and video encoders. The research is focused on three light fi...
Antimicrobial Photodynamic Therapy against Endodontic Enterococcus faecalis and...
Diogo, Patrícia; Fernandes, Chantal; Caramelo, Francisco; Mota, Marta; Miranda, Isabel M.; Faustino, M. A. F.; Neves, M. G. P. M. S.Endodontic biofilms eradication from the infected root canal system remains as the primary focus in endodontic field. In this study, it was assessed the efficacy of antimicrobial Photodynamic Therapy (aPDT) with the Zn(II)chlorin e6 methyl ester (Zn(II)e6Me) activated by red light against monospecies and mixed biofilms of Enterococcus faecalis and Candida albicans. The results were compared with the ones obtain...
A method to improve HEVC lossless coding of volumetric medical images
F.R. Guarda, André F. R.; Santos, João M.; Cruz, Luís A. da Silva; Assunção, Pedro A. A.; Rodrigues, Nuno M. M.; Faria, Sérgio M. M. deMedical imaging technology and applications are continuously evolving, dealing with images of increasing spatial and temporal resolutions, which enable more accurate processing, feature analysis and medical diagnosis. However, the increase in resolution also requires a growing amount of data to be stored, processed and exchanged or transmitted through networks. Despite the high coding efficiency achieved by the...
Periapical Inflammation Affecting Coronally-inoculated Dog Teeth with Root Fill...
Mah, Terence; Basrani, Bettina; Santos, João M.; Pascon, Elizeu A.; Tjäderhane, Leo; Yared, Ghassan; Lawrence, Herenia P.; Friedman, ShimonPlacement of orifice plugs has been suggested to augment the seal of conventional root canal fillings. This study assessed in vivo the efficacy of white mineral trioxide aggregate (MTA) plugs in preventing periapical inflammation subsequent to coronal inoculation of root-filled teeth. The two-rooted mandibular premolars of six beagle dogs were conventionally prepared and filled with gutta-percha and sealer. A w...