There's always been a need to improve everyone's work process to ease the productivity and effectiveness of project management. However, this task entails many mechanisms, which might take a lot of time and cause the main priorities to be overlooked. That's when open-source environment solutions came. This article explores the need for being able to gather all subject changes in scope, time, cost, and quality, ...
Abstract. Objectives: This study aims to understand the interference of loneliness in the quality of life of non-institutionalized elderly people over 65 years old. Methods: A systematic literature review was carried out according to the protocol of the Joanna Briggs Institute. The searchwas carried out in two search engines (Bon and EBSCO) to access electronic databases for collecting articleswith the latest s...
This study describes care for the person and the informal caregiver with pressure ulcers. The qualitative methodological approach was used, and case study research and the data collection techniques used were the semi-structured interview and the questionnaire. The following scales were applied to the patient: Braden Pressure Ulcer Risk Assessment, Resvesch 2.0, Malnutrition Universal Screening Nutritional Asse...
Introdução: O envelhecimento da população é apontado como um fenómeno demograficamente crucial do século XXI. Com o aumento das comorbilidades associadas ao envelhecimento, surge o desafio de tornar os idosos funcionalmente independentes, tendo a atividade física (AF) um papel importante, por retardar as perdas funcionais do envelhecimento a nível multissistémico. Objetivo: Identificar as características sociod...
Intraepidermal nerve fiber density (IENFD) measurements in skin biopsy are performed manually by 1-3 operators. To improve diagnostic accuracy and applicability in clinical practice, we developed an automated method for fast IENFD determination with low operator-dependency. Sixty skin biopsy specimens were stained with the axonal marker PGP9.5 and imaged using a widefield fluorescence microscope. IENFD was firs...
Intraplacental choriocarcinoma is a rare malignant tumor diagnosed after an abortion, an ectopic pregnancy, or a term or preterm pregnancy or following the diagnosis of a hydatidiform mole. During pregnancy, it may be more common than reported, as most patients are asymptomatic and placental choriocarcinomas are usually inconspicuous macroscopically and are often mistaken for an infarct. Based upon a case study...
Intraplacental choriocarcinoma is a rare malignant tumor diagnosed after an abortion, an ectopic pregnancy, or a term or preterm pregnancy or following the diagnosis of a hydatidiform mole. During pregnancy, it may be more common than reported, as most patients are asymptomatic and placental choriocarcinomas are usually inconspicuous macroscopically and are often mistaken for an infarct. Based upon a case study...
Desde sempre o cancro foi considerado uma das patologias mais severas, sendo uma das principais causas de morte a nível mundial. Os gastos anuais de saúde, quer ao nível de despesas hospitalares quer em medicamentos antineoplásicos, têm sido na ordem dos milhões, sendo que em Portugal atingiu quase 25% dos gastos totais do sector da saúde. Actualmente, os tratamentos convencionais utilizados no combate ao cancr...
Revista de Psicologia da Criança e do Adolescente. - ISSN 1647-4120. - V. 5, n. 1 (Janeiro-Junho 2014). - p. 41-56.; As emoções são frequentemente entendidas como fazendo parte da experiência quotidiana, uma vez que são indissociáveis do processamento cognitivo. Nos últimos anos, a ideia de que a experiência emocional não é preformada mas descoberta durante o ato de expressão permitiu à emoção emancipar-se do s...
Os recém-nascidos (RN) internados em Unidades de Cuidados Intensivos Neonatais (UCIN), são expostos a múltiplos procedimentos médicos e/ou de enfermagem considerados dolorosos ou potencialmente dolorosos. Com a exposição precoce a eventos dolorosos repetidos, os RN podem ficar condicionados à dor, sentir intensidades de dor mais elevadas durante eventos dolorosos futuros, estarem predispostos a estados de dor p...