Background: The importance of mental health services that support a recovery-oriented approach is increasingly recognized, and measures that evaluate this practice and promote change over time are needed. The INSPIRE measure is a 27-item questionnaire designed to assess service users’ perceptions of the support received from health professionals in their personal recovery. This study aimed to validate the Portu...
With the proliferation of ODR service providers, there is a critical necessity to establish mechanisms supporting their functioning, particularly while designing ODR processes. This article aims to examine the impact of process modelling using BPMN, and of its relevance in the integration of AI into ODR processes within the EU. BPMN allows a meticulous depiction of all the ODR process steps, stakeholders, and u...
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Familial hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM) is the most common inherited heart condition. HCM patients show left ventricle hypertrophy without any associated loading conditions, being at risk for heart failure and sudden cardiac death. Two induced pluripotent stem cell (iPSC) lines were generated from peripheral blood mononuclear cells obtained from two unrelated individuals, a 54-year-old male (F81) and a 44-ye...
A membrane ozone contactor, operated under continuous mode, was applied to promote the tertiary treatment of urban wastewater (UWW), targeting the removal of contaminants of emerging concern (CECs), bacterial disinfection, and toxicity reduction. This system relies on the homogeneous radial distribution of ozone (O3) in the reaction zone by "titration" through a microfiltration borosilicate tubular membrane, wh...
Objetivos: As infeções do trato urinário (ITU) são das infeções bacterianas mais frequentes em pediatria. O exame bacteriológico da urina (EBU) é o teste referência para o diagnóstico de ITU. Sendo um exame moroso, a decisão de iniciar antibioterapia baseia-se na clínica e na urinálise (ASU). A suspeita de ITU na criança e adolescente poderá ser orientada pelo médico de família. O objetivo deste estudo foi aval...
Introduction: Ruptured abdominal aortic aneurysm’s treatment relies on the emergent surgery, considering preoperative prognosis. There are several scores that estimate perioperative mortality of ruptured abdominal aortic aneurysm, however, the accuracy of such algorithms in some populations remains unknown. Objective: Compare the prognostic validity of the Weingarten score with the Glasgow Aneurysm Score and th...
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A pandemia de COVID-19 teve um impacto profundo na sociedade portuguesa, que se mobilizou para evitar o colapso do Serviço Nacional de Saúde (SNS). Como estudantes de Medicina, não podíamos ficar de braços cruzados enquanto os nossos professores, colegas seniores de profissão, se debatiam contra este inimigo invisível. Sentíamos que era nosso dever agir. Esta atitude inconformista resultou em várias iniciativas...