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Relatório científico da Expedição Oceano Azul - Cascais | Mafra | Sintra

A zona marítima dos concelhos de Cascais, Mafra e Sintra tem sido pouco estudada, não obstante situar-se frente a grandes centros urbanos e ser alvo de diversos usos e atividades humanas. Algumas das suas características geográficas e dos seus elementos notáveis ao nível dos fundos marinhos acrescem o seu interesse científico e patrimonial. Com o objectivo de ampliar o conhecimento científico sobre a biodiversi...

Equation-Oriented Modeling and Optimization of a Biorefinery Based on Avocado W...

Due to the growth in the consumption of avocado in recent years, the amount of waste caused by avocado peel and seed has increased. Avocado waste can be transformed into valuable products such as energy, biofuels, and biological products using integrated processes in a biorefinery. This paper considers the detailed modeling, simulation, and optimization of a biorefinery for the production of phenolic compounds,...

Molecular Screening and Characterization of Enteric Protozoan Parasites and Mic...

Enteric parasites pose significant threats to both human and veterinary health, ranking among the top causes of mortality worldwide. Wild migratory waterfowl, such as ducks, may serve as hosts and vectors for these parasites, facilitating their transmission across ecosystems. This study conducted a molecular screening of enteric parasites in three species of wild ducks of the genus Anas (A. acuta, A. platyrhync...

Worldwide trends in underweight and obesity from 1990 to 2022: A pooled analysi...

Background: Underweight and obesity are associated with adverse health outcomes throughout the life course. We estimated the individual and combined prevalence of underweight or thinness and obesity, and their changes, from 1990 to 2022 for adults and school-aged children and adolescents in 200 countries and territories. Methods: We used data from 3663 population-based studies with 222 million participants that...

Results of Surgery Versus Stereotactic Body Radiotherapy for Lung Cancer

Optimization of an improved calcium-looping process for thermochemical energy s...

The calcium-looping (CaL) process comprises an endothermic calcination reaction, where CaO and CO2 are generated from CaCO3, and its reverse exothermic carbonation reaction. CaL is promising for thermochemical energy storage (TCES) in concentrating solar power plants. The CaL-TCES process includes: a calciner where solar energy is transformed into thermochemical energy; a carbonator where the stored energy is r...

Using Patient-Reported Outcome Measures to Evaluate Care for Patients With Infl...

Objectives: Few countries integrate patient-reported outcome measures (PROMs) in routine performance assessment and those that do focus on elective surgery. This study addresses the challenges of using PROMs to evaluate care in chronic conditions. We set out a modeling strategy to assess the extent to which changes over time in self-reported health status by patients with inflammatory chronic rheumatic disease ...

Molecular Detection and Characterization of Coronaviruses in Migratory Ducks fr...

Coronaviruses (CoVs) are part of the Coronaviridae family, and the genera Gamma (γ) and Delta (δ) are found mostly in birds. Migratory birds have an enormous potential for dispersing pathogenic microorganisms. Ducks (order Anseriformes) can host CoVs from birds, with pathogenic expression and high economic impact. This study aimed to identify and characterize the diversity of CoVs in migratory ducks from Portug...

Baseline anaemia increases locally advanced rectal cancer mortality in older pa...

Purpose: The median diagnosis age of rectal cancer (RC) is 70 years old. The standard of care for locally advanced RC (LARC) is preoperative chemoradiation (CRT) followed by surgery. Anaemia is a frequent condition in older patients but is not a pure consequence of ageing. Methods: The patients aged 65 years or over, with clinical stage II/III LARC, and treated with preoperative concurrent CRT were retrospectiv...

Height and body-mass index trajectories of school-aged children and adolescents...

Background: Comparable global data on health and nutrition of school-aged children and adolescents are scarce. We aimed to estimate age trajectories and time trends in mean height and mean body-mass index (BMI), which measures weight gain beyond what is expected from height gain, for school-aged children and adolescents. Methods: For this pooled analysis, we used a database of cardiometabolic risk factors colla...