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Target selection criteria for intervention in speech sound disorders: the pract...

Speech Sound Disorder (SSD) is one of the most prevalent diagnoses in early childhood. Children with SSD represent a heterogeneous group, which poses great challenges to the Speech and Language Therapist (SLT) when planning therapeutic intervention. Recently, the importance of combining traditional and new selection criteria to respond more effectively to children with SSD has been addressed. The traditional cr...

Portuguese speech and language therapists’ practices: services delivery for chi...

Factors such as session frequency and format (individual and/or group) can impact the efficacy of therapeutic interventions for children with speech sound disorders (SSD). Although research on this topic is limited, it is important to understand the current practices of Speech and Language Therapists (SLTs) and compare them to existing studies on services delivery for SSD.

Robotic Colorectal Surgery: Analysis of the First Three Years of Activity in a ...

Introduction: Minimally invasive surgery has been increasingly accepted and used in colorectal surgery. Several studies report that robotic surgery may provide advantages over ‘conventional’ laparoscopy, namely in rectal surgery. This paper provides an account of the first three years of experience with robotic surgery in the Unidade de Patologia Colorretal of the Unidade Local de Saúde S. José. Methods: Variab...

Assessing the perceptual equivalence of a firefighting training exercise across...

The advantages of Virtual Reality (VR) over traditional training, together with the development of VR technology, have contributed to an increase in the body of literature on training professionals with VR. However, there is a gap in the literature concerning the comparison of training in a Virtual Environment (VE) with the same training in a Real Environment (RE), which would contribute to a better understandi...

The Implementation of the Circular Economy R-Principles and Strategies: The Por...

Circular Economy (CE) is a concept that has been gaining increasing importance in business circles and advocated by European Union, and by several governments worldwide. It is acknowledged that it has the potential to optimise resource efficiency, minimise production and consumption of greenhouse gas emissions, while simultaneously granting competitive advantage business prospects. Although it has been gaining ...

Carcinoma Adenóide Cístico: Uma Causa Rara de Obstrução da Traqueia

O carcinoma adenóide cístico (CAC) da traqueia é uma neoplasia maligna rara, pouco consensual na literatura em relação ao estadiamento e abordagem terapêutica. Dada a sua raridade, é por vezes difícil o diagnóstico correto com os achados clínicos e imagiológicos, o que condiciona frequentemente atraso no diagnóstico. A familiarização do radiologista com esta entidade é fundamental para a sua deteção precoce e i...

Studying the influence of multisensory stimuli on a firefighting training virtu...

Using Heart Rate variability for comparing the effectiveness of virtual vs real...

The use of Virtual Reality (VR) technology to train professionals has increased over the years due to its advantages over traditional training. This paper presents a study comparing the effectiveness of a Virtual Environment (VE) and a Real Environment (RE) designed to train firefighters. To measure the effectiveness of the environments, a new method based on participants’ Heart Rate Variability (HRV) was used....

Guia orientador para a análise das PSF à luz da fonologia não linear

As crianças com Perturbações dos Sons da Fala (PSF) constituem um grupo heterogéneo, uma vez que diferem entre si quanto à idade, gravidade, etiologia, tipo de erros de fala, envolvimento de outros aspetos do sistema linguístico, desenvolvimento e resposta ao tratamento, o que acarreta dificuldades na classificação, que são acrescidas pela ausência de guidelines claras de diagnóstico para a identificação de cri...

Circular Economy and Sustainability: What Are They Saying About It? – A Literat...

Circular economy (CE) and sustainability are two interrelated con- cepts that are increasingly gaining attention in the fields of business, economics, and environmental studies. Although both concepts share similarities as they both aim to reduce the negative impact of human activities on the environment and promote sustainable development, they have predominantly been addressed sep- arately as two independent ...