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Advancing knowledge on environmental health in urban settings : From evidence t...

A saúde ambiental é influenciada por interações complexas indicadores de saúde e indicadores do ambiente natural e construído. Contudo, existe pouca investigação sobre as especificidades dessas relações nas populações que residem em contexto urbano. A crescente urbanização e a industrialização que se tem observado têm criado vários problemas de saúde ambiental e ameaçam não só o desenvolvimento sustentável do a...

Environmental determinants of population health in urban settings. A systematic...

Background: Population health is influenced by interactions between environmental determinants, which are captured by dimensions and indicators. This study aims to systematically review key environmental determinants and respective dimensions and indicators, relevant to evaluate population health in urban settings, and to understand their potential implications into policies. Methods: A search of literature pub...

Selecting indicators to monitor and assess environmental health in a Portuguese...

Environmental health (EH) is influenced by complex interactions between health and the built and natural environments, there being little research on its specificities in urban settings. The use of suitable indicators to monitor and assess EH is fundamental in informing evidence-based interventions at the local level. A participatory approach to selecting indicators to inform the monitoring and assessment of EH...

Environmental determinants of population health in urban settings : a systemati...

Background: Population health is influenced by interactions between environmental determinants, which are captured by dimensions and indicators. This study aims to systematically review key environmental determinants and respective dimensions and indicators, relevant to evaluate population health in urban settings, and to understand their potential implications into policies. Methods: A search of literature pub...

Comparing the continuous geboes score with the Robarts Histopathology Index: de...

Background and Aims: The histological status of ulcerative colitis [UC] patients in clinical and endoscopic remission has gained space as an important prognostic marker and a key component of disease monitoring. Our main aims were to compare two histological indexes-the continuous Geboes score [GS] and the Robarts Histopathology index [RHI]-regarding their definitions of histological remission and response, and...

Comparison of different histological indexes in the assessment of UC activity a...

Objective Histological remission is being increasingly acknowledged as a therapeutic endpoint in patients with UC. The work hereafter described aimed to evaluate the concordance between three histological classification systems-Geboes Score (GS), Nancy Index (NI) and RobartsHistopathologyIndex (RHI), as well as to evaluate their association with the endoscopic outcomes and the faecal calprotectin (FC) levels. D...

A Deep Learning Approach for Red Lesions Detection in Video Capsule Endoscopies

The wireless capsule endoscopy has revolutionized early diagnosis of small bowel diseases. However, a single examination has up to 10 h of video and requires between 30–120 min to read. Computational methods are needed to increase both efficiency and accuracy of the diagnosis. In this paper, an evaluation of deep learning U-Net architecture is presented, to detect and segment red lesions in the small bowel. Its...

Development of barley and yeast β-glucan aerogels for drug delivery by supercri...

Polysaccharide aerogels are a good alternative as carriers for drug delivery, since they allow high loading of the active compounds in matrices that are non-toxic, biocompatible and from a renewable feedstock. In this work, barley and yeast β-glucans aerogels were produced by gelation in aqueous solution, followed by solvent exchange and drying with supercritical CO2. First, viscoelastic properties and melting ...

Accuracy of faecal calprotectin and neutrophil Gelatinase B-associated Lipocali...

Background and Aims: Mucosal healing and histological remission are different targets for patients with ulcerative colitis, but both rely on an invasive endoscopic procedure. This study aimed to assess faecal calprotectin and neutrophil gelatinase B-associated lipocalin as biomarkers for disease activity in asymptomatic ulcerative colitis patients. Methods: This was a multicentric cross-sectional study includin...

Successfull endoscopic closure of gastrocutaneous fistula with an over-the-scop...