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The history of electroconvulsive therapy
Medinas, Raquel; Santos, Catarina; Quintao, Ana; Azevedo, Filipe; Santana, Leonor; Prates, Filipa; Caetano, RicardoPublisher Copyright: © Medicinska naklada – Zagreb, Croatia.; Electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) is one of the oldest biological treatments in psychiatry. ECT appeared in Europe in the 1930s. During the past century, it underwent several advances, setbacks, and successive adaptations. Despite its stigmatizing media coverage, it maintains its usefulness in current psychiatric clinical practice. This paper aims to p...
Identification of novel candidate predisposing genes in familial nonmedullary t...
Pires, Carolina; Marques, Inês J.; Saramago, Ana; Moura, Margarida M.; Pojo, Marta; Cabrera, Rafael; Santos, Catarina; Rosário, Francisco; Lousa, DianaFunding Information: The authors are thankful to the patients and their families for their cooperation. The authors are thankful to Liga Portuguesa Contra o Cancro\u2014N\u00FAcleo Regional do Sul (LPCC\u2010NRS) that granted the researcher Marta Pojo. This study was funded by LPCC\u2010NRS, Televis\u00E3o Independente, Instituto Portugu\u00EAs de Oncologia de Lisboa Francisco Gentil \u2010 E.P.E (IPOLFG), iNOV...
Risk factors, symptoms, and prevalence of lower limb work-related musculoskelet...
Santos, Catarina; Gabriel, Ana Teresa; Quaresma, Cláudia; Nunes, Isabel L.Publisher Copyright: © 2024 The Authors; While performing orthopedic surgeries, surgeons stand for long hours, carrying out repetitive and/or forceful movements, in sustained awkward postures, increasing the risk of work-related musculoskeletal disorders (WRMSD). Nonetheless, the literature addressing the risk factors, prevalence and symptoms of lower limb WRMSD remains dispersed and lacks a comprehensive synth...
Exploring the use of wearable sensors for assessing risk factors during orthope...
Santos, Catarina; Gabriel, Ana Teresa; Quaresma, Cláudia; Nunes, Isabel L.Publisher Copyright: © 2024 The authors acknowledge Fundação Ciência e a Tecnologia (FCT-MCTES) for its financial support via the project UIDP/00667/2020, UIDB/00667/2020 (UNIDEMI) and DOI 10.54499/UIDB/04559/2020 (LIBPhys-UNL).; During orthopedic surgeries, surgeons are generally exposed to prolonged periods of standing, awkward and sustained body postures, and forceful movements, which can increase the likeli...
Exploring triazene derivative's antimicrobial activity and its incorporation on...
Vieira, Pedro Miguel Ascenso; Bettencourt, Ana F.; Panteli, Efthymia; Santos, Catarina; Gonçalves, Lídia M.; Francisco, Ana P.; Ribeiro, Isabel A.C.Acknowledgments The authors would like to thank the Portuguese government, Fundação para a Ciência e Tecnologia (FCT), for the financial support through national funds: PTDC/BTMSAL/29335/2017. Publisher Copyright: © 2024 The Authors; Antimicrobial resistance has emerged as a significant health concern demanding the urgent development of new active molecules. Furthermore, within healthcare settings, medical devi...
3D-printed biosurfactant-chitosan antibacterial coating for the prevention of s...
Narciso, Francisco; Cardoso, Sara; Monge, Nuno; Lourenço, Madalena; Martin, Victor; Duarte, Noélia; Santos, Catarina; Gomes, Pedro; Bettencourt, AnaFunding Information: The authors would like to thank the Portuguese government, Fundação para a Ciência e Tecnologia (FCT), for the financial support through national funds PTDC/BTM-SAL/29335/2017, under iMed.ULisboa UIDB/04138/2020 and UIDP/04138/2020 and under IPL IPL/2022/3DWounDres_ESELx. FCT is also acknowledged for the research initiation Grant BII/2/FF/2022. The authors acknowledge the financial support ...
Bonding antimicrobial rhamnolipids onto medical grade PDMS
Dardouri, Maïssa; Aljnadi, Israa M.; Deuermeier, Jonas; Santos, Catarina; Costa, Fabiola; Martin, Victor; Fernandes, Maria H.; Gonçalves, LídiaFunding Information: Portugal 2020 for the Portuguese Mass Spectrometry Network (Rede Nacional de Espectrometria de Massa RNEM ) is also acknowledged. The authors also acknowledge the Designer Nuno Monge for the artwork, Isabel Dias Nogueira (Microlab, Instituto Superior Técnico, Lisbon University) for the technical assistance with the SEM analysis, Andreia Bento for the assistance with the UHPLC-MS equipment (...
Strategies to Improve the Barrier and Mechanical Properties of Pectin Films for...
Souza, Victor Gomes Lauriano; Mello, Igor Penido; Khalid, Omer; Pires, João Ricardo Afonso; Rodrigues, Carolina; Alves, Marta M.; Santos, Catarina2020.04441.BD SFRH/BD/144346/2019 UIDB/50006/2020 UIDP/50006/2020 UIDB/04077/2020 UIDP/04077/2020 UIDB /00100/2020; Traditional food packaging systems help reduce food wastage, but they also produce environmental impacts when not properly disposed of. Bio-based polymers are a promising solution to overcome these impacts, but they have poor barrier and mechanical properties. This work evaluates two strategies to...
Mutation Patterns in Portuguese Families with Hereditary Breast and Ovarian Can...
Vicente, Rodrigo; Alpuim Costa, Diogo; Vitorino, Marina; Mendes, Ana Duarte; Santos, Catarina; Fontes-Sousa, MárioFunding Information: The authors R.V., M.V., A.D.M. and C.S. declare no conflict of interest. D.A.C. has received honoraria from the Portuguese Navy, CUF Oncologia, and NTT DATA, and has served as a speaker, advisory board member, or has received research or education funding from AstraZeneca, CUF Oncologia, Daiichi Sankyo, Gilead, Hoffmann-La Roche, Merck KGaA, Merck Sharp & Dohme, Nestlé, Novartis, Pfizer, Na...
Local Breast Microbiota
Vitorino, Marina; Alpuim Costa, Diogo; Vicente, Rodrigo; Caleça, Telma; Santos, CatarinaFunding Information: D.A.C. has received honoraria from the Portuguese Navy, CUF Oncologia, and NTT DATA, and has served as a speaker, advisory board member, or has received research or education funding from AstraZeneca, CUF Oncologia, Daiichi Sankyo, Gilead, Hoffmann-La Roche, Merck KGaA, Merck Sharp & Dohme, Nestlé, Novartis, Pfizer, Nanobiotix, Puma Biotechnology Inc., Sanofi, Seagen Inc., and Uriage. Publi...