Improving animal feed efficiency to reduce Greenhouse Gas Emissions (GGE) is part of the support to be granted under the new Common Agricultural Policy Strategic Plan for Portugal. Pig producers do not have many alternatives to reduce the carbon footprint impact of their pork as the Feed Industry (FI) that supplies them still buys low-cost ingredients from the world market without considering their environmenta...
Person-centred care (PCC) emphasises the need for the health care professional to prioritise individual patient needs, thereby fostering a collaborative and emphatic environment that empowers patients to actively participate in their own care. This article will explore the purpose of PCC in Nuclear Medicine (NM), while discussing strategies that may be used to implement PCC during diagnostic NM examinations per...
Previous tsunami numerical model results show that the 1755 tsunami reached the Figueirinha beach 35 min after the earthquake, resulting in the inundation of the beach, the parking lot, and two sections of the road on the beach. Thus, an effective evacuation plan for the beach must be identified. However, conducting drills and evacuation exercises is costly and time-consuming. As an alternative, this study deve...
The Cognitive Emotion Regulation Questionnaire (CERQ) is a multidimensional measure widely used to access nine cognitive emotion regulation strategies. In this study, we examined the psychometric properties of the CERQ-Short Portuguese version. A sample of 1052 adolescents (aged 10-25 years old, 60.53% females) completed the CERQ-Short form, the Positive and Negative Affect Schedule, the Generalised Anxiety Dis...
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Introduction: Acute exacerbations of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (AECOPD) lead to a decline not only in the patient’s lung function but also in other important health domains, such as functional status. Functional status includes functional capacity and functional performance. Functional capacity refers to one’s maximal potential to realize a functional activity in a standardized environment. Function...
Osteoarthritis (OA) is a disease with a high negative impact on patient's quality of life and a high financial burden. It is a source of chronic pain and affects all mammals, including humans and dogs. As the dog is a common model for translation research of human OA, and exploring spontaneous dog OA can improve the health and well-being of both humans and dogs. To describe the effect of the intra-articular adm...
This study provides empirical evidence on changes in entities’ reporting of interests in joint ventures from proportionate consolidation to the equity method following adoption of IFRS 11 and their application of the corresponding IFRS 12 disclosure requirements. The sample includes 551 firms from 26 countries affected by the adoption of IFRS 11 (1,858 financial statements). The findings indicate that many firm...
Culture is intrinsically linked to the values of society. Politics dictates our evolution of society through choices and omissions. Older people and their perceived value to the world must be a global priority. Still, the West has not valued this age group wisely and fairly. The data indicate that the impact of social circumstances on the quality of life of the elderly has not been of paramount importance. Inve...
This work aimed at developing a new dairy product, made of ewe’s milk that cannot be used for making the Serra da Estrela cheese (with Protected Designation of Origin) for not filling the exact specifications. In this way are allied economic with environmental advan- tages. Because this unusable milk represents econom- ic loss for the producers while at the same time increas- ing the volume of effluents that ne...