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Desconstruindo a divisão sociedade-natureza: processo colaborativo de cocriação...

"But are you Portuguese or Brazilian?" Individual factors and phonological infl...

In a context of contact between dialects, it will not be strictly necessary, at first, the acquisition of the other variety for communication to be successful; even so, Kupisch et al. (2023) report that, in their Accent Rating Task, European Portuguese (EP) evaluators of audio snippets of Brazilian immigrants who arrived in Portugal at adult age were less sure of these immigrants’ origins than they were in thei...

Analysis of the carbon footprint of a textile company for the automotive industry

This study aims to develop a process to calculate the carbon footprint of a company in the textile sector for the automotive industry, thus addressing a research gap identified in this sector. Based on a structured calculation model, the project aspires to innovate by quantifying not only the greenhouse gas emissions at different stages of the company’s operations, including those generated by the consumed elec...

Alterations in mucosa branched N-glycans lead to dysbiosis and downregulation o...

The perturbation of the symbiotic relationship between microbes and intestinal immune system contributes to gut inflammation and Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD) development. The host mucosa glycans (glycocalyx) creates a major biological interface between gut microorganisms and host immunity that remains ill-defined. Glycans are essential players in IBD immunopathogenesis, even years before disease onset. Howe...

Relative energy deficiency in sport in young portuguese gymnasts

Relative energy deficiency in sport in young Portuguese gymnasts

Objective: Research on energy-deficient athletic cohorts has broadened the concept of the Female Athlete Triad into the Relative Energy Deficiency in Sport syndrome, that represents a spectrum of abnormalities induced by low energy availability, affecting competing athletes, in particular gymnasts. The present study aimed to evaluate the nutritional status, body composition, including bone mineral density, of r...

Eating out of home in Portugal: characterization and effects on dietary intake

This cross-sectional study aims to describe and compare energy, nutrient intake, and food consumption according to eating location and by age groups using data from the National Food, Nutrition and Physical Activity Survey (IAN-AF 2015/2016). Dietary intake was estimated by two non-consecutive days of food diaries (children)/24-hour recalls (other age groups) and four eating location categories were defined acc...

Consumo de alimentos ultraprocessados: Relação com o índice de massa corporal d...

Estudos recentes demonstraram associação significativa entre o consumo de alimentos ultraprocessados e dados antropométricos, como o índice de massa corporal. O elevado teor de gordura, açúcar, sal e a presença de aditivos e conservantes nestes alimentos, torna-os altamente palatáveis, levando a um consumo excessivo e regular. Objetivos: Avaliar a relação entre o consumo de alimentos ultraprocessados com o Índi...

Preventive behaviors among Higher Education Students in response to COVID-19: t...

Dor musculosquelética lombar e qualidade de vida em praticantes de musculação

A prática de musculação aparece ligada a benefícios para a saúde e bem-estar, mas também surge associada a queixas de dor musculoesquelética lombar (Scriven et al., 2004), podendo estas ter impacto na participação ocupacional e na qualidade de vida (QdV). A terapia ocupacional, tanto numa perspetiva de prevenção como de intervenção, visa a promoção da participação ocupacional e da qualidade de vida (Gomes et al...