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RoBERTaLexPT: A Legal RoBERTa Model pretrained with deduplication for Portuguese

This work investigates the application of Natural Language Processing (NLP) in the legal context for the Portuguese language, emphasizing the importance of adapting pre-trained models, such as RoBERTa, from specialized corpora in the legal domain. We compiled and pre-processed a Portuguese Legal corpus, LegalPT corpus, addressing challenges of high document duplication in legal corpora, and measuring the impact...

Establishment of an induced pluripotent cell line (ABCRIi001-A) from an elderly...

Human induced pluripotent stem cells (hiPSCs) hold promises to model and understand human diseases, including those associated with ageing. Here, we describe ABCRIi001-A, a hiPSC line generated from peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMCs) of a 79-year-old female enrolled in a study for development of an ageing score (ALFA Score). PBMCs were reprogrammed using three Sendai virus-based reprogramming vectors (h...

Effects of dietary supplementation with macroalgae on sperm quality and antioxi...

Within the efforts in the search for novel feed ingredients in aquaculture, macroalgae are being widely explored due to their diversity of bioactive compounds with considerable prophylactic and therapeutic potential. Plocamium cartilagineum and Sargassum vulgare, have the potential to positively impact fish health, mainly due to their antioxidant properties. The production of Senegalese sole (Solea senegalensis...

Measuring healthy ageing: current and future tools

Human ageing is a complex, multifactorial process characterised by physiological damage, increased risk of age-related diseases and inevitable functional deterioration. As the population of the world grows older, placing significant strain on social and healthcare resources, there is a growing need to identify reliable and easy-to-employ markers of healthy ageing for early detection of ageing trajectories and d...

Reprogramming iPSCs to study age-related diseases: models, therapeutics, and cl...

The unprecedented rise in life expectancy observed in the last decades is leading to a global increase in the ageing population, and age-associated diseases became an increasing societal, economic, and medical burden. This has boosted major efforts in the scientific and medical research communities to develop and improve therapies to delay ageing and age-associated functional decline and diseases, and to expand...

Characterization of oral enterobacteriaceae prevalence and resistance profile i...

Chronic Kidney Disease (CKD) is a growing public-health concern worldwide. Patients exhibit compromised immunity and are more prone to infection than other populations. Therefore, oral colonization by clinically relevant members of the Enterobacteriaceae family, major agents of both nosocomial and dialysis-associated infections with frequent prevalence of antibiotic resistances, may constitute a serious risk. T...

Raoultella ornithinolytica: an opportunistic pathogen in the oral cavity of chr...

Biotechnology for art conservation: Microbiological characterization of public ...

BIONANOSCULP: development of chitosan-based coatings as an eco-friendly strateg...

Urban outdoor sculptures, which are an immeasurable part of our cultural heritage, are easily vulnerable to chemical and physical alterations due to their exposure to weather elements and air pollution. These alterations are aggravated by the colonization of degrading microorganisms. Nowadays, the products used for biodeterioration control of such cultural objects lack versatility or are toxic to the environmen...

Development of a disposable paper-based potentiometric immunosensor for real-ti...

This work reports a new paper-based sensing platform and its application in a label-free potentiometric immunosensor for Salmonella typhimurium detection based on the blocking surface principle. A paper-based strip electrode was integrated with a filter paper pad which acted as a reservoir of the internal solution. The design offers a convenient platform for antibody immobilization and sampling, proving also th...