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Assessing exposure to environmental contaminants in portuguese mother-infant pa...
Namorado, Sónia; Pastorinho, M. Ramiro; Simões, Mariana; Coelho, Susana; Lamy, Elsa; Silva, Susana Pereira; Ogura, Joana; Nunes, BaltazarObjective: Today chemicals play a major role in our daily lives, being present in the air we breathe, in the food we eat and in the products we use. As such, it is essential to know the levels of chemicals present in our bodies and assess the risks associated. For that, Human Biomonitoring (HBM), the measurement of the concentrations of chemicals in human biological samples, is a very useful technique. Neverthe...
A Misleading Angioedema: Case Report
Vale, Gonçalo; Simões, Mariana; São Pedro, Maria; Extreia, Joana; Pais, PatríciaHereditary angioedema is a rare clinical syndrome characterized by episodic nonpitting swelling of the subcutaneous and submucosal tissues due to a deficiency or lack of function of the C1 esterase inhibitor. It commonly affects nondependent areas, such as the tongue, lips, face, and upper airways. Potentially a life-threatening disease, it mostly resolves without complications. It is often unrecognized or misd...
Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Sleep and Dreams: Study in a Portuguese Sample
Simões, Mariana; Farate, Carlos; Espirito-Santo, Helena; Vicente, HenriqueResearch has shown that during the COVID-19 pandemic, there were significant changes in sleep quality and dream activity. An increase in dream and nightmare recall frequency and a predominance of aversive emotional and phantasmatic dream content were recorded. The objective ofthe study wasto analyzethe pandemic’s socio occupational, psychological and experiential impact, focusing on sleep quality, dream/nightma...
Furuncular Myiasis of the Scalp, an Unexpected Diagnosis
Vale, Gonçalo; Simões, Mariana; Afonso, Paula.
COVID-19 - What changed in the Pediatric Emergency Room of a District Hospital ...
Pessoa, Tânia; Parente, Rita; São Pedro, Maria; Simões, Mariana; Vale, Gonçalo; Lacerda, Catarina; Santos, Sandra; Correia, Susana; Didelet, CristinaIntroduction: The COVID-19 pandemic led to the adoption of a state of emergency in Portugal, during which hospital emergency admissions declined. The aim of this study was to analyze the differences in Pediatric Emergency Room admissions during the state of emergency compared to the pre-pandemic setting. Material and methods: Retrospective analytical observational study of patients admitted to the Pediatric Eme...
Covid-19 - What changed in the pediatric emergency room of a district hospital ...
Pessoa, Tânia; Parente, Rita; São-Pedro, Maria; Simões, Mariana; Vale, Gonçalo; Lacerda, Catarina; Santos, Sandra; Correia, Susana; Didelet, CristinaIntroduction: The COVID-19 pandemic led to the adoption of a state of emergency in Portugal, during which hospital emergency admissions declined. The aim of this study was to analyze the differences in Pediatric Emergency Room admissions during the state of emergency compared to the pre-pandemic setting. Material and methods: Retrospective analytical observational study of patients admitted to the Pediatric Eme...
Anxious Hyperventilation and Hyperreflexia: Hypophosphatemia Diagnostic Clues
Simões, Mariana; Pedro, Maria São; Castro, SofiaTen-year-old boy admitted with headache, transitory muscle spasm of the extremities, mental confusion and shortness of breath after a stressful event. Blood tests revealed hypophosphatemia (serum phosphate 1.4 mg/dL). Diagnosis was acute hypophosphatemia due to hyperventilation, as a result of redistribution of serum phosphate. During hospitalization, he received oral phosphate supplementation and attained norm...
A importância do treino dos adutores para a manutenção do equilíbrio na técnica...
Simões, MarianaO presente Relatório de Estágio enquadra-se no Mestrado em Ensino de Dança da Escola Superior de Dança do Instituto Politécnico de Lisboa. A componente prática deste relatório, que se reporta ao ano letivo 2019/2020, foi realizada com base nos princípios da investigação-ação, implementada numa turma do 3º ano do Ensino Artístico Especializado de Dança da Escola de Dança Lugar Presente, com idades compreendidas ...
Estudo de um caso de falha numa válvula de enchimento
Simões, MarianaEsta dissertação descreve o estudo de uma análise de falha realizado numa válvula de enchimento de uma enchedora de garrafas de uma Cervejeira. A enchedora é um equipamento de 1996 e está colocada numa linha de enchimento constituída por diversos equipamentos, liderando a cadência de produção. Qualquer falha existente tanto na enchedora, como noutro equipamento, irá afetar a linha de enchimento por um todo. A f...
Differentiated skeletal cells contribute to blastema formation during zebrafish...
Sousa, Sara; Afonso, Nuno; Bensimon-Brito, Anabela; Fonseca, Mariana; Simões, Mariana; Leon, Joaquín; Roehl, Henry; Cancela, Maria LeonorThe origin of cells that generate the blastema following appendage amputation has been a long-standing question in epimorphic regeneration studies. The blastema is thought to originate from either stem (or progenitor) cells or differentiated cells of various tissues that undergo dedifferentiation. Here, we investigate the origin of cells that contribute to the regeneration of zebrafish caudal fin skeletal eleme...