Introduction: The COVID-19 pandemic has forced Portuguese healthcare institutions to adapt management protocols and prioritize resources. These adjustments had a significant impact, affecting both clinical care and also training programs. The aim of this study was to access the maxillofacial surgery resident's perspective on the pandemic's impact on specialty training. Methods: We designed a nationwide question...
Although collaborative networks (CN) are widespread in academia and have come to be even more used in corporations all over the world, they still face several challenges on behalf of the new product development (NPD) context, especially in regard to the selection of the CN’s right partner. This becomes even more evident when it comes to promoting sustainable development goals within a CN’s activities, by select...
Currently, sustainability is considered a priority by society, with the household appliances being one of the economic sectors involved in achieving sustainability. However, the existence of several issues (e.g., energy and water consumption, reliability, initial cost, and illuminance, among others) together with the diversity of brands and models on the market, make the consumer's decisions regarding sustainab...
Nowadays-and due to an increasingly competitive world-organizations need to collaborate in an open innovation context to be efficient and effective by achieving high levels of innovation with their products and services. However, the existing resources-as well as the innovation achieved from the diversity of partners involved-brings challenges to the management; in particularly with risk management. To fulfill ...
The Portuguese Severe Asthma Registry (Registo de Asma Grave Portugal, RAG) was developed by an open collaborative network of asthma specialists. RAG collects data from adults and pediatric severe asthma patients that despite treatment optimization and adequate management of comorbidities require step 4/5 treatment according to GINA recommendations. In this paper, we describe the development and implementation ...
AIM: To investigate whether, under the influence of polypectomy, the incidence of adenoma decreases with age. METHODS: Consecutive patients with colonic adenomas identified at index colonoscopy were retrospectively selected if they had undergone three or more complete colonoscopies, at least 24 mo apart. Patients who had any first-degree relative with colorectal cancer were excluded. Data regarding number of ad...