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Enter the virtual forest: exploring the benefits of forest therapy in a digital...
Soutelo, Ana Paula; Simões De Almeida, Raquel; Sousa, Ana Rita; Simões-Silva, Vítor; Monteiro, Maria Luís; Portugal, PaulaOne of the many challenges of this urbanization is significantly reflected in the distribution of urban green spaces, which may still not meet the needs of all inhabitants and preclude the many benefits that urban green spaces bring to mental health. From this perspective, Shinrin-Yoku emerged a traditional Japanese practice known as Forest Therapy (FT) or Forest Bathing (FB), as a natural health treatment. Usi...
Virtual reality therapy: the power of role-playing social skills
Soutelo, Ana Paula; Sousa, Ana Rita; Monteiro, Maria Luís; Fernandes, Ângela; Coelho, Tiago; Portugal, PaulaRole-play (RP) is a technique for teaching communication and training interpersonal skills, known for its effective way of transmitting learning, in which simulation is one of its main distinguishing features. Social skills, moreover, are behaviors that involve the interpersonal relationship carried out in each social context. Although social skills training is consensually considered one of the most beneficial...
Shape-versatile fixed cellular materials for multiple target immunomodulation
Sousa, Ana Rita; Cunha, Ana F.; Santos-Coquillat, Ana; Estrada, Beatriz Hernaez; Spiller, Kara L.; Barão, Marta; Rodrigues, Artur Filipe; Simões, SusanaTherapeutic cells are usually administered as living agents, despite the risks of undesired cell migration and acquisition of unpredictable phenotypes. Additionally, most cell-based therapies rely on the administration of single cells, often associated with rapid in vivo clearance. Three-dimensional cellular materials may be useful to prolong the effect of cellular therapies and offer the possibility of creatin...
Health Literacy - Observacional Study In An Integrated Heart Failure Unit
Corrêa Figueira, Mafalda; Ferreira, Crisálida; Sousa, Ana Rita; Simões, Joana; Lopes Madeira, Margarida; de Barros Viegas, Hugo; Gonçalves, SaraIntroduction: Health literacy, nowadays best described through Sorensen’s integrated conceptual model, is a priority in current health policies due to its impact on health outcomes and costs. Low health literacy levels influence chronic disease management and prevention, contributing for a higher prevalence of cardiovascular risk factors. Methods: This is an observational study characterizing health literacy in...
Por Detrás de uma Lombalgia: Um Caso Clínico
Dias, Sandrine; Sousa, Ana Rita; Rocha Teixeira, SofiaA lombalgia é uma das causas de sofrimento mais frequente da espécie humana, depois da “constipação comum”. É um motivo frequente de consulta não só em Medicina Geral e Familiar como também noutras especialidades e é um problema de saúde pública relevante pela morbilidade e custos socioeconómicos que acarreta. Apenas uma pequena percentagem de casos corresponde a uma etiologia específica, exigindo atuação diagn...
Comprehensive genomic profiling of cell-free circulating tumor DNA detects resp...
Silveira, Catarina; Sousa, Ana Carla; Corredeira, Patrícia; Martins, Marta; Sousa, Ana Rita; Da Cruz Paula, Arnaud; Selenica, Pier; Brown, David N.Analysis of cell-free circulating tumor DNA obtained by liquid biopsy is a non-invasive approach that may provide clinically actionable information when conventional tissue biopsy is inaccessible or infeasible. Here, we followed a patient with hormone receptor-positive and human epidermal growth factor receptor (HER) 2-negative breast cancer who developed bone metastases seven years after mastectomy. We analyze...
Atitudes dos estudantes de enfermagem perante a morte e os cuidados em fim de vida
Novais, Sónia Alexandra de Lemos; Aguiar, Ana Rita; Sousa, Ana Rita; Almeida, Marta; Raposo, MartimEnquadramento: As vivências pessoais e em ensino clínico influenciam o modo como os estudantes de enfermagem lidam com a morte. Objetivo: Avaliar as atitudes dos estudantes de enfermagem perante a morte e os cuidados em fim de vida. Metodologia: Estudo descritivo. Os dados foram recolhidos através de um questionário online. Participaram 158 estudantes do curso de licenciatura em Enfermagem. Os dados quantitativ...
Engineering strategies for allogeneic solid tissue acceptance
Sousa, Ana Rita; Mano, João F.; Oliveira, Mariana B.Systemic immunosuppressants have allowed the transplantation of life-saving organs. However, they cause deleterious effects and long-term graft failure. Strategies promoting allogeneic graft acceptance and the maintenance of immunological competence have been proposed. Cell-based tolerance-inducing strategies that preserve immune competence have already extended human allograft acceptance, although toxic side e...
Recent advances in the design of implantable insulin secreting heterocellular i...
Akolpoglu, M. Birgul; Inceoglu, Yasemin; Bozuyuk, Ugur; Sousa, Ana Rita; Oliveira, Mariana B.; Mano, João F.; Kizilel, SedaIslet transplantation has proved one of the most remarkable transmissions from an experimental curiosity into a routine clinical application for the treatment of type I diabetes (T1D). Current efforts for taking this technology one-step further are now focusing on overcoming islet donor shortage, engraftment, prolonged islet availability, post-transplant vascularization, and coming up with new strategies to eli...
Nutritional characterization and storage ability of Salicornia ramosissima and ...
Antunes, Maria Dulce; Gago, Custódia; Guerreiro, Adriana; Sousa, Ana Rita; Julião, Miriam; Miguel, Maria Graca; Faleiro, Maria LeonorThe aim of this work was to study the potential of two halophytes for fresh salads. <i>Sarcocornia perennis</i> (SAR) and <i>Salicornia ramosissima</i> (SAL) plant tips were harvested in May and July, and stored at 4 °C for 14 days. At harvest, mineral analyses (Na, K, Mg, Ca, P, N, Fe, Zn, Cu, Pb and Cd), chlorophyll content, protein, β-carotene and ascorbic acid were performed. Color (CIELab), phenolics, anti...