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Diagnosis and management of acromegaly: a consensus statement of the pituitary ...
Cardoso, Luís Miguel; Marques, Pedro; Pereira, Maria Teresa; Agapito, Ana; Almeida, Rui; Amaral, Sara; Cattoni, Maria Begona; Bugalho, Maria JoãoAcromegaly is characterised by hypersecretion of growth hormone and presents diagnostic and therapeutic challenges that require consensus and guidelines for effective management. The Pituitary Study Group of the Portuguese Society of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism used a modified Delphi methodology to develop consensus recommendations for the diagnosis and management of acromegaly. A multidisciplinary p...
Oyster shells’ incorporation into mortar to achieve blue circular economy: LCA ...
Bellei, Poliana; Schäfer, Giovanna; Magalhães, Fernanda; Torres, Isabel; Marques da Costa, Eduarda; Solstad, Runar; Flores-Colen, InêsCurrently, society's great challenge is to face climate change and mitigate environmental impacts. This study aims to identify the environmental impacts of recovering traditional construction techniques in coastal regions by incorporating oyster shells into mortar to achieve the objectives of the blue circular economy. The possible environmental impacts are measured using Life Cycle Assessment. Oyster shell is ...
Potential Use of Oyster Shell Waste in the Composition of Construction Composit...
Bellei, Poliana; Torres, Isabel; Solstad, Runar; Flores-Colen, InêsThe oyster shell is a residue rich in calcium carbonate, which can be reused as a raw material for creating building materials. For this reason, many researchers focused on the incorporation of oyster shell in the composition of composites, as it is a means of contributing to the economic sustainability by reducing the presence of pollution caused by aquaculture waste in the environment, thus increasing the val...
How entrepreneurial orientation and stakeholder engagement shape innovation cul...
Martins, Carlos; Monarca, Adélia; Torres, Isabel; Rodrigues, PaulaThe paper aims to verify how the Entrepreneurial Orientation (EO) of Family Business (FB), through the Stakeholders Engagement (SE), develops an Innovation Culture (IC) – ideas, learning through try-error and relations network to become sustainable in the long term. The study used a qualitative approach, using sixteen interviews with current managers and other stakeholders from family businesses from different ...
Tomografia por Emissão de Positrões com [18F]-FDG e Diabetes mellitus – protoco...
Borges Duarte, Diana Sofia; Violante, Liliana; Torres, Isabel; Duarte, HugoAs recomendações atuais para a preparação das pessoas com diabetes submetidas a PET-[18F]FDG foram publicadas por várias sociedades científicas. A revisão elaborada não tem como objetivo substitui-las mas sim fornecer informações adicionais e sugerir um protocolo de preparação e abordagem do paciente.; Current recommendations for [18F]FDG-PET scan patient preparation have been published by various societies. Th...
Strategic Leadership for New Competitive Environments
Torres, Isabel; Costa, Alexandra R.The subject of leadership has been addressed by many authors in numerous publications. Nevertheless, the focus has been more on the relationship of middle leaders with their employees than on the role of the strategic leader for the performance of organizations. In this chapter, the authors focus on the importance of top leadership, trying to demonstrate its crucial contribution to organizations. They give spec...
Errata to the article “Treatment of Gastroenteropancreatic Neuroendocrine Tumor...
Sampaio, Inês Lucena; Luíz, Henrique Vara; Violante, Liliana Sobral; Santos, Ana Paula; Antunes, Luis; Torres, Isabel; Sanches, CristinaArticle published with errors: https://www.actamedicaportuguesa.com/revista/index.php/amp/article/view/7306On page 732, Table 5, where it reads: Lanreótidoit should read: Octreótido; Artigo publicado com erros: https://www.actamedicaportuguesa.com/revista/index.php/amp/article/view/7306Na página 732, Tabela 5, onde se lê: LanreótidoDeverá ler-se: Octreótido
Surveillance of succinate dehydrogenase gene mutation carriers : insights from ...
Martins, Raquel; Cunha, Nuno; Simões, Helder; Matos, Maria João; Silva, João; Torres, Isabel; Rodrigues, Fernando; Leite, Valeriano; Teixeira, Manuel R.Objective: Mutations in the genes coding for succinate dehydrogenase (SDHx) are the most frequent germline alterations in pheochromocytomas and paragangliomas. Evidence for the advantages associated with presymptomatic screening for SDHx mutation carriers is scarce. This study describes a nationwide cohort of these mutation carriers and aims to compare patients with clinical manifestations of the disease and th...
Impacto dos fatores psicossociais de risco na qualidade de vida da população no...
Gaspar, Tania; Gómez-Baya, Diego; Torres, Isabel; Cerqueira, Ana; Correia, Manuela Faia; Matos, Margarida Gaspar deThe main objective ofthis study is to better understand and characterize the relationship between work-related psychosocial risk factors and quality of life dimensions in working and retired population. The data were collected at national level in Portugal. Participants were 1,330 persons, 62.2% of which female, with ages ranging between 55 and 75 years old. Were analyzed gender, age and professional status (pr...
Statistical modeling of the inactivation of spoilage microorganisms during ohmi...
Hashemi, Seyed Mohammad Bagher; Mahmoudi, Mohammad Reza; Roohi, Reza; Torres, Isabel; Saraiva, Jorge A.To reduce food pathogens, increase shelf life of fruit juices and maintaining bioactive properties preservation technologies as ohmic heating have gained interest. This study sought to investigate the effect of four ohmic resistance variables, temperature (Temp), voltage (V), current (AMP) and electric conductivity (EC), on the population of two yeasts, an ascospore and three fermentative bacteria, by inoculati...