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Sustainable valorisation of local resources to promote food security: palm wine...

The need to utilize valuable natural resources and turn them into valuable food products is rising both for economic as well as sustainable purposes. The utilization of valuable local products helps deal with pollution, with scarcity of natural resources while also being able to provide possible alternative solutions to traditional foods and beverages, that help fight the problem of food insecurity in some area...

Investigação e formação em questões de género com crianças

Introdução: As questões de género são um tema fundamental na atualidade, que importa debater desde cedo, a fim de contribuir para o desenvolvimento de uma cidadania plena. Objetivo: Compreender as perspetivas das crianças sobre a igualdade de género, em geral e a nível profissional e salarial, antes e depois de uma intervenção pedagógica interdisciplinar no 1.º Ciclo do Ensino Básico (CEB). Métodos: Estudo qual...

Healthy Eating – A Case Study Involving Participants From Different Countries

People need to eat for physiological reasons, to ensure a proper body functioning of the cells and organs. Nevertheless, what people eat and what they choose to eat is not only influences by a basic necessity of the body, and is determines by many other factors of personal or social nature. The purpose of this study was to investigate motivation for eating healthy food in a large sample of individual from diffe...

Preliminary Study and Pre-Validation in Portugal of New Farmers’ Mindfulness an...

Background/Objective: Besides the common risks associated with agriculture, recently, there has been growing concern about the impact of agriculture on farmers’ mental health, due to high stress levels, depression, anxiety, and increasing rates of suicide, especially complex considering that many of these farmers are older people. The potential of the practice of mindfulness to minimize mental health problems a...

Nutritional Approaches in Neurodegenerative Disorders: A Mini Scoping Review wi...

Background: Neurodegenerative diseases, including spastic paraplegia type 11 (SPG11), are complex disorders characterized by progressive neurological decline and significant metabolic disturbances. Spatacsin, the protein encoded by the SPG11 gene, plays a critical role in autophagy and lysosomal homeostasis, which are essential for neuronal health. Its impairment leads to defective cellular clearance and neurod...

Edible insects – A pilot study on how knowledge and information can be a motor ...

Sustainable and healthy diets in Portugal

Sustainability of edible insects: insights from a sample of Portuguese citizens

PEF Priming of Seeds for Microgreen Production: A Comparative Study

Seed priming with Pulsed Electric Fields (PEF) is a promising strategy to enhance early plant development and crop quality. This study evaluated PEF priming effects on Beetroot (Beta vulgaris L.), Arugula (Eruca vesicaria), and Basil (Ocimum basilicum L.) microgreens by assessing the effects of three distinct monopolar PEF protocols (PEFA: 2 kV/cm; PEFB: 3 kV/cm; PEFC: 4 kV/cm). PEFB and PEFC treatments signifi...

Edible Insects – Exotic Food or Gastronomic Innovation? Study Involving 14 Coun...

This study explores the perceptions about edible insects and their usage in modern gastronomy. Data were collected through questionnaire survey in 14 countries, and 7222 responses were obtained. ANOVA and factor analysis were used, respectively to evaluate differences between groups and to analyze the scale items. The results showed that participants showed higher agreement toward insects being considered exoti...