-
Article
Open AccessValidity of central pain processing biomarkers for predicting the occurrence of oncological chronic pain: a study protocol
Despite recent improvements in cancer detection and survival rates, managing cancer-related pain remains a significant challenge. Compared to neuropathic and inflammatory pain conditions, cancer pain mechanism...
-
Article
Open AccessDifferential correlates of fear and anxiety in salience perception: A behavioral and ERP study with adolescents
Anxiety disorders are the most common psychopathologies among adolescents. Their diagnostic criteria include both fear and anxiety symptomatology, although according to the literature, we can find evidence for...
-
Article
Open AccessPrevention and screening during the COVID-19 pandemic: qualitative findings from the BETTER WISE project
The COVID-19 pandemic challenged healthcare systems worldwide and disrupted primary care, particularly prevention, screening, and lifestyle counselling. BETTER WISE is a comprehensive and structured approach t...
-
Article
Finite volume simulations of particle-laden viscoelastic fluid flows: application to hydraulic fracture processes
Accurately resolving the coupled momentum transfer between the liquid and solid phases of complex fluids is a fundamental problem in multiphase transport processes, such as hydraulic fracture operations. Speci...
-
Article
First report of Brenneria goodwinii causing acute oak decline on Quercus suber in Portugal
-
Article
Open AccessWhat is a prevention visit? A qualitative study of a structured approach to prevention and screening – the BETTER WISE project
This qualitative study is a sub-component of BETTER WISE, a comprehensive and structured approach that proactively addresses chronic disease prevention, screening, and cancer survivorship, including screening ...
-
Article
Lumefantrine Comparative Study: Single Crystal, Powder X-Ray Diffraction, Hirshfeld Surface, and Thermal Analysis
Lumefantrine is an antimalarial drug and its crystal structure is still absent in the CCDC database. The authors propose a method to obtain the single crystal of this compound and characterize it by single cry...
-
Chapter and Conference Paper
What Goes Wrong from a Mare Healthy Endometrium to Endometrosis?
Mare endometrial function involves innumerous mediators as hormones (progesterone, estradiol, oxytocin, prostaglandins), cytokines, nitric oxide, enzymes and others. When this complex interaction is disrupted ...
-
Article
Early Interaction of Alternaria infectoria Conidia with Macrophages
Fungi of the genus Alternaria are ubiquitous indoor and outdoor airborne agents, and individuals are daily exposed to their spores. Although its importance in human infections and, particularly in respiratory all...
-
Article
Validation of the CFD-DPM solver DPMFoam in \(\hbox {OpenFOAM}^\circledR \) through analytical, numerical and experimental comparisons
Multiphase flows are relevant in several industrial processes mainly because they are present in the production of a large diversity of products. Hence, the availability of accurate numerical modeling tools, a...
-
Article
Release of 137Cs from plant mass in course of biodegradation
This investigation was focused on the role of humic acid-like compounds during the biodegradation of plant mass contaminated with 137Cs. The experiments were set up to distinguish cases of external and internal c...
-
Article
Within and between-tree variation of wood density components in Pinus sylvestris at five sites in Portugal
Pinus sylvestris is widely distributed in Europe and Asia, and Portugal constitutes its westernmost limit. The reduction of the Portuguese forest area of resinous species has provoked str...
-
Article
Open AccessTime to endoscopic intervention in patients with upper gastrointestinal patients can be improved with pathway provision
Patients with upper gastrointestinal malignancy often require admission to hospital with dysphagia or jaundice requiring therapeutic endoscopy. Endoscopic intervention is often effective permitting rapid disch...
-
Article
Open AccessDepletion of adult neurogenesis using the chemotherapy drug temozolomide in mice induces behavioural and biological changes relevant to depression
Numerous studies have examined links between postnatal neurogenesis and depression using a range of experimental methods to deplete neurogenesis. The antimitotic drug temozolomide (TMZ) has previously been use...
-
Article
Open AccessAdvanced paternal age effects in neurodevelopmental disorders—review of potential underlying mechanisms
Multiple epidemiological studies suggest a relationship between advanced paternal age (APA) at conception and adverse neurodevelopmental outcomes in offspring, particularly with regard to increased risk for au...
-
Article
Evaluation of genetic diversity of Portuguese Pinus sylvestris L. populations based on molecular data and inferences about the future use of this germplasm
-
Article
Palliation of a gastrocolic fistula secondary to colon cancer with a covered colonic stent using a simultaneous dual-scope approach
-
Article
Open AccessαCaMKII controls the establishment of cocaine's reinforcing effects in mice and humans
Although addiction develops in a considerable number of regular cocaine users, molecular risk factors for cocaine dependence are still unknown. It was proposed that establishing drug use and memory formation m...
-
Article
(1–3)-Beta-D-glucan in association with lactate dehydrogenase as biomarkers of Pneumocystis pneumonia (PcP) in HIV-infected patients
Pneumocystis pneumonia (PcP) is a major HIV-related illness caused by Pneumocystis jirovecii. Definitive diagnosis of PcP requires microscopic detection of P. jirovecii in pulmonary specimens. Th...
-
Article
The sandpile scheduler
This paper studies a self-organized criticality model called sandpile for dynamically load-balancing tasks arriving in the form of Bag-of-Tasks in large-scale decentralized system. The sandpile is designed as ...
