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Open AccessApplication of machine learning to model the pressure poisson equation for fluid flow on generic geometries
This study addresses the importance of enhancing traditional fluid-flow solvers by introducing a Machine Learning procedure to model pressure fields computed by standard fluid-flow solvers. The conventional ap...
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Open AccessDecentralization of the health system – experiences from Pakistan, Portugal and Brazil
Decentralization of a health system is a complex and multidimensional phenomenon that demands thorough investigation of its process logistics, predisposing factors and implementation mechanisms, within the bro...
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Open AccessUnveiling the hidden struggle of healthcare students as second victims through a systematic review
When healthcare students witness, engage in, or are involved in an adverse event, it often leads to a second victim experience, impacting their mental well-being and influencing their future professional pract...
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Application of the PM2 Programme Management Methodology to the Portuguese Project Management Observatory
The Portuguese Project Management Observatory (PPMO) is a non-profit organization and an initiative of the Portuguese Project Management Association (APOGEP). The PPMO was created in 2020 to serve the knowledg...
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Open AccessInappropriate hospital admission as a risk factor for the subsequent development of adverse events: a cross-sectional study
All health overuse implies an unnecessary risk of patients suffering adverse events (AEs). However, this hypothesis has not been corroborated by direct estimates for inappropriate hospital admission (IHA). The...
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Open AccessClinical, economical and safety impact of ferric carboxymaltose use in Patient Blood Management programme in Portuguese National Health Service hospitals
Ferric carboxymaltose (FCM) can be used in Patient Blood Management (PBM) to promote the optimization of preoperative haemoglobin (Hb), which aims to minimise the use of allogeneic blood components and improve...
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Hemodynamic Studies in Coronary Artery Models Manufactured by 3D Printing
Atherosclerosis is one of the leading causes of death worldwide. It is a chronic inflammatory disease of the arterial wall that progressively reduces the lumen size because of plaque formation. To understand t...
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Correction to: Estimating the Reproducibility of Experimental Philosophy
A Correction to this paper has been published: https://doi.org/10.1007/s13164-021-00559-0
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Open AccessYears of life lost by COVID-19 in Portugal and comparison with other European countries in 2020
The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic has been measured in different metrics, mostly by counting deaths and its impact on health services. Few studies have attempted to calculate years of life lost (YLL) to COVI...
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Correction to: Estimating the Reproducibility of Experimental Philosophy
Appendix 1 was incomplete in the initial online publication. The original article has been corrected.
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Estimating the Reproducibility of Experimental Philosophy
Responding to recent concerns about the reliability of the published literature in psychology and other disciplines, we formed the X-Phi Replicability Project (XRP) to estimate the reproducibility of experimen...
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Adverse Event Investigation and Risk Assessment
This chapter describes a comprehensive approach to adverse event investigation and risk assessment, as well as the characteristics of an integrated system for patient safety and clinical risk management. Drawi...
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Lean and TRIZ: From the Problems to Creative and Sustainable Solutions
Lean Thinking philosophy pursuit continuous improvement and continuous innovation towards economic and eco-sustainable growth by new solutions. Such solutions involve eco-efficient products (goods and/or servi...
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Leveraging Antimicrobial Stewardship: Focus on Individual Prescriptions Appropriateness
Antimicrobial resistance and healthcare associated infections are major worldwide Public Health and Patient Safety challenges. Inappropriate antibiotic prescription is the major drive for antibiotic resistance...
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Nurse’s Role on Antibiotic Stewardship: Perceptions, Attitudes and Knowledge of a Group of Portuguese Nurses
Objectives: This study aims to understand perceptions, attitudes and knowledge of a group of Portuguese nurses on antibiotic stewardship (AS).
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Assessing Adverse Events in Madeira Primary Health Care
In last three decades, several epidemiological studies have been developed in order to assess the magnitude, nature and type of adverse events (AEs). Most of these studies focus on hospital settings, where the...
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Economic and Clinical Impact of Ventilator-Associated Pneumonia in Intensive Care Units of a University Hospital Center
Background: Ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP) is one of the most common hospital-acquired infections in the intensive care units (ICUs). They have not only an impact on each patient’s individual health but al...
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Non-IP Multi-protocol Stack for Vehicular Communications
Wireless vehicular communications are gaining momentum, mainly to improve road safety through the use of cooperative systems. Such visionary cooperative applications are based on recently established families ...
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The Gettier Intuition from South America to Asia
This article examines whether people share the Gettier intuition (viz. that someone who has a true justified belief that p may nonetheless fail to know that p) in 24 sites, located in 23 countries (counting Hong ...
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Open AccessEstimating the incidence of adverse events in Portuguese hospitals: a contribution to improving quality and patient safety
Several review studies have shown that 3.4% to 16.6% of patients in acute care hospitals experience one or more adverse events. Adverse events (AEs) in hospitals constitute a significant problem with serious c...
