... doi.org/10.1899/10-162.1Maria Joao Feio, José Manuel Poquet Predictive Models for Freshwater Biological Assessment: Statistical ...
Tópico(s): Diatoms and Algae Research
1995 - University of Chicago Press | Journal of the North American Benthological Society
António Feio, Manuel Correia Guedes,
We claim that sustainable construction and architecture has vital role in achieving the tourism full potential for conservation and development of the Douro Region, with recognized capacity for tourism growth. Buildings that make possible tourism occupation, involve extra consumption of energy and natural resources, when compared to average levels of local communities. To make progress on this, we are gathering a representative set of tourism compounds that will be analyzed through criteria from ...
Tópico(s): Noise Effects and Management
2012 - Elsevier BV | Renewable Energy
Maria João Feio, José Manuel Poquet,
Abstract In the last three decades, predictive models have been developed and applied worldwide for freshwater bioassessment. They consist of statistical tools that follow the concept of the Reference Condition Approach. Composed of several sequential steps, these assessment tools assess the deviation of given site assemblages from the expected biological condition in the absence of human disturbance. The most common approaches (RIVPACS/AUSRIVAS and BEAST) are based on a posteriori classifications ...
Tópico(s): Hydrology and Watershed Management Studies
2011 - Wiley | International Review of Hydrobiology
Maria João Feio, Sylvain Dolédec, Manuel A. S. Graça,
Taxonomic and trait composition of invertebrate communities were investigated for 4 reference and 5 disturbed Mediterranean stream sites over a 18 y period, to test the hypotheses that: 1) human disturbance reduces the resilience of communities to extreme climatic events by affecting their functional structure; 2) and as a result, extreme climatic events could lead to asynchronous responses of communities from streams with similar environmental characteristics but differently affected by human disturbance. ...
Tópico(s): Aquatic Invertebrate Ecology and Behavior
2014 - Elsevier BV | Environmental Pollution
Maria João Feio, C. N. Coimbra, Manuel A. S. Graça, Susan J. Nichols, Richard H. Norris,
We analyzed long-term changes in macroinvertebrate communities in a Mediterranean temporary stream in southern Portugal over 15 y (1993–2008) at 10 locations with 3 degrees of physicochemical disturbance (reference, high disturbance, and mild disturbance). We related year-to-year variation of macroinvertebrate communities to long-term (59 y) information on precipitation and temperature. Our goals were to: 1) determine the stability of macroinvertebrate communities in the stream, 2) establish the influence ...
Tópico(s): Fish Ecology and Management Studies
2010 - University of Chicago Press | Journal of the North American Benthological Society
Maria João Feio, Richard H. Norris, Manuel A. S. Graça, Susan J. Nichols,
The European Water Framework Directive (WFD 2000) brought the need in European Union countries to establish consistent quantitative methods for the water quality assessment of streams, using aquatic communities. With this work we aimed to develop predictive models using macroinvertebrate communities that could be used in Portugal as an alternative to the more traditional indices and metrics. We used data from 197 reference sites and 174 sites suspected of being impaired, which were obtained in a ...
Tópico(s): Aquatic Ecosystems and Phytoplankton Dynamics
2008 - Elsevier BV | Ecological Indicators
Maria João Feio, Trefor B. Reynoldson, Manuel A. S. Graça,
Abstract In this study we investigate how seasonal variability in aquatic macroinvertebrate communities affects the performance of a predictive model developed to assess environmental quality. Macroinvertebrates were sampled from nine not visibly disturbed sites located in different streams of the Mondego catchment across a full year. Organisms were identified to the lowest practicable taxonomic level and their abundances recorded at three taxonomic levels (order, family and lowest level). The seasonal ...
Tópico(s): Fish Ecology and Management Studies
2006 - Wiley | International Review of Hydrobiology
Maria João Feio, Trefor B. Reynoldson, Manuel A. S. Graça,
Predictive models developed to assess water quality in the Mondego River basin (Portugal), based on the BEnthic Assessment of SedimenT (BEAST) model, were compared at three identifications levels: order, family, and genus (species) of macroinvertebrates. Fifty-five reference sites were originally selected for building the model, but this number was reduced to 51 (lowest level), 52 (family), and 53 (order), after the grouping procedures (CLUSTER, MDS, and SIMPER; Primer 5.2.6, Primer-E Ltd., Plymouth, UK). ...
Tópico(s): Aquatic Invertebrate Ecology and Behavior
2006 - Canadian Science Publishing | Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences
Maria João Feio, Trefor B. Reynoldson, Verónica Ferreira, Manuel A. S. Graça,
We sampled macroinvertebrates at 75 locations in the Mondego river catchment, Central Portugal, and developed a predictive model for water quality assessment of this basin, based on the Reference Condition Approach. Sampling was done from June to September 2001. Fifty-five sites were identified as "Reference sites" and 20 sites were used as "Test sites" to test the model. At each site we also measured 40 habitat variables to characterize water physics and chemistry, habitat type, land use, stream ...
Tópico(s): Fish Ecology and Management Studies
2007 - Springer Science+Business Media | Hydrobiologia
Maria João Feio, Rufino Vieira‐Lanero, Verónica Ferreira, Manuel A. S. Graça,
We investigated how diversity and distribution of more than 11000 Trichoptera larvae in streams of central Portugal were related to chemical and physical environmental variables.Sixty-six sites were sampled in 2001, by kicknet, in 55 streams of the Mondego River basin, the largest entirely Portuguese river.Simultaneously 43 environmental variables were evaluated for each site.We identified 18 families and 70 species and genera of caddisflies, representing ≈ 20 % of all trichopteran taxa recorded for ...
Tópico(s): Species Distribution and Climate Change
2005 - Schweizerbart science publishers | Archiv für Hydrobiologie
Maria João Feio, Ana Raquel Calapez, Carmen L. Elias, Rui Cortes, Manuel A. S. Graça, Paulo Pinto, Salomé F.P. Almeida,
A great investment has been done in the last decades in the development of numerical and qualitative assessment methods to classify the ecological quality of water bodies. Yet, in spite of all attempts to avoid subjectivity, expert judgment is still used at numerous steps of the ecological classification and is considered by some authors as indispensible for management purposes. Thus, the aim of this study is to test the hypothesis that expert judgment, when done by the adequate experts (limnologists/ ...
Tópico(s): Fish Ecology and Management Studies
2016 - Elsevier BV | Journal of Environmental Management
David R. Lenat, Vincent H. Resh,
... 12-813047-6.00016-4Sónia R. Q. Serra, Manuel A. S. Graça, Sylvain Dolédec, Maria João Feio Discriminating permanent from temporary rivers with traits of ...
Tópico(s): Aquatic Invertebrate Ecology and Behavior
2001 - University of Chicago Press | Journal of the North American Benthological Society
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Maria João Feio, Tiago C. Alves, M. J. Boavida, Angela Maria Ferreira de Maria Ferreira de Medeiros, Manuel A. S. Graça,
Summary 1. The efficacy of leaf‐litter decomposition, sediment respiration, biofilm biomass, growth, chlorophyll a concentration and the autotrophic index (biofilm ash‐free dry mass/chlorophyll a ) and fungal biomass for detecting human‐induced change was evaluated using 24 references and 15 disturbed stream sites located in central Portugal. 2. Decomposition rates of alder ( Alnus glutinosa ) and oak ( Quercus robur ) leaves and sediment respiration rates were effective in discriminating impairment. Decomposition ...
Tópico(s): Soil and Water Nutrient Dynamics
2010 - Wiley | Freshwater Biology
Sónia R. Q. Serra, Manuel A. S. Graça, Sylvain Dolédec, Maria João Feio,
Tópico(s): Study of Mite Species
2017 - Springer Science+Business Media | Hydrobiologia
Sónia R. Q. Serra, Manuel A. S. Graça, Sylvain Dolédec, Maria João Feio,
Tópico(s): Fish Ecology and Management Studies
2017 - Springer Science+Business Media | Environmental Monitoring and Assessment
Sónia R. Q. Serra, Fernando Cobo, Manuel A. S. Graça, Sylvain Dolédec, Maria João Feio,
Chironomidae are among the most conspicuous and ecological diverse group of freshwater invertebrates. They may dominate unimpacted communities in abundance and biomass, accounting for more than 50% of macroinvertebrate species in standing and flowing waters. In deep zones of eutrophic lakes and highly human-impacted streams, they are often the only family of aquatic insects remaining. In bioassessment programmes, Chironomids are often identified at the family and subfamily levels, due to difficulties ...
Tópico(s): Invertebrate Taxonomy and Ecology
2015 - Elsevier BV | Ecological Indicators
Sónia R. Q. Serra, Manuel A. S. Graça, Sylvain Dolédec, Maria João Feio,
Chironomidae are diverse and present a wide variety of ecological preferences. Thus, they have high potential in establishing reference conditions for river bioassessment and in providing functional information, especially when other macroinvertebrates are poorly represented. However, because of taxonomic difficulties and poor knowledge of traits, they are neglected in bioassessment programmes and kept at coarser taxonomic levels, reducing the discrimination power of invertebrate-based diagnostic ...
Tópico(s): Aquatic Invertebrate Ecology and Behavior
2017 - EDP Sciences | Annales de Limnologie - International Journal of Limnology
Ferraz Gonçalves, Alice Flores, Ana Abreu Silva, Ana Simões, Cármen Pais, Clarisse Melo, Diana Pirra, Dora Coelho, L Conde, Lorena Real, Madalena Feio, Manuel Pereira Barbosa, Maria de Lurdes da Costa Martins, Marlene Areias, Rafael Muñoz-Romero, Rita Cunha Ferreira, Susete Freitas,
Objective: This study aimed to survey the practice of palliative sedation in Portugal, where data on this subject were lacking. Methods: This was a prospective multicentric study that included all patients admitted to each team that agreed to participate. Patients were followed until death, discharge, or after 3 months of follow-up. Results: The study included 8 teams: 4 as palliative care units (PCU), 1 as a hospital palliative care team (HPCT), 2 as home care (HC), and 1 as HPCT and HC. Of the 361 ...
Tópico(s): Anesthesia and Sedative Agents
2024 - SAGE Publishing | Journal of Palliative Care
Peter Haase, Diana E. Bowler, Nathan Jay Baker, Núria Bonada, Sami Domisch, Jaime Márquez, Jani Heino, Daniel Hering, Sonja C. Jähnig, Astrid Schmidt‐Kloiber, Rachel Stubbington, Florian Altermatt, Mario Álvarez‐Cabria, Giuseppe Amatulli, David G. Angeler, Gaït Archambaud‐Suard, Iñaki Arrate Jorrín, Thomas W. H. Aspin, Iker Azpiroz, Iñaki Bañares, José Barquín, Christian L. Bodin, Luca Bonacina, Roberta Bottarin, Miguel Cañedo‐Argüelles, Zoltán Csabai, Thibault Datry, Elvira de Eyto, Alain Dohet, Gerald Dörflinger, Emma Drohan, Knut Andreas Eikland, Judy England, Tor Erik Eriksen, Vesela Evtimova, Maria João Feio, M. Ferréol, Mathieu Floury, Maxence Forcellini, Marie Anne Eurie Forio, Riccardo Fornaroli, Nikolai Friberg, Jean‐François Fruget, Galia Georgieva, Peter Goethals, Manuel A. S. Graça, Wolfram Graf, Andy House, Kaisa‐Leena Huttunen, Thomas C. Jensen, Richard K. Johnson, J. Iwan Jones, Jens Kiesel, Lenka Kuglerová, Aitor Larrañaga, Patrick Leitner, Lionel L’Hoste, Marie‐Hélène Lizée, Armin W. Lorenz, Anthony Maire, J.A. Arnaiz, Brendan G. McKie, Andrés Millán, Don Monteith, Timo Muotka, John F. Murphy, Dāvis Ozoliņš, Riku Paavola, Petr Pařil, Francisco J. Peñas, Francesca Pilotto, Marek Polášek, Jes J. Rasmussen, M. E. Ocete Rubio, David Sánchez‐Fernández, Leonard Sandin, Ralf B. Schäfer, Alberto Scotti, Longzhu Q. Shen, Agnija Skuja, Stefan Stoll, Michal Straka, Henn Timm, Violeta Tyufekchieva, Iakovos Tziortzis, Y. Uzunov, Gea H. van der Lee, Rudy Vannevel, Emilia Varadinova, Gábor Várbíró, Gaute Velle, P.F.M. Verdonschot, R.C.M. Verdonschot, Yanka Vidinova, Peter Wiberg‐Larsen, Ellen A. R. Welti,
Owing to a long history of anthropogenic pressures, freshwater ecosystems are among the most vulnerable to biodiversity loss
Tópico(s): Fish Ecology and Management Studies
2023 - Nature Portfolio | Nature
Manuel A. S. Graça, Rufino Vieira‐Lanero, Maria João Feio,
During the summer of 2001, trichoptera larvae were sampled with a kick-net in 15 sites belonging to 3 rivers of the Mondego River basin, in central-north Portugal.Simultaneously, 42 environmental variables were evaluated for each site.Twenty five species and genera of caddisflies were identified.The objective was to assess if trichoptera assemblages within a river tended to be more similar among each other than between rivers, giving the physical continuity of the habitat.Localities showed low segregation ...
Tópico(s): Fish Ecology and Management Studies
2005 - | Limnetica
Luz Boyero, Alonso Ramírez, David Dudgeon, Richard G. Pearson,
... 12451Paulino Bambi, Renan de Souza Rezende, Maria João Feio, Gustavo Figueiredo Marques Leite, Elisa Alvin, José Maurício ... 681093Alonso Ramírez, Marcelo Ardón, Michael M. Douglas, and Manuel A. S. Graça Tropical freshwater sciences: an overview ... Boyero, Richard G. Pearson, David Dudgeon, Verónica Ferreira, Manuel A. S. Graça, Mark O. Gessner, Andrew J. ... 081.1Luz Boyero, Richard G Pearson, David Dudgeon, Manuel A. S Graça, Mark O Gessner, Ricardo J ... Mark O. Gessner, Leon A. Barmuta, Verónica Ferreira, Manuel A. S. Graça, David Dudgeon, Andrew J. Boulton, ...
Tópico(s): Freshwater macroinvertebrate diversity and ecology
2009 - University of Chicago Press | Journal of the North American Benthological Society
... DA SILVA, ANA CATARINA S. FURTADO, ANA CARLA FEIO Structural and histochemical aspects in leaves of six ... 1016/j.flora.2020.151538Natalia Jaramillo-Quiceno, J. Manuel Vélez R., Edith M. Cadena Ch., Adriana Restrepo- ...
Tópico(s): Growth and nutrition in plants
1949 - University of Chicago Press | Botanical Gazette
... 1959Paulino Bambi, Renan de Souza Rezende, Maria João Feio, Gustavo Figueiredo Marques Leite, Elisa Alvin, José Maurício ...
Tópico(s): Water Quality and Pollution Assessment
1997 - University of Chicago Press | Journal of the North American Benthological Society
Raúl V. Durán, Manuel Hervás, Miguel Á. De la Rosa, José A. Navarro,
... y Fotosíntesis, Seville, Spain). We thank Dr. Maria Feio for critically reading the paper.
Tópico(s): Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology
2004 - Elsevier BV | Journal of Biological Chemistry
José Feio, S. Poitier, F Machado, Ana Laura Galhardo Figueira, Eduardo Rabadão, Manuel Brito, J. Fortuna, L. Lemos, Paulo Dinis, C. Viana, Ana Martins, Pedro Pina, N. Vilaça, S. Silva, B. Vandewalle, V. Andreozzi, J Félix,
The fully integrated biosimilars utilization management system (FIBS) at Centro Hospitalar e Universitário de Coimbra (CHUC) relies on prescription and dispensing of biologic therapies by international non-proprietary name and aims to promote the initiation of or switching to (for patients at least 12 months on the same biologic therapy brand) the biologic therapy brand with the best economic value. In the 4th quarter of 2017, FIBS was implemented for etanercept, infliximab and rituximab, and reached ...
Tópico(s): Pharmaceutical studies and practices
2019 - Elsevier BV | Value in Health
Ellen A. R. Welti, Diana E. Bowler, James S. Sinclair, Florian Altermatt, Mario Álvarez‐Cabria, Giuseppe Amatulli, David G. Angeler, Gaït Archambaud, Iñaki Arrate Jorrín, Thomas W. H. Aspin, Iker Azpiroz, Nathan Jay Baker, Iñaki Bañares, José Barquín, Christian L. Bodin, Luca Bonacina, Núria Bonada, Roberta Bottarin, Miguel Cañedo‐Argüelles, Zoltán Csabai, Thibault Datry, Elvira de Eyto, Alain Dohet, Sami Domisch, Gerald Dörflinger, Emma Drohan, Knut Andreas Eikland, Judy England, Tor Erik Eriksen, Vesela Evtimova, Maria João Feio, M. Ferréol, Mathieu Floury, Maxence Forcellini, Marie Anne Eurie Forio, Riccardo Fornaroli, Nikolai Friberg, Jean‐François Fruget, Jaime Márquez, Galia Georgieva, Peter Goethals, Manuel A. S. Graça, Andy House, Kaisa‐Leena Huttunen, Thomas C. Jensen, Richard K. Johnson, J. Iwan Jones, Jens Kiesel, Aitor Larrañaga, Patrick Leitner, Lionel L’Hoste, Marie‐Hélène Lizée, Armin W. Lorenz, Anthony Maire, J.A. Arnaiz, Brendan G. McKie, Andrés Millán, Timo Muotka, John F. Murphy, Dāvis Ozoliņš, Riku Paavola, Petr Pařil, Francisco Jesús Peñas Silva, Marek Polášek, Jes J. Rasmussen, M. E. Ocete Rubio, David Sánchez‐Fernández, Leonard Sandin, Ralf B. Schäfer, Astrid Schmidt‐Kloiber, Alberto Scotti, Longzhu Q. Shen, Agnija Skuja, Stefan Stoll, Michal Straka, Rachel Stubbington, Henn Timm, Violeta Tyufekchieva, Iakovos Tziortzis, Y. Uzunov, Gea H. van der Lee, Rudy Vannevel, Emilia Varadinova, Gábor Várbíró, Gaute Velle, P.F.M. Verdonschot, R.C.M. Verdonschot, Yanka Vidinova, Peter Wiberg‐Larsen, Peter Haase,
Abstract Freshwater macroinvertebrates are a diverse group and play key ecological roles, including accelerating nutrient cycling, filtering water, controlling primary producers, and providing food for predators. Their differences in tolerances and short generation times manifest in rapid community responses to change. Macroinvertebrate community composition is an indicator of water quality. In Europe, efforts to improve water quality following environmental legislation, primarily starting in the ...
Tópico(s): Fish Ecology and Management Studies
2024 - Nature Portfolio | Scientific Data
Paula Manuel Vieira, Inês Cascais, Diana Alba, A. Bernardo, Jane Grace Andrade De Faria, A. Feio, Margarida Coelho, Maria do Céu Ribeiro, Lúcia Gomes, P. Fonseca, María del Carmen García Ríos,
Tópico(s): COVID-19 and Mental Health
2022 - Elsevier BV | Sleep Medicine
Hamlet Betancourt León, María Elena Díaz Sánchez, Julieta Aréchiga Viramontes, Carlos Manuel Ramírez García,
... uma volumetria espacial que não o qualifique como feio na sua figura. O propósito desta investigação é ...
Tópico(s): Physical Education and Gymnastics
2011 - Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina do Esporte | Revista Brasileira de Medicina do Esporte
F Machado, S. Poitier, João Paulo Figueiredo, Eduardo Rabadão, Manuel Brito, J. Fortuna, L. Lemos, Paulo Dinis, C. Viana, Ana Martins, Pedro Pina, N. Vilaça, S. Silva, B. Vandewalle, V. Andreozzi, J. Félix, Ana Paula Silva Feio,
Efficient implementation of biosimilars policy at hospital level involves different internal and external stakeholders. This research aims to provide a detailed description and an efficiency assessment of the policy implemented by Centro Hospitalar e Universitário de Coimbra (CHUC) as a hospital pharmacy centralized, Fully Integrated Biosimilars utilization management System (FIBS). A mapping of the entire FIBS process was performed, from initial prescription to until dispensing and monitoring of ...
Tópico(s): Healthcare cost, quality, practices
2018 - Elsevier BV | Value in Health
S. Poitier, F Machado, João Paulo Figueiredo, Eduardo Rabadão, Manuel Brito, J. Fortuna, Ana Laura Galhardo Figueira, C. Sequeira, R. Granjeia, L. Lemos, Ana Paula Martins, Pedro Pina, V. Andreozzi, B. Vandewalle, J. Félix, Ana Paula Silva Feio,
To assess the effectiveness of hospital pharmacy management in the biosimilars policy at Centro Hospitalar e Universitário de Coimbra (CHUC) Portugal. In October CHUC implemented Fully Integrated Biosimilars utilization management System (FIBS) managed by the hospital pharmacy. FIBS is based on prescription and dispensing by international non-proprietary name. Hospital Medicines and Therapeutic Committee (HMTC) recommends the option for the best economic value biologic drug if biosimilars are available. ...
Tópico(s): Healthcare cost, quality, practices
2018 - Elsevier BV | Value in Health