Fernando Magro, Elaine F. F. da Cunha, Fernando Araújo, Elsa Meireles, Pedro L. Valls Pereira, Mário Dinis‐Ribeiro, Fernando Tavarela Veloso, Rui Medeiros, Patrício Soares‐da‐Silva,
Tópico(s): Microscopic Colitis
2006 - Springer Science+Business Media | Digestive Diseases and Sciences
Sara Alberto, Sílvia Cabral, João Proença, Filipa Pona‐Ferreira, Mariana Leitão, Raquel Bouça‐Machado, Linda Azevedo Kauppila, António Veloso, Rui M. Costa, Joaquim J. Ferreira, Ricardo Matias,
Gait impairments are among the most common and impactful symptoms of Parkinson's disease (PD). Recent technological advances aim to quantify these impairments using low-cost wearable systems for use in either supervised clinical consultations or long-term unsupervised monitoring of gait in ecological environments. However, very few of these wearable systems have been validated comparatively to a criterion of established validity.We developed two movement analysis solutions (3D full-body kinematics ...
Tópico(s): Muscle activation and electromyography studies
2021 - BioMed Central | BMC Neurology
Viviana P. Ribeiro, João B. Costa, Sofia Carneiro, Sandra Pina, Ana C. A. Veloso, Rui L. Reis, Joaquím M. Oliveira,
Anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) replacement is still a big challenge in orthopedics due to the need to develop bioinspired implants that can mimic the complexity of bone-ligament interface. In this study, we propose biomimetic composite tubular grafts (CTGs) made of horseradish peroxidase (HRP)-cross-linked silk fibroin (SF) hydrogels containing ZnSr-doped β-tricalcium phosphate (ZnSr-β-TCP) particles, as promising bone tunnel fillers to be used in ACL grafts (ACLGs) implantation. For comparative purposes, ...
Tópico(s): Knee injuries and reconstruction techniques
2022 - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute | Pharmaceutics
Rui Veloso, Filipe Portela, Manuel Filipe Santos, Álvaro Silva, Fernando Rua, António Abelha, José Machado,
Decision making assumes a critical role in the Intensive Medicine. Data Mining is emerging in the clinical area to provide processes and technologies for transforming data into useful knowledge to support clinical decision makers. Appling clustering techniques to the data available on the patients admitted into Intensive Care Units and knowing which ones correspond to readmissions, it is possible to create meaningful clusters that will represent the base characteristics of readmitted patients. Thus, ...
Tópico(s): Renal function and acid-base balance
2014 - Elsevier BV | Procedia Technology
Filipe Portela, Rui Veloso, Sérgio Oliveira, Manuel Filipe Santos, António Abelha, José Machado, Álvaro Silva, Fernando Rua,
The length of stay (LOS) is an important metric to manage hospital units since a correct prevision of the LOS can contribute to reduce costs and optimize resources. This metric become more fundamental in intensive care units (ICU) where controlling patient condition and predict clinical events is very difficult. A set of experiences was made using data mining techniques in order to predict something more ambitious than LOS. Using the data provided by INTCare system it was possible to induce models ...
Tópico(s): Data Mining Algorithms and Applications
2015 - Indian Society for Education and Environment | Indian Journal of Science and Technology
Rafaela Veloso-Teles, Rui Cerejeira,
Background Chronic rhinosinusitis with nasal polyps (CRSwNP) is a highly prevalent disease of the nasal cavity and paranasal sinus, but its exact etiology is still unclear and remains a difficult-to-treat condition. Hypothesis Endoscopic sinus surgery (ESS) is an effective treatment for medically recalcitrant CRSwNP. There are independent variables that can predict surgical outcomes in patients with CRSwNP. Objectives To evaluate ESS efficacy in CRSwNP treatment and to establish prognostic factors ...
Tópico(s): Nasal Surgery and Airway Studies
2017 - SAGE Publishing | American Journal of Rhinology and Allergy
Rafaela Veloso-Teles, Rui Cerejeira, Rosa Roque-Farinha, Christian von Buchwald,
Higher prevalence of nasal polyposis among textile workers: an endoscopic based and
Tópico(s): Nasal Surgery and Airway Studies
2018 - European Rhinologic Society | Rhinology Journal
Produção Nacional
Nathália Sigilló Cardoso, Victor Barbosa Ribeiro, Sabrina Graziani Veloso Dutra, Rui Alberto Ferriani, Ada Clarice Gastaldi, João Eduardo de Araújo, Hugo Celso Dutra de Souza,
Objective The aim of this study was to investigate polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) and to explore the relationship between body fat percentage and metabolic markers. Subjects and methods Sedentary women were assigned to PCOS (N = 60) and CONTROL (N = 60) groups. Each group was subdivided into three subgroups according to body fat percentage (22-27%, 27-32% and 32-37%). The protocol consisted of assessments of glucose, insulin, androgens, follicle stimulating hormone (FSH), luteinizing hormone (LH), 17-hydroxyprogesterone ( ...
Tópico(s): Adipokines, Inflammation, and Metabolic Diseases
2020 - Brazilian Society of Endocrinology and Metabolism | Archives of Endocrinology and Metabolism
P.A. Laires, Rui Mesquita, Luís Veloso, Ana Paula Martins, Rui Cernadas, João Eurico Fonseca,
The access to healthcare and treatment by rheumatoid arthritis (RA) patients, particularly to biologics, differs significantly among European countries. We aimed to explore the views and experiences of Portuguese healthcare stakeholders on key barriers which limit the access to treatment, and ultimately to biologics, by RA patients and to find potential solutions (leverage points) to overcome the identified barriers. This was a qualitative research consisting of semi-structured face-to-face interviews ...
Tópico(s): Systemic Lupus Erythematosus Research
2013 - BioMed Central | BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders
Rafaela Veloso-Teles, Rui Cerejeira, Rosa Roque-Farinha, Christian von Buchwald,
The immune pathogenesis of chronic rhinosinusitis with nasal polyps (CRSwNP) remains obscure. Our aim was to compare humoral immunity and white blood cell counts in patients with CRSwNP and controls. A prospective case–control study was carried out in 37 patients with CRSwNP and 34 controls without CRS. Clinical data were gathered through a systematic interview. Computed tomography scan, skin prick test, spirometry, and immunological parameters (leukocyte differential count, immunoglobulin classes, ...
Tópico(s): Allergic Rhinitis and Sensitization
2019 - SAGE Publishing | Ear Nose & Throat Journal
Pedro M. Costa, David A. Learmonth, David B. Gomes, Mafalda P. Cautela, A. C. Oliveira, Renato Andrade, João Espregueira‐Mendes, Tiago Rafael Veloso, Cristiana B. Cunha, Rui A. Sousa,
Biomaterials have long been explored in regenerative medicine strategies for the repair or replacement of damaged organs and tissues, due to their biocompatibility, versatile physicochemical properties and tuneable mechanical cues capable of matching those of native tissues. However, poor adhesion under wet conditions (such as those found in tissues) has thus far limited their wider application. Indeed, despite its favourable physicochemical properties, facile gelation and biocompatibility, gellan ...
Tópico(s): Electrospun Nanofibers in Biomedical Applications
2021 - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute | Polymers
Ricardo Amorim, Inês C. M. Simões, Caroline D. Veloso, Adriana Lelis Carvalho, Rui F. Simões, Francisco B. Pereira, Theresa Thiel, Andrea Normann, Catarina M. Morais, Amália S. Jurado, Mariusz R. Wiȩckowski, José Teixeira, Paulo J. Oliveira,
Non-alcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH), one of the deleterious stages of non-alcoholic fatty liver disease, remains a significant cause of liver-related morbidity and mortality worldwide. In the current work, we used an exploratory data analysis to investigate time-dependent cellular and mitochondrial effects of different supra-physiological fatty acids (FA) overload strategies, in the presence or absence of fructose (F), on human hepatoma-derived HepG2 cells. We measured intracellular neutral lipid ...
Tópico(s): Diet, Metabolism, and Disease
2021 - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute | Nutrients
Adriana Guerreiro, Custódia Gago, A.I. Vieira, António Brázio, Ana M. Cavaco, M. D. Carlos Antunes, Τhomas Panagopoulos, F. Veloso, Rui Guerra,
Tópico(s): Phytochemicals and Antioxidant Activities
2018 - International Society for Horticultural Science | Acta Horticulturae
Rui Veloso, Filipe Portela, Manuel Filipe Santos, José Machado, António Abelha, Fernando Rua, Álvaro Silva,
With a constant increasing in the health expenses and the aggravation of the global economic situation, managing costs and resources in healthcare is nowadays an essential point in the management of hospitals. The goal of this work is to apply clustering techniques to data collected in real-time about readmitted patients in Intensive Care Units in order to know some possible features that affect readmissions in this area. By knowing the common characteristics of readmitted patients it will be possible ...
Tópico(s): Renal function and acid-base balance
2017 - IGI Global | International Journal of E-Health and Medical Communications
Marco Mendes, Ana Carina Ferreira, Ana Carina Ferreira, Francisco Remédio, Inês Aires, Ana Isabel Cordeiro, Andreia Mascarenhas, Américo Martins, Jorge Paulino, Helena Glória, Rui Perdigoto, J. Veloso, Patrı́cia Ferreira, João Antônio de Queiroz Oliveira, M. Silva, Eduardo Barroso, Fernando Nolasco,
ABO-incompatible liver transplantation (ABOi LT) is considered to be a rescue option in emergency transplantation. Herein, we have reported our experience with ABOi LT including long-term survival and major complications in these situations.ABOi LT was performed in cases of severe hepatic failure with imminent death. The standard immunosuppression consisted of basiliximab, corticosteroids, tacrolimus, and mycophenolate mofetil. Pretransplantation patients with anti-ABO titers above 16 underwent plasmapheresis. ...
Tópico(s): Renal Transplantation Outcomes and Treatments
2013 - Elsevier BV | Transplantation Proceedings
Rui Silva, António Veloso, Nuno Alves, Cristiana Fernandes, Pedro Morouço,
Ankle-foot orthoses (AFO) are prescribed to improve the patient’s quality of life. Supporting weak muscles or restraining spastic muscles leads to smoother and more stable locomotion. Commonly, AFO are made using thermoplastic vacuum forming, which requires a long time for production and has limited design options. Additive manufacturing (AM) can solve this problem, leading to a faster and cheaper solution. This review aimed to investigate what is the state-of-art using AM for AFO. Evaluating the ...
Tópico(s): Anatomy and Medical Technology
2022 - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute | Bioengineering
Produção Nacional
Revisado por pares
Lígia Negri, Guida Fernanda Proença Bittencourt, Selmo Ribeiro Figueiredo,
... Scheler, Descartes, Fernando Pessoa, Nietzsche, Hegel, Jung, Caetano Veloso, Rui Barbosa, Spinoza, Sartre e Chico Xavier), postas em ...
Tópico(s): Linguistics and Language Studies
2015 - PONTIFÍCIA UNIVERSIDADE CATÓLICA DE SÃO PAULO | DELTA Documentação de Estudos em Lingüística Teórica e Aplicada
Cristiana B. Cunha, Renato Andrade, Tiago Rafael Veloso, David A. Learmonth, João Espregueira‐Mendes, Rui A. Sousa,
Tópico(s): Lower Extremity Biomechanics and Pathologies
2020 - Springer Science+Business Media | Knee Surgery Sports Traumatology Arthroscopy
Álvaro Antônio Alencar de Queiroz, Joana Bagoin Guimarães, Claudia Sánchez, Fernanda Simões, Rui Maia Sousa, Wanda Viegas, Manuela Veloso,
A rich heritage of traditional pear varieties is kept in national Portuguese collections. Out of these varieties, “Rocha” dominates national pear production. Although a noticeable phenotypic variation among clones of this variety has been reported, little is known about its genetic variability, as to date molecular studies have been performed on a single “Rocha” clone. Eleven Simple Sequence Repeats (SSR) markers were used to assess the genetic diversity of 130 local cultivars, 80 of them being “Rocha” ...
Tópico(s): Plant Pathogens and Resistance
2019 - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute | Sustainability
Produção Nacional
Revisado por pares
David A. Learmonth, Pedro M. Costa, Tiago Rafael Veloso, Cristiana B. Cunha, Mafalda P. Cautela, Cristina Correia, Mariana C. S. Vallejo, Rui A. Sousa,
STM-148B, a bioinspired gellan gum hydrogel designed for minimally invasive cell delivery and retention in the context of cartilage regeneration.
Tópico(s): Osteoarthritis Treatment and Mechanisms
2020 - Royal Society of Chemistry | Biomaterials Science
Rui Cerejeira, Rafaela Veloso-Teles, Nuno Lousan, Carla Pinto Moura,
Background: Epidemiological studies on chronic rhinosinusitis with nasal polyps are scarce and mostly based on questionnaires. Data obtained with such approaches can be unreliable, thus endoscopy is a prerequisite for an accurate estimate of the prevalence of nasal polyps. The objective of this study was to establish the frequency of nasal polyps in Northern Portugal, using nasal endoscopy in cadavers from a District Hospital. Methods: The cadaver specimens deposited in the mortuary room of the ...
Tópico(s): Sinusitis and nasal conditions
2014 - European Rhinologic Society | Rhinology Journal
António Marques, Paulo Veloso Gomes, Margarida Araújo, Raquel Simões de Almeida, António Correia, Javier Pereira, Cristina Queirós, Rui Pimenta, Anabela Pereira, Carlos Fernandes da Silva,
Virtual Reality (VR) has been identified as one of the most promising resources for developing empathy towards stigmatized groups as it allows individuals to experience a situation close to reality from another person's perspective. This quasi-experimental study aimed to examine the impact on empathy, knowledge, and attitudes towards people with schizophrenia of a VR simulation that reproduces the experience of psychotic symptoms while performing a cognitive task compared with watching a 2D video ...
Tópico(s): Art Therapy and Mental Health
2022 - Frontiers Media | Frontiers in Psychology
Rafaela Veloso-Teles, Rui Cerejeira, Débora Rodrigues, Rosa Roque-Farinha, Christian von Buchwald,
EPOS 2012 states that investigation is needed to study a possible role for food allergy in the initiation and perpetuation of chronic rhinosinusitis with nasal polyps (CRSwNP). Our main goal was to compare serum levels of food-specific immunoglobulin G (IgG) and IgE antibodies in patients with CRSwNP and controls. A prospective case–control study with 33 patients with CRSwNP and 31 controls without CRS was carried out. Clinical data were gathered through a systematic interview and blood sample was ...
Tópico(s): Food Allergy and Anaphylaxis Research
2019 - SAGE Publishing | Ear Nose & Throat Journal
Produção Nacional
Geovani Soares de Lima, Hans Raj Gheyi, Reginaldo Gomes Nobre, Lauriane Almeida dos Anjos Soares, Pedro Dantas Fernandes, Guilherme de Freitas Furtado,
... Universidade Federal de Campina Grande, UFCG, Rua Aprígio Veloso, 882 -Universitário, Campina Grande, PB, geovanisoareslima@gmail.com2 Núcleo de Engenharia de Água e Solo, Universidade Federal do Recôncavo da Bahia, UFRB, Rua Rui Barbosa,710 -Centro, Cruz das Almas, BA. hans@pq.cnpq.br3Unidade Acadêmica de Ciências Agrárias, Universidade Federal de Campina Grande, UFCG, Rua Jario Vieira Feitosa, 1770, Bairro dos Pereiros, Pombal, PB, rgomesnobre@yahoo.com.br4Unidade Acadêmica de Engenharia Agrícola, Universidade Federal de Campina Grande, UFCG, Rua Aprígio Veloso, 882 -Universitário, Campina Grande, PB, laurispo.agronomia@gmail. ...
Tópico(s): Environmental and biological studies
2017 - UNIVERSIDADE EST.PAULISTA JÚLIO DE MESQUITA FILHO | Irriga
Rui Cerejeira, Rafaela Veloso-Teles, Nuno Lousan, Carla Pinto Moura,
Rhinosinusitis constitutes an important health problem, with significant interference in personal, professional, and social functioning. This study presents the validation process of the Portuguese version of the RhinoQOL, to be used as a routine procedure in the assessment of patients with chronic rhinosinusitis.To demonstrate that the Portuguese version of the RhinoQOL is as valid as the English version to measure symptoms and health-related quality of life in chronic rhinosinusitis.The Portuguese ...
Tópico(s): Allergic Rhinitis and Sensitization
2015 - Elsevier BV | Brazilian Journal of Otorhinolaryngology
Beatriz S. Bandarra, L. Monteiro, Gustavo Vieira Veloso, Pedro Abreu, Helena Sousa, Rui C. Martins, Joana Luísa Pereira, Paulo Coelho, Margarida J. Quina,
Circular economy envisages resource efficiency and minimization of the negative impacts of waste on the environment and human health. This work considers municipal solid waste incineration bottom ash (IBA) for safe use in geotechnical works, through physical, chemical, ecotoxicological, and geotechnical analysis of samples with different weathering periods. Low leaching potential and no relevant ecotoxic effects were found for IBA. Better compaction was obtained for IBA mixtures with sand. All materials ...
Tópico(s): Recycled Aggregate Concrete Performance
2024 - Elsevier BV | Construction and Building Materials
Produção Nacional
Revisado por pares
Anderson Antunes da Costa Moraes, Manuela Brito Duarte, Eduardo Veloso Ferreira, Gizele Cristina da Silva Almeida, Enzo Gabriel Rocha Santos, Gustavo Pinto, Paulo Rui de Oliveira, César Ferreira Amorim, André dos Santos Cabral, Anselmo de Athayde Costa e Silva, Givago da Silva Souza, Bianca Callegari,
The evaluation of anticipatory postural adjustments (APAs) requires high-cost and complex handling systems, only available at research laboratories. New alternative methods are being developed in this field, on the other hand, to solve this issue and allow applicability in clinic, sport and hospital environments. The objective of this study was to validate an app for mobile devices to measure the APAs during gait initiation by comparing the signals obtained from cell phones using the Momentum app ...
Tópico(s): Musculoskeletal pain and rehabilitation
2022 - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute | Sensors
Produção Nacional
Jônatas Raulino Marques de Sousa, Hans Raj Gheyi, Marcos Eric Barbosa Brito, Francisco de Assis França Dantas da Silva, Geovani Soares de Lima,
... Universidade Federal de Campina Grande, UFCG, Rua Aprígio Veloso, 882 - Universitário, Campina Grande, PB, jonatasraulyno@gmail.com;2 Núcleo de Engenharia de Água e Solo, Universidade Federal do Recôncavo da Bahia, UFRB, Rua Rui Barbosa, 710 - Centro, Cruz das Almas, BA. hans@ ...
Tópico(s): Growth and nutrition in plants
2017 - UNIVERSIDADE EST.PAULISTA JÚLIO DE MESQUITA FILHO | Irriga
Veloso Gomes, Victor Brandão, Jorge Mimoso, Paula Gago, Joana Trigo, Walter Santos, Nuno Marques, Rui Candeias, Salomé Pereira, Vasco Marques, Ana Camacho, Ilídio de Jesus,
To analyze the impact of reperfusion by either primary percutaneous coronary intervention (PPCI) or fibrinolysis, and mortality rates of a pre-hospital fast-track network for treating patients with ST-elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI).A pre-hospital network for STEMI patients, designated the Green Lane for Acute Myocardial Infarction (GL-AMI), has been implemented in the southern region of Portugal --the Algarve Project. We performed an observational study based on a prospective registry of 1338 ...
Tópico(s): Cardiac Imaging and Diagnostics
2012 - Elsevier BV | Revista Portuguesa de Cardiologia
Steven D. Klee, Beatriz Quintino Ferreira, Rui F. M. Silva, João Paulo Costeira, Francisco S. Melo, Manuela Veloso,
In this paper, we present an approach for a robot to provide personalized assistance for dressing a user. In particular, given a dressing task, our approach finds a solution involving manipulator motions and also user repositioning requests. Specifically, the solution allows the robot and user to take turns moving in the same space and is cognizant of the user's limitations. To accomplish this, a vision module monitors the human's motion, determines if he is following the repositioning requests, ...
Tópico(s): Robotics and Sensor-Based Localization
2015 - Springer Science+Business Media | Lecture notes in computer science