Ceres A. Oliveira

The growth of the World’s population has been followed by the reinforcement of the population living in urban areas, which very often results in additional stress over space, ecosystems, infrastructures, facilities and the way of life. Domestic and industrial sources, and mainly motorized traffic are responsible for pollutant emissions and noise wh...

Objective To perform the construct validity and the internal consistency of the Maternal Breastfeeding Evaluation Scale tool, aiming at its application in the Brazilian population. Methods Cross‐sectional study that applied the tool to 287 Brazilian women 30 days after childbirth. Main component analysis with varimax rotation was used for the fact...

Objective A major barrier to the adoption of an approach that integrates spirituality into palliative care is the lack of preparation/education of healthcare professionals on the topic. This study aimed to evaluate the effectiveness of a continuing education activity for healthcare professionals addressing spirituality and spiritual care provision...

We investigated 113 adult Brazilian patients with glioblastoma (GBM) for comparison with patients from distinct geographical areas and evaluation of suitability for novel targeted therapies. Patients were assessed for clinical features and tumor genomic characteristics such as ROS1 and NTRK1 rearrangements, KIT, PDGFRA, and KDR amplification, and R...

Urban rehabilitation is becoming more frequent nowadays. With cities full of falling buildings and no space to build new ones, the only solution is to rehabilitate the existing heritage in order to give new life to the vacant buildings and repopulate the cities. A large amount of the built heritage suffers from advanced degradation, making the reco...

Branco Michaela granite is a widely known material around Europe. This granite can be used for external or internal jobs due to its physical and mechanical properties. The granite samples used in this work were collected at the Transgranitos quarry located in Aguiar da Beira, north of Portugal. The main purpose of this study was to study the Branco...

The study of the prevention of metals corrosion by phosphoric acid has been increasing, due to its vast use in industrial processes such as the production of fertilizers and food products. About 5% of the profits of industrialized nations are spent to prevent corrosion. Several studies have been carried out to determine the corrosive behavior of ca...

More than 30 years ago, ENERCON created a unique technology patent in the form of gearless Wind Energy Converter technology. Ever since then, our engineers and specialists have been working continuously to further develop the products and manufacturing processes. We guarantee our customers maximum agility and excellent solutions which make good eco...

The rehabilitation of buildings, or historic landmarks, has gained in importance over the years. It is increasingly important to safeguard the cultural identity and history of a country. In this research the mortars of the Roman city of Conimbriga were studied, being one of the oldest archaeological cities in Portugal. Conímbriga has its origin in...

Several countries, as Brazil, have public policies for periconceptional folic acid supplementation (FAS) in order to prevent unfavorable outcomes. Our aim was to evaluate the FAS situation in a public reference hospital from Southern Brazil. This study included all mothers who had children born at the Hospital Materno Infantil Presidente Vargas, RS...

Objective: To perform the construct validity and the internal consistency of the Maternal Breastfeeding Evaluation Scale tool, aiming at its application in the Brazilian population. Methods: Cross-sectional study that applied the tool to 287 Brazilian women 30 days after childbirth. Main component analysis with varimax rotation was used for the...

Introduction There is no consensus regarding follow-up of Gastric Cancer (GC) patients. The available imaging tools and serological markers are poorly sensitive to monitor treatment response, minimal residual disease and tumour regrowth in a time-effective manner. We hypothesised that exosomes isolated from GC patients’ plasma contain specific smal...

Strongyloides stercoralis (SS) can cause hyperinfection and disseminated infection in immunosuppressed individuals, with risk of mortality. We report the case of a cadaveric kidney transplant recipient who developed gastrointestinal symptoms and eosinophilia, approximately 3 months after transplantation. Stool examination and esophagogastroduodenos...

Post-transplantation lymphoproliferative disorder (PTLD) is a heterogeneous group of conditions that complicate organ transplantation and are due to immunosuppression. Central nervous system (CNS)-PTLD is rare but its incidence is increasing. It often occurs late and is associated with kidney transplantation and Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) infection....

Glioblastoma stands out as the most frequent central nervous system neoplasia, presenting a poor prognosis. The aim of this study was to verify the frequency and clinical significance of the aneuploidy of chromosomes 7 and 10, EGFR amplification, PTEN and TP53 deletions and 1p/19q deficiency in adult patients diagnosed with glioblastoma. The sample...

The metal artifacts, subjected to non-destructive analysis, originate in archaeological works (1981-1999) carried out in the same physical space, in Tomar, and which found Roman remains of the Seilium Forum (2010 Ponte: 330). The integrated analysis and interpretation of the vast panoply of material culture that exists in many different horizons Ch...

Nowadays, cities historic centers desertification has been assumed as one of the greatest problems of urbanism and territorial planning. This trend is due to the better offer of life quality, housing with better conditions and more competitive costs, proximity to work places and mobility problems found in the in the surroundings. Thus, the urban ce...

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The structures rehabilitation involves a rigorous pathological diagnosis defining the conservation state and possible impact of those pathologies in the structure. This work is focused in aerial and hydraulic lime mortars and gypsum plasters petrographic study of a building from the 19 th century existing in Felgueiras, Portugal. This building is r...

Introduction Borderline personality disorder (BPD) is a disabling heterogeneous psychiatric disorder characterized by poor affect regulation and impulse control, with a high reactivity and vulnerability to stress. It has been hypothesized that these patients may have a dysregulation of the neuroendocrine system. Aims The goal of this work is to sy...

Introduction Anti-psychotics constitute a class of psychotropic drugs used for the treatment and prophylaxis of several disorders, including schizophrenia, bipolar disorder and psychotic depression. Frequently, clinicians are asked by their patients to withdraw this medication. In some cases, that may be related to notable side effects. However, it...

The algorithms used in three-phase systems for the synchronization between voltage converters and power grid has been the subject of constant research, mainly due to the distributed generation units increment connected to the grid. Are objects of study methods in the time domain, which are recognizedly faster and more reliable than methods in the f...

Epithelial-to-mesenchymal transitions (EMT) are strongly implicated in cancer dissemination. Intermediate states, arising from inter-conversion between epithelial (E) and mesenchymal (M) states, are characterized by phenotypic heterogeneity combining E and M features and increased plasticity. Hybrid EMT states are highly relevant in metastatic cont...

In any activity there is a risk, and the number of occupational accidents that occur every year, remind us that there is still a long way to go in raising awareness of companies and their employees to comply with the safety rules. However, there are business sectors more affected than others, in which the risk for occupational accidents is higher,...

Asbestos is a generic, commercial designation, for the fibrous variety of six metamorphic minerals with natural origin. It has excellent chemical and mechanical properties. It has been applied, in several forms, worldwide, mainly in the XX century. At a national level, Portuguese Parliament recommended that an inventory of public buildings containe...

This work has the purpose to highlight the critical importance of the safety coordinator functions on construction planning, organization in order to promote safety, hygiene and health at work, in the project and construction phases. The Decree-Law n° 273/2003 on 29 October revises the rules of safety conditions and health at work on construction s...

Introduction Geriatric-onset of a first-episode mania is a rare psychiatric condition, which may be caused by a heterogeneous group of non-psychiatric conditions. To confirm late-onset bipolar disorder (LOBD) diagnosis, secondary-mania causes should be ruled out. Objectives To provide a comprehensive review reporting prevalence, features, differen...

Introduction After Emil Kraepelin's division of psychoses into a group of dementia praecox and manic-depressive insanity, the classification of psychoses with atypical symptoms, which could not be assigned in this dichotomy created a debate, that lasts until our days. These “atypical psychoses” had been described under many terms and concepts in di...

Introduction Erotomania (also known as De Clerambault's syndrome) is usually described as a rare delusional syndrome characteristically involving an individual who believes that another person, typically of higher social, economic or political status, is in love with the individual. De Clerambault's syndrome remains a ubiquitous nosological psychia...

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Introduction Gender dysphoria is a new diagnostic class in DSM-5 that reflects a new conceptualization of the disorder emphasizing the phenomenon of 'gender incongruence”. It refers to the distress that may accompany the incongruence between one's experienced or expressed gender and one's assigned gender. Hormone and/or surgery are treatment option...

Investigate the relationship of the tumor volume after preoperative chemotherapy (TVAPQ) and before preoperative chemotherapy (TVBPQ) with overall survival at two and at five years, and lifetime. Our sample consisted of consecutive patients evaluated in the period from 1989 to 2009 in an Onco-Hematology Service. Clinical, histological and volumetri...

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Wilms tumor (WT) is the most common renal malignancy of childhood. Our aim was to verify the epidemiological profile and prognosis of a sample of patients from Brazil and compare them to similar data especially presented in studies developed in Latin America. The sample consisted of consecutive patients diagnosed with WT in an onco-hematology servi...

The search for reliable biomarkers of human exposure to benzene and its derivatives is still subject of research. Many of the proposed biomarkers have limitations ranging from the low sensitivity to the wide variability of results. Thus, the aim of our study was to assess the frequencies of chromosomal abnormalities (CA) and sister chromatid exchan...

The shortage of suitable organ donors is now the most important limiting factor in the field of transplantation and more expanded criteria have been accepted to overcome this problem. The objectives of this study were to evaluate the outcome of patients who received an organ from an infected donor and to compare them with patients who received orga...

Induction therapy reduces rejection episodes among patients at high immunologic risk. Antithymocyte globulins appear to be superior to basiliximab in this population, despite the greater potential risk of infection and neoplasia. The aim of this study was to evaluate graft function and acute rejection episodes in 6 HLA-mismatched patients who under...

Haemophilia A is a hereditary bleeding disorder linked to the X chromosome characterized by a deficiency or defect in the coagulation factor VIII (FVIII). Individuals with this coagulopathy require constant infusions of FVIII to maintain their physical integrity and haemostasis. During treatment, some patients develop an immune response that produc...

Background: Extracardiac malformations may be present in patients with congenital heart disease (CHD), bringing greater risk of comorbidity and mortality. Objective: Verify frequency and types of abdominal abnormalities detected in children with and without CHD through abdominal ultrasound (AUS), compare the patients in relation to their dysmorp...

Variant Philadelphia (Ph) chromosome can be observed in 5-10 % of chronic myelogenous leukemia (CML) patients. However, there are only a few studies which have analyzed the prognostic implications of these complex translocations in CML patients after the advent of imatinib mesylate and the results found are conflicting. We investigated the clinical...

Objective: To assess the frequency and types of limb abnormalities observed among patients with trisomy 18, or Edwards syndrome (ES). Method: The sample consisted of consecutive patients evaluated by a clinical genetics service in the period from 1975 to 2008. The results of the cytogenetic analysis, as well as the clinical data were retrieved f...

This cross-sectional study examined the association between the morningness/eveningness dimension and eating patterns. The sample consists of 100 subjects who were screened at a nutrition clinic and was composed of 77% women; mean age was 39.5 (±11.7) years; and 66% were overweight. Significant bivariate correlations were found between the Morningn...

Despite the clinical relevance of anti-factor VIII (FVIII) antibodies (anti-FVIII inhibitors) impairing haemostatic activity of haemophilia A (HA) patients, the immunological mechanisms underlying their production are unknown. Aiming to understand more clearly the immune response in patients with [HAα-FVIII(+)] and without [HAα-FVIII(-)] anti-FVIII...

We present clinical and autopsy findings in the first case of variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease diagnosed and confirmed in Portugal. Onset was at 11 years, the earliest onset reported, and the course (32 months) relatively long. Western blot showed protease resistant prion protein, mainly of type 4 (2B) isoform. The cerebral cortex revealed severe...

Dementia is usually considered as a sporadic disease with a multifactorial aetiology. When a familiar basis exists, the genetic factors may be decisive (mutations) or concur to its expression (risk factors). In the first case the hereditary pattern is well defined and frequently autosomal dominant. In the majority of cases, the physiopathology is m...

Alzheimer's disease (AD) is the most common neurodegenerative disorder associated to dementia in late adulthood. Amyloid precursor protein, presenilin 1 and presenilin 2 genes have been identified as causative genes for familial AD, whereas apolipoprotein E epsilon4 allele has been associated to the risk for late onset AD. However, mutations on the...

Oat is a cereal of high nutritional value, but the high lipid content of the grains is affected by intense deterioration during the storage. Low moisture in storage reduces these damages, but there is a lack of studies about the effect of air temperature used in drying on characteristics of this grain and its components. The objective of this work...

Community is a formal approach to software architecture. Its main characteristics are: a precise, yet intuitive mathematical semantics based on categorical diagrams; a clear separation between computation, coordination, and distribution (including mobility); and a simple state-based language, inspired by Unity, to describe behaviour. This paper dis...

Developing the trigger and the data acquisition (TDAQ) for A Toroidal LHC ApparatuS (ATLAS) detector at LHC poses new challenges including the requirement to monitor, calibrate and align the detector while the on line selection is running simultaneously over thousands of processors. These "conditions" include slowly evolving data such as detector a...

CommUnity proposes a formal approach to software architecture. It uses a parallel program design language in the style of Unity programs (Chandy and Misra, 1988), combining elements from IP (Francez and Forman, 1996). The concepts of software architecture - including configuration, connection, connector, component, instantiation - are clearly defin...

Architecture-based approaches have been promoted as a means of controlling the complexity of system construction and evolution, in particular for providing systems with the agility required to operate in turbulent environments and to adapt very quickly to changes in the enterprise world. Recent technological advances in communication and distributi...

Conditions Data in high energy physics experiments is frequently seen as every data needed for reconstruction besides the event data itself. This includes all sorts of slowly evolving data like detector alignment, calibration and robustness, and data from detector control system. Also, every Conditions Data Object is associated with a time interval...

CommUnity is a parallel program design language and framework that has been extended to provide a formal platform for the architectural design of open, reactive, reconfigurable systems. CommUnity programs are in the style of Unity programs, but they also combine elements from interacting processes. CommUnity also has a richer coordination model and...

CommUnity is a parallel program design language initially developed to show how programs fit into Goguen's categorical approach to General Systems Theory. As such, the CommUnity workbench is being developed as a proof of concept of the framework, hiding the underlying "mathematical machinery" from the user. The workbench prevents the creation of il...