Health Examination for People Aged over 65 years

This programme aims to improve autonomy, safety and active life of people as they age, through the promotion of healthy lifestyles, early detection of risks, environmental adaptations and comprehensive care for frail elderlyYesEl presente programa persigue mejorar la autonomía, la seguridad y la vida activa de las personas a medida que envejecen, a través de la promoción de estilos de vida saludables, de la detección precoz de riesgos, de la adecuación de los entornos y de la atención integral en la situación de fragilidad

The impacts of warming on the toxicity of carbon nanoparticles in mussels

With the increased production and research on nanoparticles, the presence of carbon nanotubes (CNTs) in aquatic systems is very likely to increase. Although it has been shown that CNTs may cause toxicity in marine organisms, to our knowledge, the possible impacts under global temperature increase is still unknown. For this reason, biochemical and physiological impacts induced in Mytilus galloprovincialis due to the presence of functionalized multi-walled CNTs (f-MWCNTs) and increased temperature were investigated in the present study. The mussels exposed to increased temperature alone presented higher metabolic capacity and expenditure of glycogen as an energy resource to fuel up defense mechanisms and thus preventing oxidative damage. Contrarily, organisms exposed to f-MWCNTs alone seemed not stressed enough to demonstrate differences in the metabolism capacity. Furthermore, f-MWCNTs seemed not able to significantly activate their antioxidant and biotransformation enzymes, which in turn may led to oxidative damage in the cells especially when organisms were exposed to a warmer temperature. In fact, at higher temperature, the antioxidant response of organisms exposed to f-MWCNTs was not effective and oxidative damage levels were observed. Nevertheless, no additive or synergetic effects were observed when mussels were exposed to both stressors simultaneously.publishe