21 research outputs found
Economia verde e economia circular: desafios e oportunidades
ISEP, through CIDEM (Center for Research and Development in Mechanical Engineering), is a co-promoter of the “PME Sustentável” (Sustainable SME) project. This project, funded under the COMPETE 2020 / FEDER, aims to strengthen the competitiveness of Portuguese small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) by promoting the adoption of a circular economy. The Sustainable SME project has emerged from the need to respond to the challenges arising from the EU Directive 2014/95 / EU, which consists of the disclosure by companies of information not included in the traditional financial report. It is intended that organizations also disclose data on sustainability (social and environmental factors).The results of the study are compiled in this book.COMPETE 2020 ‐ FEDER, Project 16129info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersio
Application of the CATA methodology with children: Qualitative approach on ballot development and product characterization of innovative products
There is an increasing importance of the role of children and adolescents in the food market and to successfully
develop food products intended for them, it is necessary to apply proper sensory evaluation methodologies.
Although children can execute traditional methods for food liking and preference evaluation, traditional sensory
descriptive methods may not be suitable for them and it is necessary to assess their ability to perform novel
sensory profiling methods. Thus, this study aimed to assess children’s acceptance of an innovative food product –
cookies incorporating fermented grass pea (Lathyrus sativus) flour – and their ability to describe a sensory profile
using a Check-All-That-Apply (CATA) approach. Two different types of cookies (salty and sweet) were developed,
differing in the level of substitution of wheat flour by fermented grass pea flour (between 0 and 40%). The
cookies were evaluated by two sensory panels of 60 children (8–12 years), who assessed the overall liking using a
7-point facial hedonic scale and the sensory profile of the samples using a CATA ballot with 21 sensory terms
previously developed through focus groups with children. Children showed the ability to discriminate the
different samples with the hedonic scale and according to their sensory profile. Results revealed that the focusgroup
with children is an adequate way to generate CATA ballots and that the CATA approach is adequate to
evaluate how children discriminate the sensory profile of food products. Furthermore, the food neophobia level
of the children negatively impacted their acceptance of the food productsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersio
Chemical composition and nutritional value of the most widely appreciated cultivated mushrooms: An inter-species comparative study
Glossário de responsabilidade social
Este Glossário de Responsabilidade Social é um produto da RSO PT, pelo que as referências ao mesmo deverão ser efetuadas mencionando o nome do documento e os seus autores: Rede RSO PT, GT ISO 26000, Glossário de Responsabilidade Social, (2013)Este Glossário de Responsabilidade Social foi desenvolvido no âmbito da Rede RSO PT, no Grupo de Trabalho da ISO 26 000 (GT ISO 26000). A missão do GT ISO 26000 consiste em promover e aprofundar o conhecimento sobre a norma NP ISO 26000 Linhas de Orientação para a Responsabilidade Social.
O Glossário de Responsabilidade Social seguiu a estrutura da norma de referência NP ISO 26000 Linhas de orientação para a responsabilidade social, pelo que os termos se encontram associados aos sete temas da norma.APEE; APSHSTDC; BSD; Câmara Municipal da Amadora; Câmara Municipal de Loures; Câmara Municipal de Oliveira de Azeméis; CIG; CITE; Coordenada Social; CTCV; Edit Value; GEBALIS; IAPMEI; Instituto de Informática, IP; Instituto Português da Qualidade; Montepio; Process Advice; State of The Art; Universidade Abert
Using Gamma Irradiation to Attenuate the Effects Caused by Drying or Freezing in Macrolepiota procera Organic Acids and Phenolic Compounds
Livro Verde dos Montados
O Livro Verde dos Montados apresenta diversos objectivos que se interligam:
Em primeiro lugar, o Livro Verde pretende reunir e sistematizar, de uma forma simples e acessível ao público, o conhecimento produzido em Portugal pelos investigadores e técnicos de várias instituições de investigação ou de gestão que estudam o Montado. Assume-se como uma oportunidade de caracterizar o sistema tendo em conta as suas várias dimensões, identificando as principais ameaças à sua preservação assim como os caminhos que podem ajudar à sua sustentabilidade. Não sendo um documento científico, baseia-se no conhecimento científico e pretende constituir a base para uma plataforma de organização, tanto dos investigadores como do conhecimento científico actualmente produzido em Portugal sobre o Montado.Em segundo lugar, o Livro Verde deverá contribuir para um entendimento partilhado do que é o Montado, por parte do público, de técnicos e de especialistas, conduzindo a uma classificação mais clara do que pode ser considerado Montado e de quais os tipos distintos de Montados que podem ser identificados.
Em terceiro lugar, o Livro Verde estabelece as bases para uma estratégia coordenada de disponibilização de informação sobre o sistema Montado, visando o seu conhecimento, apreciação e valorização pela sociedade portuguesa no seu conjunto. Deste modo, o Livro Verde poderá constituir um instrumento congregador e inspirador para a realização de acções de sensibilização e informação sobre o Montado.
Em quarto lugar, pretende-se que o Livro Verde contribua para um maior reconhecimento e valorização do Montado como sistema, a nível do desenho das políticas nacionais por parte dos vários sectores envolvidos.Finalmente, o Livro Verde constituirá um documento parceiro do Livro Verde das Dehesas, produzido em Espanha em 2010, de forma a reforçar o reconhecimento e a devida valorização destes sistemas silvo-pastoris no desenho das estratégias e políticas relevantes pelas instituições europeias.
Em suma, os autores pretendem que o Livro Verde dos Montados se afirme como o primeiro passo para uma efectiva definição e implementação de uma estratégia nacional para os Montados
SARS-CoV-2 introductions and early dynamics of the epidemic in Portugal
Genomic surveillance of SARS-CoV-2 in Portugal was rapidly implemented by
the National Institute of Health in the early stages of the COVID-19 epidemic, in collaboration
with more than 50 laboratories distributed nationwide.
Methods By applying recent phylodynamic models that allow integration of individual-based
travel history, we reconstructed and characterized the spatio-temporal dynamics of SARSCoV-2 introductions and early dissemination in Portugal.
Results We detected at least 277 independent SARS-CoV-2 introductions, mostly from
European countries (namely the United Kingdom, Spain, France, Italy, and Switzerland),
which were consistent with the countries with the highest connectivity with Portugal.
Although most introductions were estimated to have occurred during early March 2020, it is
likely that SARS-CoV-2 was silently circulating in Portugal throughout February, before the
first cases were confirmed.
Conclusions Here we conclude that the earlier implementation of measures could have
minimized the number of introductions and subsequent virus expansion in Portugal. This
study lays the foundation for genomic epidemiology of SARS-CoV-2 in Portugal, and highlights the need for systematic and geographically-representative genomic surveillance.We gratefully acknowledge to Sara Hill and Nuno Faria (University of Oxford) and
Joshua Quick and Nick Loman (University of Birmingham) for kindly providing us with
the initial sets of Artic Network primers for NGS; Rafael Mamede (MRamirez team,
IMM, Lisbon) for developing and sharing a bioinformatics script for sequence curation
(https://github.com/rfm-targa/BioinfUtils); Philippe Lemey (KU Leuven) for providing
guidance on the implementation of the phylodynamic models; Joshua L. Cherry
(National Center for Biotechnology Information, National Library of Medicine, National
Institutes of Health) for providing guidance with the subsampling strategies; and all
authors, originating and submitting laboratories who have contributed genome data on
GISAID (https://www.gisaid.org/) on which part of this research is based. The opinions
expressed in this article are those of the authors and do not reflect the view of the
National Institutes of Health, the Department of Health and Human Services, or the
United States government. This study is co-funded by Fundação para a Ciência e Tecnologia
and Agência de Investigação Clínica e Inovação Biomédica (234_596874175) on
behalf of the Research 4 COVID-19 call. Some infrastructural resources used in this study
come from the GenomePT project (POCI-01-0145-FEDER-022184), supported by
COMPETE 2020 - Operational Programme for Competitiveness and Internationalisation
(POCI), Lisboa Portugal Regional Operational Programme (Lisboa2020), Algarve Portugal
Regional Operational Programme (CRESC Algarve2020), under the PORTUGAL
2020 Partnership Agreement, through the European Regional Development Fund
(ERDF), and by Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia (FCT).info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersio
Portuguese guidelines for the use of biological agents in rheumatoid arthritis - March 2010 update.
The authors present the revised version of the Portuguese Society of Rheumatology (SPR) guidelines for the treatment of rheumatoid arthritis (RA) with biological therapies. In these guidelines the criteria for introduction and maintenance of biological agents are discussed as well as the contraindications and procedures in the case of non-responders. Biological treatment should be considered in RA patients with a disease activity score 28 (DAS 28) superior to 3.2 despite treatment with 20mg/week of methotrexate (MTX) for at least 3 months or, if such treatment is not possible, after 6 months of other conventional disease modifying drug or combination therapy. A DAS 28 score between 2.6 and 3.2 with a significant functional or radiological deterioration under treatment with conventional regimens could also constitute an indication for biological treatment. The treatment goal should be remission or, if that is not achievable, at least a low disease activity, characterized by a DAS28 lower than 3.2, without significative functional or radiological worsening. The response criteria, at the end of the first 3 months of treatment, are a decrease of 0.6 in the DAS28 score. After 6 months of treatment response criteria is defined as a decrease of more than 1.2 in the DAS28 score. Non-responders, in accordance to the Rheumatologist's clinical opinion, should try a switch to another biological agent (tumour necrosis factor antagonist, abatacept, rituximab or tocilizumab).publishersversionpublishe