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Biópsia Hepática Percutânea em Doentes Oncológicos - a Propósito de um Caso Clí...

A biópsia hepática percutânea guiada por imagem é uma ferramenta útil que permite obter um diagnóstico histológico fiável sem necessidade de intervenção cirúrgica. Não é contudo um procedimento isento de complicações. No caso particular dos doentes com contexto oncológico conhecido o diagnóstico e estadiamento preciso é indispensável para seleção da terapêutica adequada. Nestes doentes deve dar-se preferência à...

Agriculture and energy efficiency in portuguese agriculture and trade-offs with...

This paper aims to present and discuss an economic and environmental analysis based on case studies for selected Portuguese agriculture production systems which show potentials and constraints of energy efficiency measures in agriculture with respect to the specific environment of Portugal. Results are the Portuguese part of one work package of AGREE (AGRiculture and Energy Efficiency) an European project. It i...

Influence of composition, bonding characteristics and microstructure on the ele...

Thin films of AlOxNy were deposited by magnetron sputtering in a wide composition range. Different structures and morphologies were observed, depending on the composition and bonding states, which opened the possibility to tailor the properties of this oxynitride system between those of pure Al and those of nitride and oxide films. In a wide range of stoichiometries, one can report the formation of nanocomposit...

The role of composition, structure and morphology on the electrical, optical an...

Metallic (Me) oxynitrides (MeNxOy) are an attractive class of materials due to a unique set of versatile properties in different technological domains such as protective applications (wear, diffusion and corrosion-resistance), decorative coatings, gas barriers, microelectronics, optoelectronics, solar cells, etc. Among the group of oxynitrides, aluminium oxynitride (AlNxOy) presents some interesting characteris...

Production of thermoplastic matrix pre-impregnated materials to manufacture com...

The aim of the work was optimizing the continuous production of new continuous carbon fibers reinforced polypropylene matrix pre-impregnated materials (towpregs). This raw-material, produced by dry deposition of polypropylene (PP) powder in an equipment built by the Institute for Polymers and Composites (IPC), was used to manufacture composite pultruded profiles in a recently developed prototype equipment assem...

Rapid progression of a severe femoral bone loss in a stable revision hip prosth...

Biological hydrogen production by Anabaena sp. – Yield, energy and CO2 analysis...

This paper presents laboratory results of biological production of hydrogen by photoautrotophic cyanobacterium Anabaena sp. Additional hydrogen production from residual Cyanobacteria fermentation was achieved by Enterobacter aerogenes bacteria. The authors evaluated the yield of H2 production, the energy consumption and CO2 emissions and the technological bottlenecks and possible improvements of the whole energ...

Processing of continuous fibre reinforced thermoplastics

Towpregs based on different fibres and thermoplastic matrices were processed for highly demanding and more commercial applications by different composite processing technologies. In the technologies used, compression moulding and pultrusion, the final composite pr ocessing parameters were studied in order to obtain composites with adequate properties at industrial compatible production rates. The produced towpr...

Analysis of DNA damage and repair in Saccharomyces cerevisiae using the comet a...

In this work we used the model organism Saccharomyces cerevisiae to characterise the biological activity and the mechanism of action of phytochemicals. We have assessed DNA damage and repair using the comet assay, which displayed a dose-response relationship with different DNA-damaging agents. Subsequently, we used this system to assess the antigenotoxic properties of a leaf extract from Ginkgo biloba (GBE). Ex...

Gellan gum : hydroxyapatite composite hydrogels for bone tissue engineering

The modification of polymeric matrices by adding calcium-phosphate derivatives has been proven an effective strategy for tailoring the properties of scaffolds employed in bone tissue engineering. In this regard and, considering the biomechanics of bone as well as the durotactic response of osteoblasts, this study builds on the hypothesis that the preparation of novel Gellan Gum (GG)-Hydroxyapatite (HA) hydrogel...