BACKGROUND: The soluble pattern-recognition receptor known as long pentraxin 3 (PTX3) has a nonredundant role in antifungal immunity. The contribution of single-nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) in PTX3 to the development of invasive aspergillosis is unknown. METHODS: We screened an initial cohort of 268 patients undergoing hematopoietic stem-cell transplantation (HSCT) and their donors for PTX3 SNPs modifying th...
BACKGROUND: The production of bioethanol from lignocellulosic feedstocks will only become economically feasible when the majority of cellulosic and hemicellulosic biopolymers can be efficiently converted into bioethanol. The main component of cellulose is glucose, whereas hemicelluloses mainly consist of pentose sugars such as D-xylose and L-arabinose. The genomes of filamentous fungi such as A. nidulans encode...
This paper presents an overview of the most common techniques employed for solving the SAT problem. Such techniques have allowed the SAT solvers to be reliable enough in order to solve both random and practical instances. Another point focused in this paper is the applicability of Reconfigurable Systems in order to accelerate the SAT solving process. An emphasis to HW/SW based solutions will be done and an anal...
The authors would like to thank Rui Gomes for the help in the application of electrophysio- logical techniques and Luís Martins and Miguel Carneiro for the histological preparations. ; Chronic stress impairs cognitive function, namely on tasks that rely on the integrity of cortico-limbic networks. To unravel the functional impact of progressive stress in cortico-limbic networks we measured neural activity and ...
Tese de doutoramento em Ciências da Saúde ; In the last decades, significant advances were accomplished on the study of neglected fungal diseases, mainly in defining the pathogen genetics and host risk factors. Paracoccidioidomycosis, a mycosis caused by Paracoccidioides species, is one of these diseases, and it is estimated to affect 10 million individuals in countries from Latin America. Over the last years,...
Relatório de estágio de mestrado em Ensino de Educação Física nos Ensinos Básico e Secundário ; O objetivo do relatório aqui presente traduz-se na apresentação de forma teórica de todo um processo desenvolvido por mim enquanto estagiária na área da educação física ao longo do ano letivo 2012/2013. O processo de desenvolvimento motor em todos os indivíduos, nomeadamente nas crianças adolescentes, é influenciado...
A capoeira é um misto de jogo, dança e luta que é fruto de uma cultura de raiz africana muito forte. Acredita-se que tenha surgido entre os escravos bantos procedentes de Angola. O fato é que ela contém um potencial simbólico e prático mostrando a sensibilidade de um povo que luta dançando, sorrindo, jogando, suscitando nos jogadores e na plateia uma diversidade enorme de emoções e sentimentos. Essa dimensão e...
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