A5024295320- Advanced Software Engineering Methodologies
- Genital Health and Disease
- Urologic and reproductive health conditions
- Cognitive Functions and Memory
- Dementia and Cognitive Impairment Research
- HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions
- Distributed and Parallel Computing Systems
- Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting Issues
- Health, Nursing, Elderly Care
- Service-Oriented Architecture and Web Services
- Psychology and Mental Health
- Software Engineering Research
- HIV, Drug Use, Sexual Risk
- Logic, programming, and type systems
- Global Maternal and Child Health
- Model-Driven Software Engineering Techniques
- Software System Performance and Reliability
- Educational and Psychological Assessments
- Neurobiology of Language and Bilingualism
- Intelligent Tutoring Systems and Adaptive Learning
- Physical Education and Sports Studies
- Corporeality, Perception, and Education
- Physical Education and Gymnastics
- Urological Disorders and Treatments
- Logistics and Infrastructure Analysis
Universidade do Porto
2011-2025
United States Agency for International Development
2024
Institut national de recherche en informatique et en automatique
2013-2015
Research Centre Inria Sophia Antipolis - Méditerranée
2013-2014
Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique
2013
University of Beira Interior
2009
Universidade Lusófona
2001
The purpose of this research is to study depression in institutionalized older people the district Braganca. aims are t...
The purpose of the present study was to calculate construct validity, internal consistency and normative data Phonological Verbal Fluency Test (letters F, A, S, M), Semantic (Animals, Fruits Professions categories), Boston Naming (short standard version), generate for these tests after adjusting age, education, sex. A sample 293 European Portuguese adults participated in study. Results showed adequate validity all final multiple regression models found that age education were significantly...
Abstract Background Voluntary medical male circumcision (VMMC) is an HIV prevention strategy recommended to partially protect men from heterosexually acquired HIV. From 2015 2019, the President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) has supported approximately 14.9 million VMMCs in 15 African countries. Urethrocutaneous fistulas, abnormal openings between urethra and penile skin through which urine can escape, are rare, severe adverse events (AEs) that occur with VMMC. This analysis...
A crescente evidência da possibilidade de desempenhos enganosos ou fraudulentos em contexto exame neuropsicológico forense, incluindo casos envolvendo adultos idosos (por exemplo, determinação incapacidade pedidos reforma antecipada), torna imperativa a inclusão medidas específicas simulação e esforço insuficiente nos protocolos avaliação. O Rey 15-Item Memory Test (15-IMT) é um dos testes mais utilizados neste âmbito. Contudo, apesar se reconhecer que o efeito tecto subjacente ao...
Abstract Objective The principal goal of this study was to produce adjusted normative data for European Portuguese native speakers from Portugal on 2 neuropsychological tests widely used assess learning and memory: the Hopkins Verbal Learning Test-Revised (HVLT-R) Rey–Osterrieth Complex Figure Test (ROCF). Method included 300 individuals aged 18–92 years (M = 50.4, SD 21.2), who had educational backgrounds ranging 3 25 10.4, 5.2). Results Age, education, sex were significantly associated...
Background The voluntary medical male circumcision (VMMC) program in Mozambique aimed to increase (MC) coverage 80 percent among males ages 10 49 by 2018. Given the difficulty attracting adult men over age 20 for circumcision, became interested assessing its age-targeting strategy and progress at provincial level inform planning. Methods We examined impact cost-effectiveness of circumcising different groups using Decision Makers' Program Planning Toolkit, Version 2.1 (DMPPT 2). also applied...
Objective: The main goal of this study was to produce normative data for the Portuguese population on five neuropsychological tests frequently used assess executive functions and attention: Modified Wisconsin Card Sorting Test (M-WCST), Stroop Color Word Test, Trail Making (TMT), Brief Attention (BTA), Symbol Digit Modalities (SDMT). Method: included 300 individuals aged between 18 93 years, who had educational backgrounds ranging from 3 25 years. Results: influence age, education, sex...
Introduction: Voluntary Medical Male Circumcision (VMMC) is a cost–effective HIV prevention strategy that reduces the risk of female–to–male transmission by approximately 60%. Mozambique has implemented national VMMC program since 2010, including testing to identify HIV–positive men. We used data describe Presidents Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR)–supported services in seven provinces Mozambique. Methods: analyzed aggregate PEPFAR Monitoring, Evaluation, and Reporting 2010–2023 VMMCs...
In 2021, The Mozambique Ministry of Health began offering HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) in all provinces. number new clients increased more than three-fold within two years. Among 51,848 people receiving PrEP by December 2023, the largest groups were females and adolescent young adults.
Introduction: Mozambique provides targeted services to reduce HIV incidence and improve clinical outcomes among key populations (KP), including female sex workers (FSW), men who have with (MSM), prisoners, people inject drugs (PWID). KP program data were analyzed understand achievements since 2020 remaining gaps. Methods: We PEPFAR Monitoring, Evaluation, Reporting routine aggregate available for 2020–2023. KPs on antiretroviral therapy (ART) defined as clients ≤28 days the last missed...
Este estudo apresenta a avaliação de uma lista 270 nomes e adjectivos comuns na língua portuguesa relativamente familiaridade valência feita por amostra composta 183 alunos do ensino superior. O objectivo deste foi recolher dados para palavras. Cada palavra avaliada sub-amostra constituída um número participantes que variava entre 79 (mínimo) 89 (máximo). As dimensões foram avaliadas através da utilização escalas 7 pontos ancoradas em ‘Muito Desagradável/Muito Agradável’, no caso valência,...
Formal language hierarchy describes levels of increasing syntactic complexity (adjacent dependencies, nonadjacent nested, crossed) which the transcription into a cognitive remains under debate. The foundations formal have been contradicted by two types evidence: First, adjacent dependencies are not easier to learn compared nonadjacent; second, crossed may be than nested. However, studies providing these findings engaged confounds: Repetition monitoring strategies accounted for participants'...
O objetivo foi explorar a associação entre o nível de depressão numa amostra não-clínica e desempenho em tarefas memória implícita (priming). Participaram 120 estudantes universitários com idades 18 27 anos, distribuídos aleatoriamente por duas condições que correspondiam diferentes aprendizagem uma tarefa completamento troncos palavras. A variável independente (Inventário Avaliação Clínica da Depressão). Os estímulos usados foram palavras positivas, neutras negativas. resultados mostram...