- Energy Load and Power Forecasting
- Water resources management and optimization
- Energy Efficiency and Management
- Corporate Finance and Governance
- Scheduling and Optimization Algorithms
- Water Systems and Optimization
- Working Capital and Financial Performance
- Firm Innovation and Growth
- Assembly Line Balancing Optimization
- Advanced Manufacturing and Logistics Optimization
- Healthcare Policy and Management
- Stock Market Forecasting Methods
- Healthcare Operations and Scheduling Optimization
- Community Development and Social Impact
- Gene expression and cancer classification
- Ocular Diseases and Behçet’s Syndrome
- Global Cancer Incidence and Screening
- Corporate Taxation and Avoidance
- Time Series Analysis and Forecasting
- Insurance and Financial Risk Management
- Statistical Methods in Clinical Trials
- Reconstructive Facial Surgery Techniques
- Retinal and Optic Conditions
- Retinal Diseases and Treatments
- Online and Blended Learning
St Thomas' Hospital
2024
Polytechnic Institute of Porto
2018-2023
Queen Victoria Hospital
2018-2023
Hospital Beatriz Ângelo
2022
University of Minho
2015-2017
Introdução: A insuficiência cardíaca (IC) é uma síndrome clínica complexa que ocorre quando o coração incapaz de bombear sangue maneira eficiente, levando à diminuição do fornecimento oxigênio e nutrientes aos órgãos tecidos corpo. O manejo da tem evoluído consideravelmente com desenvolvimento novas terapias farmacológicas dispositivos implantáveis. Objetivo: Revisar as perspectivas no cardíaca. Metodologia: pesquisa fundamentada em revisão abrangente literatura existente, para a coleta dos...
Introdução: A endometriose é uma condição ginecológica caracterizada pela presença de tecido endometrial fora da cavidade uterina, causando dor crônica, infertilidade e diversos outros sintomas. abordagem terapêutica ampla envolve desde intervenções clínicas farmacológicas até tratamentos cirúrgicos, com a escolha do tratamento dependendo gravidade dos Objetivo: Revisar as estratégias emergentes no endometriose. Metodologia: pesquisa fundamentada em revisão abrangente literatura existente,...
Introdução: A diabetes tipo 2 é uma das doenças metabólicas mais prevalentes no mundo, caracterizada por resistência à insulina e disfunção na secreção desse hormônio. Nos últimos anos, o avanço entendimento dos mecanismos fisiopatológicos da DM2 contribuiu para desenvolvimento de novas terapias estratégias manejo que visam não apenas controle glicêmico, mas também a prevenção complicações melhoria qualidade vida pacientes. Objetivo: revisar as recentes tratamento 2. Metodologia: pesquisa...
Introdução: As doenças dermatológicas representam um dos grupos mais prevalentes de condições saúde, afetando milhões pessoas em todo o mundo. A relação entre as e a qualidade vida tem sido amplamente estudada, demonstrando que esses distúrbios também têm implicações aspectos emocionais psicossociais. abordagem terapêutica para doença evoluído ao longo anos, com desenvolvimento novos tratamentos. Objetivo: Analisar impacto das na pacientes, destacando abordagens clínicas terapêuticas...
Introdução: A Doença de Alzheimer é uma condição neurodegenerativa crônica e progressiva que afeta principalmente a memória, o pensamento comportamento. Nas últimas décadas, os avanços na neurociência biotecnologia abriram novas possibilidades para diagnóstico tratamento da doença. Objetivo: Explorar recentes no Alzheimer. Metodologia: pesquisa fundamentada em revisão abrangente literatura existente, coleta dos dados, foi utilizada base dados PubMed Scielo, abrangendo estudos entre 2014...
Introdução: Os tumores endometriais representam uma das principais causas de câncer ginecológico, sendo o endométrio mais comum entre as neoplasias malignas do trato genital feminino. Nas últimas décadas, houve avanços importantes nas técnicas cirúrgicas para tratamento da doença, com destaque a cirurgia minimamente invasiva, como laparoscopia e robótica, que oferecem benefícios em termos recuperação rápida menor morbidade. Objetivo: Discutir os desafios no manejo cirúrgico endometriais....
The enhanced recovery after surgery (ERAS) pathway is a protocol aimed at optimizing patient care by reducing the physiological alterations caused surgery, thus time, surgical morbidities and length of stay. This study assessed impact ERAS on patients undergoing microsurgical breast reconstruction.Patients reconstruction over an eight-month period were retrospectively examined. LOS, complication rates perioperative outcomes analysed. Results compared between admitted traditional (TRAS)...
This study assessed the effectiveness of 0.19-mg fluocinolone acetonide (FAc) implant by multimodal measurements in patients with non-infectious uveitis (NIU) a real-world setting Spain.A prospective who had NIU including uveitic macular oedema (UME) ≥ 12 months follow-up was done. Exclusion criteria include infectious and uncontrolled glaucoma or ocular hypertension requiring more than 2 medications. Effectiveness using multicomponent outcome measure that included nine outcomes. defined as...
Apparent water losses can be problematic to companies' revenues. This type of loss is very difficult detect and quantify often associated with meter anomalies. study was motivated by a company's challenge that links decrease in consumption meters' malfunction. The aim develop strategy decreasing usage patterns, contributing performance assessment. basis the approach combination statistical methods. First, time series billed decomposed using Seasonal-Trend decomposition based on Loess. Next,...
Esse estudo realizou uma revisão da literatura, com o objetivo de avaliar a eficácia aplicação laser no tratamento hipersensibilidade dentinária. Os resultados dessa pesquisa destacam complexidade dentinária, atribuída fatores como retração gengival e erosão ácida. Embora terapias convencionais tenham mostrado eficácia, laserterapia emergiu opção altamente eficaz, proporcionando alívio rápido confortável para os pacientes. Estudos clínicos evidenciaram promissores, sugerindo que pode ser...
Qualifying for European competitions allows football clubs to have access the two most important played in Europe, UEFA Champions League and Europa League. Thereby, participation these has both direct (participation prizes) indirect (player transactions, television rights, box office, advertising, sponsorship) impacts on sustainability of clubs’ accounts. The current competition model, which now includes more teams, become attractive small clubs. In this context, research aims analyze impact...
In order to address one of the most challenging problems in hospital management - patients' absenteeism without prior notice this study analyses risk factors associated with event. To end, through real data from a located North Portugal, prediction model previously validated literature is used infer factors, and an explainable proposed, based on modified CART algorithm. The latter intends generate human-interpretable explanation for patient absenteeism, its implementation described detail....
Coronavirus pandemic has impacted the whole education system. Suddenly, presential classrooms are replaced by online learning, leaving students and teachers to deal with various problems without any specific preparation. This research study examines perceptions of 78 from a Portuguese Higher Education (HE) institution towards learning during disease 19 (COVID-19) pandemic. Two months after implementation they responded survey whose responses were analyzed using descriptive statistics...
Entrepreneurship is a theme of global interest, and it the subject investigations conducted by many researchers projects. In particular, Global Monitor project that involves several countries years surveys on entrepreneurship indicators. This study focuses 12 indicators entrepreneurial ecosystem defined Entrepreneurial Framework Conditions (EFCs). The EFCs are specifically related to quality ecosystem. Using clustering techniques, present analyzes how European experts’ perceptions their home...
This study investigates the scheduling of mechanical repairs performed at a Portuguese firm in automobile sector. The aim is to reduce amount time that vehicles spend inactive between interventions by developing mathematical model takes into account available resources and mechanics, necessary interventions, required for each repair. To accomplish this, mixed-integer linear programming (MILP) was employed, incorporating various variables schedule allocate resources, determine start times...
This work is funded by FEDER funds through the Operational Program for Competitiveness Factors – COMPETE and National Funds FCT Foundation Science Technology under project EXPL/MAT-STA/0313/2013. The author Ana Borges has a PhD scholarship from SFRH/BD/74166/2010.
Structural conditions and population characteristics of countries have been identified in the literature as factors for an individual to become, or intentions becoming, entrepreneur. However, this is still a subject under research, which has become increasingly relevant could be crucial current challenges European countries. In work, entrepreneurial entrepreneurship activity are studied. More precisely, structural countries, changed over last two decades, analysed. The aim describe behaviour...
Corporate social responsibility (CSR) has been a field of interest over the past couple decades. The challenges posed by rapidly evolving technology and frequently changing market conditions along with well-informed customers, have compelled firms to pay greater attention their stakeholders address social, economic, environmental issues. This heightened focus on CSR reflects growing perception that success transcends financial gains encompasses broader benefits communities society. Moreover,...
Este Trabalho de Conclusão Curso (TCC) aborda a amamentação e sua relação com o Sistema Estomatognático (SE) Anquiloglossia. Inicialmente, destaca-se importância do SE, que engloba diversas estruturas craniofaciais suas funções, enfatizando como desempenha um papel fundamental no desenvolvimento adequado dessas estruturas. No entanto, anquiloglossia, uma condição em freio lingual é curto, pode afetar negativamente oral. Os métodos diagnóstico da anquiloglossia são explorados, incluindo Teste...