A5019410078- Malaria Research and Control
- COVID-19 epidemiological studies
- Health disparities and outcomes
- Spatial and Panel Data Analysis
- Data-Driven Disease Surveillance
- Viral Infectious Diseases and Gene Expression in Insects
- Crystallization and Solubility Studies
- Pregnancy and preeclampsia studies
- Musculoskeletal Disorders and Rehabilitation
- X-ray Diffraction in Crystallography
- Advanced Statistical Process Monitoring
- Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet
- Mosquito-borne diseases and control
- Bone health and osteoporosis research
- Neonatal Respiratory Health Research
- Healthcare during COVID-19 Pandemic
- Social Skills and Education
- Science and Education Research
- Healthcare Operations and Scheduling Optimization
- Hydrology and Drought Analysis
- Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life
- Astronomy and Astrophysical Research
- Advanced Control Systems Optimization
- Clinical Reasoning and Diagnostic Skills
- Adaptive optics and wavefront sensing
Universidade Nova de Lisboa
2016-2025
Commissariat à l'Énergie Atomique et aux Énergies Alternatives
2020-2024
CEA Paris-Saclay
2020-2024
University of Lisbon
2002-2024
Instituto Politécnico de Leiria
2024
CEA Paris-Saclay - Etablissement de Saclay
2024
Redes Energéticas Nacionais (Portugal)
2023
Institut de Recherche sur les Lois Fondamentales de l'Univers
2020
Hospital de São João
2020
University Center Augusto Motta
2013-2015
To estimate the national prevalence of rheumatic and musculoskeletal diseases (RMDs) in adult Portuguese population to determine their impact on health-related quality life (HRQoL), physical function, anxiety depression.EpiReumaPt is a health survey with three-stage approach. First, 10 661 participants were randomly selected. Trained interviewers undertook structured face-to-face questionnaires that included screening for RMDs assessments life, depression. Second, positive screenings ≥1 RMD...
Rare disease research faces significant challenges due to limited patient data, strict privacy regulations, and the need for diverse datasets develop accurate AI-driven diagnostics treatments. Synthetic data-artificially generated that mimic data while preserving privacy-offer a promising solution these issues. This article explores how synthetic can bridge gaps, enabling training of AI models, simulating clinical trials, facilitating cross-border collaborations in rare research. We examine...
Introduction: Portuguese adults have a long lifespan, but it is unclear whether they live healthy life in their final years. We aimed to determine the prevalence of multimorbidity and characterize lifestyle other health outcomes among older adults.Material Methods: performed cross-sectional evaluation 2393 adults, aged 65 older, during second wave follow-up EpiDoC cohort, population-based study involving long-term representative sample population. Subjects completed structured questionnaire...
A 14-Item Mediterranean Diet Adherence Screener (MEDAS) questionnaire was developed and validated in face-to-face interviews, but not via telephone. The aims of this study were to evaluate the validity reliability a telephone-administered version MEDAS as well validate Portuguese questionnaire. convenience community-based sample adults (n = 224) participated three-stage survey. First, trained researchers administered Second, Food Frequency Questionnaire (FFQ), semi-structured interview....
Spatial and temporal patterns of large fire (>100 ha) incidence in Portugal over the period 1984–2004 were modeled using extreme value statistics, namely Peaks Over Threshold approach, which uses Generalized Pareto Distribution (GPD) as a model. The original dataset includes all fires larger than 5 ha (30 616 fires) that observed during study period, mapped from Landsat satellite imagery. country was divided into eight regions, considered internally homogeneous perspective their regimes...
The World Mental Health Survey Initiative was designed to evaluate the prevalence, correlates, impact and treatment patterns of mental disorders. This paper describes rationale methodological details regarding implementation survey in Portugal, a country that still lacks representative epidemiological data about psychiatric is cross-sectional study with sample Portuguese population, aged 18 or older, based on official census information. WMH-Composite International Diagnostic Interview,...
We aimed to identify dietary patterns (DPs) of Portuguese adults, assess their socioeconomic, demographic, lifestyle determinants, and impact on health.EpiDoC 2 study included 10,153 adults from the EpiDoC Cohort, a population-based study. In this study, trained research assistants using computer-assisted telephone interview collected dietary, lifestyles, health information March 2013 July 2015. Cluster analysis was performed, based questions regarding number meals, weekly frequency soup...
Background: Malaria continues to be a major public health concern in Africa. Approximately 3.2 billion people worldwide are still at risk of contracting malaria, and 80% deaths caused by malaria concentrated only 15 countries, most which These high-burden countries have achieved lower than average reduction incidence mortality, Mozambique is among these countries. eradication therefore one Mozambique’s main priorities. Few studies on been carried out Chimoio, there no map the area. This...
Mozambique was recently ranked fifth in the African continent for number of cases malaria. In Chimoio municipality malaria are increasing annually, contrary to decreasing trend Africa. As transmission is influenced a large extent by climatic conditions, modelling this relationship can provide useful insights designing precision health measures control. There scarcity information on association between variability and risk general, particular. Therefore, aim study model variables weekly...
Deep learning is emerging in many industrial sectors hand with big data analytics to streamline production. In the biomanufacturing sector, infrastructure lagging compared other industries. A promising approach combine deep neural networks (DNN) prior knowledge hybrid network (HNN) workflows that are less dependent on quality and quantity of data. This paper reviews published articles over past 30 years topic HNN applications bioprocesses. It reveals HNNs have been applied various...
In Africa, urban malaria is a major concern, since the towns and especially their suburbs are growing quickly. Mozambique, represents 45 % of all cases outpatient visits 56 inpatient at paediatric clinics. Malaria public health burden in Chimoio Mozambique few studies on exist.The study was carried out to establish spatiality temporality describe socio-demographic characteristics patients Chimoio. Weekly data for 9 years (2006-2014) were collected from district Epidemiological Bulletin...
Successive generalisations of the basic SEIR model have been proposed to accommodate different needs organisations handling SARS-CoV-2 epidemic and assessment public health measures adopted named under common umbrella Non-Pharmaceutical Interventions (NPIs). So far, these not able assess ability avoid infection by thus their contribution contain spread disease. This work proposes a new generalisation includes heterogeneous age-related generation infections that depends both on probability...
Background: The limited or uncertain access to adequate food in elderly people includes not only economic restrictions but also inability of utilization due functional cognitive impairment, health problems, and illiteracy. Objective: aim this work is present the protocol randomized controlled trial Saúde.Come Senior, an educational motivational television (TV)-based intervention promote healthy lifestyles decrease insecurity people. Methods: A study will be conducted subjects aged 60 years...
The United Nation's sustainable development goal for 2030 is to eradicate the global malaria epidemic, primarily as disease continues be one of major concerns public health in sub-Saharan Africa. In 2015, region accounted 90% deaths. Mozambique recorded a mortality rate 42.75 (per 100,000). Chimoio, Mozambique's fifth largest city, fourth leading cause death (9.4%). Few data on exists Mozambique, particularly relation Chimoio. objective this study was characterize trends and its spatial...
Due to the complexity of biological processes, developing model-based strategies for monitoring, optimization and control is nontrivial. Hybrid neural models, combining mechanistic modeling with artificial networks, have been reported as powerful tools bioprocess applications. In this paper, a systematic literature review presented focused on application hybrid models bioprocesses by Preferred Reporting Items Systematic Reviews Meta-Analyses (PRISMA) over last 30 years. This analysis showed...
Invasive group A streptococcal (GAS) disease, although rare, has a high mortality and morbidity rate, making early recognition treatment crucial. Toxic shock syndrome (TSS) necrotizing fasciitis are the most feared complications require comprehensive, multidisciplinary treatment. In addition to appropriate support resuscitation, patient management should include empirical broad-spectrum antibiotic therapy covering gram-negative bacteria, methicillin-resistant