1 Faculty of Health Sciences, Fernando Pessoa University, Porto, Portugal; 2 Centre for Research and Technology of Agro-Environmental and Biological Sciences (CITAB), Vila Real, Portugal, 3 Department of Biology and Environment, University of Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro (UTAD), Vila Real, Portugal; 4 Department of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Technology, Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Barcel...

An outbreak of Legionnaires’ disease with 334 confirmed cases was identified on 7 November 2014 in Vila Franca de Xira, Portugal and declared controlled by 21 November. Epidemiological, environmental and microbiological analysis identified industrial wet cooling systems to be the probable source of infection. Preliminary results from sequence-based typing of clinical specimens and environmental...

We provide one of the first large sample comparisons of cash policies in public and private U.S. firms. We first show that despite higher financing frictions, private firms hold, on average, about half as much cash as public firms do. By examining the drivers of cash policies for each group, we are able to attribute the difference to the much higher agency costs in public firms. By combining ev...

Betânia MONTEIRO*, Lukiya FAVARATO, Pablo CARVALHO, Barbara OKANO, Maria Antônia MENEGATTI, Alvaro OLIVEIRA, Bianka SANTOS, Ricardo DEL CARLO Stem Cell and Cellular Therapy Laboratory, Animal Science, Vila Velha University, Vila Velha, Brazil Department of Veterinary Science, Federal University of Viçosa, Viçosa, Brazil Department of Veterinary Science, Federal University of Minas Gerais, Belo ...

Tiago M Barbosa, Jorge E Morais, José Goncalves, Daniel A Marinho, António J Silva National Institute of Education, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, [email protected] University of Trás-os-Montes and Alto Douro, Vila Real, Portugal Polytechnic Institute of Bragança, Bragança, Portugal University of Beira Inteiror, Covilha, Portugal Research Centre in Sports, Health and human ...

La ecoendoscopia sectorial es una técnica muy segura con una gran precisión diagnóstica no alcanzable por otras exploraciones utilizadas en la estadificación de distintos tumores del tracto digestivo y órganos vecinos. Permite la realización de punción aspiración con aguja fina con obtención de material para estudio histológico, además de facilitar la realización de numerosas maniobras terapéut...

1,3,6 Wellington G Feitosa, Mário J Costa, Jorge E Morais, Nuno D Garrido, António J Silva, Antonio B Lima, Tiago M Barbosa Ceará State Univesity, Fortaleza, Brazil Polytechnic Institute of Bragança, Bragança, Portugal University of Trás-os-Montes and Alto Douro, Vila Real, Portugal National Institute of Education, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore Ceará Federal University, Fortaleza,...

1 Department of Sports Sciences, University of Trás-os-Montes and Alto Douro (UTAD), Vila Real Portugal. 2 CIDESD UTAD Research Unit, Sport Sciences, Exercise and Health Department, University of Trás-os-Montes and Alto Douro, Vila Real Portugal. Authors submitted their contribution of the article to the editorial board. Accepted for printing in Journal of Human Kinetics vol. 41/2014 on June 2...

3B’s Research Group – Biomaterials, Biodegradables and Biomimetics, Department of Polymer Engineering, University of Minho, AvePark, 4806-909 Taipas, Guimarães, Portugal Life and Health Sciences Research Institute – ICVS/3B’s, PT Government Associate Laboratory, Braga/Guimarães, Portugal Department of Veterinary Sciences, School of Agrarian and Veterinary Sciences, University of Trás-os-Montes ...

Vila na Rede is an Inclusive Social Network (ISN) system developed as a joint effort with Brazilian communities. As a product of e-Cidadania's Project, it has inherited the objective of being accessible for the widest variety of users, including those less familiar with technology or with low literacy levels. In this direction, different features were incorporated into Vila na Rede in order to ...