Strategies for the enhancement of the catalytic performance of cutinase in nonaqueous media

Dissertação para obtenção do Grau de Doutor em Engenharia Química e Bioquímica

A systems biology framework for pathway level culture media engineering: pplication to Pichia pastoris cultures

Dissertação para obtenção do Grau de Doutor em Engenharia Química e Bioquímica

Marketing plan for Snack Books

A Work Project, presented as part of the requirements for the Award of a Masters Degree in Management from the NOVA – School of Business and Economics

How does household energy consumption contribute to PM10 emissions?

A Work Project, presented as part of the requirements for the Award of a Masters Degree in Economics from the NOVA – School of Business and Economics

How to engage low category users through social media: The case of the make-up sector in Portugal

A Work Project, presented as part of the requirements for the Award of a Masters Degree in Management from the NOVA – School of Business and Economics

Acute Otitis Media a Reliable Warning Sign for Primary Immunodeficiencies?- A Critical Appraisal

Acute otitis media (AOM) is the most common infection in childhood, resulting from both anatomic and immunologic specificities of this age group. Recurrent AOM has been defined as one of the warning signs for primary immunodeficiencies (PID), In this study we evaluated the strength of recurrent AOM as clinical predictor of PID. Methods: Retrospective study (August 2010 - December 2013) which included all patients referred to PID appointment because of recurrent AOM (= 8 AOM episodes/year). Syndromic patients or those presenting with another warning sign for PID were excluded. Clinical, demographic and laboratory results were analized and statistical analysis was made using SPSS 20. Results: Seventy-five patients were included (median age 37,8 months; 62,7% male gender), corresponding to 15% of all first appointments. Other comorbidities were present in 20% of the patients and 17% had ORL surgery prior to PID referral. In most patients, the immunologic screening consisted on the evaluation of humoral function, but in selected cases other studies were performed (namely complement and lymphocyte immunophenotyping). A PID was identified in 12 children (16,0%) and the majority of these patients had other distinctive feature (personal or familiar antecedent of infection or auto-immunity, 66,7%, p<0,05). Nine children (12,0%) underwent prophylactic cotrimoxazole. The average length of follow-up was 11,2 months. Conclusion: Despite being a very frequent cause of immunologic screening, in this study recurrent AOM was not found to be a good predictor of underlying PID, unless the patients presents other significant personal or family history.

Taxas moderadoras e a racionalização da procura de cuidados de saúde

RESUMO - O Sector da Saúde ocupa, atualmente, um espaço muito visível na nossa sociedade, quer em termos económicos, sociais ou meramente mediáticos. Nos últimos 40 anos registaramse progressos notórios graças à ampliação da oferta de cuidados de saúde e ao acréscimo de recursos alocados ao sistema de saúde. Neste período Portugal alcançou um destacado patamar no desenvolvimento do seu sistema de saúde, apresentando hoje resultados comparáveis com os dos principais parceiros internacionais. As taxas moderadoras são um instrumento financeiro, de carácter explícito, que têm como principal objetivo a racionalização da procura de cuidados de saúde (Pinto e Aragão 2003). Este trabalho pretende avaliar o impacto da existência das taxas moderadoras na procura dos cuidados de saúde por parte dos utentes. Metodologia: O instrumento de medida utilizado foi um questionário submetido a um préteste. Este instrumento de investigação é dirigido a consumidores dos cuidados de saúde, na loja de cidadão de Coimbra pretendendo averiguar a opinião de uma certa amostra o de cidadãos acerca da influência das taxas moderadoras na sua procura de cuidados de saúde. O pré-teste terá em conta uma amostra de diferentes idades e estratos sociais. Resultados: O próprio estado de saúde do individuo leva um maior ou menos consumo de cuidados de saúde. As pessoas inquiridas concordam com as taxas moderadoras, conhecem o seu aumento e estão cientes da existência de isenções, não deixando de procurar cuidados de saúde pelo fato de estas existirem. Apesar de em minoria é importante com uma amostra tão pequena ter em consideração os que não concordam com as taxas moderadoras e que deixam de procurar cuidados de saúde.

Why is the make-up consumption in Portugal so low?

A Work Project, presented as part of the requirements for the Award of a Masters Degree in Management from the NOVA – School of Business and Economics

Marketing plan for Gazela

A Work Project, presented as part of the requirements for the Award of a Masters Degree in Management from the NOVA – School of Business and Economics

Educação para os Media ” - Uma experiência no MediaLab DN

Relatório de Estágio de Mestrado em Estudos dos Media e Jornalismo

Zon Multimedia: Telecom and media services: Equity Investment Report

A Work Project, presented as part of the requirements for the Award of a Masters Degree in Finance from the NOVA – School of Business and Economics

The effectiveness of a teacher’s training workshop on Media Smart Program

A Work Project, presented as part of the requirements for the Award of a Masters Degree in Management from the NOVA – School of Business and Economics

Which characteristics, behaviours and perceptions influence the consumption of Nestum private label brands?

A Work Project, presented as part of the requirements for the Award of a Masters Degree in Management from the NOVA – School of Business and Economics

The influence of consumption vocabulary on the encoding and retrieval of haptic information

A Work Project, presented as part of the requirements for the Award of a Masters Degree in Management from the NOVA – School of Business and Economics

The effectiveness of the Media Smart Program on promoting the critical thinking of children towards the use of celebrities in television advertising

A Work Project, presented as part of the requirements for the Award of a Masters Degree in Management from the NOVA – School of Business and Economics