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- Benefits of regular walking exercise in advanced pre-dialysis chronic kidney diseasePublication . Kosmadakis, G. C.; John, S. G.; Clapp, E. L.; Viana, J. L.; Smith, A. C.; Bishop, N. C.; Bevington, A.; Owen, P. J.; McIntyre, C. W.; Feehally, J.There is increasing evidence of the benefit of regular physical exercise in a number of long-term conditions including chronic kidney disease (CKD). In CKD, this evidence has mostly come from studies in end stage patients receiving regular dialysis. There is little evidence in pre-dialysis patients with CKD Stages 4 and 5.
- Effects of resistance and aerobic exercise on physical function, bone mineral density, OPG and RANKL in older womenPublication . Marques, Elisa A.; Wanderley, Flávia; Machado, Leandro; Sousa, Filipa; Viana, João L.; Moreira-Gonçalves, Daniel; Moreira, Pedro; Mota, Jorge; Carvalho, JoanaThis study compared the effects of a resistance training protocol and a moderate-impact aerobic training protocol on bone mineral density (BMD), physical ability, serum osteoprotegerin (OPG), and receptor activator of nuclear factor kappa B ligand (RANKL) levels. Seventy-one older women were randomly assigned to resistance exercise (RE), aerobic exercise (AE) or a control group (CON). Both interventions were conducted 3 times per week for 8 months. Outcome measures included proximal femur BMD, muscle strength, balance, body composition, serum OPG, and RANKL levels. Potential confounding variables included dietary intake, accelerometer-based physical activity (PA), and molecularly defined lactase nonpersistence. After 8 months, only RE group exhibited increases in BMD at the trochanter (2.9%) and total hip (1.5%), and improved body composition. Both RE and AE groups improved balance. No significant changes were observed in OPG and RANKL levels, and OPG/RANKL ratio. Lactase nonpersistence was not associated with BMD changes. No group differences were observed in baseline values or change in dietary intakes and daily PA. Data suggest that 8 months of RE may be more effective than AE for inducing favourable changes in BMD and muscle strength, whilst both interventions demonstrate to protect against the functional balance control that is strongly related to fall risk.
- Requirements to validate a sport psychosocial assessment questionnairePublication . Gonçalves, Francisco; Aranha, Agata; Santos, José; Mourão, Paulo
- Useless: o operário, o artista, o artesãoPublication . Nunes, Maria FátimaBreve biografia de Jia Zhang-ke. Análise semiótica e antropológica do filme do realizador chinês, Jia Zhang-ke, Useless.
- Women trafficking for sexual exploitation in Portugal: Life narratives.Publication . Neves, SofiaThis paper describes a qualitative research about women trafficking for sexual exploitation in Portugal. The life experiences of a group of Brazilian women were characterised through the use of a comprehensive methodology – life narratives. The evidences found in this study, analysed and interpreted discursively from a feminist critical perspective, show us an unmistakable and intricate articulation between gender issues and poverty and social exclusion. Those conditions seem to establish themselves risk factors for victimisation and sexual oppression.
- Anomalia Psíquica Grave e CriminalidadePublication . Alves, A. P.; Almeida, F.A associação entre perturbação mental e criminalidade tem sido amplamente investigada. Para além do ponto de vista clínico, o estudo desta associação é relevante pelas implicações na organização dos serviços de saúde e sua articulação com o sistema judicial e também pelo impacto na opinião pública que a problemática da perigosidade das pessoas portadoras de perturbação mental suscita. Tem sido mostrada, de forma consistente, uma associação entre violência e esquizofrenia e outras psicoses. Contudo, estas patologias não parecem constituir o único e principal risco adicional de comportamento violento. Apesar da prevalência de violência associada às perturbações decorrentes do abuso de substâncias, sem psicose associada, ser mais elevada, está evidenciado que a patologia aditiva (co-mórbida) aumenta significativamente o risco de violência nos indivíduos que padecem de psicose. Estes dados salientam a importância de intervenções destinadas à prevenção do consumo de substâncias em doentes com psicose e a avaliação do risco de violência nestes doentes, como forma de prevenir a recidiva de comportamento violento e criminal.
- Introdução: Género e MigraçõesPublication . Neves, S.; Miranda, J.
- Villes littéraires et villes numériques: la Página Literária de PortoPublication . Vieira, Célia; Rio Novo, Isabel; Sousa, Alexandre; Cruz, TiagoÉtant donné que, par sa tradition et par sa dynamique, la ville de Porto peut accueillir un projet fondé sur l'exploitation de ses potentialités en tant que ville littéraire et étant donné, par ailleurs, que la mise en place de systèmes d'information massifs, dans le cadre des programmes de dynamisation de villes numériques promus par l'Union Européenne, permettant l'application de puissants outils de diffusion aux produits culturels, se présentait comme une circonstance favorable à l'augmentation des interactions et des pratiques innovatrices, nous avons développé un portail, la Página Literária do Porto (Page Littéraire de Porto), visant à la divulgation en ligne d'informations littéraires et de données se rapportant à la vie, à l'oeuvre et à l'autoréflexion créative des auteurs portugais vivants. En conjuguant les ressources d'une société d'information et les aspirations d'une ville de la création, la Página Literária do Porto récupère des fonctionnalités des anciennes revues littéraires, elle bénéficie des avantages apportés par la possibilité étendue de stockage et d'édition de données en ligne et elle fournit aux chercheurs des corpora originaux pour le développement d'études dans le cadre de la théorie, de la critique et de l'histoire littéraires.
- Physical Education evaluation methodsPublication . Gonçalves, Francisco; Aranha, Agata