University of Minho

Examining Diagnostic Criteria for Atypical Anorexia Nervosa Post Metabolic Bariatric Surgery

ABSTRACT Objective To examine the applicability of current diagnostic criteria for atypical anorexia nervosa (AAN) to patients 1 year post Metabolic Bariatric Surgery (MBS). Method This prospective ongoing cohort study included patients from the multicenter Psychosocial Registry...

Re-Engineering InSAR Kinematics via Local Markov Memory: A Scalable Machine Learning Framework for Corridor Slope Displacement Forecasting

Slope instabilities pose a significant threat to transportation infrastructure, creating the need for reliable data-driven approaches for displacement forecasting. This study proposes a scalable machine learning framework that integrates Small Baseline Subset Interferometric Synt...

Zinc oxide in photocatalytic cementitious materials for environmental remediation and self-cleaning: Performance, limitations, and critical research gaps

Zinc oxide (ZnO) is a promising functional additive for cementitious materials due to its photocatalytic and antimicrobial properties. While numerous studies have reported positive outcomes in terms of pollutant degradation efficiency, antimicrobial performance, and, in some case...

How Should School-Based Educational Digital Games Be Evaluated? A Proposed Framework for Examining Experiences Beyond Isolated Metrics

Educational digital games are increasingly incorporated into formal learning contexts. However, their evaluation often relies on isolated outcome measures that provide limited insight into how students experience, interpret, and assess gameplay. This conceptual article proposes a...

The elusive intertidal: Wave forms and coastal dynamics through architectural representation

Background This study combines cartographic sources with the situated knowledge of the local surfing community to address the lack of information describing intertidal zones in coastal areas, using the mouth of the Douro River as a case study. It employs architectural representat...

Complete genome sequence of Acinetobacter pittii -infecting bacteriophage GUN

ABSTRACT Bacteriophage GUN infects Acinetobacter pittii and belongs to the genus Friunavirus . Genome analysis identified a 41,754 bp genome encoding 62 putative proteins, including a depolymerase. GUN was isolated using two A. pittii strains expressing distinct capsule types in...

Carbon Dioxide Derived Polycarbonate Nanocomposites With Multiwalled Carbon Nanotubes: Conductive and Piezoresistive Materials Towards Sustainable Electronics

ABSTRACT Bisphenol A polycarbonates are widely employed material among others, in electronics but their synthesis entails healthy concerns. Polycarbonates (PCs), thanks to their carbonate moiety, are the ideal candidates to substitute fossil feedstock by carbon dioxide (CO 2 ) in...

Simulation and experimental assessment of a polymer‐based hybrid mould

Abstract Hybrid moulds incorporating polymeric materials in the moulding inserts have gained increasing attention in the injection moulding industry due to their potential to reduce product development time and lower tooling costs for short production runs. In this study, a hybri...

Two-phase closed thermosyphon system with microstructured boiling surfaces: Steady-state and transient regimes analysis

This work presents the experimental evaluation of a Two-Phase Closed Thermosyphon (TPCT, 32 mm inner diameter and 125 mm total length) using HFE-7100 dielectric fluid, equipped with novel laser-fabricated microstructured evaporator surfaces and a see-through adiabatic section for...

Towards an integrative classification of operational excellence principles: a cross-model analysis

Purpose Operational Excellence (OpEx) is represented through multiple models, yet their principles are expressed through different terminology and emphases, which sustain conceptual fragmentation and hinder systematic comparison and integration. This study addresses this gap by e...

Model checking of hyperproperties for high-level relational models

Many properties related to security or concurrency must be encoded as so-called hyperproperties, temporal properties that allow reasoning about multiple traces of a system. However, despite recent advances on model checking hyperproperties, there is still a lack of higher-level s...

Socioeconomic inequalities in sleep disturbances among school-aged children: evidence from socioeconomically vulnerable schools

Abstract Background Family socioeconomic inequalities have been consistently associated with children’s sleep disturbances. However, it remains unclear whether these inequalities are equally evident among children attending socioeconomically vulnerable schools, where many environ...

Assessing the Immunological Safety of Silk Fibroin Nanoparticles: An In Vitro Study With Primary Human Immune Cells

Biomaterials for drug delivery must be biodegradable, nontoxic, and must not trigger inflammatory or immune responses. Silk fibroin (SF) is a natural polymer with exceptional mechanical strength and notable biological properties. In this study, the immunogenicity and inflammatory...

ERIES-REVAULTS Pseudo-Dynamic tests on a full-scale masonry cross vault system: dataset

This paper presents the dataset generated within the ERIES-REVAULTs experimental campaign, aimed at investigating the in-plane shear behaviour of masonry cross vaults, representative of historic churches. In post-earthquake surveys, the damage associated with this type of mechani...

Using project management principles to plan the research and development project “Active Pregnancy”

Abstract This paper demonstrates how a principle-based interpretation of the Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMBoK) 8th Edition can enhance the initiating and planning phases of complex research projects, using a multicenter maternal health initiative—Active Pregnancy—as an...

Six-Dimensional Norms for Metaphorical Expressions in European Portuguese: The ME6D-PT Database

Conceptual metaphors structure abstract domains through concrete, perceptual, affective, or bodily experience, but they are accessed through metaphorical expressions. Controlled experimental work requires normed materials characterizing expressions, not only the conceptual mappin...

Do green bonds deliver? Environmental outcomes and greenwashing tests in Europe

Green bonds are designed to finance sustainable projects, acting also as a signal of firms’ commitment to environmental goals. Using a panel of European-based firms over 2013–2024, we examine whether green bond issuance is followed by significant environmental improvements. Compa...

Movement of European freshwater mussels under simulated dewatering conditions

Freshwater ecosystems are exposed to altered hydrological regimes due to climate change and poor water management, resulting in frequent and intense dewatering events. Freshwater mussels (Unionida) are particularly vulnerable to rapid water-level declines. Dewatering can lead to...

Dual effect of α-synuclein disease variants on condensate formation

Abstract α-synuclein is a pre-synaptic protein implicated in synucleinopathies including Parkinson’s disease, Parkinson’s disease dementia, and dementia with Lewy bodies, where it accumulates in intracellular aggregates termed Lewy bodies and Lewy neurites. Recent studies have re...

Event-related potentials reveal enhanced processing of social media over monetary rewards

Since the first online social media platform, using social media has emerged as one of the defining behaviors of the new millennium. For most users such behavior is recreational. However, for some individuals, the use of social media may develop to problematic, compromising their...