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- Innovation of textiles through natural by-products and wastesPublication . Coelho, Lorena; Magalhães, Ana Isabel; Fernandes, Sara; Batista, Patrícia; Pintado, Maria Manuela; Faria, Pedro; Costa, Catarina; Moura, Bruna; Marinho, Augusta; Maria, Rosa; Reis, Albertina; Carvalho, Marta; Marques, Mário; Teles, Ângela; Morgado, José de Almeida; Vilaça, Maria Helena; Pereira, Jéssica Alexandra; Magalhães, Pedro José; Silva, Ana Sofia; Silva, Ricardo Jorge; Silva, Mário Jorge; Sá, Vera Lúcia; Ventura, Sandra Gabriela; Abreu, João Silva; Gaião, Joaquim Manuel; Mourão, Raquel Rosa; Merino, Fernando Manuel; Gonçalves, Mónica Sofia; Malgueiro, ReginaNowadays, the competitiveness of the textile industry and the consumers’ interest have been increasing the demand for innovative and functional textiles. Allied to this, sustainable developments are playing an increasingly important role in the textile industry. Such concerns led to a new development strategy based on the valorization of bio-based wastes and by-products of different industries, inserting this in the circular economy paradigm. These bio-based wastes and by-products come from several industries, as the agri-food industry. These resources present an enormous potential for valorization in the textile finish due to their intrinsic properties (antimicrobial, prebiotic, antioxidant activity, among others). This chapter will review the latest innovation and textile product development through different by-products and wastes, their main properties and characteristics and the advantages that they offer to the textile industry.
- Measurement-based care in youth: an opportunity for better clinical outcomes?Publication . Frontini, Roberta; Costa, Catarina; Baptista, Sílvia; Garcia, Constança do Carmo; Vian-Lains, AntónioMeasurement-based care (MBC) is a procedure in which systematic and routine assessments are performed. Through this practice, clinicians can verify the progress of the symptomatology of the patient and adapt the appointments and the intervention to the current symptoms. Studies have reflected on the importance and the benefits of this type of procedure in the adult population, and have shown positive results. However, there is a lack of evidence concerning the remaining populations. Regarding youth, for instance, few articles have evaluated the benefits of using this procedure in clinical practice. However, research focused on this topic has revealed positive results, especially when clinicians were loyal to the MBC procedures. Still, further research is needed. This letter aims to share the methodology used by our multidisciplinary team, composed of psychologists and psychiatrists, in a clinical context at the Hospital Cruz Vermelha, Lisboa, applied to the adult population; the objective is to share and discuss some alterations that could be made to our evaluation protocol to enable the same to be used with the youth population. We believe that implementing MBC for youth is crucial for several reasons, including enhanced treatment efficacy, more personalized treatment, a reduced reliance on subjectivity, and empowerment not only of patients but also families.
- Proteins derived from the dairy losses and by-products as raw materials for non-food applicationsPublication . Costa, Catarina; Azoia, Nuno G.; Coelho, Lorena; Freixo, Ricardo; Batista, Patrícia; Pintado, ManuelaThe disposal of a high volume of waste-containing proteins is becoming increasingly challenging in a society that is aware of what is happening in the environment. The dairy industry generates several by-products that contain vast amounts of compounds, including proteins that are of industrial importance and for which new uses are being sought. This article provides a comprehensive review of the potential of the valorisation of proteins that can be recovered by chemical and/or physical processes from protein-containing milk by-products or milk surplus, particularly whey proteins or caseins. Whey proteins and casein characteristics, and applications in non-food industries, with special emphasis on the textile industry, packaging and biomedical, are reported in this review, in order to provide knowledge and raise awareness of the sustainability of these proteins to potentiate new opportunities in a circular economy context.
- Seroprevalence of anti-SARS-CoV-2 antibodies in COVID-19 patients and healthy volunteers up to 6 months post disease onsetPublication . Figueiredo-Campos, Patrícia; Blankenhaus, Birte; Mota, Catarina; Gomes, Andreia; Serrano, Marta; Ariotti, Silvia; Costa, Catarina; Nunes-Cabaço, Helena; Mendes, António M.; Gaspar, Pedro; Pereira-Santos, M. Conceição; Rodrigues, Fabiana; Condeço, Jorge; Escoval, M. Antonia; Santos, Matilde; Ramirez, Mario; Melo-Cristino, José; Simas, J. Pedro; Vasconcelos, Eugenia; Afonso, Ângela; Veldhoen, MarcSARS-CoV-2 has emerged as a human pathogen, causing clinical signs, from fever to pneumonia—COVID-19—but may remain mild or asymptomatic. To understand the continuing spread of the virus, to detect those who are and were infected, and to follow the immune response longitudinally, reliable and robust assays for SARS-CoV-2 detection and immunological monitoring are needed. We quantified IgM, IgG, and IgA antibodies recognizing the SARS-CoV-2 receptor-binding domain (RBD) or the Spike (S) protein over a period of 6 months following COVID-19 onset. We report the detailed setup to monitor the humoral immune response from over 300 COVID-19 hospital patients and healthcare workers, 2500 University staff, and 198 post-COVID-19 volunteers. Anti-SARS-CoV-2 antibody responses follow a classic pattern with a rapid increase within the first three weeks after symptoms. Although titres reduce subsequently, the ability to detect anti-SARS-CoV-2 IgG antibodies remained robust with confirmed neutralization activity for up to 6 months in a large proportion of previously virus-positive screened subjects. Our work provides detailed information for the assays used, facilitating further and longitudinal analysis of protective immunity to SARS-CoV-2. Importantly, it highlights a continued level of circulating neutralising antibodies in most people with confirmed SARS-CoV-2.