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- A calorimetric study of egg white proteinsPublication . Ferreira, M.; Hofer, C.; Raemy, A.Egg white is of great interest for many culinary and industrial applications. Egg white is used for coating, gluing, thickening and so on in pasta, desserts, etc. There is thus a great interest from the industrial point of view to better know this raw material, used in very large amounts in the dessert production for example, and to obtain egg white fractions with different functional properties. Various egg white fractions prepared by selected procedures were analyzed by differential scanning calorimetry (DSC). The products resulting from a given fractionation procedure can thus be described by the thermal denaturation parameters (temperatures and enthalpies) of the egg white proteins. This work demonstrates the interest of the DSC technique and proves that the fractionation procedures selected here give the expected protein fractions.
- Here4You-Footsteps... building the future: an action research project to prevent tobacco consumption in the 3rd CyclePublication . André, C.; Amendoeira, J.; Figueiredo, M. C.; Martins, M. R.; Pinto, C.; Nunes, M.; Rainha, L.; Godinho, A.; Ferreira, M.; Pintor, M.; Oliveira, M.Introduction Tobacco is the first preventable cause of morbidity and mortality, and should be targeted at younger age groups, with the school being considered as a privileged space for this intervention. The project “ Here4You - Footsteps…Building the future – Health Promoting School “ aims to enable 3rd cycle students to make responsible decision making in the prevention of tobacco consumption by building knowledge, attitudes, skills regarding healthy lifestyles, and behaviours related to risk factors associated with tobacco use. Objectives To disclose the gains from the development of the project. Methods Project developed in partnership between the School of Health of Santarém, as Health Promotion School - Health Indicators Monitoring Unit, and the Community Care Unit of Chamusca/Golegã. It is inserted in the methodology of Action Research: Diagnosis, Planning, Intervention and Evaluation, in the 7th and 8th years, from 2015/2016 until 2018/2019. The Global Youth Tobacco Survey, Portuguese version, was used at the beginning (7th year) and at the end of the intervention (8th year). Results 460 students were interviewed, with 279 sessions of health education in the classroom context. All the sessions were evaluated, using a questionnaire that integrates questions related to the contents and a grid of opinion about the session, constituted by 5 items, with scores between [5; 25]. In the last edition of the project, 13% of 7th graders said they had already smoked and, in the previous one, 10% of the students said they smoked, the lowest value found. Conclusions In order to foster complementarity and convergence solutions to generate positive synergies, the intervention occurred in the classroom in the different disciplines. Obtaining health outcomes implies a consistent and continuous intervention that accompanies the students throughout their formative course. With the GYTS it has been possible to evaluate the impact of the developed intervention.
- Impact evaluation of literacy on health in school from the third cycle of basic education: a scoping reviewPublication . Figueiredo, M. C.; Dias, H.; Amendoeira, J.; Spínola, A.; André, C.; Godinho, C.; Duarte, A.; Pintor, M.; Ferreira, M.
- The importance of the 1st CEB teacher training to know the determinants of academic performance of students with ADHDPublication . Campos, S.; Soares, L.; Ferreira, M.; Chaves, C.; Alves, C.; Martins, C.Introduction: Attention deficit-hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is an issue that affects a high percentage of school-age population. Thus, working directly with hyperactive students has become an inevitable task in our lives, as educational professionals. Thus, it has become essential to ascertain new and effective teaching practices because understanding a teacher’s role as a facilitating agent in the teaching-learning process is to understand that that role requires specialised preparation. It is in this context that our paper is based. Objective: The aim of this study is to learn whether the continuing training of teachers helps them to acquire better knowledge about ADHD children, improving their perceptions and attitudes. Methodology: from this point of view, the procedure adopted was the descriptive plan by survey. Data were collected using a questionnaire, considered the most appropriated procedure for descriptive studies. This study involved 117 primary teachers from a variety of schools. Most of them only have intial training (the number of teachers with some kind of specialisation in this area is very low). Results: After analysing the survey data, a connection between the results and teacher’s academic qualifications was made and the conclusion drawn is that the quality of the teacher’s practices goes up with the teacher training on this issue. However, initial teacher training may or may not have been developed in the area of hyperactivity. For this reason, some teachers may not be sure of their answers (particularly regarding information pertaining to the main problems related to this issue). Conclusions: The results of the study lead us to conclude that it is extremely important to get appropriate training throughout the professional career. This training can be related directly to this area or to other areas that are directly or indirectly connected to our work with the main aim of improving our intervention in school and to help the children with this pathology.