Ability of Different Measures of Adiposity to Identify High Metabolic Risk in Adolescents by Carla Moreira, Rute Santos, Susana Vale, Paula C. Santos, Sandra Abreu, Ana I. Marques, Luísa Soares-Miranda, Jorge Mota

“…A cross-sectional school-based study was conducted on 517 adolescents aged 15–18, from the Azorean Islands, Portugal. We measured fasting glucose, insulin, total cholesterol (TC), HDL-cholesterol, triglycerides, and systolic blood pressure. …”
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Chronic Hyperglycemia Modulates Rat Osteoporotic Cortical Bone Microarchitecture into Less Fragile Structures by Cristina de Mello-Sampayo, Alaíde Alves Agripino, Duarte Stilwell, Bruno Vidal, Ana Luisa Fernando, Beatriz Silva-Lima, Maria Fátima Vaz, Helena Canhão, M. Cristina Marques

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Central Pain in Parkinson’s Disease: Behavioral and Cognitive Characteristics by N. Vila-Chã, S. Cavaco, A. Mendes, A. Gonçalves, I. Moreira, J. Fernandes, J. Damásio, L. F. Azevedo, J. M. Castro-Lopes

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In Women with Previous Pregnancy Hypertension, Levels of Cardiovascular Risk Biomarkers May Be Modulated by Haptoglobin Polymorphism by Andreia Matos, Alda Pereira da Silva, Maria Clara Bicho, Conceição Afonso, Maria José Areias, Irene Rebelo, Manuel Bicho

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Multihost Tuberculosis: Insights from the Portuguese Control Program by Mónica V. Cunha, Madalena Monteiro, Paulo Carvalho, Paula Mendonça, Teresa Albuquerque, Ana Botelho

“…This paper describes the current situation of animal tuberculosis in Portugal, reviewing the accomplishments and constraints of the 2001–2009 period. …”
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Homocysteine Is a Risk Factor in Predialysis Patients When Associated with Malnutrition and Inflammation by Ana de Lurdes Agostinho Cabrita Vieira, Alexandre Baptista, Anabela Malho, Ana Pinho, Ana Paula Silva, Idalécio Bernardo, Pedro Leão Neves

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On the use of kolmogorov–arnold networks for adapting wind numerical weather forecasts with explainability and interpretability: application to madeira international airport by Décio Alves, Fábio Mendonça, Sheikh Shanawaz Mostafa, Fernando Morgado-Dias

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Mechanisms of Action of Topical Corticosteroids in Psoriasis by Luís Uva, Diana Miguel, Catarina Pinheiro, Joana Antunes, Diogo Cruz, João Ferreira, Paulo Filipe

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Tgfbr1 regulates lateral plate mesoderm and endoderm reorganization during the trunk to tail transition by Anastasiia Lozovska, Ana Casaca, Ana Novoa, Ying-Yi Kuo, Arnon D Jurberg, Gabriel G Martins, Anna-Katerina Hadjantonakis, Moises Mallo

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Emergent Biomarkers of Residual Cardiovascular Risk in Patients with Low HDL-c and/or High Triglycerides and Average LDL-c Concentrations: Focus on HDL Subpopulations, Oxidized LDL... by Filipa Mascarenhas-Melo, Filipe Palavra, Daniela Marado, José Sereno, Edite Teixeira-Lemos, Isabel Freitas, Maria Isabel-Mendonça, Rui Pinto, Frederico Teixeira, Flávio Reis

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Predictive Analysis of Structural Damage in Submerged Structures: A Case Study Approach Using Machine Learning by Alexandre Brás dos Santos, Hugo Mesquita Vasconcelos, Tiago M. R. M. Domingues, Pedro J. S. C. P. Sousa, Susana Dias, Rogério F. F. Lopes, Marco L. P. Parente, Mário Tomé, Adélio M. S. Cavadas, Pedro M. G. P. Moreira

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Pancreatic Cancer and Primary Sjögren’s Syndrome: A Case Report by Daniela Oliveira, Vanessa Chaves, José Carlos Martins, Carlos Vaz, Miguel Bernardes, Jorge Almeida

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Hereditary Neuropathy with Liability to Pressure Palsy Presenting with Hand Drop in a Young Child by Inês Sobreira, Cátia Sousa, Ana Raposo, M. Rita Soares, Ana Soudo, Ana Isabel Dias

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Short Stature on a Boy: Mosaicism with an Isodicentric Y Chromosome by Catarina Silvestre, Juliette Dupont, Rosário Silveira Santos, Brígida Robalo, Carla Pereira, Maria Lurdes Sampaio

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Differences in Patient-Reported Outcomes Measures (PROM) Between Patients With Home Respiratory Therapies and Their Caregivers by Salvador Díaz-Lobato, Johanny Vargas Rodríguez, David Sampedro, Jesús García Camacho, Catia Caneiras, Sagrario Mayoralas Alises

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Severe Tuberculosis Requiring Intensive Care: A Descriptive Analysis by Raquel Pacheco Duro, Paulo Figueiredo Dias, Alcina Azevedo Ferreira, Sandra Margarida Xerinda, Carlos Lima Alves, António Carlos Sarmento, Lurdes Campos dos Santos

“…Retrospective cohort study of all TB patients admitted to the ICU of the Infectious Diseases Department of Centro Hospitalar de São João (Porto, Portugal) between January 2007 and July 2014. Comorbid diagnoses, clinical features, radiological and laboratory investigations, and outcomes were reviewed. …”
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Motivations regarding continuing or terminating pregnancy in women with high-risk pregnancies: a scoping review by Mónica Antunes, Mónica Antunes, Ana Galhanas, Ana Lúcia Vitorino, Sara Palma, Sara Palma, Ana Frias, Ana Frias

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Myeloid Disease with the CSF3R T618I Mutation after CLL by Maria Eduarda Couto, Susana Bizarro, Domingos Sousa, Nelson Domingues, Isabel Oliveira, Gabriela Martins, Manuel R. Teixeira, Mário Mariz

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Risco de queda no domicílio em idosos - avaliação numa comunidade by Raquel Gil, Odete Amaral, Paula Carvalho, Ana Ribeiro, Raquel Pinto, Tânia Coimbra

“… Introdução: Em Portugal as quedas estão identificadas como um dos problemas mais relevantes no envelhecimento da população, com consequências, ao nível da morbilidade e mortalidade, em parte evitáveis. …”
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A comparative analysis of real and theoretical data in offshore wind energy generation by Fernando M. Camilo, Paulo J. Santos, Armando J. Pires

“…This study validates the accuracy of wind speed forecasts from three widely used sources – European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts (ERA5), Modern-Era Retrospective Analysis for Research and Applications, MERRA-2 (NASA), and the Wind Atlas – against actual power generation data from the WindFloat Atlantic offshore wind farm near Viana do Castelo, Portugal, over the years 2022 and 2023. The results show that NASA’s forecasts were the most precise, with annual relative errors of 5 % for 2022 and 1.6% for 2023, outperforming the other models. …”
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