Instabilidade Residencial e Saúde Infantil: Um Estudo de Resultados Múltiplos na Coorte Geração XXI

Introduction: Residential instability during childhood can significantly impact health outcomes, yet the complex relationships between mobility, environmental exposures, and child health remain poorly understood. This study investigated the impact of residential moves on diverse health outcomes and examined the effects of changing neighbourhood characteristics in the Generation XXI birth cohort. Methods: We analysed data from 6,397 children followed from birth to age 10. Of these, 38.1% exper...

Three-Dimensional Triple Negative Breast Cancer Models: A Platform for Radiobiology Studies

Breast cancer (BC) is the leading cause of cancer related death and diagnose in women worldwide. (1) Due to its heterogeneous nature, BC is divided into subtypes depending on the expression of estrogen receptor (ER), progesterone receptor (PR) and human epidermal growth factor receptor 2 (HER2). Based on these markers, four major subtypes of BC were designated: Luminal A like, Luminal B like, HER2 positive and Basal type (ER-, PR-, HER2-) also known as Triple-negative breast cancer (TNBC). T...

Comportamentos alimentares relacionados com o apetite em crianças de um a três anos de idade e respetiva associação com fatores de início de vida

Predictors of emotional engagement in doctoral education

The study of learning/research engagement in doctoral education has aroused increasing interest among education researchers, given its influence on PhD candidates' experiences and outcomes. However, even if doctoral education has been recognised as emotionally intense, there is still a gap in the literature regarding the emotional dimension of engagement. This study aims to analyse the predictors of emotional engagement of PhD candidates enrolled in Portuguese higher education institutions. D...