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  1. Article: Cicadomorpha Community (Hemiptera: Auchenorrhyncha) in Portuguese Vineyards with Notes of Potential Vectors of

    Rodrigues, Isabel / Rebelo, Maria Teresa / Baptista, Paula / Pereira, José Alberto

    Insects

    2023  Volume 14, Issue 3

    Abstract: Cicadomorpha (Hemiptera) insects are currently responsible for a growing negative impact on the agricultural economy due to their ability to directly damage crops or through the capacity to act as vectors for plant pathogens. The phytopathogenic ... ...

    Abstract Cicadomorpha (Hemiptera) insects are currently responsible for a growing negative impact on the agricultural economy due to their ability to directly damage crops or through the capacity to act as vectors for plant pathogens. The phytopathogenic bacterium
    Language English
    Publishing date 2023-03-02
    Publishing country Switzerland
    Document type Journal Article
    ZDB-ID 2662247-6
    ISSN 2075-4450
    ISSN 2075-4450
    DOI 10.3390/insects14030251
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  2. Article: Everyday Life after the First Psychiatric Admission: A Portuguese Phenomenological Research.

    Tomás, Margarida Alexandra Rodrigues / Rebelo, Maria Teresa Dos Santos

    Journal of personalized medicine

    2022  Volume 12, Issue 11

    Abstract: Returning to daily life after psychiatric admission can be difficult and complex. We aimed to explore, describe and interpret the lived experience of returning to everyday life after the first psychiatric admission. We designed this research as a ... ...

    Abstract Returning to daily life after psychiatric admission can be difficult and complex. We aimed to explore, describe and interpret the lived experience of returning to everyday life after the first psychiatric admission. We designed this research as a qualitative study, using van Manen's phenomenology of practice. We collected experiential material through phenomenological interviews with 12 participants, from 5 June 2018 to 18 December 2018. From the thematic and hermeneutic analysis, we captured seven themes: (1) (un)veiling the imprint within the self; (2) the haunting memories within the self; (3) from disconnection to the assimilation of the medicated body in the self; (4) from recognition to overcoming the fragility within the self; (5) the relationship with health professionals: from expectation to response; (6) the relationship with others: reformulating the bonds of alterity; (7) the relationship with the world: reconnecting as a sense of self. The results allow us to establish the phenomenon as a difficult, complex, demanding and lengthily transitional event that calls into question the person's stability and ability for well-being and more-being. Thus, implementing structured transitional interventions by health services seems crucial. Mental health specialist nurses can present a pivotal role in establishing a helping relationship with recovery-oriented goals, coordinating patients' transitional care, and assuring continuity of care sensitive to the person's subjective experiences, volitions, and resources.
    Language English
    Publishing date 2022-11-21
    Publishing country Switzerland
    Document type Journal Article
    ZDB-ID 2662248-8
    ISSN 2075-4426
    ISSN 2075-4426
    DOI 10.3390/jpm12111938
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  3. Article: Chewing Revenge or Becoming Socially Desirable? Anger Rumination in Refugees and Immigrants Experiencing Racial Hostility: Latin-Americans in Spain.

    da Silva Rebelo, María José / Fernández, Mercedes / Meneses-Falcón, Carmen

    Behavioral sciences (Basel, Switzerland)

    2022  Volume 12, Issue 6

    Abstract: This paper explores how real scenarios of racial hostility and discrimination trigger anger rumination tendencies in refugees, asylum seekers and immigrants (hereafter RASI). Undergoing discrimination often leads to the development of negative thoughts ... ...

    Abstract This paper explores how real scenarios of racial hostility and discrimination trigger anger rumination tendencies in refugees, asylum seekers and immigrants (hereafter RASI). Undergoing discrimination often leads to the development of negative thoughts and behaviors, and to a loss of meaning and self-worth. This could make young RASI particularly vulnerable to being recruited and exploited by extremist groups as they search for identity. We developed a picture-elicitation instrument (the PEI) to provide professionals with a tool that could identify groups of RASI according to their reactions to discrimination scenarios and explore how racial hostility might influence withdrawal levels. The tool was applied with the Anger Rumination Scale (ARS_19) to 509 RASI of Latin American origin living in Spain. Four categories were identified, according to how RASI processed anger when observing discrimination scenarios: "Social desirability", "Chewing", "Grudge", and "Vengeful". Further analyses showed that the youngest (18-29) fell under the "Grudge" and "Vengeful" categories and revealed more despair and social isolation. This study makes a positive contribution by being the first to investigate the problem of anger rumination in RASI undergoing racial hostility. Moreover, it equips professionals with two tools that, once validated, may help plan and implement strategies to reduce the impact of hostility on both RASI and their host societies.
    Language English
    Publishing date 2022-06-07
    Publishing country Switzerland
    Document type Journal Article
    ZDB-ID 2651997-5
    ISSN 2076-328X
    ISSN 2076-328X
    DOI 10.3390/bs12060180
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  4. Article ; Online: Reply to White and Watson.

    Rebelo, Maria / McCarthy, James S / Khoury, David S

    The Journal of infectious diseases

    2021  Volume 224, Issue 4, Page(s) 739–740

    Language English
    Publishing date 2021-08-16
    Publishing country United States
    Document type Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't ; Letter ; Comment
    ZDB-ID 3019-3
    ISSN 1537-6613 ; 0022-1899
    ISSN (online) 1537-6613
    ISSN 0022-1899
    DOI 10.1093/infdis/jiaa791
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  5. Article ; Online: Does using the sociodental approach in oral health care influence use of dental services and oral health of adolescents living in deprived communities? a one-year follow up study.

    Gomes, Andressa Coelho / Vettore, Mario Vianna / Quadros, Larissa Neves / Rebelo, Maria Augusta Bessa / Rebelo Vieira, Janete Maria

    BMC health services research

    2023  Volume 23, Issue 1, Page(s) 605

    Abstract: Background: Oral health needs assessment is important for oral health care planning. This study compared dental treatment needs between normative and sociodental needs. We also longitudinally examined the relationships of baseline sociodental needs ... ...

    Abstract Background: Oral health needs assessment is important for oral health care planning. This study compared dental treatment needs between normative and sociodental needs. We also longitudinally examined the relationships of baseline sociodental needs measures and socioeconomic status with one-year follow up measures of use of dental services, dental caries, filled teeth, and oral health-related quality of life (OHRQoL).
    Methods: A prospective study was conducted with 12-year-old adolescents from public schools in deprived communities in the city of Manaus, Brazil. Validated questionnaires were used to collect adolescents' sex and socioeconomic status, OHRQoL (CPQ
    Results: Overall 95.5% of adolescents had normative dental treatment needs. Of these, 9.4% were classified as high level of propensity. Higher normative/impact need and greater propensity-related need directly predicted use of dental services at one-year follow up. The latter mediated the association of normative/impact need and propensity-related need with incidence of dental caries and filled teeth. Normative/impact need and use of dental services were directly associated with filled teeth at one-year follow up. Poor OHRQoL at one-year follow-up was directly predicted by higher normative/impact need at baseline and less filled teeth at one-year follow up. Greater socioeconomic status was directly associated with better propensity-related need. Socioeconomic status indirectly predicted incidence of dental caries and filled teeth via propensity-related need and use of dental services.
    Conclusions: Sociodental needs measures were related to use of dental services, dental caries, filled teeth and OHRQoL after one year among adolescents living in deprived communities. Adolescents with dental needs treatment priorities according to the sociodental approach had more filled teeth via use of dental services. Dental services utilisation did not attenuate the impact of normative and impact-related need on dental caries incidence and poor OHRQoL after one year. Our findings suggest the importance of developing oral health promotion and enhancing access to dental care to improve oral health of adolescents living in deprived communities.
    MeSH term(s) Humans ; Adolescent ; Child ; Follow-Up Studies ; Oral Health ; Quality of Life ; Prospective Studies ; Dental Caries/epidemiology ; Dental Caries/prevention & control ; Needs Assessment ; Dental Care ; Brazil/epidemiology
    Language English
    Publishing date 2023-06-09
    Publishing country England
    Document type Journal Article
    ZDB-ID 2050434-2
    ISSN 1472-6963 ; 1472-6963
    ISSN (online) 1472-6963
    ISSN 1472-6963
    DOI 10.1186/s12913-023-09596-0
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  6. Article ; Online: The Asian tiger mosquito, Aedes (Stegomyia) albopictus (Skuse), a vector of dengue, chikungunya and zika viruses, reaches Portugal (Diptera: Culicidae).

    Marabuto, Eduardo / Rebelo, Maria Teresa

    Zootaxa

    2018  Volume 4413, Issue 1, Page(s) 197–200

    Abstract: The Asian tiger mosquito, Aedes (Stegomyia) albopictus (Skuse), is a tropical species originally from south-eastern Asia (Hawley, 1988). It has experienced a rampant human-mediated range expansion since the 1970s to now occupy almost the whole of the ... ...

    Abstract The Asian tiger mosquito, Aedes (Stegomyia) albopictus (Skuse), is a tropical species originally from south-eastern Asia (Hawley, 1988). It has experienced a rampant human-mediated range expansion since the 1970s to now occupy almost the whole of the tropical and subtropical areas of the world. As an eclectic haematophagous species, it attacks humans and is able to use a number of man-made and natural structures where stagnant water is present (Estrada-Franco Craig, 1995). Eggs are able to survive for extended periods of time in complete dryness and diapause over unsuitable cold season, making it an especially resilient species (Hawley, 1988).
    MeSH term(s) Aedes/virology ; Animals ; Asia, Southeastern ; Dengue ; Humans ; Ovum ; Portugal ; Zika Virus
    Language English
    Publishing date 2018-04-20
    Publishing country New Zealand
    Document type Journal Article
    ISSN 1175-5334
    ISSN (online) 1175-5334
    DOI 10.11646/zootaxa.4413.1.10
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  7. Article: Parasite island syndromes in the context of nidicolous ectoparasites: Fleas (Insecta: Siphonaptera) in wild passerine birds from Azores Archipelago

    Tomás, André / Pereira da Fonseca, Isabel / Valkenburg, Thijs / Rebelo, Maria Teresa

    Parasitology international. 2022 Aug., v. 89

    2022  

    Abstract: Island syndrome, previously established for isolation process of insular vertebrates' populations, have been adapted to insular parasites communities, termed parasite island syndromes. In this work, were studied for the first time the insular syndromes ... ...

    Abstract Island syndrome, previously established for isolation process of insular vertebrates' populations, have been adapted to insular parasites communities, termed parasite island syndromes. In this work, were studied for the first time the insular syndromes for nidicolous ectoparasites of the bird species, Turdus merula, Sylvia atricapilla, Fringilla coelebs and Erithacus rubecula from Azores and the mainland Portugal. Flea species were only recorded on Azorean birds, namely Dasypsyllus gallinulae and Ctenocephalides felis felis, known as not host-specific parasites. In the absence of shared flea species between mainland and islands birds, a comparison among our fleas prevalence to Azores Islands and mainland fleas prevalence, recorded to others European studies, showed that Azorean host populations undergo higher prevalence than the mainland one. This result was consistent with parasite island syndromes predictions recorded to ectoparasites, hippoboscid flies and chewing lice, that fleas have higher prevalence on the Azores Islands compared to mainland Portugal. However, our results provide a new perspective to parasite island syndromes assumptions, namely in the context of nidicolous ectoparasites that spend only brief periods on the hosts' body.
    Keywords Ctenocephalides felis felis ; Fringilla coelebs ; Hippoboscidae ; Sylvia atricapilla ; Turdus merula ; birds ; ectoparasites ; host specificity ; parasitology ; Azores ; Portugal
    Language English
    Dates of publication 2022-08
    Publishing place Elsevier B.V.
    Document type Article
    ZDB-ID 1363151-2
    ISSN 1383-5769
    ISSN 1383-5769
    DOI 10.1016/j.parint.2022.102564
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  8. Article ; Online: Parasite island syndromes in the context of nidicolous ectoparasites: Fleas (Insecta: Siphonaptera) in wild passerine birds from Azores Archipelago.

    Tomás, André / Pereira da Fonseca, Isabel / Valkenburg, Thijs / Rebelo, Maria Teresa

    Parasitology international

    2022  Volume 89, Page(s) 102564

    Abstract: Island syndrome, previously established for isolation process of insular vertebrates' populations, have been adapted to insular parasites communities, termed parasite island syndromes. In this work, were studied for the first time the insular syndromes ... ...

    Abstract Island syndrome, previously established for isolation process of insular vertebrates' populations, have been adapted to insular parasites communities, termed parasite island syndromes. In this work, were studied for the first time the insular syndromes for nidicolous ectoparasites of the bird species, Turdus merula, Sylvia atricapilla, Fringilla coelebs and Erithacus rubecula from Azores and the mainland Portugal. Flea species were only recorded on Azorean birds, namely Dasypsyllus gallinulae and Ctenocephalides felis felis, known as not host-specific parasites. In the absence of shared flea species between mainland and islands birds, a comparison among our fleas prevalence to Azores Islands and mainland fleas prevalence, recorded to others European studies, showed that Azorean host populations undergo higher prevalence than the mainland one. This result was consistent with parasite island syndromes predictions recorded to ectoparasites, hippoboscid flies and chewing lice, that fleas have higher prevalence on the Azores Islands compared to mainland Portugal. However, our results provide a new perspective to parasite island syndromes assumptions, namely in the context of nidicolous ectoparasites that spend only brief periods on the hosts' body.
    MeSH term(s) Animals ; Animals, Wild ; Azores/epidemiology ; Flea Infestations/epidemiology ; Flea Infestations/veterinary ; Parasites ; Passeriformes/parasitology ; Siphonaptera ; Songbirds/parasitology
    Language English
    Publishing date 2022-02-24
    Publishing country Netherlands
    Document type Journal Article
    ZDB-ID 1363151-2
    ISSN 1873-0329 ; 1383-5769
    ISSN (online) 1873-0329
    ISSN 1383-5769
    DOI 10.1016/j.parint.2022.102564
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  9. Article: A Selective SARS-CoV-2 Host-Directed Antiviral Targeting Stress Response to Reactive Oxygen Species.

    Tang, Cong / Coelho, Ana R / Rebelo, Maria / Kiely-Collins, Hannah / Carvalho, Tânia / Bernardes, Gonçalo J L

    ACS central science

    2023  Volume 9, Issue 1, Page(s) 109–121

    Abstract: The emergence of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) catalyzed the development of vaccines and antivirals. Clinically approved drugs against SARS-CoV-2 target the virus directly, which makes them susceptible to viral mutations, ... ...

    Abstract The emergence of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) catalyzed the development of vaccines and antivirals. Clinically approved drugs against SARS-CoV-2 target the virus directly, which makes them susceptible to viral mutations, which in turn can attenuate their antiviral activity. Here we report a host-directed antiviral (HDA), piperlongumine (PL), which exhibits robust antiviral activity as a result of selective induction of reactive oxygen species in infected cells by GSTP1 inhibition. Using a transgenic K18-hACE2 mouse model, we benchmarked PL against plitidepsin, a HDA undergoing phase III clinical trials. We observed that intranasal administration of PL is superior in delaying disease progression and reducing lung inflammation. Importantly, we showed that PL is effective against several variants of concern (VOCs), making it an ideal pan-variant antiviral. PL may display a critical role as an intranasal treatment or prophylaxis against a range of viruses, expanding the arsenal of tools to fight future outbreaks.
    Language English
    Publishing date 2023-01-13
    Publishing country United States
    Document type Journal Article
    ISSN 2374-7943
    ISSN 2374-7943
    DOI 10.1021/acscentsci.2c01243
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  10. Article ; Online: Contextual and individual factors associated with traumatic dental injuries in deprived 12-year-old schoolchildren: A cohort study.

    Bezerra, Emmanuelle de Fátima Noberto / Herkrath, Fernando José / Vettore, Mario Vianna / Rebelo, Maria Augusta Bessa / de Queiroz, Adriana Corrêa / Rebelo Vieira, Janete Maria / Pereira, Juliana Vianna / da Silva Freitas, Mariana Oliveira / de Queiroz Herkrath, Ana Paula Corrêa

    Dental traumatology : official publication of International Association for Dental Traumatology

    2024  

    Abstract: Aim: Traumatic dental injuries (TDIs) among children and adolescents have been acknowledged as of public health concern worldwide. The aim of the study was to assess the relationship between contextual and individual characteristics and TDIs in 12-year- ... ...

    Abstract Aim: Traumatic dental injuries (TDIs) among children and adolescents have been acknowledged as of public health concern worldwide. The aim of the study was to assess the relationship between contextual and individual characteristics and TDIs in 12-year-old schoolchildren.
    Materials and methods: A cohort study was conducted with 355 schoolchildren living in deprived communities in the city of Manaus, Brazil. Contextual factors (place of residence and socio-economic indicators) and individual characteristics, including sex, family income, parents/guardians years of schooling, overjet and open bite (Dental Aesthetic Index), self-esteem (Rosenberg Self-Esteem Scale), sense of coherence (Sense of Coherence Scale), oral health beliefs, social support (Social Support Appraisals) were assessed at baseline. TDIs were measured at baseline and at 2-year follow-up using the O'Brien Index. Data were analysed through confirmatory factor analysis and structural equation modeling.
    Results: The baseline prevalence of TDIs was 17.6% and the incidence of TDIs at 2-year follow-up was 26.8%. Better psychosocial status had a direct protective effect on the incidence of TDIs (β = -.184). Better contextual characteristics (β = -.135) and greater overjet (β = -.203) were directly associated with poor psychosocial status. Higher schooling of parents/guardians directly predicted better psychosocial status (β = .154). Psychosocial status mediated the relationship of greater overjet (β = .036), contextual factors (β = .024) and parental/guardian schooling (β = -.027) with TDIs.
    Conclusions: Contextual factors and individual characteristics predicted TDIs. Psychosocial status was a relevant individual attribute in the causal network of TDIs, due to the direct effect on the incidence of TDIs as well as a mediator on the influence of contextual factors, overjet and parents/guardians schooling on the incidence of TDIs.
    Language English
    Publishing date 2024-04-09
    Publishing country Denmark
    Document type Journal Article
    ZDB-ID 2030722-6
    ISSN 1600-9657 ; 1600-4469
    ISSN (online) 1600-9657
    ISSN 1600-4469
    DOI 10.1111/edt.12955
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