Projects:- Socio- demographic study of informal caregivers.
- Biochemical changes (antioxidant species in the serum and DEHA hormone) related to exercise in the elderly population who attends the physical activity classes at ESE.
- Allele frequencies of polymorphisms of APOE, levels of alpha-tocopherol and incidence of Alzheimer detected in the elderly population of the district of Bragança.
- Elderly pharmacology.
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Active and healthy ageing. - Resources use in elderly residences.
- Effectiveness of the seasonal flu vaccine.
- Prevalence of MRSA (methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus ) at CHN-Bragança.
- Prevalence and factors associated to insomnia.
- Adherence to drug therapy in older people in the Parish of Santa Maria, Bragança.
- Quality of life of diabetic type 2 patients.
- Analysis of the quality of life of the elderly population with varied physical activity.
- Evaluation of quality of life, functional ability and strength of different manifestations of postmenopausal osteoporotic women.
- Physical autonomy of patients under continuing care.
- Prevalence of atrial fibrillation in persons over 60.
- Impact on quality of life of patients with COPD with oxygen therapy after the implementation of a domiciliary program of respiratory physiotherapy.
- Assessment of physical fitness, body composition, and fear of falling of a group of elderly.
- Effects of a force intradialytic training on muscle strength , bone mineral density and functional capacity in hemodialysis patients.
- BIOMIMETIC: A biomimetic biochip for diagnosis of diseases related to the deformability of erythrocytes.
- CSD-Chip: Development of a biochip for the separation and deformation of blood cells.
- "Hemo-Networks": Experimental and numerical investigation of the factors influencing the flow of blood in microvascular networks.
- New heterocyclic antitumor and anti-angiogenic compounds: synthesis, molecular modelling, and screening enzyme inhibition studies in tumour and endothelial cell lines with membrane receptors that target tyrosine kinase.
- MicroBlood Systems: Study of the rheology of blood and blood cell migration in microfluidic systems.
- The application of Computational Fluid Dynamics research in sports (watersports): an hydrodynamic analysis.
- Cardiovascular events risk in chronic kidney disease patients on hemodialysis. Lipid profile, anaemia, vascular access and inflammation.
