Women and Birth in Transition: The Politics of Childbirth Medicalization in Reform era China (Duration: 2018-2023)

by diogo.santos | Oct 23, 2018 | On Going, Projects

Duration: 2018 – 2023 Participants: Gonçalo Santos Partner institutions: City U. Hong Kong Financial support: – General Research Fund Grant as PI, Research Grants Council of Hong Kong, RGC GRF HKU 17612719, 2019-2020, HK$950,000 (>€115,000EUR)– General...

eBEfree – An ICT adaptation of BEfree: An app-delivered programme based on mindfulness, values and compassion for binge eating (Duration: 2018-2022)

by CIAS Gestão | Jul 28, 2018 | Projects

Duration: 2018-2022 Abstract: The eBEfree project aims at testing the effectiveness of an information and communication technology-based delivery version of BEfree in individuals with obesity and Binge Eating Disorder (BED). BED is a serious public health...

At the turning of the tide: the last hunter-gatherers and the first farming communities of Muge (Central Portugal) (Duration: 2018-2021)

by diogo.santos | May 17, 2018 | Projects

Duration: 2018-2021 Abstract: The project aims to develop and expand our knowledge of the transition of Mesolithic hunter-gatherers to Neolithic farmers in central Portugal Coordinator (PI): Nuno Bicho, Célia Gonçalves, João Cascalheira and Lino André...

TRANSCULTURAL – History Archaology and Anthropo-biogeochemistry of medieval populations in Portugal during the 10th-14th century (Duration: 2018-2021)

by diogo.santos | Mar 17, 2018 | Projects

Duration: 2018-2021 Abstract: The project ambitions to conduct a comprehensive transdisciplinary approach for understanding the socio-economic organisation of Muslim and Christian populations in Medieval Portugal, via the investigation of their diet and...

Bio-erosion as a tool for unlocking pre-cremation funerary practices in the Chalcolithic Perdigões enclosure, Portugal (Duration: 2018-2020)

by CIAS Gestão | Feb 28, 2018 | Projects

Duration: 2018-2020 Abstract: The practice of cremation is often interpreted as an alternative to inhumation, shortly taking place after an individuals’ death. However, cremation could be a final stage in complex mortuary practices of bodily manipulation. At the...

The influence of genes variability of the central nervous system related to obesity on the establishment and evolution of eating disorders (Duration: 2018–2020)

by diogo.santos | Feb 16, 2018 | Projects

Duration: 2018 – 2020 Abstract: Several studies have been done to determine which genes related with the Central Nervous System (CNS) could be involved in obesity. These studies have managed to point out a series of relevant genes such as: FTO, MC4R, BDNF, NEGR1,...