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,...

Immaterial and material memories of the last Portuguese leprosarium – Hospital-Colony Rovisco Pais (1947-1996) (Duration: 2018-2019)

by CIAS Gestão | Jan 18, 2018 | Past Projects, Projects

Duration: 2018-2019 Participants: Vítor Matos Partner Institutions: Centro de Medicina de Reabilitação da Região Centro Rovisco Pais, Portugal; Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal. Financial support: Sasakawa Memorial Health Foundation/Nippon Foundation,...

Widening the frontiers in forensic profiling: probing burned human bones with neutron diffraction (Duration: 2018)

by diogo.santos | Jan 17, 2018 | Projects

Duration: 2018 Abstract: Neutron diffraction techniques are applied to the study of burned human skeletal remains, for assessing heat-induced changes associated to alterations in bone´s microcrystallinity. The results, coupled to vibrational spectroscopy data...

CMT for Schools – Compassionate Schools: Development and efficacy study of a compassion-based intervention to promote teachers and children’s wellbeing (Duration: 2017-2022)

by CIAS Gestão | Jun 28, 2017 | Projects

Duration: 10/2017-07/2022 Abstract: This project aimed to test the effectiveness of a psychological intervention focused on compassion in promoting the psychological well-being and mental health of primary and secondary school teachers and students in...

PERA – Povoamento em época romana na Amadora (Duration: 2017-2021)

by CIAS Gestão | May 18, 2017 | On Going

Duration: 2017-2021 Abstract:  Projeto de investigação a Câmara Municipal da Amadora / Museu da Amadora que se iniciou com um ciclo de trabalhos que se debruçaram sobre uma realidade cada vez mais evidente no território da Amadora: a ocupação romana.Os trabalhos...