CoChange – Coastal societies in a changing world: A diachronic and comparative approach to the Prehistory of SW Europe from the late Palaeolithic to the Neolithic (Duration:  2015-2017)

by diogo.santos | Feb 17, 2015 | Projects

Duration:  2015-2017 Coordinator (PI): Pablo Arias Cabal, Universidad de Cantabria, Santander (UNICAN) Participants: 70 researchers from 9 countries, including Cláudia Umbelino (CIAS) Financial support: Ministerio de Economía y Competitividad,...

Osteometrics in burned human skeletal remains: estimating heat-induced dimensional changes in bones by neutron spectroscopy (Duration: 2015-2016)

by diogo.santos | Jan 17, 2015 | Projects

Duration: 2015-2016 Abstract: This study aims at developing a reliable method for probing diagenetic alterations in human bones upon burning events, by INS spectroscopy. The results will be coupled to Raman and FTIR data (obtained concomitantly), with a view to...

Study of polymorphic variations associated with fetal hemoglobin levels (Duration: 2014-2020)

by CIAS Gestão | Dec 23, 2014 | Projects

Duration: 2014-2020 Abstract: To evaluate the association of genetic variants at the HBG2, BCL11A, HMIP or other loci with HbF levels in beta-thalassemia carriers and in normal individuals of Portuguese origin. Coordinator: Licínio Manco (CIAS)...

Uma genealogia de obesidade: da biopolítica a uma etnografia hospitalar (PhD) (Duration: 2014-2020)

by diogo.santos | Apr 16, 2014 | Projects

Duration: 2014-2020 Abstract: Este projecto tem como objectivos: 1) etnografar uma unidade/centro de referência para o tratamento da obesidade mórbida num hospital português oferecendo uma praxiografia de obesidade; 2) recolher narrativas pessoais de doença de...

The economic crisis and malnutrition in children and the elderly: a pilot study in the Municipality of Lisbon (Duration: 2014-2020)

by diogo.santos | Mar 16, 2014 | Projects

Duration: 2014-2020 Abstract: The global economic and financial crisis has spurred some political developments that affect the living conditions of people in countries with the greatest economic difficulties, particularly those in southern Europe, such as...

Genetic variants associated with obesity in Portuguese young adults (Duration: 2014-2018)

by CIAS Gestão | Feb 26, 2014 | Projects

Duration: 2014-2018 Abstract: Several studies emerged associating single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) in common obesity in about 50 loci across the human genome, most of them in adults. Nevertheless, candidate and replication studies of obesity loci among...