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...
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...
by diogo.santos | Feb 23, 2014 | Projects
Duration: 2014-2018 Abstract: Coordinator: Participants: Partner institutions: Financial support: Seed-Funding Research Project Grant, University of Hong Kong, HK$40,000 (>€4,900EUR) Reference:...
by diogo.santos | Jan 17, 2014 | Projects
Duration: 2014-2018 Abstract: The objective of this project (IRonBONE – Infrared Spectroscopy on Burned Bone) is to apply vibrational spectroscopy techniques to determine dimensional changes in human burned bones and teeth, namely Fourier Transform Infrared...
by diogo.santos | Feb 16, 2013 | Projects
Duration: 2013-2017 Abstract: Extracurricular sport has the potential to increase total physical activity (PA) which plays an important role in the prevention of a number of health problems, including obesity. However, most children do not achieve the recommended...
by diogo.santos | Jan 17, 2013 | Projects
Duration: 2013 Abstract: Reconstruction of past human behavior has been a key focus within anthropology, particularly via the evaluation of changes to entheses (skeletal muscle attachments). Three working groups were set up to tackle the primary problems...
