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Ichthyofauna of the Paraopeba river: Richness, endemism, and conservation of a highly impacted basin Open

Rui Dinis Sousa, Iago de Souza Penido, Vinícius Abilhôa, Roger Henrique Dalcin, Adriano Hauer , et al. · 2025

Proposal of a performance measurement system model: overcoming effectiveness barriers Open

Flávio Cunha, José Dinis‐Carvalho, Rui Dinis Sousa · 2025

Although the importance of Performance Measurement Systems (PMS) is recognized by organizations in general, it is found that many of these systems are ineffective and end up being discredited. The research question inherent to this work is…

Associação entre o tabagismo e a doença hemorroidária: uma revisão de literatura Open

Glayce Ferreira Leite, Agna Neto, Douglas Carli Silva, Fábio Pereira, Gonçalo Fernandes , et al. · 2025

Objetivo: Revisar criticamente a literatura sobre a relação entre tabagismo e doença hemorroidária, identificando lacunas no conhecimento e destacando a relevância de intervenções baseadas em evidências.: Metodologia: Foi conduzida uma rev…

Determinantes da infertilidade entre casais inférteis em hospital de ensino Open

Rui Dinis Sousa, Mônica Bheatriz dos Santos Lima, Laiane Patrícia Soares Lopes, Michelle Chintia Rodrigues de Sousa, Ione Maria Ribeiro Soares Lopes · 2025

Atualmente, no estado do Piauí, o Hospital Universitário da Universidade Federal do Piauí (HU-UFPI) é o único hospital público que oferece serviço especializado para investigação de infertilidade no estado. O estudo objetiva investigar os …

Myxoma of the Dorsal Aspect of the Hand – A Case Report of a Rare Condition Open

Rui Dinis Sousa, Raquel Cunha, Marta Santos Silva, Mário A. Gonçalves, Vera Resende , et al. · 2025

Introduction: Myxoma is a rare benign tumor of primitive connective tissue, most commonly found in the heart. It can also occur in other soft tissues, such as the skin, muscles, jawbones, and near joints. Myxomas of the upper limb, particu…

An engineered cereblon optimized for high-throughput screening and molecular glue discovery Open

H. Bailey, Jonathan Eisert, Rubina Kazi, Jan Gerhartz, Dominika Ewa Pieńkowska , et al. · 2024

The majority of clinical degraders utilize an immunomodulatory imide drug (IMiD)-based derivative that directs their target to the E3 ligase receptor cereblon (CRBN); however, identification of IMiD molecular glue substrates has remained u…

Amputations Resulting From Systemic Sclerosis: The Role of Multidisciplinary Cooperation Open

Rui Dinis Sousa, João Rego Diniz, Inês Rocha Bernardo, Michelle Chintia Rodrigues de Sousa, Mário Vaz · 2024

On the humanization of VHHs: Prospective case studies, experimental and computational characterization of structural determinants for functionality Open

Monica L. Fernández‐Quintero, Enrico Guarnera, Djordje Müsil, Lukas Pekar, Carolin Sellmann , et al. · 2024

The humanization of camelid‐derived variable domain heavy chain antibodies (VHHs) poses challenges including immunogenicity, stability, and potential reduction of affinity. Critical to this process are complementarity‐determining regions (…

Project Change Canvas Open

Raquel Ferreira, Jo�ão Varaj�ão, Luís Silva Rodrigues, Rui Dinis Sousa · 2024

Project management plays a critical role in boosting the success of organizations' projects. However, no matter how well a project is managed, changes are inevitable during its execution. It is crucial to evaluate the impact of these chang…

EXPERIÊNCIAS ANCESTRAIS: DESCOLONIZANDO CURRÍCULOS NA EDUCAÇÃO INFANTIL Open

C Macedo, Rui Dinis Sousa · 2024

The promulgation of laws 10.639/03 and 11.645/08 turned, in 2023, 20 and 15 years, respectively. After those years, we see the trodden paths and inevitably, ask ourselves if there really were and which would be the changes caused after the…

Defining and Improving the Processes of the Portuguese Project Management Observatory Open

Tiago Fernandes, Anabela Tereso, Rui Dinis Sousa, Paulo Sousa · 2024

The Portuguese Project Management Observatory (PPMO) aims to promote and give credibility to Project Management and support professionals and organizations whose activity is developed in this area. This initiative is focused on developing …

DOP15 Intestinal ultrasound correlates with colonoscopy and biomarkers, and can be used in a tight monitoring approach to assess response to therapy in Crohn’s disease: a multicentre prospective study Open

B Morão, Joana Revés, Catarina Neto do Nascimento, C Frias Gomes, Tiago Cúrdia Gonçalves , et al. · 2023

Background Intestinal ultrasound (IUS) is a non-invasive monitoring tool increasingly being used to assess response to therapy in Crohn’s disease (CD). Herein we describe the longitudinal evolution of IUS parameters, and its correlation wi…

P333 Early intestinal ultrasound remission is associated with endoscopic healing after one year of infliximab therapy in Crohn’s disease: a multicentre prospective study Open

Joana Revés, B Morão, Caroline Serrano‐Nascimento, C Frias Gomes, Tiago Cúrdia Gonçalves , et al. · 2023

Background Endoscopic healing (EH) is currently the consensual long-term treatment target to achieve in Crohn’s disease (CD). However, optimization of therapy based on an endoscopic response implies a delay as endoscopy is an invasive proc…

A Benefit Dependency Network for Shadow Information Technology Adoption, Based on Practitioners’ Viewpoints Open

Isaías Scalabrin Bianchi, António Vaquina, Rúben Pereira, Rui Dinis Sousa, Guillermo Antonio Dávila · 2022

Shadow information technology (SIT) revolves around systems that are hidden but are still managed by the same business entities. It consists of the use of devices, software, systems and applications without the information technology (IT) …

P375 Faecal calprotectin variation after induction therapy with infliximab to predict clinical, endoscopic and ultrasonographic remission in Crohn’s disease patients Open

Joana Revés, B Morão, C Frias Gomes, Cássio do Nascimento, Natacha Abreu , et al. · 2022

Background Faecal calprotectin (FCal) is considered an intermediate target for monitoring disease activity in IBD. However, it is unknown whether early FCal variations during induction therapy may be a significant predictor of treatment re…

P499 Accessing ultrasonographic transmural healing in patients with Crohn’s disease after induction therapy with infliximab: should we aim for higher infliximab trough levels? Open

B Morão, C Frias Gomes, Joana Revés, Tiago Cúrdia Gonçalves, Marta Freitas , et al. · 2022

Background Higher infliximab trough levels (ITL) have been shown to be associated with better rates of clinical remission and mucosal healing. Transmural healing (TMH) assessed by cross-sectional imaging [such as intestinal ultrasound (IUS…

Management of successful technology transfer in agriculture: The case of Kazakhstan Open

Rui Dinis Sousa, Ainur Boranbayeva, Zaira Satpayeva, Amina Gassanova · 2021

Progress of agriculture is becoming increasingly reliant on the successful application of technology. However, many developing countries depend on technology transfer from other countries to be utilized in large and complex projects in agr…

P152 Bowel ultrasound as an early monitoring tool to assess disease activity in Crohn’s disease patients after induction therapy with infliximab Open

B Morão, Catarina Nascimento, C Frias Gomes, Tiago Cúrdia Gonçalves, Francisca Dias de Castro , et al. · 2021

Background Bowel wall thickness (BWT) is an accurate sonographic parameter to assess disease activity in Crohn’s disease (CD). International Bowel Ultrasound Segmental Activity Score (IBUS-SAS) was developed to allow a reproducible assessm…

Information Technology Governance for Higher Education Institutions: A Multi-Country Study Open

Isaías Scalabrin Bianchi, Rui Dinis Sousa, Rúben Pereira · 2021

Information Technology governance (ITG) calls for the definition and implementation of formal practices at the highest level in the organization, involving structures, processes and relational practices for the creation of business value f…

Unsupervised Anomaly Detection of Retail Stores Using Predictive Analysis Library on SAP HANA XS Advanced Open

João Oliveira, Rui Dinis Sousa · 2021

The retail industry is quite exposed to fraudulent situations. Daily, thousands of transactions are processed, which may include some frauds difficult to detect, mainly when the perpetrators are the own employees at the retail stores. Larg…

THE INFLUENCE OF LOGISTICS INNOVATIONS ON MANAGEMENT OF FREIGHT-TRANSPORTATION PROCESSES Open

Sayabek Ziyadin, Rui Dinis Sousa, Khakimzhan Malayev, Dimash Yergobek, Assel Nurlanova · 2020

Time is one of the main factors, and it affects the decision of costumers while choosing a particular transportation company. Every stage of logistics processes takes a particular period. That is why almost every firm thinks about the ways…

Digitalization as a New Direction in Education Sphere Open

Rui Dinis Sousa, B. Karimova, С. М. Горлов · 2020

Digitalization in education sphere is the new paradigm of high technologies development. The article proves that digital technologies are relevant and widely used in various areas of society: management, economic relations, science and edu…

Differentiation of logistics services on the basis ABC analysis Open

Sayabek Ziyadin, Rui Dinis Sousa, Saltanat Suieubayeva, Dimash Yergobek, Askhat Serikbekuly · 2020

The creation of a well-defined strategy and tactics of logistics services for various groups of customers with the definition of the range of services is extremely important for a service producer in terms of its competitiveness and market…

Effective IT governance mechanisms in higher education institutions: An empirical study Open

Isaías Scalabrin Bianchi, Rui Dinis Sousa, Rúben Pereira, Irineu Manoel de Souza · 2020

Particular attention to IT Governance is required when the pervasive use of technology has created critical dependencies on IT for organizational performance and prosperity. This study attempts to assess the importance of specific mechanis…

Professional sports: strategic approaches to investment attractiveness formation Open

Oleg Litvishko, Roman Veynberg, Sayabek Ziyadin, Rui Dinis Sousa, Gulmira Rakhimova · 2019

The unstable financial condition of sports clubs combined with negative cash flows and losses can cause the collapse of the entire football industry. Thus, the total losses of top division clubs in 2011, when their maximum level was observ…

Sustainable Agriculture: Developing a Conceptual Model for Technology Transfer Open

Ainur Boranbayeva, Rui Dinis Sousa, Dinara Zh. RAKHMATULLAYEVA · 2019

Agriculture is the world’s largest industry. It is not only crucial for the well-being of the world population but also for most citizens whose prosperity is closely connected with the level of development in the agriculture industry. Howe…

IT Governance Maturity in Higher Education: A study in Brazilian and Portuguese Universities Open

Isaías Scalabrin Bianchi, Rui Dinis Sousa · 2018

The use of Information Technology has become prominent in teaching, learning, research, service and management activities in higher education institutions. Such prominent usage has caused a critical dependency on IT that demands adequate I…

BASELINE MECHANISMS FOR IT GOVERNANCE AT UNIVERSITIES Open

Isaías Scalabrin Bianchi, Rui Dinis Sousa, Rúben Pereira, Jos van Hillegersberg · 2017

The pervasive use of technology has created a critical dependency on Information Technology (IT) that requires IT Governance (ITG). ITG calls for the definition and implementation of formal mechanisms at the highest level in the organizati…

Adenocarcinoma cervical in situ: fatores relacionados com a presença de lesão residual após conização Open

Joana Santos, Rui Dinis Sousa, Maria Clara Coelho, José Luis Lemos de Sá · 2017

Overview and Aims: The currently accepted treatment for cervical adenocarcinoma in situ is total hysterectomy. However, considering this is a condition that frequently affects young women, the safety of a conservative treatment in selected…

IT governance mechanisms at universities: an exploratory study Open

Isaías Scalabrin Bianchi, Rui Dinis Sousa, Rúben Pereira · 2017

The pervasive use of technology has created a critical dependency on IT that requires particular attention to IT Governance (ITG). A set of ITG mechanisms involving structures, processes and relational mechanisms can be considered to imple…

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