Effects of a Self-Management Program on Adults with Stroke: A Quasi-Experimental Study.

Background: Stroke is a leading cause of death and disability, underscoring the importance of effective self-management programs to improve the quality of life for survivors.

Objectives: This study investigates the impact of the ComVida (Bridges-PT) self-management program on self-efficacy, physical function, health-related quality of life, and emotional state of stroke survivors in Portugal.

Methods: A quasi-experimental study was conducted with 28 participants from hospital and community settings.

MoveONParkinson: developing a personalized motivational solution for Parkinson's disease management.

Introduction: Despite the effectiveness of exercise-based interventions on symptom management and disease progression, many people with Parkinson's Disease (PwPD) do not exercise regularly. In line with the ubiquitous use of digital health technology, the MoveONParkinson digital solution was developed, comprising a Web Platform and a Mobile App with a Conversational Agent (CA). The interface features were designed based on the principles of Social Cognitive Theory with the goal of fostering behavior change in PwPD for sustained exercise participation and improved disease management.

From recovery to regaining control of life - the perspectives of people with stroke, their carers and health professionals.

Aim: To understand how people with stroke and carers adapt over time, and how health professionals support transition to home.

Method: A multi-perspective, prospective, qualitative, longitudinal study was conducted using in-depth semi-structured interviews one and six months after inpatient discharge. Twenty-four participants (eight triads, including people with stroke, carers and health professionals) were included.

Rhinoorbital mucormycosis in the immunocompetent: Experience with Isavuconazole.

Mucormycosis is a severe opportunistic fungal infection caused by . The majority of the affected patients have a history of immunosuppression, with a reported incidence of 4-19% in the immunocompetent. Early recognition and diagnosis, combined with surgical debridement and appropriate antifungal therapy are essential to achieve a cure.

Arts, literature and reflective writing as educational strategies to promote narrative reasoning capabilities among physiotherapy students.

Background: The use of arts, literature and reflective writing has becoming increasingly popular in health professionals education. However, research examining its contribution as an educational strategy to promote narrative reasoning capabilities is limited, particularly from the students' perspective.

Aim Of The Study: This study aimed to explore the final year physiotherapy students' perspectives about the contribution of arts, literature and reflective writing in facilitating narrative reasoning capabilities.

Blood concentrations of lactate, glucose and corticosterone in dispersing hatchling sea turtles.

Natal dispersal of sea turtles is an energetically demanding activity that is fuelled primarily by aerobic metabolism. However, during intense exercise reptiles can use anaerobic metabolism to supplement their energy requirements. We assessed anaerobic metabolism in dispersing hatchling loggerhead and flatback turtles by measuring the concentrations of blood lactate during crawling and at different times during the first four hours of their frenzy swim.

Locomotor activity during the frenzy swim: analysing early swimming behaviour in hatchling sea turtles.

Swimming effort of hatchling sea turtles varies across species. In this study we analysed how swim thrust is produced in terms of power stroke rate, mean maximum thrust per power stroke and percentage of time spent power stroking throughout the first 18 h of swimming after entering the water, in both loggerhead and flatback turtle hatchlings and compared this with previous data from green turtle hatchlings. Loggerhead and green turtle hatchlings had similar power stroke rates and percentage of time spent power stroking throughout the trial, although mean maximum thrust was always significantly higher in green hatchlings, making them the most vigorous swimmers in our three-species comparison.

Shallow gas accumulation in sediments of the Patos Lagoon, southern Brazil.

A high resolution seismic survey was conducted in the Patos Lagoon, southern Brazil, aboard of the research vessel LARUS of the Fundação Universidade Federal do Rio Grande (FURG). Around 400 km of 3.5 kHz seismic profiles were collected, which provided acoustic signals of good penetration depth and resolution.