Publications by authors named "Ricardo Mateus"

Takotsubo syndrome is an acute reversible cardiomyopathy with left ventricular dysfunction and a clinical presentation similar to an acute coronary syndrome. Emotional or physical triggers can cause it, including neurological conditions such as seizures. We describe a case of a woman in her 50s with Takotsubo syndrome secondary to status epilepticus, presenting with cardiac arrest and cardiogenic shock.

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  • Water scarcity is a significant issue globally, with retail water use accounting for up to 19% of public water supplies.
  • A study in southern Portugal examined the feasibility of rainwater harvesting systems for a retail store, analyzing water consumption from 2018 to 2021 and rainfall data from 1932 to 2008.
  • Results indicated that a properly configured rainwater harvesting system could save 32-36% of water usage, translating to financial savings of €330-372 monthly, highlighting the potential for such systems in retail to reduce water footprints.
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This data article presents data collected from the 250 highest revenue retailers around the world, assessed according to publicly available data from the fiscal year 2016, in order to determine retailer׳s overall carbon intensity (CI) and energy intensity (EI). Data collection included additional variables such as retailers' revenue rank, operational typology, number of stores, store sales area and number of workers. Based on this dataset, CI and EI benchmarks were calculated for food and non-food retailers, applying the statistic function first quartile (Q1) for the best practice, second (Q2) and third (Q3) quartiles for conventional practice and fourth quartile (Q4) for worst practice and correlations were tested between the variables "EI", "CI" and "retailer revenue", applying the statistic function CORREL (Ferreira et al.

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