Browsing by Author "Martins, Andreia"
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- Consumo de fármacos, suplementos e fitoterápicos, e risco de interações: revisão sistemática do impacto das crenças e do conhecimentoPublication . Dores, Artemisa Rocha; Peixoto, Miguel; Castro, Maria; Sã, Catarina; Martins, Andreia; Maia, Eva; Praça, Isabel; ForPharmacy team; Marques, AntónioO aumento do consumo de diversos produtos naturais e em particular de suplementos para fins diversos, como melhoria do desempenho físico e/ou intelectual, tem aumentando nos últimos anos, com consequências negativas para a saúde, algumas fatais. A falta de conhecimento sobre estes produtos, crenças erradas, a aquisição sem aconselhamento e em locais pouco seguros parecem contribuir para esta realidade que precisa de investigação adicional (Dores et al., 2021)
- From Data to Action: Exploring AI and IoT-driven Solutions for Smarter CitiesPublication . Dias, Tiago; Fonseca, Tiago; Vitorino, João; Martins, Andreia; Malpique, Sofia; Praça, IsabelThe emergence of smart cities demands harnessing advanced technologies like the Internet of Things (IoT) and Artificial Intelligence (AI) and promises to unlock cities' potential to become more sustainable, efficient, and ultimately livable for their inhabitants. This work introduces an intelligent city management system that provides a data-driven approach to three use cases: (i) analyze traffic information to reduce the risk of traffic collisions and improve driver and pedestrian safety, (ii) identify when and where energy consumption can be reduced to improve cost savings, and (iii) detect maintenance issues like potholes in the city's roads and sidewalks, as well as the beginning of hazards like floods and fires. A case study in Aveiro City demonstrates the system's effectiveness in generating actionable insights that enhance security, energy efficiency, and sustainability, while highlighting the potential of AI and IoT-driven solutions for smart city development.
- Herb-Drug Interactions: A Holistic Decision Support System in HealthcarePublication . Martins, Andreia; Maia, Eva; Praça, IsabelComplementary and alternative medicine are commonly used concomitantly with conventional medications leading to adverse drug reactions and even fatality in some cases. Furthermore, the vast possibility of herb-drug interactions prevents health professionals from remembering or manually searching them in a database. Decision support systems are a powerful tool that can be used to assist clinicians in making diagnostic and therapeutic decisions in patient care. Therefore, an original and hybrid decision support system was designed to identify herb-drug interactions, applying artificial intelligence techniques to identify new possible interactions. Different machine learning models will be used to strengthen the typical rules engine used in these cases. Thus, using the proposed system, the pharmacy community, people's first line of contact within the Healthcare System, will be able to make better and more accurate therapeutic decisions and mitigate possible adverse events.
- Knowledge and beliefs about herb/supplement consumption and herb/supplement–drug Interactions among the general population, including healthcare professionals and pharmacists: a systematic review and guidelines for a smart decision systemPublication . Dores, Artemisa R.; Peixoto, Miguel; Castro, Maria; Sá, Catarina; Carvalho, Irene P.; Martins, Andreia; Maia, Eva; Praça, Isabel; Marques, AntónioThe increased consumption of a variety of herbs/supplements has been raising serious health concerns. Owing to an inadequate understanding of herb/supplement–drug interactions, the simultaneous consumption of these products may result in deleterious effects and, in extreme cases, even fatal outcomes. This systematic review is aimed at understanding the knowledge and beliefs about the consumption of herbs/supplements and herb/drug–supplement interactions (HDIs). The study follows the PRISMA guidelines. Four online databases (Web of Science; PubMed; Cochrane; and EBSCOhost) were searched, and a total of 44 studies were included, encompassing 16,929 participants. Herb and supplement consumption is explained mostly by the reported benefits across multiple conditions and ease of use. Regarding HDIs, most people take both herbs/supplements and prescription drugs simultaneously. Only a small percentage of participants have knowledge about their interaction effects, and many reported adverse interactions or side effects. Nevertheless, the main reason for stopping the prescribed drug intake is the perceived lack of its effect, and not due to interactions. Therefore, it is important to increase the knowledge about supplement use so that further strategies can be elaborated to better detect or be alert for whenever a potentially dangerous reaction and/or interaction may occur. This paper raises awareness regarding the need for developing a decision support system and ends with some considerations about the development of a technological solution capable of detecting HDIs and, thereby, aiding in the improvement of pharmacy services.
- Stability of nanofluids CuO (40nm) in ethylene glycol or water base fluids with CTAB surfactant for biomedical applicationsPublication . Queirós, Ângela; Coelho, Maria de Fátima; Martins, Andreia; Iglesias, T. P.Abstract In this work, some properties of CuO nanofluids in distilled water and ethylene glycol base fluid were studied, comparing the stability of the nanofluid in samples with and without surfactant and measuring the electrical conductivity as a function of temperature and concentration.