Boron as a promoter in the goethite (α-FeOOH) phase: Organic compound degradation by Fenton reaction

AM Mesquita, IR Guimarães, GMM de Castro… - Applied Catalysis B …, 2016 - Elsevier
The aim of this study was to obtain iron oxides (goethite phase, α-FeOOH) to be used as
Fenton catalysts in the catalytic oxidation of methylene blue (MB). Moreover surface …

[HTML][HTML] Psychoactive drug use by medical students: a review of the national and international literature

AM Mesquita, R Laranjeira, J Dunn - Sao Paulo Medical Journal, 1997 - SciELO Brasil
Non-medical drug use among medical students is a major concern among researchers and
policy makers in several countries, not only because of the personal harmful consequences …

[HTML][HTML] Quantitative computed tomography imaging in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

L Fernandes, Y Fernandes, AM Mesquita - Lung India, 2016 - journals.lww.com
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is a heterogeneous disease having small
airway inflammation, emphysema, and pulmonary hypertension. It is now clear that spirometry …

[HTML][HTML] Reference equation for six minute walk test in healthy Western India population

L Fernandes, AM Mesquita, R Vadala… - Journal of clinical and …, 2016 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Aim We aimed to develop a reference equation for 6MWD in healthy Western India population
and compare the results with previously published Indian and Caucasian reference …

Copper-doped akaganeite: Application in catalytic Cupro-Fenton reactions for oxidation of methylene blue

PL dos Santos, IR Guimarães, AM Mesquita… - Journal of Molecular …, 2016 - Elsevier
In this work an iron oxide – akaganeite – was obtained and used as a Fenton catalyst for the
oxidation of methylene blue. The ability of dye oxidation was evaluated after incorporating …

Eosinophilic airway inflammation in patients with stable biomass smoke-versus tobacco smoke-associated chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

…, S Mandrekar, AM Mesquita - Journal of Health …, 2019 - meridian.allenpress.com
Background. Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is an inflammatory disease
with predominant involvement of neutrophils, macrophages and CD8+ lymphocytes. …

Anacardium occidentale (cashew) pollen allergy in patients with allergic bronchial asthma

L Fernandes, AM Mesquita - Journal of allergy and clinical immunology, 1995 - Elsevier
Background: The cashew tree grows in abundance in the hills and plains of Goa, India.
Because of the financial yield, more and more trees are being planted each year. The cashew …

[HTML][HTML] Role of semi-quantitative serum procalcitonin in assessing prognosis of community acquired bacterial pneumonia compared to PORT PSI, CURB-65 and CRB …

L Fernandes, AS Arora, AM Mesquita - Journal of clinical and …, 2015 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Materials and Methods Fifty five patients admitted with Com-munity Acquired Bacterial
Pneumonia were enrolled after taking informed consent and satisfying all inclusion and exclusion …

[HTML][HTML] Small airway imaging phenotypes in biomass-and tobacco smoke-exposed patients with COPD

…, N Gulati, Y Fernandes, AM Mesquita… - ERJ open …, 2017 - Eur Respiratory Soc
AM Mesquita co-developed the protocol, co-wrote the manuscript and acted as scientific
advisor. M. Sardessai co-developed the protocol and acted as scientific advisor. …

[HTML][HTML] Drug Hypersensitivity Quality of Life Questionnaire: validation procedures and first results of the Portuguese version

E Dias de Castro, J Barbosa, AM Mesquita… - Health and Quality of …, 2021 - Springer
Background Hypersensitivity reactions to drugs are unpredictable and can be very complex
and severe, even life threatening. Assess its impact on patient’s health related quality of life (…