According to the World Health Organization, cardiovascular diseases are the leading cause of death globally, taking an estimated 17.9 million lives each year, most of which are attributable to athero-sclerosis. Notably, the mechanisms that regulate atherosclerotic disease development and expression are not fully understood yet. MicroRNAs are small non-coding molecules of ribonucleic acid that regu-late the gene expression at the post-transcriptional level and play a key role in the pathophysiology of different cardiovascular diseases, including atherosclerosis. Moreover, circulating microRNAs have been studied as biomarkers of different diseases, and specific circulating microRNA profiles are asso-ciated with the presence of atherosclerosis of different arterial territories and multi-territorial athero-sclerosis. These issues are discussed in the book, including the core results of the translational re-search carried out by our group. Knowledge of microRNA profiles in such context provided insights into the pathophysiology of atherosclerosis and supports the potential clinical value of microRNAs as noninvasive biomarkers.
This book deals with the simultaneous making of Portuguese engineers and the Portuguese nation-state from the mid seventeenth century to the late twentieth century. It argues that the different meanings of being an engineer were directly dependent of projects of nation building and that one cannot understand the history of engineering in Portugal without detailing such projects. Symmetrically, the authors suggest that the very same ability of collectively imagining a nation relied on large measure on engineers and their practices. National culture was not only enacted through poetry, music, and history, but it demanded as well fortresses, railroads, steam engines, and dams. Portuguese engineers imagined their country in dialogue with Italian, British, French, German or American realities, many times overlapping such references. The book exemplifies how history of engineering makes more salient the transnational dimensions of national history. This is valid beyond the Portuguese case and draws attention to the potential of history of engineering for reshaping national histories and their local specificities into global narratives relevant for readers across different geographies.
This book focuses on the United States' views and political actions in Portugal during the democratic transition, and should not be taken for a history of the Portuguese revolution. In other words, its aim is to evaluate the impact of American actions in the final outcome of the transition from an authoritarian regime to democracy in Portugal. To that end, extensive research was carried out during a four-year period, both in the US and in Portugal, privileging primary sources, especially American and Portuguese archival materials, many of which were previously unpublished.
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