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- Families of young people who self-harm: a mixed-methods systematic review of their experiences and needsPublication . Cação-Dias, Beatriz; Rothes, Inês; Carmo, Cláudia; Nunes, Cristina; Brás, MartaBackground: Self-harm in young people is a pressing public health issue, with family support playing a crucial role in the young per son’s prognosis. Concurrently, the impact extends to families themselves, who must navigate caregiving responsibilities while also requiring support. Understanding these experiences is key to providing more effective assistance in their caregiving roles. Aim: With this mixed-methods systematic review we investigated the experiences, barriers, and needs of families of young people who self-harm. Method: Following PRISMA guidelines, a search was conducted within PsycINFO, PubMed, Web of Science, and Scopus databases in July 2024 and April 2025. Thirty-one studies were included in this review, and quality was assessed with the Mixed Methods Appraisal Tool (MMAT). A narrative synthesis was employed for the quantitative data, while qualitative data were analyzed with thematic synthesis. Results: The quantitative findings revealed two themes: (1) the repercussions of self-harm in the family and (2) family support needs. Qualitative analysis identified four themes: (1) parents’ emotional and psychological impact; (2) impact on parenting and the bond with the young person; (3) disruption of family dynamics; and (4) barriers to and pathways for family support. Conclusion: We discuss the implications of these findings, offering recommendations for future research and improvements in family support services to alleviate caregiver burden and foster supportive environments for recovery.
- Comparative proteomic analysis of trioza erytreae nymphs developed on Citrus ×limon and Citrus ×sinensis host plantsPublication . Magalhães, Tomás Thormann Abranches de; Anjos Guerreiro, Liliana Isabel Tomé; Power, Deborah Mary; Pereira, José Alberto Cardoso; Duarte, Amilcar; Tomás Marques, NatáliaTrioza erytreae is a vector of Huanglongbing (HLB), a highly damaging citrus disease. Lemon plants (Citrus ×limon) are the preferred host for T. erytreae, although the underlying mechanisms behind this remain to be fully elucidated. A comparative proteomic analysis of T. erytreae nymphs in their fourth and fifth instars that were fed either lemon or sweet orange (SwO) was carried out to investigate the interaction with its hosts. A 24-hour sucrose feeding assay was conducted to understand proteomic responses to a nutrient-poor diet. Proteomic profiling using nanoscale liquid chromatography coupled to tandem mass spectrometry (nanoLC-MS/MS) identified a total of 1,477 psyllid proteins with high confidence. Oviposition and nymphal development were also evaluated across citrus hosts, revealing higher numbers of nymphs developing on lemon than on SwO. Feeding on SwO enriched pathways related to “transmission across chemical synapses” and “metabolism of proteins”. Responses observed under a 24-hour sucrose-only diet enriched the biological processes “response to external stimulus”, “response to stress” and “cytoskeleton organization”. In contrast, these enrichments were absent on lemon host, suggesting that lemon provides a more favourable environment for psyllid development. In addition, nymphs developed on lemon exhibited enhanced energy metabolism and an increase in translation initiation factors. Overall, the results demonstrate that development strongly depends on host plant species, with SwO impairing optimal growth and lemon promoting successful nymphal development.
- Short‐term performance responses of an intertidal fish to sedimentation and warmingPublication . Resende, Anna Carolina; Campbell, Lucy; Vinagre, Catarina; Rogers, AliceClimate change is altering coastal ecosystems by causing environmental fluctuations, such as increases in temperature and turbidity, which pose major implications for fish physiology and behaviour. Increases in temperature affect fish food intake, swimming capacity and oxygen delivery, while increases in turbidity can impair or enhance prey detection, as well as affect fish movement. Since these stressors often act together, understanding their combined effects is critical. We investigated how short-term increases in temperature and turbidity, both separately and in combination, influenced the foraging and swimming performance of the common triplefin, Forsterygion lapillum Hardy 1989, and measured oxygen consumption during acute thermal ramping to explore links between thermal tolerance and performance. Results show that F. lapillum strike speed was slower in high turbidity treatments, indicating that F. lapillum relies on visual cues to feed, and consequently, fish foraging performance is impaired in sedimented waters. Moreover, fish routine swimming speed and burst speed were unaffected by any treatment, suggesting that F. lapillum can adapt its swimming performance to the increases in temperature and turbidity that were tested. During acute thermal ramping, fish oxygen consumption rate was found to increase only at temperatures above 24 C. This can explain F. lapillum's lack of adjustment in swimming speed, burst speed and strike speed to increases in temperature during the experiment and suggests that oxygen delivery starts to be compromised at temperatures above this threshold. Our findings highlight F. lapillum resilience to moderate temperature increases but reveal vulnerability to increased sedimentation due to reduced foraging efficiency.
- Longitudinal wave power as a proxy for coastal change detectionPublication . Aragón, Marta; Ferreira, Óscar; López-Ruiz, Alejandro; Ortega-Sánchez, MiguelCoastal areas are subject to atmospheric, fluvial and marine hazards that can cause relevant morphological changes. Wave height (Hs) is the most commonly used climate variable to define morphological changes in coastal engineering studies. However, this approach fails to capture directional effects, which are essential for predicting and managing shoreline erosion and associated risks. This work introduces a methodology that identifies relevant morphological changes (morphological events) by using the longitudinal wave power (LWP), after defining an optimized set of Peak Over Threshold (POT) parameters. The morphological evolution of an idealized river mouth was simulated using the Delft3D numerical model and six different wave climate conditions along with tidal and river flow conditions. The optimized LWP approach performed better than Hs in identifying morphological changes, providing a better agreement between climatological and morphological events. The methodology was further validated through its application to two real-world sites along the southern Iberian Peninsula incorporating real wave conditions, variable river discharges, and complete tidal regimes. In these areas, the numerical models had been previously calibrated. The results confirm the robustness and transferability of the methodology beyond idealized conditions. By considering both erosional and accretional processes, this LWP-based methodology offers coastal managers a robust, physics-based tool for predicting morphological responses to wave conditions, supporting the development of early warning systems on inlet-adjacent shorelines.