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Sustainable development comprehends the balance between human activities and the environment. Today, more than ever, the need to act with respect for the environment and the urgency in recognizing that we belong to the planet, and not the other way around, have accelerated and generalized the demand for information about environmental sustainability, economic and social concerns, and the discussion about which Humanity should adopt paths to save the species. The United Nations 2030 Agenda recognizes access to information as a critical goal in the Sustainable Development Goal of promoting peaceful and inclusive societies, access to justice for all, and building effective, accountable, and inclusive institutions at all levels. In a global and inclusive society, people's access to information and the need to protect fundamental freedoms is necessarily the founding principle of the path to achieving global sustainability. The understanding of the world and society has always been founded on the study of the past, the knowledge of history, traditions, and memory. Only knowledge of memory allows us to know where we come from and to determine where we are going. Memory, which is nothing more than informational heritage, a generator agent of value and distinctive identity, is essential to create, distinguishing, and enriching socioeconomic activities based on the realities of the environment and local cultures towards socioeconomic and environmental sustainability and inclusion. In this paper, we intend to highlight the crucial role of information professionals in sustainable development, as they play unique and privileged roles in the preservation of people's identity and culture, as well as in the collection, research, processing, protection, promotion, enhancement, and transmission of information, which guarantee the viability of Humanity's cultural heritage and access to information as one of the goals of sustainable development.

Explora-se a actualidade e relevância do tema para a Sociedade em geral e para a prossecução dos objectivos assumidos pelas Instituições do Ensino Superior (IES) em particular, abordando-se a pertinência da acção da Biblioteca do Ensino Superior no âmbito da Literacia Informacional (LI). Para tal, analisam-se as alterações sofridas na Educação e no Ensino Superior (ES), apresentando-se uma breve descrição da sua História recente. É apresentada a mudança de paradigma que pautou o início do séc. XXI, impulsionada pela Declaração de Bolonha da qual se expõem, tanto a vertente oficial, de adequação ao contexto social e profissional, como a vertente de adequação ao contexto financeiro, de cariz economicista. Discorre-se sobre a terminologia usada na presente investigação, nomeadamente no que concerne a adjectivação da expressão “Literacia da Informação” e de seguida aborda-se a relação existente entre o ensino superior e a literacia informacional, nomeadamente, a importância da literacia informacional no contexto do ensino superior, e referem-se estudos que comprovam que estudantes infoliterados conseguem melhores resultados do que os que não o são. Apresentam-se modelos de comportamento informacional que acreditamos estarem ligados à temática da LI, da qual se expõem diversos modelos. Perante o aprofundamento da investigação na área da LI, a International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions (IFLA) publica, em 2006, um conjunto de orientações que auxiliam as bibliotecas na criação e implementação de um Plano de Literacia Informacional como estratégia de apoio à Aprendizagem ao Longo da Vida. Essas orientações são explanadas neste capítulo, que termina apresentando-se conclusões no que diz respeito aos assuntos previamente abordados.

São reunidas nesta publicação as apresentações realizadas nos Encontros anuais de 2020 e 2021, respetivamente, Encontros XIV e XV da Licenciatura Ciências e Tecnologias da Documentação e Informação do Instituto Politécnico do Porto. Estes encontros têm como objetivo a partilha e aprendizagem, através do intercâmbio com diferentes instituições de ensino e organizações nacionais e internacionais, acerca dos temas escolhidos para cada encontro/ano. Os conteúdos são apresentados em formato de artigos e também de posters estáticos e dinâmicos.

PurposeSurveying authors at doctoral-granting institutions of higher education in Portugal, the authors in this paper aim to seek to determine the extent to which Portuguese researchers prefer that their work appears in open access journals or open access repositories resulting in improved access to quality, peer-reviewed scientific information and faster scientific and technological advances. The authors also seek to gauge Portuguese author's familiarity with open access, the importance they attach to open access when choosing a publication outlet, and to determine their preferences for achieving open access.Design/methodology/approachThe methodology adopted in this research is the case study. The case study intends to understand a complex social phenomenon through an in-depth study holistically. In May 2020, the authors distributed a survey to faculty in all academic ranks at 14 Portuguese higher education institutions to learn the extent to which Portuguese authors currently make their research openly available, ascertain their awareness of open access, their support of the European Union (EU) open access goal and their preferences for achieving open access.FindingsResearchers at Portuguese universities overwhelmingly are aware of arguments in favor of open access and believe that open access benefits researchers in their fields. Portuguese researchers regularly publish in open access journals and deposit their papers in institutional or disciplinary repositories.Research limitations/implications16.7% of 740 potential respondents completed the survey. The relatively low response rate prevents extrapolations from being made to the universe. The study was implemented during the COVID-19 pandemic, which, due to the disruption created in all sectors, made data collection complex and delayed its subsequent treatment.Originality/valueSimilar studies have been conducted at individual universities and in particular disciplines to determine the degree to which their faculty authors are aware of open access, its benefits, and preferences for achieving it. A similar study of Bulgarian university authors was conducted in 2018. No previous study of Portuguese authors at institutions of higher education has been conducted. The results will be useful to Portuguese institutions of higher education and academic libraries to establish and revise open access outreach and implementation services that may be helpful to their faculty in meeting EU open access and funder open access requirements.

Producto de algunos recorridos académicos recientes y de una zona de preguntas que nos interesa como equipo de trabajo, buscamos plantear un interrogante clave a la hora de pensar la relación cultura, tecnología y sociedad: ¿es posible un diálogo entre las razones de la técnica y la ética humanística que nos convoque a pensar los procesos de educación/comunicación? Reconocemos que la pregunta es retórica en tanto y en cuanto asumimos un posicionamiento afirmativo frente al dilema planteado. Sin embargo, intentaremos dar cuenta de cierta complejidad en los recorridos que sobre la técnica se vienen proyectando desde diferentes campos disciplinares, ciertas políticas públicas y las problemáticas del avance tecnológico que, desde un análisis fragmentado, obstaculizan la posibilidad de ese diálogo.

The purpose of this study was to compare the effects of using inverse sequences of combined bench-step aerobics and resistance exercise on cardiorespiratory, hemodynamic and perceptual variables during exercise and one-hour post-exercise. The tested sequences were bench-step aerobics immediately before and immediately after resistance exercise. Thirteen apparently healthy and physically active women (age = 21.9 ± 6.1 years, body height = 160 ± 0.1 cm, body mass = 58.8 ± 7.5 kg, estimated fat mass = 17.2 ± 2.0% and estimated maximal oxygen uptake = 37.5 ± 2.6 mL∙kg-1∙min-1) performed a 20-minute bench-step aerobics routine, immediately before (STEP_RES) and after (RES_STEP) resistance exercise. Oxygen uptake and heart rate were continuously measured, systolic and diastolic blood pressure, body temperature and perceived exertion were measured at rest, immediately after each type of exercise and at 15, 30, 45 and 60 min after exercise. When resistance exercise was performed first (RES_STEP), oxygen uptake was higher (23.2 ± 3.9 vs. 20.5 ± 4.8 mL∙kg-1∙min-1), but the heart rate (164.5 ± 9.1 vs. 173.9 ± 11.7 bpm) and body temperature (36.5 ± 0.4 vs. 37.6 ± 0.6 ºC) were lower. In both sequences, the type of exercise performed first was pointed out with a lower perceived exertion or lower perceived intensity. Exercise and 60-min post-exercise blood pressure had a similar response in both sequences, and systolic blood pressure along with diastolic blood pressure were lower than pre-exercise from 30 min until 60 min post-exercise. The results suggest that the sequence affected oxygen uptake and perceived exertion during exercise and that this total workload, despite the sequence, promoted a post-exercise blood pressure decrease in normotensive participants.

En este artículo se intenta ordenar y sistematizar la producción académica que se ha escrito sobre la comunicación gubernamental en la última década en la región, principalmente en nuestro país. El texto se articula sobre tres ejes: definiciones, derroteros y abordajes para dar cuenta de cómo se ha ordenado el campo desde lo histórico, lo conceptual y lo metodológico. Al final se destacan aportes originales, se sugieren cruces y posibles áreas de vacancia que requieren mayor profundización en el mediano plazo., This article attempts to order and systematize the academic production that has been written on government communication in the last decade in the region, mainly in our country. The text is articulated on three axes: definitions, directions and approaches to account for how the field has been ordered from the historical, the conceptual and the methodological. At the end, original contributions are highlighted, crossings and possible vacancy areas that require further study in the medium term are suggested., Facultad de Periodismo y Comunicación Social

Militancia, roscas, campañas y elecciones en el Km0. Una mirada a la vida del peronismo desde el papel de El Mundo de Berisso es un libro que habla de política local y, al mismo tiempo, se convierte en un manual de análisis del discurso cuando, para investigar los avisos de publicidad gráfica echa mano a una batería de categorías teóricas y metodológicas desarrolladas por la perspectiva de la sociosemiótica de Eliseo Verón. Más allá de la memoria y la anécdota, visibiliza la transformación y profesionalización de la comunicación política.

The simulated clinical experience is an important strategy to approach professional practice. This study aims to assess undergraduate nursing students’ satisfaction with simulated clinical experiences. A mixed-methods study was conducted. One hundred seventy nine students of the undergraduate Nursing Course of the first year participated in the simulation. Data collection was carried out through a questionnaire of sociodemographic, Simulated Clinical Experiences Satisfaction Scale and two open questions about the simulated practice importance in nursing students teaching-learning process. Four categories emerged from qualitative analysis: approximation to clinical practice; facilitator of professional life; develops the dimensions of nursing care; dynamic and critical reflective teaching-learning process. Overall, students are very satisfied with the simulated clinical experiences, being the cognitive satisfaction dimension with the highest mean value (88.23%). The overall simulated clinical experience satisfaction and the previous simulated clinical experience showed a statistically significant difference (U=3008.5; p= 0.037), and students who did not have the previous simulated experience had a higher mean raking. The students who intervened directly in the scenario presented greater overall simulated clinical experience satisfaction than those who did not intervene in the scenario. There are no significant statistical differences between participation in the debriefing and overall satisfaction. The Simulated clinical practice promotes students meaningful learning development in a realistic and risk-free environment., El recurso à experiencia clínica simulada es importante como estrategia para abordar la práctica profesional. Este trabajo tiene como objetivo evaluar la satisfacción de los estudiantes de grado en Enfermería con experiencias clínicas simuladas. Se realizó un estudio de enfoque metodológico mixto. Participaron 179 estudiantes del primer año del Curso de Grado en Enfermería. En la recolección de datos, se utilizó un cuestionario sociodemográfico y la Escala de Satisfacción con Las Experiencias Clínicas Simuladas y dos preguntas abiertas sobre la importancia de la práctica simulada en el proceso de enseñanza y aprendizaje de los estudiantes de enfermería. Cuatro categorías surgieron del análisis cualitativo: aproximación a la práctica clínica; facilitador de la vida profesional; desarrolla las dimensiones del cuidado de enfermería; proceso de enseñanza y aprendizaje reflexivo dinámico y crítico. En general, los estudiantes están muy satisfechos con las experiencias clínicas simuladas, siendo la dimensión de satisfacción cognitiva la de mayor valor medio (88,23%). La relación entre la satisfacción global con la experiencia clínica simulada y la existencia de experiencia clínica simulada previa mostró una diferencia estadísticamente significativa (U=3008,5; p= 0,037), y los estudiantes que no tenían experiencia simulada previa tuvieron un orden medio más alto. Los estudiantes que intervinieron directamente en el escenario presentaron una mayor satisfacción general con la experiencia clínica simulada que aquellos que no intervinieron en el escenario. No hay diferencias estadísticas significativas entre la participación en el debriefing y la satisfacción general. La práctica clínica simulada promueve el desarrollo de un aprendizaje significativo en los estudiantes en un entorno realista y libre de riesgos., A utilização da experiência clínica simulada é importante como estratégia de aproximação à prática profissional. Este estudo tem como objetivo avaliar a satisfação dos estudantes de licenciatura em Enfermagem com as experiências clínicas simuladas. Realizou-se estudo de abordagem metodológica mista. Participaram 179 estudantes do primeiro ano do Curso de Licenciatura em Enfermagem. Na recolha de dados utilizou-se um questionário sociodemográfico, a Escala de Satisfação com as Experiências Clínicas Simuladas e duas questões abertas sobre a importância da prática simulada no processo ensino e aprendizagem dos estudantes de Enfermagem. Da análise qualitativa emergiram quatro categorias: aproximação à prática clínica; facilitador da vida profissional; desenvolve as dimensões do cuidado em enfermagem; processo de ensino e aprendizagem dinâmico e crítico reflexivo. No global, os estudantes estão muito satisfeitos com as experiências clínicas simuladas, sendo a dimensão da satisfação cognitiva a que apresenta um valor médio mais elevado (88,23%). A relação entre a satisfação global com a experiência clínica simulada e a existência de experiência clínica simulada prévia evidenciou uma diferença estatisticamente significativa (U=3008,5; p= 0,037), sendo que os estudantes que não tinham experiência simulada prévia apresentaram uma ordenação média superior. Os estudantes que intervieram diretamente no cenário apresentaram maior satisfação global com a experiência clínica simulada do que os que não intervieram no cenário. Não existem diferenças estatísticas significativas entre a participação no debriefing e a satisfação global. A prática clínica simulada promove o desenvolvimento de aprendizagens significativas nos estudantes num ambiente realista e isento de riscos.

This present work’s main objective is the identification, by the informational professional, of a tool for managing the ISEP museum collection. This work arises because the current tool does not meet the museum's holistic needs and is not interoperable, and it was developed in the framework of a curricular internship for the degree in Sciences and Technologies of Documentation and Information at ISCAP-P.Porto. It highlights the close connection between Information Science and Museology and emphasizes the role of the museological object as a source of information, underlining the extreme importance of its management since the Museum is also an information system. The standardization of metadata associated with museum objects was also addressed, and how it promotes the exchange of information and the fulfillment of the mission of cultural institutions. The work encompassed the development of an organic-functional analysis of the museum as well as a comparative analysis of four management tools for museum collections that met the information needs of that museum as well as the application of the adapted criteria defined by ISO / IEC 25010: 2011 for the evaluation software quality standards. After evaluation, it was determined that the most appropriate tool would be open access software called Collective Access, which works simultaneously as a collection management and creation of a website for publishing collections, operating as a virtual museum.

A informação é imprescindível às organizações. Estas estruturam-na e classificam-na com~base na sua orgânica e nas suas funções e atividades, ou seja, com base na produção documental, nos fluxos de informação entre departamentos, na salvaguarda e prova que essa informação constitui. Na Goweb Agency, Lda., a maioria dos documentos existia apenas para efeitos de certificação de qualidade. Por forma a melhorar a gestão da informação na organização, todos os documentos foram organizados de forma válida, intuitiva e assente nas necessidades informacionais dos colaboradores. Ao incorporá-los nas tarefas rotineiras do quotidiano e ao incentivar o seu uso, criando e adequando a partilha e a gestão de informação nas atividades da empresa, assistiu-se a uma diminuição da tensão interna entre os colaboradores, a um aumento do seu grau de satisfação, da sua eficiência e eficácia e da satisfação dos clientes da empresa, devido ao desempenho e à qualidade do trabalho apresentado., Information is essential to the organizations. They structure and classify it based on their organization, functions and activities, that is, based on the document production, the information flows between departments, the safeguarding and proof that this information constitutes. At Goweb Agency, Lda., most documents existed only for quality certification purposes. In order to improve information management in the organization, all documents were organized in a valid, intuitive way, based on the employees' information needs. By incorporating them in the routine tasks of daily life and encouraging their use, creating and adapting the sharing and management of information in the company's activities, there was a decrease in internal tension between employees, an increase in their level of satisfaction, their efficiency and effectiveness and a growing satisfaction of the company's customers, due to the performance and quality of the delivered work.

Objective: To evaluate the oral health conditions of drug addicts in the process of recovery in the municipality of Rio Verde - Goiás. Methodology: A descriptive cross-sectional study was carried out, in accordance with the recommendations of the Strengthening the Reporting of Observational Studies in Epidemiology (STROBE). 41 health questionnaires belonging to 24 men and 17 women, patients from two therapeutic communities in the municipality of Rio Verde-Goiás, with a predominant age range of 31 to 40 years, were analyzed. Anamnesis data, intraoral clinical examination, DMFT index, community periodontal index and stained plaque index were analyzed. The results were expressed using descriptive statistics. Results: The average DMFT of the study population was 14.72. Just over half of the individuals, 53.65% (n = 22), had bleeding on probing. Oral hygiene of 75.61% (n = 31) was considered poor and 48.78% (n = 20) reported not using floss daily. Lesions in the oral mucosa were present in 39.02% (n = 16) of the evaluated patients. Conclusion: According to the results obtained, an unfavorable oral health condition was observed among the study participants, demonstrating the importance of developing and employing educational-preventive strategies for the population of drug addicts in the process of recovery. Objetivo: Evaluar las condiciones de salud bucal de personas adictas a las drogas en proceso de recuperación en el municipio de Río Verde - Goiás Metodología: Se realizó un estudio descriptivo transversal, de acuerdo con las recomendaciones del Strengthening the Reporting of Observational Studies in Epidemiology (STROBE). Se analizaron 41 cuestionarios de salud pertenecientes a 24 hombres y 17 mujeres, pacientes de dos comunidades terapéuticas del municipio de Río Verde-Goiás, con un rango de edad predominante de 31 a 40 años. Se analizaron datos de anamnesis, exploración clínica intraoral, índice CPOD, índice periodontal comunitario e índice de placa teñida. Los resultados se expresaron mediante estadística descriptiva. Resultados: El CPOD promedio de la población de estudio fue de 14,72. Poco más de la mitad de los individuos, el 53,65% (n = 22), presentaba sangrado al sondaje. La higiene bucal del 75,61% (n = 31) se consideró deficiente y el 48,78% (n = 20) informó no usar hilo dental a diario. Las lesiones en la mucosa oral estuvieron presentes en el 39,02% (n = 16) de los pacientes evaluados. Conclusión: De acuerdo con los resultados obtenidos, se observó una condición de salud bucal desfavorable entre los participantes del estudio, lo que demuestra la importancia de desarrollar y emplear estrategias educativo-preventivas para la población de drogodependientes en proceso de recuperación. Objetivo: Avaliar as condições de saúde bucal de dependentes químicos em processo de recuperação do município de Rio Verde - Goiás. Metodologia: Foi realizado um estudo transversal descritivo, de acordo com as recomendações do Strengthening the Reporting of Observational Studies in Epidemiology (STROBE). Foram analisados 41 questionários de saúde pertencentes a 24 homens e 17 mulheres, pacientes de duas comunidades terapêuticas do município de Rio Verde-Goiás, com faixa etária predominante de 31 a 40 anos. Dados da anamnese, exame clínico intrabucal, índice CPO-D, índice periodontal comunitário e índice de placa corada foram analisados. Os resultados foram expressos por meio de estatística descritiva. Resultados: O CPO-D médio da população em estudo foi de 14,72. Pouco mais da metade dos indivíduos, 53,65% (n=22), apresentaram sangramento à sondagem. A higiene bucal de 75,61% (n=31) foi considerada precária e 48,78% (n=20) relataram não fazer uso diário do fio dental. Lesões em mucosa oral esteve presente em 39,02% (n=16) dos pacientes avaliados. Conclusão: De acordo com os resultados obtidos, observou-se condição de saúde bucal desfavorável entre os participantes do estudo, demonstrando a importância da elaboração e emprego de estratégias educativo-preventivas à população de dependentes químicos em processo de recuperação.

Dissertação de Mestrado em Engenharia Zootécnica-Produção Animal Atualmente a Raça Charolesa em Portugal apresenta uma crescente representatividade, sendo importante para os produtores conhecer a sua evolução genética, de modo a compreender como tem ocorrido o melhoramento por seleção para a produtividade nesta raça. Neste estudo da evolução genética da raça bovina Charolesa, através dos dados fornecidos pela Associação Portuguesa de Criadores da Raça Bovina Charolesa foram estimados os parâmetros genéticos e estimado a tendência genética dos animais ao longo dos anos para os caracteres selecionados, sendo esses as classificações morfológicas e os pesos e ganhos médios diários a idade padrão. Estes caracteres são influenciados por efeitos fixos e efeitos aleatórios, que em alguns casos incluem efeitos genéticos diretos e maternos. A análise destes dados foi efetuada através do BLUP - Modelo Animal. Os parâmetros genéticos estimados estão de acordo com o que tem sido reportado na literatura para esta e outras raças. Os resultados do estudo de evolução genética apresentam-se animadores e confirmam ser possível progredir por seleção, apresentando uma melhoria genética dos caracteres analisados nos últimos 23 anos. ABSTRACT - Currently the Charolais Breed in Portugal has a growing representativeness, being important for the producers to know its genetic evolution, in order to understand how the breeding has improved for the productivity in this breed. In this study of the genetic evolution of the Charolais bovine breed, using the data provided by the Portuguese Charolais Bovine Breeders Association, the genetic parameters were estimated and the genetic trend of the animals was estimated over the years for the selected characters, these being the morphological classifications and the average daily weights and gains at standard age. These characters are influenced by fixed effects and random effects, which in some cases include direct and maternal genetic effects. The analysis of these data was carried out through the BLUP - Animal Model. The estimated genetic parameters are in accordance with what has been reported in the literature for this and other breeds. The results of the study of genetic evolution are encouraging and confirm that it is possible to progress by selection, showing a genetic improvement of the characters analysed in the last 23 years. N/A

The Fisherman’s Route reflects the interinstitutional collaboration between the Higher Institute of Accounting and Administration of Porto and the Parish Council of Vila do Conde, developed as part of a sustainable tourism project based on the largest fishing community in the Country: Poca da Barca and Caxinas. It aims to safeguard cultural and immaterial heritage, promoting the transfer of knowledge using the skills of the information professional acquired in the degree in Sciences and Technologies of Documentation and Information. Through the application of semi-structured interviews and documentary analysis, the identification of the relevant information was carried out, regarding informational heritage, ethnographic, cultural, religious, architectural, related to shipbuilding and the clothing and gastronomy. The results are: the creation of the project logo; the creation of merchandising and a glossary of the typical language of the caxineiro; the outline of a small pedestrian route; the creation of a Facebook page and the re-creation of certain community traditions as well as an online portal and an app designed for tourists. The project assumes itself as a model of great importance in the sustainable development based on tourist initiatives, valuing the traditions and the memory, preserving the informational heritage connected to the fishing activity of those communities.

Journal of Statistics on Health Decision, vol. 2 n.º 2 (2020): Special Issue - Statistics on Health Decision Making: clinical trials

Anthropogenic climate change has been attributed mainly to the excessive burning of fossil fuels and the release of carbon compounds. On average, 75% of the primary energy is still being produced by means of fossil fuels. In order to mitigate the global effects of climate change, a transition towards low-carbon economies is thus necessary. However, given current technology, this transition requires investments to shift away from high-carbon assets and so the effectiveness of changes in investment decisions depends highly on the expectations about policy change (e.g. regarding carbon pricing). The systemic implications of disruptive technological progress on the prices of carbon-intensive assets are thus compounded by the geopolitical nature of transition risk. If investors are pricing transition risk, this implies prices of high-carbon assets should all be responsive to climate-related policy news. For modelling the dynamics of volatility co-movements at the global scale, we propose an extension to the global volatility factor model of Engle and Martins (\textit{in preparation}). To allow for richer structures of the global volatility process, including dynamics, structural changes, outliers or time-varying parameters, we adapt the indicator saturation approach introduced by Hendry (1999) to the second moment and high-frequency data. In the model, climate change is interpreted as a source of structural change affecting the financial system. The new global volatility model is applied to the daily share prices of major Oil and Gas companies from different countries traded in the NYSE to avoid asynchronicity. As a proxy for climate change risk, we use the climate change news index of Engle et al. (2019). This index is a time series that captures news about long-run climate risk. In particular, we use the innovations in their negative (or bad) news index which is based on sentiment analysis.

Advances in molecular epidemiology of Toxoplasma gondii are hampered by technical and cost-associated hurdles underlying the acquisition of genomic data from parasites. In order to implement an enhanced genotyping approach for molecular surveillance of T. gondii, we applied a multi-locus amplicon-based sequencing strategy to samples associated with human infection. This approach, targeting genome-dispersed polymorphic loci potentially involved in adaptation and virulence, genetically discriminated almost all 68 studied strains and revealed a scenario of marked genomic mosaicism. Two-thirds (n = 43) of all strains were classified as recombinant, although recombination seemed to be linked to the classical archetypal lineage. While 92% of the Sag2 archetype I strains revealed genetic mosaicism, only 45% of Sag2 archetype II strains were identified as recombinant. Contrarily to the virulence-associated archetype I, most type II strains (regardless of their recombination background) were non-virulent in mouse. Besides Sag2, some of the newly studied loci (namely the type I/I-like alleles of Sag1, B17, PK1, and Sag3 and type III/III-like alleles of TgM-A) constitute promising candidates to rapidly infer T. gondii mouse virulence. Our successful attempt to capture microsatellite length variation launches good perspectives for the straightforward transition from the laborious intensive historical method to more informative next-generation sequencing (NGS)/bioinformatics-based methodologies. Overall, while T. gondii whole-genome sequencing will be hardly feasible in most laboratories, this study shows that a discrete loci panel has the potential to improve the molecular epidemiology of T. gondii towards a better monitoring of circulating genotypes with clinical importance. info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion