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Francisca Espincho, Rúben Pereira, Sabrina M. Rodrigues, Diogo M. Silva, C. Marisa R. Almeida and Sandra Ramos
The present work aims to evaluate the MP contamination of zooplankton and its impact on MP trophic transfers at the lower levels of the food web in a field study. During 1 year, seasonal surveys were conducted to collect zooplankton and water samples fro...
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Francisco R. da S. Pereira, Aliny A. Dos Reis, Rodrigo G. Freitas, Stanley R. de M. Oliveira, Lucas R. do Amaral, Gleyce K. D. A. Figueiredo, João F. G. Antunes, Rubens A. C. Lamparelli, Edemar Moro and Paulo S. G. Magalhães
The recent advances in unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV)-based remote sensing systems have broadened the remote sensing applications for agriculture. Despite the great possibilities of using UAVs to monitor agricultural fields, specific problems related to m...
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Tomás R. Bolaño-Ortiz, Viverlys L. Díaz-Gutiérrez, Andrés M. Vélez-Pereira, Eliana L. Vergara-Vásquez and Yiniva Camargo-Caicedo
This article investigates the snow albedo changes in Colombian tropical glaciers, namely, Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta (SNSM), Sierra Nevada del Cocuy (NSC), Nevado del Ruíz (NDR), Nevado Santa Isabel (NDS), Nevado del Tolima (NDT), and Nevado del Huila ...
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Deborah Cristina Landi Masquio, Raquel Munhoz da Silveira Campos, Bárbara Dal Molin Netto, Joana Pereira de Carvalho-Ferreira, Carlos Roberto Bueno, Jr., Stella Alouan, Gabriela Tronca Poletto, Aline de Piano Ganen, Sergio Tufik, Marco Túlio de Mello, Nelson Nardo, Jr. and Ana R. Dâmaso
Obesity is associated with inflammation and an increased risk of cardiovascular disease and premature mortality, as well as a range of other conditions. Obesity is a growing global problem, not only in adults, but also in children and adolescents. Theref...
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Humberto Pereira, Magda C. Sousa, Luís R. Vieira, Fernando Morgado and João M. Dias
The Minho and Lima estuaries, separated by approximately 20 km, are two important transitional systems from the NW Atlantic Portuguese coast. Considering their contrasting characteristics, the present work aims to investigate climate change impacts in sa...
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Inês M. Gonçalves, César Rocha, Reinaldo R. Souza, Gonçalo Coutinho, Jose E. Pereira, Ana S. Moita, António L. N. Moreira, Rui Lima and João M. Miranda
In this study, a numerical approach was carried out to analyze the effects of different geometries of microchannel heat sinks on the forced convective heat transfer in single-phase flow. The simulations were performed using the commercially available sof...
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Ana S. Queirós, Ana R. Circuncisão, Eduarda Pereira, Mónica Válega, Maria H. Abreu, Artur M. S. Silva and Susana M. Cardoso
Ulva macroalgae species are recognized to be an underexploited source of key nutrients, including proteins, fibers and minerals. The present work evaluated the nutritional value protein, ash, mineral composition, fat, fatty acid profile and dietary fiber...
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Ana J. Cavaleiro, Andreia F. Salvador, Gilberto Martins, Cláudia C. Oliveira, Yuchen Liu, Valdo R. Martins, Ana Rita Castro, Olívia Salomé G. P. Soares, Manuel Fernando R. Pereira, Luciana Pereira, Alette A. M. Langenhoff, Maria Alcina Pereira and M. Madalena Alves
Conductive nanomaterials affect anaerobic digestion (AD) processes usually by improving methane production. Nevertheless, their effect on anaerobic communities, and particularly on specific trophic groups such as syntrophic bacteria or methanogens, is no...
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Adenilson S. da Fonseca, Gabrielle S. Rocha, Márcia O. Pereira, André L. B. D. Cardoso, Eric H. F. F. Frederico, Márcia C. Moura-Fernandes, Daniel Batouli-Santos, Alexandre G. Meirelles, Carmem Santos-Fernandes, Tiago Eduardo-Santos, Marco A. S. Gama, Laisa L. Paineiras-Domingos, Danúbia C. Sá-Caputo, Redha Taiar, Nasser R. Asad and Mario Bernardo-Filho
The present study investigated the effects of forced swimming on the technetium-99m (99mTc) labeling of blood constituents (BloCs). Rats (Wistar) were submitted to forced swim. In previous experiments, swimming animals would recover for different periods...
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Álvaro González-Álvarez, Orlando M. Viloria-Marimón, Óscar E. Coronado-Hernández, Andrés M. Vélez-Pereira, Kibrewossen Tesfagiorgis and Jairo R. Coronado-Hernández
In Colombia, daily maximum multiannual series are one of the main inputs for design streamflow calculation, which requires performing a rainfall frequency analysis that involves several prior steps: (a) requesting the datasets, (b) waiting for the inform...
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