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X-chromosomal STRs: Metapopulations and mutation rates
Gusmão, L.; Antão-Sousa, S.; Faustino, M.; Abovich, M.A.; Aguirre, D.; Alghafri, R.; Alves, C.; Amorim, A.; Arévalo, C.; Baldassarri, L.The analysis of STRs located on the X chromosome has been one of the strategies used to address complex kinship cases. Its usefulness is, however, limited by the low availability of population haplotype frequency data and lack of knowledge on the probability of mutations. Due to the large amount of data required to obtain reliable estimates, it is important to investigate the possibility of grouping data from p...
Multiple non contiguous copy gains and a terminal loss in 8q24 identified in a ...
Serafim, S.; Pedro, S.; Marques, B.; Tarelho, A.R.; Ferreira, C.; Simao, L.; Viegas, M.; Silva, M.; Alves, C.; Mourinha, V.; Ferreira, A.; Correia, H.Objectives: Chromosomal microarray analysis (CMA) is the recommended genetic test in pregnancies with ultrasound abnormalities but in some cases karyotype may still be needed to clarify the underlying mechanism of complex rearrangements. Here we report the case of a fetus from a healthy 24-year-old G1P0 woman, with a low risk for common aneuploidies in the 1st trimester prenatal screening but referred for CMA a...
Chemical characterization of atmospheric particulate matter and source apportio...
Gamelas ou Carla A. Gamelas, Carla; Canha, N.; Vicente, A.; Alves, C.; Kertesz, Z.; Almeida, S. M.
Wet-blue retanning process optimization for reducing water and energy consumpti...
Filipe, T.; Alves, C.; Freitas, T.; Crispim, A.; Dias, S.The process of transforming animal skin into leather comprises a range of chemical processes and mechanical operations that can be divided in four sectors such as beamhouse, tanning, dyeing, and finishing. In the dyeing sector, the chemical process (normally called retanning or dyeing process) has four main steps: neutralization, retanning, dyeing, and fatliquoring. A very important part of research in field of...
Footwear leather waste treatment: Energetic alternative ways against landfill d...
Alves, C.; Marques, D.; Crispim, A.(Introduction) Leather finished wastes resulting from the footwear manufacturing process are generated. Most of this waste is contaminated with chromium. Energetic valorization is one alternative to landfilling that must be evaluated, taking into account the current importance of energy. In this way, three technologies can be compared to evaluate this alternative: incineration, gasification, and pyrolysis. In r...
Crença num mundo justo e bem-estar subjetivo: o papel mediador dos mecanismos d...
Alves, C.; Correia, I.; Moleiro, C.A Teoria da Crença num Mundo Justo (CMJ; Lerner, 1980) tem mostrado que a motivação para perceber os acontecimentos da vida como justos contribui para o bem-estar subjectivo. No âmbito da Teoria Psicanalítica, Freud (1894/1962) identificou mecanismos psicológicos que as pessoas utilizam para reduzir as ameaças ao seu bem-estar, a que chamou mecanismos de defesa do ego. A presente investigação pretende relaciona...
Estimating the radioactive heat production of a granitic rock in the University...
Sanjurjo-Sánchez, Jorge; Barrientos Rodríguez, Victor; Arce Chamorro, Carlos; Alves, C.Geothermal energy is a form of renewable energy with a long tradition in European countries, although it is scarcely used in Spain. One of the reasons for this is the poorly studied geothermal potential of the Spanish territory. In recent years, data published on terrestrial gamma radiation and the geochemistry of radioisotopes in rocks have suggested that the radiogenic heat production (RHP) in some areas of S...
Contribution of coal combustion to black carbon: coupling tracers with the aeth...
Blanco-Alegre, C.; Fialho, P.; Calvo, A. I.; Castro, A.; Coz, E.; Oduber, F.; Prévôt, A. S. H.; Močnik, G.; Alves, C.; Giardi, F.; Pazzi, G.; Fraile, R.Black carbon (BC) aerosol characteristics have been analysed from January 2016 to March 2017 in an urban background area (León, Spain), located in a coal-mining region, where this fuel is commonly used. The monthly and seasonal variations of BC and source contributions were examined. The mean equivalent BC concentration (eBC) during cold and warm months were 1.0±0.5 and 0.6±0.2 μg m-3, respectively. eBC can be ...
Tackling Humidity with Designer Ionic Liquid-Based Gas Sensing Soft Materials
Esteves, C.; Palma, S.I.C.J.; Costa, H.M.A.; Alves, C.; Santos, G.M.C.; Ramou, E.; Carvalho, A.L.; Delgado Alves, Vitor; Roque, A.C.A.Relative humidity is simultaneously a sensing target and a contaminant in gas and volatile organic compound (VOC) sensing systems, where strategies to control humidity interference are required. An unmet challenge is the creation of gas-sensitive materials where the response to humidity is controlled by the material itself. Here, humidity effects are controlled through the design of gelatin formulations in ioni...
Validation of app and phone versions of the Control of Allergic Rhinitis and As...
Jácome, C.; Pereira, R.; Almeida, R.; Amaral, Rita; Correia, M. A.; Mendes, S.; Vieira-Marques, P.; Ferreira, J. A.; Lopes, I.; Gomes, J.; Vidal, C.Assessment of asthma control at every opportunity is recommended. Control of Allergic Rhinitis and Asthma Test (CARAT) is a patient reported outcome measure commonly used to assess asthma control in clinical practice.It includes ten questions answered in a 4 point Like rt scale that address upper and lower airway symptoms, sleep interference, limitation of activities , and the need to increase medication over a...