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Landscape influences bat suppression of pine processionary moth: Implications f...
Augusto, Ana Margarida; Pereira, S.; Rodrigues, S.; Marques, F.; Aizpurua, O.; Alberdi, A.; Jones, G.; Razgour, O.; Marques, T.A.; Russo, D.; Rebelo, H.Bats provide important ecosystem services, particularly in agriculture, yet integrating bat management into conservation plans remains challenging. Some landscape features considerably influence bat presence, diversity, and ecosystem service provision. Understanding the relationship between landscape structure, composition, pest suppression, and ecosystem services is crucial. We modelled areas where bats most e...
Evaluating the Therapeutic Potential of Exercise in Hypoxia and Low-Carbohydrat...
Kindlovits, Raquel; Sousa, A.C.; Viana, J.L.; Milheiro, J.; Oliveira, B.M.P.M.; Marques, F.; Santos, Alejandro; Teixeira, Vitor HugoBackground/Objectives: Type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) is a chronic condition marked by hyperglycemia, which can affect metabolic, vascular, and hematological parameters. A low-carbohydrate, high-fat (LCHF) diet has been shown to improve glycemic control and blood pressure regulation. Exercise in hypoxia (EH) enhances insulin sensitivity, erythropoiesis, and angiogenesis. The combination of LCHF and EH may offe...
Correction: Kindlovits et al. Eight Weeks of Intermittent Exercise in Hypoxia, ...
Kindlovits, Raquel; Sousa, AC; Viana, J.L.; Milheiro, J.; Oliveira, B.M.P.M.; Marques, F.; Santos, Alejandro; Teixeira, Vitor Hugo<jats:p>In the original publication [...]</jats:p>
Eight Weeks of Intermittent Exercise in Hypoxia, with or without a Low-Carbohyd...
Kindlovits, Raquel; Sousa, A.C.; Viana, J.L.; Milheiro, J.; Oliveira, B.M.P.M.; Marques, F.; Santos, Alejandro; Teixeira, Vitor HugoIn an increasingly aging and overweight population, osteoporosis and type 2 diabetes (T2DM) are major public health concerns. T2DM patients experience prejudicial effects on their bone health, affecting their physical capacity. Exercise in hypoxia (EH) and a low-carbohydrate diet (LCD) have been suggested for therapeutic benefits in T2DM, improving bone mineral content (BMC) and glycemic control. This study inv...
One-year variation in quantity and properties of microplastics in mussels (Myti...
Botelho, M. J.; Vale, C.; Marques, F.; Moreirinha, C.; Costa, S. T.; Guilhermino, L.; Joaquim, S.; Matias, D.; Candeias, M.; Rudnitskaya, A.As filter feeders, marine bivalves inhabiting estuarine and coastal areas are directly exposed to microplastics (MPs) in water. To assess whether MPs number, and their shape, size, colour, and polymer type present in mussels (Mytilus galloprovincialis) and cockles (Cerastoderma edule) varied over one year, bivalves were collected over the year of 2019 in the lower part of the coastal Aveiro lagoon, Portugal. Af...
Wind-induced fatigue analysis of high-rise guyed lattice steel towers
Ribeiro, Diogo; Bragança, C.; Montenegro, P.A.; Carvalho, H.; Costa, B.; Marques, F.Wind-induced fatigue is a major issue for the design of slender high-rise structures. However, there are still few studies focused on this topic, resulting in a lack of practical design procedures for this type of structures. This paper aims to fill this gap by presenting a complete and practical methodology for the wind-induced fatigue life assessment of high-rise towers and its application to a 120 m cable-st...
Insights about the Sines massif: a reinterpretation of geophysical data to the ...
Marques, F.; Pedro, J.; Araújo, A.; Moita, P.; Carneiro, J.; Sousa, P.; Carvalho, J.; Correia, A.The InCarbon project aims to evaluate the potential for storage of captured CO2 using in-situ mineral carbonation in mafic and ultramafic plutonic rocks in Alentejo, Portugal. The Sines massif appears to be the most promising massif for mineral carbonation and its geochemistry, petrography, mineralogy, volume and extension are characterized. Its offshore volume and extension are evaluated through reinterpretati...
Wheel-rail contact models in the presence of switches and crossings
Magalhães, H.; Marques, F.; Antunes, P.; Flores, P.; Pombo, João; Ambrósio, J.; Qazi, A.; Sebes, M.; Yin, H.; Bezin, Y.The development and implementation of wheel-rail contact models in multibody codes are two active research topics, aiming at improving the accuracy of numerical results and computational efficiency of the dynamics analysis. However, the realism of numerical results is challenged when considering switches and crossings (S&C), where the most adverse wheel-rail contact conditions occur. This paper presents a bench...
BeSafeSlide – A Landslide early warning soft technology prototype to improve co...
Oliveira, Sérgio; Zêzere, José Luís; Trigo, R.M.; Marques, F.; Tavares, A.; Marques, R.; Ramos, A.M.; Melo, Raquel; Equipa Besafeslide
Bovine colostrum supplementation improves bone metabolism in an osteoporosis-in...
Kydonaki, E. K.; Freitas, L.; Fonseca, B. M.; Reguengo, H.; Simón, C. Raposo; Bastos, A. R.; Fernandes, E. M.; Canadas, R. F.; Oliveira, J. M.Osteoporosis is characterized by bone loss. The present study aims to investigate the effects of bovine colostrum (BC) on bone metabolism using ovariectomized (OVX) and orchidectomized (ORX) rat models. Twenty-seven-week-old Wistar Han rats were randomly assigned as: (1) placebo control, (2) BC supplementation dose 1 (BC1: 0.5 g/day/OVX, 1 g/day/ORX), (3) BC supplementation dose 2 (BC2: 1 g/day/OVX, 1.5 g/day/O...