Exposure to particulate matter (PM) and its chemical constituents in residential microenvironments has become a major health concern worldwide. The oxidative potential (OP) has been proposed as a metric for estimating the PM capacity to induce oxidative stress and, consequently, health effects. In the present study, PM10 was daily monitored simultaneously in the bedroom, living room and kitchen of three dwellin...
A Ciência ocupa hoje um lugar de relevo no desenvolvimento das sociedades. Assim, a aquisição de competências conducentes ao desenvolvimento do pensamento científico deve ser acessível a todos os cidadãos, e não apenas aos futuros cientistas, para que todos possam ter uma participação ativa nas democracias modernas. O desenvolvimento do pensamento científico e de atitudes positivas face à Ciência dependem assim...
It is know that cyanobacterial taxonomic groups are characterized by particular lipid patterns that can be used as their biological markers. The present study examined the fatty acid composition of nostocacean heterocystous cyanobacterial strains isolated from Central-western Portuguese freshwater shallow water bodies, namely Vela Lake and rice fields from Mondego River Basin. Morphological characterization sho...