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What Does Brazil Know about the Origin and Uses of Tree Species Employed in the...

Made available in DSpace on 2022-04-28T19:45:55Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 0 Previous issue date: 2021-10-01; HIGHLIGHTS Outcomes with low margins of error are useful for the development of strong forest policies. Native origin timber remains a complex issue and requires efforts to improve clarity. Native timber comprises a significant part of the timber housing sector in Brazil. Exotic timber is used widely th...

Agrio et Emulsio – development of fruity mustard creams

Agrio et Emulsio project (POCI-01-0145-FEDER-023583) presents an proposal in the areas of vinegar products and food emulsions. Combining technical features with mediterranean traditions and Nouvelle Cuisine, two prototypes of fruity mustards are undergoing final development, valuing regional raw materials and profiling into the gourmet/vegan/veggie markets. Mustard creams are oil-in-water emulsions but its prac...

Towards a proper service placement in combined Fog-to-Cloud (F2C) architectures

The Internet of Things (IoT) has empowered the development of a plethora of new services, fueled by the deployment of devices located at the edge, providing multiple capabilities in terms of connectivity as well as in data collection and processing. With the inception of the Fog Computing paradigm, aimed at diminishing the distance between edge-devices and the IT premises running IoT services, the perceived ser...

Important variables when studying the influence of particulate matter on health.

Urachal Tumor: A Case Report of an Extremely Rare Carcinoma

The urachus is a tubular structure that connects the bladder to the allantois in the embryonic development, involuting after the third trimester. The urachus carcinoma is an extremely rare tumor that accounts for <1% of all bladder cancers. We report a case of a 46-year-old woman, with no past medical history, complaining of hematuria with 6-month duration and a physical exam and an abdominal computed topograph...

Single Jejunum Metastasis from Breast Cancer Arising Twelve Years after the Ini...

Metastatic involvement of gastrointestinal tract from breast cancer is a rare event. We report the case of a 61-year-old woman presenting with bowel obstruction, related to metastasis of a primary breast cancer she had 12 years earlier (a triple-negative invasive ductal carcinoma treated with surgery and chemotherapy). Bowel obstruction was caused by a 20-centimeter tumor in the jejunum, involving also the tran...

Relating air Pollution and Respiratory Diseases Occurrences.