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Historical lime‐based flooring mortars from the Church of Santa Maria de Alcoba...
Carvalho, Fernanda; Nunes, Ana; Pagará, Ana; Costeira, Isabel; Silva, Teresa Pereira da; Lima, Maria Margarida Rolim Augusto; Veiga, João PedroUIDB/50025/2020-2023 © 2024 The Authors. Archaeometry published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd on behalf of University of Oxford; The Monastery of Alcobaça houses in reserve the ceramic tiles that adorned the floor of the church's apse. These tiles were removed during rehabilitation works and many preserve part of their original fixing mortars. A comprehensive analysis of 21 samples was conducted using a multi-analyt...
Digitally measuring solar ultraviolet radiation in outdoor workers
Paulo, Marília Silva; Symanzik, Cara; Maia, Melanie R.; Lapão, Luís Velez; Carvalho, Fernanda; Conneman, Sven; Dias, Jorge Barroso; Gobba, FabriziomariaFunding: This research is funded by Fundação para a Ciência e Tecnologia 2022.01888.PTDC.; Introduction: The rising incidence of skin cancer over the years has made it a significant public and occupational health issue. However, skin cancer is highly preventable, mainly through reduced exposure to solar ultraviolet radiation (UVR), which can be achieved by a variety of individual and collective protective measu...
Decay products of historical cements from the Palace of Knossos, Crete, Greece
Carvalho, Fernanda; R. A. Lima, Maria Margarida; Kavoulaki, Elissavet; Leal, Nuno; Simão, Joaquim; Galhano, Carlos; Águas, Hugo; Padeletti, GiuseppinaThis work was supported by the FEDER funds through the COMPETE 2020 Programme and National Funds through FCT-Portuguese Foundation for Science and Technology under the project ref. UIDB/50025/2020-2023,and H2020 EIT Raw Materials MineHeritage Project (PA 18111). Publisher Copyright: © 2023 The Author(s); The Palace of Knossos, located on the island of Crete, Greece, is one of Europe's most important archaeologi...
Climate Change and Impact on Renewable Energies in the Azores Strategic Visions...
Meirelles, Maria; Carvalho, Fernanda; Porteiro, João; Henriques, Diamantino; Navarro, Patrícia; Vasconcelos, HelenaPublisher Copyright: © 2022 by the authors. This research received no external funding.; The energy sector is the largest contributor to global greenhouse gas emissions, but could also be seriously affected by climate change, calling into question society’s current consumption patterns. In this communication, climate projections based on a set of numerical models of global circulation are used to simulate the c...
Mortars from the palace of Knossos in Crete, Greece
Carvalho, Fernanda; Sousa, Pedro; Leal, Nuno; Simão, Joaquim A. R.; Kavoulaki, Elissavet; Lima, Maria Margarida; Silva, Teresa Pereira; Águas, HugoThe study of building materials constituting cultural heritage is fundamental to understand their characteristics and predict their behavior. When considering materials from archaeological sites, their characterization can provide not only relevant information for a broader understanding of the site and its importance and significance but can also increase knowledge about ancient materials and their performance...
Orange pickeringite from the algares 30-level adit, aljustrel mine, iberian pyr...
Silva, Teresa P.; Matos, João X.; de Oliveira, Daniel; Morais, Igor; Gonçalves, Pedro; Albardeiro, Luís; Carvalho, Fernanda; Menda, Ugur D.R 0052-GEO-FPI-5-E ALT20-03-0145-FEDER-000025 Project (PA 18111); The sheltered environment of the Algares +30 level adit (underground mine gallery) contributes to the preservation of secondary water-soluble minerals formed on the tunnel walls. The massive sulphide and related stockwork zone are hosted by the Mine Tuff volcanic unit and are exposed in the walls of the gallery, showing intense oxidation and hydr...
Identification of clusters of asthma control: A preliminary analysis of the ins...
Jácome, Cristina; Amaral, Rita; Almeida, Rute; Pereira, Ana Margarida; Couto, Mariana; Araújo, Luís; Alves-Correia, Magna; Pereira, MarianaThis work was funded by ERDF (European Regional Development Fund) through the operations: POCI- -01-0145-FEDER-029130 (“mINSPIRERS—mHealth to measure and improve adherence to medication in chronic obstructive respiratory diseases - generalisation and evaluation of gamification, peer support and advanced image processing technologies”) co-funded by the COMPETE2020 (Programa Operacional Competitividade e Internac...
The Case Study of the Medieval Town Walls of Gubbio in Italy
Carvalho, Fernanda; Lopes, Andreia Alexandra de Sousa; Curulli, Antonella; Silva, T. P.; Lima, M.M.R.A.; Montesperelli, Giampiero; Ronca, SaraGood conservation and restoration practices of cultural heritage assets rely on the knowledge of original materials. In the framework of the HERACLES Project (HERACLES—HEritage Resilience Against CLimate Events on Site, H2020 Grant Agreement 700395), dealing with the effects of climatic actions and natural hazards on built heritage, a set of important heritage sites are currently under study to improve their re...