RESUMO: Um conhecimento detalhado e atualizado da morfodinâmica local é fundamental para apoiar as decisões e iniciativas de gestão costeira na costa arenosa atlântica do Norte de Portugal. Nos últimos anos foram realizados levantamentos fotográficos de alta precisão com recurso a veículos aéreos não tripulados. As imagens foram processadas e foram produzidos Modelos Digitais de Superfície (MDS) e ortomosaicos ...
ABSTRACT: Sustainable aviation fuels (SAF) obtained from renewable sources of carbon can reduce carbon dioxide emissions and contribute for mitigating climate changes. In the present study, the yeast Rhodotorula toruloides PYCC 5615 was found to be highly promising for the bioconversion of eucalyptus bark hydrolysate and the accumulation of intracellular lipids which were further thermochemically processed to b...
The Covid-19 pandemic brought unparalleled global challenges, during which the world has placed all its hopes within the pharmaceutical industry, making this industry one of the most impacted industries by the pandemic. Therefore, the purpose of this dissertation is to analyze the intrinsic value of Pfizer, INC, one of the key players in the industry to form an investment recommendation. To establish the best p...
Fishing plays a crucial role in the socioeconomic development of São Tomé and Príncipe, contributing significantly to employment, food security, and poverty reduction. This study aims to examine the state of sustainable fishing in São Tomé and Príncipe by analyzing fishing regulations and proposing specific policies to promote sustainability. The research employs various methodologies, including document analys...
This paper proposes new techniques for automatic simulation-based analog circuit synthesis using genetic algorithms. This is intended to contribute to the set of electronic design automation tools that use genetic algorithms in circuit synthesis, especially those that use the simulator-in-the-loop paradigm. In this study, a genetic algorithm was employed as the generation engine for analog circuits, and variabl...
Materiality is a crucial concept in accounting and auditing, allowing relevant matters to be determined from the perspective of the entity and its stakeholders. With the issuance of recent European Directives on sustainability, new issues have been emerging in regard to what concerns its definition and scope within the entities’ non financial information (NFI) reporting. This exploratory study addresses, throug...
The increasing use of digital technologies has allowed organizations to improve their business processes, enhancing the productivity and efficiency of their operations. The implementation of Robotic Process Automation (RPA), a technology that allows replicating human actions in existing systems, given its benefits, can play an important role in achieving this goal, often referred as the digital transformation o...
Squamous cell carcinoma (SCC) of the conjunctiva is a rare malignancy that is part of the spectrum of ocular surface squamous neoplasia (OSSN). Numerous non-modifiable and modifiable risk factors, such as male sex, age, cigarette smoking, and immunosuppression, have been identified. Any lesion of the conjunctiva requires a differential diagnosis between benign and malignant diseases, and all suspicious lesions ...
INTRODUÇÃO: O nosso objectivo foi comparar as propriedades biomecânicas e a pressão intraocular a longo prazo entre olhos tratados com queratoplastia penetrante (PKP) e queratoplas- tia lamelar anterior profunda (DALK) em doentes com queratocone e doentes saudáveis. MÉTODOS: Estudo retrospetivo observacional caso-controlo com avaliação biomecânica da córnea por imagem de Scheimpflug de alta velocidade du...
INTRODUCTION: To compare the efficacy of Descemet stripping without endothelial keratoplasty (DWEK) associated with phacoemulsification versus phacoemulsification alone in patients with moderate cataract and early-stage central Fuchs endothelial corneal dystrophy (FECD). METHODS: Retrospective, comparative, non-randomized study, including all patients with early-stage central FECD who were proposed to cataract ...