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OHMi Estarreja: an ecosystem highly anthropized where contamination is the unif...

The Estarreja area (North of Portugal) has been subject to intense industrial pollution and host the second largest chemical industry complex in the country, which produced mainly ammonium sulphate, nitric acid and ammonium nitrate, but also synthetic resins. The CNRS’ Human–Environment International Observatory of Estarreja (OHMi Estarreja) aims to study the multiple effects of this industrial activity on the ...

Ratio project planning: cost optimization projects in the production phase

Nowadays, cost reduction, without compromising the quality and functionality of products, is a strategic issue for most companies. Therefore, companies must have adequate cost management systems and be prepared to implement cost reduction plans in order to maintain the desired levels of profitability. Many companies perform cost reduction initiatives in the form of a project, involving the necessary departments...

Interoperable decision support system based on multivariate time series for set...

Nowadays, interoperable decision support systems play a crucial role to improve production activity control in industrial Companies, and enable them to face the growing exigencies imposed by the arising Industry 4.0 era. In this paper an interoperable decision support system based on multivariate time series for setup data processing and visualization is put forward. The proposed system is described, in the con...

The China-Russia relationship and the creation of the culture of the Shanghai C...

This article seeks to understand how the relationship between China and Russia, the two most influential members in the creation and action of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization, influenced the organization's culture. Through constructivist research, the main inter subjectively shared elements in the referred relationship are identified. It is argued that they were incorporated into the culture of the Shangh...

The Making of Global International Relations

Decision support visualization approach in textile manufacturing a case study f...

Decision support visualization tools provide insights for solving problems by displaying data in an interactive, graphical format. Such tools can be effective for supporting decision-makers in finding new opportunities and in measuring decision outcomes. In this study, was used a visualization tool capable of handling multivariate time series for studying a problem of operational control in a textile manufactur...

Prevalência de Lesões de Cárie de Doentes com Diabetes Mellitus Tipo 1 Tratados...

Introdução: A diabetes mellitus apresenta diferentes complicações micro e macrovasculares, sendo também um fator de risco para diversas complicações orais. O objetivo do presente estudo é estabelecer uma relação entre a cárie dentária em doentes com diabetes mellitus do tipo 1 tratados com múltiplas injeções de insulina e em indivíduos sem diabetes. É ainda objetivo caracterizar os hábitos de higiene oral desta...

Prevalence of Dental Caries in Patients with Type 1 Diabetes Mellitus Treated w...

Introduction: In addition to macro and microvascular complications that are associated with the disease, hyperglycaemia is also a risk factor for several oral complications. The aim of this study is to establish a relationship between dental caries in patients with type 1 diabetes mellitus treated with multiple insulin injections and that of individuals without diabetes. It is also an aim to characterize the or...

Impact of fermentation residues on the thermal, structural, and rheological pro...

The effects of recovered residues on the characteristics of polyhydroxy(butyrate-co-valerate) (PHBV) produced from mixed microbial cultures (MMCs) fed with cheese whey, olive oil mill wastewater, or a synthetic mixture of acetic and propionic acid were investigated. The different types of MMC PHBVs were extracted and purified with different downstream routes; this enabled the recovery of polymers with different...

Electrochemical characterization of nanostructured Ag:TiN thin films produced b...

Flexible polyurethane substrates were coated with Ag:TiN thin films (N/Ti atomic ratio = 0.7; 10 at.% Ag), with different column inclinations (α = 0°, 40° and 80°) and architectures (columnar, zigzag with 2 and 4 periods), using the Glancing Angle Deposition (GLAD) technique. The coatings were characterized in order to assess the best thin film architecture to suit the bio-potential electrode applications. An a...