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Monitoring ground arthropods in maize and pasture fields of São Miguel and São ...
Teixeira, M. B.; Soares, António O.; Calvet, M.; Peñalver, A.; Monteiro, H.; Frias, J.; Borges, Paulo A. V.; Simões, N.ABSTRACT: The dataset presented here is the delivery of the European project “Integrated Pest Management of the Invasive Japanese Beetle, Popillia japonica (IPM-Popillia)”. This project aims to address the challenge of a new risk to plant health in Europe, the invasion of the Japanese beetle, Popillia japonica, and to provide an environmentally friendly IPM-Toolbox to control the pest in infested areas, protect...
Life cycle energy and carbon analysis of a road-safety barrier produced using r...
Monteiro, H.; Ribeiro, I.; Gonçalves, M.; Iten, M.; Caetano, Nídia S.Increasing end-of-life material recovery and its application in new products is essential to reduce resource consumption. This paper assesses the cradle-to-gate life cycle energy and carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions of a new road safety barrier product to be installed around guardrails’ poles. To analyze the potential life cycle benefit of incorporating recycled materials, a base case product A, produced with con...
Determinants of Africa’s development: An exploratory study
Veiga, J.; Ferreira-Lopes, A.; Carvalho, H.; Sequeira, T. N.; Monteiro, H.The increasing sustainability and the causes of economic growth in African countries, provide a set of new research questions for development scholars around the World. The possible determinants of this phenomenon are usually considered to be of economic, social, and institutional natures. In this work is assessed which economic, social, and institutional determinants of economic development are important to th...
Influence of Concrete Composition on the Carbon Footprint and Embodied Energy o...
Cardoso, M.; Mata, T.M.; Monteiro, H.; Humberto Varum; Martins, A.A.
Farmácia Caseira - um projeto pedagógico na promoção da literacia em saúde
Azevedo, A.; Pereira, M.; Dias, A.; Santos, D.; Monteiro, H.; Fonseca, I.; Silva, I.; Vaz, J.; Vilas Boas, M.; Morais, R.; Pereira, D.; Cruz, AgostinhoEm Portugal uma em cada duas pessoas apresenta níveis de literacia em saúde insuficientes. Tendo consciência desta situação a Direção Geral de Saúde lançou, em 2019, um Plano de ação, tendente a minimizar este problema, ao que se seguiu o lançamento de um Manual de Boas Práticas destinado à capacitação dos profissionais de saúde. A Escola Superior de Saúde do Instituto Politécnico do Porto forma um leque divers...
A review on current advances in the energy and environmental performance of bui...
Soares, N.; Bastos, J.; Pereira, L. Dias; Soares, A.; Amaral, A. R.; Asadi, E.; Rodrigues, E.; Lamas, F. B.; Monteiro, H.; Lopes, M. A. R.; Gaspa, A. R.Nowadays, debates addressing climate change, fossil fuels depletion and energy security highlight the need for a more sustainable built environment in order to reduce energy consumption and emission trends in the buildings sector. Meeting these targets is a challenge that calls for innovative research to improve the use of renewable energy sources, new technologies, and holistic tools and methodologies. Such re...
Protective effect of C. sativa leaf extract against UV mediated-DNA damage in a...
Almeida, Isabel F.; Pinto, A.S.; Monteiro, C.; Monteiro, H.; Belo, L.; Fernandes, J.; Bento, A.R.; Duarte, T.L.; Garrido, J.; Bahia, Maria FernandaToxic effects of ultraviolet (UV) radiation on skin include protein and lipid oxidation, and DNA damage. The latter is known to play a major role in photocarcinogenesis and photoaging. Many plant extracts and natural compounds are emerging as photoprotective agents. Castanea sativa leaf extract is able to scavenge several reactive species that have been associated to UV-induced oxidative stress. The aim of this...
Regional and sectoral foreign direct investment in Portugal since joining the E...
Melo, I.; Ferreira-Lopes, A.; Monteiro, H.Despite the very few studies regarding FDI in Portuguese regions - especially regarding its effects - FDI can be an important catalyst for regional economic development and growth. This work studies the existing FDI in the Portuguese regions, analysing its distribution by NUTS III, the sectors in which FDI has more weight in each region, as well as it evolution between 1986 and 2009. Although the relative weigh...
Predictors of Poor Neurocognitive Performance and Neuropsychological Phenotypes...
Areias, M.E.; Peixoto, B.; Pinheiro, A.C.; Monteiro, H.; Araújo, S.F.; Carvalho, T.; Melo, S.; Lopes, J.P.; Rodrigues, F.; Nascimento, A.C.; Miranda, J.[abstract]
Analysis of water prices in urban systems: experience from three basins in Sout...
Roseta-Palma, C.; Monteiro, H.; Coutinho, P. B.; Fernandes, P. A.The economic analysis of water uses is one of the main components of river basin management plans (RBMP), as established by the Water Framework Directive. Thus the first-generation RBMP for Portuguese river basin districts (RBD) 6 – Sado/Mira, 7 – Guadiana and 8 – Ribeiras do Algarve included a thorough economic analysis of urban drinking water supply (WS) and wastewater drainage and treatment (WWDT) systems. T...