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Mapping high-risk areas for Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex bacteria transmi...
Ferreira, Eduardo M; Cunha, Monica; Duarte, Elsa Leclerc; Mira, António; Pinto, Daniela; Mendes, Inês; Pereira, André C; Pinto, Tiago; Acevedo, PelayoIn many Mediterranean ecosystems, animal tuberculosis (TB), caused by Mycobacterium bovis, an ecovar of Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex (MTBC), is maintained by multi-host communities. It is hypothesised that interspecies transmission is mainly indirect via shared contaminated environments. Therefore, identifying spatial areas where MTBC bacteria occur and quantifying space use by susceptible hosts might hel...
Host-, Environment-, or Human-Related Effects Drive Interspecies Interactions i...
Ferreira, Eduardo M; Cunha, Monica; Duarte, Elsa Leclerc; Gonçalves, Renata; Pinto, Tiago; Mira, António; Santos, Sara MIn many Mediterranean ecosystems, animal tuberculosis (TB), caused by Mycobacterium bovis, is maintained by multi-host communities in which cattle and different wildlife species establish interaction networks contributing to M. bovis transmission and persistence. Most studies have addressed wildlife–cattle disease-relevant interactions, focusing on reservoir hosts, while disregarding the potential contribution ...
Effectiveness of permanent drift fences in reducing roadkill risk of amphibians
Pinto, Tiago; Sillero, Neftali; Mira, António; Sousa, Luis; Oliveira, André; Santos, SaraRoads are an important source of human economic progress, but also a threat to wildlife populations and natural habitats. Roads are responsible for the direct mortality of hundreds of millions of animals worldwide, with special negative effects for amphibians. Since the middle of the twentieth century, various types of mitigation measures have been constructed to reduce the negative effects of roads. However, d...
Tell me where you go, and I’ll tell you where you die: landscape connectivity a...
Pinto, Tiago; Santos, Sara Maria; Mira, António; Sillero, NeftaliHuman overpopulation, development, and consequent activities such as land conversion and linear infrastructure expansion, are currently some of the main threats to biodiversity. Amphibians are especially affected because they depend on both aquatic and terrestrial habitats to complete their life cycles, which can be negatively impacted by roads, due to reduced landscape connectivity. Understanding animal moveme...
Linear Infrastructure Networks with Ecological Solutions – showcasing the legac...
Silva, Carmo; Sampaio, Ana; Sousa, Luis; Oliveira, André; Valério, Francisco; Pinto, Tiago; Craveiro, João; Salgueiro, Pedro; Pedroso, NunoThe need for reversing the negative impacts of Linear Infrastructure Networks on the environment is increasingly acknowledged as a key to achieving national and international biodiversity commitments. LIFE-LINES project (LIFE14 NAT/PT/001081) employed and essayed a large and diverse number of interventions to reconcile biodiversity conservation and the presence of roads and powerlines. This was achieved through...
Alternative, Spirituality, Counterculture, And European Rainbow Gathering – Pac...
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Context-Aware Systems Architecture in Industry 4.0: A Systematic Literature Review
Santos, Arlindo; Lima, Claudio; Pinto, Tiago; Reis, Arsénio; Barroso, JoãoFeatured Application This review highlights interoperability, automation, and decision-making as critical requirements for context-aware systems in the manufacturing domain that integrate the principles of Industry 4.0. It discusses relevant patterns and technologies, identifies context gaps, emphasises ontologies' importance, and proposes directions for future research.Abstract Technological evolution has driv...
Automated construction and semantic interoperability for digital twins: integra...
Pilarski, Leonardo; Luiz, Luiz Eduardo de Melo; Gomes, Gonçalo S.; Pinto, Tiago; Filipe, Vitor M.; Barroso, João; Rijo, GonçaloDigital twins are increasingly used, as they allow the creation of detailed virtual representations of physical products and systems. They face, however, significant challenges such as heterogeneous data integration and high costs. This article presents an innovative methodology that uses Large Language Models to unify information and automate the generation of Digital Twin models. The proposal comprises severa...
Fuel consumption through the lens of machine learning
Pinto, TiagoPredicting fuel consumption accurately in the real world is crucial for both individual consumers, fleet directors, and policy makers to reduce costs and environmental impact. [...]
Importance of water availability for amphibian roadkill in a Mediterranean land...
Pinto, Tiago; Santos, Sara Maria; Mira, António; Sillero, NeftaliRoads can negatively impact ecosystems by fragmenting habitats and affecting animal movements and behaviour. One of the major noticeable effects of roads is animal mortality by vehicle collisions, a paramount threat to wildlife, especially for amphibians. In the context of reduced water availability, particularly in the Mediterranean region, amphibians are projected to be one of the most negatively affected ani...