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Seismic damage assessment of buildings using modal parameters

ASSIMILATE Assessment of Seismic Safety Integrated with Machine Learning and Tr...

Seabirds as bioindicators of anthropogenic and chemical pollution

Background: Marine pollution, caused by anthropogenic debris, is a significant environmental issue that has detrimental effects on marine ecosystems ​[1]​. Finding suitable sentinel species of the human impacts on the oceans, is imperative. As top predators, seabirds are considered sentinels of the marine environment ​[2]​. Objective: To provide quantitative data about the distinctive prevalence of anthropogeni...

Vulnerability assessment of reinforced concrete (RC) structures based on modal ...

Assessment of autonomic activations in sleep studies as a severity marker in pa...

3D printed devices to avoid hand contact with commonly shared surfaces

In the context of the COVID-19 pandemic, public spaces had to be quickly adapted to the new circumstances especially under the uncertainty of the pandemic development. Door handles are some of the most touched surfaces and so, this point of contagion was chosen to be tackled and two solutions were developed that would prevent direct touch with the handle: a portable and a fixed device. The portable device (HYHO...

The importance of indirect losses in the seismic risk assessment of industrial ...

Observations from past destructive earthquakes indicate that indirect economic losses can greatly exceed the direct economic losses. However, the influence of indirect losses is often neglected in seismic risk studies due to the complexity associated with their evaluation, as well as the fact that direct losses tend to gather public attention due to human losses and the visual impact of structural damage. This ...

Does she deserve it? The influence of gender and meritocracy in reactions to af...

Gender equality is a matter for debate worldwide. In 2018, Portugal enacted legislation (Decree Law no. 62/2017) to balance gender representation on the executive boards of listed and public sector organizations with measures similar to those causing controversies in other countries. Thus, in accordance with previous research, a study took place to examine the attitudes towards the justice of this legislation a...

The scrubland of limestone-derived decarbonated soils of the western Iberian Pe...

In the present article, the proposal of a new suballiance, Lavandulo luisieri-Cistenion albidi, is presented, constituted by chamaephytic and nanophanerophytic communities in eroded decarbonated soils derived from limestones (leptosols, chromic luvisols and cambisols) in the dry to lower hyperhumid, thermo-mesomediterranean bioclimatic levels. It is distributed throughout the western Iberian Peninsula in the Co...

Pessaries containing Nanostructured Lipid Carriers (NLC) for prolonged vaginal ...

Progesterone (PRG) plays a crucial role in the female reproductive system, being the vaginal route the most adequate for its administration, as this drug has an extensive hepatic first pass effect. Nonetheless, vaginal PRG dosage forms originate immediate drug release and requires repeated administrations, which is unpleasant. Thereby, it is necessary to develop alternative delivery systems for prolonged vagina...