European Union (EU) Geographical Indication (GI) qualifications represent food products quality and reputation from specific geographical origins, connected with specific food production and/ or transformation, from diversified EU territories. Several studies show that food products demand increases once they are recognized as GI products, mainly by international tourists. On the other hand, constructs such as ...
Imported from French fashion, devantures allowed the transformation and renovation of commercial establishments, adapting them to the new tastes of the XIX and XX centuries. Despite their aesthetic quality, some of these faÇades did not last and their memory is only preserved in the drawings that accompanied the work permits and, in more specific cases, in old photographs of the establishments they housed. Thes...
During the 17th and 18th centuries, the church of Santa Clara do Porto underwent successive artistic interventions that turned it into the "cave of gold" as it turned to be known. An integral element of a convent of Poor Clare sisters founded in 1416, the building was subjected to the fervour of liturgical renewal experienced throughout Catholic Christianity, which gave particular prominence to the Eucharist an...
This paper deals with the theme of anthropomorphic gold and silver ex-votos found in churches, hermitages and sanctuaries under the jurisdiction of the Military Orders of Santiago and Cristo, during the first half of the 16th century. The detailed descriptions recorded in the Cadernos de Visitação [Visitations Books] provide an insight into the symbolic and material value attributed to these pieces, the technic...
Copy-number variants (CNVs) play a substantial role in the molecular pathogenesis of hereditary disease and cancer, as well as in normal human interindividual variation. However, they are still rather difficult to identify in mainstream sequencing projects, especially involving exome sequencing, because they often occur in DNA regions that are not targeted for analysis. To overcome this problem, we developed OF...