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Programa de investigação em espécies cinegéticas nos Açores

A 19 de maio de 2023 foi assinado um Acordo de Cooperação entre a, então, Secretaria Regional da Agricultura e do Desenvolvimento Rural, atualmente Secretaria Regional da Agricultura e Alimentação (SRAA) e a Associação BIOPOLIS (Universidade do Porto). O acordo tem a duração de cinco anos e visa o desenvolvimento de um “Programa de investigação em espécies cinegéticas nos Açores”.

Leveraging personality as a proxy of perceived transparency in hierarchical vis...

Understanding which factors affect information visualization transparency continues to be one of the most relevant challenges in current research, especially since trust models how users build on the knowledge and use it. This work extends the current body of research by studying the user’s subjective evaluation of the visualization transparency of hierarchical charts through the clarity, coverage, and look and...

Differentiating present-day from ancient bones by vibrational spectroscopy upon...

Acetic acid treatment for an accurate differentiation between ancient and recent human bones was assessed using Raman and FTIR-ATR spectroscopies. Each set of skeletal samples was analysed by these techniques, prior and after chemical washing, in order to determine the variations in bone´s chemical composition and crystallinity. Bone samples were collected from several independent sources: recent bones burned u...

Bioactive potential and chromatographic characterization of body mucus from Por...

The body mucus in fish provides a stable physical or chemical barrier against invading pathogens. In mucus, antimicrobial peptides are secreted as a response to immune stimulation. Studies have shown antimicrobial activity against multidrug-resistant pathogens and low toxicity to eukaryotic cells. Previously, body mucus from five captive Halobatrachus didactylus individuals was collected. We aim to explore the ...

Mangroves as a source of polyethylene terephthalate (PET) degrading bacteria

Polyethylene terephthalate (PET) is one of the most widely used plastics, and its accumulation in the environment has become an issue of great concern. PET wastes constitute a critical source of pollution to the environment, with important impacts on ecosystems and human health. One possibility to address this problem is to identify microorganisms that may be able to naturally degrade the compound for downstrea...

P82 Peptide fraction identification by SE-HPLC and LC-MS/MS analysis of the bod...

The mucus covers the fish's body, working as a protective barrier. Besides physical protection, mucus provides molecules that protect the fish from pathogens damaging 1,2. These include antimicrobial peptides secreted in the mucus, which play an essential role in defense against microbial pathogens since these belong to the innate immune system2,3. In this study, two adult Halobatrachus didactylus individuals w...

Relationship between handedness and the incidence of spinal changes in the fron...

Sport practice and plantar pressure in children aged 10–18 years: evaluation us...

The impact of moderate heating on human bones: an infrared and neutron spectros...

This study aims to analyse human bones exposed to low/medium temperatures (200-650°C) under experimentally controlled conditions, both oxidizing and reducing, using complementary optical and neutron vibrational spectroscopy techniques. Clear differences were observed between the aerobically and anaerobically heated bones. The organic constituents disappeared at lower temperatures for the former (ca 300°C), whil...

Profiling of human burned bones: oxidising versus reducing conditions

Complementary optical and neutron-based vibrational spectroscopy techniques (Infrared, Raman and inelastic neutron scattering) were applied to the study of human bones (femur and humerus) burned simultaneously under either aerobic or anaerobic conditions, in a wide range of temperatures (400 to 1000 °C). This is the first INS study of human skeletal remains heated in an oxygen-deprived atmosphere. Clear differe...