Search Results - "Almeida, S"
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Properties and Applications of Morinda citrifolia (Noni): A Review
Published in Comprehensive reviews in food science and food safety (01-07-2019)“…Morinda citrifolia commonly known as noni is a perennial plant originating in Southeast Asia, consumed over 2000 years. Due to its versatility of adaptation…”
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Tension and Compression Properties of 3D-Printed Composites: Print Orientation and Strain Rate Effects
Published in Polymers (29-03-2023)“…This study examines the impact of three factors on the tensile and compressive behaviour of 3D-printed parts: (1) the addition of short carbon fibres to the…”
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Cancer cells induce metastasis-supporting neutrophil extracellular DNA traps
Published in Science translational medicine (19-10-2016)“…Neutrophils, the most abundant type of leukocytes in blood, can form neutrophil extracellular traps (NETs). These are pathogen-trapping structures generated by…”
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Opportunities for mobilizing recalcitrant phosphorus from agricultural soils: a review
Published in Plant and soil (01-06-2018)“…Background Phosphorus (P) fertilizer is usually applied in excess of plant requirement and accumulates in soils due to its strong adsorption, rapid…”
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Carbon fiber-reinforced epoxy filament-wound composite laminates exposed to hygrothermal conditioning
Published in Journal of materials science (01-05-2016)“…This study focuses on the evaluation of the effect of hygrothermal conditioning on tensile, compressive, in-plane and interlaminar shear properties, and also…”
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The Samarco mine tailing disaster: A possible time-bomb for heavy metals contamination?
Published in The Science of the total environment (01-10-2018)“…In November 2015, the largest socio-environmental disaster in the history of Brazil occurred when approximately 50 million m3 of mine tailings were released…”
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The effect of FASN inhibition on the growth and metabolism of a cisplatin‐resistant ovarian carcinoma model
Published in International journal of cancer (15-08-2018)“…Overexpression of fatty acid synthase (FASN), a key regulator of the de novo synthesis of fatty acids, has been demonstrated in a variety of cancers and is…”
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Impact of periodontal disease on quality of life: a systematic review
Published in Journal of periodontal research (01-08-2017)“…The diagnosis of periodontal disease is commonly based on objective evaluations of the patient's medical/dental history as well as clinical and radiographic…”
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Distinct populations of inflammatory fibroblasts and myofibroblasts in pancreatic cancer
Published in The Journal of experimental medicine (06-03-2017)“…Pancreatic stellate cells (PSCs) differentiate into cancer-associated fibroblasts (CAFs) that produce desmoplastic stroma, thereby modulating disease…”
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Improving the open-hole tension characteristics with variable-axial composite laminates: Optimization, progressive damage modeling and experimental observations
Published in Composites science and technology (05-01-2020)“…This study consists of a numerical and experimental investigation on unnotched and open-hole tensile characteristics of fiber-steered variable-axial (also…”
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Exposure to indoor air pollutants during physical activity in fitness centers
Published in Building and environment (01-12-2014)“…Physical activity has become a social need among people and it has been clearly proved that exercise is a way to prevent all-cause and cardiovascular-related…”
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Benchmarking of alignment-free sequence comparison methods
Published in Genome Biology (25-07-2019)“…Alignment-free (AF) sequence comparison is attracting persistent interest driven by data-intensive applications. Hence, many AF procedures have been proposed…”
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A progressive failure model for composite laminates subjected to low velocity impact damage
Published in Computers & structures (01-06-2008)“…This paper presents a 3-D failure model for predicting the dynamic material response of composite laminates under impact loading. The formulation is based on…”
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EpiVECS: exploring spatiotemporal epidemiological data using cluster embedding and interactive visualization
Published in Scientific reports (01-12-2023)“…The analysis of data over space and time is a core part of descriptive epidemiology, but the complexity of spatiotemporal data makes this challenging. There is…”
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Agression and violent behaviour risk assessment
Published in European psychiatry (01-04-2021)“…Introduction After discharge from forensic psychiatric hospital, rates of violent reoffending are reported to range from 2% to 8% per year in high income…”
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Elderly exposure to indoor air pollutants
Published in Atmospheric environment (1994) (01-03-2014)“…The aim of this work was to characterize the indoor air quality in Elderly Care Centers (ECCs) in order to assess the elders' daily exposure to air pollutants…”
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Deconvolving Images With Unknown Boundaries Using the Alternating Direction Method of Multipliers
Published in IEEE transactions on image processing (01-08-2013)“…The alternating direction method of multipliers (ADMM) has recently sparked interest as a flexible and efficient optimization tool for inverse problems,…”
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Buckling optimization of composite cylinders for axial compression: A design methodology considering a variable-axial fiber layout
Published in Composite structures (15-08-2019)“…Fiber steering is an outstanding capability for producing composite structures with spatially tailored properties. The ability of tailoring the reinforcement…”
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The magical smell and taste: Can coffee be good to patients with cardiometabolic disease?
Published in Critical reviews in food science and nutrition (2024)“…Coffee is a beverage consumed globally. Although few studies have indicated adverse effects, it is typically a beneficial health-promoting agent in a range of…”
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High glucose-mediated oxidative stress impairs cell migration
Published in PloS one (03-08-2011)“…Deficient wound healing in diabetic patients is very frequent, but the cellular and molecular causes are poorly defined. In this study, we evaluate the…”
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