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Review and analysis of advances in functionalized, smart, and multifunctional asphalt mixtures by Segundo, I. Rocha, Freitas, E., Branco, V.T.F. Castelo, Landi, S., Costa, M.F., Carneiro, J.O.

“…Road pavements are designed to withstand road traffic and weathering actions while ensuring comfortable and safe riding conditions as well as low costs and…”
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Intra-day solar probabilistic forecasts including local short-term variability and satellite information by Alonso-Suárez, R., David, M., Branco, V., Lauret, P.

“…In this work, three models are built to produce intra-day probabilistic solar forecasts with lead times ranging from 10 min to 3 h with a granularity of…”
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An assessment of the relationship between the petrographic, physical, and morphological properties of aggregates used for railway ballast by Diógenes, D.F., Castelo Branco, V.T.F., Nogueira Neto, J.A., Motta, L.M.G.

“…•Qualitative petrographic variables affect aggregate degradation resistance.•Mineralogy defines the physical and morphological behavior of aggregates.•Rocks…”
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The tyrosine kinase inhibitor dasatinib reduces lung inflammation and remodelling in experimental allergic asthma by Silva, AL, Magalhães, RF, Branco, VC, Silva, JD, Cruz, FF, Marques, PS, Ferreira, TPT, Morales, MM, Martins, MA, Olsen, PC, Rocco, PRM

“…Background and Purpose Asthma is characterized by chronic lung inflammation and airway hyperresponsiveness. Despite recent advances in understanding of its…”
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A unified method for the analysis of controlled-strain and controlled-stress fatigue testing by Masad, E., Castelo Branco, V. T. F., Little, D. N., Lytton, R.

“…Fatigue cracking is one of the primary distresses in asphalt pavements. This study presents a method to characterize fatigue resistance of the fine portion of…”
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Effect of mercury compounds over the redox state of thioredoxin 1 and 2 and its relation with glutathione levels and glutaredoxin activity in human neuroblastoma cells by Branco, V., Lu, J., Holmgren, A., Carvalho, C.

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Trx system and the Oxidative branch of pentose phosphate pathway as targets of Thimerosal and Ethylmercury by Rodrigues, J., Branco, V., Lu, J., Holmgren, A., Carvalho, C.

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Mesenchymal stem cells differentiate into an endothelial phenotype, enhance vascular density, and improve heart function in a canine chronic ischemia model by SILVA, Guilherme V, LITOVSKY, Silvio, BRANCO, Rodrigo V. C, OLIVEIRA, Edie M, RUMIN HE, GENG, Yong-Jian, WILLERSON, James T, PERIN, Emerson C, ASSAD, Joao A. R, SOUSA, Andre L. S, MARTIN, Bradley J, VELA, Deborah, COULTER, Stephanie C, JING LIN, OBER, Judy, VAUGHN, William K

“…Bone marrow-derived stem cells are under investigation as a treatment for ischemic heart disease. Mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) have been used preferentially…”
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Post-transcriptional control of Amblyomin-X on secretion of vascular endothelial growth factor and expression of adhesion molecules in endothelial cells by Drewes, C.C., Dias, R.Y., Branco, V.G., Cavalcante, M.F., Souza, J.G., Abdalla, D.S.P., Chudzinski-Tavassi, A.M., Farsky, S.H.P.

“…Angiogenesis is a pivotal process of homeostasis and tissue repair, but it also favours neovascularisation syndromes and cancer nutrition. The chemical…”
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River waters near to agricultural sites in the Northeastern Brazil (Maranhão State) cause genetic damage in Nile Tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus) by Castro, M S, Luvizotto-Santos, R, Pereira, S R F, Moreira, V R, Castelo-Branco, P V, Silva, V L M, Carvalho-Costa, L F

“…Munim River is a small basin in northeastern Brazil, whose water quality has been threatened by pesticides, untreated domestic and industrial wastewater…”
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Total and organic mercury concentrations in muscle tissue of the blue shark ( Prionace glauca L.1758) from the Northeast Atlantic by Branco, V., Canário, J., Vale, C., Raimundo, J., Reis, C.

“…Blue sharks Prionace glauca collected from catches of the commercial longline fleet targeting swordfish east of the Azores and south of the Canary Islands were…”
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Origin and transport of trace metals deposited in the canyons off Lisboa and adjacent slopes (Portuguese Margin) in the last century by Costa, A.M., Mil-Homens, M., Lebreiro, S.M., Richter, T.O., de Stigter, H., Boer, W., Trancoso, M.A., Melo, Z., Mouro, F., Mateus, M., Canário, J., Branco, V., Caetano, M.

“…Submarine canyons play an important role in the transfer of contaminated sediments from shelf areas to the deeper ocean. To evaluate the importance of…”
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Sedimentary record of anthropogenic metal inputs in the Tagus prodelta (Portugal) by Mil-Homens, M., Branco, V., Vale, C., Boer, W., Alt-Epping, U., Abrantes, F., Vicente, M.

“…Favourable oceanographic and environmental conditions allow the formation of a fine-grained deposit (Tagus prodelta) located at the mouth of the Tagus River…”
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Environmental levels of Linear alkylbenzene Sulfonates (LAS) in sediments from the Tagus estuary (Portugal): environmental implications by Hampel, M, Canário, J, Branco, V, Vale, C, Blasco, J

“…Sediments from the Tagus estuary (Portugal) were collected at 40 stations in July and December 2004. Total LAS concentrations ranged between 0.03 and 17.76 mg…”
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Mercury enrichments in core sediments in Hugli-Matla-Bidyadhari estuarine complex, north-eastern part of the Bay of Bengal and their ecotoxicological significance by Chatterjee, M, Canário, J, Sarkar, S K, Branco, V, Bhattacharya, A K, Satpathy, K K

“…Mercury concentrations (HgT) in fine-grained fraction (<63 μm) of core sediments of the Hugli-Matla-Bidyadhari estuarine complex, India were analyzed. Results…”
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Automated Discovery of Relationships, Models, and Principles in Ecology by Cardoso, Pedro, Branco, Vasco V., Borges, Paulo A. V., Carvalho, José C., Rigal, François, Gabriel, Rosalina, Mammola, Stefano, Cascalho, José, Correia, Luís

“…Ecological systems are the quintessential complex systems, involving numerous high-order interactions and non-linear relationships. The most used statistical…”
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Analysis of Brazilian consumers' perceptions of cosmetics packaging from a circular economy perspective by da Silva, Ana Cecília Cavalcante, Guarnieri, Patricia, Vieira, Bárbara de O., Castelo‐Branco, Thaíssa V.

“…Nowadays, a lot more packaging is used to protect and carry products, since they are no longer sold in bulk. Brazil holds the world's fourth largest consumer…”
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Transendocardial autologous bone marrow mononuclear cell injection in ischemic heart failure : Postmortem anatomicopathologic and immunohistochemical findings by DOHMANN, Hans F. R, PERIN, Emerson C, DUTRA, Helio S, ASSAD, Joao A. R, CASTELLO-BRANCO, Rodrigo V, DRUMMOND, Cantidio, DOHMANN, Hans J. F, WILLERSON, James T, BOROJEVIC, Radovan, TAKIYA, Christina M, SILVA, Guilherme V, SILVA, Suzana A, SOUSA, Andre L. S, MESQUITA, Claudio T, ROSSI, Maria-Isabel D, PASCARELLI, Bernardo M. O, ASSIS, Isabella M

“…Cell-based therapies for treatment of ischemic heart disease are currently under investigation. We previously reported the results of a phase I trial of…”
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Tropane Alkaloids from Erythroxylum caatingae Plowman by de Oliveira, Steno L., Tavares, Josean F., Branco, Marianna V. S. Castello, Lucena, Hellane F. S., Barbosa-Filho, José M., de F. Agra, Maria, do Nascimento, Silene C., dos S. Aguiar, Jaciana, da Silva, Teresinha G., de Simone, Carlos A., de Araújo-Júnior, João X., da Silva, Marcelo S.

“…Three tropane alkaloids, 1–3, were isolated from Erythroxylum caatingae, i.e., 6β‐benzoyloxy‐3α‐[(4‐hydroxy‐3,5‐dimethoxybenzoyl)oxy]tropane (1), a new tropane…”
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Is Arenicola marina a suitable test organism to evaluate the bioaccumulation potential of Hg, PAHs and PCBs from dredged sediments? by Casado-Martínez, M.C., Branco, V., Vale, C., Ferreira, A.M., DelValls, T.A.

“…This paper presents the results of investigations on the suitability of lugworms ( Arenicola marina) to study the bioaccumulation potential of Hg, PCB and PAH…”
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