Search Results - "Castro, P."
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Synergistic effect of organo-mineral amendments and plant growth-promoting rhizobacteria (PGPR) on the establishment of vegetation cover and amelioration of mine tailings
Published in Chemosphere (Oxford) (01-01-2021)“…Mine tailings pose a huge hazard for environmental and human health, and the establishment of vegetation cover is crucial to reduce pollutant dispersion for…”
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What explains variation in the impacts of exotic plant invasions on the nitrogen cycle? A meta-analysis
Published in Ecology letters (01-01-2014)“…Exotic plant invasions can notably alter the nitrogen (N) cycle of ecosystems. However, there is large variation in the magnitude and direction of their impact…”
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Calcium hydroxyapatite-based photocatalysts for environment remediation: Characteristics, performances and future perspectives
Published in Journal of environmental management (15-05-2017)“…Calcium hydroxyapatite Ca10(PO4)6(OH)2 (HAp) is a material widely used in biomedicine, for bone implants manufacture, due to its biocompatibility. HAp has also…”
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Investigating LSA - a ‘legal high’ analogue to LSD, frequently used in the digital realm with relatively unknown effects
Published in European psychiatry (01-08-2024)“…IntroductionPsychedelics are substances consumed for recreational use, the majority of these psychoactive substances are illegal and hard to obtain. Therefore,…”
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Miller‐Fisher syndrome after SARS‐CoV‐2 infection
Published in European journal of neurology (01-09-2020)“…Introduction On March 11th, 2020, the WHO declared the SARS‐Cov‐2 pandemic. Syndromes have been detected in relation to COVID‐19 such as encephalitis, acute…”
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Azlactone Reaction Developments
Published in Chemistry : a European journal (18-07-2016)“…Azlactones (also known as oxazolones) are heterocycles usually employed in the stereoselective synthesis of α,α‐amino acids, heterocycles and natural products…”
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Relevance of dietary glycerophospholipids and sphingolipids to human health
Published in Prostaglandins, leukotrienes and essential fatty acids (01-10-2015)“…Abstract Glycerophospholipids and sphingolipids participate in a variety of indispensable metabolic, neurological, and intracellular signaling processes. In…”
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An overview of fatigue in aircraft structures
Published in Fatigue & fracture of engineering materials & structures (01-10-2017)“…From safe‐life to fail‐safe and damage‐tolerance approaches, the last one emerged as the main design philosophy for aerostructures, allowing weight savings and…”
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Cryptic and rare Aspergillus species in Brazil: prevalence in clinical samples and in vitro susceptibility to triazoles
Published in Journal of clinical microbiology (01-10-2014)“…Aspergillus spp. are among the most common causes of opportunistic invasive fungal infections in tertiary care hospitals. Little is known about the prevalence…”
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The molecular chaperone Hsp70 promotes the proteolytic removal of oxidatively damaged proteins by the proteasome
Published in Free radical biology & medicine (01-10-2016)“…One hallmark of aging is the accumulation of protein aggregates, promoted by the unfolding of oxidized proteins. Unraveling the mechanism by which oxidized…”
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Diversity and characterization of culturable bacterial endophytes from Zea mays and their potential as plant growth-promoting agents in metal-degraded soils
Published in Environmental science and pollution research international (01-12-2014)“…In this study, we evaluated the phylogenetic diversity of culturable bacterial endophytes of Zea mays plants growing in an agricultural soil contaminated with…”
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What explains the invading success of the aquatic mud snail Potamopyrgus antipodarum (Hydrobiidae, Mollusca)
Published in Hydrobiologia (01-11-2008)“…The spread of non-native species is one of the most harmful and least reversible disturbances in ecosystems. Species have to overcome several filters to become…”
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Plant growth-promoting rhizobacteria (PGPR) improve the growth and nutrient use efficiency in maize (Zea mays L.) under water deficit conditions
Published in Heliyon (01-10-2020)“…Drought is one of the major abiotic stresses that affects crop yield worldwide. An eco-friendly tool that can broadly improve plants' tolerance to water stress…”
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Silver-Modified Nano-titania as an Antibacterial Agent and Photocatalyst
Published in Journal of physical chemistry. C (06-03-2014)“…With the increasing demand for nanomaterials, it is essential that they are produced, where possible, by sustainable or “green” synthesis methods, avoiding…”
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Conditional nationally determined contributions in the Paris Agreement: foothold for equity or Achilles heel?
Published in Climate policy (20-04-2020)“…The Paris Agreement's success depends on parties' implementation of their Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs) towards the Paris Agreement's goals. In…”
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Recent Advances in Azlactone Transformations
Published in European journal of organic chemistry (15-09-2019)“…Azlactones, also known as oxazolones, are versatile building blocks in organic synthesis due to the presence of multiple pro‐nucleophilic and electrophilic…”
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Large-eddy simulation for flow and dispersion in urban streets
Published in Atmospheric environment (1994) (01-04-2009)“…Large-eddy simulations (LES) with our recently developed inflow approach (Xie, Z.-T., Castro, I.P., 2008a. Efficient generation of inflow conditions for…”
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Accumulation of polyubiquitinated proteins: A consequence of early inactivation of the 26S proteasome
Published in Free radical biology & medicine (20-11-2020)“…The proteasomal degradation system is one of the most important protein degradation systems in the cytosol and nucleus. This system is present in two major…”
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Photodegradation of pharmaceutical persistent pollutants using hydroxyapatite-based materials
Published in Journal of environmental management (01-11-2016)“…Pharmaceutical persistent pollutants pose a serious threat to the environment. The aim of this study was to use, for the first time, hydroxyapatite-based…”
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The HDAC inhibitor panobinostat (LBH589) exerts in vivo anti-leukaemic activity against MLL-rearranged acute lymphoblastic leukaemia and involves the RNF20/RNF40/WAC-H2B ubiquitination axis
Published in Leukemia (01-02-2018)“…MLL -rearranged acute lymphoblastic leukaemia (ALL) represents an aggressive malignancy in infants (<1 year of age), associated with poor outcome. Current…”
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