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The endocrine function of human placenta: an overview by Costa, Mariana A

“…Abstract During pregnancy, several tightly coordinated and regulated processes take place to enable proper fetal development and gestational success. The…”
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Hybrid genetic optimization for solving the batch-scheduling problem in a pharmaceutical industry by Costa, A.

“…•We study a real-world scheduling problem from the pharmaceutical industry.•We develop a hybrid genetic algorithm equipped with a double encoding scheme.•We…”
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Bibliometric analysis and review of Building Information Modelling literature published between 2005 and 2015 by Santos, Rúben, Costa, António A., Grilo, António

“…The use of Building Information Modelling (BIM) has increased in recent years, mostly due to the potential of the methodology for improving construction…”
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Seismic Scenario Losses Estimation Based on the Vulnerability of Pre-Code Masonry Buildings in the Metropolitan Area of Lisbon by Bernardo, V., Campos Costa, A., Candeias, P., Carvalho, A. R., Costa, A.

“…The metropolitan area of Lisbon is the region of Portugal with the highest seismic risk, given the coexistence of moderate-to-high hazard with high population…”
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Defining the physiological role of SRP in protein-targeting efficiency and specificity by Costa, Elizabeth A, Subramanian, Kelly, Nunnari, Jodi, Weissman, Jonathan S

“…The signal recognition particle (SRP) enables cotranslational delivery of proteins for translocation into the endoplasmic reticulum (ER), but its full in vivo…”
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Assessing tephra total grain-size distribution: Insights from field data analysis by Costa, A., Pioli, L., Bonadonna, C.

“…The Total Grain-Size Distribution (TGSD) of tephra deposits is crucial for hazard assessment and provides fundamental insights into eruption dynamics. It…”
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A Multistep, Consensus‐Based Approach to Organ Allocation in Liver Transplantation: Toward a “Blended Principle Model” by Cillo, U., Burra, P., Mazzaferro, V., Belli, L., Pinna, A. D., Spada, M., Nanni Costa, A., Toniutto, P.

“…Since Italian liver allocation policy was last revised (in 2012), relevant critical issues and conceptual advances have emerged, calling for significant…”
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Microbial Extracellular Polymeric Substances: Ecological Function and Impact on Soil Aggregation by Costa, Ohana Y A, Raaijmakers, Jos M, Kuramae, Eiko E

“…A wide range of microorganisms produce extracellular polymeric substances (EPS), highly hydrated polymers that are mainly composed of polysaccharides,…”
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Death from drought in tropical forests is triggered by hydraulics not carbon starvation by Rowland, L., da Costa, A. C. L., Galbraith, D. R., Oliveira, R. S., Binks, O. J., Oliveira, A. A. R., Pullen, A. M., Doughty, C. E., Metcalfe, D. B., Vasconcelos, S. S., Ferreira, L. V., Malhi, Y., Grace, J., Mencuccini, M., Meir, P.

“…It has been suggested that carbon starvation, owing to reduced availability of non-structural carbohydrates (NSCs), is an important contributor to tree…”
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Interacting dark energy: possible explanation for 21-cm absorption at cosmic dawn by Costa, André A., Landim, Ricardo C. G., Wang, Bin, Abdalla, Elcio

“…A recent observation points to an excess in the expected 21-cm brightness temperature from cosmic dawn. In this paper, we present an alternative explanation of…”
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A bias using the ages of the oldest astrophysical objects to address the Hubble tension by Costa, André A., Ren, Zelin, Yin, Zhixiang

“…Recently different cosmological measurements have shown a tension in the value of the Hubble constant, H 0 . Assuming the Λ CDM model, the Planck satellite…”
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Oxidative leaching process with cupric ion in hydrochloric acid media for recovery of Pd and Rh from spent catalytic converters by Nogueira, C.A., Paiva, A.P., Oliveira, P.C., Costa, M.C., da Costa, A.M. Rosa

“…•A new leaching process based on Cu2+/HCl media for recovering Pd and Rh from spent autocatalytic converters is presented.•Palladium and rhodium were…”
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Native and bioengineered extracellular vesicles for cardiovascular therapeutics by de Abreu, Ricardo Cerqueira, Fernandes, Hugo, da Costa Martins, Paula A., Sahoo, Susmita, Emanueli, Costanza, Ferreira, Lino

“…Extracellular vesicles (EVs) are a heterogeneous group of natural particles that are relevant to the treatment of cardiovascular diseases. These endogenous…”
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Experimental Assessment of the Out-of-Plane Performance of Masonry Buildings Through Shaking Table Tests by Candeias, P. X., Campos Costa, A., Mendes, N., Costa, A. A., Lourenço, P. B.

“…This article presents the results of the LNEC-3D shaking table tests on two mock-ups, Brick House and Stone House, carried out in the scope of the workshop…”
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Drought impact on forest carbon dynamics and fluxes in Amazonia by Doughty, Christopher E., Metcalfe, D. B., Girardin, C. A. J., Amézquita, F. Farfán, Cabrera, D. Galiano, Huasco, W. Huaraca, Silva-Espejo, J. E., Araujo-Murakami, A., da Costa, M. C., Rocha, W., Feldpausch, T. R., Mendoza, A. L. M., da Costa, A. C. L., Meir, P., Phillips, O. L., Malhi, Y.

“…Severe drought in a tropical forest ecosystem suppresses photosynthetic carbon uptake and plant maintenance respiration, but growth is maintained, suggesting…”
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Targeting replication stress in cancer therapy by da Costa, Alexandre André B. A., Chowdhury, Dipanjan, Shapiro, Geoffrey I., D’Andrea, Alan D., Konstantinopoulos, Panagiotis A.

“…Replication stress is a major cause of genomic instability and a crucial vulnerability of cancer cells. This vulnerability can be therapeutically targeted by…”
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Mid-infrared spectroscopy for large-scale phenotyping of bovine colostrum gross composition and immunoglobulin concentration by Goi, A., Costa, A., Visentin, G., De Marchi, M.

“…Immunoglobulin G is the fundamental antibody for acquisition of passive transfer of immunity in ruminant newborns. Colostrum, in fact, must be administered as…”
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Minerals and essential amino acids of bovine colostrum: Phenotypic variability and predictive ability of mid- and near-infrared spectroscopy by Goi, A, De Marchi, M, Costa, A

“…Colostrum quality and volume are fundamental for calves because it is the primary supplier of antibodies and the first source of energy, carbohydrates, lipids,…”
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Looking at Economics through the Eyes of Thermodynamics by Costa, Vítor A. F.

“…Based on Thermodynamics and its well-established First and Second Laws, this work presents and explores their economics counterparts, introducing new concepts,…”
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Framework for economic cost assessment of land subsidence by Kok, S., Costa, A. L.

“…Land subsidence is increasingly recognised as a complex and costly challenge, especially in urban subsidence-prone areas. Often caused by overextraction of…”
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