Search Results - "Maria Joao Pereira"

Understanding spatiotemporal patterns of COVID-19 incidence in Portugal: A functional data analysis from August 2020 to March 2022 by Ribeiro, Manuel, Azevedo, Leonardo, Santos, André Peralta, Pinto Leite, Pedro, Pereira, Maria João

“…During the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic, governments and public health authorities collected massive amounts of data on daily confirmed positive cases and incidence…”
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Understanding bird collisions at wind farms: An updated review on the causes and possible mitigation strategies by Marques, Ana Teresa, Batalha, Helena, Rodrigues, Sandra, Costa, Hugo, Pereira, Maria João Ramos, Fonseca, Carlos, Mascarenhas, Miguel, Bernardino, Joana

“…•Bird collisions with turbines are a result of species-, site- and wind farm-specific factors.•High collision risk is explained by a combination of factors,…”
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Spatiotemporal evolution of COVID-19 in Portugal's Mainland with self-organizing maps by Duarte, Igor, Ribeiro, Manuel C, Pereira, Maria João, Leite, Pedro Pinto, Peralta-Santos, André, Azevedo, Leonardo

“…Self-Organizing Maps (SOM) are an unsupervised learning clustering and dimensionality reduction algorithm capable of mapping an initial complex…”
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Contrasting plant water-use responses to groundwater depth in coastal dune ecosystems by Antunes, Cristina, Barradas, Mari Cruz Díaz, Zunzunegui, Maria, Vieira, Simone, Pereira, Ângela, Anjos, Andreia, Correia, Otília, Pereira, Maria João, Máguas, Cristina

“…Groundwater lowering can produce dramatic changes in the physiological performance and survival of plant species. The impact of decreasing water availability…”
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Overview of Ethnobotanical-Pharmacological Studies Carried Out on Medicinal Plants from the Serra da Estrela Natural Park: Focus on Their Antidiabetic Potential by Lahlou, Radhia Aitfella, Carvalho, Filomena, Pereira, Maria João, Lopes, João, Silva, Luís R

“…The Serra da Estrela Natural Park (NPSE) in Portugal stands out as a well-preserved region abundant in medicinal plants, particularly known for their…”
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Who’s calling? Acoustic identification of Brazilian bats by Arias-Aguilar, Adriana, Hintze, Frederico, Aguiar, Ludmilla M. S., Rufray, Vincent, Bernard, Enrico, Pereira, Maria João Ramos

“…Brazil is a megadiverse country with more than 180 bat species. However, most inventories have been mostly made using mist-net sampling and roost search and…”
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Following the trail: factors underlying the sudden expansion of the Egyptian mongoose (Herpestes ichneumon) in Portugal by Barros, Tânia, Carvalho, João, Pereira, Maria João Ramos, Ferreira, Joaquim P, Fonseca, Carlos

“…Species range-limits are influenced by a combination of several factors. In our study we aimed to unveil the drivers underlying the expansion of the Egyptian…”
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Spatial Modeling of PAHs in Lichens for Fingerprinting of Multisource Atmospheric Pollution by Augusto, Sofia, Máguas, Cristina, Matos, João, Pereira, Maria João, Soares, Amílcar, Branquinho, Cristina

“…PAHs are toxic compounds emitted by several anthropogenic sources, which have a great impact on human health. We show, for the first time, how spatial models…”
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Disentangling Natural and Anthropogenic Sources of Atmospheric Sulfur in an Industrial Region Using Biomonitors by Barros, Ceres, Pinho, Pedro, Durão, Rita, Augusto, Sofia, Máguas, Cristina, Pereira, Maria João, Branquinho, Cristina

“…Despite reductions in atmospheric sulfur (S) concentrations due to abatement policies in some countries, modeling the dispersion of this pollutant and…”
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Structuring of Amazonian bat assemblages: the roles of flooding patterns and floodwater nutrient load by Pereira, Maria João Ramos, Marques, João Tiago, Santana, Joana, Santos, Carlos David, Valsecchi, João, de Queiroz, Helder Lima, Beja, Pedro, Palmeirim, Jorge M

“…1. River system dynamics results in ecological heterogeneities that play a central role in maintaining biodiversity in riverine regions. In central Amazonia,…”
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ESR2 expression in subcutaneous adipose tissue is related to body fat distribution in women, and knockdown impairs preadipocyte differentiation by Ahmed, Fozia, Hetty, Susanne, Vranic, Milica, Fanni, Giovanni, Kullberg, Joel, Pereira, Maria João, Eriksson, Jan W

“…Oestrogen receptor 2 (ESR2) expression has been shown to be higher in subcutaneous adipose tissue (SAT) from postmenopausal compared to premenopausal women…”
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Ontological approach for DSL development by Pereira, Maria João Varanda, Fonseca, João, Henriques, Pedro Rangel

“…This paper presents a project whose main objective is to explore the ontological based development of Domain Specific Languages (DSL), more precisely, of their…”
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Life-history traits of non-native fishes in Iberian watersheds across several invasion stages: a first approach by Ribeiro, Filipe, Elvira, Benigno, Collares-Pereira, Maria João, Moyle, Peter B

“…Freshwater ecosystems are seriously imperiled by the spread of non-native fishes thus establishing profiles of their life-history characteristics is an…”
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Multiples lines of evidence unveil cryptic diversity in the Lophostoma brasiliense (Chiroptera: Phyllostomidae) complex by Esquivel, Diego A., Pereira, Maria Joáo Ramos, Stuhler, John D., Rossoni, Daniela M., Velazco, Paúl M., Bianchi, Filipe Michels

“…Phenotypically similar species - often called cryptic species - represent a challenge for taxonomy and conservation biology because they are usually…”
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mosaic of opportunities? Spatio-temporal patterns of bat diversity and activity in a strongly humanized Mediterranean wetland by Mendes, Eduardo S, Pereira, Maria João Ramos, Marques, Sara F, Fonseca, Carlos

“…The Baixo Vouga Lagunar (BVL) landscape, in the Portuguese central-west coast, harbours a mosaic of wetland habitat types, interspersed by intensive and…”
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Effectiveness of non-pharmacological interventions to manage anxiety in adolescents in the perioperative period: A systematic review and meta-analysis by Marcia Pestana-Santos, Maria Joao Pereira, Adriana Pestana-Santos, Eduardo Santos, Andreia Goncalves, Daniela Cardoso, Lurdes Lomba, Margarida Reis Santos

“…Aims: To evaluate the effectiveness of non-pharmacological interventions to manage anxiety in adolescents in the perioperative period. Design: Systematic…”
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Loss of multiple dimensions of bat diversity under land-use intensification in the Brazilian Cerrado by João Ramos Pereira, Maria, Fonseca, Carlos, Ludmilla M.S. Aguiar

“…The Brazilian Cerrado is a Neotropical savanna extremely threatened by human-driven habitat changes while simultaneously one of the formations with the highest…”
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Mate Choice Drives Evolutionary Stability in a Hybrid Complex by Morgado-Santos, Miguel, Pereira, Henrique Miguel, Vicente, Luís, Collares-Pereira, Maria João

“…Previous studies have shown that assortative mating acts as a driver of speciation by countering hybridization between two populations of the same species…”
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Seasonal patterns of spatial variation in understory bird assemblages across a mosaic of flooded and unflooded Amazonian forests by Beja, Pedro, Santos, Carlos David, Santana, Joana, Pereira, Maria João, Marques, J. Tiago, Queiroz, Hélder Lima, Palmeirim, Jorge M

“…We examined seasonal patterns of spatial variation in understory bird assemblages across a mosaic of upland and floodplain forests in central Amazonia, where…”
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Native and exotic seed dispersal by the stone marten (Martes foina): implications for the regeneration of a relict climactic forest in central Portugal by PEREIRA, Lúcia, VASQUES, Ana, MAIA, Paula, RAMOS PEREIRA, Maria João, FONSECA, Carlos, MATOS, Milena

“…The stone marten (Martes foina) is a carnivorous mammal that often consumes fleshy fruits, thus potentially promoting seed dispersion. The present study was…”
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