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High-Performance μ‑Thermoelectric Device Based on Bi2Te3/Sb2Te3 p–n Junctions by Vieira, E. M. F, Pires, A. L, Silva, J. P. B, Magalhães, V. H, Grilo, J, Brito, F. P, Silva, M. F, Pereira, A. M, Goncalves, L. M

“…A flexible and ultralight planar thermoelectric generator based on 15 thermocouples composed of n-type bismuth telluride (Bi2Te3) and p-type antimony telluride…”
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A comparison of two causal methods in the context of climate analyses by Docquier, David, Di Capua, Giorgia, Donner, Reik V, Pires, Carlos A. L, Simon, Amélie, Vannitsem, Stéphane

“…Correlation does not necessarily imply causation, and this is why causal methods have been developed to try to disentangle true causal links from spurious…”
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Probabilistic modelling of the dependence between rainfed crops and drought hazard by Ribeiro, Andreia F. S, Russo, Ana, Gouveia, Célia M, Páscoa, Patrícia, Pires, Carlos A. L

“…Extreme weather events, such as droughts, have been increasingly affecting the agricultural sector, causing several socio-economic consequences. The growing…”
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Separation of the atmospheric variability into non-Gaussian multidimensional sources by projection pursuit techniques by Pires, Carlos A. L., Ribeiro, Andreia F. S.

“…We develop an expansion of space-distributed time series into statistically independent uncorrelated subspaces (statistical sources) of low-dimension and…”
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Bispectral analysis of nonlinear interaction, predictability and stochastic modelling with application to ENSO by Pires, Carlos A. L., Hannachi, Abdel

“…Non-Gaussianity and nonlinearity have been shown to be ubiquitous characteristics of El Niño Southern Oscillation (ENSO) with implication on predictability,…”
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Nebulized Lidocaine Prevents Airway Inflammation, Peribronchial Fibrosis, and Mucus Production in a Murine Model of Asthma by SERRA, Magda F, ANJOS-VALOTTA, Edna A, CORDEIRO, Renato S. B, SILVA, Patricia M. R, MARTINS, Marco A, OLSEN, Priscilla C, COUTO, Gina C, JURGILAS, Patricia B, COTIAS, Amanda C, PAO, Camila R, FERREIRA, Tatiana P. T, ARANTES, Ana C. S, PIRES, Ana L. A

“…Evidence suggests that nebulized lidocaine is beneficial in asthma therapy, but to what extent and the mechanisms underlying this effect remain poorly…”
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Diversity, role in decomposition, and succession of zoosporic fungi and straminipiles on submerged decaying leaves in a woodland stream by Marano, A. V, Pires-Zottarelli, C. L. A, Barrera, M. D, Steciow, M. M, Gleason, F. H

“…Leaf litter is a very important primary source of energy in woodland streams. Decomposition of leaf litter is a process mediated by many groups of…”
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Independent Subspace Analysis of the Sea Surface Temperature Variability: Non-Gaussian Sources and Sensitivity to Sampling and Dimensionality by Pires, Carlos A. L., Hannachi, Abdel

“…We propose an expansion of multivariate time-series data into maximally independent source subspaces. The search is made among rotations of prewhitened data…”
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Toxocara myelitis in a young woman: You can’t see the wood for the trees by Pires da Cunha, A.L., Beigneux, Y., Paris, L., Maillart, E., Pourcher, V., Tamzali, Y.

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Multicaloric effect in a multiferroic composite of Gd5(Si,Ge)4 microparticles embedded into a ferroelectric PVDF matrix by Andrade, V. M., Amirov, A., Yusupov, D., Pimentel, B., Barroca, N., Pires, A. L., Belo, J. H., Pereira, A. M., Valente, M. A., Araújo, J. P., Reis, M. S.

“…The coupling between electric, magnetic and elastic features in multiferroic materials is an emerging field in materials science, with important applications…”
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Non-Gaussian interaction information: estimation, optimization and diagnostic application of triadic wave resonance by Pires, C. A. L., Perdigão, R. A. P.

“…Non-Gaussian multivariate probability distributions, derived from climate and geofluid statistics, allow for nonlinear correlations between linearly…”
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Suppressive effects of nitric oxide-releasing prednisolone NCX-1015 on the allergic pleural eosinophil recruitment in rats by Oliveira, M. S. S., De O. Barreto, E., Zamuner, S., Pires, A. L. A., Ferreira, T. P. T., Cordeiro, R. S. B., Lagente, V., Martins, M. A., Wallace, J. L., E Silva, P. M. R.

“…Summary Background The addition of a nitric oxide (NO)‐releasing moiety to prednisolone was shown to enhance the anti‐inflammatory activity of this…”
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Rodent models of heart failure: an updated review by Gomes, A. C., Falcão-Pires, I., Pires, A. L., Brás-Silva, C., Leite-Moreira, A. F.

“…Heart failure (HF) is one of the major health and economic burdens worldwide, and its prevalence is continuously increasing. The study of HF requires reliable…”
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Germination of Ocotea pulchella (Nees) Mez (Lauraceae) seeds in laboratory and natural restinga environment conditions by Pires, L A, Cardoso, V J M, Joly, C A, Rodrigues, R R

“…The germination response of Ocotea pulchella (Nees) Mez seeds to light, temperature, water level and pulp presence is introduced. The laboratory assays were…”
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Minimum Mutual Information and Non-Gaussianity Through the Maximum Entropy Method: Theory and Properties by Rui A. P. Perdigão, Carlos A. L. Pires

“…The application of the Maximum Entropy (ME) principle leads to a minimum of the Mutual Information (MI), I(X,Y) , between random variables X , Y , which is…”
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Minimum Mutual Information and Non-Gaussianity through the Maximum Entropy Method: Estimation from Finite Samples by Carlos A. L. Pires, Rui A. P. Perdigão

“…The Minimum Mutual Information (MinMI) Principle provides the least committed, maximum-joint-entropy (ME) inferential law that is compatible with prescribed…”
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Effect of chemical pressure on the magnetocaloric effect of perovskite-like RCrO3 (R-Yb, Er, Sm and Y) by Oliveira, G.N.P., Pires, A.L., Machado, P., Pereira, A.M., Araújo, J.P., Lopes, A.M.L.

“…A comparative study of the magnetocaloric effect and refrigerant capacitance properties of orthorhombic perovskite-like isostructural compounds RCrO3 (R: Yb,…”
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Global Empirical Models for Tropopause Height Determination by Mateus, Pedro, Mendes, Virgílio B., Pires, Carlos A.L.

“…The calculation of the tropopause height is crucial to the investigation of fundamental interactions between the troposphere and stratosphere, playing an…”
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Enhancement of cellular activity in hyperglycemic mice dermal wounds dressed with chitosan-alginate membranes by Breder, J S C, Pires, A L R, Azevedo, F F, Apolinário, P P, Cantaruti, T, Jiwani, S I, Moraes, Â M, Consonni, S R, Araújo, E P, Adams, G G, Saad, M J A, Lima, M H M

“…The use of specially designed wound dressings could be an important alternative to facilitate the healing process of wounds in the hyperglycemic state…”
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Urotensin II-induced increase in myocardial distensibility is modulated by angiotensin II and endothelin-1 by Fontes-Sousa, A P, Pires, A L, Monteiro-Cardoso, V F, Leite-Moreira, A F

“…Endogenous regulators, such as angiotensin-II (AngII), endothelin-1 (ET-1) and urotensin-II (U-II) are released from various cell types and their plasma levels…”
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