Search Results - "Valente, Raul"

Alterations of pleiotropic neuropeptide-receptor gene couples in Cetacea by Valente, Raul, Cordeiro, Miguel, Pinto, Bernardo, Machado, André, Alves, Filipe, Sousa-Pinto, Isabel, Ruivo, Raquel, Castro, L Filipe C

“…Habitat transitions have considerable consequences in organism homeostasis, as they require the adjustment of several concurrent physiological compartments to…”
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Cetaceans of north-western continental Africa (Morocco to Liberia): diversity and distribution by Correia, Ana M., Mihova, Marieta, Gil, Ágatha, Oliveira-Rodrigues, Cláudia, Afonso, Luís, Valente, Raul, Rosso, Massimiliano, Sousa-Pinto, Isabel, Pierce, Graham J.

“…The north-western coast of Africa is one of the most productive marine systems in the world, where a high diversity of cetacean species has been recorded…”
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Predicting Cetacean Distributions in the Eastern North Atlantic to Support Marine Management by Correia, Ana M., Sousa-Guedes, Diana, Gil, Ágatha, Valente, Raul, Rosso, Massimiliano, Sousa-Pinto, Isabel, Sillero, Neftalí, Pierce, Graham J.

“…Data on species occurrence at the scale of their distributional range and the determination of their habitat use requirements are essential to support…”
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Assessing data bias in visual surveys from a cetacean monitoring programme by Oliveira-Rodrigues, Cláudia, Correia, Ana M., Valente, Raul, Gil, Ágatha, Gandra, Miguel, Liberal, Marcos, Rosso, Massimiliano, Pierce, Graham, Sousa-Pinto, Isabel

“…Long-term monitoring datasets are fundamental to understand physical and ecological responses to environmental changes, supporting management and conservation…”
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Hidden in the blow - a matrix to characterise cetaceans’ respiratory microbiome: short-finned pilot whale as case study by Santos, Beatriz, Afonso, Luís, Alves, Filipe, Dinis, Ana, Ferreira, Rita, Correia, Ana M., Valente, Raul, Gil, Ágatha, Castro, Luis Filipe C., Sousa-Pinto, Isabel, Rosso, Massimiliano, Centelleghe, Cinzia, Mazzariol, Sandro, Magalhães, Catarina, Tomasino, Maria Paola

“…Cetaceans are key sentinel species of marine ecosystems and ocean health, being a strategic taxonomic group that evaluates the well-being of aquatic habitats…”
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Distribution of cetacean species at a large scale - Connecting continents with the Macaronesian archipelagos in the eastern North Atlantic by Correia, Ana Mafalda, Gil, Ágatha, Valente, Raul Fonseca, Rosso, Massimiliano, Sousa-Pinto, Isabel, Pierce, Graham John

“…Aim To describe distribution patterns and species richness of cetaceans along a wide geographical range using occurrence data coupled with survey effort, from…”
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Decay of Skin-Specific Gene Modules in Pangolins by Pinto, Bernardo, Valente, Raul, Caramelo, Filipe, Ruivo, Raquel, Castro, L. Filipe C.

“…The mammalian skin exhibits a rich spectrum of evolutionary adaptations. The pilosebaceous unit, composed of the hair shaft, follicle, and the sebaceous gland,…”
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MIMO transmit scheme based on morphological perceptron with competitive learning by Valente, Raul Ambrozio, Abrão, Taufik

“…This paper proposes a new multi-input multi-output (MIMO) transmit scheme aided by artificial neural network (ANN). The morphological perceptron with…”
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Mathematical Morphology on the Spherical CIELab Quantale with an Application in Color Image Boundary Detection by Valle, Marcos Eduardo, Valente, Raul Ambrozio

“…Mathematical morphology is a theory with applications in image processing and analysis. This paper presents a quantale-based approach to color morphology based…”
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Functional or Vestigial? The Genomics of the Pineal Gland in Xenarthra by Valente, Raul, Alves, Filipe, Sousa-Pinto, Isabel, Ruivo, Raquel, Castro, L. Filipe C.

“…Vestigial organs are historical echoes of past phenotypes. Determining whether a specific organ constitutes a functional or vestigial structure can be a…”
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Environmental DNA as a complementary tool for biodiversity monitoring: A multi-technique and multi-trophic approach to investigate cetacean distribution and feeding ecology by Afonso, Luís, Costa, Joana, Correia, Ana Mafalda, Valente, Raul, Lopes, Eva, Tomasino, Maria Paola, Gil, Ágatha, Oliveira-Rodrigues, Cláudia, Sousa Pino, Isabel, López, Alfredo, Suarez-Bregua, Paula, Magalhães, Catarina

“…The use of environmental DNA (eDNA) to assess the presence of biological communities has emerged as a promising monitoring tool in the marine conservation…”
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Convergent Cortistatin losses parallel modifications in circadian rhythmicity and energy homeostasis in Cetacea and other mammalian lineages by Valente, Raul, Alves, Luís Q., Nabais, Matilde, Alves, Filipe, Sousa-Pinto, Isabel, Ruivo, Raquel, Castro, L. Filipe C.

“…The ancestors of Cetacea underwent profound morpho-physiological alterations. By displaying an exclusive aquatic existence, cetaceans evolved unique patterns…”
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Beyond the threshold - different accumulation of organochlorine compounds in common dolphins (Delphinus delphis) inhabiting continental and insular ecosystems in the Northeast Atlantic by Valente, Raul, de Oliveira-Ferreira, Nara, Ferreira, Rita, Correia, Ana M., Manhães, Bárbara M.R., Gil, Ágatha, Sambolino, Annalisa, Santos-Neto, Elitieri B., Castro, L. Filipe C., Cunha, Haydée A., Azevedo, Alexandre F., Dinis, Ana, Bisi, Tatiana L., Sousa-Pinto, Isabel, Alves, Filipe, Lailson-Brito, José

“…Assessing persistent organic pollutant (POP) levels across regions helps evaluate environmental health and determine ecological risks. As an apex predator, the…”
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A drastic shift in the energetic landscape of toothed whale sperm cells by Alves, Luís Q., Ruivo, Raquel, Valente, Raul, Fonseca, Miguel M., Machado, André M., Plön, Stephanie, Monteiro, Nuno, García-Parraga, David, Ruiz-Díaz, Sara, Sánchez-Calabuig, Maria J., Gutiérrez-Adán, Alfonso, Castro, L. Filipe C.

“…Mammalian spermatozoa are a notable example of metabolic compartmentalization.1 Energy in the form of ATP production, vital for motility, capacitation, and…”
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Characterising Mitochondrial Capture in an Iberian Shrew by Kunerth, Henry D, Tapisso, Joaquim T, Valente, Raul, Mathias, Maria da Luz, Alves, Paulo C, Searle, Jeremy B, Vega, Rodrigo, Paupério, Joana

“…Mitochondrial introgression raises questions of biogeography and of the extent of reproductive isolation and natural selection. Previous phylogenetic work on…”
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Baleen whales in Macaronesia: occurrence patterns revealed through a bibliographic review by Valente, Raul, Correia, Ana M., Gil, Ágatha, González García, Laura, Sousa‐Pinto, Isabel

“…Macaronesia, an oceanic area located in the Northeast Atlantic, exhibits a high topographic and oceanographic complexity that enables a rich biodiversity. So…”
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A dataset of cetacean occurrences in the Eastern North Atlantic by Correia, Ana M., Gandra, Miguel, Liberal, Marcos, Valente, Raul, Gil, Ágatha, Rosso, Massimiliano, Pierce, Graham J., Sousa-Pinto, Isabel

“…The CETUS project is a cetacean monitoring program that takes advantage of cargo ships to undertake survey routes between Continental Portugal, Macaronesian…”
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LR-Aided MIMO Detectors under Correlated and Imperfectly Estimated Channels by Valente, Raul Ambrozio, Marinello, José Carlos, Abrão, Taufik

“…In this contribution, lattice reduction (LR) technique is applied to improve the multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) detector performance under correlated…”
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Looking for the Migratory Whales: Routes of the Baleen Whales in the Macaronesia by Valente, Raul Fonseca

“…Baleen whales play a key role in marine ecosystems. Being top predators, this group of animals is fundamental in top-down regulation and thus in the…”
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Validation of the EuroSCORE model in patients undergoing heart surgery in Regional Hospital of High Speciality of Bajio by Teniente-Valente, Raúl, González-Bravo, Francisco E, Chagolla-Santillán, Miguel Ángel, Acevedo-Bañuelos, Iliana, Bernal-Ruíz, Enrique Alfredo, López-Luis, Luis Rey, Medina-Torres, Oscar Samuel, Romo-Escamilla, Ricardo Elías, Landeros-Aranda, José Esteban

“…Introduction: EuroSCORE is a probabilistic model with good performance in the prognosis of mortality in heart surgery in many latitudes. It is recommendable to…”
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