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Morphological and genetic characterization of an emerging Azorean horse breed: the Terceira Pony

Frontiers in Genetics, 2015
The Terceira Pony is a horse indigenous to Terceira Island in the Azores. These horses were very important during the colonization of the island and due to their very balanced proportions and correct gaits, with an average withers height of 1.28 m, the ...
Maria Susana Lopes, Duarte eMendonça, Horst eRojer, Verónica eCabral, Sílvia Xavier Bettencourt, Artur eda Câmara Machado   +5 more
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Seasonal Variability of the Biochemical Composition and Antioxidant Properties of Fucus spiralis at Two Azorean Islands

Marine Drugs, 2018
This study evaluates, for the first time, the seasonal (winter and summer) and geographical (São Miguel–SMG and Santa Maria–SMA Islands) variability of Fucus spiralis (Fs) biochemical composition (dry weight basis) and antioxidant ...
Lisete Paiva, Elisabete Lima, Ana Isabel Neto, José Baptista   +3 more
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On the source of the 8 May 1939 Azores earthquake – tsunami observations and numerical modelling

Geomatics, Natural Hazards & Risk, 2017
On 8 May 1939, an earthquake (Ms7.1) occurred near the Azores archipelago, with an epicentre located close to the western end of the Gloria fault. Previous studies present different epicentre locations spreading over a large area, and two different types
C. Reis, R. Omira, L. Matias, M. A. Baptista   +3 more
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Variations in Essential Oil Chemical Composition and Biological Activities of Cryptomeria japonica (Thunb. ex L.f.) D. Don from Different Geographical Origins—A Critical Review

Applied Sciences, 2021
The scientific community is paying increasing attention to plant waste valorization, and also to “greener” practices in the agriculture, food and cosmetic sectors. In this context, unused forest biomass (e.g., leaves, seed cones, branches/twigs, bark and
Ana Lima, Filipe Arruda, Jorge Medeiros, José Baptista, João Madruga, Elisabete Lima   +5 more
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Seismicity along the Western Eurasia- Africa plate boundary [PDF]

, 2009
extends from the Azores Islands to the Strait of Gibraltar. The interaction between Iberia and Africa results in a complex region located in the western part of the Eurasian-African plate boundary.
Bezzeghoud, M.
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Stellar evolution and modelling stars

, 2017
In this chapter I give an overall description of the structure and evolution of stars of different masses, and review the main ingredients included in state-of-the-art calculations aiming at reproducing observational features.
A. Bressan, A. Dotter, A. Maeder, A. Miglio, A. Pietrinferni, A. Weiss, A.M. Serenelli, A.M. Serenelli, A.M. Serenelli, B.E.J. Pagel, C. Angulo, C.A. Iglesias, C.J. Conselice, D. Cordier, D. Huber, D. Maoz, D. Mihalas, D. Reimers, D. Saumon, D.A. Vandenberg, D.G. Hummer, D.R. Alexander, E. Böhm-Vitense, E. Caffau, E.G. Adelberger, E.G. Adelberger, F. Herwig, F. Matteucci, F.J. Rogers, F.J. Rogers, G. Steigman, H. Costantini, H. Kjeldsen, I. Hubeny, J. Bland-Hawthorn, J. Choi, J. Christensen-Dalsgaard, J. Christensen-Dalsgaard, J. Christensen-Dalsgaard, J.-P. Cox, J.-P. Zahn, J.N. Bahcall, J.N. Bahcall, J.N. Winn, J.W. Ferguson, K.C. Schlaufman, L. Casagrande, L. Girardi, L. Silva Da, M. Asplund, M. Camenzind, M. Gabriel, M. Haft, M. Marta, M. Peimbert, M. Pinsonneault, M. Salaris, M. Schwarzschild, M. Schönberg, N. Grevesse, N. Itoh, N. Itoh, N.R. Badnell, P. Eggenberger, P. Kumar, R. Jimenez, R. Trampedach, S. Basu, S. Cassisi, S. Cassisi, S. Deheuvels, S. Deheuvels, S. Deheuvels, S. Turcotte, S.J. Smartt, T. Constantino, T.R. Bedding, V. Silva Aguirre, V. Silva Aguirre, V. Silva Aguirre, V. Silva Aguirre, V.M. Canuto, V.M. Canuto, W. Unno, W.P. Ledoux   +84 more
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The extension of the taxon cycle model to island plants: insights from the Canarian vascular flora

Biological Reviews, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Taxon cycle models describe eco‐evolutionary patterns of lineage colonization, diversification, and decline across archipelagos, inferring an important role for competition amongst ecologically similar taxa in driving concurrent niche changes.
José María Fernández‐Palacios, Rüdiger Otto, Robert J. Whittaker   +2 more
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Molecular survey of Hepatozoon infection of Teira dugesii in the Azores

Animal Biodiversity and Conservation
Estudio molecular de la infección de Teira dugesii por Hepatozoon en las Azores Las hemogregarinas son parásitos que se encuentran en numerosos vertebrados, principalmente en reptiles, de los cuales el grupo más común son las serpientes seguidas de ...
D. Rund, V. Neves, P. Quillfeldt
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Antibody Negative Autoimmune Encephalitis: A Case Report

Acta Médica Portuguesa, 2021
Encephalitis is characterized by inflammation of the brain. Literature describes autoimmune as one of the most common aetiology of non-infectious encephalitis.
Carolina Sequeira, Pedro Lopes
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Azormod dynamic general equilibrium model for Azores [PDF]

, 2009
The main objective of this paper is to present a multi-sectoral, multi-regional dynamic modelling platform of the Azores economy integrated within the European and global context.
Bayar, Ali, Fortuna, Mário, Mohora, Cristina, Opese, Masudi, Sisik, Suat   +4 more
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