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Census of Octocorallia (Cnidaria: Anthozoa) of the Azores (NE Atlantic) with a nomenclature update.
Zootaxa, 2019 Zoological nomenclature revisions are essential for biodiversity studies and indispensable to avoid naming and description of already described species and should be valued in all subsequent studies considering biology, molecular biology, ecology or ...
Sampaio Íris +4 more
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The Azores as a Winter Resort [PDF]
The Boston Medical and Surgical Journal, 1889 n ...
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Breastfeeding and childhood obesity in the Azores
Family Medicine & Primary Care Review, 2021 Background. The hypothesis that breasteeding has a protectve effect in childhood obesity is not new; however, controversial results have been published. Since the Azores reported the lowest rate of breasteeding in Portugal and a high prevalence of childhood obesity, it becomes important to understand whether these facts are related or not. Objectves. To
Ferreira, Ana Vaz +3 more
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Ecography, EarlyView.Invasive alien plant species can cause considerable ecological, economic, and social impacts, and the number of impactful species will likely increase with globalisation and anthropogenic climate change. Preventing potentially invasive alien plant species from becoming introduced is the most cost‐effective way to protect Norway's ecosystems from future
Katy Ivison +6 more
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Phenolic compounds as anti-Alzheimer’s disease agents [PDF]
Exploration of NeuroscienceAlzheimer’s disease, the main cause of dementia worldwide, is a slowly progressive neurodegenerative disorder. This disease involves a diversity of etiophatogenic processes as it is not only a genetic but also a biological and environmental disease ...
Jorge Medeiros
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Northward drift of the Azores plume in the Earth’s mantle
Nature Communications, 2019 Mantle plume fixity has long been a cornerstone assumption to reconstruct past tectonic plate motions. However, precise geochronological and paleomagnetic data along Pacific continuous hotspot tracks have revealed substantial drift of the Hawaiian plume.
M. Arnould +3 more
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Settlement and anthropization of the Azores Islands
Journal of Biogeography, 2023 The landscape of the Azores Islands is one of the most deeply transformed among oceanic islands, as most of their original forests have been replaced by other vegetation types introduced from elsewhere. This has been considered a large-scale unintentional ecological and biogeographical experiment on the assembly of island biotas and ecosystems.
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Bank Capital Regulation and Derivatives Clearing
International Journal of Finance &Economics, EarlyView.ABSTRACT As part of the post global financial crisis banking reforms, regulators introduced a leverage ratio requirement, a minimum capital requirement over a bank's total exposures. We assess the consequences of this requirement for derivative clearing services to clients, which creates exposures for the dealers, by exploiting its earlier introduction
Jonathan Acosta‐Smith +2 more
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Frontiers in Marine Science, 2022 Deep-sea mining activities are expected to impact deep-sea biota through the generation of sediment plumes that disperse across vast areas of the ocean. Benthic sessile suspension-feeding fauna, such as cold-water corals, may be particularly susceptible ...
Marina Carreiro-Silva +22 more
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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 +4 more
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