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Breastfeeding and childhood obesity in the Azores

, 2021
Background. The hypothesis that breastfeeding has a protective effect in childhood obesity is not new; however, controversial results have been published.
Simões, José, Luiz Miguel Santiago, Inês Rosendo, Ferreira, Ana, José Simões, Ana Ferreira, Rosendo, Inês, Santiago, Luiz Miguel   +7 more
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Waders in a sea of debris: a global overview

Biological Reviews, Volume 101, Issue 5, Page 2253-2264, October 2026.
ABSTRACT The impact of plastic pollution on ecosystems and marine fauna is well documented, although research into its effects on waders (also known as shorebirds) remains limited. Given that waders are exposed to coastal marine litter, this exposure could be a significant factor in the decline of their populations. This study aims to assess the global
Yada Trapletti‐Lanti, Mónica Expósito‐Granados, Elizabeth Znidersic, Marga L. Rivas   +3 more
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Local Authorities and Public Finances: Between Administrative Autonomy and the Demands of European Union Economic Governance

Revista de Direito Econômico e Socioambiental
Local authorities in Portugal have played an important role in the development and dynamization of the territories. Since its constitution, through the strengthening of its powers with the revolution of April 25, 1974, to more recent times, local power ...
Alexandre Branco Gaudêncio, José Noronha Rodrigues, Dora Cristina Ribeiro Cabete   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Isolation, Insularity and Resilience: A Review of the Geophysical, Socioeconomic, and Environmental Vulnerabilities of Gran Canaria and Lesvos Islands for Policy Interventions to Global Change

Sustainable Development, Volume 34, Issue 6, Page 8018-8057, October 2026.
ABSTRACT The dynamic nature of small islands being geographically isolated and their perceived connectedness with global networks complicates research attempts to draw general conclusions on whether insularity leads to marginalization or strengthens their resilience for sustainable development.
Toheeb Lekan Jolaosho, Mazen Marouani, Takwa Boughanmi   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

BaSIC: A Bayesian Inversion Model for Basalt Source Investigation and Characterization

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth, Volume 131, Issue 10, October 2026.
Abstract We present BaSIC: Basalt Source Investigation and Characterization, an open‐source Python based Bayesian inversion method to constrain the source mineralogy of basalts. Using bulk rock geochemistry, the model takes the averages and standard deviations of six elemental ratios (Mn/Fe, Zn/Fe, Mn/Zn, Sc/Zn, Co/Fe, and Ga/Sc) for a given basalt ...
E. H. Cunningham, S. Lambart, E. L. Brown   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

A Lagrangian Time‐Series Machine Learning Framework for Predicting Concentrations and Exploring Drivers of Atmospheric Aerosols: Model Development and Application to Cloud Condensation Nuclei in Marine Boundary Layer

Journal of Advances in Modeling Earth Systems, Volume 18, Issue 10, October 2026.
Abstract Atmospheric aerosols play critical roles in climate and air quality. Accurately assessing their environmental impacts requires understanding aerosol abundance, distribution, and the key factors and processes that control them. Although machine learning is increasingly used in predicting aerosol concentrations, its application in exploring ...
Shengqian Zhou, Dong Qi, Hanyang Liu, Yevgeniy Vorobeychik, Jian Wang   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Surface Roughness and Fractal Analysis of TiO₂ Thin Films by DC Sputtering

Engineering Proceedings
This study examines the effect of oxygen concentration and sputtering power on the surface morphology of TiO2 thin films deposited by DC reactive magnetron sputtering. Surface roughness parameters were obtained using MountainsMap® software(10.2) from SEM
Helena Cristina Vasconcelos, Telmo Eleutério, Maria Meirelles   +2 more
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Two Localization Strategies for Sequential MCMC Data Assimilation With Applications to Nonlinear Non‐Gaussian Geophysical Models

Journal of Advances in Modeling Earth Systems, Volume 18, Issue 10, October 2026.
Abstract We present a localized data assimilation (DA) scheme based on sequential Markov Chain Monte Carlo (SMCMC) (Ruzayqat et al., 2024, https://doi.org/10.1002/qj.4710), a provably convergent method for filtering high‐dimensional, nonlinear, and potentially non‐Gaussian state‐space models (SSMs).
Hamza Ruzayqat, Hristo G. Chipilski, Omar Knio   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Why do dolphins form mixed-species associations in the Azores ?

, 2008
Mixed-species associations are temporary associations between individuals of different species that are often observed in birds, primates and cetaceans.
Santos, R. S., Mónica A. Silva, Quérouil, Sophie, Silva, M. A., Sophie Quérouil, Maria Inês Seabra, Seabra, M. I., Machete, M. A., Miguel A. Machete, Irma Cascão, Ricardo S. Santos, Sara Magalhães, Cascao, I., Magalhaes, S.   +13 more
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A Field-Driven Growth Model for Uniform Thin-Film Growth

Micromachines
Externally applied electric fields are widely employed during thin-film deposition to improve film uniformity, texture and densification. Despite extensive experimental evidence, the physical mechanisms by which such fields influence nucleation, surface ...
Helena Cristina Vasconcelos, Telmo Eleutério, Maria Meirelles   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source