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Discovering Madeira

Procedings of the Second Conference on Creativity and Innovation in Design, 2011
This paper describes a case study of using Cultural Probes in an early stage of a 'research-through-design' project aiming at innovations in social media. We discuss our rationale and process of designing the cultural probes, along with the method developed for interpreting the responses.
Jos P. van Leeuwen, Mayur Karnik, Ken Keane   +2 more
openaire   +1 more source

Antioxidant polyphenols of Madeira sorrel (Rumex maderensis): How do they survive to in vitro simulated gastrointestinal digestion?

Food Chemistry, 2018
In this work, we report the phytochemical profile and antioxidant activity of different morphological parts of Rumex maderensis Lowe (Polygonaceae), a wild leafy-vegetable growing in Madeira Island (Portugal).
Vítor Spínola, E. Llorent-Martínez, P. Castilho   +2 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Evaluating total mercury and methylmercury biomagnification using stable isotopes of carbon and nitrogen in fish from the Madeira River basin, Brazilian Amazon

Environmental science and pollution research international, 2022
M. H. Mussy, Ronaldo de Almeida, D. P. de Carvalho, L. C. Lauthartte, Igor Bruno Barbosa de Holanda, M. G. Almeida, I. F. de Sousa-Filho, C. D. de Rezende, O. Malm, W. Bastos   +9 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Elucidating a history of invasion: population genetics of pirarucu (Arapaima gigas, Actinopterygii, Arapaimidae) in the Madeira River

Hydrobiologia, 2022
Dayana Tamiris Brito dos Santos Catâneo, A. M. Ximenes, C. Garcia-Davila, P. V. Van Damme, Rubiani C. Pagotto, J. Vitule, T. Hrbek, I. Farias, Carolina Rodrigues da Costa Dória   +8 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Material damage caused by high-magnitude rainfall based on insurance data: Comparing two flooding events in the Lisbon Metropolitan Area and Madeira Island, Portugal

, 2020
This research quantifies and compares the material damage caused by flooding resulting from the two most extreme rainfall events of the 21st century in two Portuguese regions, using insurance data: the Lisbon Metropolitan Area (LMA) and Madeira Island ...
M. Leal, M. Fragoso, S. Lopes, E. Reis
semanticscholar   +1 more source

A new signal of marine tropicalization in the Macaronesia region: First record of the mesophotic macroalga Avrainvillea canariensis A. Gepp & E.S. Gepp in the Madeira archipelago

Aquatic Botany, 2019
Mesophotic green algal meadows of Avrainvillea canariensis are firstly reported for Madeira island. This represents a northern expansion of the species by nearly 500 km turning the species a Macaronesian endemism. The meadows of A. canariensis were found
C. Ribeiro, A. Neto, I. Moreu, R. Haroun, P. Neves   +4 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

“Pink round stones”—rhodolith beds: an overlooked habitat in Madeira Archipelago

Biodiversity and Conservation, 2021
P. Neves, João Silva, V. Peña, C. Ribeiro   +3 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

When Gamification Meets Sustainability: A Pervasive Approach to Foster Sustainable Mobility in Madeira

SMAS@MobiCom, 2019
In this paper, an approach to increase the use of public transportation by tourists, exploiting pervasive technologies and a smart objects infrastructure, is presented.
Bruno Cardoso, M. Ribeiro, Catia Prandi, N. Nunes   +3 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

A Comprehensive First Baseline for Marine Litter Characterization in the Madeira Archipelago (NE Atlantic)

Water, Air and Soil Pollution, 2020
Soledad Álvarez, I. Gestoso, A. Herrera, Léa Riera, J. Canning‐Clode   +4 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source