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Earthquake Mitigation in the Lisbon and Lower Tagus Valley area, Portugal

The capital city of Lisbon and the Lower Tagus Valley region of central Portugal mainland are located in the Eurasian plate about 350 Km from the approximately E-W oriented Eurasia-Africa plate boundary. It is characterized by low slip-rates (<0.4 mm/year) and a moderate seismicity, occasionally shaken by some important historical earthquakes causing significant damages and economical losses. The most well know...

Benefícios da reabilitação respiratória “long-term” – a propósito de...

Validation of the Lower Tagus Valley velocity and structural model using ambien...

Along his history the Lower Tagus Valley (LTV) region was shaken by several earthquakes, some of them were produced in large ruptures of offshore structures located southwest of the Portuguese coastline, among these we the Lisbon earthquake of 1 November 1755; other moderates earthquakes were produced by local sources such as the 1344, 1531 and the 1909 Benavente earthquake. In order to promote an improved asse...

Improving the Knowledge on Seismogenic Sources in the Lower Tagus Valley for Se...

The Lower Tagus Valley, that includes the metropolitan area of Lisbon, has been struck by several earthquakes which produced significant material damage and loss of lives. Their exact location remains unknown. Our goal is to shed some light into the seismogenic sources in the area using seismic reflection and geological data. In areas with no seismic coverage, potential-field data interpretation was carried out...

Developing a site-conditions map for seismic hazard Assessment in Portugal

The evaluation of site effects on a broad scale is a critical issue for seismic hazard and risk assessment, land use planning and emergency planning. As characterization of site conditions based on the shear-wave velocity has become increasingly important, several methods have been proposed in the literature to estimate its average over the first thirty meters (Vs30) from more extensively available data. These ...

Emotion recognition in multiple sclerosis

The effect of multiple sclerosis (MS) on the ability to identify emotional expressions in faces was investigated, and possible associations with patients’ characteristics were explored. 56 non-demented MS patients and 56 healthy subjects (HS) with similar demographic characteristics performed an emotion recognition task (ERT), the Benton Facial Recognition Test (BFRT), and answered the Hospital Anxiety and Depr...

Transponder for Coarse Wavelength Division Multiplexing (CWDM) Optical Communic...

In this paper a CWDM bi-directional opticaltransponder is described. This transponder was built in theframework of the project SIRAC. The design optionsfollowed are detailed discussed. This paper also discusses thepossible extension of the transponder to Dense WavelengthDivision Multiplexing (DWDM) systems.Znda Terms - Optical Transponder, CWDM Systems,DWDM Systems, FEC. ; Neste artigo &eacute; feita a descri&...

Effect of (-)-&#8710;9-tetrahydrocannabinoid on the hepatic redox state of mice

(-)-&#8710;9-Tetrahydrocannabinol (&#8710;9-THC), a psychoactive component of marijuana, has been reported to induce oxidative damage in vivo and in vitro. In this study, we administered &#8710;9-THC to healthy C57BL/6J mice aged 15 weeks in order to determine its effect on hepatic redox state. Mice were divided into 3 groups: &#8710;9-THC (N = 10), treated with 10 mg/kg body weight &#8710;9-THC daily; VCtrl (N...

Epithelioid hemangiosarcomas of the bovine urinary bladder: a histologic, immun...

Epithelioid hemangiosarcoma is a specific variant of hemangiosarcoma that has recently been recognized in domestic animals. These malignant vascular neoplasms histologically resemble, and may be mistaken for, carcinomas. Four epithelioid hemangiosarcomas in the urinary bladders of 4 cows with severe enzootic hematuria are described in the current study. Grossly, the vesicular mucosa of the urinary bladder of ea...

Dilated fetal bowel as indication for prenatal diagnosis of cystic fibrosis

Dilated fetal bowel is a sonographic fi nding that is associated to meconium ileus, a feature of cystic fi brosis (CF). Prenatal diagnosis of CF is possible through analysis of the cystic fi brosis transmembrane regulator gene mutations. A male infant is described, who was referred to our Prenatal Diagnosis Center a 17th week of gestation with a dilated bowel loop on a prenatal scan. Amniocentesis was performed...