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dos Santos, Renato, Ângelo Rocha, Ana Matias, Catarina Duarte, Isabel Sá-Nogueira, Nuno Lourenço, João Paulo Borges, and Pedro Vidinha. "Development of antimicrobial Ion Jelly fibers." RSC Advances. 3 (2013): 24400-24405. Abstract
Palma, Luís, J. Moreira, Paulo Gil, and Fernando Coito. "Hybrid Approach for Control Loop Performance Assessment." KES - IDT - 5th International Conference on Intelligent Decision Technologies. KES IDT 2013 - IOS Press - Frontiers of Artificial Intelligence and Applications (FAIA). 2013. 235-244. Abstract
Nitrous oxide is a potent greenhouse gas, whose atmospheric concentration has been increasing since the introduction of the Haber Bosch process led to the widespread use of nitrogenous fertilizers. One of the pathways to its destruction is reduction to molecular nitrogen by the enzyme nitrous oxide reductase found in denitrifying bacteria. This enzyme catalyzes the last step of the denitrification pathway. It has two copper centers, a binuclear CuA center, similar to the one found in cytochrome c oxidase, and the CuZ center, a unique tetranuclear copper center now known to possess either one or two sulfide bridges. Nitrous oxide reductase has been isolated in different forms, depending on the oxidation state and molecular forms of its Cu centers. Recently, the structure of a purple form, which has both centers in the oxidized state, revealed that the CuZ center has the form [Cu4S2]. This review summarizes the biogenesis and regulation of nitrous oxide reductase, and the spectroscopic and kinetic properties of nitrous oxide reductase. The proposed activation and catalytic mechanism, as well as, electron transfer pathways are discussed in the light of the various structures of the CuZ center. (C) 2012 Published by Elsevier B.V.
M.I., Gomes, Henriques-Rodrigues L., and Caeiro F. "Refined Estimation of a Light Tail: An Application to Environmental Data." Advances in Theoretical and Applied Statistics. Ed. Fortunato; Bar-Hen Avner(Eds.) Torelli, Nicola; Pesarin. Studies in Theoretical and Applied Statistics. Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2013. 143-153. Abstract
The non-avian saurischians that have associated eggshells and embryos are represented only by the sauropodomorph Massospondylus and Coelurosauria (derived theropods), thus missing the basal theropod representatives. We report a dinosaur clutch containing several crushed eggs and embryonic material ascribed to the megalosaurid theropod Torvosaurus. It represents the first associated eggshells and embryos of megalosauroids, thus filling an important phylogenetic gap between two distantly related groups of saurischians. These fossils represent the only unequivocal basal theropod embryos found to date. The assemblage was found in early Tithonian fluvial overbank deposits of the Lourinhã Formation in West Portugal. The morphological, microstructural and chemical characterization results of the eggshell fragments indicate very mild diagenesis. Furthermore, these fossils allow unambiguous association of basal theropod osteology with a specific and unique new eggshell morphology.
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