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and Ana L.Fonseca David P.J.Faria, João T.Santos Orlando Teodoro M. N. D. EVALUATING ACTIVE PORE SIZE IN PERMEATION THROUGH CORK. PTDC/EME-MFE/098738/2008., 2010.10_2010_evc11.pdf
Lima, Arlindo, Miguel Goulão, and Miguel Pessoa Monteiro. "Evidence-Based Comparison of Modularity Support Between Java and Object Teams." Empirical Evaluation of Software Composition Techniques (ESCOT 2010), at 9th International Conference on Aspect-Oriented Software Development (AOSD'2010). Rennes and Saint Malo, France 2010. Abstractlima2010escotfinal.pdf

Background: Aspect-oriented programming (AOP) is an
emerging programming paradigm whose focus is about improving
modularity, with an emphasis on the modularization of
crosscutting concerns.

Objective: The goal of this paper is to assess the extent to which
an AOP language – ObjectTeams/Java (OT/J) – improves the
modularity of a software system. This improvement has been
claimed but, to the best of our knowledge, this paper is the first
attempting to present quantitative evidence of it.

Method: We compare functionally-equivalent implementations of
the Gang-of-Four design patterns, developed in Java and OT/J,
using software metrics.

Results: The results of our comparison support the modularity
improvement claims made in the literature. For six of the seven
metrics used, the OT/J versions of the patterns obtained
significantly better results.

Limitations: This work uses a set of metrics originally defined
for object-oriented (OO) systems. It may be the case that the
metrics are biased, in that they were created in the context of OO
programming (OOP), before the advent of AOP. We consider this
comparison a stepping stone as, ultimately, we plan to assess the
modularity improvements with paradigm independent metrics,
which will conceivably eliminate the bias. Each individual
example from the sample used in this paper is small. In future, we
plan to replicate this experiment using larger systems, where the
benefits of AOP may be more noticeable.

Conclusion: This work contributes with evidence to fill gaps in
the body of quantitative results supporting alleged benefits to
software modularity brought by AOP languages, namely OT/J.

Oliveira, F., J. P. Dias, and M. FIgueira. "Existence of bound states for the coupled Schrödinger-KdV system with cubic nonlinearity." Comptes Rendus de l' Académie des Sciences. 349 (2010): 1079-1082.Website
Diogo, T., P. Lima, and M. Rebelo Extrapolation Methods for a Nonlinear Weakly Singular Volterra Integral Equation,. AIP Conference Proceedings- ICNAAM 2010, Vol. 1281,. Rhodes, Greece, 2010.
Barros, M. T., and A. M. Faísca-Phillips. "The first enantioselective [3+2] cycloaddition of epoxides to arylisocyanates: asymmetric synthesis of chiral oxazolidinone phosphonates." Tetrahedron: Asymmetry. 21 (2010): 2746-2752.
Carvalho, Tiago, Carlos Chastre, Hugo Biscaia, and Raquel Paula Flexural Behaviour of RC T-Beams Strengthened with Different FRP Materials. The Third International fib Congress and Exhibition "Think Globally, Build Locally", . Washington DC: fib, 2010. Abstract

The strengthening of reinforced concrete structures with FRP materials has received a
considerable increment in recent years due to the high strength-weight and stiffness-weight
ratios of FRP compared to other materials.
An experimental programme was conducted in order to analyse the behaviour of different
structural solutions to strengthen reinforced concrete beams with FRP composites (EBR
GFRP, EBR CFRP, NSRM-CFRP) and is described. The RC T beams had a 3m span by 0.3m
height and were tested until rupture in a 4-point bending test system.
The NSMR technique has proved to be the most effective of the three alternatives tested, as it
obtained high strength, combined with high ductility. Nevertheless, all the systems show
great strength increment in relation to the non retrofitted T-beams, proving to be effective
approaches to the flexural strengthening of RC beams.

Pereira, Pedro, M. Fino, Fernando Coito, and Mário Ventim-Neves. "GADISI – Genetic Algorithms Applied to the Automatic Design of Integrated Spiral Inductors." Doctoral Conference on Computing, Electrical and Industrial Systems, DoCEIS 2010. Eds. Luis Camarinha-Matos, Pedro Pereira, and Luis Ribeiro. Vol. 314. IFIP Advances in Information and Communication Technology, 314. Costa de Caparica - Portugal: Springer Boston, 2010. 515-522. Abstract

This work introduces a tool for the optimization of CMOS integrated spiral inductors. The main objective of this tool is to offer designers a first approach for the determination of the inductor layout parameters. The core of the tool is a Genetic Algorithm (GA) optimization procedure where technology constraints on the inductor layout parameters are considered. Further constraints regarding inductor design heuristics are also accounted for. Since the layout parameters are inherently discrete due to technology and topology constraints, discrete variable optimization techniques are used. The Matlab GA toolbox is used and the modifications on the GA functions, yielding technology feasible solutions is presented. For the sake of efficiency and simplicity the pi-model is used for characterizing the inductor. The validity of the design results obtained with the tool, is checked against circuit simulation with ASITIC.

Pereira, Pedro, Helena Fino, Fernando Coito, and Ventim M. Neves GADISI – Genetic Algorithms Applied to the Automatic Design of Integrated Spiral Inductors.. Doceis 2010. Caparica, Pt: Springer, 2010.
Cipriano, Fernanda, Soumaya Gheryani, and Habib Ouerdiane. "The Gibbs conditioning principle for white noise distributions: interacting and non-interacting cases." Quantum probability and infinite dimensional analysis. Proceedings of the 29th conference, Hammamet, Tunisia, October 13–18, 2008. Hackensack, NJ: World Scientific, 2010. 55-70. Abstract

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Doria, Gonçalo, Miguel Larguinho, João T. Dias, Eulália Pereira, Ricardo Franco, and Pedro V. Baptista. "Gold-silver-alloy nanoprobes for one-pot multiplex DNA detection." Nanotechnology. 21.. (2010): 255101.doria_et_al_nanotechnology_21_2010_255101.pdf
Batalha, I. L., A. Hussain, and A. C. A. Roque. "Gum Arabic coated magnetic nanoparticles with affinity for antibodies." Journal of Molecular Recognition. 23.5 (2010): 462-471.
Sousa, Teresa. "H-decompositions of r-graphs when H is an r-graph with exactly 2 edges." Electronic Journal of Combinatorics. 17 (2010): Research Paper 40, 8. AbstractHypergraph-decompositions.pdfWebsite

"Given two r-graphs G and H, an H-decomposition of G is a partition of the edge set of G such that each part either is a single edge or forms a graph isomorphic to H. The minimum number of parts in an H-decomposition of G is denoted by φrH(G). By a 2-edge-decomposition of an r-graph we mean an H-decomposition for any fixed r-graph H with exactly 2 edges. In the special cases where the two edges of H intersect in exactly 1, 2 or r−1 vertices, these 2-edge-decompositions will be called bowtie, domino and kite, respectively. The value of the function φrH(n) will be obtained for bowtie, domino and kite decompositions of r-graphs.''

Oliveira, F., A. J. Soares, and G. Kremer An H-theorem for chemically reacting gases. DYNA2008 - Dynamics, Games and Science Conference in honor of Maurício Peixoto and David Rand. Braga, Portugal: Springer, 2010.
Micaelo, Rui, Jaime Ribeiro, Maria Azevedo, and Nuno Azevedo HMA Compaction Study: Two Different Approaches. 11th ISAP – International Conference on Asphalt Pavements. Nagoya, Japan: ISAP, 2010.
Amado, Miguel P. "Housing Sustainability." IA Arquitectura Ierica. Vol. 35 (2010): pp.30-35.
Rebelo, M., and T. Diogo. "A hybrid collocation method for a nonlinear Volterra integral equation with weakly singular kernel." Journal of Computational and Applied Mathematics. 234 (2010): 2859-2869.
"Improving the general physics university course with computational modelling." Anais Educação e Desenvolvimento 2009. Ed. J. Matos. Lisboa: UIED, FCT/UNL, 2010. 13-24.
A. Oliveira, M. Urbieta, J. Araújo, A. Rodrigues, A. Moreira, S. Gordillo, and G. Rossi. "Improving the Quality of Web-GIS Modularity Using Aspects." Proceedings of the 7th International Conference on the Quality of Information and Communications Technology (QUATIC 2010). QUATIC, 2010. Abstract

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Bicho, A., A. C. A. Roque, A. S. Cardoso, P. Domingos, and I. L. Batalha. "In vitro studies with mammalian cell lines and gum arabic-coated magnetic nanoparticles." Journal of Molecular Recognition. 23.6 (2010): 536-542.
Azevedo, S. G., H. Carvalho, V. Cruz-Machado, and Fernando Grilo. "The influence of agile and resilient practices on supply chain performance: an innovative conceptual model proposal." Innovative Process Optimization Methods in Logistics: Emerging trends, concepts and technologies. Hamburg, Germany: Erich Schmidt Verlag GmbH & Co. KG, 2010. 265-281. Abstract

Supply chain management must appeal to different and more innovative strategies that make possible a better responsiveness to customers’ requirements and needs. The supply chains must be more agile, and also improving its ability to cope with unexpected disturbances, that is, supply chains must be more resilient. The deployment of these two strategies simultaneously will contribute to enhance the supply chain performance and competitiveness. Accordingly, the main objective of this paper is to propose an innovative conceptual model to a better understanding the influence of agile and resilient strategies on supply chain performance and competitiveness. The conceptual model proposed considers a set of agile and resilient practices deployed with consideration for the upstream and downstream supply chain relationships, as well as for the firm inward. In this model a performance measurement system is also proposed which intends to monitor the influence of these practices on operational and economic performance of the supply chain.

Viegas, A., A. L. Macedo, and E. J. Cabrita. "Ligand based nuclear magnetic resonance screening techniques." Ligand Macromolecule Interactions in drug discovery, Methods in Molecular Biology. Ed. Ana Cecília A. Roque. New York: Humana Press, 2010. 81-100.
Rybarczyk, Y. "A low cost optical tool for a 3D markerless motion capture." 33rd European Conference on Visual Perception. Lausanne, Switzerland 2010. copy.pdf
Martins, D., I. Catarino, D. Lopes, I. Esteves, J. P. Mota, and G. Bonfait "Low Temperature Adsorption Versus Pore Size in Activated Carbons". Eds. Ross R. G. jr. S.D. Miller. Cryocoolers 16. International Cryocooler Conference Inc., Boulder, CO, 2011, 2010. Abstract

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R. Monteiro, J. Araújo, V. Amaral, and P. Patricio. "MDGore: Towards Model-Driven and Goal-Oriented Requirements Engineering." 16th IEEE International Requirements Engineering Conference (RE 2010). IEEE Computer Society, 2010. Abstract

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