A5033422390- Climate variability and models
- Meteorological Phenomena and Simulations
- Atmospheric aerosols and clouds
- Antibiotic Resistance in Bacteria
- Solar Radiation and Photovoltaics
- Bacterial Identification and Susceptibility Testing
- Cancer Genomics and Diagnostics
- Tropical and Extratropical Cyclones Research
- Tuberculosis Research and Epidemiology
- Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics
- Enterobacteriaceae and Cronobacter Research
- Hepatitis B Virus Studies
- Mycobacterium research and diagnosis
- Bacteriophages and microbial interactions
University of Lisbon
2024-2025
University of Évora
2014-2021
ABSTRACT Amplicon sequencing (Amp-Seq) of Mycobacterium tuberculosis genes associated with drug resistance and strain typing offers a cost-effective approach for profiling infections tailoring the clinical management tuberculosis. However, Amp-Seq assays require continual updates to incorporate new loci mutations linked resistance. We introduce TOAST (Tuberculosis Optimised Sequencing Tool), customisable software tool that optimises amplicon design across any platforms (e.g., Illumina,...
In this study regional climate simulations of Europe over the 60-year period (1950–2010) made using a 25 km resolution WRF model with NCEP 2.5 degree analysis for initial/boundary conditions are presented air temperature and extreme events heat cold waves. The E-OBS data sets used validation. Results suggest that could simulate trends (mean, maximum, minimum, seasonal minimum) most parts except Iberian Peninsula, Mediterranean, coastal regions. Model slight fall temperatures from 1950 to...
ABSTRACT A climate study of the incidence downward surface global solar radiation ( SSRD ) in Iberian Peninsula IP based primarily on ERA ‐40 reanalysis is presented. NCEP / NCAR and ground‐based records from several Portuguese Spanish stations have been also considered. The results show that can capture a similar inter‐annual variability as compared to observations, especially monthly basis, even though annual values tend underestimate (overestimate) observations with mean relative...
Direct Normal Irradiance (DNI) predictions obtained from the Integrated Forecasting System of European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecast (IFS/ECMWF) were compared against ground-based observational data one location at south Portugal (Évora). Hourly and daily DNI values analyzed different temporal forecast horizons (1 to 3 days ahead) results show that IFS/ECMWF slightly overestimates period analysis August 2018 until 31 July 2019) with a fairly good agreement between model...
Abstract Interpreting phenotypes of bla SHV alleles in Klebsiella pneumoniae genomes is complex. While all strains are expected to carry a chromosomal copy conferring resistance ampicillin, they may also mutations or additional plasmid-borne that have extended-spectrum β-lactamase (ESBL) activity and/or inhibitor (BLI) activity. In addition, the role individual mutations/amino acid changes not completely documented understood. This has led confusion literature and antimicrobial (AMR) gene...