A5101419933- Water Treatment and Disinfection
- Bacterial biofilms and quorum sensing
- Phenothiazines and Benzothiazines Synthesis and Activities
- Antifungal resistance and susceptibility
- Advanced oxidation water treatment
- Membrane Separation Technologies
- Microfluidic and Bio-sensing Technologies
- Breast Implant and Reconstruction
- Body Contouring and Surgery
- Horticultural and Viticultural Research
- Listeria monocytogenes in Food Safety
- Antibiotics Pharmacokinetics and Efficacy
- Enzyme-mediated dye degradation
- Legionella and Acanthamoeba research
- Plant Molecular Biology Research
- Graphene and Nanomaterials Applications
- Plant Physiology and Cultivation Studies
- Legume Nitrogen Fixing Symbiosis
- Environmental remediation with nanomaterials
- Energy Harvesting in Wireless Networks
- Antimicrobial agents and applications
- Body Image and Dysmorphia Studies
- Greenhouse Technology and Climate Control
- Viral Infectious Diseases and Gene Expression in Insects
- Indoor Air Quality and Microbial Exposure
Universidade do Porto
2017-2024
Conway School of Landscape Design
2023
Universidade Estadual de Maringá
2020
Universidade de Santiago de Compostela
2017
New York University
1995
Background: Silicone gel breast implants are associated with long-term adverse events, including capsular contracture, reported incidence rates as high 50 percent. However, it is not clear how long the follow-up period should be and whether there any association estrogen or menopausal status. In addition, placement of Baker grade II subjects in majority reports has been data sets controls instead contracture. Methods: A retrospective medical study (1998 to 2004) was performed women (n = 157)...
The oligomerization of esculin by laccase in aqueous medium resulted a precipitate fraction with excellent antioxidant properties.
The contamination of indoor areas is a global health problem that can cause the dispersion infectious diseases. In sense, it urgent to find new strategies applying lower concentration traditional chemicals used for cleaning and disinfection. Ultraviolet radiation (UV), in particular far-UV-C (200–225 nm), has emerged as successful, powerful, easy-to-apply, inexpensive approach bacterial eradication still requires scientific assessment. This study investigated disinfection based on (222 nm)...
The increasing incidence of implant-associated infections has prompted the development effective strategies to prevent biofilm formation on these devices. In this work, pristine graphene nanoplatelet/polydimethylsiloxane (GNP/PDMS) surfaces containing different GNP loadings (1, 2, 3, 4, and 5 wt%) were produced evaluated their ability mitigate development. After loading optimization, most promising surface was tested against single- dual-species biofilms
Controlling the temperature inside a greenhouse during summer is problem of increasing importance in Mediterranean countries, especially Spanish southeast. The metabolic profile tomatoes and leaves grown under conventional conditions within presence shade mesh (∼50% reduction sunlight radiation) has been monitored. Tomatoes were weekly harvested from May to July 2017 analyzed by NMR spectroscopy coupled multivariate data analysis techniques, together with oxygen radical absorbance capacity...
The present work addresses the design of an electronic system for powering autonomous underwater vehicles (AUVs). We report study and implementation a developed transmitting receiving wireless power in water from docking station to AUV. A simplified analysis is presented regarding operation class-D driver series-series inductive resonant coupling topology. further investigate compromise between link efficiency delivery circumvent reduced output capability. Simulation results are provided as...
The potential of pentapotassium bis(peroxymonosulphate) bis(sulphate) (OXONE) to control biofilms in drinking water distribution systems (DWDS) was evaluated and compared chlorine disinfection. Mature (DW)-isolated Stenotrophomonas maltophilia were formed using a simulated DWDS with rotating cylinder reactor (RCR). After 30 min exposure, OXONE at 10 × minimum bactericidal concentration (MBC) caused significant 4 log reduction biofilm culturability comparison the unexposed decrease number...
Shake flask cultivation is a routine technique in microbiology and biotechnology laboratories where cell growth can be affected by the hydrodynamic conditions, which depend on agitation velocity, shaking diameter, shake size. Liquid implemented inherently to increase aeration, substrate transfer cells, prevent sedimentation, disregarding role of hydrodynamics microbial metabolism. Here, we present simple approach help standardize forces orbital shakers experimental accuracy reproducibility...
AbstractThe activity of two chlorinated isocyanurates (NaDCC and TCCA) peroxymonosulphate (OXONE) was evaluated against biofilms Stenotrophomonas maltophilia, an emerging pathogen isolated from drinking water (DW), for the prevention biofilm regrowth. After disinfection pre-formed 48 h-old biofilms, culturability reduced up to 7 log, with OXONE, TCCA, NaDCC showing more efficiency than free chlorine formed on stainless steel. The regrowth previously exposed OXONE by 5 4 log CFU cm−2 in...
<p>The chemical disinfectant chlorine, as chlorine gas (Cl<sub>2</sub>) and sodium hypochlorite (NaOCl), has been commonly used for drinking water treatment.<sup>1,2</sup> Although the recommended residual concentration of free allows to some extent control microbial growth in bulk water, occurrence biofilms chlorinated distribution systems (DWDS) frequently reported.<sup>3,4</sup> Therefore,...