A5091774784- Water Systems and Optimization
- Recycled Aggregate Concrete Performance
- Urban Stormwater Management Solutions
- Municipal Solid Waste Management
- Construction Project Management and Performance
- Water resources management and optimization
- Water-Energy-Food Nexus Studies
- Occupational Health and Safety Research
- BIM and Construction Integration
- Concrete and Cement Materials Research
- Building Energy and Comfort Optimization
- Infrastructure Maintenance and Monitoring
- Urban Heat Island Mitigation
- Wastewater Treatment and Reuse
- Sustainable Building Design and Assessment
- Recycling and Waste Management Techniques
- Irrigation Practices and Water Management
- Risk and Safety Analysis
- Life Cycle Costing Analysis
- Fiscal Policy and Economic Growth
- Neuroinflammation and Neurodegeneration Mechanisms
- Urban and Freight Transport Logistics
- Building materials and conservation
- Housing Market and Economics
- Food Waste Reduction and Sustainability
University of Lisbon
2016-2025
Universidade Federal da Bahia
2025
Instituto de Engenharia de Sistemas e Computadores Investigação e Desenvolvimento
2017-2023
Instituto Superior Técnico
2020
Instituto Superior de Tecnologias Avançadas
2018
Universidade Federal de Uberlândia
2016
Instituto Politécnico de Lisboa
2009-2015
University of California, Davis
2009
University of Aveiro
2009
Nuclear receptors such as glucocorticoid (GRs) are transcription factors with prominent regulatory effects on neuroinflammation. Agathisflavone is a biflavonoid that demonstrates neurogenic, neuroprotective, anti-inflammatory, antioxidant, and pro-myelinogenic in vitro. This study investigated whether the control of glial reactivity by agathisflavone mediated GRs. Primary cultures astrocytes microglia were induced to neuroinflammation lipopolysaccharides (LPSs) exposed or not presence...
Knowing water and energy consumption patterns sets the baseline for understanding their drivers assessing performance of potential measures to increase efficiency and/or reliability. These can vary substantially depending on building characteristics, users use, cultural, social, economic, environmental context in which is located, among many other factors. This article presents a general methodological framework characterizing buildings based evaluation characteristics equipments appliances,...
Abstract Water is a crucial resource for life, and it increasingly scarce in many regions of the globe. In addition, retail water use responsible up to 19% public globally supplied. Hence, this study has set out explore technical economic feasibility rainwater harvesting systems as an alternative source store located southern Portugal. consumption data from 2018 2021 was collected bills, placing average monthly at around 400 m 3 . Next, rainfall nearest meteorological station, comprising 54...
Traumatic brain injury (TBI) has a complex and multifactorial pathology is major cause of death disability for humans. Immediately after TBI, astrocytes microglia react with morphological functional changes known as reactive gliosis to form glial scar in the area immediately adjacent lesion, which barrier neuronal regeneration. The flavonoid agathisflavone (bis-apigenin), present Poincianella pyramidalis leaves, been shown have neuroprotective, neurogenic, anti-inflammatory effects,...
The 2050 global ambition for a carbon-neutral society is increasing the penetration of most competitive variable renewable technologies, onshore wind and solar PV. These technologies are known their near-zero marginal costs but highly time-dependent generation. Power systems with major penetrations generation need high balancing flexibility to guarantee stability by maintaining equilibrium between demand supply. Electricity markets were designed dispatchable technologies. Support schemes...
Abstract The effort towards a greener future will entail shift to more environmentally friendly alternatives of many human activities. Within this context, the path decarbonized society in general, and industrial decarbonization particular, require using low carbon solutions and/or capturing emissions at source. This flux captured then management one option is store it concrete. incorporation CO2 can be done during mixing curing. While latter efficient effective terms amount incorporated,...
In order to formulate targeted water demand management policies, policymakers need know how is consumed in cities. However, domestic consumption can be highly affected by diverse factors, with local specificities playing a major role. this study, the determinant factors associated residential city of Aveiro, Portugal, are examined based on data collected through survey. The analysis was conducted understand sociodemographic and physical house influence consumption. Income, family size,...
Prefabrication is increasingly recognized as an alternative to conventional on-site construction, offering potential environmental benefits. However, these benefits are context-specific, requiring precise studies for optimal solutions. This paper presents the life-cycle performance of innovative prefabricated interior partition wall and benchmarks it against a system, providing replicable model other novel walls. Detailed data collected directly from sources were utilized conduct...
Models and frameworks used for managing construction projects are typically inspired in business 'cultures' that prevail within industrial contexts. The conceptual backgrounds of quality, performance, risk environments explored to ascertain whether these can complement each other. A new general approach towards Risk-Managed Performance-Based Building (RM-PBB) is presented, including the principles inputs designing implementing an RM-PBB framework. Such a framework envisages fulfilment...
Nowadays, a wide range of stakeholders seek explicit performance and risk information on construction projects. These include end-users, authorities, insurance companies financial institutions, among others. They look for proof that engineering risks are being properly managed specified performance-based requirements fulfilled throughout all stages the project (e.g. technical related to building such as structural safety, serviceability, durability, fire energy efficiency, or others). Such...