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    Estudos sobre os efeitos da fragmentação da paisagem na dimensão de uma população

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    Neste trabalho propusemo-nos responder às seguintes questões. Qual o papel que a capacidade de dispersão de uma espécie tem para a sua persistência numa paisagem atravessada por estradas? É possível encontrar um modelo de aproximação á média do modelo de Skellam em paisagens fragmentadas fonte-sumidouro? Usando o modelo de Skellam, o que é mais determinante para a persistência de uma espécie em paisagens fragmentadas fonte-sumidouro, a perda de habitat ou a fragmentação? Qual o papel que a capacidade de dispersão de uma espécie tem na persistência de uma espécie em paisagens fragmentadas fonte-sumidouro quando há perturbações estocásticas. Concluímos que quanto maior for a taxa de dispersão de uma espécie, mais esta é vulnerável à existência de estradas. Desenvolvemos um modelo de aproximação à média do modelo de Skellam em paisagens fragmentadas. Concluímos que a proporção de habitat fonte necessária para a persistência de uma espécie é maior para paisagens sem auto-correlação espacial. Demonstramos que existe uma capacidade de dispersão intermédia que é óptima para a persistência da população. Nas paisagens continente-ilha há uma capacidade de dispersão intermédia que é muito negativa para a probabilidade de persistência da espécie nas ilhas e quanto maior for a capacidade de dispersão, maior é a probabilidade de persistência da espécie nas ilhas

    Bioclimatic modeling in the Last Glacial Maximum, Mid-Holocene and facing future climatic changes in the strawberry tree (Arbutus unedo L.)

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    Research ArticleIncreasing forest wildfires in Portugal remain a growing concern since forests in the Mediterranean region are vulnerable to recent global warming and reduction of precipitation. Therefore, a long-term negative effect is expected on the vegetation, with increasing drought and areas burnt by fires. The strawberry tree (Arbutus unedo L.) is particularly used in Portugal to produce a spirit by processing its fruits and is the main income for forestry owners. Other applications are possible due to the fruit and leaves’ anti-oxidant properties and bioactive compounds production, with a potential for clinical and food uses. It is a sclerophyllous plant, dry-adapted and fire resistant, enduring the Mediterranean climate, and recently considered as a possibility for afforestation, to intensify forest discontinuity where pines and eucalypts monoculture dominate the region. To improve our knowledge about the species’ spatial distribution we used 318 plots (the centroid of a 1 km2 square grid) measuring the species presence and nine environmental attributes. The seven bioclimatic variables most impacting on the species distribution and two topographic features, slope and altitude, were used. The past, current and future climate data were obtained through WorldClim. Finally, the vulnerability of the strawberry tree to the effects of global climate change was examined in the face of two emission scenarios (RCP 4.5 and 8.5), to predict distribution changes in the years 2050 and 2070, using a species distribution models (MaxEnt). The reduction of suitable habitat for this species is significant in the southern regions, considering the future scenarios of global warming. Central and northern mountainous regions are putative predicted refuges for this species. Forest policy and management should reflect the impact of climate change on the usable areas for forestry, particularly considering species adapted to the Mediterranean regions and wildfires, such as the strawberry tree. The distribution of the species in the Last Glacial Maximum (LGM) and Mid-Holocene (MH) agrees with previous genetic and paleontological studies in the region, which support putative refuges for the species. Two in the southern and coastal-central regions, since the LGM, and one in the eastcentral mountainous region, considered as cryptic refugiainfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersio

    Factorização meromorfa e generalizada numa álgebra de funções matriciais 2x2

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    Dissertação apresentada ao Instituto Superior Técnico UTL, para obtenção do Grau de Mestre em matemática Aplicada.Neste trabalho faz-se o estudo das relações entre a factorização generalizada e a factorização meromorfa de funções matriciais 2 x 2, em particular de várias classes do tipo Daniele-Khrapkov. Para estas mostra-se que se pode obter uma factorização meromorfa dentro da mesma classe, uma vez conhe¬cida uma solução de um dado problema de Riemann-Hilbert associado à matriz estudada. Serão estudados vários casos sucessivamente mais comple¬xos de funções matriciais 2 x 2, para os quais, partindo de uma factorização meromorfa, se obtêm condições de existência de factorização generalizada canónica, e expressões explícitas para os factores

    Bioclimatic modeling in the Last Glacial Maximum, Mid-Holocene and facing future climatic changes in the strawberry tree (Arbutus unedo L.)

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    Increasing forest wildfires in Portugal remain a growing concern since forests in the Mediterranean region are vulnerable to recent global warming and reduction of precipitation. Therefore, a long-term negative effect is expected on the vegetation, with increasing drought and areas burnt by fires. The strawberry tree (Arbutus unedo L.) is particularly used in Portugal to produce a spirit by processing its fruits and is the main income for forestry owners. Other applications are possible due to the fruit and leaves’ anti-oxidant properties and bioactive compounds production, with a potential for clinical and food uses. It is a sclerophyllous plant, dry-adapted and fire resistant, enduring the Mediterranean climate, and recently considered as a possibility for afforestation, to intensify forest discontinuity where pines and eucalypts monoculture dominate the region. To improve our knowledge about the species’ spatial distribution we used 318 plots (the centroid of a 1 km2 square grid) measuring the species presence and nine environmental attributes. The seven bioclimatic variables most impacting on the species distribution and two topographic features, slope and altitude, were used. The past, current and future climate data were obtained through WorldClim. Finally, the vulnerability of the strawberry tree to the effects of global climate change was examined in the face of two emission scenarios (RCP 4.5 and 8.5), to predict distribution changes in the years 2050 and 2070, using a species distribution models (MaxEnt). The reduction of suitable habitat for this species is significant in the southern regions, considering the future scenarios of global warming. Central and northern mountainous regions are putative predicted refuges for this species. Forest policy and management should reflect the impact of climate change on the usable areas for forestry, particularly considering species adapted to the Mediterranean regions and wildfires, such as the strawberry tree. The distribution of the species in the Last Glacial Maximum (LGM) and Mid-Holocene (MH) agrees with previous genetic and paleontological studies in the region, which support putative refuges for the species. Two in the southern and coastal-central regions, since the LGM, and one in the east-central mountainous region, considered as cryptic refugia.Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia | Ref. UID/AGR/00239/2013Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia | Ref. SFRH/BSAB/113895/2015Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia | Ref. UID/AMB/00681/2013Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia | Ref. SFRH/BSAB/127907/2016Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia | Ref. UID/AGR/00239/2013Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia | Ref. UID/AGR/04129/2013Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia | Ref. UID/AMB/00681/2013Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia | Ref. UID/AMB/00681/201

    Relationship between BMI and COVID-19

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    Body mass index has been studied as one of the factors that negatively influences COVID-19. In this work, we intend to analyze this influence. A representative sample of the population of Beira Interior was used (around 2%), on which immunity research and a socio-demographic survey were carried out. It was found that obesity influences the vaccination rate, and that all other variables analyzed were not influenced by body mass index
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