Estudo da variabilidade genética de marcadores moleculares ligados ao gene da MGP e sua aplicação para paternidades em Sparus aurata

Dissertação de Mestrado, Biologia Marinha, Especialização em Biotecnologia Marinha, Faculdade de Ciências do Mar e do Ambiente, Universidade do Algarve, 2008

Dissection of the early steps in the assembly of the 20S proteasome in Saccharomyces cerevisiae

Tese de dout., Bioquímica (Biologia Celular e Molecular), Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Univ. do Algarve, 2010

O complexo industrial da Boca do Rio. Organização de um sítio produtor de preparados piscícolas.

Dissertação de mest., Arqueologia (Teoria e Métodos), Faculdade de Ciências Humanas e Sociais, Univ. do Algarve, 2012

Assessment of the mineralogenic toxicity of aquatic pollutants

In ecotoxicology a major focus is in the aquatic environment, not only because it presents a great economic value to man but it is an ecosystem widely affected by the growing anthropogenic pollution. Most of the studies performed relate to adverse effects in development, reproductive or endocrine disruption but little is known about the possible effects in bone formation and skeletal development. In this study, we set out to evaluate the effects of 8 aquatic pollutants on the skeletal development using an in vivo system, the zebrafish larvae aged 20 days post-fertilization, through chronic exposure. Several endpoints were considered such as the cumulative mortality, total length, occurrence of skeletal deformities and marker gene expression. We were able to establish LD50 values for some pollutants, like 3-methylcholanthrene, lindane, diclofenac, cobalt and vanadate and found that the total length was not affected by any of the pollutants tested. Cobalt was the most harmful chemical to affect hatching time, severely affecting the ability of the zebrafish embryos to hatch and overall the number of deformities increased upon exposure to tested chemicals but no patterns of deformities were identified. We also propose that 3-methylcholanthrene has an osteogenic effect, affecting osteoblast and osteoclast function and that op levels can act as a mediator of 3-methylcholanthrene toxic stress to the osteoblast. In turn we found naphthalene to probably have a chondrogenic effect. Our results provided new insights into the potential osteotoxicity of environmental pollutants. Future studies should aim at confirming these preliminary data and at determining mechanisms of osteotoxicity.

Inclusão de uma criança com síndrome de turner numa escola do ensino regular: um estudo de caso

Dissertação de mestrado, Educação Especial - Domínios Cognitivo e Motor, Escola Superior de Educação e Comunicação, Universidade do Algarve, 2015

Relé diferencial numérico para proteção de transformadores

Dissertação de Mestrado, Engenharia Elétrica e Eletrónica, Especialização em Sistemas de Energia e Controlo, Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Universidade do Algarve, 2015

Gambling nos mercados financeiros: uma revisão sistemática da literatura

Dissertação de Mestrado, Finanças Empresariais, Faculdade de Economia, Universidade do Algarve, 2016

Multibiomarker assessment of cadmium-based quantum dots effects in the marine mussel Mytilus galloprovincialis

Tese de Doutoramento, Ciências do Mar, da Terra e do Ambiente, Ramo: Ciências e Tecnologias do Ambiente, Especialização em Ecotoxicologia, Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Universidade do Algarve, 2016