Crystallization and crystallographic analysis of the apo form of the orange protein (ORP) from desulfovibrio gigas

Acta Crystallographica Section F Structural Biology and Crystallization Communications Volume 65, Part 8

Welfare analysis of regulating mobile termination rates in the UK with an application to the Orange/T-Mobile merger

We present a calibrated model of the UK mobile telephony market with four mobile networks; calls to and from the fixed network; network-based price discrimination; and call externalities. Our results show that reducing mobile termination rates broadly in line with the recent European Commission Recommendation to either pure long-run incremental cost ; reciprocal termination charges with fixed networks; or Bill & Keep (i.e. zero termination rates), increases social welfare, consumer surplus and networks profits. Depending on the strength of call externalities, social welfare may increase by as much as £ 990 million to £ 4.5 billion per year, with Bill & Keep leading to the highest increase in welfare. We also apply the model to estimate the welfare effects of the 2010 merger between Orange and T-Mobile under different scenarios concerning MTRs, and predict that consumer surplus decreases strongly.

An interdisciplinary approach to the study of colour in portuguese manuscript illuminations

Dissertação apresentada para obtenção do Grau de Doutor em Conservação e Restauro, especialidade Teoria, História e Técnicas, pela Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia

Dioszegia antarctica sp. nov. and Dioszegia cryoxerica sp. nov., psychrophilic basidiomycetous yeasts from polar desert soils in Antarctica

International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology, 60

Historically accurate reconstructions and characterisation of chrome yellow pigments

Dissertation presented at the Faculty of Sciences and Technology of the New University of Lisbon in fulfillment of the requirements for the Master degree in Conservation Science

Analysis of early synthetic dyes with HPLC-DAD-MS: an important database for analysis of colorants used in cultural heritage

Presented thesis at Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologias, Universidade de Lisboa, to obtain the Master Degree in Conservation and Restoration of Textiles

O operão da proteína laranja: novas proteínas envolvidas na divisão celular em bactérias redutoras de sulfato

Dissertação para obtenção do Grau de Mestre em Biotecnologia

NMR assignment of the apo-form of a Desulfovibrio gigas protein containing a novel Mo–Cu cluster

Biomol NMR Assign (2007) 1:81–83 DOI 10.1007/s12104-007-9022-3

Evaluation of chemotherapeutic potential of natural extracts using 3D models of colon cancer

Dissertation to obtain master degree in Biotechnology

Vitamin A Deficiency and Training to Farmers: Evidence from a Field Experiment in Mozambique

Vitamin A deficiency is a widespread public health problem in Sub-Saharan Africa. This paper analyzes the impact of a food-based intervention to fight vitamin A deficiency using orange-fleshed sweet potato (OFSP). We conducted a randomized evaluation of OFSP-related training to female farmers in Mozambique, in which the treatment group was taught basic concepts of nutrition, and OFSP-planting and cooking skills. We found encouraging evidence of changes in behavior and attitudes towards OFSP consumption and planting, and considerable increases in nutrition-related knowledge, as well as knowledge on cooking and planting OFSP.

Vitamin A deficiency and training to farmers: Evidence from a field experiment in Mozambique

A Work Project, presented as part of the requirements for the Award of a Masters Degree in Economics from the NOVA – School of Business and Economics

Estudos cinéticos em reacções de hidrólise enzimática de proteínas acelerada por ultrasons

No decorrer do trabalho experimental que originou esta dissertação efectuaram-se vários estudos com o intuito de estudar cineticamente a reacção de hidrólise enzimática de proteínas acelerada por ultrasons. Utilizaram-se quatro proteínas diferentes: albumina sérica bovina (BSA), anidrase carbónica, ovalbumina e α-lactoalbumina que foram digeridas com tripsina. No sentido de monitorizar em tempo real a reacção de hidrólise recorreu-se a espectrofotometria ultravioleta-visivel, utilizando tecnologia NanoDrop® ND-1000, com base nas características físico-químicas das cadeias polipeptídicas, bem como à incorporação de um corante extrínseco através do ensaio de Bradford. Efectuaram-se igualmente estudos de espectrofotometria de fluorescência, também através da tecnologia NanoDrop® ND-3300, por incorporação de um fluoróforo extrínseco, SYPRO® Orange, à estrutura proteica. Para além dos ensaios espectrofotométricos, recorreu-se a uma nova metodologia de quantificação proteica através da marcação isotópica com oxigénio 18O acoplada a jusante com espectrometria de massa MALDI-TOF-MS. Com base nos resultados obtidos, concluiu-se que através do protocolo testado de digestão enzimática de proteínas acelerada por ultrasons não foi possível monitorizar em tempo real a reacção, quer por espectrofotometria de UV-Vis, quer por espectrofotometria de fluorescência através do fluoróforo SYPRO® Orange. No que diz respeito à marcação isotópica por 18O também não foi possível efectuar qualquer estudo cinético, uma vez que esta metodologia apenas permite a quantificação relativa das amostras proteicas.