Portugal in America

Former diversity of Ephedra (Gnetales): evidence from Early Cretaceous seeds from Portugal and North America.

BACKGROUND AND AIMS The extant species of the seed plant group Gnetales (Ephedra, Gnetum and Welwitschia) have been considered a remnant of a much greater, now extinct, diversity due to the pronounced differences in form and ecology among the genera. Until recently, this hypothesis has not been supported by evidence from the fossil record. This paper adds to the expanding information on Gnetale...

Assessment of water quality due to Wolfram mining in Portugal

Water has an important role in creating pollution problems in the mining regimes influencing the surrounding surface environment. The purpose of this study is to make an assessment of groundwater quality in an underground mine site in Portugal with a view of determining the pollution potential of groundwater. In the corresponding surface area of this underground mine, intersec...

Public Diplomacy and its Institutions in United States of America

Although, once, in the far past, sending gifts and missionaries was called a type of public diplomacy, today it is manifested as academic disciplines, policy making institutions, and multi-purpose organizations. The most important institutions of these kinds, now, exist in the US, whose purpose is to promote the politics of this country as Public Diplomacy and to follow local and international ...

Code of Ethics of medical informatics in Asia and America

Nowadays, using Information and Communication Technology (ICT) in health care with the aim of creating tools for diagnosing and treating diseases has proposed a new debate on the code of ethics. The raised ethical issues are beyond privacy and security, and have been the most important sources of debate and ethical questions in these professions.  

The Revolution in Portugal