The highly monodisperse polystyrene (PS) microspheres were produced by dispersion polymerization using an amphoteric initiator, 2,2'-azobis [N-(2-carboxyethyl)-2-2-methylpropionamidine] (VA-057). The polymerization characteristics were investigated and compared with conventional initiators, 2,2-azobis(isobutyronitrile) (AIBN) and benzoyl peroxide (BPO). The monodisperse PS microspheres having t...

ATP-group, CMAF, Instituto para a Investigação Interdisciplinar, P-1649-003 Lisboa Codex, Portugal Centro de Fı́sica da Universidade do Minho, 4710 057 Braga, Portugal INESC-ID & Instituto Superior Técnico, IST-Taguspark, 2744-016 Porto Salvo, Portugal Departamento de Matemática e Aplicações da Universidade do Minho, 4710 057 Braga, Portugal Centro de Biologia Molecular e Ambiental da Universida...

a Centro de Biologia Molecular e Ambiental, Universidade do Minho, 4710-057 Braga, Portugal b Departamento de Matemática e Aplicações, Universidade do Minho, 4710-057 Braga, Portugal c ATP-Group, CMAF, Instituto para a Investigação Interdisciplinar, 1649-003 Lisboa, Portugal d INESC-ID and Instituto Superior Técnico, Universidade de Lisboa, Taguspark, 2744-016 Porto Salvo, Portugal e Centro de ...

1 Department of Biology, University of Minho, Campus de Gualtar, 4710-057 Braga, Portugal 2 Department of Chemistry, University of Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro, Vila Real, Portugal 3 CQVR (Chemistry Centre of Vila Real), 5001-801 Vila Real, Portugal 4 CITAB (Centre for the Research and Technology of Agro-Environmental and Biological Sciences), Campus de Gualtar, 4710-057 Braga, Portugal 5 CBMA (...

1 INESC-ID & Instituto Superior Técnico, Universidade de Lisboa, 2744-016 Porto Salvo, Portugal 2 Centro de Biologia Molecular e Ambiental da Universidade do Minho, 4710-057 Braga, Portugal 3 Centro de Fı́sica da Universidade do Minho, 4710-057 Braga, Portugal 4 ATP-group, CMAF, Instituto para a Investigação Interdisciplinar, P-1649-003 Lisboa, Portugal 5 Departamento de Fı́sica & I3N, Universida...

1ATP-group, CMAF, Instituto para a Investigação Interdisciplinar, P-1649-003 Lisboa, Portugal 2Centro de Física da Universidade do Minho, 4710 057 Braga, Portugal 3INESC-ID & Instituto Superior Técnico, IST-Taguspark, 2744-016 Porto Salvo, Portugal 4Departamento de Matemática e Aplicações da Universidade do Minho, 4710 057 Braga, Portugal 5Centro de Biologia Molecular e Ambiental da Universidad...

In this paper the results are presented of original research into the automatic and “intelligent” detection of breakpoints in Dissolved Oxygen (DO) profiles. The research has been based on a large body of data collected from laboratory SBRs operating on synthetic wastewater. Two different approaches were followed to identify the endpoints. The paper analyses and evaluates the results of automat...

HESS J0632+057 is one of only two unidentified very-high-energy gamma-ray sources which appear to be point-like within experimental resolution. It is possibly associated with the massive Be star MWC 148 and has been suggested to resemble known TeV binary systems like LS I +61 303 or LS 5039. HESS J0632+057 was observed by VERITAS for 31 hours in 2006, 2008 and 2009. During these observations, n...

1 Department of Mathematics, ESTiGInstitute Polytecnic of Bragança, Campus de Santa Apolónia, 5301-857 Bragança, Portugal [email protected] 2 Department of Mathematics and Applications, University of Minho, Guimarães, Portugal [email protected] 3 Centre of Mathematics, University of Minho, 4710-057 Braga, Portugal 4 Algoritmi R&D Centre, University of Minho, 4710-057 Braga, Portugal [email protected]...

Sílvio do Carmo-Silva, A.C. Alves C., P. Novais, M. Costa, C. Carvalho, J. Costa, M. Marques Centre for Production Systems Engineering (CESP), University of Minho, Campus de Gualtar, 4700-057 Braga, PORTUGAL ([email protected]; [email protected]) Departamento de Informática-CCTC, University of Minho, Campus de Gualtar, 4700-057 Braga, PORTUGAL ([email protected]; jorgemaiocosta@hot...