Vol. 15 (2024)

Published: 2025-11-17

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A word from the rector

A word from the Rector

Paulo Jorge Ferreira

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Message from the vice-rector

Message from the vice-rector

Artur Silva

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Research universe

Interdisciplinary research centres and facilities

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Research centres

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Strategic projects

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Spotlight on research dissemination

Research Summit 2024

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Academia de Verão

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Research highlights

Rethinking the deep: collaborative and equitable approaches for deep-ocean science-policy engagement

Ana Hilário, Kerry Howel, Maria Baker

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EpiLipidNET_Pan-European Network in Lipidomics and EpiLipidomics Led by UA

Tânia Melo, Felisa Rey, Felisa Rey, Diana Lopes, Tiago Conde, Tânia Dinis, Pedro Domingues, Maria do Rosário Domingues

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Understanding pesticide risks to ecosystems and human health: the SPRINT project

Nelson Abrantes, Ana Ré, Joana Pereira, Fernando Gonçalves, Isabel Campos

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Detection of helical water flows in sub-nanometer channels

Pavel Zelenovskii, Márcio Soares, Carlos Bornes, Ildefonso Marin-Montesinos, Mariana Sardo, Svitlana Kopyl, Andrei Kholkin, Luís Mafra, Filipe Figueiredo

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Blowing unstable nanocrystals into being

Jincheng Tong, Nathan de Bruyn, Adriana Alieva, Elizabeth. J. Legge, Matthew Boyes, Xiuju Song, Alvin J. Walisinghe, Andrew J. Pollard, Michael W. Anderson, Thomas Vetter, Manuel Melle-Franco, Cinzia Casiraghi

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Magneto-enzymatic microgels for precise hydrogel sculpturing

Maria C. Mendes, João A. Pereira, Ana S. Silva, João F. Mano

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A new sequence of numbers – counting regular polytopes

Peter Cameron, Maria Elisa Fernandes, Dimitri Leemans

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First Sagittarius A* Event Horizon Telescope results. VIII. Physical interpretation of the polarized ring

Collaboration The Event Horizon Telescope, Héctor R. Olivares Sánchez

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Enhanced SSA-HJ-biplots for time series with complex structure

Alberto Silva, Adelaide Freitas

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BOLD: service-learning for linguistic and cultural diversity in higher education

Sílvia Melo-Pfeifer, Susana Pinto, Ana Ruiz, Andrea Ulhoa, Carolina Simões, Franziska Gerwers, Joana Duarte, Katerina Zourou, Lisa Marie Brinkmann, Madalena Teixeira, Maria Helena Araújo e Sá, Korina Defteraiou, Manuel Alcantara, Marcelo Kremer, Marisa Maia Machado, Mónica Lourenço, Nadia Gerritsen, Neli Heidari, Nuno Afonso, Pilar Aramburuzabala, Raquel Carinhas, Ricardo Torres, Sandra Sprenger, Stavros Samiotis, Sofia Papatsimpa, Stefania Oikonomou, Vânia Carlos

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VABIOLA: digital European Language Portfolio – enhancement of language biographies

Rosa Maria Faneca, Abdelilah Suisse, Abdelilah Suisse, Cláudia Ferreira, Eugénia Pereira, Helena Araújo e Sá, Mónica Lourenço, Margarida Marques, Susana Pinto

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Screening for psychological distress in nephrology: the hemodialysis distress thermometers

Helena Sousa, Oscar Ribeiro, Daniela Figueiredo

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Deprescribing in older adults: attitudes, awareness, training, and clinical practices among portuguese physicians

Anabela Pereira, Manuel Veríssimo, Oscar Ribeiro

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Cross-border higher education in Europe and the role of quality assurance agencies

Nathan Carvalho, Maria J. Rosa, Alberto Amaral

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The changing concept of doctoral education: an insight from Portuguese universities

Sónia Cardoso, Alberto Amaral, Teresa Carvalho

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“Boring, crazy and ill-tempered”: theater artists, power and gender

Helena Gonçalo Ferreira

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Learning to decode the media: Data Defenders, a playful response to crises

Ana Passos, Frederico Proença, Laura Martins, Marta Silva, Liliana Costa, Maria João Antunes, Oksana Tymoshchuk, Ceci Diehl, Nelson Zagalo

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Playing with music: developing an inclusive digital musical game for children with cerebral palsy

Lucius Vinicius-Filho, Oksana Tymoshchuk, Rita Oliveira, Davys Moreno

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Creating emphatic characters: a method a creative toolkit for designing empathic characters in digital games

Tânia Ribeiro, Ana Isabel Veloso, Peter Brinson

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Characterization of salts from Portuguese saltpans for therapeutic applications

Lara Almeida, Fernando Rocha, Joana Fortunato, Rosana Neto, Carla Candeias

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The Ph-UEL project: a circular system-thinking for water hyacinth biomass transformation and valorization

Carla Patinha, Ignácio Pinheiro, Rodrigo Neves, Isabel Lopes, Cátia Venâncio

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Is there a trade-off between human well-being and ecological footprint in European countries?

Margarita Robaina, Sofia Rodrigues, Mara Madaleno

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Youth with clipped wings: bridging the gap from youth recruitment to representation in candidate lists

Carlos Jalali, Patrícia Silva, Edna Costa

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Towards smart and secure batteries: linking pressure and temperature profiles with electrochemical behavior through hybrid optical fiber sensors

Lucca Matuck, João P. Santos, Fábio Freitas, Luís B. Fontes, Jörg Bierlich, Sylvie Geniès, João L. Pinto, Marta S. Ferreira, Olivier Raccurt, Micael Nascimento

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Topological n-root Su–Schrieffer–Heeger models in photonic ring systems

David Viedma, Anselmo M. Marques, Ricardo G. Dias, Verònica Ahufinger

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Carbon dots: exciting new frontiers for anticounterfeiting

Raul Simões, Joana Rodrigues, Victor Neto, Teresa Monteiro, Gil Gonçalves

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The injured axon: intrinsic mechanisms driving axonal regeneration

Diogo Tomé, Ramiro D. Almeida

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Age-associated metabolic and epigenetic barriers during direct reprogramming of mouse fibroblasts into induced cardiomyocytes

Francisco Santos, Magda Correia, Rafaela Dias, Bárbara Bola, Roberta Noberini, Rita S. Ferreira, Diogo Trigo, Pedro Domingues, José Teixeira, Tiziana Bonaldi, Paulo J. Oliveira, Christian Bär, Bruno Bernardes de Jesus, Sandrina Nóbrega-Pereira

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Patient-managed interventions in bronchiectasis: evidence, challenges and prospects

Arietta Spinou, Annemarie L Lee, Brenda O’Neil, Ana Oliveira, Michal Shteinberg, Beatriz Herrero-Cortina

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Questions of scale sensitivity, experience and branding culture in and beyond Hans Christian Andersen’s House

Annette Svaneklink Jakobsen, Anders V. Munch, Fátima Pombo

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Three-dimensional matrices for enhanced coral settlement through design for additive manufacturing

Miguel Vieira, Sérgio M.O. Tavares, Silvina L. Félix

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Enhancing metagenomic classification with compression-based features

Jorge Miguel Silva, João Rafael Almeida

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Ten years of immersive education: a virtual and augmented reality course at postgraduate level

Bernardo Marques, Paulo Dias, Beatriz Sousa Santos

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Sensor-agnostic visuo-tactile robot calibration exploiting assembly-precision ModelGeometries

Manuel Gomes, Michael Görner, Miguel Oliveira, Jianwei Zhang

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A postcard from the shores of Deep Listening, Deep Sea(ing)

Paulo Maria Rodrigues

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Musical lives of the Ocisumba: study and rescue of an Angolan chordophone

Jorge Castro Ribeiro, Lucas de Campos Ramos

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Wireless powered flight: charging drones while in operation

Ricardo A. M. Pereira, Ricardo A. M. Pereira, Helena Ribeiro, Vinícius Oliveira, Amit Baghel, Paulo Capitão, Hélder Morais, J. Martinho M. Oliveira, Nuno Borges Carvalho

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Ultra-reliable wireless transmission over dense fog conditions enabled by hybrid FSO-mmWave

Bruno T. Brandão, Paulo P. Carvalho, Marco A. Fernandes, Gil M. Fernandes, Paulo P. Monteiro, Fernando P. Guiomar

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From electron device physics to communication system impairments – Optimizing RF power amplifier linearity

Luís Cótimos Nunes, Filipe Miguel Barradas, José Carlos Pedro

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Innovative approaches in the evaluation of the spatial and temporal variability of grape varieties from the Portuguese Bairrada Appellation using innovative statistical tools: a study across five harvests

Sílvia M. Rocha, Cátia Martins, Jéssica Marques, Hyoram Assunção, Alisa Rudnitskaya, Ana Raquel Santos, José Pedro Soares

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Unveiling biomarkers of human embryo quality: interplay between metabolomics and sperm-borne microRNAs in assisted reproduction

Soraia Pinto, António Rocha, Alberto Barros, Marco G. Alves, Pedro F. Oliveira

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From marine metabolites to cosmeceuticals: optimizing bioactive compounds for improved skin health

Gonçalo P. Rosa, Ana M. L. Seca, M. Carmo Barreto, Diana C.G.A. Pinto

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Study of radiant floor systems with phase change materials for improved performance

Filipe Rebelo, António Figueiredo, Romeu Vicente, Ricardo M.S.F. Almeida, Victor M. Ferreira

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Design and thermal performance analysis of a dynamic shading device incorporating phase change materials

Margarida Gonçalves, António Figueiredo, Ricardo M.S.F. Almeida, Romeu Vicente

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Nature-based solutions for water resilience in thriving european urban areas

Sara Bona, Ricardo Gomes, Armando Silva-Afonso, Fernanda Rodrigues

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Frequency-domain analysis of vehicle noise emissions

Antonio Pascale, Claudio Guarnaccia, Margarida C. Coelho

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Title shear thickening fluid (STF) in engineering applications and the potential of cork-STF-based composites

Gabriel F. Serra, Lídia Oliveira, Selim Gürgen, R.J. Alves de Sousa, Fábio A.O. Fernandes

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Amniotic membrane-derived multichannel hydrogels for neural tissue repair

Joana P.M. Sousa, Inês A. Deus, Cátia F. Monteiro, Catarina A. Custódio, João Gil, Lina Papadimitriou, Anthi Ranella, Emmanuel Strataki, João F. Mano, Paula A.A.P. Marques

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Twenty years after “The Malicious Serpent”: revisiting snake detection in primates

Luiz Biondi, Nuno Gomes, Rafael S. Maior, Sandra C. Soares

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Motion extrapolation in sport expertise: representational momentum and representational gravity in volleyball athletes

Mariana Maio Rodrigues, Nuno Alexandre De Sá Teixeira

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Research support

Research Support Office

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Vol. 15 (2024)

Full Issue

A word from the rector

Message from the vice-rector

Research universe

Spotlight on research dissemination

Research highlights

Quick facts and stats

Research support

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