This study presents a comprehensive mineralogical, chemical, and technological characterization of clay schist samples from Barrancos (southern Portugal), aiming to evaluate their suitability for sustainable ceramic production. The work integrated X-...
The Early Pleistocene sites of Orce in southeastern Spain, including Fuente Nueva-3 (FN3), Barranco León (BL) and Venta Micena (VM), provide important insights into the earliest hominin populations and Late Villafranchian large mammal communit...
We use the hybrid modeling laboratory of the Mediterranean Landscape Dynamics (MedLanD) Project to simulate barranco incision in eastern Spain under different scenarios of natural and human environmental change. We carry out a series of modeling expe...
This article presents a social and historical analysis of Barranco district in Lima, Peru, examining its evolution as a postmodern tourism destination. Through documentary analysis of historical records, guidebooks, press articles, and novels, we inv...
For many years, the temporal distribution of pigs in the Pleistocene of Europe drew little attention. This changed when, what became known as, the “suid gap” hypo-thesis was published. Subsequent publications added elements to this hypoth...
Fogo volcano erupted in 2014–2015 producing an extensive lava flow field in the summit caldera that destroyed two villages, Portela and Bangaeira. The eruption started with powerful explosive activity, lava fountains, and a substantial ash column acc...
Lung ultrasound (LUS) allows for the detection of a series of manifestations of COVID-19, such as B-lines and consolidations. The objective of this work was to study the inter-rater reliability (IRR) when detecting signs associated with COVID-19 in t...
This work presents a new eddy current testing array probe and readout electronics that target the layer-wise quality control in powder bed fusion metal additive manufacturing. The proposed design approach brings important benefits to the sensors&rsqu...
This paper presents the development of a novel eddy current array (ECA) system for real-time, layer-by-layer quality control in powder bed fusion (PBF) additive manufacturing. The system is integrated into the recoater of a PBF machine to provide spa...
According to the “suid gap” hypothesis, suids (Suidae, Mammalia) would have been absent from Europe between 1.8 and 1.2 Ma. This hypothesis has been influential owing to its putative implications for biochronology and paleoecology—S...
On 2015, after the direct study of the most important Late Villafranchian fossil collections of Europe and Western Asia, including Orce (Spain), Pirro Nord and Upper Valdarno (Italy), Appollonia (Greece), Dmanisi (Georgia) and ‘Ubeidiya (Israel...
Mg clay minerals are usually associated with carbonates in alkaline-saline environments, precipitated from solution and/or transformation from other minerals. The aim of this research is to identify the mineralogy and geochemistry of clay minerals in...
This study examines CH4 and N2O fluxes during the dry season in two distinct areas of the Pantanal: Barranco Alto Farm (BAF), dominated by grasslands, and Passo da Lontra (PL), a forested region. As climate change increases the occurrence of droughts...
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This study aimed to provide height, body mass, BMI and waist circumference (WC) growth centile charts for school-children, aged 4–17 years, from central Peru, and to compare Peruvian data with North-American and Argentinean references. The sample con...