Pedro Carvalho

A fast Bayesian approach to discrete object detection in astronomical data sets – PowellSnakes I (2009)

Carvalho, Pedro, Rocha, Graça, Hobson, M. P.

A new fast Bayesian approach is introduced for the detection of discrete objects immersed in a diffuse background. This new method, called PowellSnakes, speeds up traditional Bayesian techniques by...

Glycaspis brimblecombei   Moore (Hemiptera:Psyllidae). “Red Gum Lerp”. New forestry pest in Venezuela (2008)

Rosales, Carlos Julio, Lobosque, Orlando, Carvalho, Pedro, Bermúdez, Luisa, Acosta, Carlos

Glycaspis brimblecombei   is recorded for the first time in Venezuela attacking commercial gum plantations in north central Venezuela (Cojedes State).

A fast Bayesian approach to discrete object detection in astronomical datasets - PowellSnakes I (2008)

Carvalho, Pedro, Rocha, Graca, Hobson, M. P.

A new fast Bayesian approach is introduced for the detection of discrete objects immersed in a diffuse background. This new method, called PowellSnakes, speeds up traditional Bayesian techniques by:...

Multimedia Terminal Architecture: An Inter-Operable Approach (2008)

Shao, Beilu, Mattavelli, Marco, Andrade, Maria, Keller, Samuel, Ciobanu, Giorgiana, Carvalho, Pedro

This paper addresses the inter-operability problem of multimedia terminal in media content delivery over heterogeneous networks and devices. We design and implement a terminal which includes a...

A Multimedia Terminal for Adaptation and End-to-end QoS Control (2008)

Shao, Beilu, Mattavelli, Marco, Renzi, Daniele, Andrade, Maria, Battista, Stefano, Keller, Samuel, ...

This paper addresses multimedia end user system design for content distribution over heterogeneous networks and terminals, with particular focus on End-to-End quality of service (QoS) control. A...

"Glycaspis brimblecombei" Moore (Hemiptera:Psyllidae). "Red Gum Lerp": nueva plaga forestal en Venezuela (2008)

Rosales, Carlos Julio, Lobosque, Orlando, Carvalho, Pedro, Bermúdez, Luisa, Acosta, Carlos

Se registra por primera vez en Venezuela el psilido Glycaspis brimblecombei atacando plantaciones comerciales de eucalipto (Eucalitus sp.) en el Estado Cojedes, Venezuela

Automatic Segment Alignment for Concatenative Speech Synthesis in Portuguese (1998)

Pedro Carvalho, Isabel Trancoso, Luís Oliveira

Abstract: Concatenative Text-To-Speech synthesizers join pre-recorded segments of speech data in order to produce high quality output speech. The synthesizer has to find the best segment to...

Automatic Segment Alignment for Concatenative Speech Synthesis in Portuguese (1998)

Pedro Carvalho, Isabel Trancoso, Luís Oliveira

: Concatenative Text-To-Speech synthesizers join pre-recorded segments of speech data in order to produce high quality output speech. The synthesizer has to find the best segment to concatenate from...

Desenvolvimento Rural na Sociedade do Conhecimento

Pedro Carvalho, João Leitão, Andrea Silva

Globalization has a concrete territorial expression, with remaining regional asymmetries. Authors in growth and development are far away to achieve consensus about the underpinning reasons of...

HOUSING AND LABOR MARKETS CONNECTIONS: recent developments in the portuguese economy

Pedro Carvalho

Housing policies have been mostly analysed as a sectoral policy across countries. This paper, written within a European research project (HOSE), aims a slightly different approach while housing...