Evolution of inflammation in non-ICU patients with infections: pilot prospective cohort study (2009)
Donnelly, A, Adhikari, NK, Pinto, R, Salih, Z, McKenzie, C, Terblanche, M
No abstract available.
Towards Requirement Traceability in TROPOS (2008)
A. Castor, R. Pinto, C. Silva, J. Castro
Abstract. If we are to be successful in the development of the next generation of agent oriented systems we must deal with the critical issue of requirements traceability. Failure to do so will imply...
Quantification of the CBD-FITC conjugates surface coating on cellulose fibres (2008)
Pinto, R., Amaral, A.L., Ferreira, E.C., Mota, M., Vilanova, M., Ruel, K., ...
Background: Cellulose Binding Domains (CBD) were conjugated with fluorescein isothiocyanate (FITC). The surface concentration of the Binding Domains adsorbed on cellulose fibres was determined by...
Quantification of the CBD-FITC conjugates surface coating on cellulose fibres (2008)
Pinto, R., Amaral, A.L., Ferreira, E.C., Mota, M., Vilanova, M., Ruel, K., ...
Background: Cellulose Binding Domains (CBD) were conjugated with fluorescein isothiocyanate (FITC). The surface concentration of the Binding Domains adsorbed on cellulose fibres was determined by...
Herold, S., Steinmueller, M., Von Wulffen, W., Cakarova, L., Pinto, R., Pleschka, S., ...
Mononuclear phagocytes have been attributed a crucial role in the host defense toward influenza virus (IV), but their contribution to influenza-induced lung failure is incompletely understood. We...
Effects of Exposure of Newborn Patched1 Heterozygous Mice to GSM, 900 MHz (2007)
A. Saran, S. Pazzaglia, M. Mancuso, S. Rebessi, V. Di Majo, M. Tanori, ...
Instability of P-waves just below the transition region in a global solar wind simulation (2007)
Grappin, R., Léorat, J., Pinto, R.
We investigate how wave propagation is modified by the presence of heat sources and sinks, in the simple 1D, hydrodynamical case, including chromosphere and solar wind. We integrate the...
Lopresto, V., Pinto, R., De Vita, A., Mancini, S., Galloni, P., Marino, C., ...
To investigate possible biological effects of exposure to electromagnetic (EM) fields at the frequencies of global system for mobile communication (GSM) 1800 system and universal mobile...
Miniature sonar for obstacle detection on samll AUV Maya (2007)
Afzulpurkar, S., Desa, E., Navelkar, G., Maurya, P.K., Martins, H., ...
Autonomous platforms are increasingly able to collect in-situ data with least disturbance to the parameters under measurements. To attain high level of autonomy they need to posses capabilities to...
The actual and potential impact of research on the practice of teaching science has been discussed within both academic and policy communities. Radically different conclusions have been advanced....
The predictable degree property and row reducedness for systems over a finite ring (2007)
Kuijper, M., Pinto, R., Polderman, J.W.
Motivated by applications in communications, we consider linear discrete time systems over the finite ring $Z_{p^r}$. We solve the open problem of deriving a theory of row reduced representations for...
Row reduced representations of behaviors over finite rings (2007)
Kuijper, M., Pinto, R., Polderman, J.W.
Row reduced representations of behaviors over fields posses a number of useful properties. Perhaps the most important feature is the predictable degree property. This property allows a finite...
Geographical distribution of Tillandsia lomas in the Atacama Desert, northern Chile (2006)
Pinto, R., Barría, I., Marquet, Pablo A.
We assessed the geographic distribution of Tillandsia lomas in northern Chile, from Arica (18 degrees 20'S) to the Loa river (21 degrees 25'S) and discussed the factors that might potentially...
Kernel representations for behaviors over finite rings (2006)
Kuijper, M., Pinto, R., Polderman, J.W.
In this paper we consider dynamical systems finite rings. The rings that we study are the integers modulo a power of a given prime. We study the theory of representations for such systems, in...
Autonomicity and the absence of free variables for behaviors over finite rings (2006)
Kuijper, M., Pinto, R., Polderman, J.W., Rocha, P.
The equivalence between autonomicity and the absence of free variables is a well-known result for linear, shift-invariant and complete behaviors over a field. However, this no longer holds for a...
Lopresto, V., Pinto, R., De Vita, A., Mancini, S., Galloni, P., Marino, C., ...
To investigate possible biological effects of exposure to electromagnetic (EM) fields at the frequencies of global system for mobile communication (GSM) 1800 system and universal mobile...
Ardoino, L., Lopresto, V., Mancini, S., Pinto, R., Lovisolo, G. A.
A wire patch cell (WPC) operating at the uplink frequency band of GSM 1800 MHz has been designed for in vitro experiments with the aim of investigating the possible biological effects of...
Ardoino, L., Lopresto, V., Mancini, S., Pinto, R., Lovisolo, G. A.
A wire patch cell (WPC) operating at the uplink frequency band of GSM 1800 MHz has been designed for in vitro experiments with the aim of investigating the possible biological effects of...
Ardoino, L., Lopresto, V., Mancini, S., Pinto, R., Lovisolo, G. A.
A wire patch cell (WPC) operating at the uplink frequency band of GSM 1800 MHz has been designed for in vitro experiments with the aim of investigating the possible biological effects of...
Khare, Neeraj, Moharil, UP, Gupta, AK, Raychaudhuri, AK, Pai, SP, Pinto, R
We investigated conduction through an artificial grain-boundary junction made in La0.67Ba0.33MnO3 thin films, deposited on a 36.7° SrTiO3 bicrystal substrate using a laser ablation technique. The...
Khare, Neeraj, Moharil, UP, Gupta, AK, Raychaudhuri, AK, Pai, SP, Pinto, R
We investigated conduction through an artificial grain-boundary junction made in La0.67Ba0.33MnO3 thin films, deposited on a 36.7° SrTiO3 bicrystal substrate using a laser ablation technique. The...
Banerjee, Tamalika, Kanjilal, D., Pinto, R.
The vortex dynamics in YBa2Cu3O7-d thin films have been studied at microwave frequencies. A pronounced peak in the surface resistance, Rs, is observed in these films at frequencies of 4.88 and 9.55...
Pai, S. P., Wanchoo, S., Purandare, S. C., Banerjee, T., Apte, P. R., Narsale, A. M., ...
We have carried out extensive studies on the self-injection problem in barrierless heterojunctions between La0.7Ca0.3MnO3 (LCMO) and YBa2Cu3O7-d (YBCO). The heterojunctions were grown in situ by...
A 'p-n' diode with hole and electron-doped lanthanum manganite (2001)
Mitra, C., Raychaudhuri, P., Kobernik, G., Dorr, K., Pinto, R., Muller, K-H., ...
The hole-doped manganite La0.7Ca0.3MnO3 and the electron-doped manganite La0.7Ce0.3MnO3 undergo an insulator to metal transition at around 250 K, above which both behave as a polaronic semiconductor....
Peak effect in a superconducting DyBa2Cu3O7-y film at microwave frequencies (2001)
Bhangale, A. R., Raychaudhuri, P., Sarkar, S., Banerjee, T., Bhagwat, S. S., Shirodkar, V. S., ...
We report the observation of a peak in the microwave (9.55 GHz) surface resistance in an epitaxial DyBa2Cu3O7-y superconducting film in magnetic fields (parallel to the c axis) ranging between 0.2 to...
A. Lovisolo, G., Pinto, R., Ardoini, L., Mancini, S.
International guidelines, ICNIRP, and proposed standards, IEEE-ANSI, define basic restrictions in terms of rate of power absorbed for mass unit (SAR) for localised exposure of electromagnetic fields...
Bhangale, A. R., Raychaudhuri, P., Banerjee, T., Pinto, R., Shirodhkar, V. S.
In this paper we report the observation of a peak in the microwave surface resistance (at frequencies ~10GHz) of laser ablated DyBa2Cu3O7-d films in magnetic field ranging from 2 to 9kOe (||c) close...
Raj, S., Padhi, H. C., Rayachaudhury, P., Nigam, A. K., Pinto, R., Polasik, M., ...
Relative $K$ x-ray intensities of $Mn$ in $Mn$, $MnO_{2}$, $LaMnO_{3}$ and $La_{0.7}B_{0.3}MnO_{3}$ ($B$ = $Ca$, $Sr$, and $Ce$) systems have been measured following excitation by 59.54 keV...
Critical current of a superconductor measured via injection of spin polarized carriers (2000)
Raychaudhuri, P., Mal, P. K., Sarkar, S., Bhangale, A. R., Pinto, R.
In this paper we report a direct evidence of the suppression of critical current due to pair-breaking in a superconducting micro-bridge when the measurement is carried out by injecting spin polarised...
Bhagwat,S.S., Bhangale,A.R., Patil,J.M., Shirodkar,V.S., Pinto,R., Apte,P.R., ...
Calcium Fluoride buffer lavers were grown on Si < 100 > substrates using the low energy cluster beam deposition technique. The films were annealed at various temperatures ranging between 500oC...
Raychaudhuri, P, Machado, F L A, Nigam, A K, Pinto, R
We report the magnetoresistance measurements of a highly oriented La0.55Ho0.15Sr0.3MnOz film on LaAlO3 substrate. The film has a metal-insulator transition around 200 K and shows pronounced...
Raychaudhuri, P., Mukherjee, S., Nigam, A. K., John, J., Vaisnav, U. D., Pinto, R.
La0.7Ce0.3MnO3 is a relatively new addition in the family of colossal magnetoresistive manganites where the cerium ion is believed to be in the Ce4+ state. In this paper we report an extensive study...
Raychaudhuri, P., Nigam, A. K., Pinto, R., Chaudhary, Sujeet, Roy, S. B.
We study the spin polarised tunnelling mechanism through magnetisation and magnetoresistance in the granular polycrystalline colossal magnetoresistive manganite, La0.55Ho0.15Sr0.3MnO3. This system...
Zero-bias conductance and energy gap measurements in LaNiO3-YBa2Cu3O7-x junctions (1998)
Kumar, D, Satyalakshmi, KM, Hegde, MS, Singh, Rajiv K, Apte, PR, Pinto, R, ...
Conductance measurements of junctions between a high- superconductor and a metallic oxide have been carried out along the a-b plane to examine the tunnel-junction spectra. For these measurements, in...
Raychaudhuri, P., Sheshadri, K., Taneja, P., Bandyopadhyay, S., Ayyub, P., Nigam, A. K., ...
The magnetoresistance (MR) in polycrystalline colossal magnetoresistive compounds follows a behavior different from single crystals below the ferromagnetic transition temperature. This difference is...
Raychaudhuri, P., Mitra, C., Paramekanti, A., Pinto, R., Nigam, A. K., Dhar, S. K.
Bulk samples of La2.3-xYxCa0.7Mn2O7, x=0,0.3,0.5, with layered perovskite structure have been synthesized and investigated with respect to their electrical, electronic and magnetic properties. It is...
Raychaudhuri, P., Nath, T. K., Nigam, A. K., Pinto, R.
It has been observed that in bulk and polycrystalline thin films of collossal magnetoresistive (CMR) materials the magnetoresistance follows a different behaviour compared to single crystals or...
Raychaudhuri, P., Taneja, P., Sarkar, S., Nigam, A. K., Ayyub, P., Pinto, R.
It has been observed that the low temperature magnetoresistance behaviour in polycrystalline colossal magnetoresistive (CMR) manganites differ significantly from the single crystals. The...
Rastogi, Amit, Apte, PR, Pinto, R, Hegde, MS, Bhat, SV
The magnetic field dependent microwave power loss in thin films of $YBa_2Cu_3O_{7-\delta}$ is analysed using the technique of non-resonant microwave absorption. The loss is correlated to the surface...
$LaNiO_3$: A Promising Material for Contact with $YBa_2Cu_30_{7-\delta}$ Thin Films (1996)
Kumar, Dhananjay, Satyalakshmi, KM, Hegde, MS, Apte, PR, Pinto, R
Epitaxial $LaNiO_3$ metallic oxide thin films have been grown on c-axis oriented $YBa_2Cu_30_{7-\delta}$ thin films on $LaA10_3$ substrates by pulsed laser deposition technique and the interface...
$LaNiO_3$: A Promising Material for Contact with $YBa_2Cu_30_{7-\delta}$ Thin Films (1996)
Kumar, Dhananjay, Satyalakshmi, KM, Hegde, MS, Apte, PR, Pinto, R
Epitaxial $LaNiO_3$ metallic oxide thin films have been grown on c-axis oriented $YBa_2Cu_30_{7-\delta}$ thin films on $LaA10_3$ substrates by pulsed laser deposition technique and the interface...
Rastogi, Amit, Apte, PR, Pinto, R, Hegde, MS, Bhat, SV
The magnetic field dependent microwave power loss in thin films of $YBa_2Cu_3O_{7-\delta}$ is analysed using the technique of non-resonant microwave absorption. The loss is correlated to the surface...
Hiding Communication Latency and Coherence Overhead in Software DSMs (1996)
R. Bianchini, L. I. Kontothanassis, R. Pinto, M. De Maria, M. Abud, C. L. Amorim
In this paper we propose the use of a PCI-based programmable protocol controller for hiding communication and coherence overheads in software DSMs. Our protocol controller provides three different...
Optical spectroscopy study of the role of Ag in laser ablated $YBa_2Cu_30_{7-8}$ thin films (1995)
Pinto, R, Apte, PR, Adhi, KP, Ogale, SB, Kumar, D, Hegde, MS
We have found evidence through optical spectroscopy that AgO is indeed generated in the laser plume during pulsed laser deposition of $YBa_2Cu_30_{7-8}$ (YBCO) thin films using Ag-doped YBCO targets....
Optical spectroscopy study of the role of Ag in laser ablated $YBa_2Cu_30_{7-8}$ thin films (1995)
Pinto, R, Apte, PR, Adhi, KP, Ogale, SB, Kumar, D, Hegde, MS
We have found evidence through optical spectroscopy that AgO is indeed generated in the laser plume during pulsed laser deposition of $YBa_2Cu_30_{7-8}$ (YBCO) thin films using Ag-doped YBCO targets....
Gaucher disease - n370s glucocerebrosidase gene-frequency in the portuguese population (1994)
Amaral, O, Pinto, R, Oliveira, P, Aerts, J, Miranda, Mcs
In the Portuguese population the most frequent form of Gaucher disease is type 1. The N370S glucocerebrosidase gene mutation accounts for 63% of mutated alleles. The frequency of this mutation was...
Amaral, O, Pinto, R, Aerts, J, Miranda, Mcs
The mutation N370S accounts for 63% of the mutated glucocerebrosidase alleles of Portuguese type 1 Gaucher patients. It has been shown previously that this mutation is linked to the Pvl.l(-) form of...
FIRST-ORDER ANTIFERROMAGNETIC TRANSITION IN CUBIC TbAg (1988)
Morin, P., Rouchy, J., Amado, M., Pinto, R., Moreira, J., Amaral, V., ...
Experimental results from magnetization, D.T.A. and transport properties give, for the first time, clear evidence on the first-order nature of the antiferromagnetic transition in cubic TbAg single...
PHYSICAL PROPERTIES OF Gd-Sc SINGLE CRYSTAL RANDOM ALLOYS (1988)
Melville, R., Palmer, S., Sousa, J., Moreira, J., Carvalho, C., Pinto, R.
We have measured the elastic constant C33, the resistivity and the thermopower of single crystal samples of 4 Gd-Sc alloys. The behaviour of these physical properties are interpreted in the light of...
FIRST-ORDER ANTIFERROMAGNETIC TRANSITION IN CUBIC TbAg (1988)
Morin, P., Rouchy, J., Amado, M., Pinto, R., Moreira, J., Amaral, V., ...
Experimental results from magnetization, D.T.A. and transport properties give, for the first time, clear evidence on the first-order nature of the antiferromagnetic transition in cubic TbAg single...
PHYSICAL PROPERTIES OF Gd-Sc SINGLE CRYSTAL RANDOM ALLOYS (1988)
Melville, R., Palmer, S., Sousa, J., Moreira, J., Carvalho, C., Pinto, R.
We have measured the elastic constant C33, the resistivity and the thermopower of single crystal samples of 4 Gd-Sc alloys. The behaviour of these physical properties are interpreted in the light of...
FIRST-ORDER ANTIFERROMAGNETIC TRANSITION IN CUBIC TbAg (1988)
Morin, P., Rouchy, J., Amado, M., Pinto, R., Moreira, J., Amaral, V., ...
Experimental results from magnetization, D.T.A. and transport properties give, for the first time, clear evidence on the first-order nature of the antiferromagnetic transition in cubic TbAg single...
PHYSICAL PROPERTIES OF Gd-Sc SINGLE CRYSTAL RANDOM ALLOYS (1988)
Melville, R., Palmer, S., Sousa, J., Moreira, J., Carvalho, C., Pinto, R.
We have measured the elastic constant C33, the resistivity and the thermopower of single crystal samples of 4 Gd-Sc alloys. The behaviour of these physical properties are interpreted in the light of...
Sousa, J., Amado, M., Pinto, R., Moreira, J., Braga, M., Hukin, D., ...
The critical behaviour of the electrical resistivity (ρ) has been investigated on a set of hcp Tb-Gd alloys. Quantitative analysis (Tb75Gd25) shows for a basal direction : dρ/dT = A...
Critical behaviour of transport coefficients at a structural-ferromagnetic transition (1979)
Sousa, J., Amado, M., Pinto, R., Moreira, J., Braga, M., Ausloos, M., ...
Accurate measurements of the electrical resistivity, the thermoelectric power and the thermal conductivity of TbZn are reported at the ferromagnetic-structural transition. The temperature derivative...
Sousa, J., Amado, M., Pinto, R., Moreira, J., Braga, M., Hukin, D., ...
The critical behaviour of the electrical resistivity (ρ) has been investigated on a set of hcp Tb-Gd alloys. Quantitative analysis (Tb75Gd25) shows for a basal direction : dρ/dT = A...
Critical behaviour of transport coefficients at a structural-ferromagnetic transition (1979)
Sousa, J., Amado, M., Pinto, R., Moreira, J., Braga, M., Ausloos, M., ...
Accurate measurements of the electrical resistivity, the thermoelectric power and the thermal conductivity of TbZn are reported at the ferromagnetic-structural transition. The temperature derivative...
Sousa, J., Amado, M., Pinto, R., Moreira, J., Braga, M., Hukin, D., ...
The critical behaviour of the electrical resistivity (ρ) has been investigated on a set of hcp Tb-Gd alloys. Quantitative analysis (Tb75Gd25) shows for a basal direction : dρ/dT = A...
Critical behaviour of transport coefficients at a structural-ferromagnetic transition (1979)
Sousa, J., Amado, M., Pinto, R., Moreira, J., Braga, M., Ausloos, M., ...
Accurate measurements of the electrical resistivity, the thermoelectric power and the thermal conductivity of TbZn are reported at the ferromagnetic-structural transition. The temperature derivative...
ANOMALOUS CRITICAL BEHAVIOUR OF TRANSPORT PROPERTIES IN ANTIFERROMAGNETIC Cr-Al ALLOYS (1978)
Sousa, J., Amado, M., Pinto, R., Moreira, J., Braga, M., Ausloos, M.
The complex antiferromagnetic behaviour of Cr-Al alloys is studied using accurate measurements of transport coefficients (ρ, S, dρ/dT, dS/dT). For c ≤ 1.5 (at.% Al), dρ/dT and...
ANOMALOUS CRITICAL BEHAVIOUR OF TRANSPORT PROPERTIES IN ANTIFERROMAGNETIC Cr-Al ALLOYS (1978)
Sousa, J., Amado, M., Pinto, R., Moreira, J., Braga, M., Ausloos, M.
The complex antiferromagnetic behaviour of Cr-Al alloys is studied using accurate measurements of transport coefficients (ρ, S, dρ/dT, dS/dT). For c ≤ 1.5 (at.% Al), dρ/dT and...
ANOMALOUS CRITICAL BEHAVIOUR OF TRANSPORT PROPERTIES IN ANTIFERROMAGNETIC Cr-Al ALLOYS (1978)
Sousa, J., Amado, M., Pinto, R., Moreira, J., Braga, M., Ausloos, M.
The complex antiferromagnetic behaviour of Cr-Al alloys is studied using accurate measurements of transport coefficients (ρ, S, dρ/dT, dS/dT). For c ≤ 1.5 (at.% Al), dρ/dT and...
Fate of Escherichia coli during Ensiling of Wheat and Corn†
Chen, Y., Sela, S., Gamburg, M., Pinto, R., Weinberg, Z. G.
A recombinant Escherichia coli strain carrying a plasmid with an antibiotic resistance marker and expressing the green fluorescent protein was inoculated at a concentration of 3.8 × 108 CFU/g into...
Global DNA hypomethylation occurs in the early stages of intestinal type gastric carcinoma.
Cravo, M, Pinto, R, Fidalgo, P, Chaves, P, Glória, L, Nobre-Leitão, C, ...
BACKGROUND: Global DNA hypomethylation has been found in the premalignant stages of some neoplasms and has been implicated as an important factor for tumour progression. AIMS: The aim of this study...
Bressler, B, Pinto, R, El-Ashry, D, Heathcote, E J
Background: Recent guidelines from an AASLD Single Topic Symposium suggest that patients with cirrhosis, including those with primary biliary cirrhosis (PBC) or primary sclerosing cholangitis (PSC),...
Amaral, O, Fortuna, A M, Lacerda, L, Pinto, R, Sa Miranda, M C
Type 1 Gaucher disease families were studied in an attempt to establish a phenotype/genotype correlation in affected persons and also to identify carriers accurately. In the Portuguese type 1 Gaucher...