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SPRINGER Portrait Of State-Of-The-Art Research At The Technical University Of Lisbon 2007 Edition by SEABRA PEREIRA,M.
This book celebrates the 75th anniversary of The Technical University of Lisbon (UTL). It provides a compelling picture of current state-of-art research at UTL. It contains the edited version of the invited lectures from a two day Symposium and brings together a comprehensive summary of high quality research contributions across basic and applied sciences. A broad spectrum of topics is covered reflecting UTL's worldwide recognition. Preface; PART I - Emergent Areas: Nanotechnology and the Detection of Biomolecular Recognition Using Magnetoresistive Transducers, by Paulo P. Freitas, Hugo A. Ferreira, Filipe Cardoso, Susana Cardoso, Ricardo Ferreira, Jose Almeida, Andre Guedes, Virginia Chu, Joao P. Conde, Veronica Martins, Luis Fonseca, Joaquim S. Cabral, Jose Gerinano, Leonel Sousa, Moises Piedade, Bertinho Silva, Jose M. Lemos, Luka A. Clarke and Margarida D. Amaral; Financial Econometric Models, by Joao Nicolau; Quantum Computation and Information, by Amilcar Sernadas, Paulo Mateus and Yasser Omar; PART II - Basic Sciences: An Overview of Some Mathematical Models of Blood Rheology, by Adelia Sequeira and Joao Janela; Mathematical Models in Finance, by Maria do Rosario Grossinho More Sustainable Synthetic Organic Chemistry Approaches Based on Catalyst Reuse, by Carlos A.M. Afonso, Luis C. Branco, Nuno R. Candeias, Pedro M.P. Gois, Nuno M.T. Lourenco, Nuno M.M. Mateus and Joao N. Rosa; Simulation and Modeling in Computational Chemistry: A Molecular Portfolio, by Jose N.A. Canongia Lopes; Experimental Particle and Astroparticle Physics, by M. Pimenta; Frontiers on Extreme Plasma Physics, by Luis Oliveira e Silva; Nuclear Fusion: An Energy for the Future, by Carlos Varandas and Fernando Serra; PART III - Social Sciences, Economics and Management Sciences: Regulation Policies in Portugal, by Joao Bilhim, Luis Landerset Cardoso and Eduardo Lopes Rodrigues; The Growing Relevance of Africa in Chinese Foreign Policy: The Case of Portuguese Speaking Countries, by Ana Alves and Antonio Vasconcelos de Saldanha; Economy Growth Theory, Fifty Years Later, by Paulo B. Brito; PART IV - Life Sciences and Biotechnology: DNA Vaccines, by Duarte Miguel F Prazeres and Gabriel Amara Monteiro; Biotechnology of the Bacterial Gellan Gum: Genes and Enzymes of the Biosynthetic Pathway, by Arsenio M. Fialho, Leonilde M. Moreira, Ana Teresa Granja, KarenHoffinann, Alma Popescu and Isabel Sa-Correia Epigenetics: The Functional Memory of Ribosomal Genes, by Wanda S. Viegas, Manuela Silva and Nuno Neves; Biotechnology of Reproduction and Jopnint: From the Biomedical Model to Enterprise Innovation, by Luis Lopes da Costa, Antonio Freitas Duafle and Jose Robalo Silva; PART V - Engineering and Technologies: Evolution and Challenges in Multimedia Representation Technologies, by Fernando Pereira, Joao Ascenso, Catarina Brites, Pedro Fonseca, Pedro Pinho and Joel Baltazar; Bioinformatics: A New Approach for the Challenges of Molecular Biology, by Arlindo L. Oliveira, Ana T. Freitas and Isabel Sa-Correia; Research and Development in Metal Forming Technology at the Technical University of Lisbon, by Jorge M.C. Rodrigues and Paulo A.F Martins; Agronomy: Tradition and Future, by Pedro Aguiar Pinto; Towards a Clean Energy for the Future The Research Group on Energy and Sustainable Development of 1ST, by Maria da Graca Carvalho and Luis Manuel Alves; PART VI - Nature, Environment and Sustainability: Industrial Ecology: A Step towards Sustainable Development, by Paulo Manuel Cadete Ferrao; Forests for the 21st Century?, by Jodo Santos Pereira, Helena Martins and Jose G. C. Borges; The Role of Emergent Technologies towards an Integrated Sustainable Environment, by Elizabeth Duarte, Maria N. Pinho and Miguel Minhalma; Integrated Water Management, by Ramiro Neves, Jose S. Matos, Luis Fernandes and Filipa S. Ferreira; PART VII - Public Health, Food Quality and Safety: Food Safety Crisis Management and Risk Communication, by Virgilio Almeida; Debaryomyces hansenii, A Salt Loving Spoilage Yeast, by Catarina Prista and Maria C. Loureiro-Dias; The New Disease and the Old Agents, by Yolanda Vaz and Telmo Nunes; The Sharing of Urban Areas by Man and Animals, by Armando C. Louza; PART VIII - Health and Sport Sciences: Physical Activity and Cardiorespiratory Fitness, by Luis