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Maria Teresa Ferreira
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Open AccessLuminol and the postmortem interval estimation — influence of taphonomic factors
The estimation of the postmortem interval (PMI) is one of the key challenges for forensic anthropologists. Although there are several methods referenced for this purpose, none is sufficiently effective. One of...
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Age assessment in unaccompanied minors: assessing uniformity of protocols across Europe
Age assessment of migrants is crucial, particularly for unaccompanied foreign minors, a population facing legal, social, and humanitarian challenges. Despite existing guidelines, there is no unified protocol i...
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Open AccessThe BALA project: A pioneering monitoring of Azorean forest invertebrates over two decades (1999–2022)
Globally, there is a concerning decline in many insect populations, and this trend likely extends to all arthropods, potentially impacting unique island biota. Native non-endemic and endemic species on islands...
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Open AccessAll that glitters is not gold: X-ray fluorescence analysis of a fixed dental prosthesis from Colecção de Esqueletos Identificados Século XXI, Portugal (CEI/XXI)
Access to better health care anticipates that more medical devices can be found alongside skeletal remains. Those employed in oral rehabilitation, with available brands or batch/series, can prove useful in the...
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Validation of discriminant functions from the rib necks in two Portuguese adult identified populations
Sexual dimorphism is the basis for sex estimation research in skeletal remains, hel** the positive identification of individuals in forensic backgrounds. In this regard, it has been proved that the metrical...
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Estimating age-at-death in enslaved African individuals from Valle da Gafaria by pulp/tooth area ratio in canines
Estimation of age-at-death of human skeletal remains is important in palaeo-demographic studies since it allows establishing mortality patterns and life conditions. In adult skeletons, this task is particularl...
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Estimation of the post-mortem interval in human bones by infrared spectroscopy
In forensic anthropology, there is an inherent difficulty in estimating the post-mortem interval (PMI). This study aimed to assess whether there is a correlation between changes in the bone mineral component a...
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The dental prosthesis (removable and fixed) from the Colecção de Esqueletos Identificados Século XXI (CEI/XXI)
For identification of the unknown, the analysis of individualizing characteristics is a paramount procedure, which allows the reconciliation of antemortem with postmortem data. Worldwide, populations are commo...
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New data about the 21st Century Identified Skeletal Collection (University of Coimbra, Portugal)
After the publication of the first article in 2014, 21st Century Identified Skeletal Collection, housed in the Laboratory of Forensic Anthropology, Department of Life Sciences at the University of Coimbra, Por...
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Beyond metrics and morphology: the potential of FTIR-ATR and chemometrics to estimate age-at-death in human bone
In forensic anthropology, the application of traditional methods for estimating the biological profile of human skeletal remains is often hampered by poor preservation and skeletal representativeness, compromi...
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Open AccessA spatial stream-network approach assists in managing the remnant genetic diversity of riparian forests
Quantifying the genetic diversity of riparian trees is essential to understand their chances to survive hydroclimatic alterations and to maintain their role as foundation species modulating fluvial ecosystem p...
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A test and analysis of Calce (2012) method for skeletal age-at-death estimation using the acetabulum in a modern skeletal sample
In forensic anthropology, the age-at-death of an adult individual is one of the most complex parameters of the biological profile to estimate. The present study aims to evaluate the reliability of the Calce (2...
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Open AccessOne millennium of historical freshwater fish occurrence data for Portuguese rivers and streams
The insights that historical evidence of human presence and man-made documents provide are unique. For example, using historical data may be critical to adequately understand the ecological requirements of spe...
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Limited resilience in hotspots of functional richness: the Mediterranean riparian shrublands
Functional diversity indices are increasingly being used to describe plant community assembly processes and ecosystem functioning. However, their relevance for predicting alterations in ecosystem functioning o...
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Open AccessFunctional redundancy and sensitivity of fish assemblages in European rivers, lakes and estuarine ecosystems
The impact of species loss on ecosystems functioning depends on the amount of trait similarity between species, i.e. functional redundancy, but it is also influenced by the order in which species are lost. Her...
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Effects of climate change on the distribution of indigenous species in oceanic islands (Azores)
Oceanic islands host a high proportion of the world’s endemic species. Many such species are at risk of extinction owing to habitat degradation and loss, biological invasions and other threats, but little is k...
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AncesTrees: ancestry estimation with randomized decision trees
In forensic anthropology, ancestry estimation is essential in establishing the individual biological profile. The aim of this study is to present a new program—AncesTrees—developed for assessing ancestry based...
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The relevance of bryophytes in the macrophyte-based reference conditions in Portuguese rivers
The identification of macrophyte reference communities represents a significant challenge in Mediterranean zones, where few aquatic taxa exist compared to other regions of the world. In the highly seasonal riv...
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Open AccessGenetic Evidence of African Slavery at the Beginning of the Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade
An archaeological excavation in Valle da Gafaria (Lagos, Portugal), revealed two contiguous burial places outside the medieval city walls, dating from the 15th–17th centuries AD: one was interpreted as a Leprosar...
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Effect of flow regime hydraulics on passage performance of Iberian chub (Squalius pyrenaicus) (Günther, 1868) in an experimental pool-and-weir fishway
Dams and weirs strongly affect or interrupt the longitudinal connectivity of rivers, by limiting the movements of several fish species while altering and fragmenting habitats. Fishways, especially pool-type fi...
