A Portrait of State-of-the-Art Research at the Technical University of Lisbon

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-x

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2. Emergent Areas

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1

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   2. Nanotechnology and the Detection of Biomolecular Recognition Using Magnetoresistive Transducers

      • Paulo P. Freitas, Hugo A. Ferreira, Filipe Cardoso, Susana Cardoso, Ricardo Ferreira, Jose Almeida et al.

      Pages 3-22

   3. Financial Econometric Models

      • João Nicolau

      Pages 23-41

   4. Quantum Computation and Information

      • Amílcar Sernadas, Paulo Mateus, Yasser Omar

      Pages 43-62

3. Basic Sciences

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 63-63

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   2. An Overview of Some Mathematical Models of Blood Rheology

      • Adélia Sequeira, João Janela

      Pages 65-87

   3. Mathematical Models in Finance

      • Maria do Rosário Grossinho

      Pages 89-101

   4. More Sustainable Synthetic Organic Chemistry Approaches Based on Catalyst Reuse

      • Carlos A. M. Afonso, Luís C. Branco, Nuno R. Candeias, Pedro M. P. Gois, Nuno M. T. Lourenço, Nuno M. M. Mateus et al.

      Pages 103-120

   5. Simulation and Modeling in Computational Chemistry: A Molecular Portfolio

      • José N. A. Canongia Lopes

      Pages 121-135

   6. Experimental Particle and Astroparticle Physics

      • M. Pimenta

      Pages 137-150

   7. Frontiers on Extreme Plasma Physics

      • Luís Oliveira e Silva

      Pages 151-161

   8. Nuclear Fusion: An Energy for the Future

      • Carlos Varandas, Fernando Serra

      Pages 163-170

4. Social Sciences, Economics and Management Sciences

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 171-171

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   2. Regulation Policies in Portugal

      • João Bilhim, Luis Landerset Cardoso, Eduardo Lopes Rodrigues

      Pages 173-181

   3. The Growing Relevance of Africa in Chinese Foreign Policy: The Case of Portuguese Speaking Countries

      • Ana Alves, António Vasconcelos de Saldanha

      Pages 183-196

   4. Economic Growth Theory, Fifty Years After

      • Paulo B. Brito

      Pages 197-216

5. Life Sciences and Biotechnology

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 217-217

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   2. DNA Vaccines

      • Duarte Miguel F. Prazeres, Gabriel Amaro Monteiro

      Pages 219-232

   3. Biotechnology of the Bacterial Gellan Gum: Genes and Enzymes of the Biosynthetic Pathway

      • Arsénio M. Fialho, Leonilde M. Moreira, Ana Teresa Granja, Karen Hoffmann, Alma Popescu, Isabel Sá-Correia

      Pages 233-250

The Technical University of Lisbon (UTL) is celebrating this year its 75th anniversary. Being a jubilee occasion, a full program of events took place, including a two-day Symposium on the research at UTL. This Symposium addressed the state-of-art in major areas of excellence at UTL. Science, technology and innovation and the way universities and society in general, create, use and disseminate knowledge have gained a growing signi?cance over the last decades. UTL no doubt embeds a relevant potential of excellence in different areas of research in basic and applied sciences, which bears its development on the basis of a “research university” model. This book contains the edited version of the invited lectures that were delivered by prominent researchers at UTL. This book brings together in a review manner a comprehensive summary of high quality research contri- tions across basic and applied sciences. The contributing papers are organized around the following major areas: – Emergent areas (Nanosciences, Quantic Computations and Infor- tion, Risk and Volatility in Financial Markets); – Basic Sciences (Mathematics, Physics, Chemistry and Materials); – Social Sciences, Economics and Management Sciences; – Life Sciences and Biotechnology; – Engineering and Technologies – Nature, Environment and Sustainability; – Public Health, Food Quality and Safety; – Health and Sport Sciences; – Urbanism, Transports, Architecture, Arts and Design. The transdisciplinary nature of most areas aims to stress a compelling sense of purpose in the work developed.

• Hotel
• Natur
• Transport
• architecture
• design
• environment
• management
• model
• modeling
• multimedia
• organization
• physics
• quality
• simulation

• Technical University of Lisbon, Lisbon, Portugal

  Manuel Seabra Pereira

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