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Maria do Céu Almeida
Researcher at Laboratório Nacional de Engenharia Civil
Publications - 61
Citations - 1369
Maria do Céu Almeida is an academic researcher from Laboratório Nacional de Engenharia Civil. The author has contributed to research in topics: Infrastructure asset management & Wastewater. The author has an hindex of 18, co-authored 56 publications receiving 1120 citations. Previous affiliations of Maria do Céu Almeida include Imperial College London.
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At-source domestic wastewater quality
TL;DR: In this paper, at-source pollutographs are calculated using an alternative approach based on survey data of domestic appliance usage together with measured flow and loads per use, which can be used to derive dry weather flow inputs to water quality models, and to assess the impact of changes in local water use and treatment.
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Metabolic Biomarkers of Prenatal Disorders: An Exploratory NMR Metabonomics Study of Second Trimester Maternal Urine and Blood Plasma
Sílvia O. Diaz,Joana Pinto,Gonçalo Graça,Iola F. Duarte,António S. Barros,Eulália Galhano,Cristina Pita,Maria do Céu Almeida,Brian J. Goodfellow,Isabel M. Carreira,Ana M. Gil +10 more
TL;DR: Results show that NMR metabonomics of maternal biofluids enables the noninvasive detection of metabolic changes associated to prenatal disorders, thus unveiling potential disorder biomarkers.
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Human plasma stability during handling and storage: impact on NMR metabolomics
Joana Pinto,M. Rosário M. Domingues,Eulália Galhano,Cristina Pita,Maria do Céu Almeida,Isabel M. Carreira,Ana M. Gil +6 more
TL;DR: The comparison between heparin and EDTA anti-coagulant collection tubes, the former showed no interference of the polysaccharide, while conserving full spectral information, and the impact of long-term -80 °C storage was found almost negligible.
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Second Trimester Maternal Urine for the Diagnosis of Trisomy 21 and Prediction of Poor Pregnancy Outcomes
Sílvia O. Diaz,António S. Barros,Brian J. Goodfellow,Iola F. Duarte,Eulália Galhano,Cristina Pita,Maria do Céu Almeida,Isabel M. Carreira,Ana M. Gil +8 more
TL;DR: The value of maternal urine profiling as a complementary means of prenatal diagnostics and early prediction of several poor pregnancy outcomes is demonstrated, for the first time, in this work.
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Following healthy pregnancy by NMR metabolomics of plasma and correlation to urine.
Joana Pinto,António S. Barros,Maria Rosário Domingues,Brian J. Goodfellow,Eulália Galhano,Cristina Pita,Maria do Céu Almeida,Isabel M. Carreira,Ana M. Gil +8 more
TL;DR: The results have unveiled specific lipoprotein/protein metabolic aspects of pregnancy with impact on the excreted metabolome and, therefore, provide an interesting lead for the further understanding of pregnancy metabolism.