Impacts of long-range transport of aerosols on marine-boundary-layer clouds in the eastern North Atlantic by Y. Wang, Y. Wang, X. Zheng, X. Dong, B. Xi, P. Wu, T. Logan, Y. L. Yung, Y. L. Yung

“…The US Department of Energy (DOE) Atmospheric Radiation Measurement (ARM) Aerosol and Cloud Experiments in the Eastern North Atlantic (ACE-ENA) aircraft field campaign near the Azores islands provided ample observations of vertical distributions of aerosol and cloud properties. …”
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High-throughput sequencing and analysis of the gill tissue transcriptome from the deep-sea hydrothermal vent mussel <it>Bathymodiolus azoricus</it> by Gomes Paula, Egas Conceição, Pinheiro Miguel, Bettencourt Raul, Afonso Mafalda, Shank Timothy, Santos Ricardo

“…<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p><it>Bathymodiolus azoricus </it>is a deep-sea hydrothermal vent mussel found in association with large faunal communities living in chemosynthetic environments at the bottom of the sea floor near the Azores Islands. Investigation of the exceptional physiological reactions that vent mussels have adopted in their habitat, including responses to environmental microbes, remains a difficult challenge for deep-sea biologists. …”
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Nutritional Risk Screening in Children with Cerebral Palsy by Inês Curvelo Mendes, Rita Carvalho, Inês Asseiceira, Armando Mendes, Sandra Morgado, Raquel Amaral, Isabel Sousa, Joana Sousa

“…Methods: In total, 30 children with cerebral palsy were involved in this cross-sectional study, from two Azores islands (where 60% of the total population live, in the Azores), Portugal. …”
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Food Webs and Fish Size Patterns in Insular Lakes Partially Support Climate-Related Features in Continental Lakes by Nicolas Vidal, Susanne L. Amsinck, Vítor Gonçalves, José M. Neto Azevedo, Liselotte S. Johansson, Kirsten S. Christoffersen, Torben L. Lauridsen, Martin Søndergaard, Rikke Bjerring, Frank Landkildehus, Klaus P. Brodersen, Mariana Meerhoff, Erik Jeppesen

“…We studied 20 species-poor lakes located in two remote island groups with contrasting climates, but similar seasonality: the Faroe Islands (cold; 6.5 ± 2.8 °C annual average (SD) and the Azores Islands (warm; 17.3 ± 2.9 °C)). As for mainland lakes, mean body size of fish in the warmer lakes were smaller overall, and phytoplankton per unit of phosphorus higher. …”
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Vascular plant taxa occurrences in exotic woodland and in natural and production forests on the Islands of São Miguel, Terceira and Pico (Azores) by Lurdes Borges Silva, Patrícia Madeira, Diogo Pavão, Rui Elias, Monica Moura, Luís Silva

“…For that, 90 forest plots were sampled on three Azores islands - São Miguel, Terceira and Pico - equally distributed into natural forest, exotic woodland and production forest. …”
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Autumn Cold Surge Paths over North China and the Associated Atmospheric Circulation by Bo Cai, Gang Zeng, Guwei Zhang, Zhongxian Li

“…The main signal of the north-path cold surges is that the energy propagates eastward from the Azores Islands to the Ural Mountains, and then forms a blocking high over the Urals. …”
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A semi-Lagrangian view of ozone production tendency in North American outflow in the summers of 2009 and 2010 by B. Zhang, R. C. Owen, J. A. Perlinger, A. Kumar, S. Wu, M. Val Martin, L. Kramer, D. Helmig, R. E. Honrath

“…The Pico Mountain Observatory, located at 2225 m a.s.l. in the Azores Islands, was established in 2001 to observe long-range transport from North America to the central North Atlantic. …”
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Distribution of intermediate water masses in the subtropical northeast Atlantic by I. Bashmachnikov, Â. Nascimento, F. Neves, T. Menezes, N. V. Koldunov

“…It is transported west to the Azores Islands mostly along 39° N. The lower MW core originates in the Gulf of Cádiz, from where it is transported by the dominating flows southwestwards. …”
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Physicochemical characterization of free troposphere and marine boundary layer ice-nucleating particles collected by aircraft in the eastern North Atlantic by D. A. Knopf, D. A. Knopf, P. Wang, B. Wong, B. Wong, J. M. Tomlin, D. P. Veghte, D. P. Veghte, N. N. Lata, S. China, A. Laskin, R. C. Moffet, J. Y. Aller, M. A. Marcus, J. Wang

“…The Aerosol and Cloud Experiments in the Eastern North Atlantic (ACE-ENA) campaign, in the region of the Azores islands, provided the opportunity to collect particles in the marine boundary layer (MBL) and free troposphere (FT) by aircraft during the campaign's summer and winter intensive operation period. …”
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Root-Knot Nematode Species Associated with Horticultural Crops in the Island of Azores, Portugal by Leidy Rusinque, Filomena Nóbrega, Laura Cordeiro, Arlindo Lima, Samuel Andrade, Maria Lurdes Inácio

“…This is the first field survey that assesses the species of root-knot nematodes associated with horticultural crops in the Azores Island, contributing additional information on the distribution of this genus.…”
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Dietary Patterns Characterized by High Meat Consumption Are Associated with Other Unhealthy Life Styles and Depression Symptoms by Maria João Gregório, Maria João Gregório, Maria João Gregório, Maria João Gregório, Ana M. Rodrigues, Ana M. Rodrigues, Ana M. Rodrigues, Mónica Eusébio, Rute Dinis Sousa, Sara Dias, Sara Dias, Beate André, Beate André, Kjersti Grønning, Kjersti Grønning, Pedro S. Coelho, Jorge M. Mendes, Pedro Graça, Pedro Graça, Geir A. Espnes, Geir A. Espnes, Jaime C. Branco, Jaime C. Branco, Jaime C. Branco, Helena Canhão, Helena Canhão

“…After multivariable adjustment, women (OR = 0.52; p &lt; 0.001), older adults (OR = 0.97; p &lt; 0.001), and individuals with more years of education (OR = 0.96; p = 0.025) were less likely to adopt the “meat dietary pattern,” while individuals in a situation of job insecurity/unemployment (OR = 1.49; p = 0.013), Azores island residents (OR = 1.40; p = 0.026), current smoking (OR = 1.58; p = 0.001), daily alcohol intake (OR = 1.46; p = 0.023), and physically inactive (OR = 1.86; p &lt; 0.001) were positively and significantly associated with “meat dietary pattern.” …”
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