Environmental Risk Assessment Based on High-Resolution Spatial Maps of Potentially Toxic Elements Sampled on Stream Sediments of Santiago, Cape Verde by Marina M. S. Cabral Pinto, Eduardo A. Ferreira da Silva, Maria M. V. G. Silva, Paulo Melo-Gonçalves, Carla Candeias

“…In order to better understand the relationships between environmental geochemistry and public health, we present environmental risk maps of some harmful elements (As, Cd, Co, Cr, Cu, Hg, Mn, Ni, Pb, V, and Zn) in the stream sediments of Santiago, Cape Verde, identifying the potentially harmful areas in this island. …”
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Radiocarbon Dating and Stable Isotopes Content in the Assessment of Groundwater Recharge at Santiago Island, Republic of Cape Verde by Paula M. Carreira, António Lobo de Pina, Alberto da Mota Gomes, José M. Marques, Fernando Monteiro Santos

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TOGETHER FOR A SUSTAINABLE FUTURE BUILDING: A CLIMATE CHANGE AGENDA BETWEEN BRAZIL AND AFRICA by Pedro Andrade Matos

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Urban bioclimate and comfort assessment in the African city of Praia (Cape Verde) by António Lopes, Ezequiel Correia, Judite M. Nascimento, Paulo Canário

“…The population of Praia (Ilha de Santiago/Cape Verde) has recently increasedfrom 90,000 inhabitants in 2000 to 132,300 in 2012. …”
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Excess of Naturally Occurring Fluoride in Groundwater Discharge in Macaronesia: Brava Island, Cape Verde by Dilma Lopes, Suely Barbosa, Noelia Cruz-Pérez, Alejandro García-Gil, Miguel Ángel Marazuela, Joselin S. Rodríguez-Alcántara, Juan C. Santamarta

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Energy storage sizing for virtual inertia contribution based on ROCOF and local frequency dynamics by Dominique Alonso Sørensen, Daniel Vázquez Pombo, Esther Torres Iglesias

“…The validation is approached using the IEEE 9-bus system, then, the island of Santiago, Cape Verde is employed as a realistic study exploring its inertia needs. …”
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Perception of Citizens Regarding Marine Litter Impacts: Collaborative Methodologies in Island Fishing Communities of Cape Verde by José C. Ferreira, Renato Monteiro, Lia Vasconcelos, Cláudio M. Duarte, Filipa Ferreira, Euclides Santos

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Vector competence of the Aedes aegypti population from Santiago Island, Cape Verde, to different serotypes of dengue virus by Aires Januário Fernandes da Moura, Maria Alice Varjal de Melo Santos, Claudia Maria Fontes Oliveira, Duschinka Ribeiro Duarte Guedes, Danilo de Carvalho-Leandro, Maria Lidia da Cruz Brito, Hélio Daniel Ribeiro Rocha, Lara Ferrero Gómez, Constância Flávia Junqueira Ayres

“…This study aimed to evaluate the vector competence of A. aegypti from the island of Santiago, Cape Verde, to four DENV serotypes and to detect DENV vertical transmission. …”
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Water quality for agricultural irrigation produced by two municipal sewage treatment plants in Santiago Island-Cape Verde: Assessment of chemical parameters and pharmaceutical resi... by Maria dos Anjos de Jesus Barros Monteiro Lopes, Rayco Guedes-Alonso, Vanessa Mendoza-Grimón, Sarah Montesdeoca-Esponda, Juan Ramon Fernández-Vera, Zoraida Sosa-Ferrera, José Juan Santana-Rodríguez, Maria del Pino Palacios-Díaz

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Epidemiological investigations of diarrhea in children in Praia city, Cape Verde by Denise Andrade Colito, Roberto Dorta-Guerra, Roberto Dorta-Guerra, Hailton Spencer Da Costa Lima, Carine Pina, Deisy Gonçalves, Basilio Valladares, Basilio Valladares, Pilar Foronda, Pilar Foronda

“…For this reason, this study aimed to identify the etiological agents of diarrhea in Cape Verdean children and assess its associated risk factors.MethodsA survey questionnaire was used, and a total of 105 stool samples from children with diarrhea aged 0–12 years at the Central Hospital of Praia (Santiago, Cape Verde) were analyzed. The analyses were carried out using Biofire FilmArray Gastrointestinal Panels. …”
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