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  1. "Acoustics, Analytical Programs to Microcomputers", (in Portuguese) Report n. 267/87 L.N.E.C., Lisbon 1987;
  2. "Acoustical Behavior of Lightweight Partitions" (in Portuguese) MSc. thesis, Univ. of Porto 1987;
  3. "Acoustical Behavior of Lightweight Partitions made with cork and gypsumboard" (in Portuguese) article in journal Materiais de Construçäo, vol. 6, n. 21, pg 47-53, 1989, Porto);
  4. "Noise Pollution Perturbs Rest" ("Poluição Sonora Perturba o Descanso"), (in Portuguese) article in "Feira", weekly newspaper, 29.11.1989;
  5. "Porto's Urban Gardens. Acoustical View" (in Portuguese), paper in Viver a Cidade, Lisbon, Oct. 1990;
  6. "Oporto, City Made of Noise" ("Porto, Cidade feita de Ruído") (in Portuguese), article in Jornal de Notícias - Domingo of 06.05.1990;
  7. "Acoustical Behavior of Precast Building Elements" (in Portuguese), paper in 2nd Conference in Building Construction, Porto, Portugal, December 1993;
  8. "The Acoustics of Portuguese Churches", 1994 Graduate Student Forum, Gainesville, March 1994;
  9. "Objective Acoustical Analysis of Room Acoustic Measurements in Portuguese Roman Catholic Churches" Noise-Con '94, Fort Lauderdale, May 1994;
  10. "Relationships between Objective Acoustical Measurements and Architectural Features in Churches" Sabine Centennial Symposium/127th ASA Meeting, Cambridge, MA, June 1994;
  11. "Effect of Architectural Styles on Objective Acoustical Measures in Portuguese Catholic Churches" WESTPRAC V, Seoul, Korea, August 1994;
  12. "Relations between RASTI and other Acoustical Measures in Portuguese Churches" Inter-Noise 94, Yokohama, Japan, August 1994;
  13. "BACH, a New Binaural Room Acoustical Measure" paper presented at 128th ASA Meeting, Austin, TX, December 1994;
  14. "Influence of Architectural Features and Styles on Various Acoustical Measures in Churches" (only conclusions) Ph.D. Dissertation, Univ. Florida (USA) 1994;
  15. "Prediction of Acoustical Measures in Churches", article in Sound & Video Contractor, vol. 13, n. 1, January 1995;
  16. "Liturgy, sound and acoustics: Why a church is not a concert hall", article in Sound & Video Contractor, vol. 13, n. 1, January 1995;
  17. "The use of the Sabine and Eyring Reverberation Equations to Churches", paper presented at 129th ASA Meeting, Washington DC, May 1995;
  18. "BACH, a New Binaural Parameter", 15th International Congress on Acoustics, Trondheim, Norway, June 1995;
  19. "The Sabine Equations and Coupled Spaces in Churches", Inter-Noise 1995, Newport Beach, CA, July 1995;
  20. "Acoustical behavior of a new lightweight partition made with gypsum board and cork", paper presented at 130th ASA Meeting, St. Louis, November 1995;
  21. "Analysis of subjective acoustic measures and speech intelligibility in Portuguese churches", 131st ASA Meeting, Indianapolis, USA, May 1996;
  22. "Environmental Impact Assessment Methodologies Regarding Traffic Noise in Portugal", 1st author, Noise and Planning '96, Pisa, May 1996;
  23. "A new lightweight partition made with gypsum board and cork. Acoustical Design", XXIV IAHS World Housing Congress, Ankara (Turkey) May 1996;
  24. "Subjective acoustic measures and speech intelligibility in churches", NOISE-CON '96, Bellevue, WA, USA, Sept. 1996;
  25. "Cork as a lightweight partition material. Economical and Acoustical Analyses", paper presented at the 1996 CIB Beijing International Conference, (China) October 1996;
  26. "Relationships between subjective and objective acoustical measures in churches",  Third Joint Meeting - Acoustical Society of America / Acoustical Society of Japan, Honolulu, USA, December 1996;
  27. "Relationships between speech intelligibility and objective acoustical parameters or architectural features in Catholic churches", NOISE-CON '97, State College, (USA), June 1997;
  28. "Speech intelligibility in churches. How it relates with objective acoustical parameters and architectural features", 133rd Meeting of the Acoustical Society of America, PennState (USA), June 1997;
  29. "New Methodology regarding environmental impact assessment for traffic noise in Portugal", INTER-NOISE '97, Budapest (Hungary), August 1997;
  30. "Objective and subjective acoustical parameters in Catholic churches", 5th Int. Congress on Sound and Vibration, Adelaide (Australia), December 1997;
  31. "Relationships between subjective and objective acoustical measures in churches", article in Journal of Building Acoustics, (UK),  4(1), pp 1/20, 1997;
  32. "Ruído em Incubadoras e Unidades de Cuidados Intensivos em Neonatalogia" (in Portuguese), I Ibero-American Congress in Acoustics, Florianópolis (Brazil), April 1998;
  33. "A New Sound Absorbing Lightweight Concrete Masonry Block", XXV IAHS World Housing Congress, Lisbon (Portugal), June 1998;
  34. "Noise in infant incubators and in neonatal intensive care units", INTER-NOISE '98, Christchurch (New Zeland) November 1998;
  35. "Acoustic Regulations in European Union Countries", paper presented at the Workshop COST Action E5-Timber Frame Building Systems "Acoustics Performance of Medium-Rise Timber Buildings", Dublin (Irlanda), 3-4 December 1998;
  36. Relations between rapid speech transmission index (RASTI) and other acoustical and architectural measures in churches”, article in Applied Acoustics, (UK) vol. 58 n. 1, pp 33/49, 1999;
  37. “The use of agglomerated cork as underlay for improvement of impact sound insulation in buildings”, 137th Meeting of the Acoustical Society of America & 2nd Convention of the European Acoustics Association: Forum Acusticum, Berlin, March 1999;
  38. "How does RASTI change with sound reinforcement systems in churches?", 6th ICSV, Copenhagen (Denmark) July 1999;
  39. "Casa da Música do Porto - oportunidade perdida ou desastre acústico?" (in Portuguese), Jornal de Notícias (19.08.1999, p. 16);
  40. "The effect of pulpits in the Rasti values within churches", Inter-Noise '99, Fort Lauderdale (USA) December 1999;
  41. "Catholic Churches, Sound-reinforcement Systems and RASTI", article in the Int. Journal of Acoustics and Vibration, vol. 5 no. 1, March 2000;
  42. "Acoustical Measures in Churches - Oportos's Clérigos Church, A comprehensive example", Proceedings of the 7th ICSV, vol. III, pg. 1645-1652, Garmisch-Partenkirchen (Germany) July 2000;
  43. "Expeditious noise mapping at a municipal level", Inter-Noise 2000, Nice (France), August 2000;
  44. "The significance of the church occupancy in the RASTI values in a Catholic church", CFA2000, Lausanne (CH), September 2000;
  45. "Economia das Empresas de Construção", (in Portuguese) Suport book (209 pages) to the course EEC (5th year BSc. Civil Eng. FEUP), 2000 (1st edition);
  46. "Analysis of reverberation time values in churches according to country and architectural style", 8th ICSV, Hong-Kong, July 2001;
  47. "The effect of occupancy in the speech intelligibility in churches", Inter-Noise 2001, The Hague (NL), August 2001;
  48. "Acoustic effectiveness of pulpit reflector in churches", ICA2001, Rome, September 2001;
  49. "Efficiency of 13th-century acoustic ceramic pots in two swiss churches", NC 2001, Portland, October 2001;
  50. "Plafonds d'église, Survol Historique et Remarques Acoustiques", article in "TRACÉS - Bulletin Technique de la Suisse Romande" (SIA - Société suisse des Ingénieurs et des Architectes), n. 23, 28 Nov. 2001, pp. 12-17;
  51. "Chaires et abat-voix: Mythe ou réalité acoustique?", Journées d'Automne de la Societé Suisse d'Acoustique, Nov. 2001 (Lucerne, Switzerland);
  52. "Church acoustics and the influences of occupancy", article in "Journal of the Building Acoustics", vol. 9(1),  2002;
  53. "Acoustic behavior of ceramic pots used in middle age worship spaces - a theoretical and laboratory analysis", ICSV9, Orlando, July 2002;
  54. "Acquisition and reproduction of factory noise with low-frequency extended bandwidth: a case study",  ICSV9, Orlando (USA), July 2002;
  55. "Sound absorption of 18th-century baroque woodcarving in churches",  Inter-Noise 2002, Dearborn, MI, (USA), August 2002;
  56. "Liturgical conditions of Catholic and Reformed celebrations and their relationships with architectural and acoustic characteristics of churches",  Forum Acusticum, Sept. 2002, Seville;
  57. "Practical methodology for speedy environmental field measurements", Forum Acusticum, Sept. 2002, Seville;
  58. "The ACUSTILAB, a small educational doble reverberant chamber", 4th AECEF International Symposium - Environmental Aspects in Civil Engineering, Sept. 2002, Porto;
  59. "Dancing the aerobics hearing loss choreography", (lay paper), 1st Pan-American/Iberian Meeting on Acoustics, Dec. 2002, Cancun;
  60. "Noise levels in the learning-teaching activities in a dental medicine school", 1st Pan-American/Iberian Meeting on Acoustics, Dec. 2002, Cancun;
  61. Absorção sonora de retábulo em talha barroca, (in Portuguese), article in the magazine Património-Estudos IPPAR, nº 3, 2002;
  62. "Chronic exposure of rats to cotton-mill-room noise changes the cell composition of the tracheal epithelium",  Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, (44)12, Dec. 2002;
  63. "Laboratório de Acústica/Laboratory of Acoustics", (28 pages), Porto, Feb. 2003;
  64. "Noise from amplified music played in discotheques, pubs and clubs - A review of some national regulations", 5th Euro-Noise, Naples (Italy), May 2003;
  65. "Natural vegetal fibbers as a new resilient layer for floating floors", 5th Euro-Noise, Naples (Italy), May 2003;
  66. "Acoustics of courtrooms in Portugal", Noise-Con 2003, Cleveland, USA, June 2003;
  67. "Changes of the bronchial lining of rats caused by noise", Proceedings of the ICBEN 2003, Roterdam, Holland, July 2003;
  68. "The new megachurch for the Sanctuary of Fatima", ISCV10, Stockholm, July 2003;
  69. "Expedite methodology for assessing noise levels in an urban scenario based on a new parameter: the significant measurement starts (SMS)", ISCV10, Stockholm, July 2003;
  70. “Cell suffering of the respiratory epithelia of rats submitted to environmental noise pollution”, Proceedings of the CICTA2003, Porto, Sept. 2003;
  71. "Some environmental comfort parameters in health fitness centres", Proceedings of the II Congreso Mundial de Ciencias de la Actividad Física y el Deporte, Granada, Spain, Nov. 2003;
  72. "Reduction of rat pleural microvilli caused by noise pollution",  Experimental Lung Research, 29(7):445/454, Oct.-Nov. 2003;
  73. "Acústica Ambiental e de Edifícios", (in Portuguese), Suport book (240 pages) to the course AAE (5th year BSc. C. Eng. FEUP), 2004 (1st edition);
  74. "Noise reduction by urban traffic management", Proceedings of the ICA2004, Kyoto, April 2004;
  75. "A new sound insulation lightweight concrete masonry block design and experimental characterization", co-author, Proceedings of the IB2MAC, Amsterdam, July 2004;
  76. "Acoustic characterization of historic cloisters in Portugal", Noise-Con 2004, USA, July 2004;
  77. "Caracterização acústica de salas de audiências em tribunais" (in Portuguese), IV IberoAmerican Acoustics Congress, Portugal, Sept. 2004;
  78. "Alterações no epitélio brônquico de ratos Wistar por exposição crónica a ruído industrial” (in Portuguese), Proceedings of the X Congresso Luso-Brasileiro de Anatomia, Porto, Sept. 2004;
  79. "S-Shaped glass also stands for soundless. Sound insulation measurements and implication for buidling pratice", paper presented at the 148th ASA Meeting, San Diego (USA) Nov. 2004;
  80. "Ruído em Equipamentos no Ensino em Medicina Dentária" [in Portuguese], Revista Portuguesa de Estomatologia, Medicina Dentária e Cirurgia Maxilo Facial, 45(1) 5-14, Dec. 2004, Lisboa;
  81. "Caracterização do conforto ambiental em centros de condição física" (in Portuguese),  Revista Portuguesa de Gestão de Desporto (ISSN 16458958), 2(1):75-83, Jan. 2005;
  82. "Arrest in ciliated cell expansion on the bronchial lining of adult rats caused by chronic exposure to industrial noise", Environmental Research, 97(3), 282-6, March 2005;
  83. "Sustainability of acoustic materials and acoustic characterization of sustainable materials", Proceedings of the ICSV12, Lisbon, Portugal, July 2005;
  84. "Social acoustic survey and noise mitigation solutions on a Portuguese urban highway", Proceedings of the Inter-Noise 2005, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, August 2005;
  85. "Caracterização do conforto ambiental em centros de condição física" (in Portuguese),  Revista Portuguesa de Gestão de Desporto (ISSN 16458958), 2(1):75-83, Jan. 2005;
  86. "Noise levels in dental schools", European Journal of Dental Education, 10(1) 32-37, Feb. 2006;
  87. "Urban Planning and Traffic Noise in Portugal: How did we get here?", Proceedings of the Transport Research Arena Europe 2006, Goteborg, Sweden, June 2006;
  88. "Reproducibility in interlaboratory impact sound insulation measurements", Proceedings of the ICSV13, Vienna, Austria, July 2006;
  89. “A Realidade Portuguesa do Conforto em Instalações de Fitness. O que mudar?”, I Simpósio Internacional Ciência e Fitness, S. João da Madeira, Feb. 2007;
  90. "Materiais e sistemas de condicionamento acústico”, Construlink Newsletter 121, April 2007;
  91. Caracterização da Patologia Pulmonar Induzida pela Exposição ao Ruído e à Poeira de Algodão na Indústria Têxtil” (in Portuguese, book 69 pp.), ISHT, ISBN 978-989-8076-11-3, Lisbon, May 2007;
  92. "Traffic Noise Influence on Road Network Planning in Portugal", Proceedings of the 11th World Conference on Transport Research Society, Berkeley, EUA, July 2007;
  93. "Action Plans and Municipal Noise Reduction Plans in Portugal", Proceedings of the Inter-Noise 2007, Istambul, Turkey, August 2007;
  94. "A Realidade Portuguesa do Conforto em Instalações de Fitness. O que mudar?" (in Portuguese), Revista Motricidade (ISSN 1646-107X), 3(2): 68-79, 2007;
  95. "Manual Técnico para Elaboração de Planos Municipais de Redução de Ruído" (in Portuguese) ISBN 9789728577.42.1 , APA/FEUP, 4/2008;
  96. "Acoustic Characterization of Rehabilitated Cloisters", Proceedings of the Acoustics ‘08, Paris, 2008;
  97. Acoustic Characterization of Courtrooms by a Multiple Criteria Method", Proceedings of the Noise-Con ‘08, Dearborn, MI, USA, 2008;
  98. Caracterização acústica de cafés-concerto(in Portuguese), Proceedings of the ACUSTICA 2008 - V Congresso Ibérico de Acústica, Coimbra, 2008;
  99. Ordenamento do Território, Ruído e Impostos sobre a Propriedade(in Portuguese), Proceedings of the ACUSTICA 2008 - V Congresso Ibérico de Acústica, Coimbra, 2008;
  100. Metodologia Multi-Critério para Análise da Qualidade Acústica em Igrejas(in Portuguese), Proceedings of the ACUSTICA 2008 - V Congresso Ibérico de Acústica, Coimbra, Outubro 2008;
  101. Zonamento acústico em Pequenos Aglomerados Urbanos(in Portuguese), Proceedings of the ACUSTICA 2008 - V Congresso Ibérico de AcústicaCoimbra, Outubro 2008;
  102. "Portuguese Real Estate Taxation, Land Use and Noise", Proceedings of the Inter-Noise 2008, Shanghai, China 2008;
  103. "Acoustic characterization of worship ambience in Catholic churches - Old Goa's Capela do Monte, A comprehensive example", Inter-Noise 2008, Shanghai, China 2008;
  104. "Comparison of the acoustics of mosques and catholic churches, 16th ICSV, Krakow, Poland, July 2009;

  105. "Prediction of acoustic comfort and acoustic silence in Goan Catholic churches", Proceedings of the Inter-Noise 2009, Ottawa, Canada 2009;
  106. "The true cost of road traffic noise in Portugal", Proceedings of the Inter-Noise 2009, Ottawa, Canada 2009;
  107. Divisórias autoportantes de desempenho acústico optimizado (in Portuguese), Proceedings of TECNIACÚSTICA 2009, Cadiz, Spain 2009;
  108. Aplicação de método multi-critério para avaliação acústica de bibliotecas públicas(in Portuguese), Proceedings of TECNIACÚSTICA 2009, Cadiz, Spain, 2009;
  109. Caracterização acústica da Mega-igreja da Santíssima Trindade – Fátima(in Portuguese), Proceedings of TECNIACÚSTICA 2009, Cadiz, Spain, 2009;
  110. "The effect of source location, posture and language on speech intelligibility in Goan churches", Journal of Building Acoustics, 16(3):283-297, Sept. 2009;
  111. Investment in noise reduction: a good option in Portugal?”, Proceedings of EURONOISE 2009, Edinburgh, UK, 2009; 
  112. Relationship between acoustic worship ambience and speech intelligibility in Goa’s Bom Jesus Basilica”, Proceedings of EURONOISE 2009, Edinburgh, 2009;
  113. "Squealing noise in light rail transport systems: implications in noise mapping", 158th ASA Meeting, San Antonio, TX, USA, POMA-Proceedings of Meetings on Acoustics, Vol. 8, 2009;
  114. "Model of a benefit/cost ratio analysis for comparison of environmental noise barriers", 159th ASA Meeting/Noise Con 2010, Baltimore, USA, Noise Con 2010 Proceedings, April 2010;
  115. "Sound isolation provided by shading screens applied in façades", 159th ASA Meeting/Noise Con 2010, Baltimore, USA, Noise Con 2010 Proceedings, April 2010; 
  116. Chapter “Relationships between subjective and objective acoustical measures in churches” (pp 97-116) in the book: “Collected papers in building acoustics: Room Acoustics and Environmental Noise”, Ed: B. Gibbs, J. Goodchild, C. Hopkins and D. Oldham, ISBN 978-1-907132-14-8, Multi-Science Publishing Co. Ltd., UK, May 2010;
  117. "Sound, noise and speech at the 9000-seat Holy Trinity Church in Fatima, Portugal", 15th Int. Conf. on Noise Control (Noise Control '10), Noise Control '10 Proceedings, June 2010;
  118.  Sound, noise and speech at the 9000-seat Holy Trinity Church in Fatima, Portugal”, Archives of Acoustics, (ISSN 0137-5075, Index 351873, Indexed and abstracted in Science Citation Index Expanded), 35(2) 145/156, 2010;
  119. Living with high noise levels, is it sustainable?”, Proceedings of the Inter-Noise 2010, Lisbon, Portugal, June 2010;
  120. Acoustic characterization of Portuguese libraries”, A. Carvalho and A. Costa, Proceedings of the 17th ICSV – Int. Congress on Sound and Vibration, Cairo, Egypt, July 2010;
  121. "Acoustic characterization of sacred music rendered by a human whistle at the Divine Providence church in Goa, India”, Proceedings of the ICA2010, Sydney, August 2010;
  122. "A acústica das capelas subterrâneas da nova Igreja da Santíssima Trindade, Fátima" (in Portuguese), Proceedings of the Tecniacustica 2010, León, Spain, October 2010;
  123. "Acústica da Mesquita Central de Lisboa" (in Portuguese), Proceedings of the Tecniacustica 2010, León, Spain, October 2010;
  124. "Desenvolvimento de “tinta” com pó de cortiça com desempenho acústico optimizado" (in Portuguese), Proceedings of the Tecniacustica 2010, León, Spain, October 2010;
  125. “Planos municipais de redução de ruído” (in Portuguese), in Magazine “Indústria e Ambiente”, 65(6), pp. 23-26, Nov./Dec. 2010;
  126. "From Portugal to Florida, and the Newman award", 161st ASA meeting, Seattle, USA, May 2011;
  127. Acoustical Characterization of the Central Mosque of Lisbon”, Forum Acusticum 2011, Aalborg, Denmark, June 2011;

  128. Acoustical Characterization of the Underground Chapels of the New Holy Trinity Church in the Fatima Shrine, Portugal”, Forum Acusticum 2011, Aalborg, Denmark, June 2011;

  129. Will high speed trains change Portuguese railway noise?”, Proceedings of the Noise-Con 2011, Portland, USA, July 2011;
  130. Paint” with powdered cork with optimized acoustical behavior”, Proceedings of the Noise-Con 2011, Portland, USA, July 2011;
  131. Acoustic Silence, Acoustic Intelligibility and Acoustic Sacred Factor in Goan Catholic Churches”, Proceedings of the Inter-Noise 2011, Osaka, Sept. 2011;
  132. The Acoustics of the Mekor Haim Synagogue, Portugal”, Proceedings of the Inter-Noise 2011, Osaka, Sept. 2011;
  133. Estudo Acústico de Bancos de Igreja”, Proceedings of TECNIACÚSTICA 2011, Encuentro Ibérico de Acústica, Cáceres-Spain, Oct. 2011;
  134. Igrejas Modernas com Problemas Acústicos - O caso da Igreja Nossa Senhora da Conceição (Porto)”, Proceedings of TECNIACÚSTICA 2011, Encuentro Ibérico de Acústica, Cáceres-Spain, Oct. 2011;
  135. "Ruído na Cidade do Porto - A Evolução em Duas Décadas”, Proceedings of TECNIACÚSTICA 2011, Encuentro Ibérico de Acústica, Cáceres-Spain, Oct. 2011;
  136. Chapters (Acoustics) of book: “Manual de Apoio ao Projecto de Reabilitação de Edifícios Antigos”, Coordenation V. P. Freitas, Ordem dos Engenheiros (RN), March 2012;
  137. "Acoustic rehabilitation of middle twentieth century Portuguese churches", Proceedings of the 19 ICSV – Int. Congress on Sound and Vibration, Vilnius, Lithuania, July 2012;
  138. "Acoustics of churches from Portugal and Peru when they were once the same country", Proceedings of the 19 ICSV – Int. Congress on Sound and Vibration, Vilnius, Lihtuania, July 2012;
  139. Sound absorption of church pews”, Proceedings of the Inter-Noise 2012, NY, USA, August 2012;
  140. O som e o ruído nos jardins do Porto”, Proceedings of TECNIACÚSTICA 2012, VIII Congresso Ibero-americano de Acústica, Évora, Oct. 2012;
  141. A acústica do museu nacional Soares dos Reis, Porto”, Proceedings of TECNIACÚSTICA 2012, VIII Congresso Ibero-americano de Acústica, Évora, Oct. 2012;
  142. A acústica do museu de Serralves (Porto) entre outros museus modernos”, Proceedings of TECNIACÚSTICA 2012, VIII Congresso Ibero-americano de Acústica, Évora, Oct. 2012;
  143. Pavimento flutuante com aglomerado de cortiça, de desempenho acústico optimizado”, Proceedings of TECNIACÚSTICA 2012, VIII Congresso Ibero-americano de Acústica, Évora, Oct. 2012;
  144. "Sound and noise in urban parks", 164th ASA Meeting, Kansas, MO, USA, POMA-Proceedings of Meetings on Acoustics, Vol. 18 (2012);
  145. "Exposure to industrial wideband noise increases connective tissue in the rat liver", Noise & Health (ISSN 1998-4030), 14(60), pp. 227-9, Oct. 2012;
  146. "Pre-restoration characterization of acoustical heritage of Nossa Senhora do Pilar church, Goa", Proceedings of Int. Conf. on Rehabilitation and Restauration of Structures, Madras, India, Feb. 2013;

  147. "Acoustics of modern and old museums", Proceedings of Noise-Con 2013, Denver, Aug. 2013;
  148. "Contributos para o desenvolvimento de uma tinta com características de absorção sonora", Proceedings  TECNIACUSTICA 2013, Valladolid (Spain), Oct. 2013.
  149. "Ruído no parque nacional da Peneda-Gerês, Portugal", Proceedings  TECNIACUSTICA 2013, Valladolid (Spain), Oct.. 2013;
  150. "Portuguese Catholic churches as reference acoustical models for heritage Catholic churches in Goa, India", Proceedings of the Acoustics 2013, Nov. 2013, CSIR-NPL, New Delhi, India;
  151. Pre-Restoration subjective acoustic comfort in the Goan church of Nossa Senhora do Pilar", Proceedings of the Acoustics 2013, Nov. 2013, CSIR-NPL, New Delhi, India;
  152. "Sound and noise in high school gymnasiums", 167th ASA Meeting, Providence, RI, USA, POMA-Proceedings of Meetings on Acoustics, Vol. 21 (2014);
  153. A multi-criterion method to assess the acoustic quality in museums”, Proceedings of the Noise-Con 2014, Fort Lauderdale, EUA, Sept. 2014;
  154. A influência da colmatação de frinchas em portas de salas de aulas”, Proceedings of TECNIACÚSTICA 2014, Murcia, Spain, Oct. 2014;
  155. Caracterização acústica de caixas de ovos e similares”, Proceedings of TECNIACÚSTICA 2014, Murcia, Spain, Oct. 2014;
  156. Caracterização acústica de grutas turísticas - Casos de estudo em Portugal”, Proceedings of TECNIACÚSTICA 2014, Murcia, Spain, Oct. 2014;
  157. "Acoustical characterization of live music and singing in Nossa Senhora do Pilar church - Goa", Proceedings of the National Symposium Acoustics 2014 (NSA 2014), All India Inst. of Speech & Hearing, Manasagangothri, Mysore, India, Nov. 2014;

  158. "Caracterização acústica de grutas turísticas - Casos de estudo em Portugal” (in Portuguese), Revista de Acustica (Sociedade Española de Acustica), vol. 46(1-2), pp. 23-28, Spain, April 2015;
  159. "Exposure to firework noise in festivals", Proceedings of the Euronoise 2015, Maastricht, NL, May 2015;
  160. "Sound absorption of egg boxes and trays”, Proceedings of Inter-Noise 2015, San Francisco, USA, Aug. 2015;
  161. "Caracterização acústica de grandes centros comerciais”, Proceedings of TECNIACÚSTICA 2015, Valencia, Spain, Oct. 2015;
  162. "Solução combinada de subcamadas de aglomerados de cortiça para sistemas duplos de laje e pavimento fltuantes”, Proceedings of TECNIACÚSTICA 2015, Valencia, Spain, Oct. 2015;
  163. "Acoustical characterization of touristic caves in Portugal", 170th ASA Meeting, Jacksonville, FL, USA, Nov. 2015, POMA-Proceedings of Meetings on Acoustics, Vol. 24 (2015);
  164. "Sound and noise in shoping malls", Procedings of Noise-Con 2016, Providence, USA, June 2016;
  165. Sobre o efeito da área da amostra em ensaios de absorção sonora em câmara reverberante", Proceedings of TECNIACÚSTICA 2016, Porto, June 2016;
  166. "Effect of sample area in reverberant chamber measurements of sound absorption coefficients", Proceedings of ICA 2016, Buenos Aires, Sept. 2016;
  167. "Sound absorption proprities of polyurethane foams derived from crude glycerol and liquefied coffee grounds polyol",  Polymer Testing 62(13-22), Sept. 2017;
  168. "Acoustically conserving the worship heritage of Nossa Senhora de Penha de França church, Goa”, Proceedings of Inter-Noise 2018, Chicago, USA, Aug. 2018;
  169. "Melhoria do desempenho acústico de uma sala de aula com materiais de desperdício", Proceedings of FIA 2018, Cádiz, Oct. 2018;

  170. "Caracterização acústica de estações subterrâneas do Metro do Porto, Portugal", Proceedings of FIA 2018, Cádiz, Oct. 2018;
  171. "Infrasound induces coronary perivascular fibrosis in rats", Cardiovascular Pathology, 37 (39-44), Oct. 2018;
  172. "Acoustics of Portuguese Romanesque churches", Proceedings of ICA 2019, Aachen, Sept. 2019;
  173. "Atrial fibrosis and decreased connexin 43 in rat hearts after exposure to high-intensity infrasound", Experimental and Molecular Pathology, vol. 114, June 2020;
  174. "Roof replacement of a heritage building using transparent solutrions: room acoustic performance comparison", International Journal of Architectural Heritage, June 2020;
  175. "Effects of high-intensity infrasound on liver lipid content of rats", Heliyon, 6(7):e04383, DOI: 10.1016/j.heliyon.2020.e04383, July 2020;
  176. "Acoustic characterization of acoustic vases in the synagogue of Tomar, Portugal", Proceedings of Forum Acusticum 2020, Lyon (on-line, COVID),  Dec. 2020;
  177. "Environmental Noise Exposure Assessment from fireworks at festivals and pilgrimages in Northern Portugal", Applied Acoustics 181 (2021);
  178. "High-intensity infrasound effects on glucose metabolism in rats", Scientific Reports 11(1) Aug. 2021;
  179. "Infrasound exposure promotes development of atrial fibrosis in rats", Annals of Medicine, 53:sup1, S90, DOI: 10.1080/07853890.2 021.1897455, Sept. 2021.

 

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