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Almeida

American  
[ahl-mey-duh] / ɑlˈmeɪ də /

noun

  1. Francisco de 1450?–1510, Portuguese military leader: first Portuguese viceroy in India.


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Paris-Nice will run from March 8-15, with Spaniard Juan Ayuso and Portugal's Joao Almeida expected to provide stiff competition for Vingegaard.

From Barron's

The play is being adapted by Duncan Macmillan, whose credits include People, Places, Things, and directed by Dominic Cooke, who will become artistic director of London's Almeida Theatre later this year.

From BBC

Dr. Alexandre Almeida, a researcher in the University of Cambridge's Department of Veterinary Medicine who led the study, said: "Our work has revealed that CAG-170 bacteria -- part of the 'hidden microbiome' -- appear to be key players in human health, likely by helping us to digest the main components of our food and keeping the whole microbiome running smoothly."

From Science Daily

This research builds on Almeida's earlier effort to assemble a detailed reference library of microbial genomes found in the human gut.

From Science Daily

To create the catalogue, Almeida used a technique called 'metagenomics', which involves analyzing all microbial DNA in a gut sample at once and then separating it into individual species.

From Science Daily