Acknowledgements
A special acknowledgement to M McCusker and M Viveiros for the kind revision of the manuscript as well as for the very precious discussions on this subject.
Financial & competing interests disclosure
The author acknowledges the Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia of Portugal for the financial support given through the years: EU-FSE/FEDER-PTDC/BIA-MIC/105509/2008, EU-FSE/FEDER-PTDC/SAU-FCF/102807/2008, EU-FSE/FEDER-PTDC/BIA-MIC/121859/2010 and SFRH/BPD/63871/2009. The author has no other relevant affiliations or financial involvement with any organization or entity with a financial interest in or financial conflict with the subject matter or materials discussed in the manuscript apart from those disclosed.
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