WYSIWYG GEOPROCESSING: COUPLING SENSOR WEB AND GEOPROCESSING SERVICES IN VIRTUAL GLOBES [PDF]
We propose to advance the scientific understanding and applications of geospatial data by coupling Sensor Web and Geoprocessing Services in Virtual Globes for higher-education teaching and research. The vision is the concept of "What You See is What You
X. Zhai, J. Gong, P. Yue, Z. Sun, X. Lu
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This study is based on the following hypothesis: “Is it the greater the municipality’s population, the greater the number of cancer cases?” To investigate this question it was created a map of childhood cancer cases by municipality that are served by ...
Igor Henrique de Sousa Palmar +2 more
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Epidemiological Scenario of American Trypanosomiasis and Its Socioeconomic and Environmental Relations, Pará, Eastern Brazilian Amazon [PDF]
Chagas disease is a serious public health problem worldwide. In Brazil, the state of Pará has the largest number of reported cases. This article analyzes the spatial distribution of this disease and its relationship with socioeconomic, environmental, and
Claudia do Socorro Carvalho Miranda +11 more
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Semantic typing of linked geoprocessing workflows [PDF]
In Geographic Information Systems (GIS), geoprocessing workflows allow analysts to organize their methods on spatial data in complex chains. We propose a method for expressing workflows as linked data, and for semi-automatically enriching them with ...
Simon Scheider, Andrea Ballatore
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Mortality in Women with Coronary Artery Disease in Paraná State, Brazil: A Bayesian Spatiotemporal Analysis [PDF]
Background: Mortality resulting from coronary artery disease (CAD) among women is a complex issue influenced by many factors that encompass not only biological distinctions but also sociocultural, economic, and healthcare-related components ...
Marcelo Puzzi +11 more
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A DEFINITION OF VISUAL INTERPRETATION CRITERIAS TO MAPPING LAND-USE AND LAND-COVER IN THE BRAZILIAN BIOMES [PDF]
The present work aims to establish of Visual Interpretation Criterias of the land-use and land-cover (LULC) classes of the Brazilian biomes. The process relies on the efforts of experts from each biome, Ph.D.
E. B. Silva +6 more
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CERRADO KNOWLEDGE PLATFORM: A SOCIAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT TOOL TO CONSERVE BRAZILIAN SAVANNAS [PDF]
In the last decade, the access to geographic information through Web platforms has grown substantially in Brazil, and is now a strategic condition for the social and environmental governance of large biomes such as Cerrado (savanna) and Amazonia.
M. E. Ferreira +6 more
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DEFORESTATION POLYGON ASSESSMENT TOOL: PROVIDING COMPREHENSIVE INFORMATION ON DEFORESTATION IN THE BRAZILIAN CERRADO BIOME [PDF]
Considered a conservation hotspot of the world biodiversity and a key region for the agriculture production in Brazil, the Cerrado biome has only 7.5% of its native vegetation as fully protected areas. Given this, in 2016 the Brazilian government started
L. M. L. Pascoal +3 more
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Introduction: Cutaneous Leishmaniasis is a disease transmitted to men and animals by infected female phlebotomine sandflies and is considered a great environmental and public health problem in the Amazon region.
Rafael Aleixo Coelho de Oliveira +11 more
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Human visceral leishmaniasis is a major public health problem in the Amazon. Thus, we analyzed the spatial distribution of this disease and its relationship with epidemiological, socioeconomic, and environmental variables in the Carajás Integration ...
Claudia do Socorro Carvalho Miranda +9 more
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