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Developing a representative community health survey sampling frame using open-source remote satellite imagery in Mozambique

International Journal of Health Geographics, 2018
Background Lack of accurate data on the distribution of sub-national populations in low- and middle-income countries impairs planning, monitoring, and evaluation of interventions.
Bradley H. Wagenaar, Orvalho Augusto, Kristjana Ásbjörnsdóttir, Adam Akullian, Nelia Manaca, Falume Chale, Alberto Muanido, Alfredo Covele, Cathy Michel, Sarah Gimbel, Tyler Radford, Blake Girardot, Kenneth Sherr, with input from the INCOMAS Study Team   +13 more
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Biopiracy and beauty brands? patent trends of cosmetics and skin care companies

The Journal of World Intellectual Property, Volume 28, Issue 2, Page 640-664, July 2025.
Abstract Concerns about the fairness and equity of ‘biodiscovery’ research endure despite the creation of legal frameworks designed to regulate access and benefit sharing involving genetic resources and associated traditional knowledge. While some industries that engage in biodiscovery have been the subject of sustained scrutiny, others have received ...
David J. Jefferson, Daniel F. Robinson
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Scaling-up the Systems Analysis and Improvement Approach for prevention of mother-to-child HIV transmission in Mozambique (SAIA-SCALE): a stepped-wedge cluster randomized trial

Implementation Science, 2019
Background The introduction of option B+—rapid initiation of lifelong antiretroviral therapy regardless of disease status for HIV-infected pregnant and breastfeeding women—can dramatically reduce HIV transmission during pregnancy, birth, and ...
Kenneth Sherr, Kristjana Ásbjörnsdóttir, Jonny Crocker, Joana Coutinho, Maria de Fatima Cuembelo, Esperança Tavede, Nélia Manaca, Keshet Ronen, Felipe Murgorgo, Ruanne Barnabas, Grace John-Stewart, Sarah Holte, Bryan J. Weiner, James Pfeiffer, Sarah Gimbel   +14 more
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Pest categorisation of Selenaspidus articulatus

EFSA Journal, Volume 23, Issue 5, May 2025.
Abstract Following the commodity risk assessment of Jasminum polyanthum unrooted cuttings from Uganda, in which Selenaspidus articulatus (Hemiptera: Diaspididae) was identified as a pest of possible concern, the European Commission requested the EFSA Panel on Plant Health to conduct a pest categorisation of S.
EFSA Panel on Plant Health (PLH), Antonio Vicent Civera, Paula Baptista, Anna Berlin, Elisavet Chatzivassiliou, Jaime Cubero, Nik Cunniffe, Eduardo de la Peña, Nicolas Desneux, Francesco Di Serio, Anna Filipiak, Paolo Gonthier, Beata Hasiów‐Jaroszewska, Hervé Jactel, Blanca B. Landa, Lara Maistrello, David Makowski, Panagiotis Milonas, Nikos Papadopoulos, Roel Potting, Hanna Susi, Dirk Jan van der Gaag, Vasiliki Evangelou, Alex Gobbi, Virag Kertesz, Andrea Maiorano, Dimitrios Papachristos, Oresteia Sfyra   +27 more
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Systems analysis and improvement approach to optimize the hypertension diagnosis and case cascade for PLHIV individuals (SAIA-HTN): a hybrid type III cluster randomized trial

Implementation Science, 2020
Background Across sub-Saharan Africa, evidence-based clinical guidelines to screen and manage hypertension exist; however, country level application is low due to lack of service readiness, uneven health worker motivation, weak accountability of health ...
Sarah Gimbel, Ana Olga Mocumbi, Kristjana Ásbjörnsdóttir, Joana Coutinho, Leonel Andela, Bonifacio Cebola, Heidi Craine, Jonny Crocker, Leecreesha Hicks, Sarah Holte, Rodrigues Hossieke, Edgar Itai, Carol Levin, Nelia Manaca, Filipe Murgorgo, Miguel Nhumba, James Pfeiffer, Isaias Ramiro, Keshet Ronen, Nona Sotoodehnia, Onei Uetela, Anjuli Wagner, Bryan J. Weiner, Kenneth Sherr   +23 more
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[Characterization of the acai or manaca (Euterpe oleracea Mart.): a fruit of the Amazon].

Archivos latinoamericanos de nutricion, 2008
The objective of this study was to determine the proximal composition, the fatty acid profile, the content of minerals, tannins, polyphenols, anthocyanins, the antioxidant capacity and the color of the acai pulp (Euterpe oleracea Mart) collected in the Venezuelan Amazon from 2 harvests of the year 2005.
Sanabria, Neida, Sangronis, Elba
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IgM and IgG against Plasmodium falciparum lysate as surrogates of malaria exposure and protection during pregnancy

Malaria Journal, 2018
Background Difficulties to disentangle the protective versus exposure role of anti-malarial antibodies hamper the identification of clinically-relevant immune targets.
Alfredo Mayor, Carlota Dobaño, Augusto Nhabomba, Caterina Guinovart, Alfons Jiménez, Maria Nelia Manaca, Ruth Aguilar, Arnoldo Barbosa, Mauricio H. Rodríguez, Pau Cisteró, Lazaro M. Quimice, Clara Menéndez, John J. Aponte, Jaume Ordi, Chetan E. Chitnis, Pedro L. Alonso   +15 more
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High production of pro-inflammatory cytokines by maternal blood mononuclear cells is associated with reduced maternal malaria but increased cord blood infection

Malaria Journal, 2018
Background Increased susceptibility to malaria during pregnancy is not completely understood. Cellular immune responses mediate both pathology and immunity but the effector responses involved in these processes have not been fully characterized. Maternal
Carlota Dobaño, Tamara Berthoud, Maria Nelia Manaca, Augusto Nhabomba, Caterina Guinovart, Ruth Aguilar, Arnoldo Barbosa, Penny Groves, Mauricio H. Rodríguez, Alfons Jimenez, Lazaro M. Quimice, John J. Aponte, Jaume Ordi, Denise L. Doolan, Alfredo Mayor, Pedro L. Alonso   +15 more
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Lunar influence on Brunfelsia uniflora (Pohl.) D. Don (Manacá-de-cheiro) rooting

Agro@mbiente On-line, 2011
This study aimed to determinate the moon phase’s influence on Brunfelsia uniflora (Pohl.) D. Don. In January 2008, semi woody cuttings were collected in Curitiba, Brazil.
Luciana Leal, Michelle Melissa Althaus Ottmann, Katia Christina Zuffellato-Ribas, Marisa de Cacia Oliveira, Áurea Portes Ferriani   +4 more
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[Manaca, sweet potato and yam: possible substitutes of wheat in foods for two ethnic population in Venezuelan Amazon].

Archivos latinoamericanos de nutricion, 2006
In this study, flours from manaca or acai (Euterpe oleracea Mart), sweet potato (Ipomea batatas), and yam (Dioscorea spp.), species grown in the Venezuelan Amazon, were obtained. The proximal composition, water activity (a(w)), Fe, Ca, Zn, Mg, Cu, Na and K content were determined for the flours of manaca, sweet potato and yam. These flours were used as
Elba, Sangronis, Patricia, Teixeira, Mariana, Otero, Marisa, Guerra, Glida, Hidalgo   +4 more
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