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An open‐source tool for evaluating calibration techniques used in low‐cost air pollutant monitors

Electronics Letters, Volume 59, Issue 10, May 2023., 2023
In this paper the structure of an open‐source tool is introduced for evaluation of calibration techniques used in low‐cost air pollutant monitors. Different algorithms can be configured and used, such as regression techniques and machine learning classifiers. In addition, this tool was implemented to be compatible with any input dataset. These features
Daniel Trevisan Tatsch, Alejandro Rafael Garcia Ramirez, Fernando Campo, Leonardo Hoinaski, Evelio González‐Dalmau   +4 more
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The landmark Escazú Agreement: An opportunity to integrate democracy, human rights, and transboundary conservation

Conservation Letters, Volume 15, Issue 1, January/February 2022., 2022
Abstract Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) is one of the world's most biodiverse regions, but this diversity is threatened by the overexploitation of natural resources and internal social conflicts. In 2018, 33 LAC countries were invited to sign and ratify the landmark Escazú Agreement, which is the first legally binding environmental agreement to ...
Sofía López‐Cubillos, Lina Muñoz‐Ávila, Leslie A. Roberson, Andrés F. Suárez‐Castro, Jose Manuel Ochoa‐Quintero, Renato Crouzeilles, Eduardo Gallo‐Cajiao, Jonathan Rhodes, Wolfram Dressler, María José Martinez‐Harms, Rebecca K. Runting   +10 more
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Amazonian Guarana‐ and Açai‐Conjugated Extracts Improve Scratched Fibroblast Healing and Eisenia fetida Surgical Tail Amputation by Modulating Oxidative Metabolism

Oxidative Medicine and Cellular Longevity, Volume 2022, Issue 1, 2022., 2022
Background. Previous studies have suggested that guarana (Paullinia cupana) and açai (Euterpe oleracea) have antioxidant, anti‐inflammatory, and proliferative properties, indicating their potential therapeutic action in wound healing. We produced a conjugated guarana‐açai (GA) extract and tested its healing action on earthworms (Eisenia fetida ...
Fellipe D. Felin, Ednea A. Maia-Ribeiro, Carollina D. Felin, Nathália A. C. Bonotto, Bárbara O. Turra, Isabel Roggia, Verônica F. Azzolin, Cibele F. Teixeira, Moisés H. Mastella, Carolina Rodrigues de Freitas, Jaqueline Greijanim, Daniel Santos, Erico M. M. Flores, Fernanda Barbisan, Ivana B. M. Cruz, Tiango A. Ribeiro, Eisa Tahmasbpour   +16 more
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Biochemical and Toxinological Characterization of Venom from Macrorhynchia philippina (Cnidaria, Hydrozoa)

BioMed Research International, Volume 2022, Issue 1, 2022., 2022
Macrorhynchia philippina is a colonial benthic hydroid from the Class Hydrozoa (Phylum Cnidaria) distributed in the tropical and subtropical marine waters from Atlantic Ocean, Indo‐Pacific, and Mozambique. Its colonies somewhat resemble plants, causing confusion in the bathers who accidentally touch the animal. Acute burning/local pain, edema, erythema,
Karine Cristie Quaglio Banagouro, Jefferson Viana, Leonardo Pereira de Lima, Guilherme Rabelo Coelho, Thalita Rocha, Raquel Girardello, Karolayne Larissa Russi, Marcelo V. Kitahara, Juliana Mozer Sciani, Krzysztof Siemianowicz   +9 more
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Effects of COVID-19 on Corneal Transplants Across the Five Regions of Brazil and Trends in Post-Pandemic Recovery-A Cross-Sectional Study. [PDF]

Health Sci Rep
ABSTRACT Background and Aims The COVID‐19 pandemic significantly disrupted global eye health services, including corneal transplants. This study evaluates the pandemic's long‐term impact on corneal transplantation across Brazil's five regions, highlighting national and regional recovery trends.
Lessa JG, de Melo AS, Baldon LV, Carvalho BGL, Guimaraes NS, Soares AN, Trindade BLC, Ludolf F.   +7 more
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Strength Level of Professional Elite Soccer Players after the COVID‐19 Lockdown Period: A Retrospective Double‐Arm Cohort Study

Journal of Sports Medicine, Volume 2022, Issue 1, 2022., 2022
Background. It is well known that periods of inactivity generate a loss of muscle strength, a fundamental component of sports performance in soccer. However, little information is available on the decrease in strength levels in professional soccer players after the quarantine lockdown that occurred during the COVID‐19 pandemic. Aim.
Robson Dias Scoz, Ricardo Lima Burigo, Isabella Christina Ferreira, Luiz Hespanhol, Ana Paula Silveira Ramos, Adriano Schlosser, Jose Joao Baltazar Mendes, Luciano Maia Alves Ferreira, César Ferreira Amorim, Nancy J. Rehrer   +9 more
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The role of land‐use history in driving successional pathways and its implications for the restoration of tropical forests

Biological Reviews, Volume 96, Issue 4, Page 1114-1134, August 2021., 2021
ABSTRACT Secondary forests are increasingly important components of human‐modified landscapes in the tropics. Successional pathways, however, can vary enormously across and within landscapes, with divergent regrowth rates, vegetation structure and species composition.
Catarina C. Jakovac, André B. Junqueira, Renato Crouzeilles, Marielos Peña‐Claros, Rita C. G. Mesquita, Frans Bongers   +5 more
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Tendências nas pesquisas geográficas sobre cidades pequenas no Brasil: apontamentos para análise

Revista Geographia, 2014
Este artigo procura refletir acerca das principais tendências que o tema cidades pequenas vem ganhando na ciência geográfica brasileira, tendo como base as pesquisas de mestrado e doutorado das principais Universidades brasileiras.
Orlando Moreira Junior
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CONSÓRCIO DE PESQUISA: RELATO DE UMA EXPERIÊNCIA METODOLÓGICA NA LINHA DE PESQUISA EM ATIVIDADE FÍSICA, NUTRIÇÃO E SAÚDE DO CURSO DE MESTRADO EM EDUCAÇÃO FÍSICA DA UFPEL

Revista Brasileira de Atividade Física e Saúde, 2012
Dois eixos principais estruturam o curso de mestrado da Escola Superior de Educação Física (ESEF) da Universidade Federal de Pelotas (UFPEL): de um lado, uma série de disciplinas voltadas para a formação de uma base de conhecimento da área de Educação ...
Pedro Curi Hallal, Marcelo Cozzensa da Silva, Airton José Rombaldi, Marilda Borges Neutzling, Volmar Geraldo da Silva Nunes, Angélica Nickel Adamoli, Jaqueline Copetti, Leandro Quadro Corrêa, Tales Costa Amorim, Thiago Terra Borges, Mario Renato de Azevedo   +10 more
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Time optimization in primary care – chronic prescription cost

BMC Health Services Research, 2023
Introduction Time optimization is a common goal to most health information institutions. In several countries, chronic electronic renewal prescriptions were one of the main focuses when implementing information systems.
Tiffany Leite-Costa, Daniel Rodrigues, Fernando Sá, Ricardo Cruz Correia   +3 more
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