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Effectiveness of non-surgical weight loss treatment for severely obese patients
Purpose: Severe obesity is a worldwide public health problem. We aimed to evaluate the effectiveness of non-surgical treatment on weight, body mass index (BMI), food consumption, and physical activity practice of severely obese outpatients.
Ana Paula dos Santos Rodrigues +1 more
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Effects of selective harvest on antler size of white‐tailed deer in Texas, USA
We conducted 20 years of experiments on the selective harvest of white‐tailed deer by antler size, judged inferior, in 2 areas of South Texas, USA. Selective harvest increased the phenotypic antler size of older males in one study area but not the other. There was little evidence of evolution resulting from selective harvesting. Abstract There has been
Don A. Draeger +8 more
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Atmospheric pollution is a global public health problem. The adverse effects of air pollution are strongly associated with respiratory and cardiovascular diseases and, to a lesser extent, with adverse pregnancy outcomes.
Alfésio Luiz Ferreira Braga +5 more
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Escândalos e voto: as eleições presidenciais brasileiras de 2006
O artigo mostra o impacto dos escândalos de corrupção sobre o voto do eleitor brasileiro na eleição presidencial de 2006. A pergunta central é se aqueles que consideraram a corrupção como principal problema deixaram de votar em Lula. O artigo avalia se e
Lucio R. Rennó
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Policy, Waste, and Power: Textile Dumping in Chile's Atacama Desert
ABSTRACT Globally, 87% of textile fibers end up incinerated or in landfills, with Chile bearing the brunt of this crisis. Every year, 39,000 tons of discarded clothing are illegally dumped in the Atacama Desert, turning it into a sacrifice zone for the Global North's waste economy.
Emma Minerva Brambilla
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Introducción: La nutrición inadecuada es un problema de salud mundial. Las implicaciones de esta situación sobre la salud materno-infantil son muy serias, ya que ganancias insuficientes de peso durante la gestación y la anemia inciden en nacimientos de ...
Cecilia de la Caridad Cruz Almaguer +3 more
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Estudos internacionais têm mostrado que o incremento da prevalência de sobrepeso em crianças tem se tornado um problema de saúde pública. O objetivo deste estudo foi estimar a prevalência de sobrepeso em crianças menores de 6 anos matriculadas em creches
Arlete Catarina Tittoni Corso +2 more
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Term Structure Anomalies: Term Premium or Peso problem? [PDF]
The goal of this paper is to develop a test for the relative importance of the time-varying term premium and the peso-problem for rejection of the Expectation Hypothesis of the Term Structure (EHTS).
JARDET, C.
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Excesso de peso, obesidade abdominal e fatores associados em servidores técnico administrativos da Univesidade Federal de Santa Catarina [PDF]
Dissertação (mestrado) - Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina, Centro de Desportos, Programa de Pós-Graduação em Educação Física, Florianópolis, 2013O objetivo deste estudo foi verificar a prevalência de excesso de peso e obesidade abdominal, segundo ...
Berria, Juliane
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Aplicación del método de Rietveld al análisis cuantitativo SiC sinterizado en fase líquida
Accurate X-ray quantitative analysis in SiC-based ceramics is a difficult task owing to the strong overlap among the Bragg reflections of the different polytypes.
Ortiz, A. L. +5 more
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