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Gender differences in the user satisfaction and service quality improvement priority of public transit bus system in Porto Alegre and Fortaleza, Brazil

Travel Behaviour & Society, 2022
Previous studies have shown that the rider satisfaction on bus services vary between males and females. As women make a significant number of transit trips in developing countries nowadays, it is crucial to understand their perceptions and satisfactions ...
Yunhan Zheng   +5 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

First evidence of microplastic contamination in the freshwater of Lake Guaíba, Porto Alegre, Brazil.

Science of the Total Environment, 2020
The ubiquitous presence of microplastics in the aquatic environment has raised concern about their potential impacts on and risks to the biota. While the presence of microplastics in a marine environment has been well studied, the impact of microplastic ...
C. Bertoldi   +6 more
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Potential Vectors of Leishmania Parasites in a Recent Focus of Visceral Leishmaniasis in Neighborhoods of Porto Alegre, State of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil

Journal of medical entomology, 2020
In view of recent cases of human and canine visceral leishmaniasis reported in Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil, we investigated the sand fly fauna inhabiting the neighborhoods of Morro Santana and Jardim Carvalho, Brazil, continuing a series of ...
F. Rêgo   +4 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

The influence of built environment and travel attitudes on walking: A case study of Porto Alegre, Brazil

International Journal of Sustainable Transportation, 2016
A. Larrañaga   +4 more
semanticscholar   +3 more sources

HOW does veganism contribute to shape sustainable food systems? Practices, meanings and identities of vegan restaurants in Porto Alegre, Brazil

, 2020
This article discusses if and how the practices of vegan restaurants and their consumers converge towards the construction of sustainable food systems.
P. Niederle, Maycon Noremberg Schubert
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Porto Alegre

Proceedings of the 14th Annual International Conference on Digital Government Research, 2013
This article presents the findings from the first-round analysis of some initiatives in Porto Alegre, capital of the State of Rio Grande do Sul (Brazil), following the Smart Cities Initiatives Framework from Chourabi et al. In order to do that, secondary data from official websites and other available and reliable information sources are examined.
Marie Anne Macadar   +1 more
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Estimates and multivariable risk assessment of gingival recession in the population of adults from Porto Alegre, Brazil.

Journal of Clinical Periodontology, 2014
F. S. Rios   +5 more
semanticscholar   +3 more sources

Application of multi-criteria decision analysis methods for assessing walkability: A case study in Porto Alegre, Brazil

Transportation Research Part D: Transport and Environment, 2018
The concept of walkability refers to the extent to which a neighbourhood is walking-friendly. Several walkability indexes have been developed to quantify and evaluate the pedestrian environment.
Alejandro Ruiz-Padillo   +3 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Ecology and Molecular Detection of Leishmania infantum Nicolle, 1908 (Kinetoplastida: Trypanosomatida) in Wild-Caught Sand Flies (Psychodidae: Phlebotominae) Collected in Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul: A New Focus of Visceral Leishmaniasis in Brazil

Journal of medical entomology, 2018
Phlebotomine sand flies are hematophagous insect vectors of the protozoan parasites of the genus Leishmania Ross, 1903 (Kinetoplastida: Trypanosomatida) that infect mammals, including humans, causing leishmaniasis.
F. Rêgo   +3 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Enslaved in Porto Alegre

2020
Abstract In 1831, Rufino’s young master, an army cadet, took him to the province of Rio Grande do Sul, where he was sold to a merchant from the capital city of Porto Alegre. When his new master went bankrupt, Rufino was auctioned and bought by the police chief of the province. He worked as a cook at home and probably as a hire-out worker
João José Reis   +3 more
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