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Characterisation of Hedge Burning in the Context of Wildland Urban Interface (WUI) Fire Prevention
Fire and Materials, Volume 49, Issue 5, Page 728-743, August/September 2025.ABSTRACT With global warming, the wildfire season tends to get longer, causing fatalities and devastating damage to human property. Although many countries have implemented fire risk prevention measures, particularly in Wildland Urban Interfaces (WUI), this finding shows that there are weaknesses in the prevention measures. This is mainly due to a lack
Virginie Tihay‐Felicelli +8 more
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A randomized controlled trial of mindfulness: effects on university students’ mental health
International Journal of Mental Health Systems, 2023 Background The development of mental health disorders is common in the university population, and mindfulness-based interventions (MBIs) seem to be effective in addressing them in different contexts.
Giovana Gonçalves Gallo +5 more
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“Who's breaking the law … not us, them!”: Inside immigration detention in Portugal
American Journal of Community Psychology, Volume 75, Issue 3-4, Page 371-385, June 2025.Abstract In this paper, we examine immigration detention in Portugal, a system whose daily operations and inherent violence are overlooked in both public and academic discourses. Even within community psychology, discussions on immigration detention have largely remained on the fringes of scholarly debates. Guided by a justice‐centered ecological lens,
Francesca Esposito +3 more
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Brazilian Journal of Infectious Diseases, 2018 Introduction: Ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP) is one of the most common healthcare-associated infections (HAI) in neonates admitted in neonatal intensive care units (NICUs).
André Ricardo Araujo da Silva +4 more
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Revista Portuguesa de Pneumologia, 2004 Estudo epidemiológico realizado com o contributo da American Cancer Society com o objectivo de avaliar o risco de cancro do pulmão em fumadores de cigarros com filtro com conteúdo médio (standard) de alcatrão, comparativamente a fumadores de cigarros com baixo e muito baixo teor em alcatrão e, ainda, comparativamente a fumadores de cigarros sem ...
Jeffrey Harris +3 more
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On the collateral consequences of fine default: The Brazilian case study
The Howard Journal of Crime and Justice, Volume 64, Issue 2, Page 129-144, June 2025.Abstract The collateral consequences of the non‐payment of fines have merited much attention in jurisdictions such as the USA or Australia, yet they are relatively unexplored in countries of the Global South. In this article, we analyse Brazil as a case study.
Gabriel Brollo Fortes +1 more
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Revista Portuguesa de Pneumologia, 2009 Resumo: Estudo realizado na Ãfrica do Sul com o objectivo de comparar a incidência de tuberculose durante os 2 primeiros anos de vida em crianças vacinadas à nascença com a administração intradérmica ou percutâ-nea de BCG. A OMS recomenda a vacinação intradérmica, mas a administração preferencial na Ãfrica do Sul até 1999 continuou a ser ...
A. Hawkridge +8 more
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Canadian Journal of Infectious Diseases and Medical Microbiology, Volume 2025, Issue 1, 2025.Objective: To investigate if red blood cell distribution width (RDW) is a risk factor for hospital mortality in patients admitted to a public university hospital in Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil. Methods: This observational prospective study included patients over 16 years who had been hospitalized for COVID‐19 between May and October 2020.
Helena Duani +9 more
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Ascoferiose (Ascosphaera apis):Causas predisponentes, medidas de controle e prevenção
Boletim de Indústria Animal, 2013 Ainda que a ascosferiose tenha sido descrita nos primeiros anos do século XX, não adqüiriu relevância até as décadas de setenta e oitenta, quando foi detectada com grande freqüência em amplas regiões do mundo. No Brasil, esta enfermidade foi encontrada pela primeira vez, em 1997, no Estado de São Paulo.
José Manuel Flores +5 more
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Ultraviolet radiation protection factors of livestock shade cloths for free‐range pigs
Veterinary Dermatology, Volume 35, Issue 6, Page 641-651, December 2024.Background – Protection from solar ultraviolet radiation (UVR) is paramount in light‐skinned pig breeds such as Yorkshire or Landrace to avoid sunburn. Objectives – Determination of the UVR exposure of a pig and the sun protection abilities of shade cloths with different shade rates.
A. W. Schmalwieser +4 more
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