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Characterization of Stone Tool Use in Wild Groups of Critically Endangered Yellow‐Breasted Capuchin Monkeys (Sapajus xanthosternos)

American Journal of Biological Anthropology, Volume 186, Issue 2, February 2025.
First camera trap video footage for wild Sapajus xanthosternos cracking resistant nuts with stone tools. ABSTRACT Objectives A hallmark of hominin evolution is the advent and diversification of stone tool use, and biological anthropologists have a particular interest in characterizing tool use behaviors in different hominin species.
Rayssa Durães Mainette, Jessica W. Lynch, Patrícia Izar, Gustavo Canale, Waldney Pereira Martins   +4 more
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Childhood obesity is associated with a high degree of metabolic disturbance in children from Brazilian semi-arid region

Scientific Reports
Projected to impact 310 million children by the next decade, childhood obesity is linked to serious health issues like metabolic disturbance and cardiovascular diseases. This study introduces a novel approach for the integrated assessment of inflammatory,
Isabella B B Ferreira, Alexvon N Gomes, Isadora B C Almeida, Mariana D Fernandes, Ludmilla F Coutinho, Renata Lago, Camilla A Menezes, Nelzair A Vianna, Ricardo R Oliveira, Eduardo R Fukutani, Rodrigo C Menezes, Ana Marice Ladeia, Bruno B Andrade   +12 more
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FRIESA – Modelação e previsão do Efeito do FRIo Extremo na SAúde da população [PDF]

, 2016
A Divisão de Clima e Alterações climáticas (DivCA) do Instituto Português do Mar e da Atmosfera (IPMA) e o Departamento de Epidemiologia (DEP) do Instituto Nacional de Saúde Doutor Ricardo Jorge (INSA, IP) desenvolveram recentemente um instrumento de ...
Antunes, Liliana
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Characterization of a rare Unverricht–Lundborg disease mutation

Molecular Genetics and Metabolism Reports, 2015
Cystatin B (CSTB) gene mutations cause Unverricht–Lundborg disease (ULD), a rare form of myoclonic epilepsy. The previous identification of a Portuguese patient, homozygous for a unique splicing defect (c.66G>A; p.Q22Q), provided awareness regarding the ...
Ana Joana Duarte, Diogo Ribeiro, João Chaves, Olga Amaral   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Análise da influência das variáveis climáticas na mortalidade por doenças do aparelho circulatório no Distrito Federal, Brasil, 2003-2012 [PDF]

, 2016
Esta pesquisa é uma colaboração aos estudos de clima e saúde humana, dando ênfase às doenças de origem circulatória. Nesta perspectiva, objetivou-se investigar a correlação entre variáveis climáticas e a mortalidade por doenças do aparelho circulatório ...
Almeida, Elton Kleiton Albuquerque de, Laranja, Ruth Elias de Paula, Natal, Evoneis Farias   +2 more
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An assessment of methods to combine evolutionary history and conservation: A case study in the Brazilian campo rupestre

Applications in Plant Sciences, Volume 12, Issue 3, May-June 2024.
Abstract Premise Conservation policies typically focus on biodiversity hotspots. An alternative approach involves analyzing the evolutionary history of lineages in geographic areas along with their threat levels to guide conservation efforts. Mountains exhibit high levels of plant species richness and micro‐endemism, and biogeographic studies commonly ...
Raquel C. Pizzardo, Eimear Nic Lughadha, Juliana Gastaldello Rando, Félix Forest, Anselmo Nogueira, Luana S. Prochazka, Barnaby E. Walker, Thais Vasconcelos   +7 more
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Presumed TP53 mosaicism: variants detected using a NGS hereditary cancer multigene panel [PDF]

, 2019
Aims/Context: NGS multigene panels are routinely used to identify germline pathogenic variants in cancer susceptibility genes. In addition, NGS allows the identification of low-level mosaicism events that may not be detectable by conventional Sanger ...
Gonçalves, João, Rodrigues, Márcia, Rodrigues, Pedro, Silva, Catarina, Theisen, Patrícia, Vieira, Luís   +5 more
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Frequency of Hereditary and GBA1‐Related Parkinsonism in Latin America: A Systematic Review and Meta‐Analysis

Movement Disorders, Volume 39, Issue 1, Page 6-16, January 2024.
Abstract Background Identifying hereditary parkinsonism is valuable for diagnosis, genetic counseling, patient prioritization in trials, and studying the disease for personalized therapies. However, most studies were conducted in Europeans, and limited data exist on admixed populations like those from Latin America. Objectives This study aims to assess
Paula Saffie Awad, Daniel Teixeira‐dos‐Santos, Bruno Lopes Santos‐Lobato, Sarah Camargos, Mario Cornejo‐Olivas, Carlos Roberto de Mello Rieder, Ignacio F. Mata, Pedro Chaná‐Cuevas, Christine Klein, Artur F. Schumacher Schuh   +9 more
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Inflamação subclínica e doença cardiovascular na obesidade: o papel do exercício físico contínuo e intervalado como tratamento

Revista Brasileira de Prescrição e Fisiologia do Exercício, 2016
Nas últimas décadas o tecido adiposo passou a ser visto como um órgão endócrino, deixando então o seu status de simples estocador de energia. Jé é consensual que o tecido adiposo libera citocinas inflamatórias de fase aguda, podendo estas aumentar o ...
Mario César Carvalho Tenório, Amanda Silva Fraga, Cloud Kennedy Couto de Sá, Ana Marice T. Ladeia   +3 more
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Pesquisa de sequências do cromossoma Y em indivíduos com síndroma de Turner.

Acta Médica Portuguesa, 2002
The Turner syndrome (TS) has been described in association with different sex chromosome aberrations. Although most TS patients show no evidence of Y chromosome sequences, according to different authors some TS patients may have Y chromosome material ...
Lénia Ferrão, Maria Lurdes Lopes, Catarina Limbert, Bárbara Marques, Filomena Boieiro, Marisa Silva, Ramira Marques, João Lavinha, Amilcar Mota, João Gonçalves   +9 more
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