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Comparison of physiological and biochemical changes in old and young hyperglycemic rats submitted to aerobic exercise and anabolic steroid use

Sports Medicine and Health Science
Prolonged hyperglycemia conditions are a risk factor for chronic degenerative diseases such as diabetes and obesity. Testosterone is known to cause muscle hypertrophy, reduced fat mass, and increased body strength.
Carolina Freitas da Silva, Morun Bernardino-Neto, Thiago Montes Fidale, Anibal Monteiro de Magalhães Neto, João Rafael Valentim-Silva, Yuri Karaccas de Carvalho, Rodrigo Daminello Raimundo, Luiz Carlos de Abreu, Romeu Paulo Martins Silva, Nilson Penha-Silva   +9 more
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First report of Rhodnius montenegrensis (Hemiptera, Reduviidae, Triatominae) in Amazonas, Brazil

Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical, 2020
INTRODUCTION: Triatomines are hematophagous insects of epidemiological importance because they are vectors of Chagas disease. We present here the first report of Rhodnius montenegrensis in Amazonas, Brazil.
Fernanda Portela Madeira, André Luiz Rodrigues Menezes, Adila Costa de Jesus, Madson Huilber da Silva Moraes, Jader de Oliveira, João Aristeu da Rosa, Luís Marcelo Aranha Camargo, Dionatas Ulises de Oliveira Meneguetti, Paulo Sérgio Berrnarde   +8 more
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Deforestation and Efficiency: Insights From Forest Transition in the Brazilian Cerrado

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This paper estimates technical efficiency (TE) and environmental efficiency (EE) of agricultural production at the municipal level of the Brazilian Cerrado in 2006 and 2017, and investigates their underlying mechanisms in relation to forest transition theory.
Ricardo Muniz Simões, Cassiano Bragagnolo, Humberto Francisco Silva Spolador   +2 more
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Western String Chamber Orchestra, March 29, 1993

, 2016
Recorded during a live performance at Dalton Center Recital Hall, Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, Michigan, March 29, 1993, 8:00 p.m., the 419th concert of the School of Music’s 1992-1993 season.Western String Chamber Orchestra, Bruce Uchimura ...
Western String Chamber Orchestra
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Do More Open Economies Export Less Diversely in Brazilian Agribusiness?

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This paper asks whether municipalities with a larger export‐to‐revenue ratio display a more concentrated bundle of exported goods in Brazilian agribusiness. Recent advances in export imputation for Brazilian municipalities allow for an analysis of the concentration profile of each municipality and its association with export openness.
Alan Leal, Michelle Marcia Viana Martins
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A baseline for assessing the ecological integrity of Western Amazon rivers

Communications Earth & Environment
Amazon freshwater systems influence global hydroclimatic patterns, host unparalleled biological diversity, and support unique social-ecological systems.
Elizabeth P. Anderson, Andrea C. Encalada, Thiago B. A. Couto, Claire F. Beveridge, Guido A. Herrera-R, Sebastian A. Heilpern, Rafael M. Almeida, Carlos Cañas-Alva, Sandra B. Correa, Lesley S. de Souza, Fabrice Duponchelle, Carmen Garcia-Davila, Michael Goulding, Silvia López-Casas, Javier A. Maldonado-Ocampo, Guido Miranda-Chumacero, Mariana Montoya, Natalia C. Piland, Lulu Victoria-Lacy, Mariana Varese, Clinton N. Jenkins   +20 more
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Environmental and Genetic Effects on the Composition of Palm Oil From Hybrid Plant Clones of Caiaué and Oil Palm

Journal of the American Oil Chemists' Society, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The interspecific hybrids (IEH OxG) obtained from the crossing of Elaeis oleifera (Eo) and Elaeis guineensis (Eg) are resistant to some diseases that affect Eg in some regions of South America, and commercial growing in several countries has been established.
Rosemar Antoniassi, Ricardo Lopes, Sidney Pacheco, Allan Eduardo Wilhelm, Rui Alberto Gomes Junior, Adelia Ferreira de Faria‐Machado, Raimundo Nonato Vieira Cunha   +6 more
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Conceptual Tripod of Ecotourism for Compliance Assessment of a National Park in the Brazilian Amazon

Journal of Tourismology
National Parks in Brazil are Natural Protected Areas where ecotourism can be developed associated with nature conservation, respecting the guidelines of its Management Plan (MP).
Margarita María Dueñas Orozco, Frederico Yuri Hanai, Heros Augusto Santos Lobo   +2 more
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Biodiversity of Insecta in Amazonia: Updating the geographic records of social wasps (Vespidae: Polistinae) in Acre and Rondônia States, Brazil

Sociobiology, 2020
The Acre and Rondônia states in Brazil are part of Western Amazon rainforest in Brazil, an area harboring high biodiversity and high degree of endemisms Nevertheless, there are few studies on diversity of social wasps occurring in both states. This study
Alexandre Somavilla, Raimundo Nonato de Morais Junior, Paulo Cézar Salgado Barroso, Marcio Luiz Oliveira, José Albertino Rafael   +4 more
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Manipulus Rubiacearum - V. A revision of the genus Capirona. [PDF]

Acta Amazonica, 1985
The taxonomic histort of the genus Capirona is presented. Complete synonymies, descriptions, common names, distributions and discussions are given for Capirona and its two species C. descorticans and C. leiophloea.
Joseph H. Kirkbride, Jr.
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