Percepção de agricultores familiares impactados pela mineração em tempos de Covid-19 sobre suas condições de saúde e segurança alimentar e nutricional by Aniele Magata Pinheiro, Marisa Alice Singulano, Marília Alfenas de Oliveira Sírio, Silvia Eloiza Priori, Maria Cristina Passos

“…The research aimed to understand the perceptions of family farmers with children and pregnant women in Mariana and Ouro Preto, in the state of Minas Gerais, Brazil, impacted by mining and the COVID-19 pandemic, about their health status and food security. …”
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Falls and associated factors among elderly users of Primary Healthcare Services by Scarlet Feitosa Santos, Miriane Lucindo Zucoloto, Natalia Akemi Yamada Terada, Edson Zangiacomi Martinez

“… The objective of this cross-sectional study was to estimate the self-reported prevalence of falls among elderly users (older than 60 years) of the Ribeirão Preto, São Paulo, Brazil, primary healthcare services in the past six months and to identify associated factors. …”
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External low energy electromagnetic fields affect heart dynamics: surrogate for system synchronization, chaos control and cancer patient’s health by Frederico P. Costa, Jack Tuszynski, Antonio F. Iemma, Willian A. Trevizan, Bertram Wiedenmann, Eckehard Schöll

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Prevalence of Self-Reported Halitosis and Associated Factors: A Cross-Sectional Study among Dental Patients by Marina Alievi, Stêvan da Silva Freitas, Rafaela Cherobini Moresco, Lilian Rigo

“… Objective: To determine the prevalence of self-reported halitosis among patients attending the dental clinic of a university in southern Brazil and identify associated factors. Material and Methods: The sample of this cross-sectional study included 269 individuals over 18 who attended the clinic for six months. …”
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The Use of Antisense-Mediated Inhibition to Delineate The Role of Inflammatory Agents in The Pathophysiology of Spinal Cord Injury by Damien D. Pearse, Francisco C. Pereira, Katina Chatzipanteli, Francisco W. Dalton Dietrich, Mary Bartlett Bunge

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Retóricas em disputa: o debate intelectual sobre as políticas de ação afirmativa para estudantes negros no Brasil by Karine Pereira Goss

“…As much as the entailing of the intellectuals to science and the theoretical matrices they use to explain the nation lies on their relative different positioning to the affi rmative action implementation for black students in Brazil.…”
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Impacts of Industry 4.0 in developed countries & BRICs by Guilherme Rodrigues de Sousa, Jorge Muniz Jr, Marta Lígia Pomim Valentim, Liane Mahlmann Kipper, Elaine Mosconi, Márcio Giannini Pereira

“…The countries researched are Germany, Brazil, China, South Korea, the US, India, Japan, and Russia. …”
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Effects of adopting IFRS 9 for the audit of financial instruments in non-financial companies by Shirley Franco da Silva, José Alves Dantas

“… Objective: The aim of this study is to determine the effects of adopting IFRS 9 for the auditing of financial instruments in non-financial companies in Brazil. Methodology: The empirical tests were based on the data obtained from 338 non-financial companies listed in the B3 (Stock Exchange) in the period from 2014 to 2021, that appeared in the financial statements and auditing reports on the CVM website. …”
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Experimental study of the influence of Potassium Chloride salt on the rheological properties of Carboxyl Methyl Cellulose (CMC) and Poly Anionic Cellulose – Regular (PAC-R) mud typ... by Chimezie Sidney Uduba, Ibrahim Ademola Fetuga, Monica Wobo, Olabode Thomas Olakoyejo, Antônio Marcos de Oliveira Siqueira, Joshua Kolawole Gbegudu

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Personal protective equipment in dentistry before and after COVID-19 by María Elizabeth Peña Téllez, Suzely Adas Saliba Moimaz, Cléa Adas Saliba Garbin, ´Tânia Adas Saliba

“…The studies were carried out in Brazil, Yemen, Cuba, Mexico, Lebanon, Turkey, India, London, and Colombia. …”
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Regiões pluviométricas e saúde no Rio Grande do Norte by Pollyanne Evangelista Da Silva, Lara De Melo Barbosa Andrade, Jean Souza Dos Reis

“…Rainfall surplus and deficits, observed through the occurrence of severe storms and draughts, amplify the impact of poverty on the population of the Northeast Brazil, where the Rio Grande do Norte state is located. …”
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E. coli Meningitis Presenting in a Patient with Disseminated Strongyloides stercoralis by Juliana B. Gomez, Yvan Maque, Manuel A. Moquillaza, William E. Anicama

“…A 43-year-old Hispanic man, with history of travelling to the jungle regions of Peru and Brazil two decades ago, and who received prednisone due to Bell’s palsy for three weeks before admission, presented to the Emergency Department with diarrhea, fever, and hematochezia. …”
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Editorial: ticks & tick-borne parasites and diseases by Ala E. Tabor, Ala Tabor

“…The articles also include authors from most continents globally with first author contributions from Australia, Bangladesh, Brazil, Czech Republic, Germany, India, Mexico, Pakistan, South Africa, Spain, Turkey, United Arab Emirates, USA and Zambia. …”
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A Case Study of Complex Policy Design: The Systems Engineering Approach by Shqipe Buzuku, Javier Farfan, Kari Harmaa, Andrzej Kraslawski, Tuomo Kässi

“…The proposed approach is showcased in a case study of sustainable policy formulation for a wastewater treatment plant at a pulp and paper industry in Brazil. The results show that it is possible to generate a solution space that highlights the best possible combinations of the given alternatives while also providing an optimal sequence and grouping for an optimized implementation. …”
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Correlation between risk factors that influence the development of children's language by Marianna Momoe Nanakuma Matsumoto, Heloisa Adhmann Ferreira, Isabelly Bueno Araujo, Daniela Cardilli-Dias, Daniela Regina Molini-Avejonas

“…Methods A retrospective study was carried out with 194 children aged 0 to 5 years and 11 months who were participants of primary health care (PHC) in the municipality of São Paulo, Brazil, from 2016 to 2020. The database was thoroughly analyzed using R software, and the most relevant risk factors were correlated through statistical analysis, generating altered and unaltered PDL results. …”
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30 anos de dinâmica espaço-temporal (1984-2015) da região de influência do Parque Nacional da Chapada dos Veadeiros – Goiás by Mariana Santos da Silva, Helen Gurgel, Anne-Elisabeth Laques, Bruna Drumond Silveira, Rogério Vidal de Siqueira

“…An example of this dynamism is the region of Chapada dos Veadeiros, located in the north of the state of Goiás. Located in Central Brazil has an active landscape with several areas used for sustainability and with important socioeconomic transformations linked to modern agriculture. …”
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The influence of range of motion on the functional and structural capacity of the triceps brachii—an experimental study with electromyography by Luís M. Ferreira, Luís Ferreira, Joana Ribeiro, Luís Branquinho, Rafael Peixoto, Luciano Bernardes Leite, Pedro Forte

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Relationships that promote and threaten family hope during pregnancy and care for high-risk newborns by Bruna Camargos de Lima Ramos, Renata de Oliveira Costa, Lucila Castanheira Nascimento, Patrícia Pinto Braga

“…Method: Qualitative research, guided by the theoretical framework of Understanding the Complex Nature of Hope, carried out between December 2021 and March 2022, with 28 members of 14 families attended at a multidisciplinary outpatient clinic for at-risk newborns in Minas Gerais, Brazil. Data obtained from interviews in thematic oral history allowed the construction of narratives, genograms and ecomaps, which were subjected to deductive thematic analysis procedures. …”
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Análise da morfologia urbana para geração de energia solar fotovoltaica em Belém - PA by Ana Lídia Aragão Maia, Luis Carlos Macedo Blasques, Marcela Marçal Maciel Monteiro

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Intention and regular physical activity behavior and associated factors in individuals with coronary artery disease by Josi Oliveira, Marcelo Silva, Leonardo Alves, Marlos Domingues

“…A longitudinal study was conducted in adults diagnosed with coronary artery disease admitted to a reference cardiology hospital, in southern Brazil. The sample was composed by 150 men and women interviewed twice, first during hospital stay and, later, two months after hospital leave. …”
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