A fuzzy compromise solution framework for assessing the early effect of COVID-19 on global stock indices by Sanjib Biswas

“…Singapore and Hong Kong stock exchanges show consistent top performance, while Brazil and the Indian market record poor performance. …”
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Description of the physical activity promotion programs funded by the Brazilian Ministry of Health by Tales Amorim, Alan Knuth, Danielle Cruz, Deborah Malta, Rodrigo Reis, Pedro Hallal

“…We interviewed those who are responsible for these interventions in 748 cities in Brazil. The Midwest region was the one with the highest proportion of cities being funded (17.8%); 72.3% of the interventions take place in small cities, i.e. those with fewer than 30,000 inhabitants. …”
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Brazilian version of the Kerlan-Jobe orthopedic clinic shoulder and elbow score: translation and cross-cultural adaptation by Felipe Marques da Silva, Raquel Lins de Sousa Lima, Gabriel Alves dos Santos, Germanna Medeiros Barbosa, Valéria Mayaly Alves de Oliveira, Danilo Harudy Kamonseki

“…DESIGN AND SETTING: This translation and cultural adaptation study was conducted at the Federal University of Paraíba, Brazil. METHODS: The procedures adopted in this study followed guidelines recommending translation by two independent translators, synthesis of the translations, back-translation performed by two native English-speaking translators, analysis by an expert committee, and pre-testing. …”
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Pollution havens in high-income emerging nations: Can green energy, financial development and environmental rules change this? by Xiaoqian Zhang, Linglu Linjin

“…Using data spanning from 1995 to 2023 and employing the Cross-Sectionally Augmented Autoregressive Distributed Lag (CS-ARDL) model, we analyze the experiences of BRICS countries—Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa. The findings reveal that green energy adoption consistently correlates with a reduction in CO2 emissions across these nations, with China showing the most substantial improvement. …”
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Geographical distribution of human pythiosis in the USA by Raquel Vilela, Sue C. Grady, Priscilla Rocha Vilela, Leonel Mendoza

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Extreme Event Statistics in Dst, SYM‐H, and SMR Geomagnetic Indices by A. Bergin, S. C. Chapman, N. W. Watkins, N. R. Moloney, J. W. Gjerloev

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Development of a Comprehensive Comparison Software for Automated Decision-Making in Impulse Testing of Power Transformers, Including a Review of Practices from Analog to Digital by Welson Bassi

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Avaliação do teste do coraçãozinho realizado em recém-nascidos do alojamento conjunto de um Hospital Terciário de janeiro de 2015 a julho de 2018 by Antonella Márcia Mercadante de Albuquerque do Nascimento, Vanuza Maria Rosa, Ana Barbara Queiroz Farias

“…The prevalence of congenital heart disease (CHD) in Brazil has increased in recent years. The pulse oximetry test is currently used for the early diagnosis of CHD. …”
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Avanços e aplicações da biotecnologia no agronegócio: uma análise da produção científica by César da Silva Robusti, Milton Carlos Farina

“…Authors, institutions and countries that stood out are from: United States, China, India, United Kingdom, Brazil, Korea, Poland, France and Germany. …”
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Freshwater turtle (Reptilia: Testudines) assemblage from an urban protected Atlantic Forest remnant: population density, movement and habitat preference by Sabine B. Rocha, Carlos Rouco, Carlos Eduardo V. Grou, Vanda Lúcia Ferreira

“…From 2016 to 2018, we accessed an assemblage of freshwater turtles isolated in an urban remnant of the Atlantic Forest, southern Brazil. We captured turtles by active search, hookless fishing, and funnel trap, and we marked them individually. …”
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Development of a cross-cultural scale on attitudes toward gender and sexual diversity (AGSD) by Daniel Oleas, Xochitl Garza-Olivares, Fernando Silva Teixeira-Filho, Guido Mascialino, Jose A. Rodas, Jose A. Rodas

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Perception of square and park characteristics and physical activity practice among High School students by Arieli Dias, Caroline Brand, Vanilson Lemes, Anelise Gaya, Adroaldo Gaya

“…It is an association study with a quantitative approach and a random sample composed of 168 adolescents (40.3% of boys and 59.7% of girls), aged between 14 and 18 years, from 10 high schools located in the city of Passo Fundo, southern Brazil. Perception of square/park characteristics was assessed through six questions about the characteristics of the neighborhood where students live. …”
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Testicular and epididymal dysfunctions: searching a new index for the differential diagnosis by Fernando T. Andrade-Rocha, Walter D. Cardona-Maya

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Évaluation du développement territorial comme processus d'innovation et d'institutionnalisation : le cas du Territoire du Alto Sertão do Piauí e Pernambuco au Nordeste du Brésil... by Jean-Philippe Tonneau, Marc Piraux, Emilie Coudel, Sergio Guilherme de Azevedo

“…It is the purpose of this paper, which aims to contribute to assessment methods, by analysing the impacts of a research-action to develop a "weakened" territory of the "Alto Sertão of Piaui and Pernambuco ", located in Northeast of Brazil. The objective is to characterize the processes at work, in order to understand them and to define their scope. …”
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Is COVID-19 pandemic associated with sadness? A prepandemic and postpandemic comparison by Samuel Carvalho Dumith, Elizabet Saes-Silva, Fernanda de Oliveira Meller, Antônio Augusto Schäfer, Micaela Rabelo Quadra, Lauro Miranda Demenech

“…ABSTRACT Objective: To analyze whether the COVID-19 pandemic is associated with an increment in the feeling of sadness among adults and elderly individuals from southern Brazil. Methods: Two cross-sectional population-based studies were conducted with the same target population in 2016 and 2020 with individuals aged 18 years or older. …”
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Pueraria tuberosa DC Extract Improves Androgenesis and Sexual Behavior via FSH LH Cascade by Nagendra Singh Chauhan, Vikas Sharma, Mayank Thakur, Alexandra Christine Helena Frankland Sawaya, V. K. Dixit

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Prion meeting 2023: implications of a growing field by Tiago F. Outeiro, Tuane C. R. G. Vieira

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Viscoelastic Fluid Flow Model for Hydrodynamic Behaviour of Magnetorheological Fluid in Valve and Shear Modes for a Damper System by Adelani Ismail Adeleke, Mufutau Adekojo Waheed, Gbeminiyi Musibau Sobamowo, Antonio Marcos de Oliveira Siqueira

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Childbirth dynamics in the riverside region of the Brazilian Amazon from the perspective of geospatialization by Liandra Silva Lopes, Laura Maria Vidal Nogueira, Erlon Gabriel Rego de Andrade, Ivaneide Leal Ataíde Rodrigues, Juan Andrade Guedes, Rosinelle Janayna Coêlho Caldas, Paula Gisely Costa Silva

“…Methods: ecological study of 4,081 childbirths, between September 2018 and December 2021, at a public maternity hospital in the Baixo Tocantins region, Pará, Brazil. With data collected from five sources, a geographic database was constructed, and spatial analysis was used with Kernel density interpolator. …”
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Study of machine learning techniques for outcome assessment of leptospirosis patients by Andreia Ferreira da Silva, Karla Figueiredo, Igor W. S. Falcão, Fernando A. R. Costa, Marcos César da Rocha Seruffo, Carla Cristina Guimarães de Moraes

“…Using the records contained in the government National System of Aggressions and Notification (SINAN, in portuguese) from 2007 to 2017, for the state of Pará, Brazil, where the temporal attributes of health care, symptoms (headache, vomiting, jaundice, calf pain) and clinical evolution (renal failure and respiratory changes) were used. …”
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