High Cesarean Section Rates during Labor Induction in Low Risk, Late-Term Cephalic Pregnancies in a Tertiary Centre by Neslihan Erkal, Metin Kaba, Yeliz Akpinar Mayir, Fatma Elif Isik Eryilmaz

“…Background: The cesarean section rate is high in countries such as Türkiye, Egypt, and Brazil. The aims of this study were to determine whether the cesarean section rate during labor induction is high in late-term cephalic pregnancies and to evaluate the related factors. …”
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Joint statement on evidence-based practices in mechanical ventilation: suggestions from two Brazilian medical societies by Juliana Carvalho Ferreira, Arthur Oswaldo de Abreu Vianna, Bruno Valle Pinheiro, Israel Silva Maia, Sérgio Vasconcellos Baldisserotto, Alexandre Marini Isola

“…Seventy-five experts from all regions of Brazil worked in pairs to perform scoping reviews, searching for publications on their specific topic of mechanical ventilation in the last 20 years in the highest impact factor journals in the areas of intensive care, pulmonology, and anesthesiology. …”
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ZIKA virus infection and congenital Zika syndrome: A systematic review by Witold Czyz, Łukasz Stojak, Mateusz Baczewski, Karina Urbańska, Dariusz Popiela, Filip Kwiatkowski, Mateusz Grego, Katarzyna Grego

“… Zika virus (ZIKV), studied since 1950s and known for occasionally causing a mild, febrile illness in humans, became a public health emergency and a global threat to health, with its most recent major outbreak, in Brazil (2015-2016), declared a Public Health Emergency of International Concern by the WHO. …”
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Chemical Composition and Antibacterial Activity of the Essential Oil from Leaves of Zanthoxylum kleinii (R.S. Cowan) P.G. Waterman (Rutaceae) by Karine Amorim Fladzinski, Monica Surek, Renan Reisdörfer Schorr, Francisco de Assis Marques, Cintia Aparecida dos Anjos, Elisiane de Bona Sartor, Juliana de Fátima Garcia, Obdulio Gomes Miguel, Marilis Dallarmi Miguel, Luciane Dalarmi, Deise Prehs Montrucchio, Josiane de Fátima Gaspari Dias

“…Abstract Z. kleinii is an endemic species in Brazil. No reports of popular use, regarding its chemical composition or biological activities were reported to date. …”
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Unlocking the potential of sepiolite: Designing high-performance energy storage materials by Yanhuai Ding, Yizhi Jiang, Dongzhao Jin, Yunhong Jiang, Ana C.S. Alcântara

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Glucagon-like peptide-1 and glucose-dependent insulinotropic polypeptide agonists for the treatment of obesity and diabetes mellitus by Alexander C. Martins, Beatriz G. de la Torre, Fernando Albericio

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The Effect of Sensorimotor Synchronization on Gait Spatiotemporal Parameters in Women with Multiple Sclerosis by Mozhgan Memarmoghadam, Mansoureh Shahraki, Behzad Mohammadi Orangi, Luca Correale, Leonardo A. Peyré-Tartaruga

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Meals in children’s education units: planning, production process, distribution and adequacy of the main meal by Estefanini Libia Siqueira Teixeira de Almeida, Michelle Franklin Silva Fontes, Adriana Versiani dos Anjos, Luana Caroline dos Santos, Simone Cardoso Lisboa Pereira

“…The aim of this study was to evaluate the planning, production process, distribution and nutritional adequacy of the main meal offered in children’s education units in the municipality of Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil, in relation to the current national legislation. …”
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Monitoring for respiratory viruses among wild canids, Texas by Lyudmyla V. Marushchak, Laura A. Pulscher, Judith U. Oguzie, Diego B. Silva, Kenneth A. Waldrup, Douglas M. Watts, Gregory C. Gray

“…The feral dog CCoV sequence was closely related to CCoVs reported in Brazil and the United Kingdom. This pilot study demonstrated the usefulness of a noninvasive monitoring approach in detecting and characterizing respiratory viruses among wild canids.…”
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Positive self-perceived health of octogenarians participating in community groups by Rodrigo Krug, Ione Schneider, Susana Confortin, Danielle Antes, Maruí Giehl, Marize Lopes, André Xavier, Eleonora d'Orsi, Giovana Mazo

“… The aim of this study was to analyze the factors associated with positive self-perceived health of octogenarians participating in community groups in the city of Florianópolis, Southern Brazil. A cross-sectional study was conducted with 343 older adult individuals aged 80 years or older, of both sexes, participating in community groups. …”
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Marine debris surveys on four beaches in Rizhao City of China by C. Zhou, X. Liu, Z. Wang, T. Yang, L. Shi, L. Wang, L. Cong, X. Liu, J. Yang

“…Compared with USA, UK, Brazil, Indonesia, Australia, etc., marine debris research in China has received less attention and few studies have attempted to quantify the abundance and mass of marine debris. …”
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Coconut residues increase light fraction of organic matter and water retention in semi-arid sandy soil under irrigated cultivation by Isnara Evelin Barbosa da Silva, Magnus Dall’Igna Deon, Davi José Silva, Francisco Alisson da Silva Xavier, Ana Paula Guimarães Santos, Diana Signor

“…The study was conducted in a commercial coconut palm cultivation area in Petrolina, Pernambuco State, Brazil, forming a chronosequence with 0, 2, 4, 5 and 6 years of coconut shells or coconut leaves application on soil surface. …”
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Exploring networks of care in implementing midwife-led birthing centres in low- and middle-income countries: A scoping review. by Sabera Turkmani, Andrea Nove, Oliva Bazirete, Kirsty Hughes, Sally Pairman, Emily Callander, Vanessa Scarf, Mandy Forrester, Shree Mandke, Caroline S E Homer

“…The analysis was based on the four domains of the NOC: 1) agreement and enabling environment, 2) operational standards, 3) quality, efficiency, and responsibility, 4) learning and adaptation, which together are thought to reflect the characteristics of an effective NOC.Of the 40 studies, half (n = 20) were from Brazil and South Africa. The others covered an additional 10 countries. …”
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Meeting deepwater drilling challenges in Niger-Delta with high performance water-based mud by Chimezie Sidney Uduba, Ibrahim Ademola Fetuga, Olabode Thomas Olakoyejo, Monica Wobo, Antônio Marcos de Oliveira Siqueira, Joshua Kolawole Gbegudu, Franklin Onah Onazi

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Exploring Anharmonicity-induced high thermoelectric performance in α-In2X3 (X=S, Se) monolayers by Victor José Ramirez Rivera, Fredy Mamani Gonzalo, Maurício Jeomar Piotrowski, Efracio Mamani Flores

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The Effect of Task Cognitive Difficulty on Perceptual-Cognitive Indicators: Evidence on the Relationship Between Challenge Point Framework (CPF) and Cognitive Development in Table... by Taghi MM, Aghdaei M, Farsi A, Badicu G, de Sousa Fernandes MS, Yagin FH, Ardigò LP

“…Mahya Mohamad Taghi,1 Mahin Aghdaei,1 Alireza Farsi,1 Georgian Badicu,2 Matheus Santos de Sousa Fernandes,3 Fatma Hilal Yagin,4 Luca Paolo Ardigò5 1Faculty of Sports and Health Sciences, Shahid Beheshti University, Tehran, Iran; 2Department of Physical Education and Special Motricity, Transilvania University of Brasov, Brasov, Romania; 3Instituto Keizo Asami, Universidade Federal de Pernambuco, Recife, Pernambuco, Brazil; 4Department of Biostatistics and Medical Informatics, Faculty of Medicine, Inonu University, Malatya, Turkey; 5Department of Teacher Education, NLA University College, Oslo, NorwayCorrespondence: Luca Paolo Ardigò; Mahya Mohamad Taghi, Email luca.ardigo@nla.no; mahya.mohamadtaghi@yahoo.comIntroduction: Motor learning, in addition to influencing the practice of physical activity, affects cognitive skills related to prediction and decision. …”
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Advanced Microgrid: Containerized Development Platform by João Marcus S. Callegari, Danilo Iglesias Brandao, Luís Guilherme Monteiro Oliveira, Sidelmo Magalhães Silva, Braz J. Cardoso Filho

“…Installed at the Tesla Laboratory located in the UFMG School of Engineering, Brazil, Tesla MG is composed of (i) eleven distributed energy resources (DERs), which supply around 33 kW; (ii) one single-phase gas-driven synchronous generator (SG), with a power rating of 11 kW; (iii) one 7.5 kW three-phase diesel-driven SG; and (iv) 30 kVA 4-quadrant programmable AC load and source. …”
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Contribution of Dr. Vladimir A. Koshkin to the development of plant physiology at VIR by B. V. Rigin, I. G. Loskutov, I. I. Matvienko, Z. A. Shchedrina, R. A. Abdullaev, E. V. Zuev, E. E. Radchenko

“…He participated in collecting missions in Latin American countries (Cuba, Mexico, Colombia, and Brazil) and was awarded a Timiryazev Gold Medal. Dr. …”
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Thermal-Hydraulic Analysis of Coolant Flow Decrease in Fuel Channels of Smolensk-3 RBMK during GDH Blockage Event by A. Lombardi Costa, M. Cherubini, F. D'Auria, W. Giannotti, A. Moskalev

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Global Sn Isotope Compositions of Cassiterite Identify the Magmatic–Hydrothermal Evolution of Tin Ore Systems by Ryan Mathur, Wayne Powell, Junming Yao, Frederico Guimaraes, Yanbo Cheng, Linda Godfrey, Fernando Tornos, David Killick, Jay Stephens, Jingwen Mao, Mingguang Sun, Bernd Lehmann

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