Construction and validation of an overconfidence scale in investment decisions by Daniel Fonseca Costa, Cláudia Cardoso Soares, Bruno César de Melo Moreira, Adriano Olímpio Tonelli

“…The research involved 380 Brazilian participants and employed confirmatory factor analysis and standard multivariate validation methods. …”
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Dietetics students' opinion on food and their future profession by Priscila Koritar, Maria Clara de Moraes Prata Gaspar, Cristina Larrea-Killinger, Marle dos Santos Alvarenga

“…Methods: The study aimed to understand the role of food and what it means to be a dietitian from the perspective of Brazilian dietetics students (495 from 34 institutions in the state of São Paulo) through the questions, "What do you consider the main role of food?" …”
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Out of policymaker’s sight: the role of banks’ liquidity preference in credit supply in Brazil by Fernanda Ultremare, Olívia Bullio Mattos

“…Our empirical strategy was to estimate a dynamic panel data model on a large cross-section bank-level dataset from the Brazilian Central Bank using balance sheet information from the fifty largest banks operating in the country from 1999 to 2016. …”
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Evaluation of Patients with Parkinson’s Disease in Intensive Care Units: A Cohort Study by Álvaro Réa-Neto, Bruna C. Dal Vesco, Rafaella S. Bernardelli, Aline M. Kametani, Mirella C. Oliveira, Hélio A. G. Teive

“…Historical cohort study of ICU admissions in a Brazilian city over 18 years. All patients with Parkinson’s disease identified were matched for age, sex, year, and place of hospitalization with patients without the disease randomly selected from the same database. …”
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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

“…This study aimed to determine the effect of coconut shell deposition on carbon (C) stocks, organic matter quality, and soil water retention in coconut palm cultivation in the Brazilian semi-arid region. 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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Healthcare-associated infections caused by Candida spp. in critical infants: a look at environmental surfaces by Priscila Guerino Vilela, Isadora Caixeta da Silveira Ferreira, Ralciane de Paula Menezes, Mário Paulo Amante Penatti, Reginaldo dos Santos Pedroso, Denise Von Dolinger de Brito Röder

“…This study identified Candida species in infants in a Brazilian NICU, assessed their clinical and laboratory conditions and characterized the isolates. …”
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The rise of weekly insulins: addressing the challenges of type 2 diabetes care in Brazil by André Gustavo Daher Vianna, Daniely Freitas Alves, Taís Silveira Assmann, Rosângela Roginski Réa

“…This narrative review aims to evaluate the role of weekly insulins in managing T2D, providing insights into the potential benefits, challenges, and opportunities associated with a new weekly insulin therapy, specially within the Brazilian context.…”
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Physical education curriculum systematizing based on action research: a collaborative network between teacher-researchers from public schools in Quixadá — Ceará, Brazil by Rener Victor Oliveira de Souza, Maurício Teodoro de Souza, Luciano Nascimento Corsino, Willian Lazaretti da Conceição, Carla Ulasowicz, Luciana Venâncio, Luciana Venâncio, Luiz Sanches Neto, Luiz Sanches Neto

“…In this sense, advances in theoretical-methodological propositions in Brazilian physical education are intertwined with scientific understandings in the area. …”
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Sarcopenia Is Associated with High Pulse Pressure in Older Women by Hélio José Coelho Júnior, Samuel da Silva Aguiar, Ivan de Oliveira Gonçalves, Ricardo Aurélio Carvalho Sampaio, Marco Carlos Uchida, Milton Rocha Moraes, Ricardo Yukio Asano

“…One hundred and thirty community-dwelling Brazilian older women (65.4 ± 6.3 years) were recruited to participate in this study. …”
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Determination of Flavanones in Orange Juices Obtained from Different Sources by HPLC/DAD by Lidércia C. R. Cerqueira e Silva, Jorge M. David, Rafael dos S. Q. Borges, Sérgio L. C. Ferreira, Juceni P. David, Pedro S. dos Reis, Roy E. Bruns

“…Samples (36) collected from different Brazilian locations and brands were analyzed. Concentrations were determined using an external standard curve. …”
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Prevalence, Awareness, and Treatment of Hypertension in Patients with Type 1 Diabetes: A Nationwide Multicenter Study in Brazil by Marilia B. Gomes, Lucianne Righeti Monteiro Tannus, Alessandra Saldanha de Mattos Matheus, Roberta Arnoldi Cobas, Catia C. Sousa Palma, Aline Tiemi Kano Silva, Carlos Antonio Negrato, Sergio Atala Dib, Melanie Rodacki, João Soares Felício, Luis Henrique Canani

“…This was a cross-sectional, multicenter study that was conducted from December 2008 to December 2010 in 28 public clinics located in 20 Brazilian cities. Results. A total of 3,591 patients were studied, 56% female, average age 21.2±11.7 years, with a median duration of diabetes 9.6±8.1 years. …”
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Comparison of scenarios in the trajectory of body mass index among adolescents monitored in primary health care: the VigiNUTRI Brazil study by Rafaella Lemos Alves, Natacha Toral, Vitor Paravidino, Vivian S. S. Gonçalves

“…Abstract We compared the BMI-for-age (BMI/A) trajectory of Brazilian adolescents monitored in the primary health care (PHC) setting based on a simulated scenario. …”
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Experimental Study of Fracture Characterizations of Rocks under Dynamic Tension Test with Image Processing by Dihao Ai, Yuechao Zhao, Beijing Xie, Chengwu Li

“…To investigate the fracture characterizations of rocks under high strain rate tensile failure, a series of dynamic Brazilian tests was conducted using Split Hopkinson pressure bar (SHPB), and a high-speed digital camera at a frame rate of 50,000 frames per second (FPS) with a resolution of 272 × 512 pixels was adopted to capture the real-time images and visualize the failure processes. …”
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Analysis and Application of the Mechanical Properties of the Karst Collapse Column Fillings by Zhibin Lin, Boyang Zhang, Xiaofei Gong, Limin Sun, Wenzhen Wang, Dafang Yang, Yanlin Yang, Ming Guo, Xia-Hui Pan

“…The main results of the present study can be concluded concisely as follows. (1) The KCC fillings show obvious soft rock characteristics in the process of uniaxial compression and Brazilian split. The ratio of the uniaxial compressive strength to splitting tensile strength is between 12 : 1 and 8 : 1. …”
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Há diferenças que fazem diferença? Lutas identitárias e conflitos ambientais nas dinâmicas de expansão capitalista da Amazônia by Wendell Ficher Teixeira Assis, Anabelle Santos Lages

“…This case is paradigmatic to understand the speeches and arguments delivered by the Brazilian main Court regarding the recognition of cultural and territorial rights. …”
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Experimental study on the splitting tensile failure of a carbon nanotube-modified fly ash foamed concrete filler by Shukun Zhang, Xinghui Wu, Peng Jiang, Haohao Wang, Shuai Wang, Haojie Yang, Lu Lu

“…Abstract To study the enhancement effect of carbon nanotubes (CNTs) on the splitting tensile properties of foamed concrete backfill in which cement and fly ash were used as the cementitious materials and natural sand was used as the aggregate, specimens of CNT-modified foamed concrete backfill were prepared. Brazilian splitting tests were used to investigate the splitting tensile strength of the CNT-modified foamed concrete backfill, and the digital speckle correlation method was used to analyze the stress field characteristics and crack expansion law of the specimens during splitting tensile testing. …”
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The food environment in favelas is associated with the presence of arterial hypertension and diabetes in socially vulnerable women by Luiz Gonzaga Ribeiro Silva-Neto, Risia Cristina Egito de Menezes, Juliana Souza Oliveira, Nathalia Paula de Souza, Thays Lane Ferreira dos Santos, Telma Maria de Menezes Toledo Florêncio

“…Design: A cross-sectional and partially ecological population-based study was conducted in a Brazilian capital city. The healthiness and availability of ultra-processed foods in the food environment were assessed through retailer audits using the AUDITNOVA instrument. …”
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Illustrated type catalogue of marine Isopoda (Crustacea: Peracarida) from the Museu Nacional/UFRJ, Brazil by Cristiana S. Serejo, Agatha C. S. Fernandes

“…Abstract The Crustacea Collection of the Museu Nacional/UFRJ is one of the most relevant and representative of the Brazilian crustacean fauna. Currently, it comprises around 31,000 registered lots, of which 5,435 lots belong to the order Isopoda. …”
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Propagation Analysis for Wireless Sensor Networks Applied to Viticulture by Felipe Pinheiro Correia, Marcelo Sampaio de Alencar, Waslon Terllizzie Araújo Lopes, Mauro Soares de Assis, Brauliro Gonçalves Leal

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Moving from an “anti-aging” paradigm toward the concept of “disease-free aging”: the role of senolytics in modern medicine by Ivan Aprahamian, Andréia Pain, Virgílio Garcia Moreira

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