Avaliação dos diferentes métodos de transformação para georreferenciar documentos cartográficos de 1812 e 1906 do Rio de Janeiro by Cláudio Chagas Figueiredo, Renato Fontes Guimarães, Paulo Márcio Leal de Menezes, Osmar Abilio de Carvalho Junior, Luiz Felipe Coutinho Ferreira da Silva

“…Thus, the development of an accurate georeferencing of ancient cartographic documents retrieved, became essential for urban development monitoring, considering the action of various actors involved, as the public policies adopted by governments, real estate speculation, the church's influence , among others, led to the current format of the Rio de Janeiro city. Thus, the study aims to evaluate the results of different types of transformation processing (geometric, affine and polynomial) that provides better accuracy in georeferencing the São Sebastiâo do Rio de Janeiro (1812) map and planta de melhoramentos urbanos da cidade do Rio de Janeiro, published in 1906, based on the digital map of Rio de Janeiro city, 2000. …”
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Victims’ profile by firearm related injuries in the municipality of the state of Rio de Janeiro by Graciele Oroski Paes, Simone Mendes Carvalho, Celso Alexandre Tavares Rodrigues, Joyce Maria dos Santos de Faria

“…The general objective was to investigate the victim’s profile related to firearm injury under the social aegis in a town of the Rio de Janeiro City, understanding that the urban violence crosses across several analysis dimensions among them: the social, the political and the cultural. …”
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Integrated Tools for American Cutaneous Leishmaniasis Surveillance and Control: Intervention in an Endemic Area in Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil by Cheryl Gouveia, Rosely Magalhães de Oliveira, Adriana Zwetsch, Daniel Motta-Silva, Bruno Moreira Carvalho, Antônio Ferreira de Santana, Elizabeth Ferreira Rangel

“…The present study aimed to apply integrated tools related to entomological surveillance, environmental management, and health education practices in an ACL-endemic area in Rio de Janeiro city, RJ, Brazil. The distribution of the disease, the particular characteristics of the localities, and entomological data were used as additional information about ACL determinants. …”
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Staphylococcus saprophyticus Recovered from Humans, Food, and Recreational Waters in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil by Viviane Santos de Sousa, Ana Paula de Souza da-Silva, Leif Sorenson, Raphael Paiva Paschoal, Renata Fernandes Rabello, Eloiza Helena Campana, Márcia Soares Pinheiro, Lyssa Oliveira Ferreira dos Santos, Natacha Martins, Ana Carolina Nunes Botelho, Renata Cristina Picão, Sérgio Eduardo Longo Fracalanzza, Lee Woodland Riley, George Sensabaugh, Beatriz Meurer Moreira

“…The aim of this study was to characterize S. saprophyticus isolates from genitoanal microbiota of 621 pregnant women, 10 minas cheese packs, and five beaches in Rio de Janeiro city and compare PFGE profiles of these isolates with five UTI PFGE clusters described in this city. …”
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