La « Marche vers l’Ouest » et l’État de São Paulo : moyens de transport et articulations du territoire by Taís Schiavon

“…The construction of the ‘Noroeste do Brasil’ railway, located in the western portion of the State of São Paulo, is a good example of the internationalization of European and Brazilian companies, in a territory still little urbanized. …”
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Genotoxic Potential and Physicochemical Parameters of Sinos River, Southern Brazil by Madalena C. S. Scalon, Ciliana Rechenmacher, Anna Maria Siebel, Michele L. Kayser, Manoela T. Rodrigues, Sharbel W. Maluf, Marco Antonio S. Rodrigues, Luciano Basso da Silva

“…Water quality analysis demonstrated values above those described in Brazilian legislation in Parobé and Sapucaia do Sul sites, located in the middle and in the lower courses of the Sinos River, respectively. …”
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A construção social da qualidade na produção agroalimentar: o caso do arroz "Amigo do Taim"1 by Flávio Sacco dos Anjos, Gisela Loureiro Duarte

“…The article analyzes the trajectory that culminated in the creation of organic rice "Amigo do Taim", revealing the nature ofthe social ties that were being woven to develop a unique process of social construction of quality in a specifíc region ofRio Grande do Sul, in the close to one ofthe main natural reserves of this Brazilian state, the Taim Ecological Sta-tion. The initiative came amid the search for economic viability for a group of families settled in the extreme south of the state of Rio Grande do Sul. …”
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Calibration Method for Confocal X-Ray Microanalysis with Polychromatic Excitation by C. Sosa, V. Stoytschew, J. Leani, H. J. Sánchez, C. A. Pérez, R. D. Perez

“…The developed calibration method was applied for a confocal spectrometer implemented in the Brazilian Synchrotron Radiation Source (LNLS) with white beam. …”
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Predisposing Factors for Pseudoplacentational Endometrial Hyperplasia or Cystic Endometrial Hyperplasia in Dogs and Their Association with Pyometra by Clarissa Helena Santana, Monique Ferreira Souza, Laice Alves da Silva, Lucas dos Reis de Souza, André Marcos Santana, Ayisa Rodrigues Oliveira, Tatiane Alves da Paixão, Renato Lima Santos

“…PEH was significantly more frequent in dogs between 4 and 12 years of age and significantly less frequent in Yorkshires than Shih-tzus, as well as in the breed group that includes Brazilian Terriers and Yorkshires. CEH was significantly more frequent in dogs older than 12 years, but no breed predisposition was observed. …”
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Elementos para a apreensão da dimensão regional do urbano-metropolitano na atualidade by Olga Lúcia Castreghini de Freitas-Firkowski

“…Thus, the present article aims to recover some theoretical propositions and their applied content, besides presenting two recent works, respectively, “arranjos populacionais” (IBGE, 2015) and the Brazilian urbanization scales (Moura; Oliveira; Pêgo, 2018), which offer new possibilities to increase the spatial analysis, surpassing the classic divisions of territory and inserting a variety of new elements that must be observed.…”
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Gênero e raça no trabalho em tecnologia da informação (TI) by Jordão Horta Nunes

“…The main data sources come from databases of the Brazilian government (Census, PNAD, RAIS), but also from academic production concerned with IT work, primarily in the sociology of work, economics and scientific policy issues. …”
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COMMUTERS e MARAUDERS: tipologia de criminosos em série a partir de padrões de deslocamento para cometimento de delitos by Antônio Hot Pereira de Faria, Alexandre Magno Alves Diniz, Diego Filipe Cordeiro Alves

“…From the theoretical approaches on the subject, the study defined as an object of study (serial criminals) with the space-time cut in Belo Horizonte, from 01/01/2011 to 12/31/2013 and the categories of crimes and misdemeanors penalties, as defined in Brazilian legislation with at least 4 events in the period analyzed. …”
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Entamoeba histolytica: Gene Expression Analysis of Cells Invading Tissues by Helen C. Fernandes, Ana F. Costa, Michelle A. R. Freitas, Almir S. Martins, Jorge L. Pesquero, Élida M. Rabelo, Maria A. Gomes

“…In this study we used the differential display to select gene segments related to invasiveness of amoeba. One Brazilian strain of E. histolytica in two conditions, able or not to cause lesions in experimental animals, was used. …”
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Does drug dispensing influence patients’ medication knowledge and medication adherence? A systematic review and meta-analysis by Elizabete Priscila Costa Santana, Haidelucia Rodrigues Vieira Javarini, Dyego Carlos Souza Anacleto de Araújo, Sabrina Cerqueira-Santos, Tiago Marques Reis, Genival Araujo dos Santos-Junior, Kérilin Stancine Santos Rocha

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Resgatando a Política Nacional de Ordenamento Territorial. Iniciativas no período de 2015 a 2021. by Cintia de Souza Alves

“…This article updates the record of the Brazilian National Policy of Territorial Planning (PNOT, in Portuguese). …”
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The Role of the United States in the Formation of BRICS by Rodrigo Ruiz

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A noção darwiniana de meio na perspectiva de Georges Canguilhem by Gustavo Caponi

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A produção da habitação social numa cidade amazônica by José Aldemir de Oliveira, Crizan Graça de Souza

“…This paper discusses the housing derived from public policies in cities located in the Brazilian Amazon and how these policies affects the lifehoods of local residents. …”
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Cultura e biodiversidade: uma comparação entre a gestão do Parque Nacional do Cabo Orange, no Brasil, e a do Parque Nacional da Vanoise, na França by Nádia Bandeira Sacenco Kornijezuk

“…The regions in which these two national parks are located - the Brazilian Amazon and the French Alps, respectively - have an important global ecological value. …”
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Adaptation and validation of a Self-Efficacy Scale for Physical Activity Practice – SESBC Scale by Walan Robert da Silva, Cinara Sacomori, Thiago Emannuel Medeiros, Tailine Lisboa, Kamyla Thais Dias de Freitas, Fernando Luiz Cardoso

“…The scale, composed of 20 items, was adapted to the Brazilian reality using the technique of back-translation. …”
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Effects of Multipolar Radiofrequency and Pulsed Electromagnetic Field Treatment for Face and Neck Rejuvenation by Thais Cristina Ferraz de Oliveira, Sheyla de Fatima Soares Rocha, Daniel Gontijo Ramos, Camila Gontijo Ramos, Michelle Vanessa dos Anjos Carvalho, Mariana Gontijo Ramos

“…The combined multipolar radiofrequency and pulsed electromagnetic field device is effective and safe for treatment of aged skin in Brazilian patients.…”
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VALIDATION OF EQUATIONS OF SKINFOLD THICKNESS FOR FAT MASS ESTIMATION IN HIV/AIDS SUBJECTS: A COMPARISON OF DUAL ENERGY X-RAY ABSORPTIOMETRY AND COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY OF ABDOMEN by Alex Antonio Florindo, Maria do Rosario Dias de Oliveira Latorre, Aurélio Borelli, Manoel de Souza Rocha, Aluisio Augusto Cotrim Segurado

“…The sample included 15 adult Brazilian HIV/AIDS subjects (10 men and 5 women). Mean age was 36.9 years (SD 8.2) and mean %BF by DEXA was 18.2 (SD 9.5). …”
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Seroprevalence and Seroconversion of Dengue and Implications for Clinical Diagnosis in Amazonian Children by Antonio Camargo Martins, Thasciany Moraes Pereira, Humberto Oliart-Guzmán, Breno Matos Delfino, Saulo Augusto Silva Mantovani, Athos Muniz Braña, Fernando Luiz Cunha Castelo Branco, José Alcântara Filgueira Júnior, Ana Paula Santos, Alanderson Alves Ramalho, Andréia Silva Guimarães, Thiago Santos de Araújo, Cristieli Sérgio de Menezes Oliveira, Benedito Antônio Lopes da Fonseca, Mônica da Silva-Nunes

“…We conducted a population-based study between 2010 and 2011, with children aged 6 months to 12 years that were living in the urban area of a small town in the Brazilian Amazon. The prevalence of IgG antibodies against dengue antigens was determined by indirect ELISA technique, and seronegative children were reexamined after 12 months to determine seroconversion rates. …”
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Spatialisation de la biodiversité en Amazonie brésilienne pour appréhender l’influence de la colonisation des terres et des politiques publiques by Anne-Elisabeth Laques, Danielle Mitja, Eric Delaître, Marcelo Cordeiro Thales, Izildinha de Souza Miranda, Roberta de Fátima Rodrigues Coelho, Sandra Maria Neiva Sampaio

“…This article proposes a method for monitoring spatial dynamics of biodiversity which have occurred along the past 40 years ago in a farming community, Benfica, State of Pará, Brazilian Amazon. It is designed to assess "where", “when”, “why” changes have occurred, and "how much" surface is impacted. ? …”
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