A Multicomponent Particle Model and Linear Fitting Calibration Method for Heterogeneous Rocks by Qifeng Guo, Ying Zhang, Xun Xi, Xu Wu, Meifeng Cai

“…Uniaxial compression, triaxial compression, and Brazilian tests are carried out in the lab. The failure pattern and stress-strain curves are obtained from numerical simulations and verified with those observed in the experiments. …”
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Lessons learned from the expansion of medical schools in Brazil: a review of challenges and opportunities by Katia M. Avena, Katia M. Avena, Luiz F. Quintanilha, Luiz F. Quintanilha, Ricardo Luiz Luzardo Filho, Bruno B. Andrade, Bruno B. Andrade, Bruno B. Andrade

“…Against this backdrop, this study offers a critical analysis of Brazil’s medical education, drawing from the experience of experts involved in the implementation of new medical schools in the Brazilian Northeast and Midwest regions. The study outlines the history, challenges, and outcomes of government policies, reflecting on future impacts and contributing to the debate on medical training quality and health service provision amidst the expansion and privatization of medical education in the country. …”
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Reappraisal and neotypification of Phyllachora feijoae by L.C. Costa, D.M. Macedo, R.W. Barreto

“…The name Catacauma feijoae, although now regarded as a later synonym of P. feijoae is still mistakenly in use (as, for instance, in the Brazilian list of fungi on plants). The type specimen was most probably deposited in the Botanisches Garten und Museum Berlin-Dahlem (B) and lost or destroyed during World War II, and could not be located. …”
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Genetic Diversity and Population Differentiation of the Causal Agent of Citrus Black Spot in Brazil by Ester Wickert, Antonio de Goes, Andressa de Souza, Eliana Gertrudes de Macedo Lemos

“…Despite the fact that the fungus and the disease are well studied, little is known about the genetic diversity and the structure of the fungi populations in Brazilian orchards. The objective of this work was study the genetic diversity and population differentiation of G. citricarpa associated with four sweet orange varieties in two geographic locations using DNA sequence of ITS1-5.8S-ITS2 region from fungi isolates. …”
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Chemical Composition, Antifungal, and Cytotoxicity Activities of Inga laurina (Sw.) Willd Leaves by Carla de Moura Martins, Sérgio A. L. de Morais, Mário M. Martins, Luís C. S. Cunha, Cláudio V. da Silva, Carlos H. G. Martins, Luís F. Leandro, Alberto de Oliveira, Francisco J. T. de Aquino, Evandro A. do Nascimento, Roberto Chang

“…The species Inga laurina is native to the Brazilian Cerrado. There are no studies about the chemical composition and biological activities of extracts of this endangered species. …”
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Elderly in the state of co-residence in a town in State Bahia, Brazil by Saulo Sacramento Meira, Alba Benemérita Alves Vilela, Cezar Augusto Casotti, Jorge Costa do Nascimento, Camila Barros Andrade

“…The study elderly subjects are mostly female, with low education level, survive with up to one Brazilian minimum wage and consider themselves happy with life and with the other participants in co-residence. …”
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It's not always easy to buy the idea: strategies, perceptions, and implications of learner-centered teaching in coach education by William das Neves Salles, Lincoln Cruz Martins, Juarez Vieira do Nascimento, Michel Milistetd

“…IntroductionThe study aims to investigate the development of a learner-centered teaching (LCT), a constructivist-based proposal focused on the learner and the learning process, in a university-based coach education program (CEP) through an action research (AR) approach.MethodsParticipants were six students, the researcher and the professor of a Sport Pedagogy course of a public Brazilian university. The classes were taught in a collaborative way between the professor and the researcher, and rubrics were used to guide the LCT development process.Results and discussionThe proposal was developed gradually and progressively in the course, through diversified teaching strategies that prioritized student interaction and reflection. …”
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Experimental Evaluation of the Pathogenicity of Different Strains of Schistosoma mansoni by Antônio Aurélio Euzébio, Nádia Regina Borim Zuim, Arício Xavier Linhares, Luiz Augusto Magalhães, Eliana Maria Zanotti-Magalhães

“…The pathogenesis of three different Schistosoma mansoni strains from the Brazilian states of Minas Gerais (BH strain) and São Paulo (SJ and SD strains) was evaluated in experimentally infected mice. …”
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Conservacionismo y nuevos usos del suelo en el Bajo Amazonas y en la Norpatagonia chilena: una discusión sobre renta territorial y vocación espacial en el contexto del capitalismo... by Luis Fernando De Matheus, Andrei Cornetta

“…From a critical perspective, and of our own reflections, arising from our respective investigations in the Brazilian Amazon and in Chilean Norpatagonia, we try to advance some theoretical questions about the process that has renewed and complicated the ways of extracting territorial income in both regions, loaded with diversity and particular symbology’s. …”
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From the Criminalization of Substances to the “War on Drugs” Policy: A Century of Prohibitionism in Brazil by José Guilherme Magalhães e Silva, Luís Felipe Zilli, Letícia Godinho de Souza

“…A systematic analysis of national and international legislation reveals that the prohibitionist enterprise was successful in Brazil due to two factors: i) as an ideational set, it was integrated into structuring discursive fields of Brazilian political culture, dialoguing with the stigmatization of marginalized populations and criminalization of their practices; and ii) as an ordering principle of public policy, it has demonstrated remarkable resilience and adaptability, incorporating elements of alternative models into its framework without compromising its fundamental structures. …”
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Tempos modernos? by Rita Brandão, Mário José Filho

“…All these changes entailed a reduction in the role of the state, which has caused the establishment and growth of instability and fragility in the lives of Brazilian workers. Paradoxically, the governmental agenda has changed its priorities. …”
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Importância dos ensaios físico-químicos no controle de qualidade de vacinas by Maria P. Blanco, Cristiane Barata Silva, Santos A. Vicentini Neto, Lara M. Catarino, Ozeias de Lima Leitão, Elizabete P. Figuerêdo, Mateus H. M. Neves, Silvana C. Jacob, Lisia M. G. dos Santos

“…Public laboratories, like INCQS, play a crucial role in this process, ensuring the safety of immunobiological for the entire Brazilian population. The current challenge lies in the need to keep up with technological advancements to maintain vaccine quality.…”
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Hortas urbanas – História, Classificação, Benefícios e Perspectivas. by Marc François Richter, Luiza Vigne Bennedetti, Bruna Raquel Rodrigues Teixeira, Maico Ismael Klein, Angélica Gomes Florczak dos Santos

“…Thus, the objective of this study was to map out the concepts and benefits of urban gardens on the global and Brazilian scene. To this end, the history of urban agriculture is presented along with the different existing modalities, followed by a systematic literature review on the benefits of its implementation via "Portal periódicos da CAPES". …”
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Biologic Agents in Crohn’s Patients Reduce CD4+ T Cells Activation and Are Inversely Related to Treg Cells by Eliane Aparecida Rosseto-Welter, Leticia D’argenio-Garcia, Filipa Blasco Tavares Pereira Lopes, Ana Eduarda Zulim Carvalho, Fernando Flaquer, Vanessa Severo-Lemos, Claudia Concer Viero Nora, Flavio Steinwurz, Lucas Pires Garcia Oliveria, Thiago Aloia, Luiz Vicente Rizzo, Cristóvão Luis Pitangueira Mangueira, Karina Inacio Carvalho

“…To examine the immune status in a Brazilian cohort, we analyzed CD4+ T cells, activation status, cytokine production, and Treg cells in blood of Crohn’s patients. …”
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Entre avanços e rupturas: análise do alcance do Programa de aquisição de Alimentos (PAA) em 10 anos de atuação – 2009 a 2019 by Natália Thaynã Farias Cavalcanti, Marta Cristina Marjotta-Maistro, Gilberto Gonçalves Rodrigues

“…This work aims to identify the reach of the PAA by Brazilian region, analysing the amount of resources, products purchased, number of municipalities and suppliers participating in the Program from 2009 to 2019. …”
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Análise dos padrões espaço-temporais das internações por diarreia e do clima nas capitais brasileiras by Marcus Fuckner, Osmar Abilio de Carvalho Junior, Helen Gurgel, Christovam Barcellos, Laurent Durieux

“…This research studied the temporal pattern of hospitalizations motivated by diarrhea and gastroenteritis with presumed infectious origin (DGOIP) in 27 Brazilian capitals, monthly recorded from 1998 to 2012, as well as the rainfall and temperature patterns. …”
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A review on speech recognition approaches and challenges for Portuguese: exploring the feasibility of fine-tuning large-scale end-to-end models by Yan Li, Yapeng Wang, Lap Man Hoi, Dingcheng Yang, Sio-Kei Im

“…It discusses relevant research from two directions: Brazilian Portuguese recognition and European Portuguese recognition, and organizes available corpus resources for potential researchers. …”
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O PROERD funciona? Notas a partir de estudo quase-experimental by Marcos Rolim, Daiana Hermann, Camila Louis Oliveira

“…The objective of the article is to discuss the efficiency of the Drug and Violence Resistance Program (PROERD), implemented in all Brazilian states by the Military Police. The research methodology, carried out in 2018, is a quasi-experimental, self-report study, which included the selection of two groups of students from a municipal school in Porto Alegre: an intervention group with students who had participated in PROERD in 2015 and 2016 and a control group with students of the same age group who had not attended it. …”
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Spatial analysis of pentavalent immunobiological vaccine coverage in children under one year of age by Juliane Maria Guedes de Carvalho, Beatriz Jorge Oliveira Gomes, Gláucia Maria Canato Garcia, Lucas Vinícius de Lima, Edileuza de Fátima Rosina Nardi, Mayckel da Silva Barreto, Sonia Silva Marcon

“…Methods: this is an ecological time series study which used data from the National Immunization Program Information System on the pentavalent vaccine coverage rate in a southern Brazilian state, between 2013 and 2022. Vaccination coverage was expressed in percentages, by year, health region and immunobiological type. …”
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Revisiting classical concepts of Linear Elastic Fracture Mechanics - Part I: The closing �mathematical� crack in an infinite plate and the respective Stress Intensity Factors by Christos F. Markides, Stavros K. Kourkoulis

“…The solutions of this first paper form the basis for the next two papers of the series, dealing with the respective problems in finite domains (recall, for example, the cracked Brazilian disc configuration) weakened by artificial notches (rather than �mathematical� cracks), by far more interesting for practical engineering applications.…”
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