Curso de tecnologia em massoterapia e de fisioterapia: uma análise dos componentes curriculares by Larissa Piovesan Machado, Célia Regina Alves de Araújo Sandrini, Evelise Dias Antunes

“… O curso de Tecnologia em Massoterapia do Instituto Federal de Educação, Ciência e Tecnologia do Paraná (IFPR) impulsionou a profissão massoterapeuta no Brasil. …”
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DNA barcoding reveals an unexpected distribution of two Megaleporinus species in the La Plata Basin system by Florencia Paola Coronel, Gisela Loretán, Gisela Loretán, Gisela Loretán, Sebastián Sanchez, Sebastián Sanchez, Natalia Silva, Natalia Silva, Gualberto Pacheco-Sierra, Florencia Brancolini, Florencia Brancolini, Danilo Aichino, Facundo Vargas, Pablo Scarabotti, Pablo Scarabotti, Luis Espínola, Luis Espínola, Carla Simone Pavanelli, Eva Carolina Rueda, Eva Carolina Rueda

“…Fishers, particularly those in the lower Paraná River, frequently classify the fish they catch as M. obtusidens. …”
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Jurassic Osmundaceous Landscapes in Patagonia: Exploring the Concept of Ecological Stasis in the Deseado Massif, Argentina by Juan L. García Massini, Giovanni C. Nunes, Agustina Yañez, Ignacio H. Escapa, Diego Guido

“…This association is comparable to those dominated by Osmundaceae in modern swampy settings, such as in high-altitude lagoons in the Paraná Forest in Northeastern Argentina. In addition, a diverse community of mutualistic, parasitic, and saprotrophic microorganisms associated with the ferns and conifers in the assemblage is present. …”
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Mapping the Incidence of Infestation by <i>Neoechinorhynchus buttnerae</i> (Acanthocephala) Parasitizing <i>Colossoma macropomum</i> Raised in Fish Farms and the Relationship with... by Vinicius Perez Pedroti, Jerônimo Vieira Dantas Filho, Átila Bezerra de Mira, Maria Mirtes de Lima Pinheiro, Bruna Lucieny Temponi Santos, Raniere Garcez Costa Sousa, Jucilene Braitenbach Cavali, Ed Johnny da Rosa Prado, Sandro de Vargas Schons

“…Georeferencing revealed higher parasite densities in the municipalities of Ariquemes, Monte Negro, Machadinho do Oeste, and Buritis (Vale do Jamari), as well as Urupá, Ji-Paraná, Ouro Preto do Oeste, and Teixeirópolis (Centro-Leste), with clusters of heat islands in the latter group. …”
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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

“…Conclusion: vaccination coverage in Paraná has been decreasing over the years, possibly due to the rise of anti-vaccine movements and the impact of the pandemic in the last three years. …”
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Prevalence of Aflatoxin Contamination in Peanuts and Peanut Butter from an Informal Market, Harare, Zimbabwe by V. P. Masaka, N. Ndlovu, R. S. Tshalibe, T. C. Mhande, T. Z. Jombo

“…The results suggest that raw peanuts and especially the peanut butter from backyard industries are heavily contaminated with aflatoxins and could constitute a possible health risk to consumers who regularly purchase these food commodities from informal markets.…”
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Risk of Exposure to Trace Elements through the Application of Facial Makeup Powders by Selina Ama Saah, Nathaniel Owusu Boadi, Patrick Opare Sakyi, Godfred Darko, Michael Baah Mensah

“…Fifteen different brands of facial makeup powders were purchased from a local market in Ghana. The samples were analyzed using an X-ray fluorescence (XRF) analyzer to determine the concentrations of 16 elements (Pb, As, Hg, Zn, Fe, Mn, Cr, Ti, Cu, Ni, Co, Sb, Cd, Ag, Sn, and Au). …”
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Mechanical Characterization of Reduced Graphene Oxide Using AFM by Alem Teklu, Canyon Barry, Matthew Palumbo, Collin Weiwadel, Narayanan Kuthirummal, Jason Flagg

“…The highest values obtained were after the fifth and final reduction cycle, yielding a stiffness of 22.4 N/m, a hardness of 0.55 GPa, and a reduced Young’s modulus of 1.62 GPa as compared to a stiffness of 22.8 N/m, a hardness of 0.58 GPa, and a reduced Young’s modulus of 1.84 GPa for a commercially purchased graphene film made by CVD. This data was then compared to the expected values of pristine single layer graphene. …”
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Understanding the use of patient-reported data by health care insurers: A scoping review. by Anne Neubert, Óscar Brito Fernandes, Armin Lucevic, Milena Pavlova, László Gulácsi, Petra Baji, Niek Klazinga, Dionne Kringos

“…These data are mainly used for the purposes of procurement and purchasing of services, quality assurance, improvement and reporting, and strengthening the involvement of insured people.…”
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Do They Know It’s Christmas? by Cees Hesp

“…The machine costs $200,000 to purchase and install. It produces 100,000 liters of clean water per day, using nothing but free and plentiful seawater and sunshine. …”
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Developing and using a School Menu Healthiness Assessment Tool to analyse school food provision in Wales by Alice Gilmour, Ruth Fairchild

“…The FSM allowance is not wholly sufficient for all secondary school pupils to purchase a healthy meal from the school canteen. Moreover, the tool identified that oily fish and wholegrain provision were lacking across many menus. …”
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Analyzing customer churn behavior using datamining approach: hybrid support vector machine and logistic regression in retail chain by Mohammad Barzegar, Aliakbar Hasani

“…To conduct this research, an attempt has been made to build a hybrid model based on data mining approaches from information related to 5830 customers of a chain store (demographic information and information based on customer purchase records) with 17 qualitative and quantitative characteristics. …”
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Molecular survey on the parasitic nematode Contracaecum spp. in fish (Planiliza abu) destined for human consumption by Alali Firas, Hussein Muayad A., Jawad Marwa

“…The source of fish was Razzaza Lake, while the specimens of Planiliza abu were purchased from the local market, Karbala city, Iraq. …”
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Postharvest Ozone Fumigation of Grapes (cv Sangiovese) Differently Affects Volatile Organic Compounds and Polyphenol Profiles of Berries and Wine by Margherita Modesti, Stefano Brizzolara, Roberto Forniti, Brunella Ceccantoni, Andrea Bellincontro, Cesare Catelli, Fabio Mencarelli, Pietro Tonutti

“…Consumers are more and more oriented towards the purchase of safer food and beverages, which is pushing the wine sector to find alternatives to the use of sulfur dioxide. …”
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A Solar Photovoltaic Performance and Financial Modeling Solution for Grid-Connected Homes in Zambia by Katundu Imasiku

“…It further reviews the available solar irradiance, modeling a detailed grid-connected photovoltaic system using locally available products for a single owner in a power purchase agreement (PPA) with the Zambia Electricity Company Limited (ZESCO). …”
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Fipronil in sub-lethal doses leads to immuno-toxicological effects in broiler birds. by Shafia Tehseen Gul, Muhammad Zergham Tahir, Latif Ahmad, Aisha Khatoon, Muhammad Kashif Saleemi, Farid Shokry Ataya, Riaz Hussain, Bakhtawar Maqbool, Dalia Fouad, Ahrar Khan

“…One hundred a-day-old chicks were purchased from a local hatchery, and standard housing conditions were provided from brooding till the end of the trail. …”
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Microbial Load and Antibiotic Resistance of Escherichia coli and Staphylococcus aureus Isolated from Ready-to-Eat (RTE) Khebab Sold on a University Campus and Its Environs in Ghana by Azumah Ayamah, Augustina Angelina Sylverken, Linda Aurelia Ofori

“…Thirty-six (36) khebab samples were purchased from vendors at Kotei, Ayeduase, Kentinkrono, Boadi, KNUST campus, and Ayigya. …”
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Managing online crisis-communication response in a South African bank by Rachel Barker

“…Various studies have been conducted on the adoption of self-service technology, specifically the continued use of this technology, perceived risk in online transactions, and also purchase intention. However, very little research has examined the management of online crisis-communication response messages in the online-security sphere. …”
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Performance evaluation of the factors influencing Tourists General Satisfaction in the Border Cities. Baneh Border City by Mohammad najarzadeh, Aliakbar bidokhti, jamal moradnejad

“…Statistical population included tourists who have traveled to baneh city to purchase mainly. Matching to Morgan's table 400 tourist as statistical sample have selected and the questionnaire give to them randomly. …”
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Determination of Heavy Metal Concentrations in Some Fish Species Consumed in Karaman Province, Türkiye by Numan Emre Gümüş, Fuat Gökbel, Ziya Aydın

“…In 2023, the muscle metal bioaccumulations and the possible health effects of consumption of eight fish species (bogue (Boops boops), European seabass (Dicentrarchus labrax), European anchovy (Engraulis encrasicolus), red mullet (Mullus barbatus), rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss), red porgy (Pagrus pagrus), gilt-head seabream (Sparus aurata) and Mediterranean horse mackerel (Trachurus mediterraneus)) purchased from the local market were investigated in Karaman province. …”
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