Urban Green Spaces in Brazil: Challenges and Opportunities in the Context of the COVID-19 Pandemic by Romero Gomes Pereira da Silva, Cláudia Lins Lima, Sterling D. Quinn, Aneta Afelt, Anne-Elisabeth Laques, Carlos Hiroo Saito

“…This study compared previously-mapped urban green spaces in five metropolitan regions in Brazil with the results of an extensive survey of municipal managers concerning possible increase in demand of population for green spaces. …”
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Spatial distribution of rotavirus in calves in the state of São Paulo, Brazil: 2006 to 2010 by Heloisa Pinto de Godoy, Ingrid Bortolin Affonso Lux Hoppe

“…The objective of the present study was to identify the geographical distribution of rotavirus in the State of São Paulo, Brazil, in bovine species between 2006 and 2010. This investigation was performed in the Rotavirus Laboratory of the Faculty of Agrarian and Veterinary Sciences of the Paulista State University “Júlio de Mesquita Son “(Unesp). …”
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Geographic Distribution of Chagas Disease Vectors in Brazil Based on Ecological Niche Modeling by Rodrigo Gurgel-Gonçalves, Cléber Galvão, Jane Costa, A. Townsend Peterson

“…Although Brazil was declared free from Chagas disease transmission by the domestic vector Triatoma infestans, human acute cases are still being registered based on transmission by native triatomine species. …”
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Concentration of metals in water around roads: a case study in Southern Brazil by Vagner José Albuquerque, Caroline Müller, Marilia Hartmann, Paulo Afonso Hartmann

“…The study was conducted near the RS-135 highway in the state of Rio Grande do Sul, Southern Brazil. The water samples were collected in three environments with different influence of surface water runoff: (a) in water bodies near the RS-135 highway (six sampling points), (b) in water bodies in the agricultural systems around the RS-135 (three sampling points), and (c) in water bodies within the Sertão Municipal Natural Park (SMNP, three sampling points)). …”
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Analysis of the implementation of the Kangaroo Method in a tertiary maternity hospital in Recife, Brazil by Joice Luiza Alves Cândido, Paulo Germano de Frias, Silvia Wanick Sarinho

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Spatial associations of Hansen's disease and schistosomiasis in endemic regions of Minas Gerais, Brazil. by Jessica L Stephens, Lucia A O Fraga, José A Ferreira, Laura De Mondesert, Uriel Kitron, Julie A Clennon, Jessica K Fairley

“…<h4>Methods</h4>An ecological study using public health surveillance records and census data was conducted to investigate whether the occurrence of HD -and specifically multibacillary (MB) disease- was associated with the presence of schistosomiasis in a community of 41 municipalities in eastern Minas Gerais, Brazil from 2011 to 2015. …”
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Sistemas de informações geográficas e a gestão municipal brasileira contemporânea by Elaiz Aparecida Mensch Buffon, Geisa Tamara Bugs, Clovis Ultramari

“…This investigation is followed by a more qualitative exercise – interviews with key agents in the institutional framework of one specific municipality: Pato Branco, Paraná, Brazil. The main conclusions are 1.88% of the websites of municipalities in Brazil have interactive GIS maps, and 50.48% are linked to urban planning. …”
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Absence of infection by Trichinella spp. (Nematoda: Trichinellidae) in free-living wild carnivores in Brazil by Lívia de Oliveira Andrade, Patricia Parreira Perin, Carmen Andrea Arias-Pacheco, Camilla de Souza Amorim, Fernanda Lefort, Fernanda Mara Aragão Macedo Pereira, Lauro Leite Soares-Neto, Antonio de Pádua Bordignon Fernandes, Wilson Junior Oliveira, Ricardo Shoiti Ichikawa, André Luiz Mota da Costa, Paulo Henrique Peira Ruffino, Karin Werther, Estevam Guilherme Lux Hoppe

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Ecosystem Services Assessment of Geosites in the Seridó Aspiring UNESCO Geopark Area, Northeast Brazil by Matheus Silva, Kátia Mansur, Marcos Nascimento

“…An example of a Brazilian project in such an area is the Seridó Aspiring UNESCO Geopark, the focus of this study, located in the interior of Rio Grande do Norte – Northeast Brazil. It encompasses six municipalities with a notable geodiversity, ranging from the Riacian to the Quaternary. …”
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Use of guaco (Mikania glomerata) in primary health care in Rio Grande do Sul/Brazil by Lidiane dos Santos, Diogo Pilger, Aline Rigon Zimmer

“…This research aims to describe the profile of patients and prescribers of guaco-based herbal medicines within the Unified Health System in the municipalities of Rio Grande do Sul (RS)/Brazil, quantify the consumption and cost of this product, and assess the prescriber’s experience with guaco and herbal medicine. …”
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Health needs and production of care in a health unit in a city of the northeast part of Brazil by Márcio Costa de Souza, Thamyres Menezes de Araújo, Flávia Alves de Andrade, Adriana de Jesus França, Jairrose Nascimento Souza

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Participation of Small-Scale Fishermen in the Design of a Project for Creating Artificial Reefs in the South of Brazil by José Milton Andriguetto-Filho, Naina Pierri

“… Since 2004, a project has been in progress off the coast of ParanáState (Brazil) to set up artificial reefs and anti-trawling units on the shallowcontinental shelf. …”
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Syphilis reactivity among blood donors in Brazil: associated factors and implications for public health monitoring by Natalia A. Braga, Sheila de Oliveira Garcia Mateos, Renata Buccheri, Vivian I. Avelino-Silva, Donald E. Warden, Cesar de Almeida-Neto, Maisa Ribeiro, Luiz Amorim, Paula Loureiro, Nelson Fraiji, Marcio K. Oikawa, Eduard Grebe, Mars Stone, Ester C. Sabino, Brian Custer, for the NHLBI Recipient Epidemiology and Donor Evaluation Study-IV-Pediatric (REDS-IV-P)

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La comparaison en géographie. Contribution à partir de l’étude de la coopération intercommunale en France et au Brésil by Juliana Nunes Rodrigues

“…This text discusses a set of issues concerning the processes of inter-municipal cooperation developing in France and in Brazil. …”
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China, Brasil e Piauí:nova regionalização no “cerrado piauiense” em face da dinâmica da geopolítica contemporânea (2008 – 2019) by Raimundo Jucier Sousa de Assis

“…This article analyzes the commercials trade between Brazil and China. This trade was intensified after the 2008 economic crisis, emphasizing their impact in the southwest of the federated state of Piauí, in the northeast of Brazil. …”
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Neonatal mortality of live births with congenital diaphragmatic hernia in São Paulo State, Brazil: Failure of care? by Ana Sílvia Scavacini Marinonio, Milton Harumi Miyoshi, Daniela Testoni Costa Nobre, Adriana Sanudo, Kelsy Catherina Nema Areco, Mandira Daripa Kawakami, Rita de Cássia Xavier Balda, Tulio Konstantyner, Carina Nunes Vieira e Oliveira, Paulo Bandiera-Paiva, Rosa Maria Vieira de Freitas, Monica La Porte Teixeira, Bernadette Cunha Waldvogel, Carlos Roberto Veiga Kiffer, Maria Fernanda Branco de Almeida, Ruth Guinsburg

“…This study analyzed the spatial distribution of neonatal deaths of live births with CDH in São Paulo State, Brazil, and its association with NICU beds’ availability. …”
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Prevalence of Overweight and Obesity in Children and Adolescents from the Age Range of 2 to 19 Years Old in Brazil by Janaina R. Niehues, Ana Inês Gonzales, Robson R. Lemos, Poliana Penasso Bezerra, Patrícia Haas

“…Determine the prevalence of overweight and obesity in children and adolescents between 2 and 19 years old in different regions of Brazil. Methods. The following electronic databases were searched (from September through November 2013): Medline (PubMed), LILACS, and SciELO, using the descriptors and Boolean operators (obesity) and (overweight) and (child) and (prevalence) and (Brazil). …”
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Use of morphometry in the arborization of Paragominas city, Pará, Brazil, with Handroanthus impetiginosus (Mart. ex DC.) Mattos (Bignoniaceae) by Victor Pereira de Oliveira, Michael Douglas Roque Lima, Walmer Bruno Rocha Martins

“…The objective of this study was to describe the morphometric variables for individuals of the species Handroanthus impetiginosus Mattos (pink trumpet tree, pink ipe) used for urban tree-planting in the municipality of Paragominas, Pará State, northern Brazil. …”
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Assessing the MODIS Crop Detection Algorithm for Soybean Crop Area Mapping and Expansion in the Mato Grosso State, Brazil by Anibal Gusso, Damien Arvor, Jorge Ricardo Ducati, Mauricio Roberto Veronez, Luiz Gonzaga da Silveira

“…Evaluation of the ability of the MODIS crop detection algorithm (MCDA) to estimate soybean crop areas was performed for fields in the Mato Grosso state, Brazil. Using the MCDA approach, soybean crop area estimations can be provided for December (first forecast) using images from the sowing period and for February (second forecast) using images from the sowing period and the maximum crop development period. …”
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Life Cycle Assessment of Methanol Production from Municipal Solid Waste: Environmental Comparison with Landfilling and Incineration by Cristiano Queiroz Cerqueira, Electo Eduardo Silva Lora, Lidiane La Picirelli de Souza, Márcio Montagnana Vicente Leme, Regina Mambeli Barros, Osvaldo José Venturini

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