PREVALENCE OF OVERWEIGHT AND OBESITY IN MEMBERS OF TWO LARGE FITNESS CLUBS OF THE CITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO, RJ, BRAZIL by Tony Meireles Santos, Bruno Ribeiro Ramalho Oliveira, Geraldo de Albuquerque Maranhão Neto, Marcos Santos Ferreira, Walter Rolph Thompson

“…The objectives of this study were: to assess the prevalence of overweight/obesity in two large fitness clubs of the city of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil; to compare its results with municipal andnational demographic data; and to compare the prevalence and magnitude of overweight/obesity between genders and age groups. …”
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Geographic Distribution of Vaccinia Virus, Diagnosis and Demographic Aspects of Affected Populations, Minas Gerais, Brazil, 2000–2023 by Pedro H. B. e Silva, Maycon D. de Oliveira, Iara M. de Almeida, Iago J. S. Domingos, Ana G. Stoffella-Dutra, Galileu Barbosa Costa, Jaqueline S. de Oliveira, Felipe C. M. Iani, Márcio R. de Castro, Jonatas S. Abrahão, Erna G. Kroon, Giliane de S. Trindade

“…Minas Gerais (MG) State, Brazil, has emerged as the epicenter of bovine vaccinia (BV) outbreaks. …”
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Diversity of the Amoebozoa and Ciliophora Groups in Non-Human Primates Kept Ex Situ and in Their Handlers in Different Institutions in Brazil by Laís Dib, Breno da Silva, Lais Correa, Alcides Pissinatti, Silvia Moreira, Maria Clotilde Tavares, Rodrigo Teixeira, André Luíz da Costa, José Augusto Muniz, Amauri Junglos, Zelinda Maria Hirano, Aline Dada, Sidnei da Silva, Maria Regina Amendoeira, Alynne Barbosa

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Effects of Artificial Flooding for Hydroelectric Development on the Population of Mansonia humeralis (Diptera: Culicidae) in the Paraná River, São Paulo, Brazil by Marcia Bicudo de Paula, Almério de Castro Gomes, Delsio Natal, Ana Maria Ribeiro de Castro Duarte, Luís Filipe Mucci

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Bryophytes of the Cerrado: a floristic study in an urban area and in two conservation units in eastern Maranhão, Brazil by Francimária Vasconcelos Carvalho, José Augusto dos Santos Silva, Anna Luiza Ilkiu-Borges, Denise Pinheiro Costa, Rozijane Santos Fernandes

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Morphological Aspects of Antennal Sensilla of the Rhodnius brethesi Matta, 1919 (Hemiptera: Reduviidae) from the Negro River, Amazon Region of Brazil by Simone Patrícia Carneiro Freitas, Laura Cristina Santos, Amanda Coutinho de Souza, Angela Cristina Verissimo Junqueira

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Data Platform for Animal Mortality Information System (DATASIMA): Monitoring Companion Animal’s Euthanasia Causes in City of João Pessoa, Brazil by Eduardo S. S. Sousa, Maria E. S. Sousa, Moisés D. C. A. Pereira, Ricardo A. M. Negreiros, Lilian R. C. Eloy, Arthur W. L. Brasil, Inácio J. Clementino, Sérgio S. Azevedo, Ricardo B. Lucena

“…An observational study was conducted on the dogs and cats euthanized at the Municipal Center for Environmental and Zoonotic Surveillance in João Pessoa, Paraíba. …”
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Deformities due to Leprosy in Children under Fifteen Years Old as an Indicator of Quality of the Leprosy Control Programme in Brazilian Municipalities by Francisco Carlos Félix Lana, Angélica da Conceição Oliveira Coelho Fabri, Fabiana Nascimento Lopes, Ana Paula Mendes Carvalho, Fernanda Moura Lanza

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Pelos caminhos das águas: a mobilidade e evolução da COVID-19 no estado do Amazonas by Natacha Cíntia Regina Aleixo, João Cândido André da Silva Neto, Henrique dos Santos Pereira, Danilo Egle Santos Barbosa, Bruno Cordeiro Lorenzi

“…The objective of the research was to analyse the mobility and evolution of COVID-19 in the state of Amazonas, Brazil. For this, data were collected from confirmed cases of COVID-19 from the Fundação de Vigilância em Saúde (FVS / AM), treated by the geostatistical technique of the Weighted Distance Inverse (IDW) in the geoprocessing software QGIS 3.4. …”
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Bande frontalière du Brésil : transformations territoriales et densification du maillage municipal de 1872 à 2010 by Eloisa Maieski Antunes, Denise Pumain

“…The border area in Brazil was defined, for the first time, as a delimited geographical area during the imperial period, through law 601, 18 of September 1890. …”
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Une géographie du Brésil en 3 dimensions by François Moriconi-Ebrard

“…The topography of Brazil is geometrically symbolized by a topographic dome that can be circumvented by the north (Amazon thalweg), the east (Paranean thalweg) and by the west (Atlantic littoral). …”
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If you seek, you will find: second record of Melanoloma viatrix Hendel, 1911 (Diptera, Richardiidae) in pineapple in Brazil and its distribution in the country by Aprigio L. Oliveira-Filho, Israel S. Pinto, Hilda B. Luz, Thiago H. R. Pádua, Francisco Limeira-de-Oliveira, Ricardo Adaime, Marcoandre Savaris, Roberto A. Zucchi

“… The pineapple fly, Melanoloma viatrix Hendel, 1911 (Diptera, Richardiidae), is a pest in pineapple plantations in several South American countries. In Brazil, pineapple damage by M. viatrix was first reported in a commercial plantation in the state of Amapá. …”
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Diagnosis and treatment of latent tuberculosis infection among household contacts in inland Bahia, Brazil: a cross-sectional follow-up study by Guilherme Lages Matias, Marcio Vinicius Ferreira Sales, Gabriela Santos Andrade, Brenda dos Santos Teixeira, Maria Eduarda da Macena Tenorio, Maria Augusta Vasconcelos Palácio, Maria Luisa de Carvalho Correia, Iukary Takenami

“…DESIGN AND SETTING: This cross-sectional follow-up study was conducted in the municipality of Paulo Afonso, northeastern Brazil, between 2013 and 2022. …”
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Association between contextual factors and vaccine coverage against human papilomavirus in adolescents in the state of Minas Gerais, Brazil: global spatial regressions by Bianca Maria Oliveira Luvisaro, Thales Philipe Rodrigues da Silva, Josianne Dias Gusmão, Marcela Lencine Ferraz, Luciana Maiara Diogo Nascimento, Larissa Pereira Gomes, Fernanda Penido Matozinhos

“…Abstract This study aimed to identify the associations between socioeconomic factors, the social environment, and human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine coverage among adolescents in the state of Minas Gerais (MG), Brazil. This ecological study utilized secondary data from 853 municipalities in MG, covering female adolescents from 2014 to 2022 and male adolescents from 2017 to 2022, as provided by the information system of the National Immunization Program. …”
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Can role model women in politics help married women reduce suicides? Evidence from a quasi-experimental study in Brazil by Gabriela Gerote Arvate, Paulo Arvate, Adriano Massuda, Raffael Massuda, Rifat Atun

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Measuring social vulnerability in communities and its association with leprosy burden through spatial intelligence in central West Brazil to guide strategic actions by José Francisco Martoreli Júnior, Antônio Carlos Vieira Ramos, Josilene Dália Alves, Thaís Zamboni Berra, Yan Mathias Alves, Reginaldo Bazon Vaz Tavares, Letícia Perticarrara Ferezin, Titilade Kehinde Ayandeyi Teibo, Ricardo Alexandre Arcêncio

“…Methods Ecological study, carried out in Cuiabá, Brazil. Diagnosed cases of leprosy were surveyed through the Notifiable Diseases Information System, from 2008 to 2018. …”
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La faim de qui produit des aliments : une analyse de l’insécurité alimentaire de pêcheurs artisanaux à Rio de Janeiro, Brésil. by Mauro Macedo Campos, Altivo Andrade de Almeida Cunha, Renata Aparecida de Souza Seidl, Geraldo Márcio Timóteo

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Cohort profile: maternal and child health and parenting practices during the COVID-19 pandemic in Ceará, Brazil: birth cohort study (Iracema-COVID) by Marcia C Castro, Márcia Maria Tavares Machado, Simone Farías-Antúnez, David Augusto Batista Sá Araújo, Ana Luiza Penna, Francisco Ariclene Oliveira, Camila Machado de Aquino, Antônio Silva Lima Neto, Geziel dos Santos de Sousa

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Portable wide-field digital imaging for screening of neonatal visual impairment causes in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil: a budget impact analysis by Andrea Zin, Lorena M Haefeli, Luiza M Neves, Ana Carolina Carioca Costa, Zilton Farias Meira de Vasconcelos, Marcia Pinto

“…Objective To estimate the budget impact of portable wide-field digital imaging incorporation on screening neonatal causes of childhood blindness and visual impairment in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.Design Budget impact analysis.Setting Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.Primary and secondary outcome measures The primary outcome was the direct cost of indirect binocular ophthalmoscopy, red reflex test and portable wide-field digital image screening comprising all babies born in Rio de Janeiro’s government maternity wards. …”
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Elites científicas junto às políticas locais de C&T: o caso da Secretaria Municipal de São Carlos-SP by Thales Haddad Novaes de Andrade, Karina de Camargo

“…This article deals with the presence of scientific and technological elites in the implementation of local Science and Technology (S & T) policies in Brazil. In the last decades there has been an increasing growth of municipalities formulating their own policies in the field of science and technology, in order to articulate scientific knowledge and local development programs. …”
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