
Mateus M. Ferrer, Guilherme S.L. Fabris, Bruno V. de Faria, João B. L. Martins, Mário L. Moreira, Júlio R. Sambrano,
Cu2O low-index surfaces periodic models have been simulated based on density functional theory. The calculated surfaces energies allowed estimating the morphology by means of the Wulff theorem as well as the investigation of possible paths of morphological changes. Therefore, systematic morphology diagrams and change paths according to the energy modulation in relation to the surfaces stabilizations were elaborated. The applicability of this strategy was exemplified by comparing the obtained results ...
Tópico(s): Electronic and Structural Properties of Oxides
2019 - Elsevier BV | Heliyon

Paulo Henrique Silva Santos Moreira, Júlio Cézar de Oliveira Freitas, Renata Martins Braga, Renata Mendonça Araújo, Miguel A. F. de Souza,
The use of residues generated during agro-processing to produce valuable products is in the concept of biorefinery applied in recent times. This concept is attractive for being an alternative to solve disposal issues while processing a more added value product to residues. This work suggests a process to produce Carboxymethyl Lignin using Sugar Cane Biomass (SCB) as raw material and to test its efficiency as retarder additive for oil well cement slurry. The soda/anthraquinone pulping process was ...
Tópico(s): Enzyme-mediated dye degradation
2018 - Elsevier BV | Industrial Crops and Products

Ivaldo L. Ferreira, Antônio Luciano Seabra Moreira, Julio A.S. Aviz, Thiago A. Costa, Otávio L. Rocha, André Barros, Amauri Garcia,
The technological importance of the microstructure length scale is directly related to the influence exerted on solute redistribution and microporosity formation and on mechanical properties, such as, toughness, ductility, ultimate and yield tensile strengths. There is a huge lack of literature concerning theoretical predictive dendritic growth models for unsteady-state solidification of multicomponent alloys. Most of the existing models have been proposed for steady-state solidification and for ...
Tópico(s): Metallurgical Processes and Thermodynamics
2018 - Elsevier BV | Journal of Manufacturing Processes

Stéfanny Araújo Martins, Daniel Augusto Schurt, Sherlliton Sander de Souza Seabra, Samuel J. Martins, Magno Antônio Patto Ramalho, Fátima Maria de Souza Moreira, Júlio Carlos Pereira da Silva, Joyce Alves Goyulart da Silva, Flávio Henrique Vasconcelos de Medeiros,
Rhizobacteria promote plant growth and disease control. However, in crop management practices cultivar and environmental conditions may also interfere with diseases outcome. This study aimed to evaluate the effect of common bean seed treatment with isolates ALB629 and UFLA285 of Bacillus amyloliquefaciens, combined or not with metalaxyl + fludioxonil, the control of Rhizoctonia solani damping-off and web blight (WB), plant growth parameters and common bean yield. Field and greenhouse trials were carried ...
Tópico(s): Plant Disease Management Techniques
2018 - Elsevier BV | Applied Soil Ecology
The study of benthic samples collected in Lizard Island (Great Barrier Reef, Australia) has yielded five additional new species of the genus Armandia (Annelida, Opheliidae). Armandia buccina n. sp. is distinguished by the peculiar buccin-shape of the anal tube, A. casuarina n. sp. by having elongated prechaetal lobe in chaetigers 1–2 and one pair of basal anal papillae provided in turn with small papillae, A. mariacapae n. sp. by the elongated, triangular tip of the prechaetal lobe in all chaetigers, ...
Tópico(s): Ichthyology and Marine Biology
2017 - Q15088586 | Zootaxa
Leticia Álvaro, João M. M. Linhares, Humberto Moreira, Julio Lillo, Sérgio Nascimento,
Colour discrimination has been widely studied in red-green (R-G) dichromats but the extent to which their colour constancy is affected remains unclear. This work estimated the extent of colour constancy for four normal trichromatic observers and seven R-G dichromats when viewing natural scenes under simulated daylight illuminants. Hyperspectral imaging data from natural scenes were used to generate the stimuli on a calibrated CRT display. In experiment 1, observers viewed a reference scene illuminated ...
Tópico(s): Color perception and design
2017 - Public Library of Science | PLoS ONE

Flávio Andrade Francisco, Luiz F. Barella, Sandra da Silva Silveira, Lucas Paulo Jacinto Saavedra, Kelly Valério Prates, Vander Silva Alves, Claudinéia Conationi da Silva Franco, Rosiane Aparecida Miranda, Tatiane Aparecida Ribeiro, Laize Peron Tófolo, Ananda Malta, Elaine Vieira, Kesia Palma‐Rigo, Audrei Pavanello, Isabela Peixoto Martins, Veridiana Mota Moreira, Júlio Cézar de Oliveira, Paulo Cézar de Freitas Mathias, Rodrigo Mello Gomes,
Tópico(s): Fatty Acid Research and Health
2016 - Springer Science+Business Media | European Journal of Nutrition

Lucas Noboru Fatori Trevizan, Kamilla Felipe do Nascimento, Joyce Alencar Santos, Cândida Aparecida Leite Kassuya, Cláudia Andréa Lima Cardoso, Maria do Carmo Vieira, Flora Martinez Figueira Moreira, Júlio Croda, Anelise Samara Nazari Formagio,
Tópico(s): Natural product bioactivities and synthesis
2016 - Elsevier BV | Journal of Ethnopharmacology
Leticia Álvaro, Humberto Moreira, Julio Lillo, Anna Franklin,
Significance Around 2% of males have red–green dichromacy, which is a genetic disorder of color vision that affects how well certain colors can be seen and discriminated. Humans with normal color vision are known to have systematic and reliable preferences for some colors over others (e.g., blue is liked and yellow-green is disliked). We show that red–green dichromats have a different reliable pattern of color preference in which, for example, yellow is the most, not the least, preferred color. We ...
Tópico(s): Aesthetic Perception and Analysis
2015 - National Academy of Sciences | Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

Roger Matsumoto Moreira, Júlio Tomás Aquije Chacaltana,
The effects of uniform vorticity on a train of ‘gentle’ and ‘steep’ deep-water waves interacting with underlying flows are investigated through a fully nonlinear boundary integral method. It is shown that wave blocking and breaking can be more prominent depending on the magnitude and direction of the shear flow. Reflection continues to occur when sufficiently strong adverse currents are imposed on ‘gentle’ deep-water waves, though now affected by vorticity. For increasingly positive values of vorticity, ...
Tópico(s): Coastal and Marine Dynamics
2015 - Cambridge University Press | Journal of Fluid Mechanics
Humberto Moreira, Julio Lillo, Leticia Álvaro, Ian Davies,
Abstract: In our companion article (Color Res Appl 2013) we compared the use of Basic Color Terms (BCTs) by normal trichromats, protanopes, and deuteranopes in a mapping (which colors are instances of X?) and best exemplar (which is the best X?) tasks. In this article, we describe and compare two alternative models of the mechanisms underlying the use of Basic Color Terms (BCTs) by red–green dichromats and we focus on how well they fit the empirical data described in the companion article. Model A assumes ...
Tópico(s): Color perception and design
2013 - Wiley | Color Research & Application

Daniel Hideki Bando, Rafael da Silveira Moreira, Júlio César Rodrigues Pereira, Lígia Vizeu Barrozo,
Abstract Background In a classical study, Durkheim mapped suicide rates, wealth, and low family density and realized that they clustered in northern France. Assessing others variables, such as religious society, he constructed a framework for the analysis of the suicide, which still allows international comparisons using the same basic methodology. The present study aims to identify possible significantly clusters of suicide in the city of São Paulo, and then, verify their statistical associations ...
Tópico(s): Homelessness and Social Issues
2012 - BioMed Central | BMC Psychiatry

Rebecca Bart, Megan Cohn, Amirkhan Kassen, Emily J. McCallum, Mikel Shybut, Annalise Petriello, Ksenia V. Krasileva, Douglas Dahlbeck, Cesar Augusto Medina, Titus Alicai, P. Lava Kumar, Leandro Márcio Moreira, Júlio Rodrigues Neto, Valérie Verdier, Marı́a Angélica Santana, N. Kositcharoenkul, Hervé Vanderschuren, Wilhelm Gruissem, Adriana Bernal, Brian J. Staskawicz,
Cassava bacterial blight (CBB), incited by Xanthomonas axonopodis pv. manihotis ( Xam ), is the most important bacterial disease of cassava, a staple food source for millions of people in developing countries. Here we present a widely applicable strategy for elucidating the virulence components of a pathogen population. We report Illumina-based draft genomes for 65 Xam strains and deduce the phylogenetic relatedness of Xam across the areas where cassava is grown. Using an extensive database of effector ...
Tópico(s): Nematode management and characterization studies
2012 - National Academy of Sciences | Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

Márcia Regina Soares, Agda Paula Facincani, Rafael Marini Ferreira, Leandro Márcio Moreira, Julio CF de Oliveira, Jesus Aparecido Ferro, Maria IT Ferro, Rogério Meneghini, Fábio C. Gozzo,
Citrus canker is a disease caused by Xantomonas citri subsp.citri (Xac), and has emerged as one of the major threats to the worldwide citrus crop because it affects all commercial citrus varieties, decreases the production and quality of the fruits and can spread rapidly in citrus growing areas. In this work, the first proteome of Xac was analyzed using two methodologies, two-dimensional liquid chromatography (2D LC) and tandem mass spectrometry (MS/MS). In order to gain insight into the metabolism ...
Tópico(s): Phytoplasmas and Hemiptera pathogens
2010 - BioMed Central | Proteome Science

Hélio Pereira Lopes, Alessandra A.P. Ferreira, Carlos Nelson Elias, Edson Jorge Lima Moreira, Júlio C. Machado de Oliveira, José F. Siqueira,
During the preparation of curved canals, rotary nickel-titanium (NiTi) instruments are subjected to cyclic fatigue, which can lead to instrument fracture. Although several factors may influence the cyclic fatigue resistance of instruments, the role of the rotational speed remains uncertain. This study was intended to evaluate the effects of rotational speed on the number of cycles to fracture of rotary NiTi instruments.ProTaper Universal instruments F3 and F4 (Maillefer SA, Ballaigues, Switzerland) ...
Tópico(s): Dental materials and restorations
2009 - Elsevier BV | Journal of Endodontics

Carla Barbosa Nonino, Ricardo Martins Borges, Marinella Bavaresco, Vivian M. M. Suen, Ayrton Custódio Moreira, Júlio Sérgio Marchini,
We aimed to determine the influence of meal time on salivary circadian cortisol rhythms and weight loss in obese women. Twelve obese subjects (body mass index >40 kg/m2) were hospitalized for 64 d and then randomly assigned to one of three 18-d stages with a 5-d interval between stages. In stage 1, the subjects received a hypocaloric diet (1000 kcal/d) portioned into five meals per day. In stage 2, the subjects received the same diet between 0900 and 1100 h. In stage 3, they received the same diet ...
Tópico(s): Diet and metabolism studies
2007 - Elsevier BV | Nutrition
Pedro N. Moreira, Julio Pozueta, Míriam Pérez-Crespo, Fernando Valdivieso, Alfonso Gutiérrez‐Adán, Lluı́s Montoliu,
Tópico(s): Virus-based gene therapy research
2007 - Springer Science+Business Media | Transgenic Research
Bruno Contreras‐Moreira, Julio Collado‐Vides,
Abstract Motivation: Comparative modelling is a computational method used to tackle a variety of problems in molecular biology and biotechnology. Traditionally it has been applied to model the structure of proteins on their own or bound to small ligands, although more recently it has also been used to model protein-protein interfaces. This work is the first to systematically analyze whether comparative models of protein-DNA complexes could be built and be useful for predicting DNA binding sites. ...
Tópico(s): Protein Structure and Dynamics
2006 - Oxford University Press | Bioinformatics
Sergio G. Moreira, Julio M. Pow‐Sang,
The widespread use of abdominal imaging has led to increased detection of adrenal tumors. The significance of these masses, as well as the optimal management approach to treatment, has generated some controversy regarding further evaluation and therapy.The authors reviewed the literature regarding the evaluation and management of these masses, particularly adrenal incidentalomas. Based on their institutional experience, they propose a diagnostic, evaluation, and management algorithm for treating ...
Tópico(s): Cancer, Hypoxia, and Metabolism
2002 - SAGE Publishing | Cancer Control

Débora Salgado Morgado, Rodolfo Castro, Marcelo Ribeiro‐Alves, Danielly Corrêa-Moreira, Júlio Castro-Alves, Sandro Antônio Pereira, Rodrigo Caldas Menezes, Manoel Marques Evangelista Oliveira,
Sporotrichosis is a subcutaneous mycosis caused by thermodimorphic fungi of the genus Sporothrix. The phenotypic and genotypic differences of the isolates within the genus Sporothrix have been associated with their geographic distribution, virulence capacity, or clinical manifestation of sporotrichosis. Therefore, it is crucial to identify the causative agent of sporotrichosis. However, there are few case reports and studies in animals compared to those in humans, despite the substantial increase ...
Tópico(s): Nail Diseases and Treatments
2022 - Elsevier BV | Current Research in Microbial Sciences

Pollyana de Lucena Moreira, Júlio Rique, José Manuel Sabucedo Cameselle, Cleonice Pereira dos Santos Camino,
This study aimed to further the understanding of the processes involved in activism, as a form of collective action, based on differences in the quality of moral judgment and political ideology. It began with the assumption that differences in the quality of moral judgment can lead individuals to engage in different forms of collective action: activism or radicalism. Therefore, the associations among the variables political ideology, social identity, perception of social justice, activist identity ...
Tópico(s): Cultural Differences and Values
2018 - Wiley | Scandinavian Journal of Psychology

Valdiléa G. Veloso, Carlos Cáceres, Brenda Hoagland, Ronaldo I. Moreira, Hamid Vega-Ramírez, Kelika A. Konda, Iuri Costa Leite, Sergio Bautista‐Arredondo, Marcus Lacerda, José Valdez Madruga, Alessandro Farias, Josué N Lima, Ronaldo Zonta, Lilian M. Lauria, Cesar Vidal Osco Tamayo, Hector Javier Salvatierra Flores, Yovanna Margot Cabrera Santa Cruz, Ricardo Martín Moreno Aguayo, Marcelo Cunha, Júlio Moreira, Alessandra Ramos Makkeda, Steven Díaz, Juan V. Guanira, Heleen Vermandere, Marcos Benedetti, Heather Ingold, Cristina Pimenta, Thiago S. Torres, Beatriz Grinsztejn, J. David Urbaez-Brito, Polyana Monteiro d’Albuquerque, Claudio Palombo, Paulo Ricardo de Alencastro, Raquel Keiko de Luca Ito, João L. Benedetti, Fabio V. Maria, Paula M. Luz, Lucilene Freitas, Kim Mattos Geraldo, Mônica Derrico, Sandro Nazer, Tania Kristic, Renato Girade, Renato Lima, Antônio R. Carvalho, Carla Rocha, Pedro Nuno Leite, Marcio Lessa, Marília Santini-Oliveira, Daniel R. B. Bezerra, Cleo de Oliveira Souza, Jacinto Corrêa, Marcelo Ribeiro‐Alves, Carolina Fischinger Moura de Souza, Camilla Portugal, Mônica dos Santos Valões, Gabriel Lima Mota, Joyce Alves Gomes, C Falcão, Fernanda Falcão Riberson, Luciano Melo, Talita Andrade Oliveira, Agnaldo Moreira Oliveira Júnior, Bruna de Paula Fonseca e Fonseca, Leonor Henriette de Lannoy, Ludymilla Anderson Santiago Carlos, João Paulo Cunha, Sonia Maria de Alencastro Coracini, Thiago Oliveira Rodrigues, Emília Regina Scharf Mettrau, Kelly Vieira Meira, Heder Tavares, Ana Paula Nunes Viveiros Valeiras, Taiane Miyake Alves de Carvalho Rocha, Alex Amorim, Patrícia Sabadini, Luiz Gustavo Córdoba, Caio Gusmão, Erika Faustino, Júlia Hansen, Agatha Mirian Cunha, Neuza Uchiyama Nishimura, Jaime Eduardo Flygare Razo Prereira Santos, Aline Barnabé Cano, W Dias, Magô Tonhon, Tania Regina Rezende, Alex Rodrigues Gomes, Eloá dos Santos Rodrigues, Maria das Dores Aires Carneiro, Alexandre Castilho, Mariana Carvalho, Dulce Díaz-Sosa, Centli Guillén-Díaz-Barriga, Lorena Hernández, Rebeca Robles, María Elena Medina‐Mora, Marcela González, Ivonne Huerta Icelo, Araczy Martinez Davalos, José Gomez Castro, Luis Obed Ocampo Valdez, Fernanda Ramírez Barajas, Verónica Ruiz González, Galileo Vargas Guadarrama, Israel Macías, J. Sánchez, Juan Pablo Osuna Noriega, H. Rodrigo Moheno M, Jorge M. Bernal Ramírez, Víctor Dante Galicia Juarez, Gerardo Iván Martínez Vizcaíno, Francisco Javier Arjona, G Calvo, Silver K. Vargas, Oliver Antonio Elorreaga Reyes, Ximena Gutierrez, Fernando Olivos, Damaris Caviedes, Daniella Adriazola, Eduardo Juárez, Gabriela Mariño, Jazmin Qquellon, Francesca Vasquez, Jean Pierre Jiron, Sonia C. Flores, Karen Campos,
Although gay, bisexual, and other cisgender men who have sex with men (MSM) and transgender women have the highest HIV burden in Latin America, pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) implementation is poor. We aimed to assess the feasibility of same-day oral PrEP delivery in Brazil, Mexico, and Peru.Implementation PrEP (ImPrEP) was a prospective, single-arm, open-label, multicentre PrEP implementation study conducted in Brazil (14 sites), Mexico (four sites), and Peru (ten sites). MSM and transgender women were ...
Tópico(s): LGBTQ Health, Identity, and Policy
2022 - Elsevier BV | The Lancet HIV

Valmo José Penna Moreira, Cristino Julio Alves da Silva Matias, Pablo Juan Greco,
O estudo teve como objetivo observar o processo de ensino-aprendizagem-treinamento no futsal e analisar como o método de ensino aplicado influencia o conhecimento tático processual. A amostra foi composta por 15 jogadores de duas diferentes equipes (n=30). As equipes disputavam competições da categoria sub-09. Houve o registro de 18 sessões de treinos por meio de filmagens. O método global propiciou melhoras no conhecimento tático processual no parâmetro oferecer e orientar-se e no reconhecer espaços. ...
Tópico(s): Sport Psychology and Performance
2013 - UNIVERSIDADE EST.PAULISTA JÚLIO DE MESQUITA FILHO | Motriz Revista de Educação Física
The examination of polychaete collections obtained during the Spanish Bentart 2006 expedition to the Bellingshausen Sea (Antarctica) revealed the presence of several sphaerodorid species. In this work, species belonging to the genera Sphaerodorum Örsted, 1843, Ephesiella Chamberlin, 1919, Clavodorum Hartman and Fauchald, 1971 and Sphaerephesia Fauchald, 1972 are reported including two new species belonging to Sphaerodorum and Sphaerephesia, respectively. A specimen identified as Ephesiella sp. might ...
Tópico(s): Crustacean biology and ecology
2010 - Springer Science+Business Media | Polar Biology

Thiago S. Torres, Mayara Secco Torres Silva, Carolina Coutinho, Brenda Hoagland, Emília M. Jalil, Sandra Wagner Cardoso, Júlio Moreira, Mônica Avelar Figueiredo Mafra Magalhães, Paula M. Luz, Valdiléa G. Veloso, Beatriz Grinsztejn,
Background The 2022 multicountry mpox outbreak positioned the condition as a public health emergency of international concern. By May 2023, Brazil ranked second globally in the cumulative number of mpox cases and deaths. The higher incidence of mpox among gay and other men who have sex with men in the current mpox outbreak deepens the stigma and discrimination against sexual and gender minorities (SGM). This might worsen the structural barriers impacting access to health services, which ultimately ...
Tópico(s): Animal Disease Management and Epidemiology
2023 - JMIR Publications | JMIR Public Health and Surveillance

Rafael Ferraz‐Bannitz, Rebeca Antunes Beraldo, A. Augusto Peluso, Morten Dall, Parizad Babaei, Rayana Cardoso Foglietti, Larissa Marfori Martins, Patrícia Moreira Gomes, Júlio Sérgio Marchini, Vívian Marques Miguel Suen, Luiz Carlos Conti de Freitas, Luiz Carlos Carvalho Navegantes, Marco Antônio M. Pretti, Mariana Boroni, Jonas T. Treebak, Marcelo A. Mori, Milton César Foss, Maria Cristina Foss‐Freitas,
Dietary restriction (DR) reduces adiposity and improves metabolism in patients with one or more symptoms of metabolic syndrome. Nonetheless, it remains elusive whether the benefits of DR in humans are mediated by calorie or nutrient restriction. This study was conducted to determine whether isocaloric dietary protein restriction is sufficient to confer the beneficial effects of dietary restriction in patients with metabolic syndrome. We performed a prospective, randomized controlled dietary intervention ...
Tópico(s): Genetics, Aging, and Longevity in Model Organisms
2022 - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute | Nutrients

Dilcele Silva Moreira Dziedzic, Júlio César Francisco, Bassam Felipe Mogharbel, Ana Carolina Irioda, Priscila Elias Ferreira Stricker, Juliana Ferreira Floriano, Lúcia de Noronha, Eltyeb Abdelwahid, Célia Regina Cavichiolo Franco, Katherine Athayde Teixeira de Carvalho,
Discarded tissues, like human amniotic membranes and adipose tissue, were investigated for the application of Decellularized Human Amniotic Membrane (DAM) as a viable scaffold for transplantation of Adipose-derived stromal cells (ASCs) in bone regeneration of non-healing calvarial defects in rats. Amniotic membrane was decellularized to provide a scaffold for male Wistar rats ASCs expansion and transplantation. ASCs osteoinduction in vitro promoted the deposition of a mineralized bone-like matrix ...
Tópico(s): Periodontal Regeneration and Treatments
2021 - Springer Science+Business Media | Calcified Tissue International
Catarina Rodrigues, Alex Pinto, Ana Faria, Diana Teixeira, Annemiek M. J. van Wegberg, Kirsten Ahring, François Feillet, Conceição Calhau, Anita MacDonald, André Moreira-Rosário, Júlio César Rocha,
Although there is a general assumption that a phenylalanine (Phe)-restricted diet promotes overweight in patients with phenylketonuria (PKU), it is unclear if this presumption is supported by scientific evidence. This systematic review aimed to determine if patients with PKU are at a higher risk of overweight compared to healthy individuals. A literature search was carried out on PubMed, Cochrane Library, and Embase databases. Risk of bias of individual studies was assessed using the Quality Assessment ...
Tópico(s): Mitochondrial Function and Pathology
2021 - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute | Nutrients

Dalton Pereira da Fonseca Júnior, Lígia Leandro Nunes Serpa, Gerson Laurindo Barbosa, Mariza Pereira, Márcia Moreira Holcman, Júlio César Voltolini, Gisela Rita Alvarenga Monteiro Marques,
OBJECTIVE: To describe the infestation of the municipalities of São Paulo by the vectors Aedes aegypti and Aedes albopictus, characterize seasonality and analyze average temperatures and larval densities. METHODS: We used maps with information on the infestation of municipalities between 1986 and 2015. The analysis of larval density of the species by the Wilcoxon test used the Breteau index values for Ae. aegypti and Ae. albopictus obtained from the Superintendency for Endemic Diseases Control database. ...
Tópico(s): Viral Infections and Vectors
2019 - UNIVERSIDADE DE SÃO PAULO | Revista de Saúde Pública

Tiago Augusto Moreira, Francisco Júlio do Nascimento, Gherhardt Ribatski,
The present paper concerns an experimental investigation of the effect of adding nanoparticles to DI-water on the heat transfer coefficient during flow boiling in a 1.1 mm ID tube. Results were obtained for DI-water and solutions of Al2O3 (20–30 nm)/DI-water, Al2O3 (40–80 nm)/DI-water, SiO2 (80 nm)/DI-water, SiO2 (15 nm)/DI-water and Cu (25 nm)/DI-water for nanoparticles volumetric concentrations of 0.001, 0.01 and 0.1%. Additional results were obtained for pure DI-water before and after performing tests ...
Tópico(s): Heat Transfer Mechanisms
2017 - Elsevier BV | Experimental Thermal and Fluid Science