Cláudia Vale, João Fernando Lourenço de Almeida, Bruno S. Pereira, Renato Andrade, João Espregueira‐Mendes, Tiago Mota Gomes, Xavier Martín Oliva,
Total ankle arthroplasty was developed as an alternative option to ankle arthrodesis in patients with end-stage ankle osteoarthritis. Multiple trials have assessed the outcomes of ankle arthroplasty, but complication risk or relative effectiveness is not systematized in literature. Review complications of new designs of total ankle arthroplasty and the relationship between their severity and failure rates. We reviewed complications and revision rates of prospective studies of primary total ankle ...
Tópico(s): Tendon Structure and Treatment
2022 - Elsevier BV | Foot and Ankle Surgery

Leonardo Fiúsa de Morais, João Carlos de Carvalho Almeida, Bruno Borges Deminicis, Fábio Teixeira de Pádua, Mirton José Frota Morenz, João Batista Rodrigues de Abreu, Raphael Pavesi Araújo, Delci D. de Nepomuceno,
The aim of this study was to evaluate methods for breaking dormancy of seeds Neonotonia wightii (perennial soybean), Macrotiloma axilare (archer), Pueraria phaseoloides (tropical kudzu), Calopogonium mucunoides (calopo), which were subjected to the following treatments for physical breaks and physiological dormancy: 1) control; 2) scarification with sandpaper; 3) immersion in H2SO4 98% for five minutes and subsequent washing in water; 4) preheating at 60°C for 150 minutes in an air circulating oven; ...
Tópico(s): Soybean genetics and cultivation
2014 - Scientific Research Publishing | American Journal of Plant Sciences

Jorge Rady de Almeida, João Batista Camargo, Bruno Abrantes Basseto, Sérgio Miranda Paz,
One of the most important issues in analyzing safety-critical systems is code verification through an inspection checklist, whose items must be applied to the source code. The attention given to this list will help ensure obedience to good coding rules and represents an important factor in the design of safety-critical systems. This list also helps in the development of non-safety-critical systems, improving their quality and correctness.
Tópico(s): Software Engineering Research
2003 - IEEE Computer Society | IEEE Software
Pedro Vieira Câmara Teixeira, Ana Cláudia Paiva‐Santos, João Casalta-Lopes, Maycon Bruno de Almeida, J Loureiro, Vera Ermida, Jorge Caldas, Carlos Ribeiro,
High prevalence of vitamin D deficiency is well known around the world in risk populations. Although less is known about the athletic population, some studies report vitamin D deficiency amongst athletic population and adequate vitamin D levels are crucial for athletic population as they can prevent injuries such as stress fractures and might even have ergogenic effects for example on muscle function. The main objectives were to evaluate the basal serum levels of 25(OH)D and calcium in professional ...
Tópico(s): Fibromyalgia and Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Research
2019 - Edizioni Minerva Medica | The Journal of Sports Medicine and Physical Fitness

Hugo O. Valdivia, Laila Viana de Almeida, Bruno Mendes Roatt, João Luís Reis-Cunha, Agnes Antônia Sampaio Pereira, Célia Maria Ferreira Gontijo, Ricardo Toshio Fujiwara, Alexandre Barbosa Reis, Mandy Sanders, James A. Cotton, Daniella Castanheira Bartholomeu,
Abstract Leishmaniasis is a highly diverse group of diseases caused by kinetoplastid of the genus Leishmania . These parasites are taxonomically diverse, with human pathogenic species separated into two subgenera according to their development site inside the alimentary tract of the sand fly insect vector. The disease encompasses a variable spectrum of clinical manifestations with tegumentary or visceral symptoms. Among the causative species in Brazil, Leishmania (Leishmania) amazonensis is an important ...
Tópico(s): Trypanosoma species research and implications
2017 - Nature Portfolio | Scientific Reports
Andreia de Almeida, Bruno L. Oliveira, João D. G. Correia, Graça Soveral, Angela Casini,
The peculiar chemical properties of metal-based drugs impart innovative pharmacological profiles to this class of therapeutic and diagnostic agents, most likely in relation to novel molecular mechanisms still poorly understood. However, inorganic drugs have been scarcely considered for medicinal applications with respect to classical organic compounds due to the prejudice of the relevant toxic effects indicated in certain cases. Thus, the development of improved metallodrugs requires clearer understanding ...
Tópico(s): Trace Elements in Health
2013 - Elsevier BV | Coordination Chemistry Reviews

Diogo Ferraz, Enzo Barbério Mariano, Patrícia Regina Manzine, Hérick Fernando Moralles, Paulo César Morceiro, Bruno Guimarães Torres, Mariana Rodrigues de Almeida, João Carlos Correia Baptista Soares de Mello, Daisy Aparecida do Nascimento Rebelatto,
Many developing countries have highly unequal health systems across their regions. The pandemic of COVID-19 brought an additional challenge, as hospital structures equipped with doctors, intensive care units and respirators are not available to a sufficient extent in all regions. Using Data Envelopment Analysis, we create a COVID Index to verify whether the hospital structures in 543 Brazilian microregions are adequate to deal with COVID-19 and to verify whether public policies were implemented ...
Tópico(s): Global Health Care Issues
2021 - Springer Science+Business Media | Social Indicators Research

Antônio C. L. da Costa, David Galbraith, Samuel Almeida, Bruno Takeshi Tanaka Portela, Mauricio Costa, João de Athaydes Silva, Alan Pantoja Braga, Paulo Henrique Gonçalves, Alex AR de Oliveira, Rosie A. Fisher, Oliver L. Phillips, Daniel B. Metcalfe, Peter Levy, Patrick Meir,
*At least one climate model predicts severe reductions of rainfall over Amazonia during this century. Long-term throughfall exclusion (TFE) experiments represent the best available means to investigate the resilience of the Amazon rainforest to such droughts. *Results are presented from a 7 yr TFE study at Caxiuanã National Forest, eastern Amazonia. We focus on the impacts of the drought on tree mortality, wood production and above-ground biomass. *Tree mortality in the TFE plot over the experimental ...
Tópico(s): Environmental and biological studies
2010 - Wiley | New Phytologist

Nicole Leite Galvão‐Coelho, Ana Cecília de Menezes Galvão, Raíssa Nóbrega de Almeida, Fernanda Palhano-Fontes, Isaac Campos Braga, Bruno Lobão‐Soares, João Paulo Maia‐de‐Oliveira, Daniel Perkins, Jerome Sarris, Dráulio Barros de Araújo,
Ayahuasca is a traditional Amazon brew and its potential antidepressant properties have recently been explored in scientific settings. We conducted a double-blind placebo-controlled trial of ayahuasca with treatment-resistant depression patients (n = 28) and healthy controls (n = 45).We are evaluating the blood inflammatory biomarkers: C-reactive protein and interleukin 6, as a potential consequence of ayahuasca intake and their correlation with serum cortisol and brain-derived neurotrophic factor levels. ...
Tópico(s): Biochemical Analysis and Sensing Techniques
2020 - SAGE Publishing | Journal of Psychopharmacology
M. Teresa Cesário, Rodrigo S. Raposo, M. Catarina M.D. de Almeida, Frederik van Keulen, Bruno Sommer Ferreira, João P. Telo, M. Manuela R. da Fonseca,
Burkholderia sacchari DSM 17165 is able to grow and produce poly(3-hydroxybutyrate) both on hexoses and pentoses. In a previous study, wheat straw lignocellulosic hydrolysates (WSH) containing high C6 and C5 sugar concentrations were shown to be excellent carbon sources for P(3HB) production. Using a similar feeding strategy developed for P(3HB) production based on WSH, fed-batch cultures were developed aiming at the production of the copolymer P(3HB-co-4HB) (poly(3-hydroxybutyrate-co-4-hydroxybutyrate)) ...
Tópico(s): Biofuel production and bioconversion
2014 - Elsevier BV | International Journal of Biological Macromolecules
André Fernandes, João Figueira de Sousa, João Pedro Costa, Bruno Miguel Almeida Neves,
With the emergence of the third technological cycle, we have witnessed the gradual functional obsolescence of large industrial complexes inherited from the second industrialization, some of which located on waterfronts. Given their particularities, regeneration processes of these brownfield sites face complex challenges, in addition to those placed upon the regeneration of first generation port/industrial areas. Based upon the case study of brownfield sites in the Tagus Estuary (Portugal), this article ...
Tópico(s): Environmental and Social Impact Assessments
2020 - Taylor & Francis | European Planning Studies

Danilo Tedesco, Bruno Rafael de Almeida Moreira, Marcelo Rodrigues Barbosa Júnior, João Paulo Papa, Rouverson Pereira da Silva,
Single-target regression can accurately predict the crop’s performance but fails to generalize problems with more than one true and cross-validatable solution. An alternative to output multiple numeric values upon the input, we think, would be multi-target regression (MTR) with either Random Forest (RF) or k-nearest neighbors (KNN). Therefore, we captured the advantages of high-resolution remote sensing and multi-target machine learning into an immersive single framework then analyzed if it could be ...
Tópico(s): Leaf Properties and Growth Measurement
2021 - Elsevier BV | Computers and Electronics in Agriculture

Fábio Nunes Lista, Bruno Borges Deminicis, João Carlos de Carvalho Almeida, Saulo Alberto do Carmo Araújo, Pablo Giliard Zanella,
ABSTRACT: Find shade-tolerant species is essential to the success of silvopastoral systems, increasingly frequent in recent years. In legumes, which have potential of biological nitrogen fixation, there is a great lack of knowledge when in shaded environments.The cultivation of four tropical forage (Neonotonia wightii, Pueraria phaseoloides, Macrotyloma axilare and Arachis pintoi) was evaluated when submitted to artificial shade levels (30, 50 and 70% shade) and in full sun during water and drought ...
Tópico(s): Ruminant Nutrition and Digestive Physiology
2019 - UNIVERSIDADE FEDERAL DE SANTA MARIA | Ciência Rural

João Vitor Vieira de Siqueira, Lucas Garrido Almeida, Bruno Otávio Zica, Ingred Batista Brum, Alberto Barceló, Arise Garcia de Siqueira Galil,
The aim of the current review was to assess whether there was an association between obesity and higher levels of hospitalization, poor outcomes and mortality due to the disease of novel coronavirus (COVID-19).A systematic review of articles on the novel coronavirus, containing information on obesity and its association with COVID-19 morbidity and mortality. In the bibliographic research, four databases were used, with the terms ['COVID-19'] AND ['hospitalization'] AND ['obesity'] AND ['mortality']. Studies ...
Tópico(s): Long-Term Effects of COVID-19
2020 - Elsevier BV | Obesity Research & Clinical Practice

Fernando Marcos Brignoli, Éder Júnior de Oliveira Zampar, João Henrique Vieira de Almeida, Bruno Maia Abdo Rahmen Cassim, Tadeu Takeyoshi Inoue, Marcelo Augusto Batista,
The yield gain of soybean inoculated with Bradyrhizobium spp. or co-inoculated with Bradyrhizobium spp. and Azospirillum brasilense is variable. Inoculants can be applied in the sowing furrow or via seed treatment. There is a gap in our understanding of the efficacy of different inoculation methods. This study aimed to assess the agronomic efficiency of soybean inoculated and co-inoculated with Bradyrhizobium spp. and A. brasilense by different methods. The study was conducted in Paraná State, Brazil, ...
Tópico(s): Growth and nutrition in plants
2023 - Taylor & Francis | Archives of Agronomy and Soil Science

João Paulo Nobre de Almeida, Bruno França da Trindade Lessa, Charles Lobo Pinheiro, Fernanda Melo Gomes, Sebastião Medeiros Filho, Cydianne Cavalcante Silva,
The objective of this work was to study the seed germination and seedling growth of A. cearensis (Allemão) A. C. Sm. influenced by seed weight and under different temperature and light conditions. Seeds were individually weighed and divided into three weight classes (light, medium and heavy), and each was subjected to germination tests under two light conditions (presence or absence) and six temperature regimes (20, 25, 30, 35, 40, and 20-30°C). The experiment was established with a completely randomized ...
Tópico(s): Soil Management and Crop Yield
2017 - Editora da Universidade Estadual de Maringá (Eduem) | Acta Scientiarum Agronomy

João Paulo Nobre de Almeida, Charles Lobo Pinheiro, Bruno França da Trindade Lessa, Fernanda Melo Gomes, Sebastião Medeiros Filho,
Amburana cearensis, conhecida como cumaru, é uma espécie presente em todo bioma caatinga, sendo recomendada para recuperação de áreas degradadas e usos fitoterápicos. O objetivo do presente trabalho foi determinar os níveis de tolerância ao estresse hídrico na germinação e no crescimento de plântulas de cumaru em função da massa das sementes. Inicialmente as sementes foram pesadas e separadas em três classes (leves, médias e pesadas), sendo estas submetidas ao estresse hídrico, utilizando soluções ...
Tópico(s): Soil Management and Crop Yield
2014 - UNIVERSIDADE FEDERAL DO CEARÁ | Ciência Agronômica/Revista ciência agronômica

Fábio Teixeira de Pádua, C. A. A. Fontes, João Carlos de Carvalho Almeida, Bruno Borges Deminicis, João Carlos de Carvalho Almeida, Otávio Cabral Neto, Vítor Corrêa de Oliveira,
We evaluated the fermentation products, the gaseous and effluent losses of sugarcane silages without calcium oxide (CaO) or with CaO addition, at the levels of zero, 0.8%, 1.6% and 2.4%, in association with the microbial additive Lactobacillus buchneri inoculated at the levels of zero, 50.000, 100.000 e 150.000 ufc/g of sugarcane, wet bases. The variety RB855536, harvested after 12 months of first growth was used. The experiment design was the completely randomized design, in a 4 × 4 factorial arrangement. ...
Tópico(s): Food composition and properties
2014 - Scientific Research Publishing | American Journal of Plant Sciences
Joaquim Ferreira, Muhammad Alam, Bruno Fernandes, Luis Silva, João Almeida, L.F. de Moura, R. A. da Costa, Giovanni Iovino, Elena Cordiviola,
Tópico(s): Traffic control and management
2018 - Elsevier BV | Computer Networks

Carlos Alberto de Almeida Gadelha, Frederico Bruno Mendes Batista Moreno, Tatiane Santi‐Gadelha, João Batista Cajazeiras, B.A.M. Rocha, Ana Maria Sampaio Assreuy, Mário Rogério Lima Mota, Nilson Vieira Pinto, Ana Vaneska Passos Meireles, Júlio C. Borges, Beatriz Tupinambá Freitas, Fernanda Canduri, Emmanuel Prata de Souza, P. Delatorre, David N. Criddle, Walter Filgueira de Azevedo, Benildo Sousa Cavada,
Tópico(s): Photosynthetic Processes and Mechanisms
2005 - Elsevier BV | Journal of Structural Biology

Kênia Almeida Diniz Albuquerque, João Almir Oliveira, Paulo de Albuquerque Silva, André Delly Veiga, Bruno Oliveira Carvalho, Patrícia de Oliveira Alvim,
O estudo foi desenvolvido na Universidade Federal de Lavras, em Lavras, MG, com o objetivo de avaliar o efeito da aplicação de micronutrientes e reguladores de crescimento na germinação, no vigor, na atividade de algumas enzimas e no teor de proteínas totais em sementes de tomate, durante o armazenamento. As sementes foram tratadas com os produtos Starter®, Cellerate® e Stimulate® nas dosagens correspondentes a 0%, 50%, 100%, 150% e 200% da dose recomendada pelo fabricante, utilizando a técnica ...
Tópico(s): Soil Management and Crop Yield
2010 - UNIVERSIDADE FEDERAL DE LAVRAS | Ciência e Agrotecnologia

Kléber Tomás de Resende, Izabelle Auxiliadora Molina de Almeida Teixeira, Bruno Biagioli, Lisiane Dorneles de Lima, Oscar Boaventura Neto, João de Deus Pereira,
O interesse pelos pequenos ruminantes aumentou nos últimos anos sob os aspectos produtivo e científico. No Brasil, caprinos e ovinos são os que despertam maior interesse econômico. Assim, este trabalho foi conduzido com o objetivo de discutir o progresso científico com caprinos e ovinos nos últimos dez anos. Foram pesquisadas várias bases de dados, entre elas as do Institute for Scientific Information (ISI), da Scientific Electronic Library Online - SciELO, da Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal ...
Tópico(s): Ruminant Nutrition and Digestive Physiology
2010 - Sociedade Brasileira de Zootecnia | Revista Brasileira de Zootecnia

Fernanda Helena Nascimento de Andrade, Ceres Duarte Guedes Cabral de Almeida, Brivaldo Gomes de Almeida, João Audifax Cézar Albuquerque Filho, Bruno Campos Mantovanelli, José Coelho de Araújo Filho,
ATRIBUTOS FÍSICO-HÍDRICOS DO SOLO VIA FUNÇÕES DE PEDOTRANSFERÊNCIA EM SOLOS DOS TABULEIROS COSTEIROS DE PERNAMBUCO FERNANDA HELENA NASCIMENTO DE ANDRADE1; CERES DUARTE GUEDES CABRAL DE ALMEIDA2; BRIVALDO GOMES DE ALMEIDA3; JOSÉ AUDIFAX CÉZAR DE ALBUQUERQUE FILHO1; BRUNO CAMPOS MANTOVANELLI4 E JOSÉ COELHO DE ARAÚJO FILHO5 1 Departamento de Engenharia Agrícola, Programa de Pós-Graduação em Engenharia Agrícola da Universidade Federal Rural de Pernambuco - UFRPE, Rua Dom Manuel de Medeiros, S/N, Dois ...
Tópico(s): Soil erosion and sediment transport
2020 - UNIVERSIDADE EST.PAULISTA JÚLIO DE MESQUITA FILHO | Irriga

Ugo Araújo Souza, Karina Oberrather, Renata Fagundes‐Moreira, Bruno Albuquerque de Almeida, Stella de Faria Valle, Aline Girotto-Soares, João Fábio Soares,
Abstract Mycoplasma ovis is an emerging zoonotic pathogen with a worldwide distribution and can cause mild to severe hemolytic anemia, icterus, and poor weight gain in animals. Although M. ovis has been described in small ruminants worldwide, data on M. ovis in sheep in Brazil is unknown. The objective of the present study was to present the first report of hemotropic mycoplasma (HM) in sheep from Brazil. We evaluated factors associated with this infection, such age group, tick presence, and anemia. ...
Tópico(s): Viral Infections and Vectors
2019 - Colégio Brasileiro de Parasitologia Veterinaria | Revista Brasileira de Parasitologia Veterinária/Brazilian Journal of Veterinary Parasitology

Bruno L. Oliveira, Benjamin J. Stenton, V. Unnikrishnan, Cátia Rebelo de Almeida, João Conde, Magda Negrão, Felipe S. S. Schneider, Carlos Cordeiro, Miguel Godinho Ferreira, Giovanni F. Caramori, Josiel B. Domingos, Rita Fior, Gonçalo J. L. Bernardes,
The ability to create ways to control drug activation at specific tissues while sparing healthy tissues remains a major challenge. The administration of exogenous target-specific triggers offers the potential for traceless release of active drugs on tumor sites from antibody–drug conjugates (ADCs) and caged prodrugs. We have developed a metal-mediated bond-cleavage reaction that uses platinum complexes [K2PtCl4 or Cisplatin (CisPt)] for drug activation. Key to the success of the reaction is a water- ...
Tópico(s): Chemical Synthesis and Analysis
2020 - American Chemical Society | Journal of the American Chemical Society
Bruno Sousa de Freitas, Pedro Lavrador, Rui J. Almeida, Vítor M. Gaspar, João F. Mano,
Self-assembled colloidal gels are highly versatile 3D nanocluster platforms with potential to overcome the rapid clearing issues associated with standard free nanotherapeutics administration. However, the development of nanoassembled colloidal gels exhibiting autonomous multiparticle release from the bulk particle network remains elusive. Herein, we generated multiparticle colloidal gels from two nanosized building blocks: cationic poly(d,l-lactide-co-glycolide)–polyethylenimine (PLGA–PEI) nanoparticles ...
Tópico(s): Nanoparticle-Based Drug Delivery
2020 - American Chemical Society | ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces

Gisele Vajgel, Rondineli Roberto Dos Santos, Waldênio Soares, Louize Gomes De Lima, Breno Santiago De Macêdo, João Eduardo Da Fonte, Bruno Silva Peixoto De Carvalho, Sandra Neiva Coelho, Adriano Almeida Calado,
Erectile dysfunction (ED) is highly prevalent among men undergoing hemodialysis.This study was performed to identify the influence of ED on the patient's quality of life (QoL) and to evaluate the influence of depression on erectile function of these patients.For this multicenter cross-sectional study, 275 patients were interviewed through questionnaires: the five-item version of the International Index of Erectile Function was used for diagnosing and classifying ED; the Medical Outcomes Study Questionnaire ...
Tópico(s): Urinary Bladder and Prostate Research
2010 - Elsevier BV | The Journal of Sexual Medicine
José Coutinho Costa, Alexandre Rebelo‐Marques, João Machado, Bruno Valentim, Cláudia Sofia de Almeida Vicente Ferreira, Joana Daniela Oliveira Gonçalves, Jorge Gama, F. Teixeira, J. Moita,
Currently there has been significant growth in the number of patients with suspected obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) referred to sleep clinics. In this sense, screening and stratification methods of the severity of this pathology have become increasingly relevant.To evaluate the performance of the NoSAS and STOP-Bang scores in the screening of OSA in a sleep clinic.Prospectively, for 12 months, all patients referred by primary care physicians to our sleep unit for clinical evaluation and who underwent ...
Tópico(s): Tracheal and airway disorders
2020 - Brazilian Medical Association | Revista da Associação Médica Brasileira

Jorge Luís Almeida Correia, Antônia Sâmia Fernandes do Nascimento, João Batista Cajazeiras, Ana C. S. Gondim, Ronniery Ilário Pereira, Bruno Lopes de Sousa, André Luiz Coelho da Silva, Wanius García, Edson Holanda Teixeira, Kyria Santiago Nascimento, B.A.M. Rocha, Celso Shiniti Nagano, Alexandre Holanda Sampaio, Benildo Sousa Cavada,
Lectin from the seeds of Dioclea sclerocarpa (DSL) was purified in a single step by affinity chromatography on a Sephadex G-50 column. The primary sequence, as determined by tandem mass spectrometry, revealed a protein with 237 amino acids and 81% of identity with ConA. DSL has a molecular mass of 25,606 Da. The β and γ chains weigh 12,873 Da and 12,752 Da, respectively. DSL hemagglutinated rabbit erythrocytes (both native and treated with proteolytic enzymes), showing stability even after one hour ...
Tópico(s): Transgenic Plants and Applications
2011 - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute | Molecules

Christiane Fernandes, Adolfo Horn, Bruna F. Lopes, Érika S. Bull, Nathália F. B. Azeredo, Milton M. Kanashiro, Franz Viana Borges, Adaı́lton J. Bortoluzzi, Bruno Szpoganicz, Anderson B. Pires, R. Franco, João Carlos de Aquino Almeida, Leide L.F. Maciel, Jackson A. L. C. Resende, Gerhard Schenk,
The synthesis, physico-chemical characterization and cytotoxicity of four new ligands and their respective copper(II) complexes toward two human leukemia cell lines (THP-1 and U937) are reported (i.e. [(HL1)Cu(μ-Cl)2Cu(HL1)]Cl2·H2O (1), [(H2L2)Cu(μ-Cl)2Cu(H2L2)]Cl2·5H2O (2), [(HL3)Cu(μ-Cl)2Cu(HL3)]Cl2·4H2O (3), [(H2L4)Cu(μ-Cl)2Cu(H2L4)]Cl2·6H2O (4)). Ligands HL1 and HL3 contain two pyridines, amine and alcohol moieties with a naphthyl pendant unit yielding a N3O coordination metal environment. Ligands H2L2 and ...
Tópico(s): Synthesis and Characterization of Heterocyclic Compounds
2015 - Elsevier BV | Journal of Inorganic Biochemistry