
Juan Felipe Botero, Miguel Molina, Xavier Hesselbach-Serra, José Roberto de Almeida Amazonas,
One of the main challenges of network virtualization is the virtual network embedding problem (VNE) that consists of mapping virtual network demands in physical network resources. VNE can be decomposed into two stages: virtual node and virtual link mapping. In the first stage, each virtual node is mapped to a suitable node in the physical network whereas the second stage is in charge of mapping the links connecting virtual nodes to paths in the physical network that suit the virtual network demands. ...
Tópico(s): Network Traffic and Congestion Control
2013 - Elsevier BV | Journal of Network and Computer Applications

José Nunes da Silva, Mary Anne Sousa Lima, João Victor Xerez Moreira, Francisco Serra Oliveira Alexandre, Diego Macedo de Almeida, Maria da Conceição Ferreira de Oliveira, Antonio José Melo Leite,
This report provides information about an interactive computer game that allows undergraduate students to review individually stereochemistry topics in an engaging way by responding to 230 novel questions distributed at three difficulty levels. Responses from students and instructors who have played the game have been quite positive. Stereogame is available free of charge in Portuguese and English and can be played online via a Web browser or in printable form (board game, cards, and answer key) ...
Tópico(s): Augmented Reality Applications
2016 - American Chemical Society | Journal of Chemical Education
Júnia Maria Serra‐Negra, Isabela Almeida Pordeus, José Ferreira ROCHA,
A proposta do presente trabalho foi associar a forma de aleitamento com a instalação de hábitos bucais deletérios e conseqüentes maloclusões. Foram examinadas 357 crianças, na faixa etária de 3 a 5 anos, pertencentes a creches e escolas da cidade de Belo Horizonte. Para a obtenção de informações sobre o desenvolvimento das crianças, foram enviados questionários para as mães. Houve um retorno de 289 questionários, sendo avaliadas 289 fichas das crianças participantes. Constatou-se que há associação ...
Tópico(s): Child Nutrition and Feeding Issues
1997 - UNIVERSIDADE DE SÃO PAULO | Revista de Odontologia da Universidade de São Paulo

R. M. Serra, P B Ramos, N. G. de Almeida, Wagner Duarte José, M. H. Y. Moussa,
We present a reliable scheme for engineering arbitrary motional ionic states through an adaptation of the projection synthesis technique for trapped-ion phenomena. Starting from a prepared coherent motional state, the Wigner function of the desired state is thus sculpted from a Gaussian distribution. The engineering process has also been developed to take into account the errors arising from intensity fluctuations in the exciting-laser pulses required for manipulating the electronic and vibrational ...
Tópico(s): Laser-Matter Interactions and Applications
2001 - American Physical Society | Physical Review A

Marcos de Abreu Almeida, Cláudia Vera Pizzini, Lisandra Serra Damasceno, Mauro de Medeiros Muniz, Rodrigo Almeida‐Paes, Regina Helena Saramago Peralta, José Mauro Peralta, Raquel de Vasconcellos Carvalhães de Oliveira, Alexandre Gomes Vizzoni, Carla Lourenço Tavares de Andrade, Rosely Maria Zancopé‐Oliveira,
Histoplasmosis is worldwide systemic mycoses caused by the dimorphic fungus Histoplasma capsulatum. The isolation and identification of H. capsulatum in culture is the reference test for histoplasmosis diagnosis confirmation. However, in the absence of it, serology has been used as a presumptive diagnosis through antibody and antigen detection. The purpose of the present study was to validate an immunoassay method (western blot) for antibodies detection in the diagnosis of histoplasmosis. To validate ...
Tópico(s): Nail Diseases and Treatments
2016 - BioMed Central | BMC Infectious Diseases

Crístiano Lara Massara, Sérgio Viana Peixoto, Héliton da Silva Barros, Martin Johannes Enk, Omar dos Santos Carvalho, Virgínia Torres Schall,
... the infection in the district of São José de Almeida, and two close localities, Cipó Velho and São José da Serra, all of them located in the municipality of ...
Tópico(s): Child Nutrition and Water Access
2004 - Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, Ministério da Saúde | Memórias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

Andrei Stecca Steindorff, Luana Assis Serra, Eduardo Fernandes Formighieri, Fabrícia Paula de Faria, Márcio José Poças-Fonseca, J. R. M. de Almeida,
Most studies regarding the use of fungi as enzyme producers for biomass deconstruction have focused on mesophile species, whereas the potential of thermophiles has been evaluated less. This study revealed, through genome and transcriptome analyses, the genetic repertoire of the biotechnological relevant thermophile fungus Humicola grisea .
Tópico(s): Enzyme Production and Characterization
2021 - American Society for Microbiology | Microbiology Spectrum

Alex Pauvolid‐Corrêa, Helver Gonçalves Dias, Laura Marina Siqueira Maia, Grasiela Edith de Oliveira Porfírio, Thaís Oliveira Morgado, Gilberto Sabino‐Santos, Paula Helena Santa Rita, Wanessa Teixeira Gomes Barreto, Gabriel Carvalho de Macedo, Jaire Marinho Torres, Wesley Arruda Gimenes Nantes, Filipe Martins Santos, William Oliveira de Assis, Andreza Castro Rucco, Rafael Mamoru dos Santos Yui, João Bosco Vilela Campos, Renato Rodrigues Leandro e Silva, Raquel da Silva Ferreira, Nilvanei Aparecido da Silva Neves, Michell Charlles de Souza Costa, Letícia Ramos Martins, Emerson Marques de Souza, Michellen dos Santos Carvalho, Marina Gonçalves Lima, Fernanda de Cássia Gonçalves Alves, Luiz Humberto Guimarães Riquelme-Junior, Luan Luiz Batista Figueiró, Matheus Fernandes Gomes de Santana, Luiz Gustavo Rodrigues Oliveira‐Santos, Samara Serra Medeiros, Larissa Lopes Seino, Emily Hime Miranda, José Linhares, Vanessa de Oliveira Santos, Stephanie Almeida da Silva, Kelly Araújo Lúcio, Viviane Silva Gomes, Alexandre de Araujo-Oliveira, Júlia dos Santos Silva, William de Almeida Marques, Marcio Schafer Marques, José J. Barros, Letícia Campos, Dinair Couto‐Lima, Claudia Coutinho Netto, Christine Strüssmann, Nicholas A. Panella, Emily R. Hannon, Barbara Cristina de Macedo, Júlia Ramos de Almeida, Karen Ramos Ribeiro, Maria Carolina Barros de Castro, Larissa Pratta Campos, Ana Paula Rosa dos Santos, Isabelle Marino de Souza, Mateus de Assis Bianchini, Sandra Helena Ramiro Corrêa, Renato Ordones Baptista da Luz, Ananda dos Santos Vieira, Luzia Maria de Oliveira Pinto, Elzinandes Leal de Azeredo, Luíz Tadeu Moraes Figueiredo, Jerônimo Alencar, Sheila Maria Barbosa de Lima, Heitor Miraglia Herrera, Renata Dezengrini Shlessarenko, Flávia Barreto dos Santos, Ana María Bispo de Filippis, Stephanie J. Salyer, Joel M. Montgomery, Nicholas Komar,
Zika virus (ZIKV) was first discovered in 1947 in Uganda but was not considered a public health threat until 2007 when it found to be the source of epidemic activity in Asia. Epidemic activity spread to Brazil in 2014 and continued to spread throughout the tropical and subtropical regions of the Americas. Despite ZIKV being zoonotic in origin, information about transmission, or even exposure of non-human vertebrates and mosquitoes to ZIKV in the Americas, is lacking. Accordingly, from February 2017 ...
Tópico(s): Malaria Research and Control
2019 - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute | Viruses

Fernando Almeida‐Silva, Lisandra Serra Damasceno, Maria José Buitrago Serna, Clara Valero, Leonardo Pereira Quintella, Rodrigo Almeida‐Paes, Mauro de Medeiros Muniz, Rosely Maria Zancopé‐Oliveira,
Tópico(s): Pneumocystis jirovecii pneumonia detection and treatment
2016 - Elsevier BV | Revista Iberoamericana de Micología

Francisco Geraldo Barbosa, Jair Mafezoli, Mary Anne Sousa Lima, Francisco Serra Oliveira Alexandre, Diego Macedo de Almeida, Antonio José Melo Leite, José Nunes da Silva,
Intermolecular forces are a useful concept that can explain the attraction between particulate matter as well as numerous phenomena in our lives such as viscosity, solubility, drug interactions, and dyeing of fibers.However, studies show that students have difficulty understanding this important concept, which has led us to develop a free educational software in English and Portuguese.The software can be used interactively by teachers and students, thus facilitating better understanding.Professors ...
Tópico(s): Chemistry Education and Research
2015 - Brazilian Chemical Society | Química Nova

Tatiane Garcia Stancker, Stella Sousa Vieira, Andrey Jorge Serra, Rafael do Nascimento de Lima, Regiane dos Santos Feliciano, José Antônio Silva, Solange Almeida dos Santos, Marcia Ataíze dos Santos Vieira, Maíra Cecília Brandão Simões, Ernesto César Pinto Leal‐Junior, Paulo de Tarso Camillo de Carvalho,
Tópico(s): Osteoarthritis Treatment and Mechanisms
2018 - Springer Science+Business Media | Lasers in Medical Science

José Geraldo de Melo Furtado, George Cassani Gatti, Eduardo Torres Serra, Silvio Carlos Anı́bal de Almeida,
Power systems based on fuel cells have been considered for residential and commercial applications in energy Distributed Generation (DG) markets. In this work we present an experimental analysis of a power generation system formed by a 5 kW proton exchange membrane fuel cell (PEMFC) unit and a natural gas reformer (fuel processor) for hydrogen production. The performance analysis developed simultaneously the energy and economic viewpoints and enabled the determination of the best technical and economic ...
Tópico(s): Advancements in Solid Oxide Fuel Cells
2010 - Elsevier BV | International Journal of Hydrogen Energy

Gustavo Mayr de Lima Carvalho, Reginaldo Peçanha Brazil, Lara Saraiva, Patrícia Flávia Quaresma, Helbert Antônio Botelho, Mariana Campos das Neves Farah Ramos, Ana Paula Lusardo de Almeida Zenóbio, Paula Cavalcante Lamy Serra e Meira, Cristiani de Castilho Sanguinette, José Dilermando Andrade Filho,
Sandflies are holometabolous insects that are of great epidemiological importance in the neotropical region as vectors of leishmaniases. Caves are ecotopes that significantly differ from external environments and, among the insects that live or visit their internal area and adjacent environment, sandflies are commonly found. Based on this context, the objective of this work was to examine the period of activity of sandflies in the cave environment in the aphotic zone. Thus, four sandfly captures ...
Tópico(s): Insect and Pesticide Research
2012 - Public Library of Science | PLoS ONE

Thaís Almeida Lima, José Roberto Rodrigues Pinto, Eddie Lenza, Alexandre de Siqueira Pinto,
O cerrado sentido restrito é a fitofisionomia predominante do bioma Cerrado, ocupando grandes extensões do Planalto Central brasileiro. Quando essa vegetação se desenvolve sobre Neossolos Litólicos recebe a denominação de cerrado rupestre. O conhecimento sobre as comunidades arbustivo-arbóreas deste subtipo fitofisionômico do Cerrado é muito limitado. O objetivo deste estudo foi analisar a composição florística e a estrutura da vegetação arbustivo-arbórea em uma área de cerrado rupestre localizada ...
Tópico(s): Plant and animal studies
2010 - Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de SP | Biota Neopropica/Biota Neotropica

Laura E. Carreto-Binaghi, Lisandra Serra Damasceno, Nayla de Souza Pitangui, Ana Marisa Fusco‐Almeida, Maria José Soares Mendes‐Giannini, Rosely Maria Zancopé‐Oliveira, Mária Lucía Taylor,
Healthcare-associated infections (HAI) are described in diverse settings. The main etiologic agents of HAI are bacteria (85%) and fungi (13%). Some factors increase the risk for HAI, particularly the use of medical devices; patients with severe cuts, wounds, and burns; stays in the intensive care unit, surgery, and hospital reconstruction works. Several fungal HAI are caused by Candida spp., usually from an endogenous source; however, cross-transmission via the hands of healthcare workers or contaminated ...
Tópico(s): Parasitic Infections and Diagnostics
2015 - Hindawi Publishing Corporation | BioMed Research International

Gustavo Mayr de Lima Carvalho, Reginaldo Peçanha Brazil, Mariana Campos das Neves Farah Ramos, Paula Cavalcante Lamy Serra e Meira, Ana Paula Lusardo de Almeida Zenóbio, Helbert Antônio Botelho, Cristiani de Castilho Sanguinette, Lara Saraiva, José Dilermando Andrade Filho,
Phlebotomines are invertebrate hosts of Leishmania genus species which are etiological agents of leishmaniases in humans and other mammals. Sandflies are often collected in entomological studies of caves both in the inner area and the adjacent environments. Caves are ecotypes clearly different from the external environment. Several caves have been opened to public visitation before any studies were performed and the places do not have scientific monitoring of the fauna, flora, geological and geographical ...
Tópico(s): Venomous Animal Envenomation and Studies
2013 - Public Library of Science | PLoS ONE

Almir Galvão Vieira Bitencourt, Maíra Pereira Dantas, Flávia Branco Cerqueira Serra Neves, Alessandro de Moura Almeida, Rodrigo Morel Vieira de Melo, Lígia Carvalho Albuquerque, Tiana Mascarenhas Godinho, Sydney Agareno, José Teles, Augusto M. C. Farias, Otavio H. Messeder,
There is a growing tendency of looking for "dying with dignity", rather than to prolong death and suffering of terminal patients on intensive care units (ICU). This study aims to evaluate medical practices that suggest therapeutic limitation (TL) in patients who died in an adult ICU.A retrospective exploratory study was carried out to evaluate medical records of patients who died in a general adult ICU of a private hospital in Salvador-BA, between January and August of 2003, after at least 24 hours ...
Tópico(s): Patient Dignity and Privacy
2007 - Associação de Medicina Intensiva Brasileira | Revista Brasileira de Terapia Intensiva

Diana Maria de Almeida Lopes, Valéria Góes Ferreira Pinheiro, Helena Serra Azul Monteiro, José Ájax Nogueira Queiroz, Lucivaldo dos Santos Madeira, Mônica Maria de Almeida Lopes,
To determine the clinical and epidemiological profile of patients who are candidates for TNF-α inhibitor use and are classified as having latent tuberculosis (LTB), as well as to evaluate the outcomes of prophylactic treatment with isoniazid.A prospective descriptive analysis followed by an analytical, observational, cross-sectional study of the outcomes of prophylactic treatment in a group of 45 candidates for TNF-α inhibitor use. We evaluated the patients through anamnesis, clinical examination, ...
Tópico(s): Infectious Diseases and Tuberculosis
2011 - Sociedade Brasileira de Pneumologia e Tisiologia | Jornal Brasileiro de Pneumologia
M. Gabriela Almeida, Alexandra Serra, Célia M. Silveira, José J. G. Moura,
The last decades have witnessed a steady increase of the social and political awareness for the need of monitoring and controlling environmental and industrial processes. In the case of nitrite ion, due to its potential toxicity for human health, the European Union has recently implemented a number of rules to restrict its level in drinking waters and food products. Although several analytical protocols have been proposed for nitrite quantification, none of them enable a reliable and quick analysis ...
Tópico(s): Advanced Nanomaterials in Catalysis
2010 - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute | Sensors

Ana Carolina Araruna Alves, Regiane Albertini, Solange Almeida dos Santos, Ernesto César Pinto Leal‐Junior, Eduardo Tadeu Santana, Andrey Jorge Serra, José Antônio Silva, Paulo de Tarso Camillo de Carvalho,
Tópico(s): Laser Applications in Dentistry and Medicine
2013 - Springer Science+Business Media | Lasers in Medical Science
Cristina Alonso, Vanda Vaz Serra, Maria G. P. M. S. Neves, Augusto C. Tomé, Artur M. S. Silva, Filipe A. Almeida Paz, José A. S. Cavaleiro,
β-Amino-meso-tetraarylporphyrins react with cyclic enol ethers to yield pyrido[2,3-b]porphyrins bearing two vicinal hydroxyalkyl groups. These reactions are catalyzed by lanthanum triflate and occur under mild conditions. Esterification of the hydroxyalkyl groups with succinic anhydride and dodecanoyl chloride afforded the corresponding esters in almost quantitative yields. The crystal structure of the most hydrophobic derivative 7 was determined, and it shows that these porphyrinic macrocycles ...
Tópico(s): Bioactive Compounds and Antitumor Agents
2007 - American Chemical Society | Organic Letters

Mariângela Fernandes Abreu, José Roberto Rodrigues Pinto, Leandro Maracahipes, Letícia Gomes, Edmar Almeida de Oliveira, Beatriz Schwantes Marimon, Ben Hur Marimon, Josenilton de Farias, Eddie Lenza,
The present study analyzed the influence of edaphic variables on the floristic compositions and structures of the arboreal and shrub vegetation of typical cerrado (TC) and rocky outcrop cerrado (RC) communities in the Serra Negra mountain range in Piranhas Municipality, Goiás State, Brazil. Ten 20×50m plots were established in each community, and all individuals with minimum diameters ³5cm measured at 30cm above soil level were sampled. Composite soil samples were collected at 0-20cm depths in each ...
Tópico(s): Fern and Epiphyte Biology
2012 - Springer Science+Business Media | Revista Brasileira de Botânica

Cloyra Almeida, Mário Vaisman, Antônio José Leal Costa, Fabíola Alves Aarão Reis, Vaneska Spinelli Reuters, Patrícia de Fátima dos Santos Teixeira, Márcia Serra Ferreira, Letícia B. B. de M. Teixeira, Glória R.B. de Araújo, Marco Antônio Alves Brasil,
Neuropsychological changes are still controversial in patients with subclinical hypothyroidism (SH). The objective of this study is to assess these changes.Cross-sectional study comparing the results of the neurocognitive evaluation of 65 SH patients and 31 individuals without thyroid disease. Subclinical hypothyroidism was defined as at least two elevated serum TSH levels (> 4 microUI/ml) with normal serum free T4 levels (0.9-1.8 ng/dl). The participants underwent the following neuropsychological assessment: ...
Tópico(s): Pituitary Gland Disorders and Treatments
2007 - Editora da Universidade de São Paulo | Arquivos Brasileiros de Endocrinologia & Metabologia

Raimunda Sâmia Nogueira Brilhante, Raissa Geovanna Pereira Lopes, Lara de Aguiar, Jonathas Sales de Oliveira, Géssica dos Santos Araújo, Germana Costa Paixão, Waldemiro de Aquino Pereira‐Neto, Rosemayre Souza Freire, João Victor Serra Nunes, Renan Pereira de Lima, Flávia Almeida Santos, José Júlio Costa Sidrim, Marcos Fábio Gadelha Rocha,
This study aimed to evaluate the effect of proteinase K on mature biofilms of dermatophytes, by assays of metabolic activity and biomass. In addition, the proteinase K–terbinafine and proteinase K–griseofulvin interactions against these biofilms were investigated by the checkerboard assay and scanning electron and confocal microscopy. The biofilms exposed to 32 µg ml−1 of proteinase K had lower metabolic activity and biomass, by 39% and 38%, respectively. Drug interactions were synergistic, with ...
Tópico(s): Entomopathogenic Microorganisms in Pest Control
2022 - Taylor & Francis | Biofouling

Antoine O. H. C. Leduc, José Anchieta C. C. Nunes, Carlos Barros de Araújo, André Luiz Serra Quadros, Francisco Barros, Heigon Henrique Queiroz Oliveira, Cássio Rachid Meireles de Almeida Simões, Gabrielle S. M. Winandy, Hans Slabbekoorn,
Anthropogenic sounds have spread across the biosphere, with threats from individual welfare to ecosystem health. Sounds are important to animals in both terrestrial and aquatic environments and detrimental effects have been shown across a wide range of taxa. Despite the ever-growing transformation of coastal lands by human activities, pollutant effects of sounds that propagate from land into coastal water (across realms) have been largely overlooked. We here show that the Brazilian carnival of Salvador, ...
Tópico(s): Animal Vocal Communication and Behavior
2020 - Elsevier BV | Biological Conservation

Cloyra Almeida, Marco Antônio Alves Brasil, Antônio José Leal Costa, Fabíola Alves Aarão Reis, Vaneska Spinelli Reuters, Patrícia de Fátima dos Santos Teixeira, Márcia Serra Ferreira, Amanda M Marques, Bianca A Melo, Letícia B. B. de M. Teixeira, Alexandre Buescu, Mário Vaisman,
OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the prevalence of psychiatric disorders and symptoms in patients with subclinical hypothyroidism. METHOD: Ninety-four outpatients with at least two elevated serum thyrotrophin levels (> 4 µU/ml) and normal FT4, and 43 euthyroid outpatients, both groups from HUCFF-UFRJ, were evaluated. Psychiatric diagnosis was based on the Structured Clinical Interview Diagnostic for the DSM-IV axis I (SCID-I/DSM-IV), the psychopathological symptoms on Hamilton anxiety and depression scales, and ...
Tópico(s): Ion channel regulation and function
2007 - Associação Brasileira de Psiquiatria | Brazilian Journal of Psychiatry
Hélio L. Aguiar, E.L. Solla, J. Serra, P. González, B. Léon, Nuno A.F. Almeida, Sandra C. P. Cachinho, E.J.C. Davim, R. Correia, José M. Oliveira, M.H.V. Fernandes,
Tópico(s): Laser-Ablation Synthesis of Nanoparticles
2008 - Elsevier BV | Journal of Non-Crystalline Solids

Lisandra Serra Damasceno, Marcus de Melo Teixeira, Bridget M. Barker, Marcos de Abreu Almeida, Mauro de Medeiros Muniz, Cláudia Vera Pizzini, Jacó Ricarte Lima de Mesquita, Gabriela Rodríguez-Arellanes, José Antonio Ramírez, Tania Vite-Garín, Terezinha do Menino Jesus Silva Leitão, Mária Lucía Taylor, Rodrigo Almeida‐Paes, Rosely Maria Zancopé‐Oliveira,
Abstract Histoplasmosis is a worldwide-distributed deep mycosis that affects healthy and immunocompromised hosts. Severe and disseminated disease is especially common in HIV-infected patients. At least 11 phylogenetic species are recognized and the majority of diversity is found in Latin America. The northeastern region of Brazil has one of the highest HIV/AIDS prevalence in Latin America and Ceará State has one of the highest death rates due to histoplasmosis in the world, where the mortality rate ...
Tópico(s): Plant-Microbe Interactions and Immunity
2019 - Nature Portfolio | Scientific Reports

Márcia Oliveira Staffa Tironi, Carlito Lopes Nascimento Sobrinho, Dalton de Souza Barros, Eduardo José Farias Borges Reis, Edson Silva Marques Filho, Alessandro de Moura Almeida, Almir Galvão Vieira Bitencourt, Ana Isabela Ramos Feitosa, Flávia Serra Neves, Igor Carlos Cunha Mota, Juliana França, Lorena Guimarães Borges, Manuela Barreto de Jesus Lordão, Maria Valverde Trindade, Marcelo Santos Teles, Mônica Bastos T Almeida, Ygor Gomes de Souza,
Describe prevalence of the Burnout syndrome in intensive care physicians of Salvador, associated to demographic data and aspects of the work environment (psychological demand and job control).This cross sectional study has investigated the association between work conditions and Burnout Syndrome in a population of 297 Intensive Care Physicians from Salvador, Bahia, Brazil. An individual, self-report questionnaire evaluated the physicians' psychological aspects of work, using the demand-control model ( ...
Tópico(s): Health, Nursing, Elderly Care
2010 - Brazilian Medical Association | Revista da Associação Médica Brasileira

Yago Vinícius Serra dos Santos, Almeida Freire Davi, Silviane Bezerra Pinheiro, Fontao de Lima Luciane, João Vicente Braga de Souza, Renato Pereira Cavallazzi Jose,
The purpose of this study was to investigate the production of laccase from a white rot fungi isolated from the Amazon forest for oxidation of Remazol Brilliant Blue-R (RBB-R). Initially, a small screening was carried out aiming to find laccase producers. The next step was to investigate, using factorial design and Response Surface Methodology (RSM), the influence of the content of glucose, peptone and CuSO4 in the production of laccase by the selected fungi. Subsequently, the ability of the produced ...
Tópico(s): Nanoparticles: synthesis and applications
2015 - Academic Journals | Scientific Research and Essays