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Rafael Ferreira, Luciano Cabral, Rafael Dueire Lins, Gabriel Pereira e Silva, Fred Freitas, George D. C. Cavalcanti, Rinaldo Lima, Steven J. Simske, Luciano Favaro,
Text summarization is the process of automatically creating a shorter version of one or more text documents. It is an important way of finding relevant information in large text libraries or in the Internet. Essentially, text summarization techniques are classified as Extractive and Abstractive. Extractive techniques perform text summarization by selecting sentences of documents according to some criteria. Abstractive summaries attempt to improve the coherence among sentences by eliminating redundancies ...
Tópico(s): Advanced Text Analysis Techniques
2013 - Elsevier BV | Expert Systems with Applications
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Leonardo de Sousa Miranda, Marcelo Awade, Rodolfo Jaffé, Wilian França Costa, Leonardo Carreira Trevelin, Rafael Cabral Borges, Rafael Melo de Brito, Leandro Reverberi Tambosi, Tereza Cristina Giannini,
Increasing the connectivity of protected areas is an urgent need to ensure the conservation of forest species and help them to shift their ranges due to anthropogenic drivers. However, efforts to do so considering the joint effects of habitat fragmentation and climate change are still scant. Here, we aimed to outline a framework that incorporates spatial, temporal and multi-taxa criteria to pinpoint locations that connect protected areas in the eastern Amazon. We analyzed three mosaics of protected ...
Tópico(s): Wildlife Ecology and Conservation
2021 - Elsevier BV | Biological Conservation
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Rafael Cabral Borges, Rafael Melo de Brito, Vera Lúcia Imperatriz-Fonseca, Tereza Cristina Giannini,
Abstract Nature safeguards living organisms and the ecosystem functions and services delivered by them. Animal pollination is an important Ecosystem Service since it plays a key role for achieving the sustainable development goals by safeguarding worldwide food production. Thus, conservation of pollination services is a major priority for guaranteeing global food security in the long term. Here we evaluate the crop pollination services in Pará state (Eastern Amazon, Brazil) focusing on two questions: ( ...
Tópico(s): Banana Cultivation and Research
2020 - Springer Nature | Neotropical Entomology
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Juliana Hipólito, Bruna dos Santos Bandeira Sousa, Rafael Cabral Borges, Rafael Melo de Brito, Rodolfo Jaffé, Sérgio Dias, Vera Lùcia Imperatriz-Fonseca, Tereza Cristina Giannini,
The assessment of nature's contribution to people (NCP) is an important strategy for decision-making given the increasing need to reconcile biodiversity and human society with conservation. A monetary and a non-monetary approaches were combined to evaluate the pollination services provided by two Brazilian protected areas (PAs) in northern (Serra da Bocaina, Pará) and southeastern region (Mata do Jambreiro, Minas Gerais) within the Amazon forest and Atlantic forest biomes, respectively. The monetary ...
Tópico(s): Economic and Environmental Valuation
2019 - Elsevier BV | Global Ecology and Conservation
James Davis Reimer, Raquel S. Peixoto, Sarah W. Davies, Nikki Traylor‐Knowles, Morgan L. Short, Rafael A. Cabral‐Tena, John A. Burt, Igor Pessoa, Anastazia T. Banaszak, R. Scott Winters, Tom Moore, Verena Schoepf, Deepeeka Kaullysing, Luis E. Calderón‐Aguilera, Gert Wörheide, Simon Harding, Vikash Munbodhe, Anderson B. Mayfield, Tracy Ainsworth, Tali Vardi, C. Mark Eakin, Morgan S. Pratchett, Christian R. Voolstra,
The Fourth Global Coral Bleaching Event was officially confirmed by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) and International Coral Reef Initiative (ICRI) on April 15, 2024, with press releases and a coordinated call
Tópico(s): Coastal and Marine Dynamics
2024 - Springer Science+Business Media | Coral Reefs
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Lysandro Pinto Borges, Aline Fagundes Martins, Mônica Santos de Melo Seabra, Makson Gleydson Brito de Oliveira, José Melquiades de Rezende Neto, Marcos Dósea, Bruna Cecília Maia Cabral, Rafael Fontes Menezes, Aryanne Araujo Santos, Igor Leonardo Santos Matos, Pâmela Chaves Borges, Kezia Alves dos Santos, Anderson Alves Ribeiro, Andres Ignacio Martinez Menendez, Mairim Russo Serafini, Cristiani Banderó Walker, Lucindo José Quintans‐Júnior, Adriano Antunes de Souza Araújo, Daniela Raguer Valadão de Souza,
Objective: To estimate the prevalence of SARS-CoV-2 antibodies in an asymptomatic population in the state of Sergipe, Brazil. Methods: This cross-sectional study with stratified sampling (sex and age) includeD serological immunofluorescent tests for IgM and IgG on samples from 3 046 asymptomatic individuals. Sample collection was performed in wet-markets of the 10 most populous cities of Sergipe, Brazil. Exclusion criteria included symptomatic individuals and health workers. The presence of comorbidities was ...
Tópico(s): Dermatological and COVID-19 studies
2020 - Pan American Health Organization | Revista Panamericana de Salud Pública
Héctor González‐Pacheco, Luís M. Amezcua‐Guerra, Julio Sandoval, Carlos Martínez‐Sánchez, Xochitl A. Ortiz‐León, Marco A. Peña-Cabral, Rafael Bojalil,
Hypoalbuminemia is a long-term risk factor for incident of both myocardial infarction and heart failure. We assessed whether serum albumin levels at admission are associated with new-onset heart failure and in-hospital mortality in patients with acute coronary syndrome (ACS). The study included 7,192 patients with ACS with no previous history of heart failure. Patients were divided into quartiles according to serum albumin levels (Q1: ≤3.50 g/dl; Q2: 3.51 to 3.80 g/dl; Q3: 3.81 to 4.08 g/dl; and Q4: > ...
Tópico(s): Acute Myocardial Infarction Research
2017 - Elsevier BV | The American Journal of Cardiology
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Juliana Félix‐Silva, T. S. de Souza, Yamara Arruda Silva de Menezes, Bárbara Cabral, Rafael Barros Gomes Câmara, Arnóbio Antônio da Silva-Júnior, Hugo Alexandre Oliveira Rocha, Ivanise Marina Moretti Rebecchi, Silvana Maria Zucolotto, Matheus de Freitas Fernandes‐Pedrosa,
Snakebites are a serious public health problem due their high morbi-mortality. The main available specific treatment is the antivenom serum therapy, which has some disadvantages, such as poor neutralization of local effects, risk of immunological reactions, high cost and difficult access in some regions. In this context, the search for alternative therapies is relevant. Therefore, the aim of this study was to evaluate the antiophidic properties of Jatropha gossypiifolia, a medicinal plant used in ...
Tópico(s): Biochemical and Structural Characterization
2014 - Public Library of Science | PLoS ONE
Sophie Gallier, D. E. Gragson, Charles Cabral, Rafael Jiménez‐Flores, David W. Everett,
The aim of this work was to assess the accuracy of different extraction methods of phospholipids and to measure the effect that processing has on phospholipid composition. Four methods of extracting phospholipids from buttermilk powder were compared to optimize recovery of sphingomyelin. Using the optimal method, the phospholipid profile of four dairy products (raw milk, raw cream, homogenized and pasteurized milk, and buttermilk powder) was determined. A total lipid extraction by the Folch method ...
Tópico(s): Fatty Acid Research and Health
2010 - American Chemical Society | Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry
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Alícia Cabral, Rafael Naime Ruggiero, Manoel Jorge Nobre, Marcus Lira Brandão, V.M. Castilho,
Anxiety is an affective symptom common to withdrawal from acute or chronic opiate treatment. Although the potentiation of the acoustic startle reflex has been proposed as an index of increased anxiety, there are variable effects of the opiate withdrawal on the startle reflex in chronic dependence models. On the other hand, withdrawal from acute morphine treatment consistently potentiates the acoustic startle reflex, a response that seems to be mediated by the central nucleus of the amygdala (CeA). ...
Tópico(s): Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research
2008 - Elsevier BV | Progress in Neuro-Psychopharmacology and Biological Psychiatry
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Mariano Montoni, Gleison Santos, Ana Regina Rocha, Sávio Figueiredo, Reinaldo Cabral, Rafael Barcellos, Ahilton Barreto, Andréa Soares, Cristina Cerdeiral, Peter Lupo,
Deployment of software processes based on reference models is a knowledge-intensive task, i.e., a great amount of technical knowledge must be applied in order to guarantee conformance and adherence of processes deployed to the reference models adopted. Moreover, software process deployers have to deal with organizational and individual cultural problems on a regular basis, for instance, resistances to organizational changes. Therefore, the success of software process deployment within an organization ...
Tópico(s): Service-Oriented Architecture and Web Services
2006 - Springer Science+Business Media | Lecture notes in computer science
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Raquel Batista, Edson Marchiori, Tatiana Chinem Takayassu, Fernanda C. Cabral, Rafael Ferracini Cabral, Gláucia Zanetti,
Renal cell carcinoma accounts for 85% of all solid renal tumors in adults. Nearly one quarter of patients has distant metastasis at presentation while another 50% develop metastasis during follow-up. A small percentage of these are solitary metastasis. We report here a case of solitary bone sternal metastasis as an initial presentation of clear-cell renal cell carcinoma in a 56-year-old woman. The prognosis for patients with metastasized renal cell carcinoma is poor; treatment of metastasis is usually ...
Tópico(s): Medical Imaging and Pathology Studies
2009 - BioMed Central | Cases Journal
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Aline Neves Freitas Cabral, Rafael Henrique Rocha, Ana Cristina Vervloet do Amaral, Karina Bittencourt Medeiros, Paulo Sérgio Emerich Nogueira, Lúcia Martins Diniz,
Angiosarcoma is a rare and aggressive tumor with high rates of metastasis and relapse. It shows a particular predilection for the skin and superficial soft tissues. We report three distinct and typical cases of angiosarcoma that were diagnosed in a single dermatology clinic over the course of less than a year: i) Angiosarcoma in lower limb affected by chronic lymphedema, featuring Stewart-Treves syndrome; ii) a case of the most common type of angiosarcoma loated in the scalp and face of elderly ...
Tópico(s): Sarcoma Diagnosis and Treatment
2017 - Elsevier BV | Anais Brasileiros de Dermatologia
Tanam S. Hamid, Dragos Lostun, Elaine C. Cabral, Rafael Garrett, Diethard K. Böhme, Demian R. Ifa,
Tópico(s): Advanced Chemical Sensor Technologies
2014 - Elsevier BV | International Journal of Mass Spectrometry
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Rafael Plá Matielo Lemos, Rafael Cabral, Diogo Ribeiro, Ricardo Santos, Vinicius Alves, André Dias,
In recent years, Artificial Intelligence (AI) provided essential tools to enhance the productivity of activities related to civil engineering, particularly in design, construction, and maintenance. In this framework, the present work proposes a novel AI computer vision methodology for automatically identifying the corrosion phenomenon on roofing systems of large-scale industrial buildings. The proposed method can be incorporated into computational packages for easier integration by the industry to ...
Tópico(s): Concrete Corrosion and Durability
2023 - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute | Applied Sciences
Ricardo Santos, Diogo Ribeiro, Patrícia Lopes, Rafael Cabral, Rui Calçada,
In recent years deep-learning techniques have been developed and applied to inspect cracks in RC structures. The accuracy of these techniques leads to believe that they may also be applied to the identification of other pathologies. This article proposes a technique for automated detection of exposed steel rebars. The tools developed rely on convolutional neural networks (CNNs) based on transfer-learning using AlexNet. Experiments were conducted in large-scale structures to assess the efficiency ...
Tópico(s): Structural Health Monitoring Techniques
2022 - Elsevier BV | Automation in Construction
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José Augusto Salim, Antônio Mauro Saraiva, Paula Zermoglio, Kayna Agostini, Marina Wolowski, Débora Pignatari Drucker, Filipi Miranda Soares, Pedro Joaquim Bergamo, Isabela Galarda Varassin, Leandro Freitas, M. M. Maués, André Rodrigo Rech, Allan Veiga, André Luís Acosta, Andréa Cardoso Araujo, Anselmo Nogueira, Betina Blochtein, Breno Magalhães Freitas, Bruno Albertini, Camila Maia-Silva, Carlos Eduardo Pereira Nunes, C. S. S. Pires, Charles Fernando dos Santos, Elisa Pereira Queiroz, Etienne A Cartolano, Favízia Freitas de Oliveira, Felipe Wanderley Amorim, Francisco E. Fontúrbel, Gleycon Velozo da Silva, Hélder Consolaro, Isabel Alves‐dos‐Santos, Isabel Cristina Machado, Juliana Saragiotto Silva, Kátia P Aleixo, Luísa G. Carvalheiro, Márcia A. Rocca, Mardiore Pinheiro, Michael Hrncir, Nathália Susin Streher, Patrícia Alves Ferreira, Patrícia Maia Correia de Albuquerque, Pietro K. Maruyama, Rafael Cabral Borges, Tereza Cristina Giannini, Vinícius Lourenço Garcia de Brito,
Animal pollination is an important ecosystem function and service, ensuring both the integrity of natural systems and human well-being. Although many knowledge shortfalls remain, some high-quality data sets on biological interactions are now available. The development and adoption of standards for biodiversity data and metadata has promoted great advances in biological data sharing and aggregation, supporting large-scale studies and science-based public policies. However, these standards are currently ...
Tópico(s): Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies
2022 - University of Oxford | GigaScience
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Rafael Lobo Raiol, Markus Gastauer, Alistair John Campbell, Rafael Cabral Borges, Marcelo Awade, Tereza Cristina Giannini,
Bee pollinators are key components of terrestrial ecosystems. Evidence is mounting that bees are globally in decline, and species with a higher degree of specialization are the most vulnerable to local extinction. However, ecological features that could explain bee specialization remain poorly tested, especially in tropical species. Here, we aim to determine the most specialized bee species and their associated ecological traits in tropical plant–bee interaction networks, answering three questions: ( ...
Tópico(s): Insect and Arachnid Ecology and Behavior
2021 - Frontiers Media | Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution
Afonso Raposo, Luís Marques, Jose Rafael Cabral Correia, Francisco de Assis Cruz Melo, João Valente, Telmo Pereira, Luís Brás Rosário, Filipe Froes, João Sanches, Hugo Silva,
In 2019, a new virus, SARS-CoV-2, responsible for the COVID-19 disease, was discovered. Asymptomatic and mildly symptomatic patients were forced to quarantine and closely monitor their symptoms and vital signs, most of the time at home. This paper describes e-CoVig, a novel mHealth application, developed as an alternative to the current monitoring paradigm, where the patients are followed up by direct phone contact. The e-CoVig provides a set of functionalities for remote reporting of symptoms, ...
Tópico(s): Mobile Health and mHealth Applications
2021 - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute | Sensors
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Alistair John Campbell, Elinor M. Lichtenberg, Luísa G. Carvalheiro, Cristiano Menezes, Rafael Cabral Borges, BEATRIZ W. T. COELHO, Madson Antonio Benjamin Freitas, Tereza Cristina Giannini, Kamila Leão Leão, Favízia Freitas de Oliveira, Thiago Sanna Freire Silva, M. M. Maués,
Predicting outcomes of land use change on biodiversity and ecosystem services remains a key priority for ecologists, but may be particularly challenging in diverse tropical ecosystems. Trait-based approaches are a key tool to meet this challenge. Such approaches seek functional mechanisms underpinning species' responses to environmental disturbance and contributions to ecosystem services. Here, we use a functional trait approach to study effects of land use change on stingless bee communities and ...
Tópico(s): Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies
2021 - Elsevier BV | Agriculture Ecosystems & Environment
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Charles Fernando dos Santos, André Luís Acosta, Rosana Halinski, Patrick Douglas de Souza dos Santos, Rafael Cabral Borges, Tereza Cristina Gianinni, Betina Blochtein,
Abstract Animal trade, such as birds, mammals and reptiles, is a common human activity. Among insects, few are as charismatic as bees. Their hives are commonly commercialized for multiple purposes, such as honey production, crop pollination and leisure. However, hive trade has the potential to adversely introduce species into novel places in a widespread way. Our main objectives were to evaluate the trade flow of stingless beehives in Brazil by comparing the geographical distances and climatic features ...
Tópico(s): Insect and Arachnid Ecology and Behavior
2021 - Wiley | Journal of Applied Ecology
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Diogo Ribeiro, Ricardo Santos, Rafael Cabral, G. Saramago, P.A. Montenegro, Hermes Carvalho, José A.F.O. Correia, Rui Calçada,
This article describes an innovative methodology for estimating in-plane horizontal displacements of Civil Engineering structures based on video systems integrated on Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs). As the structure and the UAV are both in motion, estimating absolute structural displacements involves, first, assessing the relative displacements of the UAV-structure based on target tracking, and second, subtracting movement of the UAV based on the data derived from an embedded Inertial Measuring ...
Tópico(s): Remote Sensing and LiDAR Applications
2021 - Elsevier BV | Mechanical Systems and Signal Processing
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Rafael Cabral Borges, Kleber Padovani, Vera Lúcia Imperatriz-Fonseca, Tereza Cristina Giannini,
Abstract Worldwide, bees are the most important group of animal pollinators. The ecosystem service they provide is vital in natural areas and croplands, and the taxonomic and functional diversity associated with bees is vital in understanding ecosystem functioning ensuring biodiversity conservation, food security and human livelihoods. A dataset of bees from mountainous areas of Carajás National Forest (eastern Amazon) and Nova Lima (Atlantic Forest) is presented here. It is a compilation of sampling ...
Tópico(s): Insect and Arachnid Ecology and Behavior
2020 - Nature Portfolio | Scientific Data
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Tereza Cristina Giannini, Wilian França Costa, Rafael Cabral Borges, Leonardo de Sousa Miranda, Claudia Priscila Wanzeler da Costa, Antônio Mauro Saraiva, Vera Lúcia Imperatriz-Fonseca,
Abstract There is pressing need to anticipate the impacts of climate change on species and their functional contributions to ecosystem processes. Our objective is to evaluate the potential bee response to climate change considering (1) response traits—body size, nest site, and sociality; (2) contributions to ecosystem services (effect trait)—crop pollination; and (3) bees’ size of current occurrence area. We analyzed 216 species occurring at the Carajás National Forest (Eastern Amazon, Pará, Brazil), ...
Tópico(s): Animal and Plant Science Education
2020 - Springer Science+Business Media | Regional Environmental Change
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Nájila Souza da Rocha, Pâmela Suélen Käfer, D. Skokovic, Gustavo Pujol Veeck, Lucas Ribeiro Diaz, Eduardo André Kaiser, Cibelle Machado Carvalho, Rafael Cabral Cruz, José A. Sobrino, Débora Regina Roberti, Sílvia Beatriz Alves Rolim,
Evapotranspiration (ET) is one of the least understood components of the hydrological cycle. Its applications are varied, from agricultural, ecological and hydrological monitoring, to control of the evolution of climate change. The goal of this work was to analyze the influence that uncertainties in the estimate of land surface temperature (Ts) can cause on ET estimates by S-SEBI model in the Pampa biome area. Also, the specificities of native grassland of Pampa biome related to energy balance were ...
Tópico(s): Solar Radiation and Photovoltaics
2020 - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute | Atmosphere
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João Vitor dos Santos Canellas, Rafael Cabral da Costa, Ricardo Caldeira Breves, Genilza Pereira de Oliveira, Carlos Marcelo Figueredo, Ricardo Guimarães Fischer, Alessandra Alves Thole, Paulo José Medeiros, Fabio Ritto,
The use of platelet concentrate in alveolar ridge preservation has been broadly studied. However, no randomized clinical trials with histomorphometric analysis and low risk of bias are available in the literature. We conducted a prospective, single-blind, parallel, randomized, controlled clinical trial to evaluate the efficacy of leukocyte- and platelet-rich fibrin (L-PRF) in socket preservation after tooth extraction. Additionally, the effect of L-PRF on bone formation was analyzed histologically ...
Tópico(s): Dental Radiography and Imaging
2019 - Elsevier BV | Journal of Cranio-Maxillofacial Surgery
Pietro Ferrara, Saran Shantikumar, Vítor Cabral Veríssimo, Rafael Ruiz-Montero, Cristina Masuet‐Aumatell, Josep Ramón,
Although electronic cigarettes (e-cigarettes) and other tobacco-related products are becoming widely popular as alternatives to tobacco, little has been published on the knowledge of healthcare workers about their use. Thus, the aim of this study was to elicit the current knowledge and perceptions about e-cigarettes and tobacco harm reduction (THR) among medical residents in public health (MRPH).A Europe-wide cross-sectional study was carried out amongst MRPH from the countries associated with the ...
Tópico(s): Health Promotion and Cardiovascular Prevention
2019 - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute | International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
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Rafael Cabral Borges, Orlando Tobias Silveira,
A taxonomic revision of the species-group related to M. filiformis (Saussure 1854) is presented along with an identification key to species. After Richards (1978) and following the rearrangement of the subgenus Omega de Saussure by Silveira (2008), the species-group considered herein included three species in addition to M. filiformis; i.e. M. buyssoni (Ducke 1906), M. napoensis Richards 1978 and M. omicron Richards 1978. In the present work, three new species are added: M. nazgul sp. nov.; M. asahi ...
Tópico(s): Insect and Arachnid Ecology and Behavior
2019 - Q15088586 | Zootaxa
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Luiz R. Souza, Joyce Bomfim Vicente, Geiziane Leite Rodrigues Melo, Vivian Cabral Moraes, Rafael Reis Olher, Iorrany C. Sousa, Luiz Henrique Peruchi, Rodrigo Vanerson Passos Neves, Thiago dos Santos Rosa, Aparecido Pimentel Ferreira, Milton Rocha Moraes,
Abstract Souza, LR, Vicente, JB, Melo, GR, Moraes, VC, Olher, RR, Sousa, IC, Peruchi, LH, Neves, RV, Rosa, TS, Ferreira, AP, and Moraes, MR. Acute hypotension after moderate-intensity handgrip exercise in hypertensive elderly people. J Strength Cond Res 32(10): 2971–2977, 2018—Isometric handgrip (IHG) training is effective in reducing blood pressure (BP), but little is known about the occurrence of acute hypotension by postisometric exercise hypotension (PIEH) and the underlying mechanisms. Ten sedentary ...
Tópico(s): Blood Pressure and Hypertension Studies
2018 - Lippincott Williams & Wilkins | The Journal of Strength and Conditioning Research
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Rafael Cabral de Souza, Maria Lúcia Vaz Masson, Tânia Maria de Araújo,
RESUMO Objetivo: verificar os efeitos do exercício de fonação em canudo comercial na voz de professores. Métodos: estudo de intervenção, com grupo único de professores, cego ao avaliador. Os participantes foram solicitados a executar o exercício de fonação em canudo imerso a uma garrafa com água no início do turno de trabalho, por quatro semanas consecutivas. Utilizou-se o parâmetro “grau global de severidade” do protocolo Consenso da avaliação perceptivoauditiva da voz (CAPE-V) para a avaliação perceptivoauditiva, ...
Tópico(s): Phonetics and Phonology Research
2017 - CEFAC Saúde e Educação | Revista CEFAC