Ricardo J. Miranda, Alejandro Tagliafico, Brendan P. Kelaher, Eduardo Mariano‐Neto, Francisco Barros,
... Pós-Graduação em Ecologia, Instituto de Biologia, CIENAM, Universidade Federal da Bahia, Salvador, BA, CEP 40170-115, Brazil 2National Marine Science Centre, Southern Cross University, Coffs Harbour, NSW 2450, Australia 3Laborátorio de Estudos de Vegetação, Instituto de Biologia, Universidade Federal da Bahia, Salvador, BA, CEP 40170-290, ...
Tópico(s): Marine and coastal plant biology
2018 - Inter-Research | Marine Ecology Progress Series
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Gregori Franco Boeira, Mabel Miluska Suca Salas, Diogo Conceição Araújo, Alexandre Severo Masotti, Marcos Britto Corrêa, Flávio Fernando Demarco,
The perception of dental aesthetic appearance may affect social interaction and psychological status, influencing dental needs and the search for treatments. Aim: To investigate the satisfaction with dental appearance and influencing factors among adolescents. Methods: The study was carried out among adolescents aged 14 to 19 years attending a private high school in Brazil. Data on demographic information, the perception of dental appearance, previous aesthetic treatments and wish to perform dental ...
Tópico(s): Dental Health and Care Utilization
2016 - UNIVERSIDADE ESTADUAL DE CAMPINAS | Brazilian journal of oral sciences/Brazilian Journal of Oral Sciences
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Frederico Pereira Brandini, Ariel Scheffer da Silva,
Concrete modules were deployed on the bottom of the 11, 18 and 30 meters isobaths along a cross-shelf hydrographic gradient off Paraná State, Southern Brazil, with the purpose of studying the colonization of sessile epilithic macroinvertebrates on artificial surfaces. After one year of submersion a total of 63 species of epilithic organisms were identified, dominated by Ostrea puelchana, Chthamalus bisinuatus, Balanus cf spongicola, Astrangia cf rathbuni, Didemnum spp, poryphers and bryozoans. Diversity ...
Tópico(s): Coral and Marine Ecosystems Studies
2011 - UNIVERSIDADE DE SÃO PAULO | Brazilian Journal of Oceanography
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Rosiléia Marinho de Quadros, Paulo Henrique Exterchoter Weiss, Sandra Márcia Tietz Marques, Luiz Cláudio Miletti,
Giardia duodenalis is an enteric parasite that has distinct genetic groups. Human infections are mainly caused by assemblages A and B, although sporadic infections by assemblages C and D have also been reported. Animals can be infected by a wide range of assemblages (A to H). The aim of this study is to identify the assemblages and sub-assemblages of G. duodenalis with zoonotic features in fecal samples of school-aged children, and in dogs that coexist in the same households in Lages, Santa Catarina, ...
Tópico(s): Parasites and Host Interactions
2016 - UNIVERSIDADE DE SÃO PAULO | Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de São Paulo
Fábio Saraiva Flôres, Luís Paulo Rodrigues, Carlos Luz, Rita Cordovil,
Aim: This study aimed to compare the MC levels of Brazilian and Portuguese schoolchildren from 4 to 11 years. Methods: One hundred and forty-eight Brazilian children were evaluated using the Motor Competence Assessment (MCA) instrument and were later compared to the existent normative values of Portuguese children for a similar age range. Results: Our findings showed that MC increased with age, and boys outperformed girls, especially in the older age group. The distribution of the Brazilian children ...
Tópico(s): Sports and Physical Education Research
2021 - UNIVERSIDADE EST.PAULISTA JÚLIO DE MESQUITA FILHO | Motriz Revista de Educação Física
Eduardo Sampaio, Francesca Gallo, Kai G. Schulz, EB Azevedo, Joana Barcelos e Ramos,
... Coastal Biogeochemistry, School of Environment Science and Engineering, Southern Cross University, Lismore, New South Wales 2480, Australia 3MARE - Marine Environmental Sciences Centre & Laboratório Marítimo da Guia, Faculdade de Ciências, Universidade de Lisboa, Av. Nossa Senhora do Cabo 939, ...
Tópico(s): Marine and coastal ecosystems
2017 - Inter-Research | Marine Ecology Progress Series
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Fabiane Ghion, Lara Dotto, Rafael Sarkis‐Onofre, Lilian Rigo,
To verify the presence of periodontitis, its severity, and their association with associated factors based on medical records of patients who attended the Dental Clinic of the Faculty of Southern Brazil over 4 years. This is a cross-sectional study, which included 422 medical records of patients aged ≥ 18 years. The clinically analyzed data were: plaque index (PI), bleeding on probing (BOP), probing pocket depth (PPD), and clinical attachment level (CAL). Sociodemographic data, dental hygiene, harmful ...
Tópico(s): Dental Radiography and Imaging
2022 - UNIVERSIDADE ESTADUAL DE MARINGÁ | Acta Scientiarum Health Sciences
Miguel Guerreiro, RA Phillips, Yves Cherel, Filipe R. Ceia, Pedro Miguel Oliveira Soromenho de Alvito, Rui Rosa, JC Xavier,
... 10.3354/meps11266 Habitat and trophic ecology of Southern Ocean cephalopods from stable isotope analyses Miguel Guerreiro1,*, Richard A. Phillips2, Yves Cherel3, Filipe R. Ceia1, Pedro Alvito1, Rui Rosa4, José C. Xavier1,2 1MARE-Marine and Environmental Sciences Centre, Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Universidade de Coimbra, 3004-517 Coimbra, Portugal 2British Antarctic Survey, Natural Environment Research Council, High Cross, Madingley Road, Cambridge CB3 0ET, United Kingdom 3Centre ...
Tópico(s): Marine animal studies overview
2015 - Inter-Research | Marine Ecology Progress Series
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Fabrício Barbosa Ferreira, Galileu Barbosa Costa, Anaiá da Paixão Sevá, George Rêgo Albuquerque, Ana Paula Melo Mariano, Amanda Teixeira Sampaio Lopes, Hllytchaikra Ferraz Fehlberg, Íris Terezinha Santos de Santana, Pérola Rodrigues dos Santos, Luciano Cardoso Santos, Laíne Lopes Silva de Jesus, Renato Fontana, Bianca Mendes Maciel, Mylene de Melo Silva, Luane Etienne Barreto, Sandra Rocha Gadelha,
... COVID-19 that have attended referral hospitals in Southern region of Bahia State, to better understand the disease and its risk factors in order to enable more appropriate conduct for patients. An observational, descriptive, cross-sectional, exploratory study was conducted using secondary data collected from the Laboratório de Farmacogenômica e Epidemiologia Molecular, Universidade Estadual de Santa Cruz (LAFEM/UESC). Chi-squared ...
Tópico(s): COVID-19 and healthcare impacts
2021 - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute | Viruses
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Murillo Ferreira da Silva, Uener Ribeiro dos Santos, Fabrício Barbosa Ferreira, George Rêgo Albuquerque, Ana Paula Melo Mariano, Hllytchaikra Ferraz Fehlberg, Íris Terezinha Santos de Santana, Pérola Rodrigues dos Santos, Luciano Cardoso Santos, Laíne Lopes Silva de Jesus, Karoline Almeida Piton, Beatriz Santos Costa, Beatriz Sena Moreira Gomes, Vinicius Moreira Porto, Emanuelly da Silva Oliveira, Cibele Luz Oliveira, Renato Fontana, Bianca Mendes Maciel, Mylene de Melo Silva, Lauro Juliano Marin, Sandra Rocha Gadelha,
... laboratory surveillance. Here, we present an observational, analytic, cross-sectional study conducted using secondary data from the Laboratório de Farmacogenômica e Epidemiologia Molecular (LAFEM)-Universidade Estadual de Santa Cruz (UESC), to evaluate individual and community factors associated to SARS-CoV-2 infection in outpatients from different cities from Southern Region of Bahia State, in Brazil. The data ...
Tópico(s): COVID-19 Clinical Research Studies
2023 - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute | Viruses
... Extremo Sul Catarinense (UNESC), Criciúma, Brazil Martin Hayden Southern Cross University, Alstonville, Australia Rosana Heringer College of Education, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Fabián Hoyos School ...
2015 - Emerald Publishing Limited | Advances in education in diverse communities
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Kelem De Antoni Brunischaki, Myrian Câmara Brew, Caren Serra Bavaresco, Sérgio Augusto Quevedo Miguens,
OBJECTIVE: To describe sociodemographic variables and verify changes in white blood cells of patients with oral squamous cell carcinoma (OSCC).METHODS: Cross-sectional retrospective study that used secondary data of patients with OSCC, attended at the Oral Medicine Service of the School of Dentistry of ULBRA, between 2010 and 2014.RESULTS: 87.3% of the population were male, white (71%), age superior to 60 years (38.7%), urban worker (61.3%), without changing in the overall health at query time (67.7%) ...
Tópico(s): Oral Health Pathology and Treatment
2018 - Editora da Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio Grande do Sul (EDIPUCRS) | Revista Odonto Ciência
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Claudia Rejane Mews Peter, Josiane Cristine dos Passos Krause Braga, Lourdes Helena de Araújo Rodrigues, Mauricio Parcio Arrieira, Rafael de Oliveira Arrieira, Maristela Böhlke,
ABSTRACT Objective The increase in antibiotic resistance (AR) is a global phenomenon with regional variation. This survey aims to describe the AR in urine cultures of women from the community in a southern Brazil city. Methods A retrospective cross-sectional single-center study in urine cultures of community dwelling individuals. The main outcome was the AR profile of bacterial isolates from women in outpatient care. Results From 4,011 urine cultures, 524 were positive (91% from women). The most frequently ...
Tópico(s): Global Maternal and Child Health
2022 - UNIVERSIDADE FEDERAL DO RIO GRANDE DO SUL | Revista gaúcha de enfermagem
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Samuel Carvalho Dumith, Marlos Rodrigues Domingues, Denise Petrucci Gigante, Pedro Curi Hallal, Ana Maria Baptista Menezes, Harold W. Kohl,
To estimate the prevalence and identify correlates of physical activity among adolescents.Cross-sectional study nested within a cohort of 4,325 subjects from the city of Pelotas, Southern Brazil, aged 14-15 years in 2008. Physical activity was analyzed using three different approaches: (1) prevalence of any leisure-time physical activity; (2) prevalence of any active commuting to school; and (3) prevalence of engaging in at least 300 minutes per week of both (1) and (2) combined. Independent variables ...
Tópico(s): Health and Lifestyle Studies
2010 - UNIVERSIDADE DE SÃO PAULO | Revista de Saúde Pública
Alexandra Crispim Boing, Andréa Dâmaso Bertoldi, Karen Glazer Peres,
To describe socioeconomic inequalities regarding the use, expenditures and the income committed to the purchase of medicines.A cross-sectional population-based study was carried out with 1,720 adults living in the urban area of Florianópolis, Southern Brazil, in 2009. Cluster sampling was adopted and census tracts were the primary sampling units. Use of medicines and the expenditures incurred in their purchase in the past 30 days were investigated through interviews. Use, expenditures and the income ...
Tópico(s): Healthcare Systems and Reforms
2011 - UNIVERSIDADE DE SÃO PAULO | Revista de Saúde Pública
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Humberto Antonio Campos Rosa, Marcelo Zubarán Goldani, Thomas C. Scanlon, Antônio Augusto Moura da Silva, Elsa Justo Giugliani, Marilyn Agranonik, Andrew Tomkins,
OBJECTIVE: To assess HIV testing rate and determine risk factors for not have been tested during pregnancy. METHODS: A cross-sectional study was carried out in Porto Alegre, Southern Brazil, from December 2000 to February 2001. Socioeconomic, maternal and healthcare variables were obtained by means of a standardized questionnaire. Crude and adjusted odds ratios and their 95% confidence intervals were obtained in logistic regression models. RESULTS: A total of 1,642 mothers were interviewed. Of them, ...
Tópico(s): HIV, Drug Use, Sexual Risk
2006 - UNIVERSIDADE DE SÃO PAULO | Revista de Saúde Pública
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Mariana Maleronka Ferron, André Klafke de Lima, Paulo Hilário Nascimento Saldiva, Nélson Gouveia,
OBJECTIVE: To estimate the prevalence of lead poisoning in children and to identify associated factors, as well as possible local sources of contamination. METHODS: A cross-sectional prevalence study conducted in 2006 with a random sample of 97 children age zero to five years from a neighborhood in Porto Alegre, Southern Brazil. Blood lead levels were measured and a questionnaire administered to collect information on sociodemographics, recycling and dwelling. A preliminary environmental evaluation ...
Tópico(s): Environmental Justice and Health Disparities
2012 - UNIVERSIDADE DE SÃO PAULO | Revista de Saúde Pública
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Samuel Botião Nerilo, Fernanda Andrade Martins, Luciana Botião Nerilo, Valter Eduardo Cocco Salvadego, Renan Yoshio Endo, Gustavo Henrique Oliveira da Rocha, Simone Aparecida Galerani Mossini, Vanderly Janeiro, Paula Nishiyama, Miguel Machinski,
A controlled cross-sectional study of family growers of fruit and vegetables was conducted between October 2009 and October 2010 to characterize the use of pesticides, establish the socio-demographic profile, and analyze cholinesterase activity in small-scale agricultural workers in Southern Brazil. Data was collected for 173 workers and 179 controls. A structured questionnaire was applied collecting socio-demographic information and determining knowledge and work practices in relation to pesticide ...
Tópico(s): Pesticide and Herbicide Environmental Studies
2014 - UNIVERSIDADE DE SÃO PAULO | Brazilian Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences
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Rafael Felipe da Costa Vieira, Odilon Vidotto, Thállitha Samih Wischral Jayme Vieira, Ana M. S. Guimarães, Andrea Pires dos Santos, Naíla Cannes do Nascimento, Nelson Jessé Rodrigues dos Santos, Thiago Fernandes Martins, Marcelo B. Labruna, Mary Marcondes, Alexander Welker Biondo, Joanne B. Messick,
SUMMARY The aims of this study were to determine the prevalence of hemoplasmas in a rural Brazilian settlement's population of human beings, their dogs and horses, highly exposed to tick bites; to identify the tick species parasitizing dogs and horses, and analyze factors associated with their infection. Blood samples from 132 dogs, 16 horses and 100 humans were screened using a pan-hemoplasma SYBR green real-time PCR assay followed by a species-specific TaqMan real-time PCR. A total of 59/132 (44. ...
Tópico(s): Viral Infections and Vectors
2015 - UNIVERSIDADE DE SÃO PAULO | Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de São Paulo
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Daiane Heidrich, Tatiane Caroline Daboit, Cheila Denise Ottonelli Stopiglia, Cibele Massotti Magagnin, Gerson Vetoratto, Taís Guarienti Amaro, Maria Lúcia Scroferneker,
Pityriasis versicolor is the most common of the diseases caused by Malassezia yeasts. The aim of this study is to determine the prevalence of pityriasis versicolor and its etiological aspects in the metropolitan area of Porto Alegre, Brazil. A retrospective cross-sectional study with data from patients of a reference hospital from 1996 to 2011 was performed. Collected data included: date, age, gender, ethnicity, anatomical region of lesion and the direct mycological examination results. Among the ...
Tópico(s): Cutaneous lymphoproliferative disorders research
2015 - UNIVERSIDADE DE SÃO PAULO | Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de São Paulo
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Bárbara Heather Lutz, Vanessa Irribarem Avena Miranda, Andréa Dâmaso Bertoldi,
To assess the use of potentially inappropriate medications among older adults.This is a population-based cross-sectional study with 1,451 older individuals aged 60 years or more in the city of Pelotas, State of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil, in 2014. We have investigated the use of medications in the last 15 days. Using the Beers criteria (2012), we have verified the use of potentially inappropriate medications and their relationship with socioeconomic and demographic variables, polypharmacy, self-medication, ...
Tópico(s): Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life
2017 - UNIVERSIDADE DE SÃO PAULO | Revista de Saúde Pública
Produção Nacional
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Camila Padovani, Rosana Rosseto de Oliveira, Sandra Marisa Pelloso,
To analyze the prevalence of syphilis in during pregnancy and its association with socioeconomic characteristics, reproductive history, prenatal and labor care, and newborn characteristics.A retrospective, cross-sectional study based on gestational and congenital syphilis reports. A (records) linkage was performed in the Brazilian databases: "Information System for Notifiable Diseases" (Sistema de Informação de Agravos de Notificação - SINAN); "Live Births Information System" (Sistema de Informação sobre ...
Tópico(s): Global Maternal and Child Health
2018 - UNIVERSIDADE DE SÃO PAULO | Revista Latino-Americana de Enfermagem
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Aírton José Rombaldi, Marilda Borges Neutzling, Marcelo Cozzensa da Silva, Mário Renato Azevedo, Pedro Curi Hallal,
To assess factors associated with regular intake of non-diet soft drinks among adults.Population-based cross-sectional study including 972 adults (aged 20 to 69) in the city of Pelotas, Southern Brazil, conducted in 2006. The frequency of non-diet soft drink intake in the 12 months prior to the study was evaluated by the question: "In general since last , how many times did you have a non-diet soft drink?". The answers were dichotomized for the analysis. Intake of non-diet soft drinks five times or ...
Tópico(s): Nutritional Studies and Diet
2011 - UNIVERSIDADE DE SÃO PAULO | Revista de Saúde Pública
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Francisco de Assis Guedes de Vasconcelos, Larissa da Cunha Feio Costa, Karen Glazer Peres,
... by associated factors among female students of the Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina, Florianópolis, southern Brazil. Abnormal eating attitudes were investigated using the ...
Tópico(s): Health and Lifestyle Studies
2010 - BioMed Central | Journal of Health Population and Nutrition
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Marília Cruz Guttier, Marysabel Pinto Telis Silveira, Vera Lúcia Luiza, Andréa Dâmaso Bertoldi,
The objective of this study is to identify factors associated with the preference for purchasing generic drugs in a medium-sized municipality in Southern Brazil.We have analyzed data from a population-based cross-sectional study conducted in 2012 with a sample of 2,856 adults (≥ 20 years old). The preference for purchasing generic drugs was the main outcome. The explanatory variables were the demographic and socioeconomic variables. Statistical analyses included Poisson regressions.The preference for ...
Tópico(s): Medication Adherence and Compliance
2017 - UNIVERSIDADE DE SÃO PAULO | Revista de Saúde Pública
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Júlia Pessini, Aline Rodrigues Barbosa, Erasmo Benício Santos de Moraes Trindade,
ABSTRACT Objective: To investigate the association between various chronic diseases, multimorbidity, and handgrip strength in community dwelling older adults in Southern Brazil. Methods: A cross-sectional study carried out with 477 older adults (60 years and older) who resided in Antônio Carlos, Santa Catarina state. Subjects aged 60-79 years were selected by probability sampling (n=343) and all subjects aged 80 years or older (n=134) were evaluated. Chronic diseases were identified by self-report. ...
Tópico(s): Health disparities and outcomes
2016 - PONTIFÍCIA UNIVERSIDADE CATÓLICA DE CAMPINAS | Revista de Nutrição
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Juvenal Soares Dias da Costa, Mauri Caldeira Reis, Claudio Viana Silveira Filho, Rogério da Silva Linhares, Fábio Piccinini, Everton Fantinel,
To estimate the prevalence of hospitalizations and to identify characteristics associated with hospital admission.We carried out a population-based cross-sectional study of subjects of both sexes, aged 20-69 years, and who lived in the urban area of Pelotas, Southern Brazil, between 1999 and 2000. Subjects were interviewed using a standardized, pre-coded questionnaire. Analysis was stratified by sex and confounder control was carried out using Poisson regression. Variables analyzed included socioeconomic ...
Tópico(s): Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life
2010 - UNIVERSIDADE DE SÃO PAULO | Revista de Saúde Pública
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Based on the wave climate for the southern Brazilian coast, wave refraction has been modelled in order to obtain the refracted wave heights and directions along the southern Santa Catarina coast, providing the needed information for potential longshore drift estimates. According to its coastline orientation, different sectors of the coast present varying longshore drift patterns. Estimates have been made for the yearly-averaged wave climate as well as for each season, showing thereby the longshore ...
Tópico(s): Coastal wetland ecosystem dynamics
2007 - UNIVERSIDADE DE SÃO PAULO | Brazilian Journal of Oceanography
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Edna Maria Vissoci Reiche, Ana Maria Bonametti, Maria Angélica Ehara Watanabe, Helena Kaminami Morimoto, Arilson Akira Morimoto, Susana Lilian Wiechmann, José Wander Breganó, Tiemi Matsuo, F. Reiche,
The ability to control human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) infection and progression of the disease is regulated by host and viral factors. This cross-sectional study describes the socio-demographic and epidemiological characteristics associated with HIV-1 infection in 1,061 subjects attended in Londrina and region, south of Brazil: 136 healthy individuals (Group 1), 147 HIV-1-exposed but uninfected individuals (Group 2), 161 HIV-1-infected asymptomatic patients (Group 3), and 617 patients with ...
Tópico(s): Sex work and related issues
2005 - UNIVERSIDADE DE SÃO PAULO | Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de São Paulo
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Lisiane Ortiz Teixeira, Valdimara Corrêa Vieira, Fabiana Nunes Germano, Carla Vitola Gonçalves, Marcelo A. Soares, Ana Maria Blanco Martinez,
Study design: cross-sectional. Objective: To determine the HPV prevalence and genotypes in women treated at University Hospital in southern Brazil. Methodology: Cervical cells samples from 200 women were collected. HPV was detected by nested polymerase chain reaction and genotypes were determined by sequencing. Variables were analyzed by the Fisher Exact Test and Chi-squared test of Pearson (X²) with a significance level of ≤ 5%. The strength of association was calculated by the prevalence ratio, with ...
Tópico(s): Women's cancer prevention and management
2016 - UNIVERSIDADE DE SÃO PAULO | Medicina (Ribeirão Preto)