Statistical Complexity Analysis of Sleep Stages by Cristina D. Duarte, Marianela Pacheco, Francisco R. Iaconis, Osvaldo A. Rosso, Gustavo Gasaneo, Claudio A. Delrieux

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Qualidade do sono na síndrome de Down by Beatriz Elizabeth Bagatin Veleda Bermudez, Henrique Yonemuto

“…As the PSQI is not valid for children under 10 years in Brazil, the common variables of the Childrens Sleep Habits Questionnaire (CSHQ) and PSQI-BR were considered in children to allow data analysis. …”
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Microscopic and molecular detection of Cytauxzoon spp. in cats in Mosul city, Iraq by Sura S. Aghwan, Enas S. Hussein, Salam A Esmaeel

“…The phylogenetic tree was constructed, and it was discovered that the local sequence LC775709.1 is very closely related genetically to the sequences from Europe and the USA while showing some genetic differences with the sequences from Brazil and South Africa.…”
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Early ultra-processed foods consumption and hyperactivity/inattention in adolescence by Ricardo Campos Ferreira, Angela Helena Marin, Marcia Regina Vitolo, Paula Dal Bo Campagnolo

“…ABSTRACT OBJECTIVE To investigate the relationship between childhood consumption of ultra-processed foods and symptoms of hyperactivity/inattention in adolescents from São Leopoldo, a city in southern Brazil. METHODS Data were collected at four distinct stages: when participants were 12-16 months old in 2001 and 2002 and later when they were 3–4, 7–8, and 12–13 years old. …”
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The Conceptualization and Measurement of Comorbidity: A Review of the Interprofessional Discourse by Salimah H. Meghani, Harleah G. Buck, Victoria Vaughan Dickson, Marilyn J. Hammer, Eneida Rejane Rabelo-Silva, Robyn Clark, Mary D. Naylor

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Presença ausente e ausência presente do Estado na produção do espaço para o turismo no Vale do Ribeira paulista by Carolina Todesco

“…Ribeira Valley Region, located in the southern State of Sao Paulo, has 20% of the remaining Atlantic Forest of Brazil and has the lowest human development indices of this State which has the highest density of technical-scientific-informational environment and capital. …”
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Beef marbling measurement using spectral imaging: A multiple linear regression approach by Victor Aredo, Lía Ethel Velásquez Castillo, Nikol Siche

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A basic content proposal on sustainability for management undergraduate courses by Flávio Hourneaux Junior, Bárbara Galleli, Carolina Brinholi, Laura Martini Zellmeister, Isak Kruglianskas

“…Secondly, we researched the knowledge in sustainability by undergraduate Management students from a recognised university in Brazil. Data analysis was based on exploratory factor analysis. …”
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Addressing the needs for cultural adaptation of DARE-keepin’ it REAL among Brazilian students: strategies to improve implementation by Juliana Y. Valente, Bianca Franciosi, Rodrigo Garcia-Cerde, Tania Pietrobon, Zila M. Sanchez

“…Abstract Background The widely implemented prevention program in Brazil, PROERD (a translated version of the DARE-kiR program), showed no evidence of effect in preventing drug use in a recent trial. …”
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ROTI‐Based Stochastic Model to Improve GNSS Precise Point Positioning Under Severe Geomagnetic Storm Activity by Xiaomin Luo, Junfeng Du, João Francisco Galera Monico, Chao Xiong, Jingbin Liu, Xinmei Liang

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Addressing the Oncologist Shortage in Latin America: Insights From a Survey of Medical Oncology Fellowship Programs by Mauricio Zegarra-López, Alejandro Aranda-Gutierrez, Jose Felipe Muñoz Lozano, Cynthia Villarreal-Garza

“…Descriptive statistics were used to summarize the collected variables.RESULTSIn total, 232 fellowship programs exist in the surveyed nations, of which 444 medical oncologists graduate every year. Only Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Mexico, and Peru have more than five active fellowship programs. …”
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Main methodological challenges faced by Youth and Adult Education (EJA) teachers by Alcemir Horácio Rosa, Francisco Willan Costa dos Santos, Daniel Nascimento e Silva, Marcus Marcelo Silva Barros

“…Unlike the strategies and methodologies developed linked to other levels and modalities, in regular education, we seek to understand through qualitative research and bibliographical studies a) the historical advances of EJA in Brazil, b) the advances of the Laws of Guidelines and Bases of National Education for EJA, c) international conferences and the National Education Plan and d) proposals that consider the specificities of young people and adults. …”
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Effectiveness and maintenance of behavior change and exercise programs on depressive symptoms in older adults by Lucelia Borges, Simone Meurer, Tânia Benedetti

“…The research was conducted with the network of primary health care in a southern capital of Brazil. In total, 119 older adult participants were allocated into different groups: behavior change (BCG; n=40), exercise (EG; n=51) and control (CG; n=28), assessed at baseline (A1) and followed-up at three (A2), six (A3) and twelve months (A4). …”
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Uncertainties of the rainfall regime in a tropical semi-arid region: the case of the State of Ceará by Eunice Maia de Andrade, Maria Gina Torres Sena, Antonio Givanilson Rodrigues da Silva, Francisco Jairo Soares Pereira, Fernando Bezerra Lopes

“…The rural population of a tropical semi-arid region such as the northeast of Brazil is directly dependent on rainfall for agricultural production, pasture for livestock, and the storage of drinking water for human consumption. …”
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Nutritional Assessment of individuals interned in a general hospital by Carla de Oliveira Barbosa Rosa, Bárbara Pereira da Silva, Karla Pereira Balbino, Sônia Machado Rocha Ribeiro, Andréia Queiroz Ribeiro, Heloísa Helena Firmino

“…The study was cross-sectional, done during three months with patients admitted in a general hospital by the Health Public Service from Brazil (SUS), health plans or private payment. The nutritional assessment was done in all the individuals admitted in the hospital during the period of study (n = 51), and we did an anthropometric assessment, biochemical analysis and subjective global assessments. …”
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Prescribers’ approval rate of pharmacist-initiated interventions to optimise patients’ clinical status of hypertension in the ambulatory care setting by Brajković Andrea, Bićanić Lucija Ana, Orehovački Helena, Prkačin Ingrid, Oliveira Djenane Ramalho De, Mucalo Iva

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Prevalence of osteoporosis and its associated factors in older adult’s users of the Primary Health Care by Daniel Vicentini de Oliveira, Gustavo Vinicius do Nascimento de Oliveira, Diogo Alves da Silva, Naelly Renata Saraiva Pivetta, Mateus Dias Antunes, José Roberto Andrade do Nascimento Júnior, Cláudia Regina Cavaglieri

“…This cross-sectional study was carried out with 654 older adults (56% women) from primary health care in Maringá, Paraná, Brazil. The instruments used were the sociodemographic questionnaire and the International Physical Activity Questionnaire (IPAQ), short version. …”
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Closing the loop on water supply and sanitation: The dynamic links between population, ecosystems, and economic interactions by Jean M P De Paula, Francisco S Pinto, Amílcar Arantes, Rui C Marques

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Prospects of Foreign Capital Raising for Russian Power Grid Companies by N. N. Shvets, D. L. Val’Kova

“…Particularly, Vatenfall and Forum have recently closed relevant transactions, nothing to say about the power grid sector of Brazil, majorly controlled by private owners. Transparent regulation, clear pricing rules and well-balanced economic policy are, indeed, indispensable prerequisites for successful privatization. …”
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Physical and mechanical aging of wood-plastic composites. Non-destructive methods for quality control by Ignacio Bobadilla Maldonado, Roberto Martínez, Hamed Matini Behzad, Everton Hillig

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