Case Study on Photovoltaic System: Impact of Solarimetric Stations on Simulations and Anomaly Detection by João Lucas de S. Silva, João Antonio F. G. da Silva, Eslam Mahmoudi, João Frederico S. de Paula, Tárcio André dos S. Barros

“…Two LSS were analyzed: one at a small-scale PV system (minigeneration in Brazil) and another at a large-scale PV plant. The minigeneration station measured irradiance components to calculate Plane of Array (POA) irradiance, while the large-scale station directly measured POA. …”
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Environmental impacts of restructuring the EU’s natural gas supply and consumption: Learnings from the 2022 energy crisis by Lucas F. Santos, Robert Istrate, Niall Mac Dowell, Gonzalo Guillén-Gosálbez

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Prevalence of Temporomandibular Disorder and its association with anxiety in academics: a cross-sectional study by Bianca Paludo, Paula Comin Trevizan, Nana Abena Asantewaa Boamah, Lilian Rigo

“…DESIGN AND SETTING: This cross-sectional study included a sample of 295 academics undertaking health courses at a university in Brazil. METHODS: The Simplified Anamnesis Index and Beck Anxiety Inventory were used to evaluate TMD and assess anxiety, respectively. …”
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Medication Related Osteonecrosis of the Jaw: A Case Report and Review of Literature by Amisha Parekh, Pedro Tretto, Nicklaus Blue, Blake Dunaway, James Lott, Michael Roach, Rohan Jagtap

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SWOL2023: Report of Space Weather Observations Throughout Latinoamerica: Filling the Southern Gaps by M. Paula Natali, Amalia M. Meza, Robert Robinson, Diego Janches, Thomas Berger, Sergio Dasso, Clezio DeNardin, Marcelo Colazo

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The teaching of the association between physical inactivity and non-communicable diseases in physical education classes by Julia Terra, Lúcio Canabarro, Marilda Neutzling, Nicole Gonzales, Airton Rombaldi

“… The study was conducted with physical education teachers from elementary and high schools in the urban area of Pelotas, southern Brazil, and identified the prevalence of those who taught the association of physical inactivity (PI) with non-communicable diseases (NCDs) during their classes. …”
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Quality of commercialized dry extracts of blood orange juice in Brazilian compounding pharmacies: Dry extracts of blood orange juice by Lídia Cristina Merlin de Meneses, Maria Izabel Lamego Neta, Jhenifer Luisa Miniuki, Ingrid Vicente Farias, Larissa Benvenutti, Otto Mauricio Santos Gerlach, Flávio H. Reginatto, Angela Malheiros, José Roberto Santin, Tania Mari Bellé Bresolin

“…However, the dry extract of C. sinensis juice currently available at compounding pharmacies in Brazil includes samples from various countries, some of which may not have adequate climatic conditions for the production of anthocyanins. …”
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HIV Drug Resistance-Associated Mutations in Antiretroviral Naïve HIV-1-Infected Latin American Children by Luis E. Soto-Ramirez, Roberto Rodriguez-Diaz, D. Robert Harris, Rohan Hazra

“…Genotyping was performed on plasma samples obtained at baseline from HIV-1-infected participants in a prospective cohort study in Brazil, Argentina, and Mexico (NISDI Pediatric Study). …”
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HESS Management for Virtual Inertia, Frequency, and Voltage Support Through Off-Board EV Bidirectional Chargers by Jhonatan D. Paucara, Jose Carlos U. Pena, Damian Sal y Rosas

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POSITIONING OF WHEAT CULTIVARS AND THEIR RELATION WITH THE NUTRITIONAL QUALITY OF GRAINS by Willyan Júnior Adorian Bandeira, Ivan Ricardo Carvalho, Murilo Vieira Loro, Leonardo Cesar Pradebon, João Pedro Dalla Roza, Jaqueline Piesanti Sangiovo, Kassiana Kehl

“…An experiment was conducted in 10 environments in the state of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil. Five wheat genotypes were sown (BRS Parrudo, LG ORO, Mirante, ORS 1403, and TBIO Sinuelo), using a randomized block experimental design with two replications. …”
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Zika, a Mosquito-Transmitted Virus by L. Phil Lounibos, Barry W. Alto, Nathan D. Burkett-Cadena, Cynthia C. Lord, Chelsea T. Smartt, C. Roxanne Rutledge Connelly, Jorge R. Rey

“…In 2015, however, Zika became a larger concern when a strain of the virus traced to outbreaks in French Polynesia emerged in northeastern Brazil. This strain provoked alarm because of increased incidence of microcephaly in babies born to Zika-infected mothers. …”
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Biologic Agents in Crohn’s Patients Reduce CD4+ T Cells Activation and Are Inversely Related to Treg Cells by Eliane Aparecida Rosseto-Welter, Leticia D’argenio-Garcia, Filipa Blasco Tavares Pereira Lopes, Ana Eduarda Zulim Carvalho, Fernando Flaquer, Vanessa Severo-Lemos, Claudia Concer Viero Nora, Flavio Steinwurz, Lucas Pires Garcia Oliveria, Thiago Aloia, Luiz Vicente Rizzo, Cristóvão Luis Pitangueira Mangueira, Karina Inacio Carvalho

“…., anti-TNF) is the most frequently prescribed treatment; however, it is not universally accessible. In fact, in Brazil, many patients are only given the option of receiving nonbiological therapy. …”
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Vaccine diplomacy and the South African Sovereignty Maintenance Struggle within BRICS cooperation by Farai Joseph Chidhume, Taderera Herbert Chisi

“…The global pandemic has adversely affected BRICS nations but three of them Russia, China and India have quickly reacted with the invention of vaccines which have been circulated to many countries throughout the world and Africa in particular. Surprisingly while Brazil quickly accepted the readily and easily available Sinopharm vaccine from China which is a fellow BRICS bloc member and South Africa though being the worst affected country in Southern Africa seemed to dither on finding a solution from either China or Russia.  …”
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Limites de la cooperación internacional ambiental: el caso del Programa Piloto para la Protección de los Bosques Tropicales de Brasil by Elimar Pinheiro do Nascimento, Joseph S. Weiss

“…Beyond its many achievements, an analysis of the green alliances of the Pilot Program for the Protection of the Tropical Forests of Brazil (PPG7, Portuguese acronym), as well as the conflicts present in its creation and implementation, of the results achieved, and of the circumstances in which it came to an end, demonstrate that the PPG7 contributed little to the conservation of the forest, the institutional strengthening of the Amazon region, or its sustainable development. …”
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Social network for guardians of transgender children and adolescents by Paula Daniella de Abreu, Ana Beatriz Marques Valença, Gilberto da Cruz Leal, Diogo Henrique Mendes da Silva, Pedro Fredemir Palha, Ednaldo Cavalcante de Araújo, Jaqueline Garcia de Almeida Ballestero, Sandra Aparecida de Almeida, Jordana de Almeida Nogueira, Aline Aparecida Monroe

“…The study was conducted in Brazil through online interviews between August and October 2021. …”
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Increasing Cattle Herd Size or Density in C₃ Grass–Legume Meadows Reduces Dietary Quality by John Derek Scasta, Fernando Forster Furquim

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Mid‐Latitude Study of Ionospheric Variation Over Iran Associated With Equatorial Ionization Anomaly (EIA), and Artificial Neural Networks Model Development by M. Vazifehkhah Hafteh, A. Mahmoudian, A. Yoshikawa, K. Girgis

“…Diurnal EEJ patterns and counter electrojets (CEJ) are analyzed, alongside solar wind timing effects on EEJ and TEC using data from stations in Brazil, Peru, the Philippines, and Sri Lanka. Statistical correlations between maximum TEC and parameters extracted from the daily EEJ profile, including EEJdaymax, integrated EEJ (IEEJ), and IEEJdaymax—highlight Iran's position at the EIA's upper edge, indicating high susceptibility to equatorial dynamics. …”
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Electric Source Localization Adds Evidence for Task-Specific CNVs by Ina M. Tarkka, Luis F. H. Basile

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Governance of responsible research and innovation: A social welfare, psychologically grounded multicriteria decision analysis approach by Harold Paredes-Frigolett, Andreas Pyka, Alexandre Bevilacqua Leoneti, Pablo Nachar-Calderón

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Biosolid and sugarcane filter cake in the composition of organomineral fertilizer on soybean responses by Raquel Pinheiro da Mota, Reginaldo de Camargo, Ernane Miranda Lemes, Regina Maria Quintão Lana, Risely Ferraz de Almeida, Emmerson Rodrigues de Moraes

“…Filter cake is currently one of the most used sources of organic matter; however, sewage sludge also presents characteristics of agronomic interest, being one of the major environmental problems in Brazil. In this sense, the efficiency of pelletized organomineral fertilizers produced with both sources were evaluated for the development of soybean under different fertilization levels. …”
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