IMPACTS OF REPLACING THE AMAZON RAINFOREST WITH PASTURE ON SOIL PROPERTIES by Sandra Cátia Pereira Uchôa, Sasha de Souza Farage, José Maria Arcanjo Alves, Carlos Henrique de Lima Matos, Ingridy do Nascimento Tavares, Valdinar Ferreira Melo

“…This study investigated the impact of converting forest into pasture on soil attributes in the northern Amazon, specifically at the Canto Verde farm in Iracema, Roraima, Brazil. Three land use systems were analyzed: Native Forest (NF), Brachiaria brizantha (BB), and Brachiaria humidicola (BH). …”
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Citizens perceptions of urban freight transport: an international comparison by João Guilherme da Costa Braga França, Kinga Kijewska, Stanislaw Iwan, Cassiano Augusto Isler, Leise Kelli de Oliveira

“…The study analyzes six causal relationships in two cities – Belo Horizonte, Brazil, representing the Global South, and Szczecin, Poland, representing the Global North – while considering their geographic, socioeconomic, and political contexts. …”
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Joint statement on evidence-based practices in mechanical ventilation: suggestions from two Brazilian medical societies by Juliana Carvalho Ferreira, Arthur Oswaldo de Abreu Vianna, Bruno Valle Pinheiro, Israel Silva Maia, Sérgio Vasconcellos Baldisserotto, Alexandre Marini Isola

“…Seventy-five experts from all regions of Brazil worked in pairs to perform scoping reviews, searching for publications on their specific topic of mechanical ventilation in the last 20 years in the highest impact factor journals in the areas of intensive care, pulmonology, and anesthesiology. …”
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Glucagon-like peptide-1 and glucose-dependent insulinotropic polypeptide agonists for the treatment of obesity and diabetes mellitus by Alexander C. Martins, Beatriz G. de la Torre, Fernando Albericio

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The Effect of Sensorimotor Synchronization on Gait Spatiotemporal Parameters in Women with Multiple Sclerosis by Mozhgan Memarmoghadam, Mansoureh Shahraki, Behzad Mohammadi Orangi, Luca Correale, Leonardo A. Peyré-Tartaruga

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Molecular study of the status of Angiostrongylus cantonensis in rats in Haiti by Fedna Jimmy, Borne Romain, Rieffel Dominique, Bornette Gudrun, Henrys Jean-Hugues, Grenouillet Frédéric, Raoul Francis

“…Only one COX1 haplotype was identified, belonging to genotype II-G, widely distributed in Brazil, the French Antilles (Guadeloupe), French Polynesia, Hawaii, and Japan. …”
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Bullying in adolescents across three years in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic: a repeated cross-sectional and prospective analysis by Bruno Nunes de Oliveira, Marcus Vinicius Veber Lopes, Bruno Gonçalves Galdino da Costa, Gabrielli Thais de Mello, Gabriel Pereira Maciel, Kelly Samara Silva

“…Although it was already considered a public health issue in Brazil before the COVID-19 pandemic, little is known about how the pandemic and associated public health measures have affected bullying behavior. …”
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Metformin versus insulin in glycemic control in pregnancy (MevIP): a randomized clinical trial protocol by Carolina Freitas Alves Amaral-Moreira, Daiane Sofia Morais Paulino, Belmiro G. Pereira, Patricia Moretti Rehder, Fernanda G. Surita

“…Abstract Background Gestational diabetes is one of the most prevalent diseases in pregnancy, with an incidence of 5 to 18% in Brazil, and is associated with high morbidity rates. …”
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Social media use is associated with body image concern in young adults during the COVID-19 pandemic by Marina de Sá Azevedo, Brenda Esper-Pereira, Larissa Vaz-Gonçalves, Raquel Machado Schincaglia, Marília Mendonça Guimarães, Karine Anusca Martins, Luciana Bronzi de Souza

“…Methods: Cross-sectional study conducted with 461 young adults (18-30yrs), from Midwest Brazil, who answered an online and self-reported questionnaire to determine the social media use, with questions about time of service, frequency of access, and media influence on behaviors. …”
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Extensive composable entropy for the analysis of cosmological data by Constantino Tsallis, Henrik Jeldtoft Jensen

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Global Perspectives on Addressing Systemic Issues in Music Therapy Curricula and Healthcare by Amy Clements-Cortés, Melissa Mercadal-Brotons, Hakeem Leonard, Vivian Chan, Gro Trondalen, Tao-Deva Stingl, Thomas Stegemann, Claudia Zanini

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Robustness and limitations of maximum entropy in plant community assembly by Jelyn Gerkema, Daniel E. Bunker, Andrew M. Cunliffe, Erika Bazzato, Michela Marignani, Tommaso Sitzia, Isabelle Aubin, Stefano Chelli, Julieta A. Rosell, Peter Poschlod, Josep Penuelas, Arildo S. Dias, Christian Rossi, Tanvir A. Shovon, Juan A. Campos, Mark C. Vanderwel, Sharif A. Mukul, Bruno E.L. Cerabolini, Thomas Sibret, Bruno Hérault, Sylvain Schmitt, Pedro Higuchi, James L. Tsakalos, Decky I. Junaedi, Yun-Peng Zhao, Vanessa Minden, Ana Carolina da Silva, Tereza Mašková, Roberto Canullo, Ning Dong, Edwin T. Pos

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Operation time as a prognostic indicator on postoperative complications following percutaneous nephrolithotomy by Alireza Pakdel, Abdolreza Mohammadi, Amirreza Shamshirgaran, Ehsan Zemanati Yar, Leila Zareian Baghdadabad, Farshid Alaeddini, Roghayeh Koohi Ortakand, Leonardo Oliveira Reis, Seyed Reza Hosseini, Seyed Mohammad Kazem Aghamir

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Gonadal aspects, testosterone and estradiol profiles of the Lebranche mullet Mugil liza subjected to different temperatures during the larviculture phase by Marco Shizuo Owatari, Vanessa Martins da Rocha, Cleize Sales da Silva, Marina Cesconeto dos Santos, Mariana Rangel Pilotto, Fabiola Santiago Pedrotti, Caio Magnotti, Maurício Laterça Martins, Vinicius Ronzani Cerqueira

“… In Brazil, the Lebranche mullet is the most important Mugilidae species for the fishing industry. …”
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GDP OF THE G7 AFTER THE FINANCIAL CRISIS by Svitlana Radziyevska

“…According to the United Nations, India ranked first in terms of GDP growth (8.2%), followed by China (5.2%); the US and Brazil ranked third (2.9%) while the eurozone’s GDP growth rate was merely 0.4%. …”
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Estimating the impact of school closures on the COVID-19 dynamics in 74 countries: A modelling analysis. by Romain Ragonnet, Angus E Hughes, David S Shipman, Michael T Meehan, Alec S Henderson, Guillaume Briffoteaux, Nouredine Melab, Daniel Tuyttens, Emma S McBryde, James M Trauer

“…They reduced peak hospital occupancy pressure in nearly all countries, with 72 out of 74 countries (97%) showing a positive median estimated effect, and median estimated effect ranging from reducing peak hospital occupancy pressure by 89% in Brazil to increasing it by 19% in Indonesia. The median estimated effect of school closures on COVID-19 deaths ranged from a 73% reduction in Thailand to a 7% increase in the United Kingdom. …”
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Determinants of ICT Adoption and Performance in Healthcare: The Role of Individual Attributes and Organizational Contextual Factors by Abey Jose, Alejandro F. Mac Cawley, Luis Enberg Gaete, Guilherme Luz Tortorella, Roberto Vassolo, Manisha Kumar, Nick Rich, Maneesh Kumar

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Integrating comprehensive surgical, intensive, and emergency care systems into the Pan American Health Organization’s health agenda by Maria Jose Garcia Fuentes, Ayla Gerk, Leticia Campos, Alejandro Torres, Taylor Wurdeman, Nikathan Kumar, Ruth Jimbo-Sotomayor, Juan Carlos Salamea, Luiz Fernando dos Reis Falcão, Guido Parquet, John G. Meara, Tarsicio Uribe-Leitz, Alfredo Borrero Vega

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How can the buffalo carcass be used rationally? by Ricardo Alexandre Silva Pessoa

“…The research was carried out in the Bubalinoculture Sector of the Animal Science Department of the Federal Rural University of Pernambuco, Brazil. 62 carcasses of pasture-finished cross- bred buffalo steers were evaluated. …”
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Resolving the generation mechanisms and electrodynamical effects of Medium Scale Traveling Ionospheric Disturbances (MSTIDs) by Jeff Klenzing, Kate Zawdie, Elvira Astafyeva, Anna Belehaki, Meghan Burleigh, Angeline G. Burrell, Cosme A. O. B. Figueiredo, Nathaniel A. Frissell, Weizheng Fu, Dustin Hickey, Joe Huba, Pavel Inchin, Stephen R. Kaeppler, Viswanathan Lakshmi Narayanan, Mani Sivankandan, Jonathon M. Smith, Jonathon M. Smith, Chao Xiong, Tatsuhiro Yokoyama, Matt Zettergren, Shun-Rong Zhang

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