Gustavo Foronda^1,2, Vanessa Ferreira Amorim de Melo^2,3,*, Claudia Regina Pinheiro de Castro Grau⁴, Ingrid Magatti Piva¹, Glaucia Maria Penha Tavares⁴, Ana Cristina Sayuri Tanaka¹, Nana Miura¹

Congenital Heart Disease, Vol.18, No.6, pp. 649-656, 2023, DOI:10.32604/chd.2023.027987

Abstract Background: Children with congenital heart disease (CHD), even after surgical approaches, and especially those who undergo staged procedures in the first months of life, remain vulnerable to readmissions and complications, requiring very close monitoring and differentiated intervention strategies. Methods: Descriptive and exploratory study, of the experience report type, which presents the process of building the high-risk outpatient clinic for complex congenital heart diseases (AAR) at the Instituto do Coração (InCor). Results: Report of the path taken to structure the AAR, demonstrating the organization, interface with the multidisciplinary team, admission and discharge criteria, training, and patient profile. In these five years… More >

Louise Freeland¹, Michelle O’Reilly², Juliana Fleury³, Sarah Adams⁴, Panos Vostanis^1,*

International Journal of Mental Health Promotion, Vol.24, No.1, pp. 51-67, 2022, DOI:10.32604/ijmhp.2022.015706

Abstract Social emotional literacy (SEL) interventions are widely implemented through schools, with growing evidence for a range of positive child outcomes. Increasingly, such interventions are delivered on online platforms. To date, there is limited evidence about digital SEL interventions in low- and middle-income countries (LMIC). The aim of this study was to explore the perceptions and experiences of children, parents and facilitator of the potential value of addressing SEL via tailored digital intervention. The intervention was designed to help children, in Brazil, to cope during the first COVID-19 pandemic lockdown. The intervention was delivered via a digital platform to groups of… More >

Jaime Francisco de Sousa Resende^1,*, Andrea Lucia Teixeira Charbel², Teresa Cristina Bessa Nogueira Assunção³

Energy Engineering, Vol.118, No.3, pp. 615-629, 2021, DOI:10.32604/EE.2021.014588

Abstract Buildings represent a significant share of the world’s energy consumption, and the sector has drawn the attention of governments, which have adopted policies to reduce energy expenditure. The Certifications of Energy Efficiency in Buildings stand out as one possible solution to achieve this goal, employed in several countries worldwide. The European Union presents advanced energy assessment programs for buildings, being a reference and model for several other regulations in the world. The Energy Certification System for Buildings (SCE) of Portugal is considered a success case, reflected in the significant number of energy certificates issued. The Brazilian Labeling Program for Building… More >

Antonio Aprigio da Silva Curvelo¹, Antonio José Felix Carvalho^2,*, Daniel Pasquini³

Journal of Renewable Materials, Vol.9, No.4, pp. 599-600, 2021, DOI:10.32604/jrm.2021.015335

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Avaneesh Singh^*, Manish Kumar Bajpai

CMES-Computer Modeling in Engineering & Sciences, Vol.125, No.3, pp. 991-1031, 2020, DOI:10.32604/cmes.2020.012503

Abstract We have proposed a new mathematical method, the SEIHCRD model, which has an excellent potential to predict the incidence of COVID-19 diseases. Our proposed SEIHCRD model is an extension of the SEIR model. Three-compartments have added death, hospitalized, and critical, which improves the basic understanding of disease spread and results. We have studied COVID-19 cases of six countries, where the impact of this disease in the highest are Brazil, India, Italy, Spain, the United Kingdom, and the United States. After estimating model parameters based on available clinical data, the model will propagate and forecast dynamic evolution. The model calculates the… More >

M. A. BEMVENUTI

BIOCELL, Vol.30, Suppl.S, pp. 111-118, 2006

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GISELE ORLANDI INTROÍNI¹, FERNANDA MARTINS MAESTER¹, FOSCA Pedini PEREIRA LEITE² AND SHIRLEI MARIA RECCO-PIMENTEL¹

BIOCELL, Vol.34, No.3, pp. 103-112, 2010, DOI:10.32604/biocell.2010.34.103

Abstract Ultrastructural analyses of bivalve spermatozoa are relevant in studies that aim to identify taxonomic traits for the purposes of discriminating species and conducting phylogenetic studies. In the present work, spermatozoa of mussel specimens of the genus Mytella, collected from two populations living in distinct habitats, were examined by electron microscopy. The objective was to identify sperm ultrastructural taxonomic traits that could be used to differentiate Mytella species. The specimens were from populations that live in intertidal zones on the southeast coast of Brazil, either buried in muddy-sand sediment or anchored to rocky substrates. The acrosomal vesicle was conical and long,… More >

TARSILA MARIA DA SILVA MORAES¹, CLAUDIA FRANCA BARROS², SEBASTIÃO JOSÉ DA SILVA NETO³, VALDIRENE MOREIRA GOMES⁴, MAURA DA CUNHA^1*

BIOCELL, Vol.33, No.3, pp. 155-165, 2009, DOI:10.32604/biocell.2009.33.155

Abstract Simira is a predominantly woody Neotropical genus comprising 41 taxa, 16 of which occur in Brazil and eight of them in the southeastern region of Brazil. Leaf blades of Simira eliezeriana Peixoto, S. glaziovii (K. Schum.) Steyerm., S. grazielae Peixoto, S. pikia (K. Schum.) Steyerm., S. rubra (Mart.) Steyerm., S. sampaioana (Standl.) Steyerm. were collected in the southeastern region of Brazil and fixed according to usual methods for light and electron microscopy. The leaf blades show typical characteristics of the Rubiaceae family as dorsiventral mesophyll and paracytic stomata. The presence of two bundle sheaths that extend to the upper epidermal… More >

ELEONIDAS MOURA LIMA^1,2, MARIANA FERREIRA LEAL³, MARÍLIA DE ARRUDA CARDOSO SMITH³, ROMMEL RODRÍGUEZ BURBANO⁴, PAULO PIMENTEL DE ASSUMPÇÃO⁵, MARIA JOSE BELLO⁶, JUAN ANTONIO REY⁶, FRANCINALDO FERREIRA DE LIMA⁷, CACILDA CASARTELLI²

BIOCELL, Vol.32, No.3, pp. 237-243, 2008, DOI:10.32604/biocell.2008.32.237

Abstract Gastric cancer is one of the most common malignancies. DNA methylation is implicated in DNA mismatch repair genes deficiency. In the present study, we evaluated the methylation status of MLH1, MSH2, MSH6 and PMS2 in 20 diffuse- and 26 intestinal-type gastric cancer samples and 20 normal gastric mucosal of gastric cancer patients from Northern Brazil. We found that none of the nonneoplastic samples showed methylation of any gene promoter and 50% of gastric cancer samples showed at least one methylated gene promoter. Methylation frequencies of MLH1, MSH2, MSH6 and PMS2 promoter were 21.74%, 17.39%, 0% and 28.26% respectively in gastric… More >

ADELINA FERREIRA¹, MAHMOUD MEHANNA^1,2, CYNTHIA P. A. PRADO³

BIOCELL, Vol.32, No.2, pp. 185-194, 2008, DOI:10.32604/biocell.2008.32.185

Abstract The spermatogenesis of Pseudis limellum, from the Southern Pantanal, Brazil, was studied from July 1995 to May 1996, through histological sections of the testis. The cells could be differentiated as: primary spermatogonia, large cells, generally with bilobed nucleus; secondary spermatogonia, smaller cells, with darker cytoplasm, chromatin of radial form; primary and secondary spermatocytes, differentiated according to the different stages of the nucleus during the successive cells divisions. Furthermore, we observed cells in process of morphologic differentiation: rounded spermatids much smaller, with nucleus containing chromatin in compacting process and cytoplasm reduction; elongated spermatids, generally parallel organized in well defined bundles, with… More >