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Slowing Amazon deforestation through public policy and interventions in beef and soy supply chains

Science interventions

Alencar A.
GSID: bvLhHvdzkI8J
D Nepstad, D McGrath, C Stickler, A Alencar… - science, 2014 - science.org

… S1), but we provide a much-needed critical review of the full range of policy interventions and commodity market effects, including “supply chain” interventions involving producers, processors, and/or buyers of soy or beef, the two main historical drivers of...

European journal of communication

Alencar A, Deuze M.
PMID: 28579663
Eur J Commun. 2017 Apr;32(2):151-166. doi: 10.1177/0267323117689993. Epub 2017 Feb 03.

This study investigates the functions of news media in shaping acculturation experiences of new economic and refugee immigrants in the Netherlands and Spain. Focus group data revealed that consumption of host country news media was mainly connected to immigrants'...

Upconversion emission of BaTiO3:Er3+ nanocrystals: influence of temperature and surrounding medium.

Journal of nanoscience and nanotechnology

Maciel GS, Alencar MA, de Araújol CB, Patra A.
PMID: 20355643
J Nanosci Nanotechnol. 2010 Mar;10(3):2143-8. doi: 10.1166/jnn.2010.2096.

Here, we report the role of crystallite size and surrounding medium on the upconversion emission of Er3+ in BaTiO3 oxide nanocrystals. The samples were prepared by sol-emulsion-gel method and heat-treated at two different temperatures yielding powders containing nanoparticles of...

Cytotoxic T cell adjuvant effects of three Salmonella enterica flagellins.

Brazilian journal of microbiology : [publication of the Brazilian Society for Microbiology]

Braga CJ, Massis LM, Alencar BC, Rodrigues MM, Sbrogio-Almeida ME, Ferreira LC.
PMID: 24031176
Braz J Microbiol. 2008 Jan;39(1):44-9. doi: 10.1590/S1517-838220080001000011. Epub 2008 Mar 01.

Bacterial flagellins are important virulence-associated factors and strong inducers of inflammatory responses in mammalian hosts. Flagellins have also been investigated as potential vaccine adjuvants, either for induction of humoral or cellular immune responses, to different target antigens. In this...

Mortality Related to Chagas Disease and HIV/AIDS Coinfection in Brazil.

Journal of tropical medicine

Martins-Melo FR, Ramos AN, Alencar CH, Heukelbach J.
PMID: 22969814
J Trop Med. 2012;2012:534649. doi: 10.1155/2012/534649. Epub 2012 Aug 28.

Chagas disease in patients with HIV infection represents a potentially serious event with high case fatality rates. This study describes epidemiological and clinical aspects of deaths related to Chagas disease and HIV/AIDS coinfection in Brazil, 1999-2007. We performed a...

Genome-wide analysis of the transcriptional response to drought stress in root and leaf of common bean.

Genetics and molecular biology

Pereira WJ, Melo ATO, Coelho ASG, Rodrigues FA, Mamidi S, Alencar SA, Lanna AC, Valdisser PAMR, Brondani C, Nascimento-Júnior IRD, Borba TCO, Vianello RP.
PMID: 31429863
Genet Mol Biol. 2020 Mar 16;43(1):e20180259. doi: 10.1590/1678-4685-GMB-2018-0259. eCollection 2020.

Genes related to the response to drought stress in leaf and root tissue of drought-susceptible (DS) and tolerant (DT) genotypes were characterized by RNA-Seq. In total, 54,750 transcripts, representative of 28,590 genes, were identified; of these, 1,648 were of...

Genomic Comparison among Lethal Invasive Strains of .

Frontiers in microbiology

Fernandes GR, Barbosa AEAD, Almeida RN, Castro FFDS, da Ponte MCP, Faria-Junior C, Müller FMP, Viana AAB, Grattapaglia D, Franco OL, Alencar SA, Dias SC.
PMID: 29109702
Front Microbiol. 2017 Oct 23;8:1993. doi: 10.3389/fmicb.2017.01993. eCollection 2017.

No abstract available.

Correction: Rapid and Localized Mechanical Stimulation and Adhesion Assay: TRPM7 Involvement in Calcium Signaling and Cell Adhesion.

PloS one

Nishitani WS, Alencar AM, Wang Y.
PMID: 26366996
PLoS One. 2015 Sep 14;10(9):e0138281. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0138281. eCollection 2015.

No abstract available.

Enteral nutritional support for patients hospitalized with COVID-19: Results from the first wave in a public hospital.

Nutrition (Burbank, Los Angeles County, Calif.)

Alencar ES, Muniz LSDS, Holanda JLG, Oliveira BDD, Carvalho MCF, Leitão AMM, Cavalcante MIA, Oliveira RCP, Silva CABD, Carioca AAF.
PMID: 34844158
Nutrition. 2021 Oct 11;94:111512. doi: 10.1016/j.nut.2021.111512. Epub 2021 Oct 11.

OBJECTIVES: Nutrition has become an important component in treating individuals during the coronavirus disease of 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, which is increasingly affecting the world population and causing a collapse in health services. Prolonged hospitalization, including immobilization and catabolism, induces...

The impact of atrial fibrillation and long-term oral anticoagulant use on all-cause and cardiovascular mortality: A 12-year evaluation of the prospective Brazilian Study of Stroke Mortality and Morbidity.

International journal of stroke : official journal of the International Stroke Society

Goulart AC, Olmos RD, Santos IS, Tunes G, Alencar AP, Thomas N, Lip GY, Lotufo PA, Benseñor IM.
PMID: 33527882
Int J Stroke. 2021 Feb 25;1747493021995592. doi: 10.1177/1747493021995592. Epub 2021 Feb 25.

BACKGROUND: Atrial fibrillation is a predictor of poor prognosis after stroke.AIMS: To evaluate atrial fibrillation and all-cause and cardiovascular mortality in a stroke cohort with low socioeconomic status, taking into consideration oral anticoagulant use during 12-year follow-up.METHODS: All-cause mortality...

Nanostructured systems increase the in vitro cytotoxic effect of bullfrog oil in human melanoma cells (A2058).

Biomedicine & pharmacotherapy = Biomedecine & pharmacotherapie

Oliveira WN, Alencar EN, Rocha HAO, Amaral-Machado L, Egito EST.
PMID: 34861632
Biomed Pharmacother. 2022 Jan;145:112438. doi: 10.1016/j.biopha.2021.112438. Epub 2021 Nov 30.

The aim of this work was to investigate the in vitro cytotoxic effect of previously developed nanocapsules, nanoemulsion, and microemulsion based on bullfrog oil (BFO) against human melanoma cells (A2058). The nanosystems were produced as described in previous studies...

Benefits of intraoperative music on orthopedic surgeries under spinal anesthesia: A randomized clinical trial.

Complementary therapies in medicine

Azi LMTA, Azi ML, Viana MM, Panont ALP, Oliveira RMF, Sadigursky D, Alencar DF.
PMID: 34571144
Complement Ther Med. 2021 Dec;63:102777. doi: 10.1016/j.ctim.2021.102777. Epub 2021 Sep 25.

OBJECTIVE: To determine whether instrumental music influences the anxiety status and intraoperative sedative requirements of a patient DESIGN: A single center, prospective, randomized controlled trial SETTING: Patients between 18 and 65 years, physical status of American Society of Anesthesiologists...

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