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The colour of the elected: Determinants of the political under-representation of Blacks and Browns in Brazil

Science and underrepresentation

Campos LA, Machado C.
GSID: 2Q7edSxxDIAJ
LA Campos, C Machado - World Political Science, 2018 - degruyter.com

It appears to be beyond dispute that Brazilian politics is overwhelmingly White. Recent surveys indicate that the proportion of people of colour in the federal parliament is around 20%. …

Selected anthropometric variables and aerobic fitness as predictors of cardiovascular disease risk in children.

Biology of sport

Gonçalves R, Szmuchrowski LA, Prado LS, Couto BP, Machado J, Damasceno VO, Lamounier JA.
PMID: 26424930
Biol Sport. 2015 Sep;32(3):255-60. doi: 10.5604/20831862.1163371. Epub 2014 Jul 31.

The aim of this study was to assess the suitability of body mass index, waist circumference, waist-to-height ratio and aerobic fitness as predictors of cardiovascular risk factor clustering in children. A cross-sectional study was conducted with 290 school boys...

Effects on Liver Lipid Metabolism of the Naturally Occurring Dietary Flavone Luteolin-7-glucoside.

Evidence-based complementary and alternative medicine : eCAM

Sá C, Oliveira AR, Machado C, Azevedo M, Pereira-Wilson C.
PMID: 26113868
Evid Based Complement Alternat Med. 2015;2015:647832. doi: 10.1155/2015/647832. Epub 2015 May 31.

Disruptions in whole-body lipid metabolism can lead to the onset of several pathologies such as nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) and cardiovascular diseases (CVDs). The present study aimed at elucidating the molecular mechanisms behind the lipid-lowering effects of the...

Evaluation of Antiplasmodial activity of extracts and constituents from Ampelozizyphus amazonicus.

Pharmacognosy magazine

do Carmo DF, Amaral AC, Machado M, Lopes D, Echevarria A, Rosário VE, Silva JR.
PMID: 26664012
Pharmacogn Mag. 2015 Oct;11:S244-50. doi: 10.4103/0973-1296.166071.

BACKGROUND: Ampelozizyphus amazonicus Ducke, a plant that is widely used by the population of the Amazonian region to prevent and treat malaria, was investigated in this work, which describes, for the first time, the antiplasmodial activity of its extracts...

A FT-NIR spectroscopy methodology to estimate firing distance based on the direct analysis of the bullet impact surface.

The Analyst

Sarraguça JM, Lima C, Machado F, Lopes JA, Almeida A, Fernandes L, Magalhães T, Santos A.
PMID: 27214352
Analyst. 2016 Jul 04;141(14):4410-6. doi: 10.1039/c6an00247a.

A new methodology to estimate firing distance based on the direct analysis of organic components of gunshot residues (GSRs) on the bullet impact surface using Fourier transform near-infrared (FT-NIR) spectroscopy is proposed. Mathematical models relating firing distance with spectral...

Expression of Tgfβ1 and Inflammatory Markers in the 6-hydroxydopamine Mouse Model of Parkinson's Disease.

Frontiers in molecular neuroscience

Haas SJ, Zhou X, Machado V, Wree A, Krieglstein K, Spittau B.
PMID: 26869879
Front Mol Neurosci. 2016 Feb 03;9:7. doi: 10.3389/fnmol.2016.00007. eCollection 2016.

Parkinson's disease (PD) is a neurodegenerative disorder that is characterized by loss of midbrain dopaminergic (mDA) neurons in the substantia nigra (SN). Microglia-mediated neuroinflammation has been described as a common hallmark of PD and is believed to further trigger...

Effects of Aerobic Exercise on Anxiety Symptoms and Cortical Activity in Patients with Panic Disorder: A Pilot Study.

Clinical practice and epidemiology in mental health : CP & EMH

Lattari E, Budde H, Paes F, Neto GAM, Appolinario JC, Nardi AE, Murillo-Rodriguez E, Machado S.
PMID: 29515644
Clin Pract Epidemiol Ment Health. 2018 Feb 21;14:11-25. doi: 10.2174/1745017901814010011. eCollection 2018.

BACKGROUND: The effects of the aerobic exercise on anxiety symptoms in patients with Panic Disorder (PD) remain unclear. Thus, the investigation of possible changes in EEG frontal asymmetry could contribute to understand the relationship among exercise, brain and anxiety.OBJECTIVE:...

Self-reported psychosocial factors among in vitro fertilization patients interviewed alone or with the partner.

Psychology, health & medicine

Samorinha C, Fraga S, Alves E, Sousa S, Figueiredo B, Machado H, Silva S.
PMID: 26549510
Psychol Health Med. 2016 Jun;21(4):431-438. doi: 10.1080/13548506.2015.1109672. Epub 2015 Nov 07.

The purpose of this study was to compare the sociodemographic and psychosocial characteristics reported by female in vitro fertilization (IVF) patients interviewed alone or with the partner in heterosexual couples. During 12 months (2011-2012), all patients undergoing IVF or...

Suitable simple and fast methods for selective isolation of phospholipids as a tool for their analysis.

Electrophoresis

Pimentel L, Fontes AL, Salsinha S, Machado M, Correia I, Gomes AM, Pintado M, Rodríguez-Alcalá LM.
PMID: 29518261
Electrophoresis. 2018 Mar 08; doi: 10.1002/elps.201700425. Epub 2018 Mar 08.

Lipids are gaining relevance over the last 20 years, as our knowledge about their role has changed from merely energy/structural molecules to compounds also involved in several biological processes. This led to the creation in 2003 of a new...

[Homeopathy and allopathy in dispute at the beginning of the twentieth century].

Historia, ciencias, saude--Manguinhos

Machado M.
PMID: 26038868
Hist Cienc Saude Manguinhos. 2015 Jan-Apr;22(2):654-7. doi: 10.1590/S0104-59702015000200011.

No abstract available.

CD8.

Oncoimmunology

Fritzsching B, Fellenberg J, Moskovszky L, Sápi Z, Krenacs T, Machado I, Poeschl J, Lehner B, Szendrõi M, Bosch AL, Bernd L, Csóka M, Mechtersheimer G, Ewerbeck V, Kinscherf R, Kunz P.
PMID: 25949908
Oncoimmunology. 2015 Apr 02;4(3):e990800. doi: 10.4161/2162402X.2014.990800. eCollection 2015 Mar.

Osteosarcoma is the most common primary bone tumor characterized by juvenile onset, tumor heterogeneity, and early pulmonary metastasis. Therapeutic improvement stagnates since more than two decades. Unlike major malignancies, biomarkers as prognostic factors at time of diagnosis are missing....

Low glial angiotensinogen improves body habitus, diastolic function, and exercise tolerance in aging male rats.

Cardiovascular endocrinology

Groban L, Wang H, Machado FS, Trask AJ, Kritchevsky SB, Ferrario CM, Diz DI.
PMID: 23795309
Cardiovasc Endocrinol. 2012 Sep 01;1(3):49-58. doi: 10.1097/XCE.0b013e32835a2159.

OBJECTIVES: Long-term systemic blockade of the renin-angiotensin system (RAS) with either an angiotensin (Ang) II type 1 receptor antagonist or an angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitor attenuates age-related cardiac remodeling and oxidative damage, and improves myocardial relaxation. However, the role of...

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