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A systematic review of the physical and chemical characteristics of pollutants from biomass burning and combustion of fossil fuels and health effects in Brazil

Beatriz Fátima Alves de Oliveira, Eliane Ignotti, Sandra S. Hacon • Cadernos de Saúde Pública (2011)

The aim of this study was to carry out a review of scientific literature published in Brazil between 2000 and 2009 on the characteristics of air pollutants from different emission sources, especially particulate matter (PM) and its effects ...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1590/S0102-311X2011000900003

DESENVOLVIMENTO INICIAL DO MILHO PIPOCA CULTIVADO SOB DIFERENTES RELAÇÕES NH4 +:NO3-

Francisco de Assis de Oliveira, José Francismar de Medeiros, Patrício Borges Maracajá, Mychelle Karla Teixeira de Oliveira et al. • Revista Caatinga (2008)

The culture of the popcorn comes as a promising culture for region of the Brazilian northeast, however they are still scarce studies to make possible the expansion of this culture, especially as the fertilization. This experiment was accomp...

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The Relationship between Exercise and Salivary Oxidative Stress: A Systematic Review

Raphael Charchar Campos Alves, Railson Oliveira Ferreira, Deborah Ribeiro Frazão, Yago Gecy de Souza Né et al. • Antioxidants (2022)

Salivary content has been reported as a potential biomarker for oxidative stress assessments especially in context of exercise-induced oxidative stress. This systematic review following PRISMA guidelines aimed to evaluate the effects of phy...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.3390/antiox11081489

In vitro effects of European and Latin-American medicinal plants in CYP3A4 gene expression, glutathione levels, and P-glycoprotein activity

Andre Luis Dias Araujo Mazzari, Mariella Guimarães Lacerda, Flora Aparecida Milton, Flora Aparecida Milton et al. • Frontiers in Pharmacology (2022)

Many medicinal plants species from European -such as Artemisia absinthium, Equisetum arvense, Lamium album, Malva sylvestris, Morus nigra, Passiflora incarnata, Frangula purshiana, and Salix alba- as well as Latin American traditions -such ...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.3389/fphar.2022.826395

Efficacy, safety, and quality of life 4 years after valoctocogene roxaparvovec gene transfer for severe hemophilia A in the phase 3 GENEr8-1 trial

Andrew D. Leavitt, Johnny Mahlangu, Priyanka Raheja, Emily Symington et al. • Research and Practice in Thrombosis and Haemostasis (2024)

Background: Valoctocogene roxaparvovec, an adeno-associated virus-mediated gene therapy for severe hemophilia A, enables endogenous factor (F)VIII expression and provides bleed protection. Objectives: Determine valoctocogene roxaparvovec du...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1016/j.rpth.2024.102615

Earnings management and performance of acquiring companies in mergers and acquisitions in Brazil

Elizio Marcos dos Reis, Wagner Moura Lamounier • Revista Contabilidade & Finanças (2026)

ABSTRACT This article investigated whether the economic and market performance of Brazilian companies after mergers and acquisitions (M&As) was influenced by earnings management (EM) practices adopted before these operations. Domestic empir...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1590/1808-057x20262462.en

Diferenciação geográfica de Macrodon ancylodon (Bloch & Schneider, 1801) na costa brasileira, entre as latitudes 18º36'S e 32º10'S: etapa I The geographical differentiation of Macrodon ancylodon (Bloch & Schneider, 1801) in the Brazilian coast between Lat. 18º36'S and 32º10'S: phase I

Noriyoshi Yamaguti • Brazilian Journal of Oceanography (1979)

Multiple range tests according to Kramer, 1956 were performed on 3 meristic and 15 morphometric characters of "pescada-foguete" (Macrodon ancylodon) samples collected off coast near Conceição da Barra (Espirito Santo State), Atafona, Macaé,...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1590/S1679-87591979000100002

Foraminifera as environmental bioindicators on the Rio Grande Terrace: a preliminary assessment

João Machado Neto, Simone Souza Moraes, Edgar Romeo Herrera de Figueiredo Iza, Felipe Rocha Abreu et al. • Journal of the Geological Survey of Brazil (2025)

There is still a significant gap in research that integrates foraminiferal data with water mass characterization within the specific context of marine phosphorite prospecting. Therefore, this study investigates the environmental dynamics of...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.29396/jgsb.2026.v9.n2.6

The influence of family in children’s feeding difficulties: an integrative review

Pâmela Gracielle da Fonseca, António Raposo, Nada Alqarawi, Ibrahim Alasqah et al. • Frontiers in Pediatrics (2025)

BackgroundFeeding difficulties, such as limited appetite, selective eating, and food phobia, affect caregivers' ability to provide adequate nutrition to children. These issues impact 25%–40% of non-neurodivergent children and up 80% of neur...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.3389/fped.2025.1609714

Gasification of Lignocellulosic Waste in Supercritical Water: Study of Thermodynamic Equilibrium as a Nonlinear Programming Problem

Julles Mitoura dos Santos Junior, Adriano Pinto Mariano • Eng (2024)

As one of the main industrial segments of the current geoeconomics scenario, agro-industrial activities generate excessive amounts of waste. The gasification of such waste using supercritical water (SCWG) has the potential to convert the wa...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.3390/eng5020060

Evaluation of experimentally observed asymmetric distributions of hardness, strain and residual stress in cold drawn bars by FEM-simulation

Juliana Zottis, Carla Adriana Theis Soares Diehl, Alexandre da Silva Rocha • Journal of Materials Research and Technology (2018)

The purpose of this paper is to investigate the correlation of strain and hardness parameters in a drawing process chain of an SAE 1045 steel bar. The present work discusses the application of the experimental and numerical method of analys...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1016/j.jmrt.2018.01.004

Branding cities, regions and countries: the roadmap of place brand equity

Fabiana Gondim Mariutti, Janaina de Moura Engracia Giraldi • RAUSP Management Journal (2021)

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is two-fold: to expand the understanding of brand equity for places (e.g. countries, regions or cities) and propose two frameworks to increase its value. Design/methodology/approach – By interviewing inte...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1108/RAUSP-06-2020-0131

Movement behaviors and their association with depressive symptoms in Brazilian adolescents: A cross-sectional study

Bruno Gonçalves Galdino da Costa, Jean-Philippe Chaput, Marcus Vinicius Veber Lopes, Luis Eduardo Argenta Malheiros et al. • Journal of Sport and Health Science (2022)

Background: Physical activity, sleep, and sedentary behaviors compose 24-h movement behaviors and have been independently associated with depressive symptoms. However, it is not clear whether it is the movement behavior itself or other cont...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1016/j.jshs.2020.08.003

Hg Isotopes and Enhanced Hg Concentration in the Meishan and Guryul Ravine Successions: Proxies for Volcanism Across the Permian-Triassic Boundary

Alcides Nóbrega Sial, Jiubin Chen, Christoph Korte, Manoj Kumar Pandit et al. • Frontiers in Earth Science (2021)

High-resolution organic carbon isotope (δ13C), Hg concentration and Hg isotopes curves are presented for the Permian-Triassic boundary (PTB) sections at Guryul Ravine (India) and Meishan D (China). The total organic carbon (TOC)-normalized ...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.3389/feart.2021.651224

Biomass burning fuel consumption rates: a field measurement database

T. T. van Leeuwen, G. R. van der Werf, A. A. Hoffmann, R. G. Detmers et al. • Biogeosciences (2014)

Landscape fires show large variability in the amount of biomass or fuel consumed per unit area burned. Fuel consumption (FC) depends on the biomass available to burn and the fraction of the biomass that is actually combusted, and can be com...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.5194/bg-11-7305-2014

Revistes usades pels investigadors de ciències de la informació del Brasil per publicar i la seva visibilitat en les bases de dades Web of Science i Scopus

Pinheiro, Liliana Vierira, Da Silva, Edna Lúcia, Rodríguez, Rosangela Schwarz • BiD: Textos Universitaris de Biblioteconomia i Documentació (2014)

Introducció: la producció és part essencial de l'activitat científica i la seva visibilitat és un indicador per avaluar la ciència. Les revistes científiques s'han transformat i el moviment d'accés obert ha impulsat canvis en el model de co...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1344/BiD2014.32.16

Green jobs as an ethical alternative to achieve a low carbon economy

Patrick Verfe Schneider, Cibele Roberta Sugahara, Luiz Henrique Vieira da Silva • Desenvolvimento em Questão (2022)

The world has increasingly demanded work alternatives that allow the combination of human capacities and potentials aimed at sustainable development and the decarbonization of business activities. Elaborated as a sustainable alternative, fi...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.21527/2237-6453.2022.58.11303

The Psychosocial Impact of COVID-19 on health care workers

Bárbara Otonín Rodríguez, Tania Lorca Sánchez • International Brazilian Journal of Urology (2020)

ABSTRACT At the end of 2019, a disease was identified, COVID-19, caused by a new type of easy and fast spreading virus, which led to the beginning of a worldwide pandemic. One of the most exposed groups to the virus and its psychosocial con...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1590/s1677-5538.ibju.2020.s124