BACKGROUND: Tuberculosis (TB) remains an important public health problem worldwide,
as its residual lesions result in functional and quality of life impairments. Few studies have …

SciELO - Brasil - Pluriannual watershed discharges of hg into a tropical semi-arid estuary of
the Jaguaribe river, NE Brazil Pluriannual watershed discharges of hg into a tropical semi-…

A functional genomics project has been initiated to approach the molecular characterization
of the main biological and agronomical traits of citrus. As a key part of this project, a citrus …

Influenza produces annual epidemics that affect 5–15% of the world population. Complications
and hospitalizations are more frequent in childhood. This study describes and analyses …

This study evaluated the biooxidation of pyrite contained in a Colombian coal (2.38 mm <
particle size < 0.50 mm). The variables were cysteine concentration (0-600 mg/L) and culture …

Multitracers were used to study water mixing in the Paraíba do Sul River estuary region in
August 2007 (dry season) and March 2008 (rainy season) and to evaluate the reach of the …

Phosphorus is an essential nutrient for the synthesis of biomolecules and is particularly
important in agriculture, as soils must be constantly supplemented with its inorganic form to …

Objective Rational prescribing in older people is a priority for health care organizations. The
STOPP/START screening tool has been developed to identify potentially inappropriate …

The evaluation of the service quality standard of a telecommunication company using statistical
process control (SPC) methods is the main goal of this paper. The study used a dataset …

Objective The aims of this study were to assess cardiovascular risk in patients with
rheumatoid arthritis (RA) classified as low-risk by the Framingham score, before and after the …