The Tucuruí Dam is one of the largest dams ever built in the Amazon. The area is not highly
influenced by gold mining as a source of mercury contamination. Still, we recently noted that …

This study conducted a randomized clinical trial in 15 patients, who sought care at the Dental
Clinic of the University of Passo Fundo, in order to compare the use of low-level laser and …

Background Unequal distribution of emergency care services is a critical barrier to be
overcome to assure access to emergency and surgical care. Considering this context it was …

Background Oral cancer is a potentially fatal disease, especially when diagnosed in advanced
stages. In Brazil, the primary health care (PHC) system is responsible for promoting oral …

OBJECTIVE Traumatic brain injury (TBI) is a leading cause of death and disability worldwide,
with a disproportionate burden of this injury on low- and middle-income countries (LMICs). …

The correct identification of plants is a common necessity not only to researchers but also to
the lay public. Recently, computational methods have been employed to facilitate this task, …

Industry 4.0 technologies are a trend in the organizational environments of Micro and Small
Enterprises (SMEs). Identifying which technologies need to be implemented to assist the …

Purchasing lead time is the time elapsed between the moment in which an order for a good
is sent to a supplier and the moment in which the order is delivered to the company that …

Goats are important from a socioeconomic perspective for the poor in arid regions, worldwide.
Nevertheless, more than half of the local breeds in the world are threatened and have not …

Much work has been done in the field of texture analysis and classification. While promising
classification methods have been proposed, most of them rely on classical image analysis …