Burn wounds are highly debilitating injuries, with significant morbidity and mortality rates
worldwide. In association with the damage of the skin integrity, the risk of infection is increased, …

Brazil has been severely hit by COVID-19, with rapid spatial spread of both cases and deaths.
We used daily data on reported cases and deaths to understand, measure, and compare …

Objectives Changes in lipid profiles occur in systemic inflammatory response syndrome (SIRS),
whether due to sepsis or another cause. Hypocholesterolemia associated with …

Recently, RILEM TC 162-TDF has proposed equivalent,f eq , and residual,f R , flexural tensile
strength parameters to characterize and simulate the post-cracking behaviour of steel fibre …

HP steels modified with Nb and Nb-plus-Ti, produced in the form of centrifugally cast tubes,
were characterized by means of light optical microscopy, scanning electron microscopy (SEM…

… Ribeiro b , Celine Deraison c , Yvan Rahbé , Walter R. Terra a … PT Cristofoletti is a post-doctoral
fellow of FAPESP and AF Ribeiro and WR Terra are staff members of their respective …

Background Heterogeneity in COVID-19 morbidity and mortality is often associated with a
country's health-services structure and social inequality. This study aimed to characterize …

Cystic fibrosis (CF) is an autosomal recessive genetic disorder characterized by dysfunction
of the CFTR gene. It is a multisystem disease that most often affects White individuals. In …

Real-time (RT)-PCR increases diagnostic yield for bacterial meningitis and is ideal for
incorporation into routine surveillance in a developing country. We validated a multiplex RT-PCR …

… Correspondence and requests for reprints may be addressed to Antonio de Freitas
Ribeiro, Universidade de Brasilia, Instituto de Psicologia, 70910, Brasilia, DF, Brasil. …