Funding Information: The authors acknowledge the support from the project team at Tambai: Cristina Keni; Domingos Jambo; Jo\u00E3o S\u00E1dia; Jorge Fundice; S\u00E9rgio Henriques, No\u00E9 Manuel and Zacarias Fernando, local community leaders, National Public Health Directorate \u2013 National Program of Malaria Control, Sofala Provincial Directorate of Health\u2014National Program of Malaria Control-Sofala, N...
Malaria remains a major world public health problem, contributing to poverty and inequality. It is urgent to find new efficacious tools with few adverse effects. Malaria has selected red blood cell (RBC) alterations linked to resistance against infection, and understanding the protective mechanisms involved may be useful for developing host-directed tools to control Plasmodium infection. Pyruvate kinase deficie...
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The radical changes that have been felt in the Global Market emphasized the need to upgrade the existing management systems. It was within this scope that a study has started in a Portuguese ship repair company, with the objective of applying lean philosophy in the production and maintenance management. This article presents not only the proposed model to implement the philosophy of continuous improvement in th...