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Implementation of a Brazilian Cardioprotective Nutritional (BALANCE) Program fo...
Weber, Bernardete; Bersch-Ferreira, Ângela Cristine; Torreglosa, Camila Ragne; Marcadenti, Aline; Lara, Enilda de Sousa; Silva, Jacqueline Tereza daBackground: Appropriate dietary recommendations represent a key part of secondary prevention in cardiovascular disease (CVD). We evaluated the effectiveness of the implementation of a nutritional program on quality of diet, cardiovascular events, and death in patients with established CVD. Methods: In this open-label, multicenter trial conducted in 35 sites in Brazil, we randomly assigned (1:1) patients aged 45...
Mercury's mitochondrial targeting with increasing age in Scrobicularia plana in...
Ahmad, Iqbal; Mohmood, Iram; Pacheco, Mário; Santos, Maria A.; Duarte, Armando C.; Pereira, EduardaThis study aimed to understand bivalves' (Scrobicularia plana) adaptive strategies, with emphasis on mitochondria as a target organelle, in response to mercury-contaminated environment. Inter-age and organ-specific approaches were applied using different annual size classes (2+, 3+, 4+and 5+years old) and assessing specific organs (gill, digestive gland), respectively. Bivalves were collected from moderately (M...
Morphological, compositional and ultrastructural changes in the Scrobicularia p...
Ahmad, Iqbal; Singh, Manoj K.; Pereira, Maria L.; Pacheco, Mario; Santos, Maria A.; Duarte, Armando C.; Pereira, Eduarda; Gracio, JoseThe study aimed to assess morphological, structural and compositional alterations in Scrobicularia plana nacre environmentally exposed to mercury in order to seek out the possibility of the assessed alterations as a monitoring tool to handle complexity and interactions of metals in the environment involving a non-invasive methodology. Bivalves were collected from a mercury contaminated site (Laranjo basin - Ria...
Network effects in a human capital based economic growth model
Martins, Teresa V.; Araújo, Tanya; Santos, Maria A.; St Aubyn, MiguelWe revisit a recently introduced agent model [ACS 11, 09 (2008)], where economic growth is a consequence of education (human capital formation) and innova¬tion, and investigate the influence of the agents1 social network, "both on an agent's decision to pursue education and on the output of new ideas. Regular and random networks are considered. The results are compared with the predictions of a mean field (repr...