Search Results - "Bittencourt, L."

Small and slow is safe: On the drought tolerance of tropical tree species by Guillemot, Joannès, Martin‐StPaul, Nicolas K., Bulascoschi, Leticia, Poorter, Lourens, Morin, Xavier, Pinho, Bruno X., Maire, Guerric, Bittencourt, Paulo, Oliveira, Rafael S., Bongers, Frans, Brouwer, Rens, Pereira, Luciano, Gonzalez Melo, German Andrés, Boonman, Coline C. F., Brown, Kerry A., Cerabolini, Bruno E. L., Niinemets, Ülo, Onoda, Yusuke, Schneider, Julio V., Sheremetiev, Serge, Brancalion, Pedro H. S.

“…Understanding how evolutionary history and the coordination between trait trade‐off axes shape the drought tolerance of trees is crucial to predict forest…”
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Industry 4.0 triggered by Lean Thinking: insights from a systematic literature review by Bittencourt, V. L., Alves, A.C., Leão, C. P.

“…Lean Thinking has successfully challenged mass production practices, by providing 'leaner' processes and supply chains, i.e. with less waste. Industry 4.0 has…”
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Oral appliance (OA) vs. CPAP in the treatment of mild obstructive sleep apnea (OSA): Are they equally effective in short term health outcomes? by Bittencourt, L

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Polysomnographic Study of the Prevalence of Sleep Bruxism in a Population Sample by Maluly, M., Andersen, M.L., Dal-Fabbro, C., Garbuio, S., Bittencourt, L., de Siqueira, J.T.T., Tufik, S.

“…The goal of the current study was to estimate the prevalence of sleep bruxism (SB) in the general population using a representative sample of 1,042 individuals…”
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Definition, Prognostic Factors, Treatment, and Response Criteria of Adult T-Cell Leukemia-Lymphoma: A Proposal From an International Consensus Meeting by TSUKASAKI, Kunihiro, HERMINE, Olivier, YAMAGUCHI, Kazunari, UTSUNOMIYA, Atae, TOBINAI, Kensei, WATANABE, Toshiki, BAZARBACHI, Ali, RATNER, Lee, RAMOS, Juan Carlos, HARRINGTON, William, O'MAHONY, Deirdre, JANIK, John E, BITTENCOURT, Achiléa L, TAYLOR, Graham P

“…Adult T-cell leukemia-lymphoma (ATL) is a distinct peripheral T-lymphocytic malignancy associated with a retrovirus designated human T-cell lymphotropic virus…”
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Convergent evolution of tree hydraulic traits in Amazonian habitats: implications for community assemblage and vulnerability to drought by Fontes, Clarissa G., Fine, Paul V. A., Wittmann, Florian, Bittencourt, Paulo R. L., Piedade, Maria Teresa Fernandez, Higuchi, Niro, Chambers, Jeffrey Q., Dawson, Todd E.

“…• Amazonian droughts are increasing in frequency and severity. However, little is known about how this may influence species-specific vulnerability to drought…”
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Minimally Invasive Approach for Diagnosing TMJ Osteoarthritis by Shoukri, B., Prieto, J.C., Ruellas, A., Yatabe, M., Sugai, J., Styner, M., Zhu, H., Huang, C., Paniagua, B., Aronovich, S., Ashman, L., Benavides, E., de Dumast, P., Ribera, N.T., Mirabel, C., Michoud, L., Allohaibi, Z., Ioshida, M., Bittencourt, L., Fattori, L., Gomes, L.R., Cevidanes, L.

“…This study’s objectives were to test correlations among groups of biomarkers that are associated with condylar morphology and to apply artificial intelligence…”
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Air movement acceptability limits and thermal comfort in Brazil's hot humid climate zone by Cândido, C., de Dear, R.J., Lamberts, R., Bittencourt, L.

“…In hot humid climates, natural ventilation is an essential passive strategy in order to maintain thermal comfort inside buildings and it can be also used as an…”
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Non-structural carbohydrates mediate seasonal water stress across Amazon forests by Signori-Müller, Caroline, Oliveira, Rafael S., Barros, Fernanda de Vasconcellos, Tavares, Julia Valentim, Gilpin, Martin, Diniz, Francisco Carvalho, Zevallos, Manuel J. Marca, Yupayccana, Carlos A. Salas, Acosta, Martin, Bacca, Jean, Chino, Rudi S. Cruz, Cuellar, Gina M. Aramayo, Cumapa, Edwin R. M., Martinez, Franklin, Mullisaca, Flor M. Pérez, Nina, Alex, Sanchez, Jesus M. Bañon, da Silva, Leticia Fernandes, Tello, Ligia, Tintaya, José Sanchez, Ugarteche, Maira T. Martinez, Baker, Timothy R., Bittencourt, Paulo R. L., Borma, Laura S., Brum, Mauro, Castro, Wendeson, Coronado, Eurídice N. Honorio, Cosio, Eric G., Feldpausch, Ted R., Fonseca, Letícia d’Agosto Miguel, Gloor, Emanuel, Llampazo, Gerardo Flores, Malhi, Yadvinder, Mendoza, Abel Monteagudo, Moscoso, Victor Chama, Araujo-Murakami, Alejandro, Phillips, Oliver L., Salinas, Norma, Silveira, Marcos, Talbot, Joey, Vasquez, Rodolfo, Mencuccini, Maurizio, Galbraith, David

“…Non-structural carbohydrates (NSC) are major substrates for plant metabolism and have been implicated in mediating drought-induced tree mortality. Despite…”
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Simplified criteria for the diagnosis of autoimmune hepatitis by Hennes, Elke M., Zeniya, Mikio, Czaja, Albert. J., Parés, Albert, Dalekos, George N., Krawitt, Edward L., Bittencourt, Paulo L., Porta, Gilda, Boberg, Kirsten M., Hofer, Harald, Bianchi, Francesco B., Shibata, Minoru, Schramm, Christoph, Eisenmann de Torres, Barbara, Galle, Peter R., McFarlane, Ian, Dienes, Hans‐Peter, Lohse, Ansgar W.

“…Diagnosis of autoimmune hepatitis (AIH) may be challenging. However, early diagnosis is important because immunosuppression is life‐saving. Diagnostic criteria…”
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Amazonia trees have limited capacity to acclimate plant hydraulic properties in response to long‐term drought by Bittencourt, Paulo R. L., Oliveira, Rafael S., Costa, Antonio C. L., Giles, Andre L., Coughlin, Ingrid, Costa, Patricia B., Bartholomew, David C., Ferreira, Leandro V., Vasconcelos, Steel S., Barros, Fernanda V., Junior, Joao A. S., Oliveira, Alex A. R., Mencuccini, Maurizio, Meir, Patrick, Rowland, Lucy

“…The fate of tropical forests under future climate change is dependent on the capacity of their trees to adjust to drier conditions. The capacity of trees to…”
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Anthropogenic noise influences on marine soundscape variability across coastal areas by Bittencourt, L., Barbosa, M., Bisi, T.L., Lailson-Brito, J., Azevedo, A.F.

“…Acoustic data was collected across 15 sites distributed through the coastal area of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, encompassing regions of different natural…”
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Plant pneumatics: stem air flow is related to embolism – new perspectives on methods in plant hydraulics by Pereira, Luciano, Bittencourt, Paulo R. L., Oliveira, Rafael S., Junior, Mauro B. M., Barros, Fernanda V., Ribeiro, Rafael V., Mazzafera, Paulo

“…Wood contains a large amount of air, even in functional xylem. Air embolisms in the xylem affect water transport and can determine plant growth and survival…”
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On a new extreme value distribution: characterization, parametric quantile regression, and application to extreme air pollution events by Saulo, Helton, Vila, Roberto, Bittencourt, Verônica L., Leão, Jeremias, Leiva, Víctor, Christakos, George

“…Extreme-value distributions are important when modeling weather events, such as temperature and rainfall. These distributions are also important for modeling…”
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Antismooth muscle and antiactin antibodies are indirect markers of histological and biochemical activity of autoimmune hepatitis by Couto, Claudia A., Bittencourt, Paulo L., Porta, Gilda, Abrantes‐Lemos, Clarice P., Carrilho, Flair J., Guardia, Bianca D., Cançado, Eduardo L.R.

“…Reactivity and titers of autoantibodies vary during the course of autoimmune hepatitis (AIH), and some autoantibodies have been associated with disease…”
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Differential nutrient limitation and tree height control leaf physiology, supporting niche partitioning in tropical dipterocarp forests by Bartholomew, David C., Banin, Lindsay F., Bittencourt, Paulo R. L., Suis, Mohd Aminur Faiz, Mercado, Lina M., Nilus, Reuben, Burslem, David F. R. P., Rowland, Lucy

“…Revealing the mechanisms of environmental niche partitioning within lowland tropical forests is important for understanding the drivers of current species…”
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HTLV-1 proviral load in infective dermatitis associated with HTLV-1 does not increase after the development of HTLV-1-associated myelopathy/tropical spastic paraparesis and does not decrease after IDH remission by Batista, Everton S, Oliveira, Pedro D, Primo, Janeusa, Varandas, Cinthya Maria Neves, Nunes, Ana Paula, Bittencourt, Achiléa L, Farre, Lourdes

“…Infective dermatitis associated with HTLV-1 (IDH) is a recurrent eczema which affects children vertically infected with HTLV-1. In Bahia, Brazil, we recently…”
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G3BP1 knockdown sensitizes U87 glioblastoma cell line to Bortezomib by inhibiting stress granules assembly and potentializing apoptosis by Bittencourt, L. F. F., Negreiros-Lima, G. L., Sousa, L. P., Silva, A. G., Souza, I. B. S., Ribeiro, R. I. M. A., Dutra, M. F., Silva, R. F., Dias, A. C. F., Soriani, F. M., Martins, W. K., Barcelos, L. S.

“…Introduction Glioblastoma multiforme (GBM) is the most lethal form of gliomas. New therapies are currently in development to tackle treatment limitations such…”
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A damage phase-field model for fractional viscoelastic materials in finite strain by da Costa-Haveroth, T. C., Haveroth, G. A., Bittencourt, M. L., Boldrini, J. L.

“…This paper proposes a thermodynamically consistent phase-field damage model for viscoelastic materials following the strategy developed by Boldrini et al…”
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Early Juvenile Human T-cell Lymphotropic Virus Type-1-Associated Myelopathy/Tropical Spastic Paraparesis: Study of 25 Patients by Varandas, Cinthya Maria Neves, da Silva, José Lucas Sena, Primo, Janeusa Rita L, de Oliveira, Maria de Fátima S P, Moreno-Carvalho, Otávio, Farre, Lourdes, Bittencourt, Achiléa L

“…Frequent onset before 10 years of age Marked female predominance Related to vertical transmission of HTLV-1 Very frequent association with IDH Presence of…”
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