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Continuous, high-resolution biospeckle imaging reveals a discrete zone of activity at the root apex that responds to contact with obstacles by Ribeiro, K. M, Barreto, B, Pasqual, M, White, P. J, Braga, R. A, Dupuy, L. X

“…Background and AimsShining a laser onto biological material produces light speckles termed biospeckles. Patterns of biospeckle activity reflect changes in cell…”
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Evaluation of activity through dynamic laser speckle using the absolute value of the differences by Braga, R.A., Nobre, C.M.B., Costa, A.G., Sáfadi, T., da Costa, F.M.

“…When a material is illuminated with a laser beam, it is possible to verify a phenomenon known as dynamic speckle or biospeckle. It exhibits an interference…”
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On the characterization and monitoring of building energy demand using statistical process control methodologies by Braga, L.C., Braga, A.R., Braga, C.M.P.

“…[Display omitted] •A multichannel based real-time energy monitoring and targeting scheme is proposed.•Automated SPC decision process reports faults,…”
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Sensitivity of the moiré technique for measuring biological surfaces by Costa, R.M., Braga, R.A., Oliveira, B.S., Silva, E., Yanagi, T., Lima, J.T.

“…The ability to analyse without contact biological surface profiles and shapes, and to reproduce a range of irregularities, is often required. The moiré…”
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Biological feature isolation by wavelets in biospeckle laser images by Braga, R.A., Horgan, G.W., Enes, A.M., Miron, D., Rabelo, G.F., Barreto Filho, J.B.

“…Biospeckle analysis has been used as a tool to analyse biological activity with successful results in areas such as fruits, seeds and animal reproduction…”
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Quality test protocol to dynamic laser speckle analysis by Moreira, Junio, Cardoso, R.R., Braga, R.A.

“…Biospeckle (BSL) is a phenomenon that develops when a dynamic process occurs under laser illumination in a material containing considerable information on…”
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Analysis of the mechanical and thermal properties of jute and glass fiber as reinforcement epoxy hybrid composites by Braga, R.A., Magalhaes, P.A.A.

“…This work describes the study to investigate and compare the mechanical and thermal properties of raw jute and glass fiber reinforced epoxy hybrid composites…”
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Online biospeckle assessment without loss of definition and resolution by motion history image by Godinho, R.P., Silva, M.M., Nozela, J.R., Braga, R.A.

“…The application of the dynamic laser speckle as a reliable instrument to achieve maps of activity in biological material is available in literature optics and…”
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Control Strategies for a Combined Anaerobic (UASB) - Aerobic (Activated Sludge) Wastewater Treatment System by Polito Braga, C. M., von Sperling, M., Braga, A. R., Pena, R. T.

“…This paper presents a comparative analysis among four control strategies for the control of a combined anaerobic-aerobic wastewater treatment configuration…”
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Biospeckle numerical values over spectral image maps of activity by Braga, R.A., Cardoso, R.R., Bezerra, P.S., Wouters, F., Sampaio, G.R., Varaschin, M.S.

“…The image analysis presents itself as a powerful instrument applied to all sort of biological phenomena monitoring. The development of many optical approaches…”
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Biospeckle laser spectral analysis under Inertia Moment, Entropy and Cross-Spectrum methods by Nobre, C.M.B., Braga, R.A., Costa, A.G., Cardoso, R.R., da Silva, W.S., Sáfadi, T.

“…Biospeckle or dynamic speckle can be used as a method for analysing activity, biologic or not, from materials illuminated with laser beam. The Spatial Temporal…”
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Biospeckle laser technique applied for estimating disinfection accomplishment of wastewaters subjected to chlorination by Viana, D.C., Pires, J.F., Braga, R.A.

“…Despite the undesirable effects of its byproducts, such as the formation of trihalomethanes, chlorination is the most widely used method of disinfection in the…”
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Real time control of a combined UASB-activated sludge wastewater treatment configuration by POLITO-BRAGA, C. M, VON SPERLING, M, BRAGA, A. R, PENA, R. T

“…This paper presents a combined wastewater treatment configuration composed by an Upflow Anaerobic Sludge Blanket (UASB) reactor followed by an Activated Sludge…”
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Biospeckle activity in coffee seeds is associated non‐destructively with seedling quality by Vivas, P.G., Resende, L.S., Braga, R.A., Guimarães, R.M., Azevedo, R., da Silva, E.A.A., Toorop, P.E.

“…Seeds age during storage, resulting in a decline in germination and seedling quality. Seed quality tests are important to monitor this decline. However, such…”
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Time history speckle pattern under statistical view by Braga, R.A., Silva, W.S., Sáfadi, T., Nobre, C.M.B.

“…The dynamic speckle analysis has been done because speckle interference began to be evaluated as an important source of information, especially those related…”
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Principal component analysis in the spectral analysis of the dynamic laser speckle patterns by Ribeiro, K. M., Braga, R. A., Horgan, G. W., Ferreira, D. D., Sáfadi, T.

“…Dynamic laser speckle is a phenomenon that interprets an optical patterns formed by illuminating a surface under changes with coherent light. Therefore, the…”
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Successful management of aortoiliac aneurysms with a quadrifurcated prosthesis by Cruz, J S, Teixeira, J F, Braga, A R

“…Aortoiliac aneurysms constitute one of the main challenges facing vascular surgeons worldwide. We report for the first time the successful reconstruction of…”
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Suppression of border effects in moiré techniques using three-dimensional methods by Braga, R.A., Oliveira, B.S., Costa, R.M., Lino, A.C.L., Dal Fabbro, I.M.

“…Methods to generate three-dimensional images using moiré techniques with segmentation and reconstruction are presented. Moiré techniques have been employed in…”
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Enhancement of the robustness on dynamic speckle laser numerical analysis by Cardoso, R.R., Braga, R.A.

“…When a dynamic process occurs in a material under laser illumination the phenomenon that appears is named dynamic laser speckle, or biospeckle laser (BSL) if…”
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False aneurysm of an axillary artery in an intravenous drug misuser by Cruz, Jorge S., Teixeira, Jose F., Costa, Horacio M., Braga, Antonio R.

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