Search Results - "HIRATA, R. JR"

A two-level Markov random field for road network extraction and its application with optical, SAR, and multitemporal data by Perciano, T., Tupin, F., Hirata Jr, R., Cesar Jr, R. M.

“…This article introduces a method for road network extraction from satellite images. The proposed approach covers a new fusion method (using data from multiple…”
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Microbiological and host features associated with corynebacteriosis in cancer patients: a five-year study by Martins, CAS, Faria, LMD, Souza, MC, Camello, TCF, Velasco, E, Hirata, R Jr, Thuler, LCS, Mattos-Guaraldi, AL

“…During a five-year period, 932 clinical isolates from cancer patients treated in a Brazilian reference centre were identified as corynebacteria; 86% of the…”
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Potential pathogenic role of aggregative-adhering Corynebacterium diphtheriae of different clonal groups in endocarditis by Hirata, Jr, R, Pereira, G A, Filardy, A A, Gomes, D L R, Damasco, P V, Rosa, A C P, Nagao, P E, Pimenta, F P, Mattos-Guaraldi, A L

“…Invasive diseases caused by Corynebacterium diphtheriae have been described increasingly. Several reports indicate the destructive feature of endocarditis…”
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First detection of Corynebacterium ulcerans producing a diphtheria-like toxin in a case of human with pulmonary infection in the Rio de Janeiro metropolitan area, Brazil by Mattos-Guaraldi, AL, Costa, JLF, Costa-Filho, R, Sampaio, JLM, Damasco, PV, Santos, CS, Camello, TCF, Pimenta, FP, Hirata, R Jr, Pereira, GA, Pacheco, LGC, Miyoshi, A, Azevedo, V, Moreira, LO, Gutierrez, FL

“…The frequency and severity of human infections associated with Corynebacterium ulcerans appear to be increasing in different countries. Here, we describe the…”
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Corynebacterium pseudodiphtheriticum isolated from relevant clinical sites of infection: a human pathogen overlooked in emerging countries by Camello, T.C.F, Souza, M.C, Martins, C.A.S, Damasco, P.V, Marques, E.A, Pimenta, F.P, Pereira, G.A, Hirata, Jr, R, Mattos-Guaraldi, A.L

“…To examine the occurrence of and to determine the antimicrobial susceptibility of Corynebacterium pseudodiphtheriticum among patients with bacterial infections…”
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Diphtheria toxin IgG levels in military and civilian blood donors in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil by Speranza, F A B, Ishii, S K, Hirata, Jr, R, Mattos-Guaraldi, A L, Milagres, L G

“…Serologic data on diseases that are preventable by vaccines are necessary to evaluate the success of immunization programs and to identify susceptible…”
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Expression and purification of the immunogenically active fragment B of the Park Williams 8 Corynebacterium diphtheriae strain toxin by Nascimento, D V, Lemes, E M B, Queiroz, J L S, Silva, Jr, J G, Nascimento, H J, Silva, E D, Hirata, Jr, R, Dias, A A S O, Santos, C S, Pereira, G M B, Mattos-Guaraldi, A L, Armoa, G R G

“…The construction of a hexahistidine-tagged version of the B fragment of diphtheria toxin (DTB) represents an important step in the study of the biological…”
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Prevalence of IgG diphtheria antitoxin in blood donors in Rio de Janeiro by DAMASCO, P. V., PIMENTA, F. P., FILARDY, A. A., BRITO, S. M., ANDRADE, A. F. B., LOPES, G. S., HIRATA, R., MATTOS-GUARALDI, A. L.

“…The lack of information on the immunity of adults in Brazil against diphtheria prompted us to analyse sera from 234 blood donors aged 18–61 years (30·3%…”
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Genomic analyses reveal two distinct lineages of Corynebacterium ulcerans strains by Subedi, R, Kolodkina, V, Sutcliffe, I.C, Simpson-Louredo, L, Hirata, R, Titov, L, Mattos-Guaraldi, A.L, Burkovski, A, Sangal, V

“…Abstract Corynebacterium ulcerans is an important zoonotic pathogen which is causing diphtheria-like disease in humans globally. In this study, the genomes of…”
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Strain-dependent arthritogenic potential of the zoonotic pathogen Corynebacterium ulcerans by Dias, A.A.S.O., Silva, F.C., Santos, L.S., Ribeiro-Carvalho, M.M., Sabbadini, P.S., Santos, C.S., Filardy, A.A., Myioshi, A., Azevedo, V.A., Hirata, R., Villas-Bôas, M.H.S., Mattos-Guaraldi, A.L.

“…During the last decade the majority of diphtheria cases in Europe had Corynebacterium ulcerans as the etiologic agent with dogs and cats as the reservoir…”
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Periodontal disease as reservoir for multi-resistant and hydrolytic enterobacterial species by Gonçalves, M.O, Coutinho-Filho, W.P, Pimenta, F.P, Pereira, G.A, Pereira, J.A.A, Mattos-Guaraldi, A.L, Hirata, R. Jr

“…This investigation aimed to isolate enteric rods from subgingival sites of patients presenting chronic periodontitis lesions, and to assess antimicrobial…”
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DNase test as a novel approach for the routine screening of Corynebacterium diphtheriae by Pimenta, F.P, Souza, M.C, Pereira, G.A, Hirata, R. Jr, Camello, T.C.F, Mattos-Guaraldi, A.L

“…To examine the value of the DNase test as an alternative procedure for differentiating Corynebacterium diphtheriae from Corynebacterium-like colonies. DNase…”
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Similarity of rpoB gene sequences of sucrose-fermenting and non-fermenting Corynebacterium diphtheriae strains by Hirata, R. Jr, Pacheco, L. G, Soares, S. C, Santos, L. S, Moreira, L. O, Sabbadini, P. S, Santos, C. S, Miyoshi, A, Azevedo, V. A, Mattos-Guaraldi, A. L

“…During the last decades, the majority of Brazilian Corynebacterium diphtheriae isolates were shown to be capable to metabolize sucrose, sometimes leading to…”
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Isolation of Porphyromonas gingivalis strain from tubal-ovarian abscess by HIRATA, R. JR, MENARD, C, FOURNIER, D, ALBINA CATELLANI, M, MOUTON, C, DE SOUZA FERREIRA, M. C

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The influence of organic load on the antimicrobial activity of different concentrations of NaOCl and chlorhexidine in vitro by Sassone, L. M., Fidel, R., Fidel, S., Vieira, M., Hirata Jr, R.

“…Aim  To evaluate bacterial growth after contact with sodium hypochlorite (NaOCl; 1 and 5%) and chlorhexidine (CHX; 0.12, 0.5 and 1%) in vitro with or without…”
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Aperture filters by Hirata, R., Dougherty, E.R., Barrera, J.

“…Except in the case of very low-bit signals (images), unconstrained design of mean-square-error optimal digital window-based filters from sample signals is…”
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Antimicrobial properties and cytotoxicity of a modified polymer by Campos, K.P.L., Portela, M.B., Jr, R. Hirata, Cavalcante, L.M.A., Telles, D.M.

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Microbial Diversity in Persistent Root Canal Infections Investigated by Checkerboard DNA-DNA Hybridization by Murad, C.F., DDS, MSc, PhD, Sassone, L.M., DDS, MSc, PhD, Faveri, M., DDS, MSc, PhD, Hirata, R., DDS, MSc, PhD, Figueiredo, L., DDS, MSc, PhD, Feres, M., DDS, MSc, PhD

“…Abstract Introduction The aim of the present study was to investigate the composition of the root canal microbiota in endodontic failures in order to identify…”
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Intracellular viability of toxigenic Corynebacterium diphtheriae strains in HEp-2 cells by Hirata, Raphael, Napoleão, Fátima, Monteiro-Leal, Luiz Henrique, Andrade, Arnaldo F.B, Nagao, Prescilla E, Formiga, Luiz Carlos D, Fonseca, Leila S, Mattos-Guaraldi, Ana Luíza

“…Abstract Corynebacterium diphtheriae, generally considered an extracellular coloniser, was evaluated for its ability to enter and survive within HEp-2…”
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Connections Between Fuzzy Inference Systems and Kernel Machines by Guevara, Jorge, Mendel, Jerry M., Hirata, R.

“…This paper explores the connection between fuzzy inference systems and kernel methods. Particularly, we explore the connection between the fuzzy-basis-function…”
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