Search Results - "Monica Andrade"
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Sheath-run artificial muscles
Published in Science (American Association for the Advancement of Science) (12-07-2019)“…Although guest-filled carbon nanotube yarns provide record performance as torsional and tensile artificial muscles, they are expensive, and only part of the…”
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Humidity- and Water-Responsive Torsional and Contractile Lotus Fiber Yarn Artificial Muscles
Published in ACS applied materials & interfaces (10-02-2021)“…Materials that dynamically respond to their environment have diverse applications in artificial muscles, soft robotics, and smart textiles. Inspired by…”
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Moisture Sensitive Smart Yarns and Textiles from Self‐Balanced Silk Fiber Muscles
Published in Advanced functional materials (02-05-2019)“…Smart textiles that sense, interact, and adapt to environmental stimuli have provided exciting new opportunities for a variety of applications. However,…”
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Photothermal Bimorph Actuators with In‐Built Cooler for Light Mills, Frequency Switches, and Soft Robots
Published in Advanced functional materials (01-07-2019)“…Photothermal bimorph actuators are widely used for smart devices, which are generally operated in a room temperature environment, therefore a low temperature…”
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Compact and low-cost humanoid hand powered by nylon artificial muscles
Published in Bioinspiration & biomimetics (03-02-2017)“…This paper focuses on design, fabrication and characterization of a biomimetic, compact, low-cost and lightweight 3D printed humanoid hand (TCP Hand) that is…”
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Microbiota-driven transcriptional changes in prefrontal cortex override genetic differences in social behavior
Published in eLife (20-04-2016)“…Gene-environment interactions impact the development of neuropsychiatric disorders, but the relative contributions are unclear. Here, we identify gut…”
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Urban Green Infrastructure: Does Species’ Origin Impair Ecosystem Services Provision?
Published in Land (Basel) (01-01-2024)“…The adverse effects of urbanized areas’ growth might be mitigated by the multiple ecosystem services that urban green infrastructure provides. However, the…”
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Handgrip Strength and Factors Associated in Poor Elderly Assisted at a Primary Care Unit in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Published in PloS one (10-11-2016)“…Sarcopenia is a condition diagnosed when the patient presents low muscle mass, plus low muscle strength or low physical performance. Muscle weakness in the…”
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Time in range: a new parameter to evaluate blood glucose control in patients with diabetes
Published in Diabetology and metabolic syndrome (16-03-2020)“…The International Consensus in Time in Range (TIR) was recently released and defined the concept of the time spent in the target range between 70 and 180 mg/dL…”
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Alternative Nanostructures for Thermophones
Published in ACS nano (26-05-2015)“…Thermophones are highly promising for applications such as high-power SONAR arrays, flexible loudspeakers, and noise cancellation devices. So far, freestanding…”
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Zinc Finger Protein ZFP57 Requires Its Co-factor to Recruit DNA Methyltransferases and Maintains DNA Methylation Imprint in Embryonic Stem Cells via Its Transcriptional Repression Domain
Published in The Journal of biological chemistry (13-01-2012)“…Previously, we discovered that ZFP57 is a maternal-zygotic effect gene, and it maintains DNA methylation genomic imprint at multiple imprinted regions in mouse…”
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Assessing Battery-Related Challenges in Insulin Pump Therapy: Insights From a Brazilian Diabetes Center
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Brazil's unified health system: the first 30 years and prospects for the future
Published in The Lancet (British edition) (27-07-2019)“…In 1988, the Brazilian Constitution defined health as a universal right and a state responsibility. Progress towards universal health coverage in Brazil has…”
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Cost-Effectiveness of Technologies for the Treatment of Spinal Muscular Atrophy: A Systematic Review of Economic Studies
Published in Value in health regional issues (01-07-2024)“…Este estudo tem como objetivo coletar sistematicamente dados sobre análises de custo-efetividade que avaliam tecnologias para tratamento de AME tipo I e II e…”
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Insulin Pump-Associated Adverse Events in a Brazilian Reference Center for the Treatment of Diabetes Mellitus: Proposal for a Taxonomy of Device Failures in Adults, Adolescents, and Children
Published in Journal of diabetes science and technology (01-01-2024)“…Background: Since the introduction of continuous subcutaneous insulin infusion (CSII), the benefits have been numerous. However, adverse events (AEs) are…”
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Relationship between short and long-term glycemic variability and oxidative stress in type 1 diabetes mellitus under daily life insulin treatment
Published in Archives of Endocrinology and Metabolism (29-10-2021)“…The purpose of this study was to investigate the heterogeneity of the association between glycemic variability and oxidative stress markers in T1DM patients…”
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Characterization of COVID-19 cases in a poor community in Rio de Janeiro/Brazil focusing on the agglomeration-poverty dichotomy
Published in Ciência & saude coletiva (2023)“…Abstract This study aims to characterize the morbidity of COVID-19 in the year 2020 by identifying the most vulnerable areas and areas of clustering of cases…”
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The Burden of Chagas Disease in the Contemporary World: The RAISE Study
Published in Global heart (01-01-2024)“…Chagas disease (ChD), a Neglected Tropical Disease, has witnessed a transformative epidemiological landscape characterized by a trend of reduction in…”
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Efficacy of photodynamic therapy on the treatment of herpes labialis: A systematic review
Published in Photodiagnosis and photodynamic therapy (01-03-2020)“…We conducted a systematic review to evaluate the efficacy of PDT in the management of recurrent herpes labialis (RHL). Study design: systematic review. This…”
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Insulin infusion sets associated with adverse events: strategies for improved diabetes education
Published in Frontiers in medicine (29-11-2023)“…Insulin Infusion Sets (IIS) play a crucial role in ensuring the safe delivery of insulin through a Continuous Subcutaneous Insulin Infusion (CSII) for…”
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