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Antitrypanosomal Activity of Fexinidazole Metabolites, Potential New Drug Candidates for Chagas Disease by BAHIA, Maria T, NASCIMENTO, Alvaro F. S, KOLTUN, Maria, SAUNDERS, Jessica, WHITE, Karen L, SCANDALE, Ivan, CHARMAN, Susan A, CHATELAIN, Eric, MAZZETI, Ana Lia, MARQUES, Luiz F, GONCALVES, Karolina R, MOTA, Ludmilla W. R, DINIZ, Lívia de F, CALDAS, Ivo S, TALVANI, André, SHACKLEFORD, David M

“…This study was designed to verify the in vivo efficacy of sulfoxide and sulfone fexinidazole metabolites following oral administration in a murine model of…”
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Do Distinct Biomes Influence the Cuticular Chemical Profile in Orchid Bees? by Santos, A. B, Nascimento, F. S

“…Cuticular chemical profiles of Euglossa cordata L. males were analyzed to test whether ecological predictors affect their composition and relative proportion…”
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From confinement to deconfinement of magnetic monopoles in artificial rectangular spin ices by Nascimento, F S, Mól, L A S, Moura-Melo, W A, Pereira, A R

“…We study a frustrated two-dimensional array of dipoles forming an artificial rectangular spin ice with horizontal and vertical lattice parameters given by a…”
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Algal lectin binding to core (α1-6) fucosylated N-glycans: structural basis for specificity and production of recombinant protein by do Nascimento, Antônia S F, Serna, Sonia, Beloqui, Ana, Arda, Ana, Sampaio, Alexandre H, Walcher, Janika, Ott, Dimitri, Unverzagt, Carlo, Reichardt, Niels-Christian, Jimenez-Barbero, Jesus, Nascimento, Kyria S, Imberty, Anne, Cavada, Benildo S, Varrot, Annabelle

“…We determined the specificity of BTL, a lectin from the red marine alga Bryothamnion triquetrum, toward fucosylated oligosaccharides. BTL showed a strict…”
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Faceted anomalous scaling in the epitaxial growth of semiconductor films by Nascimento, F. S, Ferreira, S. C, Ferreira, S. O

“…We apply the generic dynamical scaling theory (GDST) to surfaces of CdTe polycrystalline films grown in glass substrates at distinct temperatures. The analysed…”
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Cadmium in the Amazonian Guajará Estuary: Distribution and remobilization by Nascimento, S.F., Kurzweil, H., Wruss, W., Fenzl, N.

“…Extremely high total cadmium concentrations (average about 500 mg/kg) together with very small (average of 1.1 μg/l) dissolved available cadmium have been…”
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Echocardiographic Measurements in a Preclinical Model of Chronic Chagasic Cardiomyopathy in Dogs: Validation and Reproducibility by Carvalho, Eduardo B, Ramos, Isalira P R, Nascimento, Alvaro F S, Brasil, Guilherme V, Mello, Debora B, Oti, Martin, Sammeth, Michael, Bahia, Maria T, Campos de Carvalho, Antonio C, Carvalho, Adriana B

“…The failure to translate preclinical results to the clinical setting is the rule, not the exception. One reason that is frequently overlooked is whether the…”
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Characterization of cuticular hydrocarbons of diploid and haploid males, workers and queens of the stingless bee Melipona quadrifasciata by Borges, A. A, Ferreira-Caliman, M. J, Nascimento, F. S, Campos, L. A. O, Tavares, M. G

“…Males, queens and workers of stingless bees show differences in external morphology, behaviour and roles within a colony. In addition, each individual has a…”
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Magnetic monopole free motion in two-dimensional artificial spin ice by Duarte, D. G., de Oliveira, L. B., Nascimento, F. S., Moura-Melo, W. A., Pereira, A. R., de Araujo, C. I. L.

“…Magnetic monopole motion (without its partner in a pair) as a function of external magnetic fields is presented as a fingerprint of freedom of these emergent…”
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Brood thermogenesis effects on the thermal dynamics in stingless bee nests (Melipona scutellaris) by Roldão-Sbordoni, Y. S., Hrncir, M., Nascimento, F. S.

“…Stingless bees (Apidae, Meliponini), a group of mainly tropical, highly social bees, rely predominantly on passive thermoregulatory mechanisms for maintaining…”
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First record of chemical signals from the queen during the oviposition process in stingless bees by Ferreira-Caliman, M. J, Nascimento, F. S, Zucchi, R

“…In stingless bees, the cell provisioning and oviposition process consists of several integrated behavioral sequences and several stereotyped queen–worker…”
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A TEST OF WORKER POLICING THEORY IN AN ADVANCED EUSOCIAL WASP, VESPULA RUFA by Wenseleers, T, Badcock, N. S, Erven, K, Tofilski, A, Nascimento, F. S, Hart, A. G, Burke, T. A, Archer, M. E, Ratnieks, F. L W

“…Mutual policing is an important mechanism for maintaining social harmony in group-living organisms. In some ants, bees, and wasps, workers police male eggs…”
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Cuticular hydrocarbons as cues of caste and sex in the German wasp Vespula germanica by da Silva, R. C., Brown, R. L., do Nascimento, F. S., Wenseelers, T., Oi, C. A.

“…The complex system of communication used by social insects is responsible for their success on Earth. Cuticular hydrocarbons (CHCs) are considered the most…”
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Tandem communication improves ant foraging success in a highly competitive tropical habitat by Glaser, S. M., Feitosa, R. M., Koch, A., Goß, N., do Nascimento, F. S., Grüter, C.

“…Tropical ants experience intense intra- and interspecific competition for food sources, which influences their activity pattern and foraging strategies. Even…”
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Organochlorine and organophosphorus pesticide residues in the Atoya river basin, Chinandega, Nicaragua by CASTILHO, J. A, FENZL, N, GUILLEN, S. M, NASCIMENTO, F. S

“…The hydrographic basin of the Atoya river, located in the Department of Chinandega, one of the main cotton producing regions in Nicaragua, is intensively…”
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Thermodynamics of elementary excitations in artificial magnetic square ice by Silva, R C, Nascimento, F S, Mól, L A S, Moura-Melo, W A, Pereira, A R

“…We investigate the thermodynamics of artificial square spin ice systems assuming only dipolar interactions among the islands that compose the array. Emphasis…”
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Special Section: Social Insects in the Neotropics by Noll, F. B., Nascimento, F. S., Vasconcelos, H.

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Realization of Rectangular Artificial Spin Ice and Direct Observation of High Energy Topology by Ribeiro, I. R. B., Nascimento, F. S., Ferreira, S. O., Moura-Melo, W. A., Costa, C. A. R., Borme, J., Freitas, P. P., Wysin, G. M., de Araujo, C. I. L., Pereira, A. R.

“…In this work, we have constructed and experimentally investigated frustrated arrays of dipoles forming two-dimensional artificial spin ices with different…”
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Changes in the cuticular hydrocarbon profile associated with the molting cycle correlate with the hydrocarbon profile of the fungus cultivated by the ant Atta sexdens by Valadares, L., do Nascimento, F. S.

“…Leaf-cutting ants live in obligate mutualism with a basidiomycete fungus that they use as a rearing site and food resource. Chemical analyses of the fungus…”
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Tandem Recruitment and Foraging in the Ponerine Ant Pachycondyla harpax (Fabricius) by Grüter, C, Wüst, M, Cipriano, A P, Nascimento, F S

“…Tandem running is a common recruitment strategy in ant species with small colony sizes. During a tandem run, an informed leader guides a usually naïve nestmate…”
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