Motion Sensors for Knee Angle Recognition in Muscle Rehabilitation Solutions.

The progressive loss of functional capacity due to aging is a serious problem that can compromise human locomotion capacity, requiring the help of an assistant and reducing independence. The NanoStim project aims to develop a system capable of performing treatment with electrostimulation at the patient's home, reducing the number of consultations. The knee angle is one of the essential attributes in this context, helping understand the patient's movement during the treatment session.

Educating diabetic patients through an SMS intervention: a randomized controlled trial at a Brazilian public hospital.

Objective: Diabetes mellitus (DM) has a high healthcare system cost worldwide. Educational strategies are important to improve self-care and control this disease. This study aimed to evaluate satisfaction and clinical efficacy of a Short Message Service (SMS) educational intervention in self-care and nutrition at a Brazilian university hospital.

Postgraduate education among family and community physicians in Brazil: the project.

Objective: Our objective was to describe the postgraduate education trajectories of family and community physicians in Brazil, where neither primary healthcare nor family and community medicine is recognised as a knowledge area for the purpose of research and postgraduate education (master's and PhD degrees).

Design: An observational, exploratory study, using administrative data. A nationwide list of family and community physicians as of late November 2018 was compiled from multiple sources.

Depression and excess mortality in the elderly living in low- and middle-income countries: Systematic review and meta-analysis.

Objective: To investigate the association between depression and mortality in the elderly living in low- and middle-income countries.

Methods: A systematic review and meta-analysis was performed. We searched in five electronic databases for observational studies investigating the association between mortality and depression.

Amazon forest carbon dynamics predicted by profiles of canopy leaf area and light environment.

Tropical forest structural variation across heterogeneous landscapes may control above-ground carbon dynamics. We tested the hypothesis that canopy structure (leaf area and light availability) - remotely estimated from LiDAR - control variation in above-ground coarse wood production (biomass growth). Using a statistical model, these factors predicted biomass growth across tree size classes in forest near Manaus, Brazil.