Publications by authors named "F A L Assuncao"
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- The text discusses the various pathologic conditions that can occur in the orbital region, emphasizing the importance of categorizing them for better diagnosis.
- It suggests segmenting the orbit into compartments—intraconal, conal, and extraconal—to help radiologists identify common pathologies associated with each area.
- Additionally, the paper highlights the optic nerve sheath and lacrimal apparatus as separate compartments, and reviews clinical and imaging findings to assist in differentiating between similar lesions.
Background: This research aimed to analyze the influence of root canal taper on the accuracy of two Electronic Apex Locators (EALs).
Material And Methods: Twenty-five disto-vestibular roots from extracted human upper molars belonging to the tooth bank were used in this study. To determine the File Position (FP), access was made using a spherical diamond tip #1014, and the crowns were sectioned using a diamond tip #3080.
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- Forest edges in the Amazon, influenced by urban, rural, and natural land types, play a key role in the interaction between humans, wildlife, and mosquitoes that can spread diseases.
- Researchers studied how these different types of edges affect mosquito communities, finding that rural edges had the highest diversity of species and supported many forest-dependent mosquitoes.
- The study highlights how the surrounding landscape impacts the risk of disease transmission at forest edges, indicating that not all forest edges are equal in terms of ecological interactions.
This work presents an innovative application of Frequency Response Analysis (FRA) in order to detect early degradation of Metal Oxide Surge Arresters (MOSAs). This technique has been widely used in power transformers, but has never been applied to MOSAs. It consists in comparisons of spectra, measured at different instants of the lifetime of the arrester.
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- The study focuses on the risk of spillover and spillback of mosquito-borne viruses in neotropical regions, particularly at ecotones where humans, monkeys, and mosquitoes interact closely.
- Researchers collected and analyzed almost 9,500 mosquitoes from various distances (0, 500, 1000, and 2000 m) from a rainforest reserve in Manaus, Brazil, uncovering that mosquito diversity and community composition change significantly within the first 500 meters.
- The findings indicate that environmental variables, especially near the forest edge, influence mosquito species presence, which can help in identifying areas at higher risk for virus transmission and guide future risk assessment models.