Publications by authors named "F Madeira"

RNA secondary (2D) structure visualisation is an essential tool for understanding RNA function. R2DT is a software package designed to visualise RNA 2D structures in consistent, recognisable, and reproducible layouts. The latest release, R2DT 2.

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  • Racial disparities in clinical recommendations can lead to significant health disparities, with implicit racial attitudes among healthcare providers being a key factor.
  • A study involving 210 White medical trainees found that those with stronger implicit biases towards White individuals provided fewer words and treatment options for Black patients compared to White patients.
  • The results highlight the subtle yet harmful effects of implicit bias in healthcare and emphasize the importance of understanding how these attitudes influence clinical decision-making.
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Background: Vectorial transmission through hematophagous triatomine insects remains the primary mode of Chagas Disease contagion. These insects have become increasingly common in urban environments. Therefore, this study aimed to report an encounter of triatomines with trypanosomatid infection in a vertical residential condominium in Rio Branco, the capital of the state of Acre, in the western Brazilian Amazon.

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The European Bioinformatics Institute (EMBL-EBI)'s Job Dispatcher framework provides access to a wide range of core databases and analysis tools that are of key importance in bioinformatics. As well as providing web interfaces to these resources, web services are available using REST and SOAP protocols that enable programmatic access and allow their integration into other applications and analytical workflows and pipelines. This article describes the various options available to researchers and bioinformaticians who would like to use our resources via the web interface employing RESTful web services clients provided in Perl, Python, and Java or who would like to use Docker containers to integrate the resources into analysis pipelines and workflows.

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