Publications by authors named "Marcelo Alencar"
Influence of atherosclerosis risk factors on the anatomical distribution of peripheral arterial disease in patients with chronic limb-threatening ischemia: a cross-sectional study.
J Vasc Bras
July 2023
Article Synopsis
- A study on 476 hospitalized patients with chronic limb-threatening ischemia (CLTI) aimed to explore how various atherosclerosis risk factors (like age, gender, diabetes, smoking, and hypertension) affect the anatomical distribution of Peripheral Arterial Disease (PAD).
- Results revealed that gender, smoking, and diabetes significantly influence the location of PAD, with women more likely to have femoropopliteal disease and smokers at a higher risk for aortoiliac disease.
- Diabetic patients tend to have isolated infrapopliteal occlusive disease, demonstrating the need to consider these risk factors for better PAD management.
Cognitive LF-Ant: a novel protocol for healthcare wireless sensor networks.
Sensors (Basel)
November 2013
In this paper, the authors present the Cognitive LF-Ant protocol for emergency reporting in healthcare wireless sensor networks. The protocol is inspired by the natural behaviour of ants and a cognitive component provides the capabilities to dynamically allocate resources, in accordance with the emergency degree of each patient. The intra-cluster emergency reporting is inspired by the different capabilities of leg-manipulated ants.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFPlaster is a material which is widely used in Brazil on construction sites. However, its use in recent years has been limited by a legal resolution on the environment introduced in Brazil. One of the regions most affected by these restrictions is the Northeast where the strategic importance of plaster for the region is apparent from the extensive economic development, centered on the gypsum pole of Araripe in the state of Pernambuco.
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