Publications by authors named "R Cerqueira"

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  • Arbovirus outbreaks are on the rise globally, especially in Brazil, raising concerns about blood safety during these events.
  • Researchers conducted a study involving blood donors across four Brazilian regions to test for Dengue, Zika, and Chikungunya using nucleic acid testing (NAT).
  • The study found a small percentage of donors infected with Dengue and Chikungunya, indicating the need for ongoing NAT screening to enhance blood safety during outbreaks.
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Purpose: Ultracongruent (UC) inserts were designed to overcome potential issues with posterior stabilized (PS) inserts, including bone resection, post-breakage, and patellar clunk syndrome. However, there remains a shortage of high-quality studies directly comparing this insert design to the established PS Total Knee Arthroplasty (TKA). This prospective randomized controlled trial (RCT) aimed to compare clinical outcomes, range of motion, and complications of UC and PS TKA.

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Deep learning approaches have been gaining importance in several applications. However, the widespread use of these methods in safety-critical domains, such as Autonomous Driving, is still dependent on their reliability and trustworthiness. The goal of this paper is to provide a review of deep learning-based uncertainty methods and their applications to support perception tasks for Autonomous Driving.

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  • Pericardial fluid (PF) may act as a source of molecular targets for repairing heart damage after a heart attack (myocardial infarction), especially focusing on microRNAs (miRs) that modulate the heart's response.
  • PF was collected from patients with different types of heart attacks (NSTEMI and STEMI) and a control group, and analyzed for miR content through small RNA sequencing to understand its effects on heart cells.
  • The study found that PF from STEMI patients contains a mix of pro-fibrotic and anti-fibrotic miRs, with miR-22-3p showing potential to inhibit harmful heart cell activation, making PF a promising tool for discovering new diagnostic and therapeutic targets in
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