This study aimed to describe trends in family spending on cigarettes and its share of family budget, comparing 2002 and 2009, using the Brazilian Household Budget Surveys from 2002/2003 and 2008/2009. The Expanded Consumer Price Index (IPCA) was used. The proportion of families that purchased cigarettes decreased from 23.5% to 18.2%, however their spending increased from BRL 55.36 to BRL 59.45....

The Advanced Geostationary Radiation Imager (AGRI) is one of the primary payloads aboard FY-4A geostationary meteorological satellite, which can provide high-frequency, wide coverage, and multiple spectral channel observations for China surrounding areas. There are currently few studies on aerosol optical depth (AOD) inversion from AGRI data. Based data, a new land AOD retrieval algorithm calle...

In this paper control of high index and non-regular linear differential-algebraicequation systems is addressed. Based on a generalization of the bounded real lemma (BRL) to index one systems, all linear output feedback controllers in standard, i.e. non-descriptor, state space form solving the control problem can be characterized via biaffine matrix inequalities (BMIs). In a second step a congru...

In January 2020, an extreme precipitation event occurred over southeast Brazil, with the epicentre in Minas Gerais state. Although rainfall frequently occurs this region during wet season, led to death of 56 people, drove thousands residents into homelessness, and incurred millions Brazilian Reais (BRL) financial loss through cascading effects flooding landslides. The main question that arises ...

A robust instance-based reinforcement learning (RL) approach for controlling autonomous multi-robot systems (MRS) is introduced in this chapter. Although RL has been proven to be an effective approach for behavior acquisition for an autonomous robot, it generates considerably sensitive results for the segmentation of the state and action spaces. This problem can yield severe results with increa...

Os protocolos de diagnóstico atuais para gamopatia monoclonal (GM) dependem da eletroforese proteínas do soro (EFPS) como a única avaliação inicial proteína monoclonal, ainda que limitada no diz respeito à sua sensibilidade. A associação teste cadeia leve livre (CLL, Freelite®) resulta na diminuição número resultados falso-negativos. Buscamos avaliar eficiência CLLs o GM Sistema Único Saúde (SU...