under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License which permits unrestricted non-commercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium provided article is properly cited. a General Outpatient Clinics Unit Clinical Division Heart Institute (Incor) Hospital das Clínicas Faculty of Medicine University of São Paulo, São Paulo/SP Brazil. Operational contemporary diagn...

Luiz Carlos Basso1, Thiago Olitta Basso2,3 and Saul Nitsche Rocha4 1University of São Paulo, Escola Superior de Agricultura Luiz de Queiroz, Departamento de Ciências Biológicas, Piracicaba (SP) 2University of São Paulo, Escola Politécnica, Departamento de Engenharia Química, São Paulo (SP) 3University of São Paulo Programa de Pós-Graduação Inter-unidades em Biotecnologia, São Paulo (SP) 4Positi...

1DDS, MSc, PhD, Graduate Student, Department of Operative Dentistry, Bauru Dental School, University of São Paulo, Brazil. 2DDS, MSc, Graduate Student, Department of Operative Dentistry, Bauru Dental School, University of São Paulo, Brazil. 3Undergraduate Student of Bauru Dental School, University of São Paulo, Brazil. 4Associate Professor of Operative Dentistry, Dean of Bauru Dental School, Un...

Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais – UFMG Belo Horizonte (MG), Brasil. (2) Departamento de Engenharia de Estruturas da Escola de Engenharia, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais – UFMG Belo Horizonte (MG), Brasil. (3) Departamento de Estatística do Instituto de Ciências Exatas da Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais – UFMG Belo Horizonte (MG), Brasil. (4) Departamento d...

Paul R. Krausman is Professor and Research Scientist of Wildlife and Fisheries Science in the School of Renewable Natural Resources, University of Arizona, Tucson. He also serves as Associate Director of Arizona’s Agricultural Experiment Station, and Adjunct Professor at Texas Tech University, Lubbock. He has worked with large mammals in arid environments related to habitat ecology, restoration...

USDA Forest Service Proceedings RMRS-P-25. 2002 In: Crookston, Nicholas L.; Havis, Robert N., comps. 2002. Second Forest Vegetation Simulator Conference; 2002 February 12–14; Fort Collins, CO. Proc. RMRS-P-25. Ogden, UT: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station. T. F. Gregg recently retired from the USDA Forest Service, Region 6 in Portland, OR. He was the...

Increases in reactive nitrogen deposition are a growing concern in the U.S. Rocky Mountain west. The Rocky Mountain Airborne Nitrogen and Sulfur (RoMANS) study was designed to improve understanding of the species and pathways that contribute to nitrogen deposition in Rocky Mountain National Park (RMNP). During two 5-week field campaigns in spring and summer of 2006, the largest contributor to r...

Catastrophe for Central America? Jorge A. Huete-Perez,†,∥,* Jose G. Tundisi,‡ and Pedro J. J. Alvarez†,§ †Academy of Sciences of Nicaragua and University of Central America, UCA, Rotonda R. Dario 150 mts Oeste, Apartado 69, Managua, Nicaragua ‡International Institute of Ecology. Saõ Carlos, Brazil. Rua Bento Carlos 750, Saõ Carlos, Saõ Paulo, 13560-660 Brazil Department of Civil & Environmental...

A picture of a bush dog Speothos venaticus was obtained with a minimum sampling effort of 4,818 camera days, using seven to ten era traps during 922 days at Parque Estadual Carlos Botelho, an Atlantic forest site. This picture confirms the presence of the species the state of São Paulo, Brazil.

Departamento de Quı́mica e Bioquı́mica, Faculdade de Ciências da UniVersidade de Lisboa, 1749-016 Lisboa, Portugal, Grupo de Fı́sica Matemática da UniVersidade de Lisboa, AV. Professor Gama Pinto 2, 1649-003 Lisboa, Portugal, UniVersidade de Mogi das Cruzes, CP 411, 08701-970 Mogi das Cruzes, São Paulo, Brazil, Instituto de Fı́sica, UniVersidade de São Paulo, CP 66318, 05315-970 São Paulo, São Paul...