• Pilot study of a two-arm non-randomized controlled cluster trial of a psychosocial intervention to improve late life depression in socioeconomically deprived areas of São Paulo, Brazil (PROACTIVE): feasibility study of a psychosocial intervention for late life depression in São Paulo 

  Scazufca, Marcia; de Paula Couto, Maria Clara P.; Henrique, Maiara Garcia; Mendes, Ana Vilela; Matijasevich, Alicia; Pereda, Paula Carvalho; Franzin, Renato M.; Seabra, Antônio Carlos; van de Ven, Pepijn; Hollingworth, William; Peters, Tim J.; Araya, Ricardo (BMC, 2019)

  Background: Depression is a common and recurrent condition among older adults and is associated with poor quality of life and increased health care utilization and costs. The purpose of this pilot study was to assess the ...
• A mechanistic model for oil recovery in a region of high oil droplet concentration from multiphasic fermentations 

  Da Costa Basto, Rita M.; Casals, Maria P.; Mudde, Robert F.; van der Wielen, Luuk A.M.; Cuellar, Maria C. (Elsevier, 2019)

  Multiphasic fermentations where an organic phase is spontaneously formed or when it is added for product removal are commonly used for production of valuable compounds. The turbulent conditions and the presence of ...
• The development of the comprehensive analysis of policy on physical activity(CAPPA) framework 

  Pogrmilovic, Bojana Klepac; O’Sullivan, Grant; Milton, Karen; Biddle, Stuart J.H.; Bauman, Adrian; Bellew, William; Cavill, Nick; Kahlmeier, Sonja; Kelly, Michael P.; Murtie, Nanette; Pratt, Michael; Rutter, Harry; Varela, Ramirez; Woods, Catherine B.; Pedisic, Zeljko (BMC, 2019)

  Background: Policy analysis is considered essential for achieving successful reforms in health promotion and public health. The only framework for physical activity (PA) policy analysis was developed at a time when the ...
• Characterization of adolescent pregnancy and legal Abortion in situations involving incest or sexual violence by an unknown aggressor 

  Bessa, Maria Misrelma Moura; Drezett, Jefferson; Adami, Fernando; de Araújo, Sandra Dircinha Teixeira; Bezerra, Italla Maria Pinheiro; de Abreu, Luiz Carlos (MDPI, 2019)

  Background and Objectives: In pregnancies resulting from incest, the adolescent maintains close family and emotional relations with the aggressor, different from what occurs when pregnancy results from sexual violence by ...
• Adolescents and their aspirations for private car‑based transport 

  Hopkins, Debbie; Bengoechea, Enrique García; Mandic, Sandra (Springer Verlag, 2019)

  The need to transition away from the current car-dominated transport system is well documented in sustainability, health and transportation literatures. Despite growing interest in active and public transport modes, the ...

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