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 Authorship: SANTOS, I. A. dos; SILVA, C. I.; SCHLINDWEIN, C.; KRUG, C.; CORDEIRO, G. D.; OLIVEIRA, R.; MATEUS, S.; DÖTTERL, S. Most bees are active during the day. However, approximately 1% of the bee species are nocturnal and forage in search for flowers during the low light intensities of the night, between sunset and sunri... ... |
 Authorship: KLEINERT, A. M. P.; RAMALHO, M.; CORTOPASSI-LAURINO, M.; RIBEIRO, M. de F.; IMPERATRIZ-FONSECA, V. L. In this chapter, we will address the role of food in the organization of social bees colonies from foraging activity to its use on offspring feeding, emphasizing the characteristics of the two main re... ... |
 Authorship: PERUQUETTI, R. C.; COSTA, L. da S. M. da; SILVA, V. S. da; DRUMOND, P. M. Frugivory is not frequent among bees. Although stingless bees visit aged fruits for pulp, the use of fresh fruits is recorded only for Trigona hypogea Silvestri, a species that does not visit flowers.... ... |
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 Authorship: ROCHA-FILHO, L. C.; KRUG, C.; SILVA, C. I.; GARÓFALO, C. A. In spite of playing an important ecological role as pollinators of tropical ecosystems, orchid bees are still poorly known regarding their floral resources. Aiming at a better comprehension of the imp... ... |
 Authorship: KRUG, C.; SILVA, C. I.; ALVES-DOS-SANTOS, I. The interaction of bees with the tristylous flowers of Oxalis cytisoides Mart. & Zucc. (Oxalidaceae) was evaluated. The study was conducted in a semideciduous forest at the Fritz Plaumann State Park i... ... |
 Authorship: MAUÉS, M. M.; CAMPBELL, A. J.; SILVA E SILVA, F. D. da; LEÃO, K. L.; CARVALHEIRO, L. G.; MOREIRA, E. F.; MERTENS, F.; KONRAD, M. L.; MENEZES, C. Agricultural expansion is a major driver of habitat loss, which triggers biodiversitydecline, including wild pollinators, and affects crop production. 76% of world crops are dependenton biotic pollina... ... |
 Authorship: MORAES, J. I. da S.; LOPES, M. T. do R.; FERREIRA-GOMES, R. L.; LOPES, A. C. de A.; PEREIRA, F. de M.; SOUZA, B. de A.; PEREIRA, L. A. Beekeeping is affected by adverse climatic conditions and availability of floral resources. This study aimed to survey and characterize the flora in São João do Piauí, a semi-arid region in Piauí, Bra... ... |
 Authorship: CESTARO, L. G.; ALVES, M. L. T. M. F; MESSAGE, D.; SILVA, M. V. G. B.; TEIXEIRA, E. W. The practice of migratory beekeeping is based on moving honey bee (Apis mellifera) colonies between different locations to intensify agricultural production through improved pollination services. Howe... ... |
 Authorship: PIRES, C. S. S.; SILVEIRA, F. A.; CARDOSO, C. F.; SUJII, E. R.; PAULA, D. P.; FONTES, E. M. G.; SILVA, J. P. da; RODRIGUES, S. M. M.; ANDOW, D. A. The objective of this work was to list potential candidate bee species for environmental risk assessment (ERA) of genetically modified (GM) cotton and to identify the most suited bee species for this... ... |
 Authorship: PALUDO, C. R.; PISHCHANY, G.; DOMINGUEZ, A.-A.; SILVA JÚNIOR, E. A.; MENEZES, C.; NASCIMENTO, F. S.; CURRIE, C. R.; KOLTER, R.; CLARDY, J.; PUPO, M. T. Abstract: The Brazilian stingless bee Scaptotrigona depilis requires the brood cells-associated fungus Zygosaccharomyces sp. as steroid source for metamorphosis. Besides the presence of Zygosaccharomy... ... |
 Authorship: SANT'ANA, R. da S.; CARVALHO, C. A. L. de; ODA-SOUZA, M.; SOUZA, B. de A.; DIAS, F. de S. The physicochemical characteristics of honey vary according to bee species, climate, region, period of collection, processing and storage. In this context, this work aimed to perform a comparative stu... ... |
 Authorship: VALK, H. van der; KOOMEN, I.; NOCELLI, R. C. F.; RIBEIRO, M. de F.; FREITAS, B. M.; CARVALHO, S.; KASINA, J. M.; MARTINS, D.; MUTISO, M.; ODHIAMBO, C.; KINUTHIA, W.; GIKUNGU, M.; NGARUIYA, P.; MAINA, G.; KIPYAB, P.; BLACQUIERE, T.; STEEN, J. van der; ROESSINK, I.; WASSENBER, J.; HERREN, B. G. In order to conduct a proper risk assessment of pesticides to bees, information is needed in three areas: (i) the toxicity of the pesticide; (ii) the probability of bee exposure to that pesticide; and... ... |
 Authorship: BARBOSA, F. M.; ALVES, R. M. de O.; SOUZA, B. de A.; CARVALHO, C. A. L. de We located ten nests of Geotrigona subterranea in the transition area between Cerrado and Caatinga within the municipalities of Lontra and Januária, state of Minas Gerais, southeastern Brazil. We coll... ... |
 Authorship: GARIBALDI, L. A; PÉREZ-MÉNDEZ, N.; CORDEIRO, G. D.; HUGHES, A.; ORR, M.; SANTOS, I. A. dos; FREITAS, B. M.; OLIVEIRA, F. F. de; LEBUHN, G.; BARTOMEUS, I.; AIZEN, M. A.; ANDRADE, P. B.; BLOCHTEIN, B.; BOSCOLO, D.; DRUMOND, P. M.; GAGLIANONE, M. C.; HERREN, B. G.; HALINSKI, R.; KRUG, C.; MAUES, M. M.; KIILL, L. H. P.; PINHEIRO, M.; PIRES, C. S. S.; VIANA, B. F. Invasive species can reach high abundances and dominate native environments. One of the most impressive examples of ecological invasions is the spread of the African sub-species of the honey bee throu... ... |
 Authorship: NUNES-SILVA, P.; COSTA, L.; CAMPBELL, A. J.; ARRUDA, H.; CONTRERA, F. A. L.; TEIXEIRA, J. S. G.; GOMES, R. L. C.; PESSIN, G.; PEREIRA, D. S.; SOUZA, P. de; IMPERATRIZ-FONSECA, V. L. Determining bee flight capacity is crucial for developing management strategies for bee conservation and/or crop pollination and purposes. In this study, we determined the flight distance of the sting... ... |
 Authorship: BLOCHTEIN, B.; RAMOS, J. D.; ABREGO, L.; MENEZES, C. Bees are essential for maintaining the pollination ecosystem service, necessary forbiodiversity conservation and agricultural growth. However, the decline of pollinators on a globalscale became part o... ... |
 Authorship: PIOVESAN, B.; PADILHA, A. C.; MORAIS, M. C.; BOTTON, M.; GRÜTZMACHER, A. D.; ZOTTI, M. J. The use of pesticides is considered one of the most important threats to pollinators, especially since they are widely used in agriculture for pest control. In the last years, several studies have rep... ... |
 Authorship: SOUZA, I. G. B.; PATERSON, I.; McBRIDE, M. C.; SOUZA, B. A.; PEREIRA, F. M.; LOPES, M. T. R.; BENTZEN, P.; DINIZ, F. M. We described the isolation and characterization of 23 microsatellite loci from the stingless bee (Melipona subnitida). Out of 52 microsatellite primer pairs screened, 17 loci displayed polymorphism an... ... |
 Authorship: SIQUEIRA, K. M. M.; RIBEIRO, M. de F.; KIILL, L. H. P.; COELHO, M. S.; ARAUJO, D. C. S.; GAMA, D. R. S.; LIMA, JÚNIOR, I. O. Lately pollinators of the main crops have presented a decline with considerable economic impacts. Among the probable causes of this problem is the inadequate use of pesticides, mainly in monocultures.... ... |
 Authorship: RIBEIRO, M. de F.; SANTOS, K. P.; MARIANO, A. M. C. Plebeia aff. flavocincta is a small stingless bee known as ?mosquito? in Northeast Brazil. According to previous surveys, it occurs in rural areas (being abundant in the past, but quite scarce nowaday... ... |
 Authorship: SANTISTEBAN, R. M.; F. NETO, J.; SILVA, E. M. S.; CORREIA, R. C.; CAMARA, C. A.; SILVA, T. M. S. The stingless bee Melipona mandacaia popularly known as mandacaia is endemic to the Caatinga biome, being found in the region of Vale do São Francisco. It is a very important bee for meliponiculture i... ... |
 Authorship: RAMOS, J. D.; NUNES-SILVA, P.; WITTER, S.; BOTTON, M.; BLOCHTEIN, B.
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 Authorship: SILVA, I. C. da; CONCEIÇÃO, E. O. A.; PEREIRA, D. S.; ROGEZ, H.; MUTO, N. A. Many antimicrobial compounds have been seeking to protect the human body against pathogenic microbial infections. In recent times, there has been considerable growth of pathogens resistant to existing... ... |
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 Authorship: VEIGA, J. C.; RUIZ, G. R. S.; CARVALHO-ZILSE, G. A.; MENEZES, C.; CONTRERA, F. A. L. Abstract: Males can control female reproduction using genital plugs to impede access by rivals. In social bees, ants, and wasps, plugging may involve traumatic mating, with females being harmed. In st... ... |
 Authorship: PIRES, V. C. P.; SILVEIRA, F. A.; SUJII, E. R.; TOREZANI, K. R. S.; RODRIGUES, W. A.; ALBUQUERQUE, F. A. de; RODRIGUES, S. M. M.; SALOMAO, A. N.; PIRES, C. S. S.
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 Authorship: LEÃO, K. de S.; MENEZES, C.; TEIXEIRA, J. C. da S.; SILVA, J. B. da
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 Authorship: KRUG, C.; CORDEIRO, G. D.; SCHÄFFLER, I.; SILVA, C. I.; OLIVEIRA, R.; SCHLINDWEIN, C.; DÖTTERL, S.; ALVES-DOS-SANTOS, I. Floral scent is an important component of the trait repertoire of flowering plants, which is used to attract and manipulate pollinators. Despite advances during the last decades about the chemicals re... ... |
 Authorship: SEGERS, F. H. I. D; GRÜTER, C.; MENEZES, C.; MATEUS, S.; RATNIEKS, F. L. W. Abstract: Stingless bees are the most species-rich group of eusocial bees and show great diversity in behaviour, ecology, nest architecture, colony size, and worker morphology. How this variation rela... ... |
 Authorship: COSTA, A. C. V. da; SOUSA, J. M. B.; SILVA, M. A. A. P. da; GARRUTI, D. dos S.; MADRUGA, M. S.
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 Authorship: ÕLIVEIRA, A. P. M. de; VENTURIERI, G. C.; CONTRERA, F. A. L.
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 Authorship: NUNES, T. M.; ZUBEN, L. G. von; COSTA, L.; VENTURIERI, G. C. Despite the fact that Meliponini bee lost their sting apparatus (stingless bees), they did not lose their ability to defend themselves. A variety of defensive strategies is described for the group, su... ... |
 Authorship: SOUZA, V. C.; SILVA, A. P. da; MALAGODI-BRAGA, K. S.; CAMARGO, R. C. R. de; CANUTO, J. C.; QUEIROGA, J. L. de; MORICONI, W. The agroforestry systems (AFS) are productive systems with high diversity with a view to sustainability. This study, conducted in Jaguariúna-SP, evaluated the potential of some native tree species, us... ... |
 Authorship: JAFFÉ, R.; POPE, N.; CARVALHO, A. T.; MAIA, U. M.; BLOCHTEIN, B.; CARVALHO, C. A. L. de; CARVALHO-ZILSE, G. A.; FREITAS, B. M.; MENEZES, C.; RIBEIRO, M. de F.; VENTURIERI, G. C.; IMPERATRIZ-FONSECA, V. L. Stingless bees are an important asset to assure plant biodiversity in many natural ecosystems, and fulfill the growing agricultural demand for pollination. However, across developing countries stingle... ... |
 Authorship: PINTO, F. A.; TEIXEIRA, E. W.; GUIMARÃES-CESTARO, L.; MARTINS, M. F.; ALVES, M. L. T. M. F.; MESSAGE, D. The mite Varroa destructor is one of the most studied parasites in apiculture, and its genotype variation is a key factor for the severity of infestation in bee colonies. Here we report the genetic an... ... |
 Authorship: VIT, P.; RODRÍGUEZ-MALAVER, A.; ROUBIK, D. W.; MORENO, E.; SOUZA, B. de A.; SANCHO, M. T.; FERNÁNDEZ-MUIÑO, M.; ALMEIDA-ANACLETO, D.; MARCHINI, L. C.; GIL, F.; GONZÁLEZ, C.; AGUILERA, G.; NIEVES, B. Hive samples from seven Venezuelan states were studied to determine the quality of honeys from the naturalized tropical honey bee Apis mellifera, submitted for a national honey competition. The physic... ... |
 Authorship: RIBEIRO, M. de F.; MOURA, M. S. B. de; SILVA, R. C. S.; SOUSA, F. C. The objective of this work was to test whether plaster covers can provide thermic comfort on honey bee hives kept at high temperatures. |
 Authorship: MENEZES, C.; VOLLET NETO, A.; CONTRERA, F. A. L.; VENTURIERI, G. C.; IMPERATRIZ-FONSECA, V. L.
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 Authorship: ARAÚJO, C. dos S.; CONTRERA, F. A. L.; VENTURIERI, G. C.
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 Authorship: FRANÇOSO, E. L.; BRITO, R.; AUGUSTO, S. C.; SOFIA, S. H.; DRUMOND, P. M.; CARVALHO-ZILSE, G. A.; WALDSCHIMIDT, A. M.; FRANCOY, T. M.; COSTA, M. A.; ARIAS, M. C.
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 Authorship: SILVA, C.; FREITAS, B.; BAUERMANN, S.; KLEINERT, A.; IMPERATRIZ-FONSECA, V.; MAUES, M. M.; ALBUQUERQUE, P.; NOVAIS, J.; TOLEDO, V.; BLOCHTEIN, B.; SARMENTO, E.; KRUG, C.; CURE, J.; ESTEVES, V.; MENDONÇA, C.; VIANA, B.; SANTOS, F.; SANTOS, I.; SARAIVA, A. More than 90% of the flowering plants depend on pollinators for their reproduction. In agriculture, pollination is also highly important, as biotic pollination improves the quantity or quality of frui... ... |
 Authorship: GRÜTER, C.; SEGERS, F. H. I. D.; MENEZES, C.; VOLLET-NETO, A.; FALCÓN, T.; ZUBEN, L. von; BITONDI, M. M. G.; NASCIMENTO, F. S.; ALMEIDA, E. A. B. The differentiation of workers into morphological castes represents an important evolutionary innovation that is thought to improve division of labor in insect societies. Given the potential benefits... ... |
 Authorship: SANTOS, L. G.; ALVES, M. L. T. M. F.; MESSAGE, D.; PINTO, F. A.; SILVA, M. V. G. B.; TEIXEIRA, E. W. Bee health is a growing global concern due to phenomena with as yet undefined causes, such as the sudden population decline of colonies that has been observed in apiaries in many countries, recently i... ... |
 Authorship: MONTEFUSCO, M.; SILVA, C. I. da; GOMES, F. B.; OLIVEIRA, M. L. de; MAUES, M. M.; KRUG, C.
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 Authorship: KRUG, C.; HIPÓLITO, J.; SCHOENINGER, K.; MONTEFUSCO, M.; GOMES, F. B.; OLIVEIRA, M. L. de; MAHLMANN, T. Bees are the main pollinators of native and agricultural plants. Identifying and knowing these insects responsible for the environmental service of pollination is essential for the maintenance and man... ... |
 Authorship: REIS, V. D. A. dos; FERNANDES, S. F. L.; SALLES, C. A. O. Brazil has a high potential for beekeeping production and is considered one of the exporters of high-quality honey. However, it ranked eleventh in world honey production and had only 4.8% of global ex... ... |
 Authorship: GUIMARÃES-CESTARO, L.; SERRÃO, J. E.; MESSAGE, D.; MARTINS, M. F.; TEIXEIRA, É. W. Abstract Honey bees are responsible for pollinating many native and cultivated plant species. These insects can be affected by many pathogens, including fungi and bacteria, both of which can form spor... ... |
 Authorship: NEGREIROS, A. B.; SILVA, G. R.; OLIVEIRA, F. A. S.; RESENDE, H. C.; FERNANDES-SALOMÃO, T. M.; MAGGIONI, R.; PEREIRA, F. de M.; SOUZA, B. de A.; LOPES, M. T. do R.; DINIZ, F. M. The species Melipona rufiventris Lepeletier, 1836 is a Brazilian native stingless bee that is part of a species complex known as the 'rufiventris group', making it diffcult to distinguish between the... ... |
 Authorship: TEIXEIRA, É. W.; GUIMARÃES-CESTARO, L.; ALVES, M. L. T. M. F.; MESSAGE, D.; MARTINS, M. F.; LUZ, C. F. P. da; SERRÃO, J. E. Abstract Due to their ecological and economic importance, honey bees have attracted much scientific attention, which has intensified due to the recent population decline of these insects in the severa... ... |
 Authorship: SOLAR, R. R. C.; CHAUL, J. C. M.; MAUES, M.; SCHOEREDER, J. H. The lack of effective biodiversity baselines is a major impairment to implement conservation plans. Hence, constructing and updating species lists provides vital information about species distribution... ... |
 Authorship: OLIVEIRA, A. P. M. de; VENTURIERI, G. C.; CONTRERA, F. A. L. A common technique used to control phorid fly infestations on stingless bee?s nests is the use of traps with commercial vinegars, especially the red wine vinegar, which is stated to be more efficient... ... |
 Authorship: SCHWARZ, R. S.; TEIXEIRA, E. W.; TAUBER, J. P.; BIRKE, J. M.; MARTINS, M. F.; FONSECA, I.; EVANS, J. D. Two species of Spiroplasma (Mollicutes) bacteria were isolated from and described as pathogens of the European honey bee, Apis mellifera, ?30 years ago but recent information on them is lacking despit... ... |
 Authorship: C. NETO, M. F.; RAMOS, A. J. A.; CARDOSO, J. P. S.; DIREITO, W. V.; ALBUQUERQUE, V. C. N.; OLIVEIRA, M. E. C.; PEREIRA, D. S.; OLIVEIRA, R. C. L. Apresentamos o Native Bee Scan, aplicativo que utiliza técnicas de machine learning (ML) e visão computacional para identificar espécies de abelhas nativas sem ferrão, com foco em duas espécies, a Uru... ... |
 Authorship: MARSARO JUNIOR, A. L.; STORCK-TONON, D.; HALINSKI, R.; MONTE, G. L. S.; GIL-SANTANA, H. R. Abstract. The predatory activities of Apiomerus duckei Costa Lima, Seabra & Hathaway, 1951, Apiomerus pilipes (Fabricius, 1787) and Apiomerus luctuosus Costa Lima, Seabra & Hathaway, 1951 (Hemiptera:... ... |
 Authorship: SOUZA, E. C. A. de; SILVA, E. J. G. da; CORDEIRO, H. K. C.; LAGE FILHO, N. M.; SILVA, F. M. A. da; REIS, D. L. S. dos; PORTO, C.; PILAU, E. J.; COSTA, L. A. M. A. da; SOUZA, A. D. L. de; MENEZES, C.; FLACH, A. In this study, we investigated the chemical compositions and antioxidant and antimicrobial activities of propolis produced by the stingless bee Frieseomelitta longipes and the honeybee Apis mellifera... ... |
 Authorship: LEÃO, K. L.; QUEIROZ, A. C. M. de; VEIGA, J. C.; CONTRERA, F. A. L.; VENTURIERI, G. C. Meliponiculture, i.e. indigenous beekeeping, is an old activity in the Americas and is widely distributed throughout Brazil. However, since stingless bee keeping is still not entirely standardized, st... ... |
 Authorship: MARIANO, A. M. C.; MELO, A. D.; SILVA, E. G. da; SANTOS, A. M. dos; RIBEIRO, M. de F.; PINHEIRO, P. M. Anthropogenic disturbances have drastic negative effects on the biodiversity, thereby also compromising the ecosystem service it provides. Bees are one of the key players since they provide essential... ... |
 Authorship: MONTEFUSCO, M.; SCHOENINGE, K.; MAHLMANN, T.; HIPÓLITO, J.; OLIVEIRA, M.; KRUG, C.
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 Authorship: SILVA, J. B. da; LEÃO, K. de S.; TEIXEIRA, J. C. da S.; MENEZES, C.; COSTA, C. A.
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 Authorship: GAZZONI, D. L.; CORREA-FERREIRA, B. S.; HOFFMANN-CAMPO, C. B.; ZOCOLO, G. J.
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 Authorship: SILVA, G. R.; SOUZA, B. de A.; PEREIRA, F. de M.; LOPES, M. T. do R.; VALENTE, S. E. S.; DINIZ, F. M. For a snapshot assessment of the genetic diversity present within Melipona subnitida, an endemic stingless bee distributed in the semi-arid region of northeastern Brazil, populations separated by over... ... |
 Authorship: RIBEIRO, M. de F.; SILVA, E. M. S. da; LIMA JÚNIOR, I. de O.; KIILL, L. H. P.; COELHO, M. de S.; SILVA, T. A. da; SILVA, M. P. da Yellow melon (Cucumis melo) is an important fruit for production and exportation in Brazilian fruit culture. Honey bees (Apis mellifera) play an essential role on this being responsible for pollinatio... ... |
 Authorship: QUEIROZ, A. C. M.; CONTRERA, F. A. L.; VENTURIERI, G. C. Spathodea campanulata is an African plant of African origin introduced in South America and other tropical and subtropical areas for ornamental purposes. This plant is related to insect mortality, bee... ... |
 Authorship: ABATI, R.; COSTA-MAIA, F. M.; LOZANO, E. R.; SÓSA-GOMEZ, D. R.; POTRICH, M.
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 Authorship: SILVA, S. V. da; OLIVEIRA, E. R. de; PEREIRA, T. L.; CARBONARI, V.; MUNIZ, E. B.; MENEGAL, A. S.; GABRIEL, A. M. de A.; GANDRA, J. R.; NUNES, F. P.; SILVA, A. L. M.; LIMA, J. C.; SOARES, J. P. G.; GANDRA, E. R. de S.
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 Authorship: MAHLMANN, T.; HIPÓLITO, J.; SCHOENINGER, K.; KRUG, C.; OLIVEIRA, M.
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 Authorship: PEREIRA, D. S.; HOLANDA NETO, J. P. de; OLIVEIRA, M. S. de; PEREIRA, N. S.; MARACAJÁ, P. B.; SOUZA FILHO, A. P. da S. Este trabalho teve por objetivo caracterizar a atividade fitotóxica da geoprópolis de abelhas jandaira (Melipona subnitida Ducke), nativas do estado do Ceará, e analisar, comparativamente, seus efeito... ... |
 Authorship: COSTA, L. da S. M. da; RAMOS, L. de B.; SALES, F. de; DRUMOND, P. M.
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 Authorship: PACHECO JÚNIOR, F.; AZEVEDO, V. R.; RAMOS, L. de B.; SALES, F. de; DRUMOND, P. M.
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 Authorship: TEIXEIRA, J. C. da S.; LEÃO, K. S.; QUEIROZ, A. C. M.; SANTOS, I. R. I.; CORDEIRO, H. K. C.; LAGE-FILHO, N. M.; VENTURIERI, G. C.; MENEZES, C.
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