Cost management in the supply chain: An analysis of the costs of different types of municipal procurement by Valdinei Juliano Pereira, Saulo Fabiano Amâncio Vieira, Pablo Henrique Paschoal Capucho, Vera Lucia Tieko Suguihiro, Juarez Paulo Tridapalli

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A new species of Asphondylia Loew, 1850 (Diptera, Cecidomyiidae) on Hancornia speciosa (Apocynaceae), a native plant to Brazil by Valéria Cid Maia, Vitor Alberto de Matos Pereira, Ligia Silveira Funch

“…This species was collected in Atlantic Forest and Caatinga domains in Bahia State (Northeastern Brazil). It induces galls on fruits of Hancornia speciosa Gomes (Apocynaceae), a plant native to Brazil. …”
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First occurrence of Nyctinomops macrotis (Gray, 1839) (Chiroptera: Molossidae) in Espírito Santo, southeastern Brazil by João Hoppe, Mariana Simões, Vinícius Pimenta, Narcisa Moreira, Karina Marinho, Albert Ditchfield

“…The first occurrence of Nyctinomops macrotis (Gray, 1839) in Espírito Santo state, Southeastern Brazil is reported. A specimen was registered in Vitória, capital of the state, on January 26th, 2011. …”
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Electrical Water Bath Stunning of Broilers: Effects on Breast Meat Quality by Cassiana Kissel, Adriana L. Soares, Alexandre Oba, Massami Shimokomaki

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Two new troglobitic species of Iansaoniscus from Brazilian caves (Crustacea, Isopoda, Pudeoniscidae) by Giovanna Monticelli Cardoso, Rafaela Bastos-Pereira, Rodrigo Lopes Ferreira

“…In this work two new species are described from caves in the Bahia state, northeastern Brazil; I. leilae sp. nov. from Toca do Gonçalo cave, in the municipality of Campo Formoso; and I. paulae sp. nov. from Lapa do Bode cave in the municipality of Itaeté. …”
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New records of decapod crustaceans from the coast of Sergipe state, Brazil by Samara Barros-Alves, Douglas Alves, Sonja Silva, Carmen Guimarães, Gustavo Hirose

“…The objective of this study is to report seven decapod crustacean species for the first time from Sergipe state, northeastern Brazil. The specimens were sampled from January 2012 to June 2015, on continental shelf and estuaries. …”
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First record of Sooty Tern, Onychoprion fuscatus (Linnaeus, 1766) (Laridae, Charadriiformes), from São Paulo state, Brazil by Juarez de Castro Cabral, Vanessa Lanes Ribeiro, Gabriela Cristina da Silva, Isabella Cristina da Rocha Boaventura, Lucas Cardoso Laurindo, Cristiane Macedo del Rio do Valle, Rodrigo del Rio do Valle, Claudia Carvalho do Nascimento, Juliana Plácido Guimarães, Carolina Pacheco Bertozzi

“…We report the first documented record of this species from São Paulo state, southeastern Brazil. The specimen was found beached in Mongaguá municipality. …”
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Leishmania (Viannia) utingensis n . sp., a parasite from the sandfly Lutzomyia (Vlannamyla) tuberculata in Amazonian Brazil by Braga R.R., Lainson R., Ishikawa E.A.Y., Shaw J.J.

“…A Leishmanial parasite isolated in 1977 from a specimen of the sandfly Lutzomyia tuberculata from Pará State, Amazonian Brazil, has been characterized following its comparison with other species of Leishmania from the same region, using isoenzyme profiles, monoclonal antibodies and characterization of the miniexon gene repeat, using the polymerase chain reaction technique (PCR). …”
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Great Horned Owl, Bubo virginianus (Gmelin, 1788) (Aves, Strigiformes), in the state of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil by Fabio de Mello Patiu, Davi Castro Tavares, Pablo Rodrigues Gonçalves

“…The geographic distribution of Great Horned Owl, Bubo virginianus (Gmelin, 1788), in Rio de Janeiro state, southeastern Brazil, is revised and expanded. Two individuals were recorded in an Atlantic Forest fragment surrounded by rural and industrial areas in Macaé municipality, on the northern coast of Rio de Janeiro state. …”
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Geographic range extension of the Spix’s Disk-winged Bat, Thyroptera tricolor Spix, 1823 (Chiroptera, Thyropteridae)—first record from Santa Catarina, southern... by Fernando Carvalho, Karolaine P. Supi, Beatriz F. L. Luciano, Artur S. Sobrinho, Sam Generoso, Victor Quintas, Sérgio L. Althoff

“…We captured the Spix’s Disk-winged Bat, Thyroptera tricolor Spix, 1823, at two locations in Santa Catarina state, southern Brazil. These are the first records of occurrence of T. tricolor from the state and expand the southern limit of the species’ geographical range by 408 km. …”
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Neocarus spelaion sp. n. (Parasitiformes, Opilioacaridae), a new species of cave dwelling Neocarus from Minas Gerais state, Brazil by Leopoldo Ferreira de Oliveira Bernardi, Elmir Lúcio Borges-Filho

“…A new cave dwelling species of the genus Neocarus (Parasitiformes: Opilioacarida: Opilioacaridae) is described from adult females and males collected in Minas Gerais state, southeast Brazil. Five or six d-type setae on palps, females with pregenital area hairless, genital setae smooth, cylindrical ovipositor with two terminal lobes, and males with genital and pregenital setae variable in shape, some being smooth and pointed, others ribbed and pointed, are the combinations of characters that define the new species.…”
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Autochthonous Chagas' disease in Santa Catarina State, Brazil: report of the first case of digestive tract involvement by Felipe Antonio Boff Maegawa, Ernesto Francisco Damerau, Ingrid Thais Beltrame-Botelho, Aldemar Lopes, Priscilla Emmanuelle-Machado, Mário Steindel, Edmundo Carlos Grisard

“…We report the first case of digestive tract pathology (megaesophagus) determined by Trypanosoma cruzi infection in Santa Catarina State, southern Brazil. A 63-year- old female had presumptive clinical diagnosis of Chagas' disease, which was confirmed by imaging (endoscopy and esophagogram) and immunological methods. …”
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First records of Ocelot Leopardus pardalis (Linnaeus, 1758) (Carnivora: Felidae) from Rio Grande do Norte, northeastern Brazil by Paulo Marinho, José Feijó, Simone Gavilan, Edweslley Moura, Eduardo Venticinque

“…We documented the first reports of Ocelot, Leopardus pardalis (Linnaeus, 1758), in the Rio Grande do Norte state, northeastern Brazil. In December 2014, one adult male was road-killed in an Atlantic Forest remnant in São Gonçalo do Amarante municipality. …”
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First records of Melilotus albus Medik. (Fabaceae, Faboideae) in Santa Catarina, southern Brazil by Gustavo Hassemer, João Paulo Ferreira, Luís Funez, Rafael Trevisan

“…This study extends its distribution to Santa Catarina state, southern Brazil, due to the recent discovery of populations in the municipalities of Florianópolis and Xanxerê. …”
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Range extension of Diclidurus scutatus (Chiroptera, Emballonuridae) to southwestern Amazonia by Roberto Leonan Morim NOVAES, Vinícius Cardoso CLÁUDIO, Adriana Akemi KUNIY

“…We present the first record of this species in Rondônia State, northern Brazil, expanding its distribution more than 1000 km into southwestern Amazonia. …”
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Phaeoseptum aquaticum (Halotthiaceae): new record for American continent in a new host for science by Maiara Araújo Lima dos Santos, José Luiz Bezerra, Nadja Santos Vitória

“…Abstract Phaeoseptum aquaticum (Ascomycota: Halotthiaceae) described for France, Haute Garonne, Palaminy, in a swamp, on submerged branch of Robinia pseudoacacia and at Martres Tolosane, e Moulin, banks of Garonne River, on driftwood of Salix sp., is reported as a new record for American continent in Juá village, municipality of Paulo Afonso, Bahia state, northeastern Brazil, colonizing a new host, Syagrus coronate, palm tree well suited to dry and arid regions from the Caatinga biome.…”
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A new host record for the cleptoparasite Irenangelus lucidus (Evans, 1969) (Hymenoptera: Pompilidae) by Léo C. da Rocha-Filho, Solange C. Augusto

“…A single female emerged from a brood cell of the host species Auplopus militaris (Lynch-Arribalzaga, 1873) (Pompilidae: Pepsinae) reared from a bamboo cane trap nest set at the edge of a gallery forest fragment located in Minas Gerais State, Central Brazil. This is the third host record of an Irenangelus species for the Neotropical region.…”
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Passiflora purii (Passifloraceae), a new species in honor of the originating peoples of Serra da Mantiqueira, Southeastern Brazil by Ana Carolina Mezzonato-Pires, Leonardo Moreira Campos Lima, Ana Paula Gelli de Faria

“…ABSTRACT During fieldwork in Serra Negra da Mantiqueira, Minas Gerais state, southeastern Brazil, a new taxon of Passiflora, subgenus Astrophea, was collected in cloud forest areas. …”
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New record of Vitex orinocensis Kunth (Lamiaceae) for the state of Ceará, Brazil: insights on its conservation by Diego Santos, Francisco Carlos Pinheiro da Costa

“…We report the first record of Vitex orinocensis Kunth (Lamiaceae) from Ceará state, northeastern Brazil. This species was collected in an upland Semideciduous Seasonal Forest. …”
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Incidence of high blood pressure in a group of tannery workers in Brazil by Ricardo Cordeiro, Eduardo Rommel Olivência Peñaloza, Maria Rita Camargo Donalisio

“…The aim of this study was to measure the incidence of high blood pressure (HBP) in a medium-size tannery in Botucatu, São Paulo State, southeast Brazil. A previous study at this tannery showed a high prevalence of arterial hypertension. …”
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