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Pantanal in flames: UFF professors explain recent fires and their effects
Since mid-2020, the rich biome of the Pantanal has been dying with fires of historic proportions. The monthly number of fire outbreaks is the highest since 1998 when the National Institute for Space Research initiated these records. The institution's data show that in...
UFF professors analyze the systematic phenomenon of social inequality in Brazil
The principle of equality, guaranteed by the Brazilian constitution, provides for all citizens the right to equal treatment under the law, prohibiting arbitrary differences. Race, gender, religious creed, political orientation, none of these parameters should...
Deconstructing sexism in the academia: UFF professor receives a prize in the area of Mathematics
What image comes to your mind when you think of math? A blackboard covered with chalk formulas? Numbers printed on the packaging? A calculator? And when do you think about teaching mathematics? A man with a mustache behind a book, in a classroom? A Hollywood film with...
UFF project encourages social debate on domestic violence
The social withdrawal that the population has been experiencing due to the COVID-19 pandemic, in addition to profoundly modifying family routines, has made daily living among its members much more intense. For many people, this has been an opportunity to strengthen...
UFF research recounts the history of the pandemic from the report of the elderly
According to the latest report by the World Health Organization, Brazil is now the second country in the world ranking with the highest number of new cases and deaths from COVID-19, behind only the United States. And of the more than sixty thousand deaths recorded to...
UFF researchers coordinate global study on the impacts of COVID-19 on justice systems
The COVID-19 pandemic has surprised all nations on the planet and is triggering the search for efficient mechanisms to contain the spread of the disease. In addition to the humanitarian crisis, the outbreak also has multiple impacts on the global stage and the...
UFF and Fiocruz publish article on psychiatric changes related to COVID-19
The novel coronavirus brought to the scientific scene the urgency to create research capable of discussing some of its characteristics and consequences. In this context, researchers from laboratories and research centers at the Universidade Federal Fluminense (UFF)...
Back home: reflections on social isolation in Brazil during the pandemic
At least two months ago, thousands of people in Brazil were impacted by the transformation of their life routines. With the adoption of social isolation by the governments of most municipalities in the country, due to the pandemic of the novel coronavirus, social...
University Hospital creates ‘memories box’ for family members of patients who died of coronavirus
Covid-19 has already taken many people's lives. Thinking about the pain of family members, the Humanization Action to Confront Pandemic at the Antonio Pedro University Hospital created a project to make the delivery of the belongings of patients who died of the...
UFF participates in national project on the Tourism sector in Brazil
COVID-19 raised concerns around the world about how quarantine would affect the functioning of economic sectors. The tourism sector has people mobility as its main foundation and, due to this nature, it is one of the areas most affected by the current scenario....
UFF professor participates in multinational research on the use of masks in the pandemic
Considering the seriousness of the COVID-19 pandemic and its health, social and economic implications, it has become essential to produce research to understand the impact of the strategies adopted and to minimize the spread of the infection. In order to collaborate...
The loneliness of overcrowded favelas in combating the greatest health crisis of the century
There are many scientific projections from research centers referenced around the world on the evolution of the COVID-19 pandemic in Brazil in the coming months. In none of them, however, is there a deep analysis of the reality of the favelas, which is radically...
Announcement regarding International Mobility during COVID-19 outbreak
Dear partners, We would like to inform you that, due to the outbreak of COVID-19, the start of our semester has been suspended indefinitely, until the Sanitary Authority authorizes the resumption of regular activities. Therefore, our academic calendar will be adjusted...
Science against misinformation: UFF researcher explains the importance of combating anti-science in times of coronavirus
Right now, we are experiencing a race to develop the COVID-19 cure in Brazil and worldwide. In the midst of this critical scenario for society, science has been a key factor in facing it. The validation of knowledge is essential to create effective solutions in the...
Art unites us: UFF Arts Center provides cultural collection on social networks during quarantine
Art and culture could not be left out of the multiple actions coordinated by UFF to go through this quarantine period with society. Therefore, in order to offer quality content and bring the community closer to its production, the Arts Center of Universidade Federal...
The invisible knocks on the door: economic crisis triggered by the novel coronavirus highlights Brazilian slavery tradition, denounces UFF researchers
Schools and universities got closed. Theaters, cinemas, nightclubs. Beaches, public parks, and some of the accesses to the city. People retreated into houses and you can hardly hear any noise on the sidewalks, once bustling and crowded. Even so, from time to time, you...
UFF research shows who and how the young victims and young agents of violence in Brazil lives
Brazil is considered internationally as one of the countries in South America with the highest rates of violence, having the third-largest prison population in the world. In the last decades, this phenomenon has been crossed by an increasing increase in youth...
UFF project creates applications that help in the treatment of heart diseases
Currently, there are countless technological resources that can be applied in the health area. The processes of diagnosis and treatment of diseases have achieved better results from the use of, for example, less invasive procedures (such as robotic surgeries), and the...
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