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This article analyses the politic dimension of the sacred spatiality approaching the Catholic territoriality in the Federal State of Rio de Janeiro. The main focus lies on the spatial interpretation of the origin and religious management of the so called "fluminenses dioceses" by the National Conference of Bishops of Brazil (CNBB). On this background the article is particularly interested in the dynamics of socio-spatial occupation and transformation within the selected area promoted by the Catholic Church in order to attend religious demands and to maintain its control of the people living in the selected area. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

COVID-19 Reporting and Data System (CO-RADS) is a tool for standardizing the reports of patients with suspected or confirmed Sars-CoV-2 infection. We performed a study of the performance of the CO-RADS in a triage scenario of patients in Brazil. Data from 426 Computed Tomography (CT) scans from March 2020 through December 2020 were assessed in an ambidirectional, both retrospective and prospective, for the assessment in one of the six categories of the CO-RADS. We assessed sensitivity, specificity, positive predictive value (PPV), negative predictive value (NPV), positive likelihood ratio (PLR), negative likelihood ratio (NLR) Youden's index, Positive and Negative Clinical Utility Index (UC + and UC− respectively) and diagnostic odds ratio (DOR). We also plotted Receiver Operating Characteristics (ROC) curve with Area Under the Curve (AUC) for CO-RADS of >4 (4 + 5). For CO-RADS classification > 4 (4 + 5) considered positive, the AUC obtained was of 0.89 (95% CI of 0.02), sensitivity of 78% (95% CI of 0.3), specificity of 91% (95% CI of 0.3), PPV of 0.92 (95% CI of 0.02), NPV of 0.41 (95% CI of 0.03), PLR of 0.85 (95% CI of 0.2), and NLR of 0.23 (95% CI of 0.02). CO-RADS demonstrated overall good diagnostic performance in stratifying patients with suspected Sars-CoV-2 infection, even those without confirmed laboratorial diagnosis, therefore being useful in a triage scenario with lack of resources. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]