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Prefabrication is increasingly recognized as an alternative to conventional on-site construction, offering potential environmental benefits. However, these benefits are context-specific, requiring precise studies for optimal solutions. This paper presents the life-cycle environmental performance of an innovative prefabricated interior partition wall and benchmarks it against a conventional system, providing a replicable model for other novel partition walls. Detailed data collected directly from direct sources were utilized to conduct a cradle-to-gate with options Life Cycle Assessment (LCA), presenting a conveniently described method that can be widely replicated in the construction sector. The adapted LCA method presented in this study contributes to sustainable construction, providing a straightforward and robust approach to assessing the environmental impacts of innovative partition walls compared to conventional walls. For the specific scenario studied, the life-cycle impact assessment results generally indicate a superior environmental performance of the innovative prefabricated interior partition wall compared to the conventional system, resulting in impact reductions ranging from 10 to 60% across evaluated categories. For both systems, the production of materials plays a predominant role in the impact contributions. Furthermore, exploring alternative scenarios yielded significant environmental benefits, particularly in cases considering higher incorporation of recycled materials. Therefore, the direct comparison of the environmental performance of innovative partition walls against traditional solutions emerges as an environmentally sustainable path in the short and medium term. This aligns with the ongoing progress towards decarbonizing the building sector, not only in choosing more environmentally friendly solutions but also in improving the environmental performance of products through assertive changes.

Mercury contamination from gold mining in the Amazon poses significant environmental and health threats to the biome and its local populations. The recent expansion of non-industrial mining areas has severely impacted territories occupied by traditional communities. To address the lack of sampling data in the region and better understand mercury dynamics, this study used the probabilistic model SERAFM to estimate the mercury distribution and bioaccumulation in fish. The analysis covered 8,259 sub-basins across three major Amazonian basins: the Branco, Tapajós and Xingu rivers. The findings revealed increasing downstream mercury levels, with notable accumulations in the main watercourses influenced by methylation processes and mining releases. The projected concentrations showed that an average of 27.47% of the sub-basins might not comply with Brazilian regulations, rising to 52.38% in the Branco and Tapajós river basins separately. The risk assessment of fish consumption based on the projections highlighted high mercury exposure levels among traditional communities, particularly indigenous populations, with an average of 49.79% facing an extremely high risk in the Branco and Tapajós river basins. This study demonstrated SERAFM’s capacity to fill information gaps in the Amazon while underscoring the need for enhanced data collection, culturally sensitive interventions and regulatory updates to mitigate mercury contamination in gold mining-affected areas.

A Qualidade de Vida (QV) é o reflexo da percepção do indivíduo quanto aos aspectos físico, psíquico e social de sua vida, variando de forma positiva ou negativa a depender do contexto em que esteja inserido. Assim, este estudo objetivou identificar o nível de Qualidade de Vida do discente de enfermagem da Universidade Estadual de Roraima. Trata-se de uma pesquisa descritiva, transversal e de abordagem quantitativa com 55 acadêmicos do curso superior de enfermagem. A coleta dos dados ocorreu entre os meses de novembro de 2022 e abril de 2023. Aplicou-se questionário para caracterização dos dados sociodemográficos, acadêmicos, sono, atividade física e alimentação. A percepção da Qualidade de Vida foi avaliada por meio do instrumento WHOQOL-Bref. Os dados foram tabulados em planilhas do Excel 2020 e analisados a partir do software JAMOVI®. Os resultados preliminares indicam que a média de idade dos discentes foi de 22,6 anos (dp=2,6), prevalecendo os indivíduos do gênero feminino, cor parda, solteiro, sem filhos, residindo na capital, carro como principal meio de transporte, morando com os pais, sem atividade laboral, satisfeitos com o curso, mantendo atividade física regular, sem alimentação saudável e com média de sono de 6,7 horas (dp=1,4). Referente aos escores de QV, apenas o Domínio Físico se mostrou insatisfatório, e a média geral foi de 60,2. Apesar da Qualidade de Vida geral se mostrar satisfatória, alguns aspectos merecem evidência, como a qualidade da alimentação e do sono, fatores que estão repercutindo de forma negativa no Domínio Físico dos acadêmicos.

The concrete sector is known for its significant contribution to CO2 emissions. There are two main contributing factors in this situation: the large amount of concrete consumed per year on the planet and the high levels of CO2 released from the manufacture of Portland cement, the key binding agent in concrete. To face the consequent sustainability issues, diverse strategies involving the carbon capture and storage potential of cementitious materials have been explored. This paper addresses the potential of storing CO2 in concrete during the curing stage within the context of the precast Portuguese industry. To this end, it was assumed that CO2 will become a waste that will require an outlet in the future, considering that carbon capture will become mandatory in many industries. This work concluded that, in terms of carbon retention, the net benefit is positive for the process of storing carbon in concrete during the curing stage. More specifically, it was demonstrated that the additional emissions from the introduction of this new operation are only 10% of the stored amount, returning a storage potential of 76,000 tonnes of CO2 yearly. Moreover, the overall net reduction in the concrete life cycle averages 9.1% and 8.8% for precast elements and only non-structural elements, respectively. When a low-cement dosage strategy is coupled with carbonation curing technology, the overall carbon net reduction is estimated to be 45%.

Introduction: Diabetes is the leading cause of chronic kidney disease and end-stage kidney disease worldwide. A kidney biopsy in a diabetic patient must be considered when non-diabetic renal disease is suspected, such as in the presence of a rapid decline in renal function or severe unexplained proteinuria. However, the timing and criteria of a biopsy remain controversial in these patients. We aimed to identify clinical and histological markers that could help differentiate diabetic and non-diabetic renal disease and decide if this invasive approach is needed or not. Subjects and Methods: We reviewed 30 years of biopsies from diabetic patients performed at a tertiary hospital. We collected patient demographic data, biopsy indications, histological findings, and clinical and analytical data both at the moment of the biopsy and extensive followup. Based on kidney biopsy findings, patients were categorized as isolated diabetic nephropathy, non-diabetic kidney disease, or non-diabetic kidney disease superimposed on diabetic nephropathy (diabetic kidney disease). Results and Discussion: We enrolled 92 patients, mostly with type 2 diabetes, with a mean age of 62.9 ± 13.2 years. Nearly half of them had isolated diabetic nephropathy (53.3%), and 15.2% had diabetic nephropathy superimposed on non-diabetic kidney disease, comprising a total of 63 patients (68.5%) with diabetic kidney disease. Twenty-nine patients (31.5%) were considered to have non-diabetic kidney disease. These last patients were significantly less likely to need insulin therapy (p=0.002), had more frequently an acute deterioration of renal function (p=0.01), lower albumin levels (p=0.03), and a higher prevalence of microhematuria (p=0.001). We found the latter to be an independent predictor of non-diabetic kidney disease. Further, patients with the primary diagnosis of diabetic nephropathy had higher survival than those who had nondiabetic kidney disease, contradicting published data. Conclusions: The criteria for performing a biopsy in diabetic patients still lack consensus, although the priority to identify non-diabetic kidney disease prevails. We believe the non-diabetic kidney disease predictors we describe may prove helpful for determining the need for a histological assessment in diabetic patients.

The paper promotes a bibliographic review on juvenile justice in the sociology field in Brazil. The studies are divided into three groups: the classic ones, which focus on the socio-demographic profile of adolescents conflicting the law; a second group, composed, in its majority, of ethnographic content studies, reinforcing the argument of loose coupling; and, finally, ratifying the idea of assembly line justice, research on the integration of institutions. The article demonstrates the strengthening of organizational approaches and the prominence of criminal subjection processes in the recent trajectory of juvenile justice in the country.

Knowing water and energy consumption patterns sets the baseline for understanding their drivers and assessing the performance of potential measures to increase efficiency and/or reliability. These patterns can vary substantially depending on the building characteristics, on the building users and use, on the cultural, social, economic, environmental context in which the building is located, among many other factors. This article presents a general methodological framework for characterizing water and energy consumption patterns in buildings based on the evaluation of the characteristics of the equipments and appliances, as well as the type of users and the activities developed in each type of room. This allows estimating water and energy use, by end use per square meter and by roomtype. The methodological framework proposed was applied to the buildings of the Paricarana Campus of Federal University of Roraima (UFRR), Brazil, providing one of the few examples in the literature reporting water and energy consumption in university buildings in tropical climates. Universities, in most cases, represent large water and energy consumers with distinctive consumption drivers and patterns which have received limited attention when compared to other types of buildings (e.g., residential). The findings have shown that teaching rooms and administration rooms are the main consumers, representing 48% and 49% of the institution's energy and water consumption, respectively. Air conditioning is the biggest energy consumption (63%), while personal use represents 72% of the total water consumption in a building. The toilets represent a large water consumption in a university building (46.40%). Comparing different building uses, the central library is the highest consumer, due to the longest operating time and the highest occupational density. The methodological proposal intends to be a useful tool to support managers and decision-makers to understand the dynamics of consumption and then propose effective practices to reduce water and energy uses, as well as providing reference data for comparison with other educational institutions.

Este artigo aborda os saberes e percepções dos acadêmicos dos cursos de licenciatura da Universidade do Estado do Amapá (UEAP) sobre a educação ambiental no processo de formação de professores. A metodologia pautou-se em entrevistas semiestruturadas e seminário de integração. Os resultados apontam que a UEAP, pouco tem contribuído para a inserção das questões socioambientais no processo de formação inicial dos professores, prevalecendo uma visão Romântica/Naturalista da relação homem-natureza. Logo, os autores consideram a necessidade de discussões críticas sobre as questões socioambientais, tendo em vista os diversos sentidos que a temática permite, tanto no ambiente formal ou não formal da educação.

This data article presents demographic, socio-economic and waste-related data at municipal level for Portugal. The dataset includes raw data collected from 4 main sources: (i) the annual reports of waste management companies; (ii) the database of the Portuguese water, sanitation and waste regulatory entity; (iii) the Portuguese Environmental Agency; and (iv) national statistical data. Relevant indicators for waste generation and for the separate collection of waste are proposed and calculated using the raw data. The dataset comprises municipalities with high, medium and low separate collection yields, providing socio-economic and waste infrastructures data that can be used for benchmarking. The dataset can also be used to define a baseline against which the progress of the collection of packaging waste can be assessed over time, or else serve as input to mathematical models predicting waste generation and collection. Moreover, data can serve as the base to calculate new waste-related indicators. In addition to being a valuable input to the waste topic, the dataset can also be used in a large range of other topics where demographic and socio-economic parameters are relevant. The data presented herein are associated with the research articles “Model for the separate collection of packaging waste in Portuguese low-performing recycling regions” [1] and “Artificial neural network modelling of the amount of separately-collected household packaging waste” [2].

O presente artigo representa um esforço de atualização da obra “Introdução Crítica ao Direito Agrário”, da coleção Direito Achado na Rua, de modo a identificar sujeitos e temas emergentes no Direito Agrário que não foram abordados no livro, e levantar questões que contribuam para pensar a relação entre o direito e os desafios atuais da realidade agrária brasileira. O trabalho foi realizado por meio de revisão bibliográfica e análise documental e seus resultados apontaram transformações importantes no campo nas últimas décadas, como a multiplicação das pautas, repertórios de ação e dos sujeitos coletivos de direitos, com destaque para a emergência política dos povos e comunidades tradicionais, a ressignificação do sentido da Reforma Agraria e a intensificação dos processos de expropriação territorial, violência e violações de direitos.

For the majority of the contractual arrangements used in construction projects, the owner is not responsible for the cost deviations due to the variability of labor productivity or material price, amongst many other aspects. Consequently, the cost performance of a project may be entirely distinct for the owner and the contractor. Since the majority of quantitative research on cost estimation and deviation found in the literature adopts the owners’ perspective, this research provides a contribution towards modeling costs and cost deviation from a contractor’s perspective. From an initial sample of 13 residential buildings and 10 office building projects, it was possible to develop models for cost estimation at the early stage of development, including both endogenous and exogenous variables. Although the sample is relatively small, the authors were able to fully analyze all the cost data, using no secondary sources of data (which is very frequent in cost modeling studies). The statistically significant variables in the cost estimation models were the areas above and below ground and the years following the 2008 financial crisis, including the international bailout (2011–2014) period. For estimating the unit cost, a nonlinear model was obtained with the number of underground and total floor, the floor ratio, and the years following the 2008 financial crisis, including the international bailout (2011–2014) period as predictors. For the office buildings, a statistically significant correlation was also found between the cost deviation and number of underground floors.

Este estudo tem como objetivo compartilhar a trajetória da experiência da Pedagogia da Alternância no Amapá, bem como discutir as estratégias desenvolvidas pelos agricultores na aplicação de ações colaborativas Escola e Famílias, rompendo o isolamento entre o contexto escolar e o familiar na formação/qualificação de seus filhos na Escola Família Agrícola do Pacuí (EFAP). A metodologia abrangeu pesquisa documental e bibliográfica, e entrevistas semi-estruturadas realizadas com os agricultores fundadores da EFAP. Os resultados indicam que a teoria pedagógica dialoga com a realidade do campo, potencializando a permanência dos jovens junto a suas famílias. Palavras-chave: pedagogia da alternância; Amapá; Escola Família do Pacuí.

Este artigo objetiva construir uma cartografia das produções sobre história da educação no Pará, tomando por base as teses e dissertações defendidas nos Programas de Pós-graduação em Educação da UFPA e da UEPA, no período de 2005-2018, o que nos permitiu avaliar os avanços nas produções relativas à história da educação na Amazônia e identificar lacunas e desafios aos pesquisadores da educação da região Norte, no campo da história da educação. As produções analisadas apontam que, embora não exista nos dois Programas de Pós-graduação em Educação uma linha e/ou núcleo específico na área da história da educação, constatou-se uma significativa produção. Ao final, analisamos em que medida os dois programas contribuíram para o fortalecimento de pesquisas em história da educação.

Calcium silicate-based sealers were recently introduced as a new class of endodontic sealers, with potential further benefits due to their bioactivity. The aim of this study was to evaluate the biocompatibility of two new hydraulic calcium silicate-based sealers, TotalFill BC Sealer (FKG, La Chaux-des-Fonds, Switzerland) and TotalFill BC Sealer HiFlow (FKG, La Chaux-des-Fonds, Switzerland) through subcutaneous implantation in connective tissue of rats. Subcutaneous implantation was performed in 16 young Wistar rats. Four polyethylene tubes were implanted in each animal, one empty to serve as a control, and three filled with tested sealers: AH Plus as reference (Dentsply DeTrey, Konstanz, Germany), TotalFill BC Sealer (BC) and TotalFill BC Sealer HiFlow (HiFlow). Eight rats were euthanized at 8 days and the remaining eight at 30 days. Hematoxylin-eosin staining was used to score the inflammatory reaction, macrophage infiltrate and to measure the thickness of the fibrous capsule. von Kossa staining was performed to evaluate the mineralization level. Kruskal–Wallis test followed by Dunn’s post hoc test was used to analyze non-parametric data. To analyze the influence of the implantation time within each material, a Mann–Whitney U test was performed. At eight days post-implantation, AH Plus induced a more intense inflammatory reaction when compared both with the control (p ≤ 0.001) and BC (p ≤ 0.01). HiFlow presented a higher score of macrophage infiltrate than control (p ≤ 0.01) and BC (p ≤ 0.05). The fibrous capsule thickness in this period was significantly higher for the BC group when compared to control (p ≤ 0.01) and AH Plus (p ≤ 0.05). The mineralization potential was higher for the HiFlow group when compared with the control (p ≤ 0.001) and AH Plus (p ≤ 0.001). At 30 days post-implantation, the score for the inflammatory reaction remained higher for the AH Plus group when compared both to control (p ≤ 0.01) and BC (p ≤ 0.001). The macrophage infiltrate of the HiFlow was significantly higher than control (p ≤ 0.001) and AH Plus groups (p ≤ 0.01), additionally, the fibrous capsule of the BC (p ≤ 0.001) and HiFlow (p ≤ 0.01) groups were both thicker than control. Mineralization potential was observed only on BC (p ≤ 0.05) and HiFlow groups (p ≤ 0.001), when compared to control). BC exhibited the best biocompatibility performance of all tested sealers and HiFlow provided the greatest induction of mineralized tissues. Both TotalFill BC Sealer and TotalFill BC Sealer HiFlow are biocompatible and show potential bioactivity when implanted in the subcutaneous tissue. Bioactivity was not found in AH Plus.

The PHAR-IN (“Competences for industrial pharmacy practice in biotechnology”) looked at whether there is a difference in how industrial employees and academics rank competences for practice in the biotechnological industry. A small expert panel consisting of the authors of this paper produced a biotechnology competence framework by drawing up an initial list of competences then ranking them in importance using a three-stage Delphi process. The framework was next evaluated and validated by a large expert panel of academics (n = 37) and industrial employees (n = 154). Results show that priorities for industrial employees and academics were similar. The competences for biotechnology practice that received the highest scores were mainly in: “Research and Development”, ‘“Upstream” and “Downstream” Processing’, “Product development and formulation”, “Aseptic processing”, “Analytical methodology”, “Product stability”, and “Regulation”. The main area of disagreement was in the category “Ethics and drug safety” where academics ranked competences higher than did industrial employees.

O objetivo deste artigo é analisar a implantação das escolas de instrução primárias na Colônia Agrícola de Benevides da província do Pará (1861-1881). Para atingir tal propósito metodologicamente nos apoiamos no tipo de pesquisa documental, que inclui relatórios dos diretores da instrução pública, relatórios dos presidentes da província do Pará, legislação educacional e os jornais da época como o “Diário do Gram Pará” e “O Liberal”. Essas fontes foram pesquisadas na Biblioteca Pública do Pará Arthur Viana, Arquivo Público do Estado do Pará, Instituto Histórico e Geográfico Brasileiro e na Biblioteca Nacional. Para compreender as escolas primárias da colônia agrícola de Benevides na província do Pará na segunda metade do século XIX, nos apoiamos em teóricos da Nova História Cultural como Burke (2005), Chartier (2002), Julia (2001). As escolas primárias da colônia de Benevides funcionavam nos horários da manhã e da tarde para atender os filhos e filhas dos colonos estrangeiros e brasileiros com idades entre 6 e 15 anos, além de filhos de escravas alforriadas e crianças indígenas. No período da noite atendia os colonos adultos que desejavam aprender as primeiras letras.

During the past decades, the construction industry has been gradually adhering to major conceptual approaches such as those of quality, performance and risk. This paper proposes a management framework that enables the joint application of these conceptual approaches throughout the various phases of building projects – a Risk-Managed Performance-Based Building (RM-PBB) framework. This framework is based on the policies, procedures and practices of initiatives that gather international consensus, including performance-based model codes and standards, internationally recognized management principles and guidelines, standardized requirements for different types of management systems and also agreed principles of conformity assessment and auditing. This paper presents a summary of the strategic and operational components of this RM-PBB management framework. It also shows the practical outreach of the proposed framework by providing an example of application of each component of the management framework to the specific engineering context of building structures. The example of application further shows how technical risks arising from performance-based building structures can be managed, so that an intended level of structural performance can be fulfilled throughout all stages of a building project.

Nowadays, a wide range of stakeholders seek explicit performance and risk information on construction projects. These stakeholders include end-users, authorities, insurance companies and financial institutions, among others. They look for proof that engineering risks are being properly managed and that specified performance-based requirements are fulfilled throughout all stages of the project (e.g. technical requirements related to the building such as structural safety, structural serviceability, structural durability, fire safety, energy efficiency, or others). Such demonstration can be conveyed through statements of technical conformity, such as technical risk reports or engineering performance certificates. Statements of conformity are particularly valuable to make informed decisions associated with contractual or other legal warranties against building nonconformities. This paper describes the conceptual background and the methodologies undertaken to design and develop a management framework that enables recognition of the conformity assessment results of building projects. It also presents the outreach of this management framework throughout the planning, programming, design, construction and use phases of building projects. This paper also summarizes the wide range of practical implications and benefits of this management framework for authorities and official bodies, owners and their representatives, banks and insurance companies, conformity assessment bodies, designers, builders, suppliers and end-users.

A hiperplasia linfóide angiofolicular foi inicialmente descrita por Castleman como uma hiperplasia do gânglio linfático, caracterizada por folículos anormais, com centros germinativos pequenos e marcada proliferação capilar. Os autores apresentam o caso de um homem de 37 anos com toracalgia e massa mediastínica com 4 cm de diâmetro, constituída por tecido vermelho-escuro e carnudo, com pequena área central branca. Foi diagnosticada a variante plasmocitária da hiperplasia infóide angiofolicular em gânglio linfático mediastínico. Apresentava mais dois gânglios "diafragmáticos" envolvidos pela mesma doença. A hiperplasia linfóide angiofolicular, ou doença de Castleman, é uma doença linfoproliferativa rara que atinge frequentemente o mediastino ou os gânglios linfáticos do hilo pulmonar. Pode ter, no entanto, outras localizações, na forma multisistémica. Estão descritas duas variantes morfológicas: a vascular hialina e a plasmocitária. A IL-6 parece ter um papel importante na sua patogenia, quando se trata da variante plasmocitária. A doença de Castleman deve ser considerada no diagnóstico diferencial de massas mediastínicas, nomeadamente com linfomas.Angiofolicular lymphoid hyperplasia was first described by Castleman as a lymph node hyperplasia characterized by abnormal follicles with small germinal centres and high capillary proliferation. The authors present a case of a 37 year old man with thoracalgy and a mediastinal mass of 4 cm diameter, fleshy and red with a white central area. The diagnosis of plasma cell type of angiofolicular lymphoid hyperplasia in an mediastinal lymph node was made. He also had involvement of two "diaphragmatic" lymph nodes. Angiofolicular lymphoid hyperplasia - Castleman’s disease - is a rare lymphoproliferative disease that involves the mediastine or the pulmonary hilus when of solitary form but it can also have other localizations (multicentric or systemic form). Two histological variants are described, the hyaline vascular type and the plasma cell type. IL-6 seems to be in the plasma cell type, due to plasma cells proliferation. Castleman’s Disease must be considered in the differential diagnosis of mediastinal masses, namely lymphomas.

With stakeholders seeking for reducing the uncertainties in construction projects, the application of risk management has gained increased interest over the past decades, with a particular emphasis on the risk management process. However, very little attention has been given to the framework that supports the implementation of risk management processes within the construction sector. One of the most relevant particularities of the ISO 31000:2009 standard1, on risk management - principles and guidelines, is the promotion of a risk management framework overseeing the implementation of risk management processes. The present paper proposes a risk management framework for the construction industry, taking into due consideration the specificities of construction-related companies and construction projects seeking to integrate risk management within their overall management system.

The exceptional biodiversity of Reunion Island is threatened by anthropogenic landscape changes that took place during the 350 years of human colonization. During this period the human population size increased dramatically from 250 to 800,000. The arrival of humans together with the development of agriculture, invasive species such as rats and cats, and deforestation has lead to the extinction of more than half of the original vertebrate species of the island. For the remaining species, significant work is being carried out to identify threats and conservation status, but little genetic work has been carried on some of the most endangered species. In the last decade theoretical studies have shown the ability of neutral genetic markers to infer the demographic history of endangered species and identify and date past population size changes (expansions or bottlenecks). In this study we provide the first genetic data on the critically endangered species the Reunion cuckoo-shrike Coracina newtoni. The Reunion cuckoo-shrike is a rare endemic forest bird surviving in a restricted 12-km(2) area of forested uplands and mountains. The total known population consists of less than one hundred individuals out of which 45 were genotyped using seventeen polymorphic microsatellite loci. We found a limited level of genetic variability and weak population structure, probably due to the limited geographic distribution. Using Bayesian methods, we identified a strong decline in population size during the Holocene, most likely caused by an ancient climatic or volcanic event around 5000 years ago. This result was surprising as it appeared in apparent contradiction with the accepted theory of recent population collapse due to deforestation and predator introduction. These results suggest that new methods allowing for more complex demographic models are necessary to reconstruct the demographic history of populations.

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Mercury contamination from gold mining in the Amazon poses significant environmental and health threats to the biome and its local populations. The recent expansion of non-industrial mining areas has severely impacted territories occupied by traditional communities. To address the lack of sampling data in the region and better understand mercury dynamics, this study used the probabilistic model SERAFM to estimate the mercury distribution and bioaccumulation in fish. The analysis covered 8,259 sub-basins across three major Amazonian basins: the Branco, Tapajós and Xingu rivers. The findings revealed increasing downstream mercury levels, with notable accumulations in the main watercourses influenced by methylation processes and mining releases. The projected concentrations showed that an average of 27.47% of the sub-basins might not comply with Brazilian regulations, rising to 52.38% in the Branco and Tapajós river basins separately. The risk assessment of fish consumption based on the projections highlighted high mercury exposure levels among traditional communities, particularly indigenous populations, with an average of 49.79% facing an extremely high risk in the Branco and Tapajós river basins. This study demonstrated SERAFM's capacity to fill information gaps in the Amazon while underscoring the need for enhanced data collection, culturally sensitive interventions and regulatory updates to mitigate mercury contamination in gold mining-affected areas. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]