Universidade Federal da Bahia

Effect of Combined Aerobic and Resistance Training on Exercise Capacity, Muscle Strength, Quality of Life, and Mortality in Patients with Coronary Heart Disease: A Systematic Review with Meta-analysis

CART (combined aerobic and resistance training) has shown important results in exercise-based cardiovascular rehabilitation. However, there are little data concerning the effects of CART on the exercise capacity, muscle strength, health-related quality of life (HRQoL), and mortal...

Rethinking Plasticity in Sponges

What lies behind the extraordinary phenotypic plasticity of sponges? We used this question to conduct a systematic review of how "phenotypic plasticity" is approached in the literature regarding the phylum Porifera. First, we gathered information on what the literature says about...

Tropical-Forest Degradation–Restoration Interface: A Comprehensive Review

Tropical forests sustain exceptional biodiversity and regulate global carbon and water cycles, yet degradation and incomplete recovery increasingly compromise these functions. We integrated bibliometric mapping with structured systematic synthesis to characterize research at the...