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José Weverton Almeida Bezerra1 \*, Felicidade Caroline Rodrigues1 , Ma Aparecida Barbosa Ferreira Gonçalo2 , Marcos Aurélio Figuereido dos Santos2 , Gledson Ferreira Macedo2 , Janete de Souza Bezerra<sup>2</sup> , Priscilla Augusta de Sousa Fernandes2 , Emanoel Messias Pereira Fernando3 , Carlos Henrique Silva de Oliveira<sup>3</sup> , Viviane Bezerra da Silva<sup>2</sup> , Isabella Hevily Silva Torquato2 , Niwiarakelly da Silva Monte2 , Luciano Temoteo dos Santos2 and Henrique Douglas Melo Coutinho2

1 Federal University of Pernambuco (UFPE), Recife, PE, Brazil

2 Regional University of Cariri (URCA), Crato, CE, Brazil

3 Federal University of Campina Grande (UFCG), Patos, PB, Brazil

\*Address all correspondence to: weverton.almeida@urca.br; rodriguescaroline26@gmail.com

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