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So·ro·ca·ba

 (sôr′o͝o-kä′bä)
A city of southern Brazil west of São Paulo. It is a commercial and industrial center.
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Sorocaba

(Portuguese soroˈkaba)
n
(Placename) a city in S Brazil, in São Paulo state: industrial centre. Pop: 671 000 (2005 est)
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So•ro•ca•ba

(ˌsɔr ʊˈkɑ bɑ)

n.
a city in SE Brazil, W of São Paulo. 254,672.
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The authors gratefully acknowledge the Department of Mechanical Engineering--Federal University of Parana (UFPR), Federal University of Sao Carlos (UFSCar Sorocaba), Fatec Sorocaba, Federal University of Triangulo Mineiro (UFTM) for providing the laboratories facilities, as well as the financial support by the National Council of Technological and Scientific Development contract (303684/2015-1 and 402142/2016-0).
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Agrademos ao Hospital Oftalmologico de Sorocaba e ao Banco de Olhos de Sorocaba (BOS) por todo apoio oferecido, sem o qual nao seria possivel a realizacao deste trabalho.
Wilton Garcia | 88wgarcia@gmail.com Universidade de Sorocaba (Uniso) Pos-Doutor em Multimeios pelo IA/UNICAMP, Doutor e Mestre em Comunicacao pela ECA/USP.