Impact of antiparasitic therapy on cardiovascular outcomes in chronic Chagas disease. A systematic review and meta-analysisResearch in context by Anis Rassi, Jr, Alyssa Grimshaw, Ashwin Sarwal, Ranjit Sah, Sangam Shah, Nelson I. Agudelo Higuita, Fabio Mahamed Rassi, Michaele Francesco Corbisiero, Hannah M. Kyllo, Jordan Stellern, Samantha Kaplan, Luis A. Marcos, Edgar A. Ramírez-García, Martin Casapia, Peter Hotez, Maria Elena Bottazzi, Shital Patel, Carlos Franco-Paredes, José Antonio Marin-Neto, Andrés F. Henao-Martínez

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Securitization, Credit Rating and Issuers’ Characteristics by Mauricio Palmada Fernandes, Hsia Hua Sheng, Mayra Ivanoff Lora

“…Given the growth of securitization through Credit Receivables Investment Funds (Fundos de Investimento em Direitos Creditórios - FIDCs) in Brazil in recent years, this work aims to investigate empirically the relationship between securitization and credit rating in the Brazilian market. …”
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Que bom te ver viva: vozes femininas reivindicando uma outra história by Kátia da Costa Bezerra

“…The right to determine the meaning of the military dictatorship in Brazil has been a constant dispute between members of the militant left and the military regime. …”
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Lorentz Violation, Möller Scattering, and Finite Temperature by Alesandro F. Santos, Faqir C. Khanna

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Entre religions et spiritualité, quels rôles pour la laïcité dans les collèges publics : une comparaison franco-brésilienne by Gabriela Valente

“…The objective of this article is to analyze the role of the religious in public schools, in two countries that define themselves as secular, Brazil and France. How are spirituality and religiosity treated in schools? …”
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Identification, Biology, and Control of Small-Leaf Spiderwort (Tradescantia fluminensis): A Widely Introduced Invasive Plant by Jason C. Seitz, Mark W. Clark

“… Tradescantia fluminensis (small-leaf spiderwort) is a perennial subsucculent herb native to tropical and subtropical regions of Brazil and Argentina. The species has been introduced to the United States and countries in many parts of the world where it is often considered invasive. …”
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Religião e lutas identitárias por cidadania e justiça: Brasil e Argentina by Joanildo A. Burity

“…The analysis, which is part of a broader comparative study under way will focus on the fi eld of Christianity in Brazil and Argentina.…”
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Vector Space on the Binomial Coefficients in Combinatorial Geometric Series by Chinnaraji Annamalai, Antonio Marcos de Oliveira Siqueira

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Colocar-se em palavras: memórias de um percurso íntimo by Regina Dalcastagnè

“…Based on a rapprochement between the award-winning novel Nur na escuridão (Nur in darkness), by Salim Miguel, which tells his family’s saga during his immi- gration from Lebanon to Brazil, and the unpublished manuscripts of Jose Miguel, the author’s father, who tells the same story, this article discusses the reasons for writing and the use of narrative resources to build a meaning for his life. …”
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Bahiagrass for Florida Lawns by Laurie Trenholm, Marco Schiavon, J. Bryan Unruh, Travis Shaddox, Kevin E. Kenworthy

“… Bahiagrass (Paspalum notatum Flugge) was introduced from Brazil in 1914. It was originally used as a pasture grass on the sandy soils of the southeastern United States. …”
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Matching Hom-Setting of Rota-Baxter Algebras, Dendriform Algebras, and Pre-Lie Algebras by Dan Chen, Xiao-Song Peng, Chia Zargeh, Yi Zhang

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Manger la parole de Dieu. La Bible lue par les Wari’ by Aparecida Vilaça

“…This paper deals with one particular aspect of Christianity as experienced by the Wari’ (Amazonia, Brazil): the interest they take in the Bible, which has been translated into their language by the New Tribes missionaries who have been living among them for nearly fifty years now. …”
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Des femmes et des gâteaux by Maria Leticia Mazzucchi Ferreira

“…The content of this article is extracted from research about the candies of Pelotas, city of southern Brazil. This research approached the candies as a immaterial heritage.Classified as fine candies and fruit candies (colonial candies), the root of this know-how is in the late 19th century with the daughters of beef jerky producers, at a time of crisis in the saladeril activity.The interviews reveal that the candie makers had a memory linked to the body’s gestures, to the senses, whether through the olfactory memory (the know-how originated from the syrup scent), or through the visual memory (based on how the candy looks, to know if it is good or not).The learning of the candy maker profession is linked to the portuguese cuisine. …”
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Ordre social, ordre spatial : territorialisation des politiques de sécurité publique à Rio de Janeiro by Justine Ninnin

“…Public security is a challenge in Brazil, especially in Rio de Janeiro. The city, which seeks to be a central player on the international scene has redefined its security strategy by reaffirming the public authorities power in the favelas through “militarization” and territorialised policy. …”
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Fakecraft by Paul Christopher Johnson

“…The essay explores how traditions of African descent in the Caribbean and Brazil havelong been marginalized in the study of religion as lacking depth or authenticity. …”
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Narrativas de democratização cultural no Brasil: um olhar sociológico ao Programa Cultura Viva by Rodrigo Manoel Dias da Silva

“…This article discusses the meanings of cultural democratization explicit in the recent history of the analysis of cultural policies and seeks to ascertain how this conceptual diversification has been expressed in the policies implemented in Brazil. For this purpose, it analyzes the narrative recurrence of these processes in the “Cultura Viva” program of the Ministry of Culture. …”
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Cidades em ruínas: a história a contrapelo em Inferno Provisório, de Luiz Ruffato by Giovanna Dealtry

“…In considering Walter Benjamin's ideas on the concept of history, Iinvestigate the path taken by Rufatto in his quest to understand Brazil from the point of view of the proletariat without, however, abdicating from fictional innovation.…”
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Representación dela violencia y la marginalidaden el discurso de Cidade de Deus e Inferno by Matías Rebolledo Dujisin

“…Violence andmarginality, in fact, are probably the most exploited and discussed subjects inthe last few decades in Brazil, so the comparison between the poeticalconstruction in both novels reveals that it is almost impossible to maintain anunivocal sense and explanation of this contemporary condition.…”
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Observability and uniqueness theorem for a coupled hyperbolic system by Boris V. Kapitonov, Joel S. Souza

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A FIRST COMPOSITIONAL ATTEMPT INTO THE WORLD OF SILENT SHORT FILMS – SANCTUARY BY NELIO COSTA (WITH MUSIC BY ŞERBAN MARCU) by Şerban MARCU

“…The film under discussion is Sanctuary, a silent short film produced by Nelio Costa, Professor of film journalism at the UNA University Center in Belo Horizonte, Brazil. The study highlights the suggestions that the composer derived from the film, the musical solutions the composer came up with in order to “counterpoint” the visual discourse and the context in which the film was presented, at the 2nd edition of the InnerSound International New Arts Festival, in Bucharest, 2013. …”
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