Ideas, Interests and Institutions in Brazilian Rural Territorial Development Policy: A Study of Território Meio Oeste Contestado by Tecchio, Andréia, Grisa, Catia, Oliveira, Luiza Zitzke, Cazella, Ademir Antonio

“…The territory ‘Meio Oeste Contestado’, located in Santa Catarina, Brazil, was created in 2003, after the implementation of the rural territorial development policy of the government of Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva (2003-2010). …”
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Organizational Learning in the Hotel Industry: an eclectic instrument of measurement by Adriana L. Fernandes, Raul M. S. Laureano, Bráulio Alturas

“…This study was conducted with 295 professionals, among them managers and employees of hotels in Brazil and Portugal in order to validate a measuring instrument of organizational learning, properly adapted for hotel industry, and identify differences in the degree of efficiency of the organizational learning process between hotels of different categories, and between managers and employees. …”
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Hybrid Method for Predictive Transient Nonlinear Analysis of a Radiative-Convective Moving Porous Fin with Temperature-variant Internal Heat Generation by Gbeminiyi Musibau Sobamowo, Ridwan Oladotun Olagbadamosi, Arinola Bola Ajayi, Antonio Marcos de Oliveira Siqueira

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Extensive Longitudinal Transverse Myelitis Temporally Related to the Use of AZD1222, AstraZeneca COVID-19 Vaccine: Cerebrospinal Fluid Analysis and Recent Data Review by Paulo Diniz da Gama, Tiago Gomes de Alcantara, Rafaela Ramos Smaniotto, Penélope de Lima Petuco, Wammer Alves de Almeida, Rodrigo Assad Diiniz da Gama, Yara Dadalti Fragoso

“…We present a case of extensive longitudinal transverse myelitis after vaccination with AZD1222, AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine, which was the first case reported in Brazil. The abnormalities found in the study of the cerebrospinal fluid in our case are reported and discussed using data from recent publications.…”
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GTrust: Group Extension for Trust Models in Distributed Systems by Robson de Oliveira Albuquerque, Luis Javier García Villalba, Tai-Hoon Kim

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Representação descritiva em assembleias legislativas: gênero e raça como categorias de análise política by Orlando Lyra de Carvalho, Vitor de Angelo

“…Based on empirical data, this article explores the relationships between the descriptive and substantive representation of women and black people in state assemblies in three regions of Brazil. The proposed model, based on the analysis of roles and electoral socialization mechanisms, compares the descriptive and substantive representation of women (N = 15) with a random sample of male deputies (N = 65), which made it possible to measure possible effects caused by factors such as gender and skin color in the legislative production and in the parliamentary performance of the sampled deputies. …”
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Comparison of Agriculture Biotechnology and its Spatial Diversification among Different Countries of the World by Adam Andrzejuk

“…The number of countries growing biotech crops is also increasing, however currently the United States, Brazil and Argentina are responsible for the largest share of biotech crops among all countries. …”
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Cooperative and Competitive Dynamics Model for Information Propagation in Online Social Networks by Yaming Zhang, Chaosheng Tang, Li Weigang

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Knowledge management and the power of communication: INDESGUA as a social technology enabling equitable access to scholarships in Guatemala by Kleinsy Bonilla, Natalia Ortiz Barrientos, Miguel Alejandro Saquimux Contreras

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Phoneme analysis for multiple languages with fuzzy‐based speaker identification by Thales Aguiar deLima, Márjory Cristiany Da‐Costa Abreu

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Mercados culturais no Brasil: a expansão dos shoppings centers e das livrarias megastores by Carlos Alexsandro de Carvalho Souza

“…This work presents some of the most recent transformations in the relations between culture and market in contemporary Brazil, in order to indicate some of the empirical indicators that have been able to reshape and resize the strategies of some of the main market agents involved in this process, whether state or private, generating all sorts of new business models and companies classified as cultural, inscribed in the widespread expansion of the entertainment and leisure markets. …”
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Aspects of Screening and Confinement in a Topologically Massive U1W×U(1)Y Chern-Simons-Higgs Theory by Patricio Gaete, José A. Helayël-Neto

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Consciência política e participação no Orçamento Participativo em Cachoeiro de Itapemirim (ES, 2009-2012) by Leandro Vianna Silva Souza, Marcia Prezotti Palassi, Alfredo Rodrigues Leite da Silva

“…The objective of this article is to understand the dynamics of political consciousness and citizen participation in Participatory Budgeting (PB) in Cachoeiro de Itapemirim (Espírito Santo State, Brazil) during 2009-2012. The discussion is based on the analysis model of political consciousness to understand the participation in collective actions from Sandoval (2001). …”
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Soil Carbon Sequestration Resulting from Biosolids Application by Silvana I. Torri, Rodrigo Studart Corrêa, Giancarlo Renella

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Rhino-Orbital-Cerebral Mucormycosis in a Post-COVID-19 Patient from Peru by Linda Ponce-Rosas, Jose Gonzales-Zamora, Nelson Diaz-Reyes, Oliver Alarco-Cadillo, Jorge Alave-Rosas

“…In Latin America, there is limited information about this association, mainly coming from Brazil, Mexico, and Peru. Herein, we report the case of a 66-year-old female that presented with rhino-orbital-cerebral mucormycosis, diabetic ketoacidosis, and COVID-19. …”
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The Role of Sialic Acid-Binding Receptors (Siglecs) in the Immunomodulatory Effects of Trypanosoma cruzi Sialoglycoproteins on the Protective Immunity of the Host by Alexandre Morrot

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Do nano-boom à paralisação: a trajetória da política brasileira de nanotecnologia by Noela Invernizzi, Guillermo Foladori, Josemari Perschke de Quevedo

“…Brazil formulated a policy to spur the emergent field of nanotechnology at the beginning of 2000 decade, in synchrony with industrialized countries. …”
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Relationship between Monthly Rainfall in NW Peru and Tropical Sea Surface Temperature by Juan Bazo, María de las Nieves Lorenzo, Rosmeri Porfirio da Rocha

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Reflections on the Inclusion of Direct-Care Physicians as Educators in Community Hospitals by RENÉ SCALET DOS SANTOS NETO, DANIELLE BRUGINSKI, ANA FÁTIMA VOLKMANN, JOSÉ ANDRADE MOURA NETO

“…ABSTRACT This paper discusses the increasing trend of direct-care physicians taking on teaching roles in community hospitals, both in the United States and Brazil. It highlights the challenges faced by these physicians, who often lack formal pedagogical training and dedicated time for teaching. …”
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Uma avaliação do capital social dos alunos da Universidade do Oeste de Santa Catarina (UNOESC) by Alyne Sehnem, Janaina Macke, Adriana Locatelli Bertolini

“…The present study aims to measure the social capital level of undergraduate students in three cities of the Far West of Santa Catarina (south of Brazil), viz. Maravilha, São José do Cedro e São Miguel do Oeste. …”
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