Determinants of Policy Diffusion in Brazil and the U.S. by Denilson Bandeira Coêlho

“…This paper comparatively examines two highly decentralized federations, namely Brazil and the United States (U.S.) The study uses a combination of methods to determine which mechanisms explain the spread of metropolitan regions (Brazil) and the growth of the statewide smoking ban (U.S.) among state governments over the 1990s and 2000s. …”
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The Role of Public Institutions for Innovation Support in Brazil by Cláudia Brito Silva Cirani, Carlos Mamori Kono, André Moraes dos Santos, Adalberto Ramos Cassia

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Bayesian geostatistical modeling of leishmaniasis incidence in Brazil. by Dimitrios-Alexios Karagiannis-Voules, Ronaldo G C Scholte, Luiz H Guimarães, Jürg Utzinger, Penelope Vounatsou

“…<h4>Background</h4>Leishmaniasis is endemic in 98 countries with an estimated 350 million people at risk and approximately 2 million cases annually. Brazil is one of the most severely affected countries.…”
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Socioeconomic Barriers to Rhegmatogenous Detachment Surgery in Brazil by Pedro Carlos Carricondo, Tatiana Tanaka, Suellen Tiemi Shibata, Leandro Cabral Zacharias, Thiago Aragão Leite, Maria Fernanda Abalem, Walter Y. Takahashi

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Brazil: from Eliticized- to Mass-Based Financialization. by Lena Lavinas, Eliane Araújo, Miguel Bruno

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The History of Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus in Brazil by Mariana Moreira Andrade, Wilson Barros Luiz, Rayane da Silva Oliveira Souza, Jaime Henrique Amorim

“…Additionally, Brazil’s MRSA clones were shown to be able to transfer genes involved in multidrug resistance and enhanced pathogenic properties. …”
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Animals as Subjects of Rights: Brazil's Constitutional Blueprint by Marina Baptista-Rosa

“…Consequently, while the concept of animals as legal persons or rights holders remains an aspirational goal in much of the Western world, in Brazil, animals are already recognized as subjects of rights. …”
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PROMOTING PHYSICAL ACTIVITY IN BRAZIL: THE PROMISE AND THE CHALLENGE by Diana C. Parra, Ross C. Brownson

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Brazil: Between the Alternative Modernity and the Alternative to Modernity by Thiago Aguiar Simim, Daniel Carvalho Ferreira

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Contract farming in Brazil – an approach to Law and Economics by Kassia Watanabe, Nunziata Stefania Paiva, Ana Elisa Bressan Smith Lourenzani

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Court Disposition Time in Brazil and in European Countries by Caio Castelliano, Tomas Aquino Guimaraes

“…The duration of civil cases in Brazil is measured by international standards and then compared to those in European courts. …”
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The Stanford Expedition to Brazil: Parabiosis in Brazilian Ants by William M. Mann

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Financialization, coalition of interests and interest rate in Brazil by Luiz Carlos Bresser-Pereira, Luiz Fernando de Paula, Miguel Bruno

“…Studying the hypothesis of a pro-conservative monetary policy convention in Brazil, as initially formulated by Bresser-Pereira and Nakano (2002) and Erber (2011), we add three particular sub-hypotheses to it: (i) the prevalence of high real interest rates in Brazil for decades has led to the formation of a rentier-financial class coalition. …”
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Private Law and Enslaved Families in Colonial Brazil by Bruno Lima

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TAX EXCHANGE OF INFORMATION AND INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION IN BRAZIL by Heloisa Estellita, Frederico Silva Bastos

“…Furthermore, the brazilian tax administration has wide-ranging access powers to obtain information for international exchange purposes and has the tools to coercively produce such information. Brazil is following the right path to implement international exchange of information standards. …”
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Persistence of quarterly earnings: an empirical investigation in Brazil by Renê Coppe Pimentel, Andson Braga de Aguiar

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The Dismantling of Family Farming Policies in Brazil and Argentina by Eric Sabourin, Clara Craviotti, Carolina Milhorance

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Indigenous land demarcation, traditional knowledge, and biodiversity in Brazil by Douglas Oliveira Diniz Gonçalves, Fran Espinoza, Dimas Pereira Duarte Júnior

“…Since the colonization of Brazil, both indigenous peoples and the nature are exploited, destroyed and appropriated for the sake of an economic model based on the accumulation of natural resources and products. …”
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The feminisation of medical careers in Brazil and work-family conflict by Daniela Cristina Machado Tameirão, Simone Costa Nunes

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Challenges and Prospects ofValue-Based Healthcare in Brazil by Cassia Rita Pereira da Veiga, Yasmin Yohana Saliba, Luciana Faluba Damázio, César Luiz Lacerda Abicalaffe, Fabio Rocha, Thales Stevan Guedes Furquim, Claudimar Pereira da Veiga

“…The results show that Brazil’s VBHC theme has evolved from a theoretical and practical perspective in recent years. …”
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