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

“…This article analyzes the critique of modernity in Latin American social thought from two conceptions: Walter Mignolo’s position in the modernity/coloniality group, and the critique of the Brazilian sociologist Jessé Souza to readings about non-modernity in Brazil. …”
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Florida's Bats: Velvety Free-Tailed Bat by Holly K. Ober, Terry J. Doonan, Emily H. Evans

“…This 2-page fact sheet explains how to differentiate velvety free-tailed bats from Brazilian free-tailed bats and Florida bonneted bats. …”
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The Complexity of Social Capital: The Influence of Board and Ownership Interlocks on Implied Cost of Capital in an Emerging Market by Luciano Rossoni, Cezar Eduardo Aranha, Wesley Mendes-Da-Silva

“…Starting from sociological perspectives on complexity, we show how the social capital of boards and owners networks affects the implied cost of capital of companies listed on Brazilian stock exchange. We specifically show arguments and evidence that the effect of the relational resources found in the direct, indirect, and heterogeneous board’s ties reduces the cost of capital while relational resources embedded in shareholder networks increase the cost of capital. …”
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Limites e intersecções do estético com o político no filme Janela indiscreta, de Alfred Hitchcock, e no conto "Sessão das quatro", de Roberto Drummond by Wanderlan da Silva Alves

“…We analyze the short-story “Sessão das quatro”, by Brazilian writer Roberto Drummond, and the movie Rear Window, by Alfred Hitchcock. …”
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On the Taxonomy of Acanthoscurria Ausserer from Southeastern Brazil with Data on the Natural History of A. gomesiana Mello-Leitão (Araneae, Mygalomorphae, Theraphosidae) by Hector M. O. Gonzalez-Filho, Sylvia M. Lucas, Felipe dos S. Paula, Rafael P. Indicatti, Antonio D. Brescovit

“…The study of type material and specimens of A. gomesiana of several Brazilian spider collections offered us the possibility to redescribe this species and consider synonyms of the first one of the following: A. violacea, A. pugnax, and A. aurita. …”
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Contribuições da literatura brasileira contemporânea ao “livro de registro da cidade” by Vera Lúcia Cardoso Medeiros

“…In a second step, it is proposed reading of the same theme in the work Prosas cariocas, organized by Marcelo Moutinho and Flavio Izhaki and published in 2004, seeking to establish relationships with Lispector’s work and, thus, understand if, between the second half of the century twentieth and early twenty-first century, there were significant changes in representation that literature has made Brazilian city.…”
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Sport-Related Portal Vein Thrombosis: An Unusual Complication by Igor Dumic, Nikola Tankosic, Milica Stojkovic Lalosevic, Tamara Alempijevic

“…PVT due to sports-related injuries is rarely reported and, to the best of our knowledge, only two cases have been reported thus far. Brazilian jiu-jitsu (BJJ) is a form of martial arts and is considered very safe with minimal risk for injury. …”
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Les effets des équipements hydroélectriques en Amazonie by Céline Broggio, Martine Droulers

“…This paper deals with the medium- and long-term effects of dams and hydroelectric plants installed since the 1980s in the Brazilian Amazon on the reorganization of the surrounding territories. …”
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Conselhos Municipais de Assistência Social e controle social by Jacqueline Oliveira da Silva, Sonia Mercedes Lenhard Bredemeier, Maria Cristina Illanez Valenzuela

“…Those cities were part of the national research City councils and social assistence and broadening of citizenship coordinated by UCPEL Catholic University of Pelotas and Brazilian Cáritas. The authors focus the discussion in the forms of social control made in such cities. …”
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Silicone-Induced Granuloma of Breast Implant Capsule (SIGBIC): Histopathology and Radiological Correlation by Eduardo de Faria Castro Fleury, Gabriel Salum D’Alessandro, Sheila Cristina Lordelo Wludarski

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Spirituality-Based Intervention in Hypertension: EFfects on Blood PrEssure and EndotheliaL Function—FEEL Trial Results by Maria Emília Figueiredo Teixeira, Weimar Kunz Sebba Barroso, Andréa Araújo Brandão, Ana Luiza Lima Sousa, Roberto Esporcatte, Mário Henrique Elesbão de Borba, Ana Clara Neri Ávila Baleeiro, Beatriz Caldas Gonçalves, Enzo Inumaru, Enzo Mata de Sousa, Giovana Barros Leal, Henrique Soares de Araújo Pereira Farias, Juliana Alves de Souza, Lure Emilly Barreto da Silva, Matheus Canguçu de Paiva Queiroz, Frederico Rafael Moreira, Priscila Valverde de Oliveira Vitorino, John Eikelboom, Álvaro Avezum

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Application of the Beta Distribution Model to the Customer Churn Rate by Henrique Pinto dos Santos Zaidan

“…It represents the proportion of customers who cancel their subscriptions after a given time. We use data from a Brazilian media service company to develop the modeling. …”
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A edição popular no Brasil: o caso da literatura de cordel by Vilma Mota Quintela

“…We focus on Brazilian cordel through the point of view of its editing system, highlighting the importance of such popular editing phenomenon that established itself, in Brazil, as a landmark for modernization that changed the relations of cultural production in Northeast Brazil from the last decades of the nineteenth century on. …”
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A Hidrelétrica Belo Monte: da controvérsia sobre energia limpa à produção da "verdade científica"1 by Camila Dellagnese Prates, Léo Peixoto Rodrigues

“…Thus, the controversy ofclean energygeneration is presented in detail in plants of a subtropical climate (Northern Brazil), taking as an empirical investigation the Brazilian Plant called Hydroelectric Belo Monte, located in Pará. …”
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Doulas como "amortecedores afetivos" Notas etnográficas sobre uma nova acompanhante de parto by Soraya Fleischer

“…The "doula" is a new character that can be observed in the Brazilian birthing scenario. As in the case of any novelty, many meanings have been gathered to define what a doula is and what is her role during delivery. …”
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Ditadura militar e literatura “parajornalística”: desconstruindo relações by Sabrina Schneider

“…This article proposes a new approach to the Brazilian nonfiction novel from the seventies. It is understood that, in their appreciation of these works, academic literary critics considered only the impact of national political situation – the military dictatorship –, taking up these narratives as mere substitutes for censored newspapers. …”
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Cooperativa Social e a produção de liberdade dos egressos do sistema prisional by Ilan Tchernin Himelfarb, José Odelso Schneider

“…With the advent of Law 381/1991, the Brazilian SCs valued voluntary work associated with paid work, integrating in the economy former prisoners and the physically and/or mentally challenged. …”
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As revistas semanais e a questão da memória e da verdade no PNDH-3 by Diego Airoso da Motta

“…Thompson, the text aims to analyze how the Brazilian media deals with the matter of the historical memory, which is presented in the 3rd National Program for Human Rights (PNDH-3), based on the assumptions of how the weekly magazines Veja, Época, IstoÉ and CartaCapital talked about this issue. …”
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Direito, política, autoritarismo e democracia no Brasil: da Revolução de 30 à promulgação da Constituição da República de 1988 by Cristiano Paixão

“…There were authoritarian and democratic constitutions in Brazilian politic and legal history. The focus of this essay will be on 1930-1945 and 1964-1988 periods. …”
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Basic, translational, and clinical research – a short reflection by Peter A. Kopp

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