Basic, translational, and clinical research – a short reflection by Peter A. Kopp

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Increased DNA Copy Number Variation Mosaicism in Elderly Human Brain by Darine Villela, Claudia K. Suemoto, Renata Leite, Carlos Augusto Pasqualucci, Lea T. Grinberg, Peter Pearson, Carla Rosenberg

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Evaluating Metabolic Profiling of Human Milk Using Biocrates MxP^® QUANT 500 Assay by Daniela Hampel, Setareh Shahab-Ferdows, Gilberto Kac, Lindsay H. Allen

“…<b>Methods:</b> We evaluated the Biocrates MxP^® Quant 500 assay for HM-targeted metabolomics (106 small molecules, 524 lipids) and analyzed in a feasibility test HM from apparently healthy Brazilian mothers (A: 2–8, B: 28–50, C: 88–119 days postpartum, n_total = 25). …”
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Countryside Middle Class Growth in Brazil and its Impacts on Domestic Tourism by Anderson Pereira Portuguez, Vanda Aparecida da Silva Alves

“…This work discusses two of the several historical processes responsible for formation and current spatial distribution of the Brazilian middle classes, and shows that official demographic data highlight that over the last 30 years there has been a process of quantitative growth of this social stratum. …”
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Policy and strategies addressing prevention and control of antimicrobial resistance in Brazil: A scoping review protocol. by Joslaine de Oliveira Nunes, Raissa Allan Santos Domingues, Roberto Mauro Pinto Coelho Barcellos, Bárbara Manuella Cardoso Sodré Alves, Isis Polianna Silva Ferreira de Carvalho, Noemia Urruth Leão Tavares

“…However, till date, no study provides insights regarding the various public health policies or other programs implemented by Brazilian institutes.<h4>Objective</h4>The objective is to define a scoping review protocol of policies that were developed to address prevention and control of antimicrobial resistance in Brazil, from a human health perspective.…”
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Paysage et intensification de l’élevage en Amazonie brésilienne : De nouvelles dynamiques spatio-temporelles à l’échelle des exploitations agricoles by Sophie Sylvie Plassin, René Poccard-Chapuis, François Laurent, Marie-Gabrielle Piketty, Gustavo Pimentel Martinez, Jean-François Tourrand

“…In the Brazilian Amazon, extensive cattle ranching expansion has been the main driver of deforestation since the last four decades and led to large extent of degraded lands. …”
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Bolsonaro’s ‘Anti-Diplomacy' by J. A. Timofeeva

“…Unilateral concessions to Washington predictably gave no results and lowered Brazilian independence in decision making. The USA was not interested in strengthening its rival in Latin America, no matter how friendly the relations between the two countries were. …”
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Une géographie du Brésil en 3 dimensions by François Moriconi-Ebrard

“…The model is here applied to the Brazilian process of settlement from the time of conquest to the contemporary era.The starting point is the “choreme” due to Hervé Théry which concludes the Atlas of Brazil (GIP Reclus, 1986) and which is a true reference in terms of organization of the national space of this country.The hypothesis is that the actors try to seize positional singularities and to control politically the trajectories that lead to them. …”
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Adsorption of Heavy Metals on Bentonitic Soil for Use in Landfill Liners by Daniela Lima Machado da Silva, Maria Eugenia Gimenez Boscov, Marcela de Almeida Costa, Laércio Leal dos Santos, Márcio Camargo de Melo, Veruschka Escarião Dessoles Monteiro

“…The maximum adsorbent capacities obtained were similar to those of other Brazilian soils and other adsorbents. Therefore, the studied soil has a high potential to be used in the retention of heavy metals.…”
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Amazônia globalizada: da fronteira agrícola ao território do agronegócio – o exemplo de Rondônia by Ricardo Gilson da Costa Silva

“…Brazilian Amazon experiences the impacts of capital and commodities globalization. …”
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Big data mining and comparative analyses across lexica on the relationship between syllable complexity and word stress by Amanda Post da Silveira

“…This study analyzes the syllabic structure implications for word stress in three languages with weight-sensitive lexical stress, namely Brazilian Portuguese, British English, and American English. …”
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Vitiligo after Diphencyprone for Alopecia Areata by Mario Cezar Pires, João Mauricio Martins, F. Montealegre, Flávia Romero Gatti

“…We report a 30-year-old, Brazilian male who developed vitiligo lesions following DPCP therapy for alopecia areata.…”
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L’inflation à la mode Kayapo : rituel, marchandise et monnaie chez les Xikrin (Kayapo) de l’Amazonie brésilienne by César Gordon

“…The Xikrin (a Kayapo group of Brazilian Amazonia, who speak the mebêngôkre language of the Gê linguistic stock) show a great interest in objects made by the White people. …”
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La memoria de un fruto: La Fiesta del Pijuayo by María Eugenia Yllia, Nancy Ochoa

“…Its symbolic importance spreads beyond the borders and inscribes itself in the mythological, religious and ritual body of knowledge of indigenous populations from north-west Amazonia in Colombian, Peruvian, Bolivian and Brazilian territories, thus revealing the production’s sophisticated technologies.…”
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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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Géographie et anthropologie. Deux regards complémentaires pour l’étude des territoires des populations traditionnelles d’Amazonie brésilienne by Collectif USART

“…We show in this paper that the traditional communities of the Brazilian Amazon region are a very interesting object for such pluridisciplinary studies. …”
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O conceito de “pioneiro” na Geografia, na contraposição de estudos sobre expansão cafeeira e a citrícola by Cássio Arruda Boechat

“…In this article we intend to present the discussion over concepts such as pioneer “front”, “zone” or “fringe”, in contrast to that of “expansion front”, within the process of occupying the countryside (sertoes) of Brazilian State of São Paulo, and opposing to the citrus expansion. …”
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Fronteira Brasil-Uruguai: interações espaciais, reivindicações territoriais e políticas públicas de desenvolvimento by Camilo Pereira Carneiro, Gabriel Silva Ribeiro, Letícia Eugênia Pereira de Morais

“…The cooperation initiatives developed on this border serve as a model for all other Brazilian borders. In this sense, this paper brings a contemporary approach, based on Political Geography, of development public policies and spatial interactions in the twin cities on the Brazil-Uruguay border. …”
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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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