O desastre e a feitiçaria: refletindo a incidência da devastação capitalista a partir dos Kaiowá e Guarani by Arthur Paiva Octaviano

“…A intenção do presente artigo é colocar em perspectiva as noções de “Capitalismo de Desastre” (Klein, 2007), “Feitiçaria Capitalista” (Stengers & Pignarre, 2018) com a noção desenvolvida por mim junto aos Kaiowá e Guarani, durante a minha pesquisa de mestrado (Octaviano, 2024), que versa sobre as violências promovidas pela ocupação colonial do modo de vida dos brancos – Karaí Reko Kuera, traduzida por ara piraguai que pode ser entendida como uma forma de feitiçaria dos brancos- os karaí contra os modos de existência Kaiowá e Guarani em Mato Grosso do Sul. …”
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Long-Term Cultured Human Term Placenta-Derived Mesenchymal Stem Cells of Maternal Origin Displays Plasticity by Vikram Sabapathy, Saranya Ravi, Vivi Srivastava, Alok Srivastava, Sanjay Kumar

“…Further soft agar assays revealed that placental MSCs do not have the ability to form invasive colonies. Taking together all these characteristics into consideration, it indicates that placental MSCs could serve as good candidates for development and progress of stem-cell based therapeutics.…”
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Explication of the mixture of <i>Piper betle</i> and <i>Eugenia polyantha</i> on oral bacteria by Neneng Nurjanah, Megananda Hiranya Putri, Yenni Hendriani Praptiwi, Dewi Sodja Laela, Susi Sukmasari

“…Our study results indicate that Staphylococcus aureus exhibited growth on BA, bacterial colonies were identified on MSA, and serological tests confirmed coagulation. …”
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Effects of carbon sources and temperature on the formation and structural characteristics of food-related Staphylococcus epidermidis biofilms by Mingming Zou, Donghong Liu

“…Meanwhile, biofilms in the presence of maltose showed mainly opaque thick rich colonies, while a compact multilayered-shaped structure was exhibited under both glucose and sucrose conditions. …”
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Exploring the potential of aerial drone imagery to distinguish breeding Adélie (Pygoscelis adeliae), chinstrap (Pygoscelis antarcticus) and gentoo (Pygoscelis papua) penguins in An... by Christian Pfeifer, Stefan Knetsch, Jakob Maercker, Osama Mustafa, Marie-Charlott Rümmler, Alexander Brenning

“…Given the isolated location of penguin colonies, remote sensing data are essential to detect large-scale changes in their distribution and species composition. …”
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Oral Administration of Lactobacillus plantarum 299v Reduces Cortisol Levels in Human Saliva during Examination Induced Stress: A Randomized, Double-Blind Controlled Trial by Hannah Andersson, Cecilia Tullberg, Siv Ahrné, Kristina Hamberg, Irini Lazou Ahrén, Göran Molin, Mikael Sonesson, Åsa Håkansson

“…Abundance of lactobacilli was evaluated by cultivation of saliva on selective medium and identification of L. plantarum 299v was done on randomly selected colonies by a random amplification of polymorphic DNA (RAPD) typing. …”
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Spatial Variability of Heavy Metals in Soils and Sediments of “La Zacatecana” Lagoon, Mexico by Sergio A. Covarrubias, Juan Armando Flores de la Torre, María Maldonado Vega, Francisco Javier Avelar González, Juan José Peña Cabriales

“…One particularly affected area in Mexico is the “La Zacatecana” Lagoon, in the municipality of Guadalupe, Zacatecas. From colonial times until the mid-nineteenth century, about 20 million tons of mine tailings were deposited at this site. …”
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‘Just because something works doesn’t mean it can’t be improved’: an ethnographic analysis of the health system in Black Panther’s Wakanda by Jennifer Jackson, Carla Ferreira, Samantha Perry, Carla Ginn, Melissa Scott, Elke Jaibeeh Barah, Zahra Upal, Krista Phelps, Carol Mei, Haneul Woo, Megan Tung, Farida Gadimova, Alexandra Ewanyshyn, Twyla Ens

“…We found that effective upstream approaches to health for all are embedded in anti-colonial philosophies. Wakandans embrace innovation, embedding biomedical engineering and continuous improvement into care settings. …”
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Enfrentando lógicas coloniais na formação em Psicologia: Implicações à produção de cidadania by Gabriela da Cruz Miranda, Diângeli Strada de Almeida, Bárbara Magnani Rodrigues, Luciana Rodrigues

“…Por fim, apontamos para a necessidade de aprendermos com os ensinamentos de quem resiste e luta cotidianamente contra a violência de um projeto de mundo moderno colonial, oferecendo pistas para o exercício de uma psicologia comprometida com a transformação social. …”
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Assessment of the inhibitory effects of sodium nitrite, nisin, potassium sorbate, and sodium lactate on Staphylococcus aureus growth and staphylococcal enterotoxin A production in... by Lu Lin, Jie Yun Hu, Yi Wu, Min Chen, Jie Ou, Wei Ling Yan

“…Samples were analyzed every 3 h to count the S. aureus colonies and to detect SEA. The modified Gompertz model was used to describe S. aureus growth in the samples under various conditions, and the preservatives with a significant antimicrobial effect were selected. …”
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Frequency of Detection of Escherichia coli, Salmonella spp., and Campylobacter spp. in the Faeces of Wild Rats (Rattus spp.) in Trinidad and Tobago by Comfort Nkogwe, Juliah Raletobana, Alva Stewart-Johnson, Sharianne Suepaul, Abiodun Adesiyun

“…Characterization of E. coli was done on sorbitol MacConkey agar to determine non-sorbitol fermentation, blood agar to determine haemolytic and mucoid colonies and by using E. coli O157 antiserum to determine O157 strain. …”
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Impact of temporal and rearing environment variations on brood ester pheromone production in the honey bee Apis mellifera by Mondet, Fanny, Beslay, Dominique, Cousin, Marianne, Le Conte, Yves

“…This study validates the use of in vitro rearing methods for studying the chemical ecology of honey bee larvae and increases our understanding of the ecophysiology of one of the most important pheromones of honey bee colonies.…”
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The protoplast two-way fusions and fusant characteristics of Antrodia cinnamomea and Cordyceps militaris by Wei-Kuang Lai, Yang-Chang Wu, Tai-Sheng Yeh, Chun-Ren Hsieh, Yi-Hong Tsai, Chien-Kei Wei, Chi-Ying Li, Ying-Chen Lu, Fang-Rong Chang

“…We selected each of two best-growing fused colonies Ac-Cm-1, Ac-Cm-2, Cm-Ac-1, and Cm-Ac-2, together with parental A. cinnamomea and C. militaris, and studied their morphology, growth antagonism tests, and genetic relationships by 18S rRNA sequencing. …”
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Insecticide resistant Anopheles from Ethiopia but not Burkina Faso show a microbiota composition shift upon insecticide exposure by Netsanet Worku, Antoine Sanou, Juliane Hartke, Marion Morris, Fatoumata Cissé, Salimata Ouédraogo, Madou Tapsoba, Nicola Vallon, Tewodros Debebe Akilu, Ligabaw Worku, Moussa Wamdaogo Guelbeogo, Victoria A. Ingham

“…This result is supported by data from laboratory colonies originating in Burkina Faso across two countries. …”
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Unearthing the reality of ‘Zombie energy systems’ in Africa’s energy transition by Michael O Dioha, Magnus C Abraham-Dukuma, Prudence Dato

“…These ZES hinder Africa’s energy transition, yet they receive limited attention in the international energy development arena. Rooted in colonial-era legacies, economic constraints, and policy shortcomings, these energy systems have led to a persistent misalignment between energy supply and development goals, perpetuating energy poverty and limiting economic growth. …”
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A Case of Onychomycosis Caused by Rhodotorula glutinis by Hatice Uludag Altun, Tuba Meral, Emel Turk Aribas, Canan Gorpelioglu, Nilgun Karabicak

“…The causative agent was identified as R. glutinis based on the pinkish-orange color; mucoid-appearing yeast colonies on Sabouraud Dextrose Agar at 25°C; morphological evaluation in the Corn Meal-Tween 80 agar; observed oval/round budding yeast at 25°C for 72 hours; no observed pseudohyphae; positive urease activity at 25°C for 4 days; and assimilation features detected by API ID 32C kit and automated Vitek Yeast Biochemical Card 2 system. …”
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Towards the design for a new Bible translation in Sesotho by T. J. Makutoane, J. A. Naudé

“… The purpose of this article is to suggest a means of translating the Bible and other religious texts to provide for the needs of a community consisting to a large extent of members not able to read written texts. Colonialism in Southern Africa introduced the Bible and Western text-based literacy. …”
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L’urbanisme balnéaire : processus de colonisation ou aménagement durable du littoral ? by Roland Vidal

“…The almost systematic repetition of this urban design harks back to the colonial cities and the rare relationships they have with the territory on which they were built. …”
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International Organizations: the Main Factors of Emergence and Development by L. S. Voronkov

“…The article presents the main factors that in later stages of internationalization and development of contemporary international relations gave the impetus to emergence and development of international organizations, including the military-technological revolution, that gave birth to mass destruction weapons and avalanche-like growth of the number of human and material losses during wars and military conflicts, the Cold War between world communism and world capitalism, the collapse of the colonial system and formation ofa new main contradiction of the world politics between the "Club of rich countries" and states of the "global periphery", beginning of development of regional integration processes and, finally, the emergence of global problems. …”
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Riesgo e incertidumbre en la compra a crédito de parcelas en las colonias de Marcos Juárez (Córdoba) a fines del siglo XIX by Luis Alberto Tognetti

“…Luego, se definen las características básicas del mercado primario colonial correspondiente al espacio abarcado por la investigación. …”
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