Beauty and ugliness in Olmec monumental sculpture by Claude-François Baudez

“…Therefore they could not claim the divine patronage of the jaguar, and had to appear just as « plain », ugly people.…”
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Dent de loup et cœur de cerf : observations sur la place de l’animal dans l’idéologie de la guerre et du sacrifice à Teotihuacan by Nicolas Latsanopoulos

“…The description of faunal remains of the Moon pyramid attests to the unsuspected importance of the grey wolf in the system of beliefs from Classic Central Highlands and seem to prefigure the Postclassic Nahua « eagle, jaguar, wolf » triad. The study of canidae maxillar collars of the Feathered Serpent pyramid also testifies to the original hybridation practices among domestic, wild and hybrid canidae.…”
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Integrating Machine Learning and Material Feeding Systems for Competitive Advantage in Manufacturing by Müge Sinem Çağlayan, Aslı Aksoy

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Evaluating User Response to In-Car Haptic Feedback Touchscreens Using the Lane Change Test by Matthew J. Pitts, Lee Skrypchuk, Tom Wellings, Alex Attridge, Mark A. Williams

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O território das onças e a aldeia dos brancos: lugar e perspectiva entre os Karajá de Buridina (Brasil Central) by Eduardo S. Nunes

“…The present paper describes the movements of the Karajá of Buridina (Central Brazil) towards two kinds of places, the bush and the city, territories (hãwa) of the jaguars and of the Whites, respectively. These movements involve a dynamics of transformation, a change in the affections, capabilities and bodily dispositions of the Karajá when they walk in the bush and when they go to the city. …”
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Temporal variation in black-caiman-nest predation in varzea of central Brazilian amazonia. by Kelly Torralvo, Robinson Botero-Arias, William E Magnusson

“…On the Amazon floodplain, the main predators of black caiman (Melanosuchus niger) eggs are jaguars (Panthera onca), tegu lizards (Tupinambis teguixim), capuchin monkeys (Sapajus macrocephalus) and humans (Homo sapiens). …”
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Efeito das mudanças climáticas na demanda de irrigação na cultura do café conilon e do mamoeiro no Espírito Santo by Rafael Esteves Dohler, Andréia Hollunder Klippel, Alexandre Cândido Xavier

“…Objetivou-se com o presente trabalho avaliar os potenciais impactos das mudanças climáticas sobre o manejo de irrigação do mamoeiro e do café conilon em Linhares-ES e Jaguaré-ES, respectivamente. Foram utilizados dados mensais médios de temperatura e precipitação obtidos para o clima atual e dados disponíveis pelo IPCC do modelo ECHAM5 MPI-OM para as projeções futuras. …”
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