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The racial division of nature: Making land in Recife

Transactions of the Institute of British Geographers, Volume 46, Issue 2, Page 270-283, June 2021., 2021
In this paper I analyse the making and unmaking of amphibious urban modernity in Recife in the Northeast of Brazil between 1920 and 1950. I argue that the transformation of the city was predicated on an absorptive and eradicative notion of whiteness that necessitated the creation of dry, enclosed land.
Archie Davies
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Serum Sclerostin, Body Composition, and Sarcopenia in Hemodialysis Patients with Diabetes

International Journal of Nephrology, Volume 2020, Issue 1, 2020., 2020
Sclerostin (Scl) is an osteoblast‐inhibiting glycoprotein that is secreted mainly by osteocytes and is regulated by hormonal changes and skeletal loading. Decreased physical function and high serum Scl concentrations have been reported in chronic renal failure patients but little is known to date about the differences between diabetic and non‐diabetic ...
Maria Carolina Medeiros, Natalia Rocha, Elba Bandeira, Isabel Dantas, Conceição Chaves, Mario Oliveira, Francisco Bandeira, David B. Kershaw   +7 more
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Anais Pernambucanos

Revista de História, 1953
PEREIRA DA COSTA (F. A.). — Anais Pernambucanos. Vol. II: 1591-1634.  Arquivo Público Estadual. Recife, 1952. 638 p. (Primeiro Parágrafo do Artigo) Em número anterior da Revista tivemos ocasião de noticiar o aparecimento do volume dos Anais ...
Odilon Nogueira de Matos
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Distintas posiciones éticas en Hécuba de Eurí­pides: el problema de la virtud

Synthesis (La Plata), 2020
Resumen: Hay en Hécuba de Eurí­pides, esparcidas por toda la tragedia y en boca de distintos personajes, numerosas argumentaciones de carácter ético-filosófico.
Juan Tobías Nápoli
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Ví­nculos intertextuales entre los personajes de Pompeyo en Farsalia y de Héctor en Iliada: macroestructuras textuales y configuración de los perfiles heroicos

Auster, 2017
El tratamiento de los personajes de César y de Pompeyo en Farsalia presenta fisuras o inconsistencias que la literatura crí­tica ha intentado salvar mediante diversas construcciones de sentido. Entre estas diversas ví­as interpretativas destacan las que
Malena Trejo
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La dualidad de Aquiles y Agamenón en la trama de la Ilíada

Ágora, 2010
Se proponen ciertas indicaciones hermenéuticas para la lectura del canto XVI de la Ilíada teniendo en cuenta no sólo los análisis estructurales de la trama, sino también el análisis fenomenológico de la dualidad entre las dos figuras protagonistas del ...
Aida Míguez Barciela
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Cervical Necrotizing Fasciitis Caused by Dental Extraction

Case Reports in Dentistry, Volume 2016, Issue 1, 2016., 2016
Cervical necrotizing fasciitis is an unusual infection characterized by necrosis of the subcutaneous tissue and fascial layers. Risk factors for the development of necrotizing fasciitis include diabetes mellitus, chronic renal disease, peripheral vascular disease, malnutrition, advanced age, obesity, alcohol abuse, intravenous drug use, surgery, and ...
José Alcides Arruda, Eugênia Figueiredo, Pâmella Álvares, Luciano Silva, Leorik Silva, Antônio Caubi, Marcia Silveira, Ana Paula Sobral, Alberto C. B. Delbem   +8 more
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Prevalence of Human Papillomavirus Variants and Genetic Diversity in the L1 Gene and Long Control Region of HPV16, HPV31, and HPV58 Found in North‐East Brazil

BioMed Research International, Volume 2015, Issue 1, 2015., 2015
This study showed the prevalence of human papillomavirus (HPV) variants as well as nucleotide changes within L1 gene and LCR of the HPV16, HPV31, and HPV58 found in cervical lesions of women from North‐East Brazil.
Ana Pavla Almeida Diniz Gurgel, Bárbara Simas Chagas, Carolina Medeiros do Amaral, Kamylla Conceição Gomes Nascimento, Lígia Rosa Sales Leal, Jacinto da Costa Silva Neto, Maria Tereza Cartaxo Muniz, Antonio Carlos de Freitas, Paul K. S. Chan   +8 more
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Prevalence of Orthostatic Hypertension in Elderly Patients with Type 2 Diabetes

International Journal of Endocrinology, Volume 2015, Issue 1, 2015., 2015
Background. The aim of the present study was to determine the prevalence of orthostatic hypertension (OHT) in elderly patients with type 2 diabetes and its relation to metabolic and echocardiographic parameters. Methods. This was an analytical cross‐sectional study in 97 patients normotensive or hypertensive.
Patrícia Mesquita, Deborah Queiroz, Vanderson Lamartine de Lima Silva, Vanessa de Carvalho Texeira, Yasmin Rodrigues Vilaça de Lima, Edinaldo Rodrigues Fontes Júnior, Jéssica Garcia, Francisco Bandeira, Nikolaos Papanas   +8 more
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Which Approach Is More Effective in the Selection of Plants with Antimicrobial Activity?

Evidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine, Volume 2013, Issue 1, 2013., 2013
The development of the present study was based on selections using random, direct ethnopharmacological, and indirect ethnopharmacological approaches, aiming to evaluate which method is the best for bioprospecting new antimicrobial plant drugs. A crude extract of 53 species of herbaceous plants collected in the semiarid region of Northeast Brazil was ...
Ana Carolina Oliveira Silva, Elidiane Fonseca Santana, Antonio Marcos Saraiva, Felipe Neves Coutinho, Ricardo Henrique Acre Castro, Maria Nelly Caetano Pisciottano, Elba Lúcia Cavalcanti Amorim, Ulysses Paulino Albuquerque, Rômulo Romeu da Nóbrega Alves   +8 more
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