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The insurance industry in Brazil: a long-term view [PDF]

This paper surveys the formation and development of insurance business in Brazil. It describes its origins, from the colonial times and imperial era to recent events.
Marcelo de Paiva Abreu, Felipe Tamega Fernandes   +1 more
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Could performance bias have influenced the prevention of pressure ulcers obtained with neuromuscular electrical stimulation in critically ill patients?

Journal of Evidence-Based Healthcare
This article aims to describe and reflect on a possible performance bias found in the randomized clinical trial by Baron et al, on the effectiveness of neuromuscular electrical stimulation for the prevention of pressure ulcers in critically ill patients.
Bruno Prata Martinez, Iura Gonzalez Nogueira Alves, Mansueto Gomes Neto   +2 more
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O Colégio da Bahia: uma (quase) universidade na América Portuguesa (1556-1763) [PDF]

, 2014
Tese (doutorado) - Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina, Centro de Filosofia e Ciências Humanas, Programa de Pós-Graduação em História, Florianópolis, 2014.Esta tese desenvolve uma investigação do Colégio da Bahia no seu contexto histórico-cultural ...
Santos, Fernanda Cristina da Encarnação dos
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The Stripping Method for X‐Ray Spectral Correction in ISO 4037‐1 Narrow Spectra Series (N10‐N150)

X-Ray Spectrometry, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Spectrometry is an important tool for the characterization of X‐ray beams in ionizing radiation metrology. However, the use of solid‐state spectrometers for accurate measurements requires correction of spectral distortions caused by the interaction between photons and the detector.
Matheus Rebello do Nascimento, Josilene Cerqueria Santos, Eric Matos Macedo, Leonardo de Castro Pacífico, Luís Alexandre Gonçalves Magalhães   +4 more
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Spontaneous involution of a unilateral mandibular buccal bifurcation cyst

Revista Cubana de Estomatología, 2021
Introduction: The mandibular buccal bifurcation cyst is a rare inflammatory odontogenic cyst that typically develops at the buccal region of the first or second permanent mandibular molars of children aged 6 to 15 years.
Heloísa Laís Rosário dos Santos, Rafaela Maia Almendra Mattos, Davi Silva Carvalho Curi, Taiana Cristine de Souza Pacheco, Patricia Leite Ribeiro, Viviane Almeida Sarmento   +5 more
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Bahia (Brazil), restaurant building

, 1949
Coast north of Bahia, and Aerodrome, Brasil [Brazil]. 13 Sept 49. Plus X-Tropical Rio. Slanting hollow tile ventilators below screened window openings. Restaurant. Bahia drome.
Pendleton, Robert Larimore, 1890-1957
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Faunal analysis of the species Anastrepha in the fruit growing complex Gaviao River, Bahia, Brazil [PDF]

, 2012
Besides being considered the greatest pests of fruit growing, fruit flies constitute a large obstacle to the growth of the exportation of fresh fruit. Knowledge of the structure of fruit fly communities is of great importance to the bioecological studies
Nagamoto, Nilson Satoru [UNESP], Perez-Maluf, Raquel, Castellani, Maria Aparecida, do Nascimento, Antonio Souza, de Sa, Ricardo Falcao, Lopes Ribeiro, Ana Elizabete, Moreira, Aldenise Alves   +6 more
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A New Rupicolous Species of the Pristimantis conspicillatus Group (Anura: Brachycephaloidea: Craugastoridae) from Central Bahia, Brazil

, 2020
We describe a new frog species of the megadiverse genus Pristimantis from the Chapada Diamantina, a regional designation of the Espinhaco mountain range in the state of Bahia, northeastern Brazil.
Haddad, Celio F. B. [UNESP], Taucce, Pedro P. G. [UNESP], Santana, Diego J., Trevisan, Camila C., Nascimento, Jamile S., Napoli, Marcelo F., Leite, Felipe S. F.   +6 more
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Masculinity, Prostitution, and the Imaginary Northwest in Chinese Travel Writings About Shanxi and Western Inner Mongolia, 1920–1949

Gender &History, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This article considers travel writings by metropolitan men in Republican China about Shanxi and western Inner Mongolia as a case study to further explore the transformations and continuities of Chinese masculinities. Drawing upon a range of popular travel narratives, it shows that so‐called “Worn‐Out Shoes (poxie)” – women perceived as ...
Amanda Zhang
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What Is Justice? Reflections on the Criminal Justice System in Brazil

The British Journal of Sociology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This essay explores the possibility of justice for the wretched of the earth. Using escrevivência (writing the experience/existence) and drawing on the theoretical insights and political praxis of the Assessoria Popular Maria Felipa (APMF, Maria Felipa Advocacy Group)—a Brazilian abolitionist organization led by Black activists—we analyze how ...
Fernanda Oliveira, Isabela Corby, Juliana Góes   +2 more
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