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From Audit to Prosecution: Institutional Collaboration as a Solution to Closing the Expectations Gap in Decentralized Governance

open access: yesFinancial Accountability &Management, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT A long‐standing topic of concern in the literature on governmental auditing is whether the aims of Supreme Audit Institutions (SAIs) or other central audit institutions should include detecting fraudulent use of public money. The balance of opinion has been against this proposition, largely for reasons of infeasibility.
Michael Barzelay, Sérgio N. Seabra
wiley   +1 more source

Sustained effect of resistance training on blood pressure and hand grip strength following a detraining period in elderly hypertensive women: a pilot study

open access: yesClinical Interventions in Aging, 2014
Dahan da Cunha Nascimento,1,5,8 Ramires Alsamir Tibana,1,8 Franklin M Benik,2 Keila Elizabeth Fontana,3 Frederico Ribeiro Neto,8 Frederico Santos de Santana,5,8 Leopoldo Santos-Neto,4 Renato André Sousa Silva,1,5,6 Alessandro Oliveira Silva,1,7 ...
Nascimento D da C   +11 more
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A infância no tempo da construção da nova capital brasileira

open access: yesAlbuquerque
Tomando por fonte a Revista Brasília, o artigo objetiva responder a três questões, formuladas no diálogo com a ainda incipiente historiografia da infância no Distrito Federal, relativa aos anos da construção de Brasília, isto é, de 1957 a 1960: será que
Gleuze Pereira Marinho Moura   +1 more
doaj   +1 more source

Obras raras da Biblioteca Central da Universidade de Brasília : séculos XVI e XVII

open access: yes
A despeito da variedade tipológica do acervo de obras raras preservado na Biblioteca Central da Universidade de Brasília, o objetivo inicial deste Catálogo de Obras raras da Universidade de Brasília – Séculos XVI e XVII foi fazer o levantamento completo ...
Greenhalgh, Raphael Diego (org.)   +2 more
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Distribution models of polysphinctine parasitoid wasps (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae) reveal sampling bias and flag potentially overlooked host interactions

open access: yesInsect Conservation and Diversity, EarlyView.
We quantified the geographical overlap between parasitoid wasps and their known host spiders. We could assess which parasitoid species have more limited information about their interactions and are subject to geographical survey bias. We generated sampling bias maps to assist other researchers in identifying where the main sampling gaps are.
Gabriel M. Xavier   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Urban Landscape Influence Orchid Bee Diversity in a Tropical Megacity

open access: yesJournal of Applied Entomology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The increasing urbanization has affected pollinator communities, such as Euglossini bees, which play a crucial role in maintaining biodiversity through the pollination of numerous plants. However, the impact of different levels of urbanization on the diversity of these bees is still not fully understood, especially in large tropical urban ...
Amanda F. P. Machado   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Brasilia: La utopía desfigurada

open access: yesUrbano, 2004
Este pequeño ensayo, algunas reflexiones sobre esta inmensa invención humana que es la capital Federal del Brasil. En verdad, Brasilia es vista aquí como el ápice experimental de un proceso de construcción de un modo de vida urbano que asusta por lo ...
Fagner Dantas
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Take my breath away: Defining the oxygen saturation threshold for fish cortisol stress response

open access: yesJournal of Fish Biology, EarlyView.
Abstract Human activities are affecting the number, size and severity of hypoxic zones in aquatic ecosystems. As oxygen is one of the most important abiotic factors affecting fish biology, exposure to low levels of dissolved oxygen may lead to a reduction in fitness.
Sébastien Alfonso   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

O patrimônio edificado e urbanístico do plano piloto de Brasília [DF]

open access: yesLabor & Engenho, 2020
Brasília foi construída para ser a Nova Capital, com a saga de sua construção, a cidade e sua arquitetura cresce e se desenvolve cheia de simbolismos, históricos e afetivos, apesar de sua história recente.
Luana Miranda Esper Kallas   +2 more
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Cross-ventilation and night ventilation as a passive cooling strategy in institutional building in the climatic context of Brasília/DF

open access: yes, 2019
Esse estudo investiga a experiência no ambiente construído quanto a estratégias de ventilação natural, incluindo ventilação cruzada e resfriamento noturno de massa térmica.
Santana, Rhaiana Bandeira   +4 more
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