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A Non‐Destructive Method for Sex Identification in a Tubuliferan Thrips

Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata, EarlyView.
Accurate sex identification of the biological control agent Pseudophilothrips ichini Hood (Thysanoptera: Phlaeothripidae) is a useful tool for colony management and experimental applications in biological control. Destructive methods of sex identification limit specimen usage, prompting the need for a sex identification method for live thrips.
Brianna Foster, F. Allen Dray, Dale Halbritter   +2 more
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Competition and payments to African chiefs on the Gold Coast during the slave trade, 1679‒1704

The Economic History Review, EarlyView.
Abstract The manuscript records of the Royal African Company show that the Company paid African chiefs for access to trade along the caravan routes on the Gold Coast in the seventeenth century. This paper documents and examines these payments. Using an event study, I establish that after the Glorious Revolution in 1688 when the Company's monopoly in ...
Jose Rowell Corpuz
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Golden weapons and golden fetters: From the gold standard to the new geopolitics

The Economic History Review, EarlyView.
Abstract This paper explores the historical relationship between monetary regimes, security concerns, and geopolitical tensions, particularly focusing on the role of gold. Throughout history, monetary systems have been deeply intertwined with international state systems and security provisions.
Harold James
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Institutional Sources of Officer Discontent in the Brazilian Army, 1870-1889 [PDF]

Hispanic American Historical Review, 1975
A GROUP OF ABOUT 50 RADICAL ARMY OFFICERS led some 500 soldiers and Military Academy students to overthrow the Brazilian monarchy on November 15, 1889. These officers had been spurred on by civilian republicans and emboldened by the curious indifference of their military colleagues toward the fate of the Second Empire.
openaire   +1 more source

Fine‐scale patterns of genetic structure in three species of forest birds reveal dynamic Pleistocene history within an Amazonian interfluve

Ibis, EarlyView.
Phylogeographical studies of Amazonian birds have revealed large intraspecific diversity, even within recognized areas of endemism. To understand the origin and organization of Amazonian diversity, including the influence of current and historical landscapes, we need to evaluate fine‐scale patterns of genetic diversity in relation to detailed ...
Affonso Henrique Nascimento de Souza, Camila Duarte Ritter, João Marcos Guimarães Capurucho, Juliana Menger, Camila Cherem Ribas   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Personality traits and financial decisions: a study of youths in the Brazilian Army

, 2020
Este estudo analisa a relação entre traços de personalidade, valores humanos e características socioeconômicas nas escolhas intertemporais financeiras de jovens do Exército Brasileiro. Por meio de levantamento, participaram 218 jovens do serviço militar obrigatório de Cascavel-PR.
Martelo, João Rafael, Favero, Eveline, Souza Junior, Wagner Dantas de   +2 more
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The effects of affective organizational commitment on voluntary resignation in the Brazilian Army

Coleção Meira Mattos
Based on commitment theory, this longitudinal study analyzes the contribution of affective commitment toward the Army to develop a predictive model to describe the voluntary resignation of commissioned officers in the Brazilian Army.
Cleber Barbosa Iack, Carolina Rodrigues-Silveira, Helena Mouriño   +2 more
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Batalha Naval do Riachuelo: 150 anos de uma vitoriosa Operação Conjunta da Marinha e do Exército do Brasil [PDF]

Navigator, 2015
The purpose of the following article is to present the general framework of the successful joint operation carried out by the Brazilian Navy and Army on the naval Battle of Riachuelo, on June 11th, 1865.
André Cezar Siqueira
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How Has France Established Itself as a Champion of the European Fight Against Foreign Information Manipulation and Interference (FIMI)?

JCMS: Journal of Common Market Studies, EarlyView.
Abstract The article contributes to the emerging scholarly literature on how European democracies respond to foreign information manipulation and interference (FIMI), whilst focusing on a single case study of France. It asks how France responded to Russian FIMI and why this response has become more forceful and comprehensive over time.
Agnieszka K. Cianciara
wiley   +1 more source

Military Professionalization: notes on the Brazilian Army System

, 2020
Neste artigo, defende-se a educação militar como variável relevante para se pensar uma profissionalização que aumente a segurança da própria sociedade. Isso é perceptível nos trabalhos de Huntington (1996) e dos seus críticos. Para isso, o artigo é organizado em três partes.
Oliveira, Ana Amélia Penido, Mathias, Suzeley Kalil   +1 more
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