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Open‐land‐derived agroforestry and effects of abandonment of management of the main crop on ecosystem services and woody plant diversity

PLANTS, PEOPLE, PLANET, EarlyView.
Tropical forests are rapidly declining. One promising strategy to reverse the loss of tropical forest is the establishment of agroforestry on open land. We combined interviews with biodiversity surveys to learn general lessons from success and nonsuccess stories of the establishment of open‐land‐derived coffee agroforests in one of the world's ...
Lucas M. Fonzaghi, Kristoffer Hylander, Thiago S. de Melo, Ayco J. M. Tack   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Persistence and potential of soil organic carbon in nature‐based climate solutions: A review of managed disturbances

PLANTS, PEOPLE, PLANET, EarlyView.
Implementing nature‐based climate solutions is important for mitigating climate change, which is a global issue, but requires local adjustments in management practices. Using the association between soil carbon and minerals as a proxy for carbon persistence, we evaluated the effect of different management regimes on soil carbon sequestration and loss ...
Adam Pellegrini, Katerina Georgiou, Robert Powell, Christopher Bousfield   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

The Initial Urban Design of Small Cities in the Sertão da Paraíba: The Case of the Town of Boqueiro do Curema

Cuadernos de Geografía: Revista Colombiana de Geografía, 2011
The city of Coremas is located in the interior of the State of Paraíba. Its origins date back to the 19th century, when it started out as a small town called Boqueirão do Curema. The methodology of this project included the preparation of a bibliographic
Rita de Cássia Gregório de Andrade, Doralice Sátyro Maia   +1 more
doaj  

Susceptibility of Phthorimaea absoluta (Meyrick) (Lepidoptera: Gelechiidae) to novel and established insecticides in Brazil: resistance survey, baseline, and implications for management

Pest Management Science, EarlyView.
Baseline susceptibility of Phthorimaea absoluta to novel insecticides isocycloseram and tolfenpyrad was established in Brazil. Diagnostic doses were proposed for early resistance detection. Early tolfenpyrad tolerance and abamectin‐driven cross‐tolerance to isocycloseram via oxidases highlight cross‐resistance risks, emphasizing the need for routine ...
Vitor Quintela, Teófilo P Langa, José VCR Dantas, Marcos de Oliveira, Herbert AA Siqueira   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Prevalence of anaemia in a sample of elderly northeastern brazilians [PDF]

Journal of Pharmacological chemistry and biological sciences, 2020
Micheline M. F. C. Souza, Letícia L. Mendonça, José Edvan Souza-Júnior, Thiago L.H. Rego, José Rodolfo L.P. Cavalcanti   +4 more
openaire   +1 more source

Assessing the Effects of Biodiesel Production on Sustainability: A Bayesian Two‐Stage Data Envelopment Analysis Approach

Sustainable Development, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Sustainable development transforms production systems, requiring integrated environmental, social, and economic strategies. Energy systems are key agro‐industrial supply chains in developing countries. Brazil's soybean supply chain impacts Gross Domestic Product, mainly through exports.
Aline Veronese da Silva, Camila Veneo Campos Fonseca, Pedro Gerber Machado, Marcelo Azevedo Costa   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Profetas da Natureza: ver e dizer no sertão

Intexto, 2008
The present paper aims to explore the visibility regime practiced by nature prophets in brazilian northeastern “sertão”. We intend to show how this visibility regime resists to what has been a contemporary tendency both in the media ...
Fernanda Bruno, Karla Patrícia Holanda Martins   +1 more
doaj  

Contrastive Self‐Categorization as a Resource for Defending Cultural Stereotypes

Symbolic Interaction, EarlyView.
This study explores how speakers defend morally sanctionable cultural stereotypes from challenges in adult second language classrooms. Within the conversation analysis and membership categorization analysis frameworks, I examine two extended video‐recorded class discussions in which students maintain face‐threatening, stereotypical portrayals of ...
Nadja Tadic
wiley   +1 more source

Epidemiological profile of Diabetes Mellitus in a northeastern brazilian state

, 2017
Objective: To describe the epidemiological profile of Diabetes Mellitus in Piauí State, in the Northeastern region of Brazil, between 2002 and 2012. Methods: An epidemiological study, with retrospective collection. Secondary data were used from HiperDia, system available in the DATASUS.
Filho, Augusto Cezar Antunes de Araujo, Almeida, Priscilla Dantas, Araújo, Anna Karolina Lages de, Sales, Isabela Maria Magalhães, Araújo, Telma Maria Evangelista de, Rocha, Silvana Santiago da   +5 more
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First Assessment of Genetic Damage in the Speckled Cockroach (Nauphoeta cinerea) After Consumption of Lettuce (Lactuca sativa) Cultivated and Commercialized in Northeastern, Brazil

Environmental Toxicology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study reports, for the first time, the use of the speckled cockroach Nauphoeta cinerea as a promising bioindicator for genotoxic monitoring. It was validated through control groups (both positive and negative) in addition to testing lettuce (Lactuca sativa ) samples from public street markets consumed by N. cinerea specimens in Pernambuco,
Aleson Aparecido da Silva, Eduardo Henrique da Silva Melo, Érima Maria de Amorim, Maria Gislaine Pereira, Claudia Rohde   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source