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The Use of Medicinal Plants in the Riverside Community of the Mazagão River in the Brazilian Amazon, Amapá, Brazil: Ethnobotanical and Ethnopharmacological Studies. [PDF]

Evid Based Complement Alternat Med, 2019
The inhabitants of the floodplain of the Mazagão River in the State of Amapá in the Brazilian Amazon have inherited from indigenous African and Cabocla cultures indications for the use and forms of preparation of medicinal plants to cure diseases of the body and spirit. This study aimed to perform an ethnopharmacological survey of medicinal plants used
Ferreira Rodrigues Sarquis RDS, Rodrigues Sarquis Í, Rodrigues Sarquis I, Fernandes CP, Araújo da Silva G, Borja Lima E Silva R, Gonçalves Jardim MA, Sánchez-Ortíz BL, Carvalho JCT.   +8 more
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Assessing the Impact of Vegan Toothpastes on Enamel Color Change and Surface Properties. [PDF]

J Esthet Restor Dent
ABSTRACT Objective To evaluate color (ΔE00) and whiteness index (ΔWID) changes, surface hardness loss (SHL), roughness (Ra), mineral content, and morphology of enamel brushed with vegan toothpastes. Methods Enamel blocks (n = 10/group) were stained with black tea (T0) underwent 15.000 (T1) and 30.000 (T2) toothbrushing cycles with: (n = 10): (AS ...
da Trindade Souza de Melo Carneiro RV, Garcia RM, Scaramucci T, Cavalli V.   +3 more
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Taxonomic Novelties in Senna ser. Bacillares (Leguminosae, Cassieae)

Nordic Journal of Botany, Volume 2023, Issue 9, September 2023., 2023
Senna ser. Bacillares (Leguminosae, Cassieae) is the largest of the American Senna series, with approximately 50 species. Several taxa are still poorly known or with problematic delimitation. Based on extensive fieldwork and collection‐based research for our ongoing taxonomic studies on Senna ser. Bacillares, we identified two new species which we here
Alexandre Gibau de Lima, Marcelo Trovó, Christine D. Bacon, Luciano Paganucci de Queiroz, Vinicius Castro Souza, Vidal de Freitas Mansano   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

A structural equation model of land capability and related drivers: Implications for land degradation forecasting in a tropical river basin

Land Degradation &Development, Volume 34, Issue 6, Page 1778-1794, 15 April 2023., 2023
Abstract Land degradation is a worldwide problem with natural and anthropogenic causes. An important anthropogenic cause of land degradation is land uses that deviate from land capability, which is the “natural” use. Despite the conscience of scientists about this issue, studies are lacking that set up a quantitative nexus between land capability and ...
Gabriel Henrique de Morais Fernandes, Renato Farias do Valle Junior, Maytê Maria Abreu Pires de Melo Silva, Rafaella Gouveia Mendes, Luís Filipe Sanches Fernandes, António Carlos Pinheiro Fernandes, Fernando António Leal Pacheco, Teresa Cristina Tarlé Pissarra, Marília Carvalho de Melo, Carlos Alberto Valera   +9 more
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Activating dark earths: somatosoils and the carbonic loops of Amazonian ecologies

Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute, Volume 28, Issue 3, Page 854-874, September 2022., 2022
Abstract Inspired by the fertility and climate change‐mitigation properties of the so‐called Amazonian Dark Earths (ADEs), soil science has devised a technoscientific replica, a soil amendment known as biochar, intended to improve agricultural sustainability and carbon storage in the biosphere. Drawing on fieldwork with Afroindigenous horticulturalists,
Aníbal G. Arregui
wiley   +1 more source

Revisiting a place‐based policy: Transformations in Northeast Brazil

Growth and Change, Volume 52, Issue 4, Page 2412-2436, December 2021., 2021
Abstract Despite being the second most populated region in Brazil, the Northeast has persistently accounted for a small share of national income. A well‐known attempt to develop the region was made in 1959 with the creation of SUDENE, a big push type of place‐based policy resulting in an intensification of industrial investments.
Solmaria Halleck Vega
wiley   +1 more source

Conversão química de madeiras da amazônia - Carvão e briquetes de carvão vegetal [PDF]

Acta Amazonica, 1988
Nesta pesquisa é relatada a qualidade do carvão fabricado com madeiras do Distrito Agropecuário da Suframa, e do briquete manufaturado tendo como adesivo a tapioca.
Antônio de Azevedo Corrêa
doaj   +1 more source

Mercado de Produtos Florestais no Estado do Rio de Janeiro

Floresta e Ambiente, 2023
RESUMO Desde a época do pau-brasil, as florestas fluminenses têm fornecido produtos para o desenvolvimento estadual, como toras, lenha e carvão. Para avaliar a oferta e a demanda destes produtos, foram analisados dados do IBGE gerados a partir do ...
Wilson Ferreira de Mendonça Filho
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Instrumentação térmica aplicada ao processo de produção de carvão vegetal em fornos de alvenaria

Revista Árvore, 2012
Neste estudo, propôs-se avaliar a instrumentação térmica de fornos retangulares destinados à produção de carvão vegetal, denominados RAC220, com capacidade individual para produzir 30 toneladas de carvão por ciclo de carbonização.
Solidônio Rodrigues de Carvalho, Valério Luiz Borges, Bruno Henrique Oliveira Mulina, Rogério Lima Mota de Oliveira, Edson Alves Figueira Júnior, José Silvio Pessoa Filho   +5 more
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Integração espacial no mercado mineiro de carvão vegetal Spatial price integration the market of wood charcoal in Minas Gerais, Brasil

Revista Árvore, 2005
Este estudo examinou a integração espacial via preços entre quatro mercados regionais de carvão vegetal em Minas Gerais. Após a realização do Teste de Raiz Unitária e do Teste de Causalidade de Granger e estimação de um modelo VAR, concluiu-se que os ...
Alessandro Albino Fontes, Márcio Lopes da Silva, João Eustáquio de Lima   +2 more
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