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Toxicity Evaluation of a Polyphenolic Extract from Flourensia cernua DC through Artemia Lethality Assay, Hemolytic Activity, and Acute Oral Test. [PDF]

open access: yesJ Toxicol
Flourensia cernua DC, commonly known as hojasen or tarbush, is a medicinal plant used in arid regions due to its therapeutic properties, especially in the treatment of gastrointestinal disorders. This study aimed to assess the toxicity of a polyphenolic extract obtained from F. cernua.
Aguirre-García YL   +7 more
europepmc   +2 more sources

Predicting Subject Traits From Brain Spectral Signatures: An Application to Brain Ageing. [PDF]

open access: yesHum Brain Mapp
Utilizing the HarMNqEEG dataset, we applied three distinct prediction techniques to EEG sensor data, focusing on power spectral densities. Our new method, Kernel mean embedding regression, offers novel insights into accurate age prediction using power spectral estimates. ABSTRACT The prediction of subject traits using brain data is an important goal in
Jarne C, Griffin B, Vidaurre D.
europepmc   +2 more sources

The Pliable Page: Turn-of-the-21st-Century Reworkings of Villaverde’s Cecilia Valdés

open access: yesLatin American Literary Review, 2022
This essay examines turn-of-the-21st-century responses to the foundational 19th-century novel by Villaverde, Cecilia Valdés, pointing to the ambivalence toward textual authority and migration as key elements in Cubans’ relationship to historical memory ...
Christina Civantos
doaj   +1 more source

In Search of Identity: A Slave, a Half-Blood, a Senhora [PDF]

open access: yesЛитература двух Америк, 2020
The present article is devoted to the study of the genesis of the “strong woman” type in Latin American prose. It shows that this type, traditionally associated with the modern novel, has appeared in the literature of the continent as early as in the XIX
Elena Ogneva
doaj   +1 more source

Celebrar, tragar, amamantar lo cubano: los contextos culinarios en Cecilia Valdés de Cirilo Villaverde

open access: yesIberoamericana. América Latina - España - Portugal, 2014
Se hace un análisis detenido de las referencias culinarias en la novela decimonónica Cecilia Valdés del cubano Cirilo Villaverde en cada fase del ciclo producción-distribución- preparación-consumo, enfocando sus múltiples connotaciones posibles ...
Rita De Maeseneer
doaj   +1 more source

Are all copepods the same? Variation in copepod stoichiometry with taxonomy, ontogeny, latitude, and habitat

open access: yesEcosphere, Volume 14, Issue 12, December 2023., 2023
Abstract Copepods are the most abundant metazoans on Earth, driving cycles of key elements in aquatic systems, most prominently carbon (C), nitrogen (N), and phosphorus (P). One key factor determining nutrient cycling is copepod somatic stoichiometry, which can reflect ecological strategy.
Emily M. Herstoff   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Raça e lei em “Cecilia Valdés”, de Cirilo Villaverde

open access: yesAnamorphosis, 2019
A relação entre o Direito e a ficção narrativa remete à sua compartilhada origem comum na retórica e, na moderna América Latina, a um passado derivado da Espanha, que se inicia com as Siete partidas, de Alfonso, o Sábio, a Recopilación de leyes de Indias,
Roberto González Echevarría
doaj   +1 more source

El suicidio en la novela romántica cubana

open access: yesBabel: Littératures Plurielles, 2006
Souligner les traits spécifiques de pays récemment indépendants, avec l'intention de créer chez les différents secteurs de la population hispano-américaine une mentalité appropriée pour la consolidation de nations nouvelles et souveraines est une des ...
Abdeslam Azougarh
doaj   +1 more source

Miedo blanco y amenaza negra: ejemplos de resistencia afrocubana en Cecilia Valdés

open access: yesConfluenze, 2018
Durante el siglo XIX, aumentó drásticamente la importación de esclavos africanos en Cuba. El miedo a rebeliones y a la conquista de nuevos espacios por parte de la población afrodescendiente condujo a los intelectuales a tratar la cuestión del negro en ...
Juliana Fillies Testa Muñoz
doaj   +1 more source

Las dos orillas: Cecilia y Fortunate

open access: yesVerba Hispanica, 2001
"La sociedad presente como materia novelable", asi tituló Galdós su discurso de ingreso en la RAE y, ciertamente, si hay algo que vincule las novelas objeto de reflexión -Cecilia Valdés (1882) y Fortunata y Jacinta ( 1886)- es, precisamente, la ...
Virginia Romo Martinez
doaj   +1 more source

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