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More Science Than Art: The First Botanical Garden in Portugal (c. 1650)

Renaissance Studies, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Gabriel Grisley, a German physician, came to Portugal and founded a garden near the Xabregas River in Lisbon, during the 1610s under the Spanish kings' rule. In view of the utility a botanic garden represented for the kingdom, he was able to obtain a royal privilege from King João IV during the Restauration War against the Spanish (1640–1668).
Ana Duarte Rodrigues
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Early Warning Systems and Emergency Declarations During Brazil's Largest Dengue Outbreak

Tropical Medicine &International Health, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Objectives Early warning systems (EWSs) are essential for alert, detection, and response to potential public health emergencies. Brazil's 2024 dengue epidemic, the largest ever recorded, offers a critical case for assessing correspondence between timely epidemic risk detection and health governance responsiveness.
Lorena Guadalupe Barberia, Alexandra Crispim Boing, Natália de Paula Moreira, Murilo Motta, Guilherme Pereira Ferreira, Dara Aparecida Vilela Pinto, Luiz Antonio Couto Soares, João de Oliveira Gusmão, Ana Paula Magalhães Brito, Sabrina Almeida, Tatiane C. Moraes de Sousa   +10 more
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Scientists in power plays: How substantive were scientists' narratives during the COVID‐19 pandemic?

Policy Studies Journal, Volume 54, Issue 3, August 2026.
Abstract Scientists who provide expert advice must engage with policy processes. Little is known about whether and how scientists deal with the political dynamics of policy processes that are inherent to policymaking. We study this question by building on the policy dimension concept within the Narrative Policy Framework.
Jule Ksinsik, Caroline Schlaufer
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Participación política y democracia representativa

Revista do Direito, 2018
El título que propongo para esta conferencia no es nada original, pero, precisamente por eso, ya nos ofrece una idea clara de lo que voy a exponerles a continuación. Efectivamente, no se entiende la democracia sin participación ni representación.
José Adrián García Rojas
doaj   +1 more source

Does public participation foster stakeholder support for policy proposals? Evidence from the European Union

Policy Studies Journal, Volume 54, Issue 3, August 2026.
Abstract We examine whether and how public participation in policymaking contributes towards fostering stakeholder support for policy proposals formulated in the bureaucratic arena. We explain how key markers of procedural fairness describing both the participation process and policymakers' presentations of it during the decision justification stage co‐
Adriana Bunea, Idunn Nørbech
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Primer congrés sobre Internet, dret i política: les transformacions del dret i la política en la societat de la informació

IDP, 2005
El primer congrés sobre Internet, dret i política (IDP): les transformacions del dret i la política en la societat de la informació es va celebrar els dies 17, 18 i 19 de març de 2005 a la seu del Centre d'Estudis Jurídics i Formació Especialitzada ...
Estudis de Dret i Ciència Política de la UOC
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The Effect of Migration on Perceived Safety and Sleep Quality: An Analysis From Rural and Urban Indigenous Wixárika Communities in Jalisco, Mexico El efecto de la migración en la seguridad percibida y la calidad del sueño: un análisis en comunidades indígenas Wixaritari rurales y urbanas en Jalisco, México

American Journal of Biological Anthropology, Volume 190, Issue 3, July 2026.
ABSTRACT Objectives This study explores how perceived safety influences sleep quality among Wixárika individuals in Mexico. We compared the sleep quality of those living in a rural town in northern Jalisco with those living in the Guadalajara Metropolitan Area (GMA).
Leela McKinnon, Eric C. Shattuck, Igor Martín Ramos Herrera, René Cristobal Crocker Sagastume, Quetzabel de la Cruz, Paritemai González Torrez, Thankam Sunil, David R. Samson   +7 more
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Assessing the evolutionary distinctiveness of a highly threatened plant group: The urgency to preserve a unique lineage of evolution in Brazil

PLANTS, PEOPLE, PLANET, Volume 8, Issue 4, Page 1223-1237, July 2026.
Brazil's diverse flora is under several threats, with many unique lineages facing extinction, particularly in biodiverse regions like the Cerrado and campo rupestre. This study sheds light on the conservation needs of Cambessedesia (Melastomataceae), an endemic genus with 95% of its species endangered, using an approach to rank and prioritise species ...
Najla Bastos Scheidegger, Raquel C. Pizzardo, Bruno Vilela, Thuane Bochorny, Juliana Gastaldello Rando   +4 more
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Understanding the process of IOs politicizationThe politicization of international organizations as a process: conceptualization of their determinants and dynamics

Revista Española de Ciencia Política, 2016
The goal of this paper is to deepen our understanding of the growing phenomenon of politicization of international organizations (IOs) and to contribute to its conceptualization.
Luz Muñoz Marquez, Pere Vilanova Trias
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Digitising biological collections to advance National Species Inventories: A case study from the flora of Chile

PLANTS, PEOPLE, PLANET, Volume 8, Issue 4, Page 1210-1222, July 2026.
In response to Chile's public policy to establish a national biodiversity inventory and monitoring system, we launched the HerbarioDigital.cl portal. We have digitised over 120,000 specimens representing more than 3,900 species from two Chilean herbaria, integrating them through a curated local taxonomic index.
Ricardo A. Segovia, Juan M. Sáez, Francisco A. Squeo, Alicia E. Marticorena, Julián Caro, Pablo C. Guerrero   +5 more
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