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Abstract Background Neurodegenerative disorders of aging are characterized by the progressive accumulation of proteins such as α‐synuclein (α‐syn) and amyloid beta (Aβ). Misfolded and aggregated α‐syn has been implicated in neurological disorders such as Parkinson’s disease (PD), and Dementia with Lewy Bodies (DLB), but less so in Alzheimer’s Disease ...
Andre Direito Goulart Leitao+4 more
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The International and Local Politics of the Rural Environmental Registry: Brazil's Green Currency
ABSTRACT Since the 2000s, rural elites have engaged in ‘greening’ the Amazon extractive frontier. Private and state‐led initiatives have consolidated the agro‐industrial system by incentivizing compliance and effectively legalizing deforestation. Brazil's Rural Environmental Registry (Cadastro Ambiental Rural — CAR) is fundamental to ‘sustainable ...
Claudia Horn
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A Framework for the Design and Implementation of Learning Objects: a Competence-based Approach [PDF]
This paper presents a framework for the design and implementation of learning objects using a competence-based approach. This framework is illustrated by the development of a standalone Windows application (Trilho GOA) whose primary purpose is to create ...
Antunes, Pedro+5 more
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Diospyros kaki fruit hydroalcoholic extract reduced arthritis score and pain and alleviated inflammation and oxidative stress status. Abstract Current treatments for rheumatoid arthritis produce untoward effects; thus, considerable effort has been made to recognize effective herbal medicines against the condition.
Fatemeh Forouzanfar+6 more
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O STF entendeu ser possível alterar nome e sexo, mediante averbação no registro civil, independentemente de cirurgia de transgenitalização ou de ação judicial, em decisão proferida em março de 2018, na Ação Direta de Inconstitucionalidade 4.275, que ...
Danilo Porfírio de Castro Vieira+1 more
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Individual perceptions of advantage and disadvantage in accessing, undertaking and progressing in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) postgraduate taught study [PDF]
Research looking at students’ perceptions of advantage and disadvantage in higher education (HE) has focused on two main areas; student learning and perceptions of the academic environment and large scale statistics looking at participation, progression ...
Direito, Ines+2 more
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Emotions in engineering education: A configurative meta‐synthesis systematic review
Abstract Background The study of emotions in engineering education (EEE) has increased in recent years, but this emerging, multidisciplinary body of research is dispersed and not well consolidated. This paper reports on the first systematic review of EEE research and scholarship.
Johanna Lönngren+9 more
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The Brazilian equivalent of the Attorney General, as a brief historical analysis shows, plays an essential role in concentrated constitutional review. However, empirical studies of its performance remain scarce.
Ivar Alberto Martins Hartmann+2 more
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History, Activism and the Environment – An interview with Vinita Damodaran by Bárbara Direito and José Miguel Ferreira [PDF]
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Direito, Bárbara+1 more
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Gender, social protection systems and street‐level bureaucrats
Abstract Street‐level bureaucrats are the “human face” of social protection delivery systems around the world. To date, most social protection literature approaches questions of gender with respect to policy and programme design and expected and unexpected outcomes.
Tara Patricia Cookson+1 more
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