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Balancing tracks and trees: Assessing railroad impact on Brazilian biodiversity
PLANTS, PEOPLE, PLANET, EarlyView.The Brazilian West–East Integration Railway (FIOL) aims to boost the national economy by improving commodity transport; however, it crosses three of Brazil's most biodiverse and fragile regions: the Caatinga, Cerrado and Atlantic Forest. Using digitised plant records and land‐use analyses, our study reveals significant vegetation loss within the ...
Ana Luiza Silva Rocha +3 more
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PLANTS, PEOPLE, PLANET, EarlyView.Societal Impact Statement Dried plant and fungal specimens held in collections provide a unique asset to understand the natural world and inform conservation approaches. By creating freely available, digital images of these collections, these specimens can be used by more scientists from around the globe to ask research questions and apply new ...
Sonia Dhanda +9 more
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Sustainable Development, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Social considerations are often overlooked in efforts to achieve sustainable development, despite being critical for building equitable and resilient global value chains. This study addresses this gap by applying a social life cycle assessment to three key Portuguese forest wood supply chains—uncoated woodfree paper, natural cork stoppers, and
Andreia Santos +3 more
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Influence of Oxygen Contamination on the Genesis of Nonmetallic Inclusions in a Microalloyed Steel
steel research international, EarlyView.Oxygen contamination during melting of steels strongly affects the evolution of nonmetallic inclusions. Controlled remelting experiments, combined with SEM/EDS analysis and thermodynamic simulations, reveal how reoxidation promotes the transformation of alumina‐based inclusions into complex FeO–MnO oxides and other interactions.
Leandro Pianca Prandi +2 more
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The Chemical Record, EarlyView.This review highlights recent advances in the use of organic carbonates, dimethyl carbonate (DMC), diethyl carbonate (DEC), and propylene carbonate (PC), as solvents in organic synthesis. Based on over seventy studies from the past 6 years, it shows their application in different organic reaction types, emphasizing their role in safer and more ...
Gabriela T. Quadros +5 more
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Dos estudos literários aos estudos culturais?
, 1999 Percorrem-se sucintamente alguns aspectos da crise dos estudos literários e da (auto)definição dos estudos culturais. Depois de algumas observações críticas sobre a relação entre os dois campos, rejeita-se uma absolutização simplista dos estudos culturais, concluindo-se que uma perspectiva genuinamente transdiciplinar ou pós-disciplinar deve antes ...
Ribeiro, António Sousa +1 more
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Tematicas, 2006 Recentemente os estudiosos das chamadas sociedades rurais temos sido testemunhas da emergência de novas configurações políticas, sociais e econômicas no campo brasileiro. Novos atores, no âmbito rural, entram em cena vivenciando novas relações entre eles, o mercado, o Estado e a sociedade abrangente.
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Environmental Toxicology, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Pesticides and pharmaceuticals are among the most common chemical groups in waterbodies and soils, and their universal distribution raises concerns about potential adverse effects on nontarget organisms and humans. Reproductive output disruption is of particular concern, as it transposes effects from the individual to the next generations at ...
Fábio Campos +3 more
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