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Science, ideology, literature and eugenics: approaches between the biological ideas of Renato Kehl and the scientific discourse of the book “O Presidente Negro”, of Monteiro Lobato

Investigações em Ensino de Ciências, 2020
The present research is part of the work focused on the History of Science and the Teaching of Science and Biology and aims to explain some biological ideas present in the first half of the twentieth century, that were associated with the eugenic ...
Leonardo Turazzi Tramontina, Fernanda Aparecida Meglhioratti   +1 more
doaj   +1 more source

Beyond forests: Harnessing conservation gardening for open biomes in Brazil

PLANTS, PEOPLE, PLANET, EarlyView.
Urban gardening offers an innovative conservation strategy by integrating native ornamental species into urban landscapes. We evaluated the ornamental potential of the Brazilian flora by comparing the representation of species from forests versus open biomes (focusing on campo rupestre grasslands) and introduced and validated the Index of Ornamental ...
Flávia Santos Faria, Luciane Vilela Resende, Fernando A. O. Silveira   +2 more
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As funções de um cérebro darwinista: Guedes Cabral e o evolucionismo de Funções do cérebro (1876)

História, Ciências, Saúde: Manguinhos, 2013
O livro Funções do cérebro , do médico Domingos Guedes Cabral, é reconhecido como um dos primeiros trabalhos nacionais a defender teorias darwinistas.
Roberto Sobreira Pereira Filho, Ricardo Waizbort   +1 more
doaj   +1 more source

Two centuries of Begonia exploration in the Philippines: Progress and challenges associated with a megadiverse genus in the Global South

PLANTS, PEOPLE, PLANET, EarlyView.
Megadiverse genera represent the highest concentration of plant diversity, but these plants are also located primarily in countries in the Global South where huge gaps in botanical knowledge remain. This study summarized two centuries of Begonia collection records in the Philippines to show how historical events coincide with collection and taxonomic ...
Mark Angelo C. Bucay, EB Perez‐Bellen, Marjorie D. Delos Angeles, Danilo N. Tandang, Rosario R. Rubite, Kuo‐Fang Chung   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

A eugenia na teoria da justiça: a tensão entre a liberdade individual e o aborto de fetos com microcefalia

Opinión Jurídica, 2018
Uma das grandes preocupações recentes das mulheres gestantes foi a expecta-tiva de saber se seu filho fora atingido pelo surto de microcefalia no Brasil e em boa parte do continente latino-americano desde o final de 2015.
André Luiz Silveira de Lima Júnior
doaj   +1 more source

Host‐induced silencing of the Minc09294 effector gene impairs Meloidogyne incognita and M. Enterolobii infection

Pest Management Science, EarlyView.
Host‐induced gene silencing of the effector candidate Minc09294 significantly impairs Meloidogyne incognita parasitism, markedly reducing gall formation, reproduction, and the development of specialized giant cells, with partial cross‐species effects on M.
João Pedro Abreu‐Sousa, Thuanne Pires Ribeiro, Daniele Heloisa Pinheiro, Valdeir Junio Vaz Moreira, Luanna Pinheiro Alburquerque Freitas Bezerra, Júlia Moura Rosário Santana, Lays Antunes Teixeira, Maria Eugenia Lisei‐de‐Sa, Deyse Alexandra Rosero Alpala, Manoely Abreu Reis, Isabela Tristan Lourenço‐Tessutti, Leonardo Lima Pepino Macedo, Carolina Vianna Morgante, Maria Cristina Mattar Silva, Marcos Fernando Basso, Janice de Almeida‐Engler, Maria Fatima Grossi‐de‐Sa   +16 more
wiley   +1 more source

Mesophase Tunable Actuation of Ionic Thiol‐Acrylate Liquid Crystal Elastomers

Small, EarlyView.
Thiol‐acrylate ionic liquid crystal elastomers (iLCE) are developed with nematic and cybotactic mesophases and polydomain and monodomain genesis. The effect of genesis, mesophase, and microstructure on electroactuation was studied. ABSTRACT Electroactive polymers (EAPs) are envisioned to play a crucial role in next‐generation soft robotics for their ...
Yasaman Maddah, Zakaria Siddiquee, Matthew Gene Scarfo, Yasaman Rahimidarestani, Aiping Yu, Tizazu Mekonnen, Antal Jákli, Hamed Shahsavan   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

A importância da bioética no uso da eugenia para a efetivação dos novos direitos fundamentais

Civilistica.com, 2018
Este artigo analisa a eugenia no Brasil, tomando por premissa a bioética, reconhecendo que deve ser ela a nortear o legislador ao limitar a atuação da ciência sobre a vida humana, com fito de promover respeito e equilíbrio entre ciência e direitos ...
Regina Célia de Carvalho Martins, Daniel Barile da Silveira   +1 more
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Performance of Large Language Models in Answering Otolaryngology Clinical Questions in Non‐English Languages

World Journal of Otorhinolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Large language models (LLMs) such as ChatGPT are being explored for various medical applications, but their performance across languages is not established. Despite the promising results in English from previous studies, it is unclear how ChatGPT performs in other languages.
Eugene Oh, Arthur W. Wu, Laura Garcia‐Rodriguez, Zhen‐Xiao Huang, Wei‐Chung Hsu, Jeongkyou Kim, Young Chul Kim, Yi‐Tsen Lin, Hae Chan Park, Hector Andres Perez, Juan San Juan, Gene Liu, Matthew Lee, Dennis M. Tang   +13 more
wiley   +1 more source

“Women of the Happy Life”: Prostitution, Public Morality, and Venereal Disease in US‐Occupied Nicaragua, 1912–33

Gender &History, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT During the years of the US occupation (1912–33), Nicaragua's government legally regulated prostitution. Convinced of their objectives to protect society's moral and public health, politicians embarked on a long struggle to apprehend, quarantine, and segregate female prostitutes nationwide.
Eimeel Castillo
wiley   +1 more source