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Turnout and Invalid Voting in Brazilian Municipal Elections: A Runoff Voting System Tale
Scottish Journal of Political Economy, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This paper assesses the impact of Brazil's hybrid mayoral voting system on voters' choices and examines the shift in blank, null, and turnout between the first and second rounds. Using fixed‐effects and RDD techniques over 5570 municipalities between 2000 and 2020, this study shows that runoff voting generates more abstention and invalid ...
Vítor Castro +2 more
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Tropical Medicine &International Health, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Background Brazil accounts for a substantial share of the global leprosy burden, with persistent high‐risk areas and marked spatial inequalities in case detection. Identifying spatiotemporal clusters of transmission is crucial for targeting surveillance and control efforts.
Anderson Fuentes Ferreira +9 more
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Zoonoses and Public Health, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Introduction Hepatitis E virus (HEV) is a leading cause of acute hepatitis worldwide. While traditionally linked to poor sanitation in endemic areas, evidence shows increasing circulation in developed settings. In Brazil, however, population‐based data remain limited.
Carolline A. Mariz +8 more
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Zoonoses and Public Health, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Introduction Visceral leishmaniasis (VL), once considered a rural disease in Brazil, has progressively urbanised, particularly in the state of São Paulo (SSP), where the first urban cases emerged after the detection of the vector Lutzomyia longipalpis in 1997.
Vera Lucia Fonseca de Camargo‐Neves +1 more
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International Review of Hydrobiology, Volume 111, Issue 1, June 2026.ABSTRACT Lentic ecosystems are vulnerable to contamination by trace elements, which can accumulate and pose risks to aquatic life and human health. In a large, developing country such as Brazil, marked by vast geographic, environmental, and socioeconomic diversity, it is crucial to understand how these factors shape research on this group of ...
Maria C. F. Neuenschwander +4 more
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“The Future Is Ancestral”: The Environmental Cuir Utopias of Gabriela Cabezón Cámara
Future Humanities, Volume 4, Issue 1, May 2026.ABSTRACT Argentinian author Gabriela Cabezón Cámara identifies as a “socio‐environmentalist and writer” and has been actively involved in the feminist movement #NiUnaMenos since 2015, alongside her growing engagement with environmental activism. She advocates for Indigenous land rights, water accessibility, and challenges offshore petroleum extraction ...
Victoria Jara
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Geoscience Data Journal, Volume 13, Issue 2, April 2026.The first openly accessible 2 m‐resolution lidar‐based DTM and an extensive set of land‐surface parameters (LSPs) for the region of São Sebastião and Ilhabela, southeastern Brazil, reveal geomorphological features previously indiscernible, including past landslide deposits, drainage captures and structural lineaments.
Rebeca Durço Coelho +3 more
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International Journal of Gynecology &Obstetrics, Volume 173, Issue 1, Page 157-161, April 2026.Abstract Objective To evaluate the financial applicability of the DNA‐HPV test for cervical cancer screening in a developing country like Brazil. Methods This was a retrospective, observational study based on documentary data, conducted to assess the cost‐effectiveness of cervical cancer screening strategies in Brazil.
Felipe Polido Urbano +4 more
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Boletín Geográfico, 2015 Consideramos oportuno en este número incluir los planes de estudio que entraron en vigencia a partir de Abril de 1992.
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Understanding the human dimensions of wildfire risk at a community level in British Columbia, Canada
Canadian Geographies / Géographies canadiennes, Volume 70, Issue 2, Summer / été 2026.Abstract Recent spikes in the number of large and catastrophic wildfires in Canada pose significant risks to the environment and society. Rural and remote communities are especially at risk due to their location in wildfire‐prone areas, remoteness, and limited access or escape routes.
James Whitehead +4 more
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