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Post‐liberalism and the politics of liberation: Brazilian favelas as emergent territories of freedom Postlibéralisme et politique de la libération : les favelas brésiliennes, territoires de liberté émergents

Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute, Volume 31, Issue 4, Page 1023-1040, December 2025.
Brazilian favelas (shantytowns) are often considered as marginalized urban territories that must be better integrated into the nation‐state to obtain legitimacy under the Rule of Law. Based on years of fieldwork in one of the largest shantytowns in Rio de Janeiro (Rocinha), this article suggests that the absence of a (normative) liberal apparatus in ...
Moises Lino e Silva
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Environmental Product Declarations of Structural Wood: A Review of Impacts and Potential Pitfalls for Practice

Buildings, 2021
The use of wood and timber products in the construction of buildings is repeatedly pointed towards as a mean for lowering the environmental footprint. With several countries preparing regulation for life cycle assessment of buildings, practitioners from ...
Freja Nygaard Rasmussen, Camilla Ernst Andersen, Alexandra Wittchen, Rasmus Nøddegaard Hansen, Harpa Birgisdóttir   +4 more
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The Effects of Light Therapy on Cognitive Function and Stress in Women With Breast Cancer Before Systemic Treatment

Cancer Medicine, Volume 14, Issue 22, November 2025.
ABSTRACT Background Cancer‐related cognitive impairment (CRCI), for example, impairments in reaction time, processing speed, memory and executive function, may be associated with breast cancer (BC) surgery which can disrupt biological and psychological stress markers.
Snaefridur Gudmundsdottir Aspelund, Thorhildur Halldorsdottir, Gudjon Agustsson, Hannah Ros Sigurdardottir Tobin, Lisa M. Wu, Ali Amidi, Kamilla R. Johannsdottir, Susan K. Lutgendorf, Rachel Telles, Huldis Franksdottir Daly, Kristin Sigurdardottir, Mariana G. Figueiro, William H. Redd, Heiddis B. Valdimarsdottir, Birna Baldursdottir   +14 more
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GHG emissions from building renovation versus new-build: incentives from assessment methods

Buildings & Cities, 2023
A variety of life cycle assessment (LCA) calculation methods and rules exist in European countries for building performance evaluation based on new-build.
Regitze Kjær Zimmermann, Zoé Barjot, Freja Nygaard Rasmussen, Tove Malmqvist, Matti Kuittinen, Harpa Birgisdottir   +5 more
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Consistent Facial Cues to Social Class Across Two Different Western Contexts

European Journal of Social Psychology, Volume 55, Issue 4, Page 692-707, June 2025.
ABSTRACT Individuals form impressions of others’ social‐class standing from nonverbal information, including facial appearance. Whether the facial cues relating to (perceptions of) social class generalize across different contexts and class measures (e.g., income and subjective status) remains unknown.
R. Thora Bjornsdottir, McLean Morgan, Harpa Lind Hjördísar Jónsdóttir, Ragna Benedikta Garðarsdóttir, Nicholas O. Rule   +4 more
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Dispersal rather than climate and local environment constrains non‐marine snail fauna in west Greenland

Ecography, Volume 2025, Issue 5, May 2025.
The biota of North Atlantic islands evokes intriguing questions on its evolution, colonisation routes, and an equilibrium between dispersal limitation and climatic/habitat constraints. While good data on non‐marine snails exist for most of the islands, the data for Greenland were observed mainly between 1850 and 1900.
Michal Horsák, Veronika Horsáková, Peter Samaš, Jan Divíšek, Brian Coles, Jeffrey C. Nekola   +5 more
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The climatology of atmospheric fronts crossing Cluj-Napoca city and the weather associated [PDF]

Riscuri şi Catastrofe, 2016
In this paper the evolution of weather patterns by tracking various weather variables change as a result of frontal passages through the area of Cluj-Napoca city was investigated, over a period of 10 years (2001 – 2010).
GABRIELA VICTORIA HARPA, ADINA-ELIZA CROITORU   +1 more
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Ecological and socio‐political conflicts in the Turga Hydroelectric Project: An examination through the lens of political ecology

World Water Policy, Volume 10, Issue 4, Page 1119-1161, November 2024.
Abstract The present paper critically examines water‐assisted developmental projects and their associated conflicts through the lens of political ecology, with a particular focus on hydroelectric power generation in the Global South. These projects often catalyze localized socio‐cultural, political, and ecological tensions, especially in indigenous ...
Surajit Kar, Trude Sundberg, Subham Mukherjee   +2 more
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O legado de Jean-Baptiste Krumpholtz

Revista Vortex, 2018
O presente artigo investiga a obra de Jean-Baptiste Krumpholtz, importante figura da harpa de pedais da segunda metade do século XVIII, a fim de mostrar sua relevância em meio ao universo do instrumento durante o mesmo período.
Felipe Faglioni
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Desnacionalización, Regímenes Visuales y Resistencia: Gitanos Americanos en Ciudad de México

Cultural Anthropology, Volume 39, Issue 2, Page 171-193, May 2024.
RESUMEN La idea de que el carácter de los roma es exterior al flujo de la dinámica de los procesos históricos es un organicismo alienante en México y América Latina, pues los regímenes visuales han reproducido estereotipos culturales y raciales excluyentes sobre ellos.
DAVID LAGUNAS
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