ABSTRACT Native to America, the pineapple—Ananas comosus (L.) Merr.—delighted the Europeans who came across it. The fruit was mentioned by the voyagers and missionaries who observed and tasted it in the Americas and, from the 1500s onwards, infused reports, chronicles and natural history treatises with colour and flavour.
Teresa Nobre de Carvalho
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The Enigma of Liberalism in Imperial Brazil, 1822-1889 [PDF]
The Empire of Brazil, 1822-1889, conformed, it is widely agreed, to the Liberal model. The constitution of 1824 incorporated its precepts; political discourse was conducted in those terms; reform campaigns sought to remove imperfections. While not untrue, this narrative evades the inconsistencies and contradictions, some innate to the ideology, some ...
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A global survey of blood transfusion practices for patients with sickle cell disease
Abstract Background Sickle cell disease (SCD) affects over 7 million people globally, with blood transfusion remaining a cornerstone of management. However, contemporary transfusion practices across diverse settings remain poorly characterized. We evaluated global transfusion practices for patients with SCD to identify gaps and inform resource ...
Jeremy W. Jacobs +18 more
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The New Economics of Cape Slavery
ABSTRACT In this survey, I argue that the Cape Colony has become one of the most useful settings for studying the economics of unfree labour. The Cape offers a distinctive combination: a slavery regime linking the Indian Ocean and Atlantic worlds, an urban and agrarian economy, overlapping labour regimes and archives rich enough for linked micro‐data ...
Johan Fourie
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ABSTRACT This study explores environmental justice issues in coastal food systems, focusing on conflicts between small‐scale fisheries and the energy sector due to differing goals in managing food and energy sources. It does so by examining the interdependence between institutions, policies, and different types of knowledge; key elements in building ...
Mateus Henrique Amaral +6 more
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Corrigendum to "The 3V score and joint associations of low ultra-processed food, biodiverse and plant-based diets on colorectal cancer risk: results from the European Prospective Investigation into Cancer and Nutrition (EPIC) study" eClinicalMedicine, Volume 90, December 2025, 103662. [PDF]
Koc Cakmak E +44 more
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Expanding the Boundaries of Imperial Brazil
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Imperialism in Latin America: the role of the bourgeoisies and the consequences for Brazil
This paper seeks to historically analyze capitalism and its insertion in the Latin American subcontinent and in Brazil, mainly from the 1970s to the present. From this, we seek to show how the relations of the local bourgeois classes with the capitalist Center work in each pattern of accumulation in the subcontinent.
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Inflammatory Factors in Allergic Rhinitis: A 20‐Year Bibliometric Mapping and Emerging Trends
This figure illustrates the bibliometric process and results of research on inflammatory factors of allergic rhinitis from 2004 to 2024 including data screening, global distribution, collaborative networks and the evolution of research hotspots. ABSTRACT Allergic rhinitis (AR) is driven by a network of inflammatory mediators released by mast cells ...
Shanshan Jing, Fengying Zhang, Qiqi Liu
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Advancing Lipid Management in Europe: Insights from the WHF Regional Roundtable Series and Country Case Studies. [PDF]
Raspail L +5 more
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