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Sweet Femininities: Women and the Confectionery Trade in Eighteenth‐Century Barcelona
Gender &History, Volume 34, Issue 3, Page 574-589, October 2022., 2022 Abstract This article examines the intersections between sweetness, femininity and the confectionery trade in eighteenth‐century Barcelona, at a time of growing consumption of sugar and slavery. Drawing on a range of underexplored archival material, this study traces the stories of women of different social groups, namely, elite housewives, nuns and ...
Marta Manzanares Mileo
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Review of European, Comparative &International Environmental Law, Volume 30, Issue 2, Page 197-206, July 2021., 2021 Abstract In recent years, climate cases to combat illegal deforestation in the Amazon have begun to be brought before Brazilian courts. We focus on a lawsuit filed by the Institute of Amazonian Studies against the Brazilian state. The lawsuit seeks not only an order to compel the federal government to comply with national climate law but also the ...
Joana Setzer, Délton Winter de Carvalho
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Journal of Law and Society, Volume 47, Issue S1, Page S54-S73, October 2020., 2020 Abstract The negative and corrosive impacts of corruption in the fields of economics, politics, and law are widely discussed. Less understood are the potentially negative impacts of anti‐corruption struggles and strategies themselves. This article presents a case study of Brazil's ‘Car Wash’ (‘Lava Jato’) scandal from a legal and political perspective.
GEORGE MÉSZÁROS
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One Stop Shops for Public Services: Evidence from Citizen Service Centers in Brazil
Journal of Policy Analysis and Management, Volume 39, Issue 4, Page 1133-1165, Fall 2020., 2020 Abstract Citizen Service Centers are government offices where different authorities are co‐located and where several public services are offered in the same physical location. The goal of implementing such One Stop Shops for public services is to solve problems with a malfunctioning government bureaucracy for frontline service delivery.
Anders Fredriksson
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PLANTS, PEOPLE, PLANET, EarlyView.The advancement of digital technologies has brought a rapid global information exchange, impacting all areas of our lives. This also applies to science. Knowledge, conservation and scientific innovation on global biodiversity are being strengthened and disseminated at unprecedented scales.
Ana Flávia Alves Versiane +9 more
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Paper‐Based Nanoplatforms for Multifunctional Applications
Journal of Nanomaterials, Volume 2019, Issue 1, 2019., 2019 In this work, zinc oxide (ZnO) and titanium dioxide (TiO2) nanostructures were grown on different cellulose paper substrates, namely, Whatman, office, and commercial hospital papers, using a hydrothermal method assisted by microwave irradiation.
M. L. Matias +8 more
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Renaissance Studies, EarlyView.ABSTRACT During the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries, there was no statutory difference between cartography, drawing and painting. These activities were performed then by craftsmen who were part of a vast group under the umbrella of ‘mechanical arts’ and fell under the ‘artifex’ category. Artifex were experts in any particular art, whether a craftsman,
Vasco Medeiros
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Bicentenário da Imprensa brasileira : reavaliaçao de Hipólito José da Costa, diretor e editor do "Correio Braziliense" [PDF]
, 2008 Comemoram-se, em 2008, os 200 anos da imprensa brasileira. Este artigo destaca o jornal “Correio Braziliense”, editado por Hipólito José da Costa, desde Londres, entre junho de 1808 e dezembro de 1822.
Hohlfeldt, Antonio +1 more
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L'espace public et la censure dans A Paródia [PDF]
, 2012 Este ensaio analisa os conceitos de público, multidão e opinião pública e o conceito de uso crítico da razão. Analisa o conceito de esfera pública, associado ao uso público da razão da sociedade burguesa dos sécs. XVII e XVIII.
Guimarães, João Paulo Duque Löbe
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More Science Than Art: The First Botanical Garden in Portugal (c. 1650)
Renaissance Studies, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Gabriel Grisley, a German physician, came to Portugal and founded a garden near the Xabregas River in Lisbon, during the 1610s under the Spanish kings' rule. In view of the utility a botanic garden represented for the kingdom, he was able to obtain a royal privilege from King João IV during the Restauration War against the Spanish (1640–1668).
Ana Duarte Rodrigues
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