O reggae em São Luís: identidade cultural e o surgimento da Jamaica brasileira
O presente artigo discute a chegada e consolidação do reggae em São Luís. Constata-se que São Luiz é o território fora da Jamaica onde o gênero musical mais faz sucesso, tendo incorporado pela sua população, principalmente por negros, uma série de ...
Matheus Andrade Marques
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O REGGAE NA “JAMAICA BRASILEIRA”: Cidadania e política a partir de letras musicais
Na cidade de São Luís do Maranhão, a apropriação do ritmo jamaicano do reggae pelas camadas populares constitui um movimento de resistência cultural, social e política contra a marginalização que elas sofrem em seu cotidiano.
Maristane de Sousa Rosa
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Experimental Drought Suppresses Amphibian Pathogen Yet Intensifies Transmission and Disrupts Protective Skin Microbiome [PDF]
This study used ecologically realistic enclosures with pumpkin toadlets to simulate short‐term drought conditions in Brazil's Atlantic Forest. Drought reduced the overall levels of a harmful amphibian fungus, but it also disrupted their protective skin‐associated bacteria and caused the toadlets to cluster in wet areas of the enclosures, which ...
Buttimer S +9 more
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Abstract Background Almost two billion people who are deficient in vitamins and minerals are women and children in low‐ and middle‐income countries (LMIC). These deficiencies are worsened during pregnancy due to increased energy and nutritional demands, causing adverse outcomes in mother and child.
Emily C. Keats +5 more
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Global patterns of functional trait variation along aridity gradients in bats
Abstract Aim Our understanding of the biological strategies employed by species to cope with challenges posed by aridity is still limited. Despite being sensitive to water loss, bats successfully inhabit a wide range of arid lands. We here investigated how functional traits of bat assemblages vary along the global aridity gradient to identify traits ...
Irene Conenna +6 more
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Hylaeus (Hylaeana) dominicalis, a new species and the first colletid bee recorded from Dominica, Lesser Antilles [PDF]
A new species of colletid bee, Hylaeus (Hylaeana) dominicalis Gibbs, new species, is described and figured from the Commonwealth of Dominica. The new species can be distinguished from consubgeneric species in the Caribbean Islands based on the ...
Gibbs, Jason
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A summary of the endemic beetle genera of the West Indies (Insecta: Coleoptera); bioindicators of the evolutionary richness of this Neotropical archipelago [PDF]
The Caribbean Islands (or the West Indies) are recognized as one of the leading global biodiversity hot spots. This is based on data on species, genus, and family diversity for vascular plants and non-marine vertebrates.
Peck, Stewart B. +1 more
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The beetles of Martinique, Lesser Antilles (Insecta: Coleoptera); diversity and distributions [PDF]
This paper summarizes the published information on the beetle fauna of the island of Martinique, in the Lesser Antilles. The fauna is known to contain 42 families, with 201 genera, and 270 species.
Peck, Stewart B.
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The diversity and distributions of the beetles (Insecta: Coleoptera) of the northern Leeward Islands, Lesser Antilles (Anguilla, Antigua, Barbuda, Nevis, Saba, St. Barthélemy, St. Eustatius, St. Kitts, and St. Martin-St. Maarten [PDF]
This paper summarizes the published information on the beetle fauna of the northern Leeward Islands (Anguilla, Antigua, Barbuda, Nevis, Saba, St. Barthélemy, St. Eustatius, St. Kitts, St. Martin-St.
Peck, Stewart B.
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Planting time for maximization of yield of vinegar plant calyx (Hibiscus sabdariffa L.) [PDF]
Objetivou-se avaliar a produtividade de cálices de Hibiscus sabdariffa L., planta medicinal, em quatro épocas de plantio em Lavras M.G. Os tratamentos foram quatro épocas de plantio (18 de outubro; 15 de novembro; 18 de dezembro de 2001 e 15 de janeiro ...
Augusto Ramalho de Morais +22 more
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