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The Myth of the Rational Voter: Why Democracies Choose Bad Policies [PDF]
, 2006 In theory, democracy is a bulwark against socially harmful policies. In practice, however, democracies frequently adopt and maintain policies that are damaging. How can this paradox be explained? The influence of special interests and voter ignorance are
Bryan Caplan
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May I pick your brain? Local minds as living cadastres in a Portuguese eleventh‐century lawsuit
Early Medieval Europe, EarlyView.In the context of a dispute with the monastery of Lorvão, in the late eleventh century, the monks of Vacariça, near Coimbra (modern Portugal), carried out a field enquiry in the village of Recardães. This was part of a failed attempt to repossess a number of land plots that they claimed were theirs, but had lost control of.
Julio Escalona
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Os rolos das mulheres na Antiguidade Clássica: adereços de cultura ou livros de leitura?
Ágora, 2012 Neste artigo tentamos perceber qual terá sido, no mundo clássico, a relação da mulher com os livros, partindo da análise de documentos iconográficos e de fontes textuais em que figuras femininas são representadas com rolos de papiro ou explicitamente ...
Joana Abranches Portela
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Proportion in school mathematics textbooks: A comparative study [PDF]
, 2011 This paper analyses how proportion is introduced and developed in selected mathematics textbooks for middle school students of Portugal, Spain, Brazil, and USA. The analysis focuses on the nature of the approach and on the cognitive demand, structure,
Marques, Sandra, Ponte, João Pedro da
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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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Ecology and Evolution, Volume 16, Issue 3, March 2026.ABSTRACT Global environmental change affects organisms, including their physiology. In freshwater ecosystems, where migration is limited, populations often rely on phenotypic plasticity to respond. While transcriptomics has been widely used to study stress responses at the molecular level, less is known about the proteome, which reflects post ...
João M. Moreno +5 more
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Hospital de livros do Projeto Pegaí Leitura Grátis: uma nova oportunidade para livros e pessoas [PDF]
, 2017 Anais do 35º Seminário de Extensão Universitária da Região Sul - Área temática: EducaçãoO projeto Pegaí Leitura Grátis iniciou atividades em 2013 em Ponta Grossa incentivando o hábito da leitura ao disponibilizar livros em locais de acesso público ...
Bilobrovec, Marcelo +4 more
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The agrarian economy of the region of Évora in the first half of the 17th century (1595-1660): an exploration of main indicators [PDF]
, 2005 Este artículo intenta establecer la cronología y dinámica de la depresión del siglo XVII en la región de Évora, en el sur de Portugal. El examen de un conjunto de variables clave –estadísticas vitales, precios de alimentos y renta de la tierra– sitúa el ...
Santos, Rui
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Living standards and forced labour: A comparative study of colonial Africa, 1918–74
The Economic History Review, Volume 78, Issue 4, Page 1039-1067, November 2025.Abstract Despite significant advances in the quantitative study of African history, the Portuguese colonial empire remains an underexplored topic. This paper provides the first quantitative assessment of worker living standards in Angola and Mozambique, contextualized within a broader comparison of colonial African empires.
Leo Dolan
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Immunisation with BCG in the Maringue District, Sofala Province, Mozambique
Tuberculosis Research and Treatment, Volume 2013, Issue 1, 2013., 2013 Objectives. We evaluated immunisation with Bacille Calmette‐Guérin (BCG) among newborns in 2011 in the Maringue District, Sofala Province, Mozambique, which includes seven health units. The study was motivated by the fact that in official reports, immunisation coverage was unreliable (more than 100%). Methods. The office of maternal‐child health of the
Dario Consonni +3 more
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