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Propondo o alisamento do espaço: disputas em torno da “Manaus moderna”

Tempo e Argumento, 2016
Este artigo apresenta uma reflexão acerca de projetos voltados para a Área denominada de “Manaus Moderna” na cidade de Manaus/AM, que visam a criar atividades definindo os usos do espaço enquanto cenário. Essa área se coloca como um espaço de disputa por
Patrícia Rodrigues Silva
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Causes of variation in BCG vaccine efficacy: examining evidence from the BCG REVAC cluster randomized trial to explore the masking and the blocking hypotheses.

, 2014
BCG protection varies and in some places (nearest the equator) is low or absent. Understanding this variation can inform the efforts to develop new vaccines against tuberculosis.
Abu-Raddad, Agger, Alvaro A. Cruz, Andersen, Barbosa, Barreto, Barreto, Barreto, Bernd Genser, Bierrenbach, Black, Brandt, Buddle, Camargos, Clemax Sant’Anna, Colditz, Colditz, Comstock, Cunha, Daniel Pilger, de Lisle, Demangel, Dourado, Dye, Dye, Fine, Fine, Fine, Global Programme on Tuberculosis, Harboe, Health Protection Agency Centre for Infections, Hernandez-Pando, Hoefsloot, Kamala, Kaufmann, Kaufmann, Laura C. Rodrigues, Liang, Lozes, Maria Y. Ichihara, Mauricio L. Barreto, Miguel A. Hijjar, Ministerio da Saude, Nascimento-Costa, Palmer, Pereira, Pereira, Pereira, Rodrigues, Rodrigues, Russell, Sergio S. Cunha, Smith, Susan M. Pereira, Tameris, Tuberculosis Prevention Trial, Wunsch Filho   +56 more
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Open letter: Brazil at a crossroads—Protecting peatlands is essential for post‐COP30 climate leadership

PLANTS, PEOPLE, PLANET, EarlyView.
This Open Letter highlights peatlands as critical yet overlooked ecosystems in Brazil's climate and biodiversity policies. By translating scientific evidence into clear, actionable priorities for policymakers, it supports more accurate climate reporting, effective mitigation strategies, and improved land‐use governance.
Suelma Ribeiro Silva, Alexandre Christofaro Silva, Uidemar Morais Barral, Carlos Moreira de Souza Jr, Renato Ramos Silva, Bruno Machado Teles Walter, Franziska Tanneberger, Geraldo Wilson Fernandes, Alexsander Araujo de Azevedo, Ana Cristina Rodrigues Lacerda, André Rodrigo Rech, Angela‐Gallego Sala, Ani Cátia Giotto, Antonio Martínez Cortizas, Barbara Pereira Christofaro Silva, Carlos Eduardo Pellegrino Cerri, Carlos Victor Mendonça Filho, Caroline Signori Müller, Cássia Beatriz Rodrigues Munhoz, Cátia Nunes da Cunha, Chesterton Ulysses Orlando Eugênio, Cristiano Christofaro Matosinhos, Danielle Piuzana Mucida, Danilo Barbuena, Diego Tassinari, Douglas Sathler dos Reis, Eneida Maria Eskinazi Sant'Anna, Esteban Terneus Jácome, Fabiane Nepomuceno Costa, Felix Beer, Guilherme Braga Ferreira, Hans Joosten, Helga Correa Wiederhecker, Ingrid Horák Terra, Jan Peters, João Bernardo de A. Bringel Jr, Kristell Hergoualc'h, Letícia Cândida Pataca, Lucia Maria Porto de Paula, Luciana de Mendonça Galvão, Maiby Glorize da Silva Bandeira, Marcelino Santos de Morais, Marcelo Brilhante de Medeiros, Matheus Kuchenbecker, Natália Rodrigues Bijos, Pablo Vidal Torrado, Patricia Roeser, Ricardo da Silva Carvalho, Rodolfo Iturraspe, Thamyres Sabrina Gonçalves, Thiago Almeida Andrade Pinto, Wilbor Poletti, Yule Roberta Ferreira Nunes   +52 more
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Illegal Gold Mining in the Brazilian Amazon: Environmental Degradation in Yanomami Indigenous Lands, and Regulatory Failures

Sustainable Development, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Illegal gold mining has emerged as a major sustainability threat in the Amazon, eroding Indigenous rights, forest integrity, and climate mitigation efforts. This study examines how international market incentives relate to the expansion of illegal mining and associated deforestation within the Yanomami Indigenous Territory (YIT) from 2008 to ...
Shirléia Lago Santos, Ana Claudia de Araujo Moxotó, Jurandir Moura Dutra   +2 more
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New Species of Siparuna (Siparunaceae) IV [PDF]

, 2005
A new species of Siparuna (Siparunaceae), S. ficoides, is described, illustrated, and placed in a phylogenetic context based on morphological and DNA sequence data. The species, which is a monoecious subcanopy tree, is known from three collections made
Hausner, Gerlinde, Renner, Susanne S.
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Development of Microsatellite Markers for Ex Situ Management of the Harpy Eagle Using Next Generation Sequencing

Zoo Biology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The Harpy Eagle (Harpia harpyja), one of the largest birds of prey in the world, is threatened with extinction throughout its entire area of occurrence in the Neotropics. While conservation efforts for the wild populations are crucial, it is also important to focus on ex situ conservation actions.
Mylena Kaizer, Pedro S. Bittencourt, Érico M. Polo, Tânia M. Sanaiotti, Izeni P. Farias, Lorenzo von Fersen, Tomas Hrbek, Aureo Banhos   +7 more
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Estudo da variabilidade da cobertura de nuvens altas na Amazônia Central Study of the variability of high cloud covering over Central Amazon region

Acta Amazonica, 2007
Foram estudados os fenômenos meteorológicos que ocorrem na Amazônia Central (Manaus) utilizando-se um conjunto de imagens de satélites, com o objetivo de identificar as oscilações que mais contribuem para a variabilidade da cobertura de nuvens, e ...
Maria Aparecida Senaubar Alves, Luiz Augusto Toledo Machado, Gannabathula Sri Sesha Durga Prasad   +2 more
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Introducing TropiCam‐AI: A taxonomically flexible automated classifier of Neotropical arboreal mammals and birds from camera‐trap data

Methods in Ecology and Evolution, EarlyView.
Abstract Rapid, accurate assessment of arboreal vertebrates in tropical forests remains a bottleneck for large‐scale biodiversity monitoring, due to the challenges and effort associated with traditional survey methods. To bridge this gap, arboreal camera‐trapping is emerging as a promising way to observe otherwise elusive species, opening new avenues ...
Andrea Zampetti, Luca Santini, Iago Ferreiro‐Arias, Laura Paltrinieri, Iván Ortiz, Brayan A. Cedeño‐Panchez, Christophe Baltzinger, Christopher Beirne, Mark T. Bowler, Pierre‐Michel Forget, Eric Guilbert, Yvonne J. M. Kemp, Carlos A. Peres, Andressa B. Scabin, Andrew Whitworth, Ana Benítez‐López   +15 more
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Model-based estimation of transmissibility and reinfection of SARS-CoV-2 P.1 variant

Communications Medicine, 2021
Coutinho et al. use genomic and epidemiological data from Manaus, Brazil, to estimate the transmissibility and potential for reinfection with the SARS-CoV-2 variant-of-concern P.1 (gamma).
Renato Mendes Coutinho, Flavia Maria Darcie Marquitti, Leonardo Souto Ferreira, Marcelo Eduardo Borges, Rafael Lopes Paixão da Silva, Otavio Canton, Tatiana P. Portella, Silas Poloni, Caroline Franco, Mateusz M. Plucinski, Fernanda C. Lessa, Antônio Augusto Moura da Silva, Roberto Andre Kraenkel, Maria Amélia de Sousa Mascena Veras, Paulo Inácio Prado   +14 more
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Influence of drainage status on soil and water chemistry, litter decomposition and soil respiration in central Amazonian forests on sandy soils [PDF]

, 2011
Central Amazonian rainforest landscape supports a mosaic of tall terra firme rainforest and ecotone campinarana, riparian and campina forests, reflecting topography-induced variations in soil, nutrient and drainage conditions.
Berton Zanchi, F., Dolman, A.J., Groenendijk, M., Kruijt, B., Waterloo, M.J.   +4 more
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