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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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A Journey Between Science and the Arts: Templates for the Depiction of the Pineapple (Sixteenth to Eighteenth Centuries)

Renaissance Studies, EarlyView.
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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Cognitive Screening of Federal Public Leaders: MoCA Performance, Cognitive Risk, and Predictors of Variability in a Highly Educated Workforce

Scandinavian Journal of Psychology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Cognitive screening is essential for assessing mental health and identifying early cognitive vulnerability. This preliminary phase of a preregistered umbrella project (OSF: https://osf.io/8jz6k) implemented a structured cognitive assessment interview with federal public managers, representing an unprecedented initiative in Brazil.
Telesmagno Neves‐Teles, Guilherme da Silva Freitas, Lígia Vechi de Oliveira, Dionatan Pelinson, Cristian Zanon, Rosa Maria Martins de Almeida   +5 more
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Consciência histórica e memória em alguns escritos de Chateaubriand

Revista de Estudos Literários da UEMS - REVELL, 2020
O trabalho propõe o estudo da elaboração da consciência histórica de François-René de Chateaubriand em sua obra memorialística - Mémoires d’outre tombe (1849) - e em dois ensaios inscritos no campo da História - Essai sur les révolutions (1797/1826) e ...
Melissa Raquel Zanetti Franchi
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Tudor England and Stewart Scotland Through Spanish Eyes: A Complete Transcription and Translation of Pedro de Ayala's Letter of 1498 to King Ferdinand of Castile and Queen Isabella of Aragon

Renaissance Studies, Volume 40, Issue 4, Page 635-689, September 2026.
Abstract Pedro de Ayala served as a diplomat for King Ferdinand II of Aragon and Queen Isabella I of Castile at the courts of Henry VII, King of England, and James IV, King of Scots. In July 1498, he wrote a letter, partly in cipher, to report to his king and queen on such matters as Spain's interests in international diplomacy; the characters and ...
Adrian William Jaime, Valeria Tapia Cruz, Mairi Cowan   +2 more
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What Does Intarsia Say? Materiality and Spirituality in the Urbino Studiolo☆

Renaissance Studies, Volume 40, Issue 4, Page 712-738, September 2026.
Abstract Upon entering the Urbino studiolo of Federico da Montefeltro, the visitor is struck by a material‐charged environment. Surprisingly, only a few scholars have addressed one prominent aspect of the decorative scheme, namely, the feature of intarsia as a medium. Even so, it remains on the sidelines of the discussion.
Matan Aviel
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ENQUADRAMENTO TEÃ?RICO DA LITERATURA DOS 'ATOS APÃ?CRIFOS': CONCEITOS OPERATÃ?RIOS E A REORGANIZAÃ?Ã?O DAS MEMÃ?RIAS NO EXTRACANÃ?NICO 'ATOS DE JOÃ?O'

Caminhos, 2015
Resumo: o artigo enfoca diferentes aspectos do conceito de tradição de textos sagrados, assim como suas implicações exegéticas e tradutórias. Trata do conceito de â??apócrifoâ? e de â??heresiaâ? mostrando a diversidade do cristianismo na gênese da literatura cristã, especialmente no gênero dos Atos e, particularmente, em Atos de João.
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Constructos em narrativas do ser e do se fazer docente

Amazônia, 2016
As memórias representam um recurso de (re) significação do passado que na relação dialógica com o presente se reconstrói. Interessa-nos aqui ponderar sobre as histórias, as lembranças e as memórias de escolarização, no sentido de responder a seguinte ...
Tamires de Souza Ramos, Nìvia Magalhaes da Freitas, Elinete Oliveira Raposo, Nadia Magalhães da Silva Freitas   +3 more
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Consumer diversity drives stronger predation in tropical marine communities

Ecography, Volume 2026, Issue 8, August 2026.
Biotic interactions are predicted to be stronger in the tropics compared to higher latitudes, contributing to observed patterns of global biodiversity. While increased consumer diversity and more complex food webs are expected in tropical communities, the trophic dynamics underlying strong regional effects of predation are not well understood.
Michele F. Repetto, Gregory M. Ruiz, Mark E. Torchin, Mariana Bonfim, Amy L. Freestone   +4 more
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Religious politics and the limits of redistribution: The rise and fall of family allowances in Spain, 1926–58

The Economic History Review, Volume 79, Issue 3, Page 957-986, August 2026.
Abstract After the Second World War, family allowances became a cornerstone of social spending in western Europe. Whilst religion is often highlighted as a driver of this policy, the role of political Catholicism remains contested, particularly in southern Europe.
Guillem Verd‐Llabrés
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