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A longevidade nas notas de falecimento
Kairós Gerontologia, 2010 O processo do aumento da longevidade no Brasil pode ser evidenciado pelas notas de falecimento de idosos. A longevidade é um fenômeno atual no país e é determinada pelo tempo de vida maior alcançado pelos idosos.
Rodrigo Caetano Arantes, Beltrina Côrte
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Hamdard Islamicus, 2021 We announce, with deep sorrow, the passing of a quiet but strong pillar of Hamdard Pakistan: Zahida Bano Sahibah, Director of English Publications. (To Allah [s.w.t.] we belong and to Allah [s.w.t.] is our return). Dr.
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Participatory Militias: An Analysis of an Armed Movement's Online Audience
, 2015 Armed groups of civilians known as "self-defense forces" have ousted the powerful Knights Templar drug cartel from several towns in Michoacan. This militia uprising has unfolded on social media, particularly in the "VXM" ("Valor por Michoacan," Spanish ...
Cranshaw J. +16 more
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That sinkin’ feeling: Environmentally induced distress on a disappearing island
Medical Anthropology Quarterly, EarlyView.Abstract Residents of Tangier Island, Virginia, a subsiding island in the Chesapeake Bay, embody psychosocial dimensions of environmental change. Analysis of ethnographic data shows islanders’ experiences and articulations of anxiety, panic, and despair as “that sinkin’ feeling,” resulting from the stress of living with the long‐term threat of imminent
Jonna Yarrington
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“I regret to inform you…“: Next-of-kin Notification and Official Condolences—The Case of Flight Lieutenant George J. Chequer, RCAF [PDF]
, 2012 During the Second World War public memorialization and private bereavement complemented one another in lamenting the loss of 42,000 Canadians on active service.
Durflinger, Serge
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Support for the 3rd Annual Exeter River Alewife Festival [PDF]
, 2003 With support from the NH Estuaries Project (NHEP), the Exeter River Local Advisory Committee (ERLAC) held the 3rd Annual Exeter River Alewife Festival on May 31, 2003 in downtown Exeter.
Exeter River Local Advisory Committee
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The Social Origins and Education of the British Civil Service Elite, 1945–2022
Public Administration, EarlyView.ABSTRACT We provide a fuller account than previously available of the extent of change in the social backgrounds of the British civil service elite from 1945 onwards. We consider our findings in relation to questions of meritocracy in recruitment to the elite and of the representativeness of the elite of the population at large.
Erzsébet Bukodi +2 more
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Pseudoscience and the Claim of Practical Utility: The Case of Thomas Erikson's Surrounded by Idiots
Theoria, EarlyView.ABSTRACT It has been suggested that, by definition, pseudoscientists must assert that their theories are scientific or represent the best available knowledge. However, in business consultation and self‐help literature, pseudoscientists do not often make such strong claims. Instead, they commonly appeal to the practical utility of their theories.
Kaisa Luoma, Ilmari Hirvonen
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