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“Esta tierra no es de ocha, esta tierra es de palo”: redefiniciones identitarias y género en la regla vriyumba

open access: yesMaguaré, 2015
El palo monte es una de las religiones que forma parte de la diáspora religiosa afrocubana. Este sistema religioso asentado en Colombia ha adquirido gran relevancia en Cali.
María José Ortiz, Luis Carlos Castro
doaj  

Palo Monte, a Congo ritual in Cuba [PDF]

open access: yes, 2007
Juntaram-se em Cuba a partir do século XVI africanos provenientes de toda a costa ocidental africana pertencentes a muitos grupos étnicos. Estes em contacto com as culturas em presença (autóctone, espanhola, portuguesa, africanas) desenvolveram diversos ...
Ribeiro, José da Silva
core  

Revisiting Deere in an Extractivist Era: Agrarian Reform and Feminist Legacies in Coastal Ecuador

open access: yesJournal of Agrarian Change, Volume 26, Issue 1, January 2026.
ABSTRACT This article examines how campesinas in coastal Ecuador have navigated shifting labour roles, financial precarity and ecological degradation under Plan Tierras, a state‐led land redistribution policy embedded in an extractivist model of agriculture.
Natalia Landívar, Lynne Phillips
wiley   +1 more source

Need-achievement, expectations and life purpose: A french-argentine study of PhDs in education [PDF]

open access: yes, 2017
Here we present a comparative research study of doctoral programs in the social sciences in Argentina and France (2009-2017). The focus is to analyze professional pathways and their relationship to base, socio-cultural, psychosocial and structural ...
Aparicio, Miriam Teresita
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To Have Been a  “Science”: Theorizing Afro-Cuban Religious Knowledges through Critical Approaches to Science and Religion

open access: yesZygon
The editors of Critical Approaches to Science and Religion, Myrna Perez Sheldon, Ahmed Ragab, and Terence Keel, have assembled an extraordinary group of contributors to produce a rich source of inspiration for future research. As they demonstrate, modern
Elizabeth Pérez
doaj   +2 more sources

A geometrical model for the Monte Carlo simulation of the TrueBeam linac [PDF]

open access: yes, 2015
Monte Carlo (MC) simulation of linacs depends on the accurate geometrical description of the head. The geometry of the Varian TrueBeam (TB) linac is not available to researchers. Instead, the company distributes phase-space files (PSFs) of the flattening-
Brualla, Lorenzo   +5 more
core   +3 more sources

The impact of off‐centered positioning on cone beam CT image quality for image‐guided brain SRS treatment

open access: yesJournal of Applied Clinical Medical Physics, Volume 26, Issue 12, December 2025.
Abstract Purpose/objectives Cone beam computed tomography (CBCT) is widely used in image‐guided positioning for patients with brain metastases during stereotactic radiosurgery (SRS). A major issue with CBCT is the decrease in image quality due to scatter, especially when the isocenter is off‐centered for treating peripheral‐metastases.
Noor Mail   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Online adaptive MR‐guided SBRT versus CT‐based planning in pancreatic cancer: A single‐center dosimetric comparative study

open access: yesJournal of Applied Clinical Medical Physics, Volume 26, Issue 12, December 2025.
Abstract Background Stereotactic body radiotherapy (SBRT) for pancreatic cancer is limited by the proximity of tumors to gastrointestinal (GI) organs, increasing the risk of toxicity. Magnetic resonance‐guided radiotherapy (MRgRT) offers potential advantages through superior soft tissue visualization, real‐time tumor tracking, and online adaptive ...
Randa Kamel   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

"CON LICENCIA DE ZARABANDA": VIOLENCIA Y RITUAL EN EL PALO MONTE EN BOGOTÁ

open access: yesScripta Ethnologica, 2009
El palo monte, también conocido como regla conga, es otra de las religiones afrocubanas que junto con la santería se encuentra ampliamente difundida en Cuba. De influencia bantú, esta práctica terapéuticareligiosase instala en el escenario bogotano y se
Luis Carlos Castro Ram\u00EDrez
doaj  

Towards Low-Threshold, Real-Time Solar Neutrino Detectors [PDF]

open access: yes, 1999
We discuss an alternative approach to the detection of solar neutrinos using a coarsely segmented detector based on inverse-beta decay onto $^{160}$Gd or $^{176}$Yb.
Aker   +8 more
core   +3 more sources

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