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Activism as a long durée journey: Teachers against the Chilean neoliberal education model

British Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract In this paper, I use the idea of purposes of education, particularly subjectification, and the concept of love to explore long‐term teacher activism in Chile. ‘Long‐term activism’ is used to describe an ongoing struggle rather than activism confined to specific moments.
Carla Tapia‐Parada
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Socioeconomic, demographic and nutritional factors associated with maternal weight gain in general practices in Southern Brazil Fatores socioeconômicos, demográficos e nutricionais associados com ganho de peso gestacional em unidades básicas de saúde no Sul do Brasil

Cadernos de Saúde Pública, 2010
In order to describe adequacy of weight gain during pregnancy and its association with pre-pregnancy nutritional status and other factors, a cohort study of pregnant women enrolled at 16-36 weeks of gestation and followed up until delivery was carried ...
Michele Drehmer, Suzi Camey, Maria Inês Schmidt, Maria Teresa Anselmo Olinto, Andressa Giacomello, Caroline Buss, Cristiane Melere, Juliana Hoffmann, Patricia Manzolli, Rafael Marques Soares, Silvia Ozcariz, Maria Angélica Antunes Nunes   +11 more
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Machine Learning Approaches to Forecast the Realized Volatility of Crude Oil Prices

Journal of Forecasting, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This paper presents an evaluation of the accuracy of machine learning (ML) techniques in forecasting the realized volatility of West Texas Intermediate (WTI) crude oil prices. We compare several ML algorithms, including regularization, regression trees, random forests, and neural networks, to several heterogeneous autoregressive (HAR) models ...
Talha Omer, Kristofer Månsson, Pär Sjölander, Gazi Salah Uddin   +3 more
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Eletrocardiografia pré-operatória em 474 cães Pre-operative electrocardiography evaluation in 474 dogs

Arquivo Brasileiro de Medicina Veterinária e Zootecnia, 2009
Foram realizadas avaliações eletrocardiográficas pré-operatórias em 474 cães, machos e fêmeas, com o objetivo de analisar a frequência de alterações eletrocardiográficas e sua relação com indicação cirúrgica, sexo, idade, raça, peso, escore corporal ...
C.F. Carvalho, E.A. Tudury, I.V. Neves, T.H.T. Fernandes, L.P. Gonçalves, R.R.C.L. Salvador   +5 more
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Sanitary Logging in the Monarch Butterfly Biosphere Reserve: One Problem, One Legislation but Different Criteria and Different Treatments

Land Degradation &Development, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Bark beetles are small insects that inhabit the bark of trees. When their population increases excessively, they can weaken the trees and cause their death. In México, federal regulations obligate forest landowners to carry out sanitary logging to control bark beetle outbreaks in adherence to official procedures.
Erika Gómez‐Pineda, Jovanka Špirić, Diego R. Pérez‐Salicrup, M. Isabel Ramírez   +3 more
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Free Trade Agreements and Volatility of Stock Returns and Exchange Rates: Evidence from NAFTA [PDF]

, 2017
This paper uses GARCH models and daily data to investigate the effect of the Canada – U.S. Free Trade Agreement (CUSFTA) and NAFTA on the volatility of, and the relationship between stock market returns and changes in bilateral exchange rates of the ...
Daelemans, Bram, Daniels, Joseph P., Nourzad, Farrokh   +2 more
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An interdisciplinary review of the interplay of conflict, socio‐economic factors, and land cover and vegetation dynamics in Colombia

PLANTS, PEOPLE, PLANET, EarlyView.
Colombia's forests play a crucial role in preserving biodiversity and mitigating climate change, but they are currently facing severe degradation, particularly after the 2016 Peace Agreement. Our literature review highlights a growing research interest in this topic and demonstrates how interdisciplinary approaches combining diverse methods can enhance
Estefanía Muñoz, Jesús A. Anaya, Nicola Clerici, Lina M. Estupinan‐Suarez, Isabel Lopera, Solveig Richter, Alejandro Salazar, Carlos A. Sierra, Andrés Tangarife‐Escobar, Miguel D. Mahecha, David Montero, Pablo Palacios‐Rodríguez, Pablo Ramos, Santiago Botía   +13 more
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Mortalidade neonatal no Município de São Paulo: influência do peso ao nascer e de fatores sócio-demográficos e assistenciais Neonatal mortality: socio-economic, health services risk factors and birth weight in the City of São Paulo

Revista Brasileira de Epidemiologia, 2002
INTRODUÇÃO: A mortalidade neonatal no Município de São Paulo, apesar da sua tendência decrescente, constitui em um importante problema para a saúde pública.
Marcia Furquim de Almeida, Hillegonda Maria Dutilh Novaes, Gizelton Pereira Alencar, Laura C. Rodrigues   +3 more
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Structural Modelling of Female Labour Participation and Occupation Decisions [PDF]

, 2006
The objective of this paper is to estimate the parameters defining female labour participation and occupation decisions. Departing from a theoretical framework, we use micro data to estimate the wage-participation elasticity in Mexico.

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AGRICULTURE IN A SOCIALIST CITY: Towards an Alter‐Urban Political Ecology

International Journal of Urban and Regional Research, EarlyView.
Abstract Urban political ecology has developed as a critique of capitalist urbanization. This article develops the concept of alter‐urban political ecology to define urban environments emerging not from capitalist urbanization but from efforts to transform it. Drawing on archival research and ethnographic fieldwork in five urban farms in socialist Cuba,
Gustav Cederlöf
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