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'Standing at the altar of the nation': Afro-Brazilians, immigrants and racial democracy in a Brazilian port city, 1888-1937 [PDF]

open access: yes, 2004
© 2004 Kit McPhee.This dissertation examines the development of race relations in the port district of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, from abolition in 1888 until 1937.
McPhee, Kit
core  

Migration‐Associated Variation in Gastric Cancer Risk in the United States: Implications for Risk Stratification

open access: yesInternational Journal of Cancer, EarlyView.
This study provides contemporary, population‐based evidence that migration‐associated differences in gastric cancer risk, first described decades ago, remain stable, quantifiable, and prevention‐relevant in the United States. By integrating modern cancer registry data with formal trend analysis and conditional extrapolation, the authors show that ...
Chul S. Hyun   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Correlation of anthropometric parameters with serum progesterone levels for the prediction of ovulation in infertile women in Ile‐Ife, Nigeria

open access: yesInternational Journal of Gynecology &Obstetrics, EarlyView.
Abstract Objective To correlate anthropometric parameters with serum levels of progesterone (P4) for the prediction of ovulation in infertile women. Methods Body mass index (BMI), cormic index (CI), waist‐hip ratio (WHR), waist‐height ratio (WHtR), neck circumference (NC) and triceps skinfold thickness (TSF) were measured for 60 anovulatory and ...
Akaninyene Eseme Ubom   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

PARA AFRICANO VER: INTERCÂMBIOS AFRICANO-BAIANOS NA REINVENÇÃO DA DEMOCRACIA RACIAL, 1961-63

open access: yesAfro-Ásia, 2011
The political, cultural, and intellectual conjuncture of the early 1960s in Brazil (and in the Atlantic world more broadly) generated new public formulations of the nature of Brazil's connections to Africa, and concurrently, of the nature of Brazil's own
Paulina L. Alberto
doaj  

Endohedral fullerenes as qubits: From synthesis to quantum computing applications

open access: yesInfoMat, EarlyView.
Endohedral fullerenes emerge as promising platforms for qubits and qudits. This review surveys the primary synthesis routes, from arc‐discharge to high‐yield molecular surgery. It then details spin manipulation and readout in key systems, including metal‐based, cluster, and nitrogen‐containing fullerenes.
Jeong‐Seok Nam   +11 more
wiley   +1 more source

Emotional Valence Influences Empathic Capacity in Adolescence and Young Adulthood

open access: yesJournal of Adolescence, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Introduction Previous research has identified age‐related differences in empathic abilities between adolescence and young adulthood. While cognitive empathy appears to continue to develop from adolescence and into adulthood, the developmental trajectory of affective empathy is less clear.
Alana J. Topsfield, Sarah A. Grainger
wiley   +1 more source

The Black in Dramaturgy, a Perfect Case of the Decadence of the Myth of the Brazilian Racial Democracy

open access: yesRevista Estudos Feministas, 2008
The myth of the Brazilian racial democracy still remains among the cinema and soap opera industry, even though it is greatly criticized by several sectors of the black population.
Joel Zito Araújo
doaj  

Deniers and Compliers: Unpacking the Heterogeneous Effectiveness of U.S. Stay‐at‐Home Mandates During the COVID‐19 Pandemic

open access: yesJournal of Applied Econometrics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT While existing work shows COVID‐19 stay‐at‐home (SAH) policies decreased mobility on average, we lack evidence regarding heterogeneity in policy effectiveness across US counties. To uncover potential heterogeneity, we implement a novel two‐stage approach.
James Sears   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Turning Down Mum's Cooking: The Ethics of Dietary Difference within Families

open access: yesJournal of Applied Philosophy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Although food ethicists have called for greater attention to the relational context of eating for over a decade, the context of ‘eating with family’ remains largely ignored. But the family is both a morally specific relational context and one within which many people do most of their eating.
Megan A. Dean
wiley   +1 more source

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