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Cheia de axé (full of axé): Spirituality, resistance, and repair in Pernambuco's Afro‐Brazilian traditional communities

Feminist Anthropology, EarlyView.
Abstract This article explores how Afro‐Brazilian communities in Pernambuco respond to state‐led industrial development through culturally rooted practices of resistance and repair. Drawing on archival and ethnographic research in the coastal municipalities of Cabo de Santo Agostinho and Ipojuca, this study traces the effects of Brazil's large‐scale ...
Shelly Annette Biesel
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Gross primary productivity analyses suggest higher ENSO-mediated impacts in lowland cacao areas compared to mountain coffee regions in Latin America. [PDF]

Sci Rep
González-González A, Quesada B, Clerici N, Fernández-Manjarrés J.   +3 more
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Integrated Anatomical, Chemical, Biological and Computational Studies Approach of Myrcia sylvatica (G. Mey) DC. A Multifaceted Insight Into a Promising Amazonian Species

Flavour and Fragrance Journal, EarlyView.
This study presents an integrated anatomical, chemical, biological, and computational analysis of Myrcia sylvatica, revealing key bioactive compounds with antioxidant and toxicological potential, and identifying spathulenol and globulol as promising acetylcholinesterase inhibitors with favourable pharmacokinetic properties. ABSTRACT Myrcia sylvatica (G.
Eliza de Jesus Barros dos Santos, Zelina Ataíde Correia, Ely Simone Cajueiro Gurgel, Leonardo Souza da Costa, Mabrouk Horchani, Hayet Edziri, Ravendra Kumar, Anderson de Santana Botelho, Karyme do Socorro de Souza Vilhena, Eloisa Helena de Aguiar Andrade, Mozaniel Santana de Oliveira   +10 more
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Production and trade of specialty coffee in Brazil. [PDF]

Sci Rep
Sera GH, Volsi B, Mariucci Júnior V, Pereira CTM, Telles TS.   +4 more
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Effect of Fruit Maturation Stage on the Chemical Composition and Antioxidant and Cytotoxic Activities of Piper nigrum Essential Oil

Flavour and Fragrance Journal, EarlyView.
The essential oils of Piper nigrum show marked chemical and biological variation across fruit maturation stages. Ripe fruits yield oils with the strongest antioxidant and cytotoxic activities, demonstrating that maturation directly modulates volatile composition and enhances the bioactive potential of this aromatic species.
Marcio Marcelo da Siva Pessoa, Jorddy Neves Cruz, Ingryd Nayara de Farias Ramos, André Salim Khayat, Eloisa Helena de Aguiar Andrade, José de Arimatéia Rodrigues do Rego, Davi do Socorro Barros Brasil   +6 more
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Assessing environmental and management factors that drive soybean yield gaps in Brazil. [PDF]

J Environ Qual
Soares MF, Richter GL, Streck NA, Marin FR, da Silva EHFM, Taglieapietra EL, Winck JEM, da Silva MR, Dalla Porta FS, Farias J, Zanon AJ.   +10 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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Ovine gammaherpesvirus 2 in asymptomatic water buffaloes (Bubalus bubalis) from Central-western Brazil and implications for infections in buffaloes worldwide. [PDF]

Trop Anim Health Prod
Fritzen JTT, Martins FDC, de Castro MM, Tavares VRR, Alfieri AA, Headley SA.   +5 more
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Development of an Innovative and Functional Yerba Mate—Lychee Beverage: Sensory and Physicochemical Characteristics

Food Safety and Health, EarlyView.
A mixed beverage of yerba mate and lychee was developed and optimized. The 70:30 lychee‐to‐mate formulation provided the best balance of antioxidant activity and consumer acceptance, highlighting its potential as a functional beverage. ABSTRACT The development of functional beverages that combine bioactive compounds with sensory appeal is of growing ...
Marcela Moreira Terhaag, Leonel Vinícius Constantino, Lycio Shinji Watanabe, Tiago Bervelieri Madeira, Suzana Lucy Nixdorf, Marta de Toledo Benassi, Fábio Yamashita, Sandra Helena Prudencio   +7 more
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