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Intercolonial Cinnamon: Fashioning Connections from the Eighteenth to Mid‐Nineteenth Centuries

History, Volume 110, Issue 389, Page 49-67, January 2025.
Abstract It is well known that the quest for spices fuelled navigational endeavours during early modern history, acting as a gateway to conquest. Historians from the field have often focused on the relations between the colonies and the colonised, but what role did this play in the forging of intercolonial connections? By delving into the allure of one
DANIEL COSTA
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Surveillance of alcohol use through population surveys in the Americas from 2010 to 2019

Addiction, Volume 120, Issue 1, Page 23-47, January 2025.
Abstract Aims The aims of this study were to identify alcohol‐related population surveys administered in the Americas, determine which alcohol‐related measures are examined and identify coverage gaps regarding alcohol‐related measures. Methods As part of the Global Information System on Alcohol and Health study, a systematic search was performed in ...
Harpreet Jaswal, Ivneet Sohi, Bethany Chrystoja, Sameer Imtiaz, Ari Franklin, Ashley Wettlaufer, Jürgen Rehm, Maristela Monteiro, Kevin Shield   +8 more
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Tabaco y peso corporal [PDF]

Revista chilena de enfermedades respiratorias, 2017
This review analyses the existing literature regarding tobacco and body weight, its role in the change of body weight according to smoking consumption or cessation and the different pharmacological alternatives validated used to address this issue, which is everyday more ...
Escaffi F., María José, Cuevas M., Ada, Vergara, Karina, Alonso K., Rodrigo   +3 more
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Conversion of tropical forests to water buffalo pastures in lower Amazonia: Carbon losses and social carbon costs

Ecosphere, Volume 15, Issue 12, December 2024.
Abstract Tropical peat swamp forests provide many important ecosystem services, especially their function as global carbon sinks. These carbon‐rich wetlands are widespread in South America, yet few studies have examined carbon stocks or losses due to land use change. In the lower Amazon, they are being converted to pastures largely utilized by domestic
J. Boone Kauffman, Fernanda M. Souza, Rodolfo F. Costa, Antonio Elves Barreto da Silva, Tiago O. Ferreira, J. Patrick Megonigal, Rasis Ritonga, Adi Gangga, Nisa Novita, Carla F. O. Pacheco, Angelo Fraga Bernardino   +10 more
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Fossil fuel industry influence in higher education: A review and a research agenda

WIREs Climate Change, Volume 15, Issue 6, November/December 2024.
A growing research agenda: Timeline of the cumulative number of news articles (black, left axis), white paper reports (red, right axis), and peer‐reviewed and academic publications (green, right axis) concerning fossil fuel industry ties to higher education.
Sofia Hiltner, Emily Eaton, Noel Healy, Andrew Scerri, Jennie C. Stephens, Geoffrey Supran   +5 more
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Current and emerging issues in tobacco prevention and control

Salud Pública de México, 2019
Objectives. To review the implementation of the WHO Framework Convention onTobacco Control in theAmericas, describe two national case studies and analyze the evidence on electronic cigarettes from a public health perspective.
Luz Myriam Reynales-Shigematsu, Reina Roa-Rodríguez, Jessica L Barrington-Trimis, Adriana Blanco-Marquizo   +3 more
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Recreational marijuana: Ethical positions and consumption status in explaining attitudes, perceived law ethicalness, and perceived corporate social responsibility

Corporate Social Responsibility and Environmental Management, Volume 31, Issue 5, Page 4512-4531, September 2024.
Abstract Drawing from the Ethics Position theory and the Theory of Planned Behavior, this study was conducted with a comprehensive four‐part goal. It seeks to explore the moderating influences of the consumption status and ethical positions in elucidating (i) individuals' attitude toward recreational marijuana consumption, (ii) individuals' perceived ...
Nizar Souiden
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El tabaco

, 1988
ESP
García Castiñeiras, Javier, Nuño Palacios, Fernando, Sala Félix, José, Ferreiro, María José, Gea, Guy, Álvarez, Celso, Otero Sierra, Ana, Fernández Torre, Ana Elisa, Ibáñez Pascual, Faustina   +8 more
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Making multisectoral committees work: Lessons from tobacco control in two Pacific small island developing states

World Medical &Health Policy, Volume 16, Issue 3, Page 405-426, September 2024.
Abstract The consumption of harmful commodities drives the noncommunicable disease (NCD) epidemic globally and in Pacific small island developing states. Multisectoral committees are commonly chosen avenues to facilitate policy coherence across government sectors in regulating the commercial determinants of health (CDoH), but these committees often ...
Dori Patay, Ashley Schram, Sharon Friel
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FLOWERS OF DECEPTION: The Expert's Nostalgia for a Future's Past and its Occlusion of Agrarian Labor

Cultural Anthropology, Volume 39, Issue 3, Page 455-484, August 2024.
ABSTRACT Using the lens of affect, this article argues that understanding the sensibilities and allegiances of postcolonial experts is vital to determining who constitutes the expert's “public” and, thus, who benefits from state interventions and who doesn't.
AMRITA KURIAN
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