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Controlling the Field: Memory, Labor, and Ethics in Oral Histories of Brazilian Human Genetics*. [PDF]

Ber Wiss
This article examines how oral histories of twentieth‐century human genetics in Brazil reveal the politics of memory of fieldwork. Through a comparative analysis of interviews with prominent geneticist Francisco M. Salzano and technician Girley V. Simões, who worked with him for most of his career, this study explores the narrative strategies each ...
Dent R, Vimieiro Gomes AC.
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Morphological and molecular evidence reveals a new species of Characidium from the Ucayali-Urubamba Piedmont, Peru, and novel molecular clades are proposed within the genus. [PDF]

J Fish Biol
Abstract A new species of Characidium is described from the Urubamba River basin, within the Ucayali‐Urubamba Piedmont ecoregion, Peru. The new species can be readily distinguished from all congeners, except Characidium cacah, Characidium chicoi, Characidium helmeri, Characidium mirim, Characidium nana, Characidium nupelia, Characidium sterbai ...
Oliveira-Silva L, Britzke R, Meza-Vargas V, Hidalgo MH, Faustino-Fuster D, Oliveira C, Zanata AM.   +6 more
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Vaccination Coverage Against Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) in Brazil's Indigenous Population. [PDF]

J Med Virol
ABSTRACT Indigenous populations in Brazil were prioritized for coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID‐19) vaccination due to their increased vulnerability. The aim of the study was to describe COVID‐19 vaccination coverage among Indigenous population across Brazilian regions and Special Indigenous Health Districts (DSEIs; acronym for Distritos Sanitários ...
Sansone NMS, Costa PT, Mello LS, Marques LFA, Santos VSD, Marson FAL.   +5 more
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The Xavante Longitudinal Health Study in Brazil: Objectives, design, and key results. [PDF]

Am J Hum Biol, 2020
Abstract Objective The Xavante Longitudinal Health Study was developed to permit granular tracking of contemporary health challenges faced by indigenous communities in Brazil, taking into consideration ongoing historical processes that may be associated with increases in child undernutrition, adult obesity, and cardiovascular disease risks.
Welch JR, Ferreira AA, Tavares FG, Lucena JRM, Gomes de Oliveira MV, Santos RV, Coimbra CEA.   +6 more
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Hierarchy, symmetry, and the xavante spiritual life cycle

Horizontes Antropológicos, 2010
Xavante society, well-known for its dual structural aspects, provides the best documented example of a formal age-group system in South America. Although the basic features of the Xavante secular age-group system were previously described, a second age ...
James R. Welch
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Território no mundo A’uwe Xavante

Confins, 2011
This objective of this article is to discussthe conception of territory and territoriality of the A’uwe Xavante people. The geographical boundaries of this research are the Xavante indigenous land in the east of Mato Grosso.
Maria Lucia Cereda Gomide
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Avaliação antropométrica de crianças indígenas menores de 60 meses, a partir do uso comparativo das curvas de crescimento NCHS/1977 e OMS/2005 Anthropometric evaluation of indigenous Brazilian children under 60 months of age using NCHS/1977 and WHO/2005 growth curves

Jornal de Pediatria, 2009
OBJETIVOS: Descrever e analisar comparativamente os dados antropométricos de crianças indígenas Suruí, Xavánte e Wari' menores de 60 meses, a partir dos conjuntos de curvas de crescimento NCHS/1977 e WHO/2005.
Jesem D. Y. Orellana, Ricardo V. Santos, Carlos E. A. Coimbra Jr., Maurício S. Leite   +3 more
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Store Separation: Photogrammetric Solution for the Static Ejection Test

International Journal of Aerospace Engineering, Volume 2019, Issue 1, 2019., 2019
The process of developing and certifying aircraft and aeronautical systems requires the execution of experimental flight test campaigns to determine the actual characteristics of the system being developed and/or validated. In this process, there are many campaigns that are inherently dangerous, such as the store separation.
Luiz Eduardo Guarino de Vasconcelos, Nelson Paiva Oliveira Leite, André Yoshimi Kusumoto, Leandro Roberto, Cristina Moniz Araujo Lopes, Antonio Concilio   +5 more
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Ró - Cerrados e Mundo A'uwe Xavante

GEOUSP: Espaço e Tempo, 2011
O povo Xavante vive atualmente no estado do Mato Grosso, em nove terras indígenas que são fragmentos de seu território original e ainda guardam a biodiversidade dos cerrados.
Maria Lucia Cereda Gomide
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Pênfigo foliáceo endêmico (fogo-selvagem) no grupo indígena Xavánte, Mato Grosso, Brasil Endemic pemphigus foliaceus among the Xavánte indians, state of Mato Grosso, Brazil

Cadernos de Saúde Pública, 1992
Foi realizado inquérito soro-epidemiológico através de testes de imunofluorescência indireta e imunoprecipitação visando determinar a prevalência do pênfígo foliáceo endêmico (PFE) na população indígena Xavánte do Brasil Central. Do total de 163 amostras
Horacio Friedman, Carlos E. A. Coimbra Jr., Rosicler R. Alvarez, Iphis Campbell, Luiz A. Diaz, Nancy M. Flowers, Ricardo V. Santos, Maria L. Bertoli, Glória B. M. N. Gama, Monica C. O. Alcalá   +9 more
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