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2. The paleoichnofauna in bones of Brazilian Quaternary cave deposits and the proposition of two new ichnotaxa.
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Trifilio, Lucas Henrique Medeiros da Silva, de Araújo Júnior, Hermínio Ismael, and Porpino, Kleberson de Oliveira
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TRACE fossils ,FOSSIL bones ,ICHNOLOGY ,CAVES ,PALEONTOLOGY ,TERMITES ,COBRAS - Abstract
The Quaternary vertebrate paleontology of the Brazilian Intertropical Region is well-known, but there are only a few publications on bone ichnology. In this paper, we analyzed trace fossils in 23 bones of the Gruna das Três Cobras, Complexo Suíço, and F3 caves, which are located in Bahia and Rio Grande do Norte states, in the Brazilian Intertropical Region. We discovered gnaw marks assigned to Machichnus and bite marks attributed to Nihilichnus, as well as insect modifications referring to single (Cuniculichnus, Gunnellichnus, Karethraichnus, and Osteocallis) and multiple behaviors (Munitusichnus, and Taotieichnus). Additionally, we proposed the new ichnospecies Nihilichnus sulcatus n. isp. (bite mark) and Cuniculichnus cascudoi n. isp. (insect feeding mark). Regarding the predation/scavenger marks, Protocyon troglodytes was the probable primary modification agent, but some traces may also be attributed to Smilodon populator and Caiman latirostris. Cuniculichnus, Karethraichnus, Munitusichnus, and Osteocallis are attributed to dermestids, whereas termites probably produced Gunnelichnus and Taotieichnus. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2023
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3. Chinese investment in the Brazilian soybean sector: Navigating relations of private governance.
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Peine, Emelie K.
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SOYBEAN ,AGRICULTURAL history ,SOCIAL structure - Abstract
This paper examines how Chinese agribusiness firms are engaging with established systems of private governance in the Brazilian soybean sector and how that engagement is variously accommodated, contested, and configured by local realities that reflect the uneven history of transnational agribusiness development across the Brazilian agro‐export region. Using qualitative data collected at three research sites that represent different historical moments in the Brazilian agro‐export region (Mato Grosso, Goiás, and Bahia), the paper argues that the social structures underlying the particular agrarian histories of these three subregions create unique contexts Chinese firms must navigate, which in turn shapes their engagement with the private agribusiness regime across space. Although the private agribusiness regime is often portrayed as a top‐down system of governance that subjugates the polity to the demands of capital, this framing neglects to understand how that system of power is contested, negotiated, and reshaped on the ground. These three cases serve to historicize the uneven penetration of Chinese firms across the Brazilian soybean sector. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2021
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4. NAS EXÉQUIAS DOS BISPOS DA BAÍA: OS SERMÕES DOS JESUÍTAS EUSÉBIO DE MATOS (1672) E JOÃO HONORATO (1735).
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Braga, Isabel Drumond
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POLITICAL science ,CATHEDRALS ,PREACHING ,RITES & ceremonies ,BISHOPS ,FUNERALS - Abstract
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- 2022
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5. The "Ketu Nation" of Brazilian Candomblé in Historical Context.
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Castillo, Lisa Earl
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HISTORIC sites ,SLAVE trade ,CULTURAL property - Abstract
The Afro-Brazilian religion of Candomblé arose during the Atlantic slave trade and has unmistakable Yorùbá influences. In the city of Salvador, the term nação ketu [Ketu nation] is used among the oldest temples in describing Yorùbá heritage. This has led some scholars to assume that the founders came from the Yorùbá kingdom by that name. This paper critically examines the idea of Kétu origins, taking as a case study the temple Ilê Axé Iyá Nassô Oká, a national historic heritage site in Brazil that is recognized by UNESCO as a site of diasporic memory. The paper shows that the first generations of leadership were dominated by people from Ọ̀yọ́ and that the term ketu emerged not as an allusion to ethnic origins but perhaps as a metaphor for a heterogeneous cultural context in which Yorùbá speakers from disparate regions lived in close coexistence. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2021
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6. Energy Justice and Territory: Present and Futures of Wind Energy in Brazil.
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Olofsson, Veronica
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WIND power ,RENEWABLE energy sources ,GREENHOUSE gas mitigation ,STAKEHOLDERS ,RENEWABLE energy transition (Government policy) ,ENERGY industries - Abstract
Transitioning towards renewable energy sources is crucial in mitigating climate change and reducing greenhouse gas emissions. Global energy consumption is expected to increase 50 % by 2050, meaning one of today's main challenges is complying with those demands without tampering with the uncertainties of global climate change. To address climate change renewable energy sources are essential and wind power plays a great role in the energy matrix. Brazil is one of the front runners in the energy transition, where wind power has expanded since the early 2000's. The state of Bahia, in North-eastern Brazil, is currently the region where wind energy is expanding the most. However, conflicts related to territoriality and justice aspects are increasing in the state due to the fast-expanding wind energy sector. This study applies document and content analysis to explore the multiple narratives regarding the wind energy expansion in the state of Bahia, Brazil. Framing theory and theories addressing power struggles and conflicts in relation to the energy transition will guide the analysis of the documents included in the material. Based on the analysis of the Bahian case, this study shows that different actors frame the matter of wind energy expansion differently depending on their positionings. Civil society and local perspectives are not present in policies and decision-making processes, including the planning and installation of wind energy parks in the studied case. The results suggest that inclusion and participation of local actors, stakeholders and the civil society is essential to ensure a just and sustainable transition to clean energy sources. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2023
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7. Mortalidade infantil e orçamento público. Desafios na gestão do sistema de saúde no Território Litoral Sul da Bahia, Brasil.
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Pereira da Silva, Alciene, Pinto, Roque, Menezes Skalinski, Lacita, Pereira da Silva, Alisson Jadavi, Barbosa Pinto, Beatriz, and Oliveira Gonçalves, Ângelo
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INFANT mortality ,DEATH rate ,DATABASES ,PUBLIC health ,PUBLIC officers - Abstract
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- 2020
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8. Projected climate change impacts on groundwater recharge in the Urucuia aquifer system, Brazil.
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Pereira, Barbara Hanna Fernandes, Dereczynski, Claudine, da Silva Junior, Gerson Cardoso, and Marques, Eduardo Antonio Gomes
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CLIMATE change ,GROUNDWATER recharge ,HYDROGEOLOGICAL modeling ,GROUNDWATER flow ,ATMOSPHERIC models ,WATER table - Abstract
In this work we analyse the effects of climate change on the recharge and the groundwater flow of the Urucuia Aquifer System in western Bahia State, Brazil (UAS‐BA) in the period 2041–2060. We assessed possible changes and impacts on groundwater recharge with four climate models from the sixth phase of the Coupled Model Intercomparison Project Phase 6 (CMIP6): ACCESS‐ESM1‐5, CanESM5, EC‐Earth3 and MIROC6, under scenarios SSP1‐2.6 and SSP5‐8.5 (Shared Socioeconomic Pathways—SSP). Visual Balan 2.0 aquifer recharge assessment code, and the MODFLOW hydrogeological model were used to analyse the impact of future climate changes on the recharge. The projections of relative change in precipitation, under the SSP1‐2.6 scenario, show a precipitation reduction between 5% and 20%, using ACCESS‐ESM1‐5, CanESM5 and EC‐Earth3 models. Using SSP5‐8.5 scenario, these models behave differently, while the CanESM5 and EC‐Earth3 models indicate an even greater decrease in precipitation, with values up to 35%, the ACCESS‐ESM1‐5 projects an increase in precipitation of up to 25%. Using MIROC6, though, an increase of up to 10% in precipitation in the UAS‐BA is expected, under both scenarios. Regarding temperature, all the models agree with a warming in the future varying from 2 to 3°C. Recharge projections calculated using the Visual Balan 2.0 indicated in general a reduction between 8% and 43%. Using the MODFLOW model, the results show a reduction of recharge to the aquifer varying from 3% to 45% using CanESM5, EC‐Earth3 and MIROC6. The ACCESS‐ESM1‐5 has a 26% reduction (5% increase) under SSP1‐2.6 (SSP5‐8.5). Furthermore, projections indicate a downward trend in the water table in the northern portion of UAS‐BA, reaching a maximum drop of up to 12 m with the CanESM5, under SSP5‐8.5 scenario. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2022
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9. Challenges to the provision of specialized care in remote rural municipalities in Brazil.
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Nunes, Fabiely Gomes da Silva, Santos, Adriano Maia dos, Carneiro, Ângela Oliveira, Fausto, Márcia Cristina Rodrigues, Cabral, Lucas Manoel da Silva, and Almeida, Patty Fidelis de
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CITIES & towns ,MUNICIPAL budgets ,HOUSEHOLD budgets ,RURAL health services ,PATIENT care ,BUSINESS ,METROPOLITAN areas ,BUDGET - Abstract
This case study analyses the challenges to providing specialized care in Brazilian remote rural municipalities (RRM). Interviews were conducted with managers from two Brazilian states (Piauí and Bahia). We identified that the distance between municipalities is a limiting factor for access and that significant care gaps contribute to different organizational arrangements for providing and accessing specialized care. Physicians in all the RRMs offer specialized care by direct disbursement to users or sale of procedures to managers periodically, compromising municipal and household budgets. Health regions do not meet the demand for specialized care and exacerbate the need for extensive travel. RRM managers face additional challenges for the provision of specialized care regarding the financing, implementation of cooperative arrangements, and the provision of care articulated in networks to achieve comprehensive care, seeking solutions to the locoregional specificities. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2022
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10. Four New Cone Shells from Northern and Central Brazil.
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Crabos, Olivier, Pomponet Oliveira, Geraldo Semer, Pereira de Queiroz, Gregorio, and Passos de Almeida, Laudelino
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SPECIES ,PROVINCES - Abstract
Four new cone shells are described from the Brazilian Molluscan Province. These include: Jaspidiconus tibauensis new species, from the Cearaian Subprovince of northern Brazil; and three species from the Bahian Subprovince of central Brazil, including Jaspidiconus barragrandensis new species, Dauciconus luizcoutoi new species, and Poremskiconus guarapari new species. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2022
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11. Public Policies and Adaptation to Climate Change: Three Case Studies in the Brazilian Semi-Arid Region.
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Almeida Gonçalves Mendes, Priscylla Dayse, de Almeida, Ana Cláudia, Litre, Gabriela, Rodrigues Filho, Saulo, Hiroo Saito, Carlos, Bernal Dávalos, Nelson Eduardo, Ho Bech Gaivizzo, Larisa, Pereira Lindoso, Diego, Moraes Reis, Rafael, and Lopes Ferreira, Júlia
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GOVERNMENT policy on climate change ,GOVERNMENT policy ,COMMUNITIES ,RAINFALL ,BODIES of water ,ARID regions - Abstract
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- 2022
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12. Political stability and subnational media systems: Comparing Bahia and the Federal District (Brazil).
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Durazo-Herrmann, Julián and Pereira, Fábio Henrique
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POLITICAL stability ,MASS media & politics ,PUBLIC sphere ,POLITICAL affiliation - Abstract
In this article, we argue that the degree of political stability is a critical element in the evolution of media systems. In our view, it is the causal mechanism allowing for the political parallelism of media systems. We argue that political stability has three main effects on media systems: it consolidates the operating principles and mechanisms of the public sphere; it gives clear and self-assumed political identities to media actors; and it allows for the establishment of predictable, long-term professional relationships within the media system as well as between journalists and their sources. To test this hypothesis, we compare Bahia and the Federal District, two Brazilian subnational units that differ essentially by the degree of political stability they experienced between 2003 and 2018. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2022
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13. Differentiated Primary Healthcare in the Pataxó Indigenous Communities in Bahia, Brazil: Polyphonic Ethnography of Healthcare Practices from an Intercultural Perspective.
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Pedrana, Leo and Trad, Leny Alves Bomfim
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ETHNOLOGY ,INDIGENOUS peoples ,CULTURAL competence ,COLONIES ,HEALTH literacy ,POWER (Social sciences) ,MEDICAL care - Abstract
A lack of culturally appropriate healthcare is a common problem for colonial nations, and this can explain the different patterns of health in indigenous populations worldwide. Our study is the first ethnography realized with the neglected Pataxó indigenous people from the south of the state of Bahia, Brazil, that analyzes the representations and practices of "differentiated" public healthcare. The polysemic conceptualization and polymorphism of the healthcare practices highlight some spontaneous intercultural competences, particularly those of the indigenous professionals, within the hegemony of non-indigenous health knowledge and the lack of awareness of intercultural healthcare. Intercultural training and empowerment still remain a priority. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2022
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14. LINKING SPIRITUALITY TO WORKPLACE PERFORMANCE: A QUALITATIVE STUDY OF THE BRAZILIAN CANDOMBLE.
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Miles, Angela K., Sledge, Sally, and Coppage, Samuel
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SPIRITUALITY ,CORPORATE culture ,EMPLOYEES ,SPIRITUAL life ,WORK environment - Abstract
Spirituality has long been an influential force in the lives of many people. Although first quietly ignored in western business settings, the influence of spirituality has recently been a topic of heightened interest to managers and scholars in a large number of countries including the United States. However, in Bahia, Brazil, the fundamentals of spirituality have always been clear and an integral part of the community. As a result, most workplaces in the Bahia region exhibit many indications of the underlying spiritual nature of those employed there. A major component of Brazilian spirituality is the Candomble - religious traditions originating in western Africa. This paper examines the influence of the Brazilian Candomble on workers in Bahia. Organizational and managerial reflections are offered for managers around the globe. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2005
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15. Heterogeneous agroecosystems support high diversity and abundance of trap‐nesting bees and wasps among tropical crops.
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Coutinho, Jeferson G. E., Angel‐Coca, Catalina, Boscolo, Danilo, and Viana, Blandina F.
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TROPICAL crops ,BIOTIC communities ,REMNANT vegetation ,BEES ,LANDSCAPE protection ,BEEHIVES - Abstract
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- 2020
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16. Melissopalynological characterization of honeys from the Discovery Coast, Brazil.
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Bandeira, Michele da Silva Ferreira and de Novais, Jaílson Santos
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POLLEN ,HONEYBEES ,BEEKEEPING ,SENSITIVE plant ,HONEY ,BEEKEEPERS ,BROMELIACEAE ,PALYNOLOGY - Abstract
Although Bahia presents high honey production, considering the national scenario, and has a diversity of environments, studies that characterize the state bee flora using melissopalynology cover relatively little spatial area. In this sense, we aimed to characterize the pollen spectrum of Apis mellifera L., 1758 (Hymenoptera: Apidae) from the Discovery Coast, Bahia. To this end, 21 honey samples were obtained from beekeepers from the municipalities of Belmonte, Eunápolis, Guaratinga, Itabela, Itagimirim, Itapebi and Porto Seguro, from November 2017 to August 2018. All honey samples were prepared using the acetolysis method and the slides were deposited in the palynotheca of the Federal University of Southern Bahia (palinoFLORAS, UFSB). The pollen types present in the honey samples were identified and, subsequently, at least 500 pollen grains per sample were counted, determining the frequency classes and frequency of occurrence. The pollen spectrum presented 44 pollen types distributed in 34 genera and 22 families. The pollen types Brosimum, Cecropia, Eucalyptus 1 and Mimosa pudica were found to be the predominant pollen. Eight pollen types were classified as very frequent, present in more than 50% of the samples: Borreria verticilata, Brosimum, Cecropia, Eucalyptus 1, Eucalyptus 2, Mimosa pudica, Myrcia 1 and Vernonia. We noted the absence of pollen types from the endemic species of the Discovery Coast, but some types such as B. verticillata and Vernonia, related to species that are on the list of vital plants for beekeeping, have been identified. Others helped to characterize the pollen spectra of regional honeys, such as those related to the genera Brosimum, Cecropia and Euterpe that are associated with typical forest species and are represented in the vegetation of the Atlantic Forest in the South of Bahia. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2020
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17. Preliminary assessment of surface conditions for carbon dioxide injection projects from pre-selected fields in the Recôncavo Basin, Brazil.
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Câmara, Roberto José Batista, Silva, Aldo Luiz, Câmara, George, Rocha, Expedito, Milosevic, Tatiana, Rocha, Paulo, and Andrade, José Célio
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CARBON dioxide injection ,GREENHOUSE gases ,ENHANCED oil recovery ,CLIMATE change ,CARBON sequestration ,CARBON dioxide - Abstract
Energy-intensive industries have had to increase their production to meet global demands, consequently increasing their emissions of greenhouse gases (GHGs) such as CO
2 . Carbon dioxide is the raw material used in enhanced oil recovery (EOR) techniques, which have been gaining importance, taking into account the issues of global climate change and the potential to store CO2 . The aim of this study was to develop a project analysis framework and assess the surface characteristics of candidate fields for CO2 injection projects located in the Recôncavo Basin, Bahia, Brazil, while also considering the present environmental restrictions. The methodology employed comprised a comprehensive review of the relevant literature and field visits to identify the important aspects for this preliminary assessment. Considering the present conditions of the surveyed fields and current environmental regulations, most of the analysed fields were verified to have a high potential for CO2 injection project implementation in Recôncavo Basin. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]- Published
- 2020
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18. Inventing Muslims as the Other in Nineteenth-century Brazil.
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Resende, Fernando
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MUSLIMS ,NARRATION ,MEDIATION ,LIFESTYLES ,CLOTHING & religion ,ISLAM - Abstract
By delving into the endless game of narration and by taking culture as a meaningful practice, this paper seeks to uncover key elements of mediation in order to consider and interpret the lifestyles, beliefs and power struggles shared in the context of what Homi Bhabha calls 'cultural differences'. The analysis of an Iraqi leader's travel report of a trip to Brazil in 1865 questions the hegemonic narratives around cultural-political disputes sparked by African slaves in 1835 in the Brazilian state of Bahia. By pondering distance and proximity in a movement fraught with interwoven cultures and processes of inventing the other, this article highlights a scenario of relationships and power use that stresses the symptoms and markers of difference, and unveils the ways in which nineteenth-century Brazil invented the Muslim as 'the other'. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2013
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19. Two new species and a new combination of Neotropical Sapotaceae.
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Alves-Araújo, Anderson and Alves, Marccus
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PLANT species ,SAPOTACEAE ,PLANT anatomy - Abstract
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- 2012
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20. Reconstruction of Precambrian terranes of Northeastern Brazil along Cambrian strike-slip faults: a new model of geodynamic evolution and gold metallogeny in the State of Bahia.
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Teixeira, João Batista Guimarães, Misi, Aroldo, da Glória da Silva, Maria, and de Brito, Reinaldo Santana Correia
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GRANITE ,GOLD metallurgy - Abstract
The Precambrian basement of Northeastern Brazil is the product of Rhyacian block convergence. The main deformation and intrusion of crustal granitoids occurred between 2.15 and 1.8 Ga ago. This large area has been subjected to long-lasting and rather uniform stresses during the Cambrian period. Gold provinces in Bahia represent metallogenetic products of distinct tectonothermal events. Gold mineralization took place during the Paleoproterozoic collision and the Cambrian convergence, respectively, accompanied by heat flow, crustal deformation, and granite intrusion. The tectonic framework of the region was reconstructed at ca. 700 Ma ago, considering the hypothesis of wrench-fault tectonics. The new hypothesis provides geological evidence and metallogenic constraints that make further investigation necessary, with reference to well-established São Francisco Craton concept and its peripheral fold belts. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2019
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21. Circulation of Chikungunya virus East-Central-South Africa genotype during an outbreak in 2016-17 in Piaui State, Northeast Brazil.
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Felipe Daniel Cardoso, Izabela Mauricio de Rezende, Emanuela Lima Teixeira Barros, Sacchetto, Lívia, Tereza Cristina de Carvalho Souza Garcês, Natalia Ingrid Oliveira Silva, Pedro Augusto Alves, Jefferson Oliveira Soares, Erna Geessien Kroon, Anna Carolina Toledo da Cunha Pereira, Betânia Paiva Drumond, and Gustavo Portela Ferreira
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CHIKUNGUNYA virus ,GENOTYPES ,NUCLEOTIDE sequence ,VIRAL genes ,ARBOVIRUSES ,AEDES aegypti ,GENES - Abstract
Chikungunya virus (CHIKV) is an arbovirus that emerged in the Americas in 2013. Infection with CHIKV is symptomatic in most of the cases and patients can develop chronic arthralgia that lasts from months to years in over 40% of the cases. The East-Central-South Africa (ECSA) genotype was introduced in Brazil in 2014, in Bahia State. Here we report the circulation of the CHIKV ECSA genotype in Piaui State, Northeast Brazil, during the years 2016-2017. The phylogenetic analysis revealed a single introduction of this lineage probably in 2015 and its maintenance at least until 2017. This analysis has also demonstrated the proximity of this genotype with isolates from neighboring States, and its partial nucleotide sequence of the viral E1 gene revealed a synapomorphy synonyms. This finding highlights the spread of the ECSA genotype in Brazil and supports its circulation in the Brazilian Northeast. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2019
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22. Farming out of place:Transnational family farmers, flexible farming,and the rupture of rural life in Bahia, Brazil.
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OFSTEHAGE, ANDREW
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SOYBEAN farming ,FARMS - Abstract
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- 2018
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23. Reports Summarize Glioblastomas Findings from Federal University Bahia (Prognostic Value of the Platelet-lymphocyte Ratio for Glioblastoma: a Systematic Review).
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PROGNOSIS ,PLATELET lymphocyte ratio ,GLIOBLASTOMA multiforme ,MONONUCLEAR leukocytes ,PROGRESSION-free survival ,BRAIN tumors - Published
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24. The Bella Miquelina affair: The transatlantic slave trade, British suppression and one African’s quest for liberty in the Bay of All Saints, Salvador, Brazil in 1848.
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Graden, Dale and de Jesus, Paulo Cesar Oliveira
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HISTORY of slave trades ,SLAVE trade ,SLAVE ships ,FREE Black people ,NINETEENTH century ,HISTORY - Abstract
In the late afternoon of Saturday 22 April 1848, the British cruiser H.M.S.Greciangave chase to a suspicious-looking ship it encountered off the coast of Bahia, Brazil. By midnight, theGreciansucceeded in seizing the slave shipBella Miquelina. One week later, theBella Miquelinasailed into the Bay of All Saints at Salvador, Bahia, Brazil under the direction of a British prize crew. The appearance of this captured vessel with 517 Africans on board “set off alarms” all over the city. Many Bahians feared that disembarkation might cause the spread of disease and increase slave resistance in the city. As negotiations unfolded during the next 48 hours between Bahian authorities and British representatives, a group of 80 men attacked theBella Miquelinain hopes of gaining control over the ship and taking the Africans. The British prize crew successfully held of this attack. In the midst of this turbulent milieu, a fugitive African slave named John Freeman rowed a small boat to the side of theGrecianand asked for assistance. Commander L.S. Tindal allowed Freeman to remain on board. Six weeks later, theBella Miquelinareturned to Sierra Leone and the Africans were freed by the British Vice-Admiralty Court at Freetown. One year later, Freeman returned to Sierra Leone on board H.M.S.Adventureas a free man. These events shed light on British strategies to suppress the slave trade to Brazil in 1848 as well as Brazilian and African responses. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]
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- 2017
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25. Media and subnational democracy: the case of Bahia, Brazil.
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Durazo Herrmann, Julián
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DEMOCRACY ,SUBNATIONAL governments ,DEMOCRATIZATION ,MASS media ,CIVIL society - Abstract
It is a well-known fact that the transition to and consolidation of democracy in Latin America have been problematic, especially at the subnational level. It is also commonplace to equate an independent media system with a strong democracy. While each of these fields has witnessed important developments in the last decade or so, there have been sparse attempts to draw the theoretical links between them. In this article, I argue that there are important insights to be gained from such an endeavour. Bahia, a state in north-eastern Brazil, is an ideal case study to bring these perspectives together. This study offers fresh insights on state–society relations at the subnational level and on the contemporary interaction between the public and the private spheres in Latin America. Last but not least, it will also provide a better grasp on the challenges democratization faces at the subnational level and the role of the media in them. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]
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- 2017
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26. La démocratisation subnationale en perspective comparée: les cas de Bahia (Brésil) et Oaxaca (Mexique).
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Durazo Herrmann, Julián
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SUBNATIONAL governments ,LATIN American politics & government ,COMPARATIVE government ,DEMOCRATIZATION ,HISTORY ,MEXICAN politics & government - Abstract
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- 2016
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27. The Landless invading the landless: participation, coercion, and agrarian social movements in the cacao lands of southern Bahia, Brazil.
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DeVore, Jonathan
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LAND reform ,EQUALITY research ,POOR people - Abstract
This contribution draws on Nancy Fraser's concept of ‘participatory parity’ to analyze the reproduction and contestation of inequalities internal to land reform settlements affiliated with the Landless Rural Workers’ Movement (MST) located in the cacao lands of southern Bahia, Brazil. These inequalities are variously manifest in unequal control over land and legal documents, disparities in status and what Fraser calls ‘voice'. These circumstances help account for quantitative evidence that shows a strong preference among local landless populations for land reform organizations that are more decentralized and less hierarchically organized. These circumstances also motivate direct actions undertaken by grassroots MST settlers seeking to destabilize the conditions that ground these inequalities. This research highlights the importance of attending to local histories and interactions through which participatory disparities are christened and reproduced; indicates potential methodological consequences; and examines the interplay of transgressive action, dialogue and recognition as settlers struggle to bring about ‘participatory parity' – or what they might call genuine ‘friendships' – in their communities. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]
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- 2015
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28. Strange Fruit: Brazil, Necropolitics, and the Transnational Resonance of Torture and Death.
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Smith, Christen A.
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DEATH squads ,TORTURE ,IMPERIALISM ,INTERNATIONAL cooperation ,TWENTY-first century ,SOCIAL history - Abstract
This article critically interrogates the epidemic of death squad murders in Salvador as a phenomenon uniquely imbued with multiple layers of racialized, gendered, sexed, and classed meaning, simultaneously territorialized as a continuous part of the landscape of inequality and black suffering in Brazil and transnationally and cross-temporally defined by its connections with the geopolitical landscape of torture, the United States' war on terror, and legacies of colonialism and slavery in the Americas. The article examines resonances between death squad murders in Bahia, the transnational exchange of torture practices between the United States and Latin America, the contemporary use of torture against “terrorist” bodies by the United States (exemplified by Abu Ghraib), and the legacy of anti-black lynching in the United States. Through this discussion, the article suggests that the geography of death in Brazil has everything to do with transnational necropolitics that target the black/queer/terrorist/female/other body. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]
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- 2013
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29. New species of Anacroneuria (Plecoptera: Perlidae) from northeast Brazil.
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Righi-Cavallaro, Karina O., Froehlich, Claudio G., and Lecci, Lucas S.
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STONEFLIES ,INSECT ecology ,INSECT populations ,FLIES - Abstract
Five new species,Anacroneuria amargosa, A. quilombola, A. bahiensis, A. kaririandA. lencoensisare described from mountainous regions of Bahia State, northeast Brazil.http://zoobank.org/urn:lsid:zoobank.org:pub:A19A676B-FD2D-4878-9D4D-497EC06E6551 [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]
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- 2013
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30. Race talk in a public high school in Salvador Bahia: discourses of power and resistance.
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Crawford-Lima, Jenifer, Lima, Jadiel Navarro, Ferreiro, Luís Carlos, and Machado, Adilbênia Freire
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HIGH schools ,RACIALIZATION ,IDEOLOGY ,DEMOCRACY ,AFRICAN diaspora - Abstract
Racialization and ideology structures are constituted in the everyday talk that reifies and challenges dominant racial discourses among Soteropolitano teachers and illuminates distinctive culturally constructed borders and conventions as conditioned by the specific topography of race in Salvador, Bahia. Teacher's race talk in one diverse public high school both challenges and reifies racial inequity in Northeastern Brazil. Teacher talk in schools exists as both a political and a cultural terrains where racism is strategically silenced by some teachers and contested by others. This race talk reflects dominant discourses of racial democracy and subaltern discourses of racial consciousness that resist structural, historical, and institutional forms of racism. Everyday discourses around race employed in social institutions are one important aspect of the Black Atlantic and should be considered in how we theorize the political and cultural practices of the African Diaspora populations in Brazil. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2012
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31. A new species of Chilicola from Bahia, Brazil (Hymenoptera, Colletidae), with a key to the species of the megalostigma group.
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de Oliveira, Favízia Freitas, Mahlmann, Thiago, and Engel, Michael S.
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HYMENOPTERA ,BEES ,SPECIES - Abstract
The bee genus Chilicola Spinola (Xeromelissinae) is recorded from the State of Bahia, Brazil for the first time, based on a new species of the megalostigma group of the subgenus Hylaeosoma Ashmead. Chilicola (Hylaeosoma) kevani sp. n. is described and figured from males collected in Wesceslau Guimarães, Bahia. The species can be distinguished on the basis of coloration, size, integumental sculpturing, and structure of the hidden metasomal sterna and genitalia. A revised key to the species of the megalostigma group is provided. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2011
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32. A review of the centipede genus Tidops Chamberlin (Scolopendromorpha, Scolopocryptopidae, Newportiinae).
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Chagas-Júnior, Amazonas
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CENTIPEDES ,TAXONOMY - Abstract
The neotropical genus Tidops Chamberlin, 1915 is reviewed and its geographical distribution is extended. The genus is now composed of four species - T. simus Chamberlin, 1915, T. collaris (Kraepelin, 1915), T. balzanii (Silvestri, 1895), and a new species described from the state of Bahia, in Brazil, named as Tidops nisargani. An amended diagnosis for each species is given. The monotypic genus Kartops Archey, 1923 was examined for the first time and the species K. guianae Archey, 1923 shown to be conspecific with T. collaris, and is therefore a junior synonym of T. collaris. The type species, T. simus, which was only known from Grenada, Lesser Antilles, is recorded for the first time from Brazil, T. balzanii from Bolivia and T. collaris from Venezuela, respectively. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2011
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33. Asarcenchelys longimanus (Ophichthidae: Myrophinae), two additional specimens and range extension in the south-western Atlantic.
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Carvalho-Filho, A., Marcolvaldi, G., and Paiva, M.I.G.
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DEEP-sea fishes ,COASTS - Abstract
The rare ophichthid eel Asarcenchelys longimanus is reported for the first time from Bahia State, north-eastern Brazil. To date, only two specimens of A. longimanus, the holotype and a paratype, were known. The new finding extends its distribution to about 2400 km southwards along the Brazilian coastline and provides a new maximum size for the species. Comparisons of the morphometric and meristic data between our specimens and those used in the original description are provided. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2011
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34. Xara: Namesakes in Southern Mozambique and Bahia (Brazil).
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de Pina-Cabral, João
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INDIGENOUS peoples of the Americas ,PATERNITY ,RELATEDNESS (Psychology) ,PERSONAL names - Abstract
In Maputo (Southern Mozambique) and Bahia (Brazil), the most commonly used word to refer to namesakes is xara - a word of Amerindian origin. Although the institutions in question diverge considerably in each of these contexts, the two usages come together in that the sharing of a personal name establishes an alliance not only between the two persons involved but also among their relations. In this way, it is argued that the namesake institution is both supervening upon filiation and is a way of closing the local universe of relatedness upon itself. By superimposing a set of crossing ties, the namesake institution consolidates the entities at play and their relations. Nevertheless, much like filiation, upon which it is dependent, the namesake relation is one of co-responsibility and fusion between the partners, not of reciprocal responsibility. The latter is the product of the triangulation that such relations of alliance produce. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2010
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35. COOPLANTAR: A Brazilian Initiative to Integrate Forest Restoration with Job and Income Generation in Rural Areas.
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Mesquita, Carlos Alberto B., Holvorcem, Christiane G. D., Lyrio, Claudio Henrique, de Menezes, Paulo Dimas, da Silva Dias, José Dilson, and Azevedo Jr., José Francisco
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FOREST restoration ,SUSTAINABILITY - Abstract
We describe the process leading to the creation of the Cooperative of Reforestation Workers of Far Southern Bahia (COOPLANTAR), a cooperative that specializes in restoration of the Atlantic Forest in the Monte Pascoal-Pau Brasil Ecological Corridor in southern Bahia, Brazil, and provides job and income for members of local impoverished communities. We discuss the achievements of the cooperative, difficulties it has faced, and its prospects for future sustainability and expansion. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2010
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36. Looks and Living Kinds: Varieties of Racial Cognition in Bahia, Brazil.
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Jones, Doug
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PSYCHOLOGICAL research ,RACE ,SPECIES ,ESSENTIALISM (Philosophy) - Abstract
Psychological research in the USA and elsewhere suggests that race is regarded as an underlying, inherited “essential” trait, like membership in a biological species. Yet Brazil has often been regarded as very different from the USA: as a country in which racial variation is seen as more continuous than categorical, more a matter of appearance than descent. This study tests alternative theories of racial cognition in Bahia, Brazil. Data include racial classification of drawings and photographs, judgments of similarity – dissimilarity between racial categories, ideas about expected and possible race of offspring from inter-racial unions, heritability of racial and non-racial traits, and conservation of race through changes in appearance. The research demonstrates consensus over time in appearance-based classification, yet race is also thought of as an “essential” trait. However, racial essences can be mixed, with a person containing the hereditary potential of multiple races, so that race in Bahia does not define clear-cut groups or discrete “living kinds.” If essentialism is the shared core of folk theories of race, there may be more variability and room for social construction in the categorization of mixed-race individuals. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2009
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37. Implementation of a systematic approach to diabetes in primary care in Bahia, Brazil improves metabolic outcomes: PRODIBA—Programa de Interiorização da Assistência ao Diabetes na Bahia (Project for Dissemination of Diabetes Care in the State of Bahia)
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Chaves-Fonseca, R. M., Matos, O. S., Lordelo, Roberta A., Abreu, M., Farias, M. G., Coutinho, J. F., Ribeiro, M. N., Matteoni-Athayde, L., Lessa, I., Pousada, J., Oliveira, M., Lopes, C., Strock, E., and Mazze, R.
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TREATMENT of diabetes ,PRIMARY care ,GLYCOSYLATED hemoglobin ,BODY mass index - Abstract
Background Staged Diabetes Management (SDM) improves glycaemic control and reduces diabetes-related complications in primary care. Methods An 18-month randomized controlled cohort study was conducted in two municipalities in the state of Bahia, Brazil, involving 100 patients with Type 2 diabetes in each municipality. In one municipality, healthcare professionals were trained to use SDM customized protocols for clinical decisions and, in the other municipality, no protocols for diabetes care were implemented. We hypothesized that, in the municipality with SDM trained professionals, patients would have better outcomes, including a fall in glycated haemoglobin (HbA
1c ). Results Improvements in some metabolic parameters were observed in the SDM group, including a 22% decrease in mean random glucose, a significant 15% decrease in mean HbA1c , a 6% decrease in systolic blood pressure and an 11% decrease in diastolic blood pressure. There were no differences in body mass index and lipid profile. Conclusions SDM customized algorithms are effective, practical and easy to use in primary healthcare teams with very limited resources. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]- Published
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38. Occurrence and distribution of humpback whales (Megaptera novaeangliae) on the north coast of the State of Bahia, Brazil, 2000–2006.
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Rossi-Santos, Marcos R., Neto, Elitieri S., Baracho, Clarêncio G., Cipolotti, Sérgio R., Marcovaldi, Enrico, and Engel, Marcia H.
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HUMPBACK whale ,WHALES ,ANIMAL breeding ,WHALING ,HUMPBACK whale hunting - Abstract
Rossi-Santos, M. R., Neto, E. S., Baracho, C. G., Cipolotti, S. R., Marcovaldi, E., and Engel, M. H. 2008. Occurrence and distribution of humpback whales (Megaptera novaeangliae) on the north coast of the State of Bahia, Brazil, 2000–2006. – ICES Journal of Marine Science, 65: 667–673.The Abrolhos Bank off Brazil is considered the main breeding ground for the humpback whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) in the Southwest Atlantic. However, owing to an increase in the occurrence of the species along the north coast of the State of Bahia, it has been suggested that the species is reoccupying that region, which was probably utilized by the whales before commercial whaling. Information is presented on the occurrence and distribution of humpback whales along the north coast of the State of Bahia, with a comparative overview, for the period 2000–2006. Daily research cruises were conducted from July to October, departing from Praia do Forte (13°40′S 38°10′W) and lasting ∼9 h. Data on sampling and sighting effort, and geographical position and composition of groups of humpback whales, were collected on standardized field sheets. In all, 230 surveys were performed, covering some 9740 nautical miles in 1645 h of sampling effort, during which 1626 humpback whales were sighted, including 118 calves. Humpback whales were sighted throughout the study area. Solitary individuals and pairs were the most frequent group composition, 26% and 37% of the observed groups (n = 723), respectively. Depth of water varied from 15 to 1657 m (mean = 62.4; s.d. = 99). The sightings values were grouped into depth classes to ascertain the highest frequencies (∼30%) for the two classes, i.e. between 35.1 and 55 m of water. There was an increase in the encounter rates of humpback whales on the north coast of the State of Bahia between 2000 and 2006, identifying a difference in SPUE [sightings per unit (h) of effort] among years (Kruskal–Wallis H = 30.155, d.f. = 6, p < 0.05). The results support the hypothesis that humpback whales are reoccupying former breeding areas along the Brazilian coast. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]
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39. The Sisterhood of Boa Morte in Brazil: Harmonious Mixture, Black Resistance, and the Politics of Religious Practice.
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Selka, Stephen
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RELIGION & politics ,EQUALITY ,CULTURE conflict ,FESTIVALS ,ELITE (Social sciences) ,POLITICIANS - Abstract
RESUMEN Este artigo analisa a relação entre política e religião no Recôncavo Baiano, região do Nordeste brasileiro, a partir da observação da festa afro-católica da Irmandade da Nossa Senhora da Boa Morte. No Brasil, religiões de origem africana têm sido consideradas exemplos idealizados de mistura cultural, especialmente quando combinadas às tradições européias. Entretanto, e mais recentemente, militantes que lutam contra desigualdades raciais têm tomado estas mesmas práticas religiosas como símbolos de resistência cultural. Enquanto os políticos da elite invocam a Irmandade como símbolo de mistura harmoniosa, militantes anti-racista a interpretam como demonstração de resistência negra à dominação. Neste contexto, o artigo investiga de que modo as praticantes interpretam esta apropriação simbólica em torno de suas práticas religiosas. Especificamente, examino de que modo as irmãs da Boa Morte se utilizam destes dois discursos, o da mistura harmoniosa e o da resistência negra, para o benefício de seus próprios objetivos. This article focuses on the intersection of religion and politics in the Recôncavo region of the state of Bahia in northeastern Brazil. African-derived religions, particular practices that combine African and European traditions, have long been cited as examples of the Brazilian ideal of cultural mixture. More recently, however, activists struggling against racial inequality have sought to claim African-derived religions as emblems of cultural defiance. Focusing on the Afro-Catholic festival of the Sisterhood of Our Lady of Boa Morte in the state of Bahia, I investigate how elite politicians invoke this sisterhood as a symbol of harmonious cultural and racial mixture while antiracist activists simultaneously claim it as an emblem of black resistance. Against this backdrop, I explore how practitioners have responded to and engaged politicized representations of their religion. In particular, I examine how the sisters of Boa Morte negotiate the discourses of harmonious mixture and black resistance for their own purposes. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2008
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40. First report of Macruronus novaezelandiae (Gadiformes: Merluccidae: Macruroninae) from Atlantic tropical waters.
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Carvalho-Filho, Alfredo, Marcovaldi, Guy, Sampaio, Cláudio L.S., and Paiva, M. Isabel G.
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WATER ,DEEP-sea fishes ,COASTS - Abstract
The occurrence of the merluccid Macruronus novaezelandiae from tropical waters off Bahia, eastern Brazil, is reported for the first time due to the capture of an adult of 712.3 mm standard length in May 2008, from a depth of 400 m. Until then no specimen had been reported north of 32°29′S on the South American Atlantic coast. This new record extends the species' range to about 2500 km northwards along the Brazilian coastline and is the first ever from tropical waters in the world. A comparison of the morphometric characters is provided. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2011
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41. Mollugo viscosa sp. nov. (Molluginaceae), a segregate of M. brasiliensis from Minas Gerais in eastern Brazil.
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Thulin, Mats and Harley, Raymond M.
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SPECIES ,SEEDS ,FLOWERS ,SISTERS ,TAXONOMY - Abstract
The new species Mollugo viscosa Thulin & Harley is described from Minas Gerais in eastern Brazil. It was previously part of the recently published M. brasiliensis Thulin & Harley, a species that was found to be non‐monophyletic in molecular phylogenetic analyses. Mollugo brasiliensis is here divided into a northern species (M. brasiliensis s.str.) in Bahia and a southern species (M. viscosa sp. nov.) in Minas Gerais. The new species differs from M. brasiliensis in its denser and more viscous indumentum, and in its distinctly smaller seeds with smaller tubercles and a smaller hilar peg, and from its sister species M. ulei by being a perennial herb with bisexual flowers. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2019
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42. First record of Holothuria (Theelothuria) princeps and Thyone pawsoni (Echinodermata: Holothuroidea) in the South Atlantic Ocean.
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Martins, Luciana, Souto, Camilla, and Menegola, Carla
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HOLOTHURIA ,PHYLLOPHORIDAE (Echinodermata) ,ASPIDOCHIROTIDA ,BIOLOGICAL classification ,BENTHIC ecology ,BIODIVERSITY - Abstract
Thyone pawsoni and Holothuria (Theelothuria) princeps are reported from shallow water of the South Atlantic Ocean. A morphological description of these new records with colour figures and scanning electron microscopy images of their ossicles are provided. With these two new records for the Brazilian Coast, the genus Thyone is now represented by two species and Holothuria by six. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2012
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