Ambiguity
Mostrando 13-24 de 286 artigos, teses e dissertações.
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13. “El tiempo de los libertos”: conflictos y litigación en torno a la ley de vientre libre en el Río de la Plata (1813-1860)
Abstract The article seeks to deepen the knowledge about the process of abolition of slavery in Argentina and its gradual nature. To this end, it addresses the legal disputes and the social consequences generated by two laws that opened this process in the Rio de la Plata region, the law "declaring the slaves' children free" - established in February 1813 an
História. Publicado em: 14/01/2019
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14. The Brazilian Federal Government's Role in the Prioritization of EU Foreign Direct Investment and its Environmental Agenda
As a result of Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) from the European Union (EU), the environmental governance structure in Brazil has been challenged, bringing to light a legal ambiguity in the ecological obligations between the EU and Brazil. The article hypothesizes that this legal ambiguity is caused by the complex political and legal system that characterize
Bras. Political Sci. Rev.. Publicado em: 18/10/2018
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15. Exploring Risk Perception and Degree of Internationalization of Brazilian Small-and-Medium Enterprises
Abstract This research investigates managerial risk perception regarding internationalization of small and medium-sized enterprises in the Brazilian context. We examine how managers' perception of risk influences firms' degrees of internationalization. Likewise, we assessed how risk perception is influenced by managers' cognitive traits, such as tolerance fo
BAR, Braz. Adm. Rev.. Publicado em: 19/03/2018
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16. ELIE LUZAC ET L’HOMME PLUS QUE MACHINE (1748): LA PAROLE DIALOGIQUE D’UN IMPRIMEUR DES LUMIERES
Abstract Early into his career as one of the most successful printerpublishers of the Dutch Republic, Elie Luzac (1721-1796) played a pivotal role in disseminating the materialist ideas of La Mettrie’s Homme machine (1747). This paper focuses on the dialogic voice (Bakhtine) in a publication by Luzac himself, which oscillates between asserting and refuting
Cad. Trad.. Publicado em: 2018-01
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17. River of Blood: George Martin’s Fevre Dream and the Road to Dark Design
Abstract With his publication of Fevre Dream in 1982, George R. R. Martin tried his hand at the “sympathetic vampire” tale, one popularized just a few years previously by Anne Rice. A tale of vampires haunting the American South during the lead up to the Civil War, Fevre Dream focused upon moral ambiguity, the brutality of power, and other narrative aspe
Ilha Desterro. Publicado em: 2017-04
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18. Nussbaum on the cognitive nature of emotions
Abstract: Martha Nussbaum tells us that emotions are cognitive value judgments. She claims that her theory, the neo-Stoic theory of emotions, can handle traditional objections to cognitive theories of emotions. However, in this paper I hold that she improperly takes advantage of the ambiguity of the term "cognition": she faces the problems that arise when th
Manuscrito. Publicado em: 19/09/2016
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19. Comparative study on morpho-anatomy of leaf, stem and root of Boerhaavia diffusa L. (Nyctaginaceae) and its adulterant plants
ABSTRACT Punarnava (Boerhaavia diffusa L.- Nyctaginaceae) is a promising drug to rejuvenate new cells in the body. It is well known in Ayurvedic medicine and locally called Tambadivasu. Superficially it is similar to other species of Boerhaavia and species of Trianthema and Sesuvium. Due to the minute morphological differences, the above plants are erroneous
Braz. J. Pharm. Sci.. Publicado em: 2016-09
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20. Neoliberalism, Applied Linguistics and the PNLD
Abstract Based on the book Neoliberalism and Applied Linguistics (Block, Gray & Holborow, 2012a), this paper aims at discussing the relationship between these two concepts. After a general discussion on the subject, the paper will deal with the use of celebrities in English language textbooks as an element of identification and as a means to advance neoliber
Ilha Desterro. Publicado em: 2016-04
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21. Clinical profile of 93 cases of 46, XY disorders of sexual development in a referral center
ABSTRACT The term DSD refers to disorders that affect the normal process of sexual development causing disagreement between chromosomal, gonadal and phenotypic sex, and this study aimed to describe the clinical profile of a group with DSD 46, XY joined on DSD Clinic of Hospital of Salvador, Bahia Clinics. It was a retrospective study of medical records of su
Int. braz j urol.. Publicado em: 2015-10
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22. Introdução e aplicação da diluição da precisão das ambiguidades GNSS - ADOP
Diluição da precisão das ambiguidades GNSS, conhecida como ADOP (Ambiguity Dilution of Precision), é o tópico principal deste artigo. Basicamente, o ADOP é definido como uma medida escalar para avaliar a precisão das ambiguidades reais (float). Assim, entre as inúmeras possibilidades, a ADOP pode auxiliar na previsão do comportamento de uma linha ba
Bol. Ciênc. Geod.. Publicado em: 2014-06
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23. Riscophrenia and "animal spirits": clarifying the notions of risk and uncertainty in environmental problems
This article seeks to clarify the concepts of risk and uncertainty, restricting its focus to environmental problems and to three strands of reflection. Firstly, I suggest that we should apply the label riscophrenia to the tendency to envisage most environmental problems excessively in terms of probabilistic risk, erecting the concept to a core dogma of certa
Sci. stud.. Publicado em: 2014
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24. Technological risks, transgenic agriculture and alternatives
After discussing the transformation of age-old agricultural practices that has been occurring since the mid nineteenth century, and its impact on the natural environment, I identify four features of technology that point to the ambiguity of the idea of "technological progress". These are linked to the intrinsic unpredictability (and uncertainty) of technolog
Sci. stud.. Publicado em: 2014