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Domestic and international health activism and health policy are focal points in this volume, a publication of the National Conference of Black Political Scientists. This work demonstrates the continuing importance of the "medical civil rights movement," through examples of activism of women of colour in AIDS service organizations, of their health issues, and of the struggle for racial equity in health care in Brazil.Spikes in police and vigilante violence, as well as fear of a reversion to resegregated schools have brought a new urgency to black political activism. The contributors explore the effect of race on American attitudes toward immigration policy and reform, black state legislators and American morality politics, the historically disproportionate influence of Southern whites in American politics, and the undermining of school desegregation laws with "nullification" strategies. The volume's Trends section features conversations on the #BlackLivesMatter movement in Los Angeles, the 2016 presidential election, and examines the teaching of the Trayvon Martin story at the University of California, Irvine. The volume also includes a diverse selection of book reviews.
Throughout Brazil, Afro-Brazilians face widespread racial prejudice. Many turn to religion, with Afro-Brazilians disproportionately represented among Protestants, the fastest-growing religious group in the country. Officially, Brazilian Protestants do not involve themselves in racial politics. Behind the scenes, however, the community is deeply involved in the formation of different kinds of blackness—and its engagement in racial politics is rooted in the major new cultural movement of black music. In this highly original account, anthropologist John Burdick explores the complex ideas about race, racism, and racial identity that have grown up among Afro-Brazilians in the black music scene....
Temos o prazer de lançar o segundo livro da coletânea voltada às ciências da saúde, que tem como título Coletânea Internacional de Pesquisa em Ciências da Saúde. V.02, essa obra é editada pela Seven Publicações Ltda, tendo a composição de mais de 90 capítulos voltados ao desenvolvimento e disseminação do conhecimento na área da saúde. A Seven Editora, agradece e enaltasse os autores que fizeram parte desse livro. Desejamos uma boa leitura a todos!
Acknowledgements. Forword. Demographic aspects of agricultural development: Brazil, 1950-1974. Import substitution and implicit taxation of agriculture in Brazil. The economic evaluation of the impact of extension programs: a suggested methodogy and an application to ACAR in Minas Gerais, Brazil. Brazilian agricultural research. Reforming and development of an agricultural research institution. Making effective use of international personnel. Brazil's program for development of agricultural researchers. Making agricultural research a priority for public investment. An empirical test of an economic model for establishing research priorities a Brazil case study. Notes on the dissemination of new technology.Observations on brazilian agricultural research and productivity. The challenge of agricultural research in Brazil.
No cenário contemporâneo da engenharia, as inovações e avanços tecnológicos desempenham um papel fundamental na promoção do desenvolvimento sustentável e na competitividade global. Este volume, o décimo primeiro da série “Tópicos Especiais em Engenharia”, oferece uma coleção abrangente de pesquisas e estudos que destacam as principais tendências e soluções tecnológicas emergentes na engenharia. O primeiro capítulo aborda a importância dos parques tecnológicos como catalisadores de inovação e competitividade científica e tecnológica. Esses ambientes promovem a sinergia entre academia, indústria e governo, facilitando a transferência de conhecimento e o desenvolv...
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This book contains an overview of novel synthesis, characterization, and applications of nanomaterials. Based on an extensive state-of-the-art literature survey and the results obtained by researchers during the past years, this book presents techniques and special applications of classical and modern nanomaterials focus on environmental remediation and preservation. It summarizes up-to-date synthesis and characterization of diverse materials applied to the modern environment concerns such as zero-valent iron soil remediation, photochromic materials for water treatment, carbon nanotubes for gas sensing, photocatalysis, among others. This book is aimed at students, researchers, and engineers who seek general scientific knowledge about nanomaterials with an application-oriented approach.