Search results for " Amazon"
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Les Amazones com a model d´inversió social
2013
La figura de l´Amazona, singularitzada en les diverses reines que apareixen al llarg de la literatura des de l´època grega, es caracteritza per la pertanyença a un estat ginecocràtic que trenca les normes socials tant de l´Antiga Grècia com de les societats cristianes de l´Occident europeu. Normalment aquesta inversió és castigada pels autors, o bé amb la mort al combat, com a l´Antiguitat, o bé amb la derrota amorosa que les fa participar de bon grat de la societat patriarcal establerta. En tot cas, el punt de vista dels autors és força variat i també manifesta una admiració per la valentia d´aquestes dones de naturalesa indòmita, qualitat que les fa encara més atractives als ulls del sexe…
El encuentro de Alejandro Magno con las Amazonas y sus fuentes
2014
El episodio del encuentro de Alejandro Magno con las Amazonas aparece en casi todas las fuentes del emperador macedonio, incluso en los autores que no le dan credibilidad. Este trabajo repasa el tratamiento del episodio en las mencionadas fuentes, entre las cuales no le dan credibilidad Plutarco, Arriano y Estrabón, frente a la llamada Vulgata de Alejandro procedente de Clitarco, que incluye el griego Diodoro de Sicilia y los latinos Curcio y Justino. También aparece el episodio en época posterior en el historiador cristiano Paulo Orosio, así como en la Novela de Alejandro del Pseudo-Calístenes y sus dos traducciones al latín de Julio Valerio y del arcipreste León de Nápoles, ya en la Edad …
Influx of African biomass burning aerosol during the Amazonian dry season through layered transatlantic transport of black carbon-rich smoke
2020
Black carbon (BC) aerosols influence the Earth's atmosphere and climate, but their microphysical properties, spatiotemporal distribution, and long-range transport are not well constrained. This study presents airborne observations of the transatlantic transport of BC-rich African biomass burning (BB) smoke into the Amazon Basin using a Single Particle Soot Photometer (SP2) as well as several complementary techniques. We base our results on observations of aerosols and trace gases off the Brazilian coast onboard the HALO (High Altitude and LOng range) research aircraft during the ACRIDICON-CHUVA campaign in September 2014. During flight AC19 over land and ocean at the northeastern coastline …
Contrasting Effects of Chronic Anthropogenic Disturbance on Activity and Species Richness of Insectivorous Bats in Neotropical Dry Forest
2022
For prioritizing conservation actions, it is vital to understand how ecologically diverse species respond to environmental change caused by human activity. This is particularly necessary considering that chronic human disturbance is a threat to biodiversity worldwide. Depending on how species tolerate and adapt to such disturbance, ecological integrity and ecosystem services will be more or less affected. Bats are a species-rich and functionally diverse group, with important roles in ecosystems, and are therefore recognized as a good model group for assessing the impact of environmental change. Their populations have decreased in several regions, especially in the tropics, and are threatene…
Preliminary results of the 2017 season in the Amazonian earthen structures known as geoglyphs.
2018
O trabalho realizado pela equipe de pesquisa multidisciplinar, liderada pela Universitat de Valencia Estudi General (UVEG) e a Universidade Federal do Acre (UFAC), de detalhamento da topografia, em especial na RESEX Chico Mendes, criou progresso significativo no conhecimento das estruturas de terra construídas na paisagem amazônica, conhecidas popularmente como geoglifos, no que se refere a aplicação de topografia de alta precisão para algumas das estruturas, compreensão geral fenômeno e aplicação de uma nova estratégia de pesquisa, com o auxílio de ferramentas como o Google Earth, Google Maps, GPX, OpenStreetMap e Lidar. Ainda há muito trabalho de campo a ser feito na Amazônia Ocidental, n…
A SOLUTION TO THE DILEMMA BETWEEN R&D EXPANSION AND THE PRODUCTIVITY DECLINE: LESSONS FROM THE R&D MODELS IN AMAZON AND FINLAND
2019
As a consequence of the two-faced nature of information and communication technology (ICT), a majority of ICT leaders have been confronting the critical problem of a dilemma between R&D expansion and productivity decline in the digital economy. However, Amazon has been able to accomplish a skyrocketing increase in R&D and market capitalization. Finland has also accomplished balanced advancement not only of welfare but also economic resurgence. This paper attempted to elucidate the miracle of two ICT leaders. By means of a comparative empirical analysis of respective development trajectories, the sources of their success were analyzed thereby the comparative advantage and disadvantag…
Género, raza y trabajo en los almacenes de Amazon en Estados Unidos
2021
Las estructuras de tierra delimitadas por zanjas en la Amazonía Occidental
2016
Esta tesis doctoral aborda el estudio de los sitios arqueológicos de la Amazonía Sur Occidental: Las estructuras de tierra delimitadas por zanjas. El descubrimiento de estos yacimientos dio, y sigue dando, una nueva realidad en la arqueología brasileña y de la Amazonía Occidental. Actualmente fueron hallados centenares de yacimientos (más de ochocientos) en los suelo descampados de la región y estos yacimientos son caracterizados como estructuras arqueológicas construidas mediante zanjas continuas, formando estructuras que delimitan espacios de diferentes formatos geométricos presentando una gran variedad de tamaños, que fueron construidos por poblaciones que vivieran en esta región de la A…
Desafíos del sindicalismo italiano ante el trabajo sindical con trabajadores ?contingentes? en Amazon
2021
A potential snail host of schistosomiasis in Bolivia: Biomphalaria amazonica paraense, 1966
2002
Biomphalaria amazonica Paraense, 1996 was collected from a permanent pond in the outskirts of the Bolivian city of Santa Cruz. Identification of the collected specimens was made by comparison with the original description of the species and with topotypic material in the collection of Instituto Oswaldo Cruz. Phylogenetic analysis confirmed that these Bolivian specimens belong to B. amazonica.