In this research, I critically examine the making of global suburbs—affluent communities on the peripheries of cities across the world that house transnational elites and actualize in space great socio-economic inequality and wealth concentration. From a practice theory approach, I utilize the case of the Metropolitan Region of Curitiba, in Brazil,...
Direct seeding mulch-based cropping (DMC) systems are often considered as an efficient way of combining ecological sustainability and economic viability while maintaining or increasing agricultural productivity. This paper describes a modelling analysis of the functioning of family farms in rural settlements of the agrarian reform in the Cerrados o...
Published in Brazilian journal of otorhinolaryngology
The number of people with impaired hearing is increasing; knowing its magnitude is essential for public health. To study the prevalence and determinants of impaired hearing in Itajaí/SC. A population-based survey based on a World Health Organization protocol. Field research was carried out from July 2008 to 2011. Procedures for evaluating hearing i...
Published in PLoS neglected tropical diseases
Leptospirosis essentially affects human following contact with rodent urine-contaminated water. As such, it was mainly found associated with rice culture, recreational activities and flooding. This is also the reason why it has mainly been investigated in temperate as well as warm and humid regions, while arid zones have been only very occasionally...
Published in Tropical Animal Health and Production
The way smallholder farms organize and carry out work impacts their ability to secure their livelihoods and meet growing demand for agricultural products. This study investigates the way dairy family farms in Brazil manage their workforce to achieve their objectives of production and income. Fifteen smallholder farms were surveyed using the QuaeWor...
Survival analysis of productive life in Brazilian Holstein using a Weibull proportional hazard model. 66. Annual Meeting of the European Federation of Animal Science (EAAP)
The objective of the research was to explore factors determining cattle farmers' intention to adopt improved natural grassland in Brazil. The research was carried out in the state of Rio Grande do Sul, in the south of Brazil.
This article studies the evolution of security in South America by comparing the advances of two of its most characteristic cases, Colombia and Brazil, in their transition from traditional security models to the application of the concept of human security. Through a historical analysis of both cases and a timeseries analysis of their soldiers per ...
In deze studie wordt de duurzaamheid van de (gespecialiseerde) Nederlandse vleesveehouderij kwalitatief vergeleken met twee andere dierlijke Nederlandse productiesectoren (varken en vleespluimvee) en met de vleesveehouderij uit Ierland en Brazilië, de belangrijkste exporteurs waarmee de Nederlandse sector op de Nederlandse markt concurreert. Deze v...
Violence linked to crime in Brazil and the role of the armed forces in the pursuit of public safety Violence in Brazil is a structural phenomenon. However, the advance of criminality has been accompanied by an increase in the levels of violence even jeopardizing the territorial integrity and forcing the State to look for the preservation of soverei...
