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Evidence of Arthropod–Plant Interactions Through the Permian in Brazil
Arthropods and land plants are the major macroscopic groups on the planet, being the plant–herbivore food web, an important component of terrestrial...
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Cretaceous Microfloras of Brazil: Paleoenvironmental and Paleoclimatic Significance
The Cretaceous Period is conceived as one of the warmest periods in Earth history. The relationship between vegetation distribution and climate is...
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Plant Diversification Through the Devonian in Brazil
Although the plant fossils from the Devonian of Brazil have been known for more than one century, we were able to scratch only a small part of this...
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Ice-Hothouse Transition and Palynological Evidences in Brazil
The Gondwanan Late Paleozoic ice-hothouse transition is especially well documented in the Brazilian portion of the Paraná Basin through...
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Specific Natural Isotope Fractionation Studied by 2H Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (SNIF-NMR): History, Developments, and Applications
Food authentication is the analytical process to verify that a food product is in compliance with its label description (Danezis et al., Curr Opin...
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Managing Wounds and Injuries in an Off-World Environment
Recent technical successes of unmanned Mars 2020, Tianwen-1 and Hope Mars missions and the drive by both private and public enterprise has fueled the...
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Analysis of Molecular Isotopic Structure by Fourier-Transform Mass Spectrometry
Analysis of natural isotope ratio variations has long required conversion of structurally complex materials (e.g., organic molecules) into one of a...
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Position-Specific 13C Isotope Analysis by NMR as a Tool for Characterizing the Manufacturing Process Used and for Fighting Pharmaceutics Counterfeiting
Counterfeits based on deliberate copying of processes for generic medicines are not straightforward to detect. Multidimensional isotope profiling is...
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Modeling the Reactive Transport of Isotopologues of Environmental Pollutants
Reactive transport modeling of organic pollutants is important for decision-making in a large number of environmental health problems such as...
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Position-Specific 13C Isotope Analysis by NMR as a Tool for Authentication of Ethanol-Containing Beverages
It was established that irm-13C NMR is a performant tool to study the 13C intramolecular distribution in ethanol and that is the efficient way to...
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Crato Lake Deposits. Rocks to Preserve an Extraordinary Fossil Lagerstätte
The Crato Formation is the main lacustrine unit of the Araripe Basin, known for its limestone layers since the nineteenth century, rich in...
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Position-Specific Isotope Analysis as a Fingerprint for Pollutants
Better methodologies appear to be necessary for detecting the origins of given pollutants, and for understanding the natural processes involved in...
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Contribution of Position-Specific Isotope Analysis for Characterizing the Origin of Vanillin: Kee** One Step Ahead of the Fraudster
Authenticity and traceability of food products are of increasingly importance for consumers and regulatory instances. In such a context, vanillin is...
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Insect-Plant Interactions from the Mesozoic of Brazil: Triassic and Cretaceous
The ability of phytophagous insects to utilize plant tissues for energy has changed over different mass extinctions and geologic events. Insects...
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Gymnosperms from the Early Cretaceous Crato Flora: Competitors for the Nascent Flowering Plants
The Lower Cretaceous (likely upper Barremian to lower Aptian) flora of the Crato Formation in the Araripe Basin in NE Brazil opens a unique window to...
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Potential for Lunar and Martian Regolith to Support Agriculture
Off-Earth colonies such as lunar or Martian settlements will require the establishment of agriculture managed in a sustainable manner, on a small...
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Petrified Woods in the Mesozoic of Southern Brazil
Mainly restricted to the Paraná Basin and southernmost areas of Brazil, Triassic and probably also Jurassic petrified forests were identified in a...
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Correction to: TAMSAT
The original version of this chapter was revised. The original version of this chapter was previously published non-open access. An erratum to this...
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My Most Valuable Lessons in Energy Engineering
My journey through engineering started differently than most. While working in the insurance industry, I found my passion for engineering and changed...
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From Watching Planes in the Sky to Making Turbines More Efficient
Gas turbines are the engines that propel virtually all aircraft through the skies. Gas turbines are also the machines that generate power to meet 40%...