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• "Successful and feminine athlete" and "natural-born fighter" : a discursive exploration of female judoka's identities in Greece and Finland 

  Kavoura, Anna (University of Jyväskylä, 2018)

  Despite feminist concerns about the asymmetrical distribution of power in martial arts and combat sports (MACS), sport psychology research has overlooked issues of inequality and socio-cultural difference, as well as ...

• “Some Women Are Born Fighters” : Discursive Constructions of a Fighter’s Identity by Female Finnish Judo Athletes 

  Kavoura, Anna; Kokkonen, Marja; Chroni, Stilitiani; Ryba, Tatiana V. (Springer New York LLC, 2018)

  Martial arts and combat sports have been traditionally associated with masculinity, and a range of contradictory meanings have been attached to women’s engagement and experiences. The present study draws on cultural praxis ...

• Production of High Amounts of Hepatotoxin Nodularin and New Protease Inhibitors Pseudospumigins by the Brazilian Benthic Nostoc sp. CENA543 

  Jokela, Jouni; Heinilä, Lassi M. P.; Shishido, Tânia K.; Wahlsten, Matti; Fewer, David P.; Fiore, Marli F.; Wang, Hao; Haapaniemi, Esa; Permi, Perttu; Sivonen, Kaarina (Frontiers Research Foundation, 2017)

  Nostoc is a cyanobacterial genus, common in soils and a prolific producer of natural products. This research project aimed to explore and characterize Brazilian cyanobacteria for new bioactive compounds. Here we report the ...

• Local biodiversity erosion in South Brazilian grasslands under moderate levels of landscape habitat loss 

  Staude, Ingmar; Vélez-Martin, Eduardo; Andrade, Bianca O.; Podgaiski, Luciana Regina; Boldrini, Ilsi I.; Mendonça Jr., Milton; Pillar, Valério; Overbeck, Gerhard E. (Open Science Centre, University of Jyväskylä, 2018)

  Habitat loss is one of the greatest threats to biodiversity, causing negative effects on the biodiversity of natural vegetation remnants. Brazil’s southern grasslands belong to one of the largest temperate grassland regions ...

• Do Corporative Social Programs Generate Social Capital? A Brazilian Case Study 

  Macke, Janaina; da Silva Machado Carrion, Rosinha (Business and Organization Ethics Network, 2013)

  This study focuses on the promotion of the social capital and the development of a civic community through social commitment networks, and consequently, maintaining local development. The methodological procedure adopted ...