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Country in South America
Brazil, officially the Federative Republic of Brazil, is the largest country in South America. It is also the world's fifth-largest country by area and the seventh-largest by population, with over 214 million people. Brazil is a federation composed of 26 states and a Federal District, which hosts the capital, Brasília. Its most populous city is São Paulo, followed by Rio de Janeiro. Brazil has the largest Lusophone population in the world and is the only Portuguese-speaking country in the Americas, where it is the official language. Wikipedia →
🧭 Start here: a 6-step reading path
- Read the overview: BrazilA 5-minute orientation
- Skim a recent paper: Heterologous versus homologous COVID-19 booster vaccination in previous recipients of two doses of CoronaVac COVID-19 vaccine in Brazil (RHH-001): a phase 4, non-inferiority, single blind, randomised studyInfluential work since 2022
- Pick up a classic book: Memórias póstumas de Brás CubasThe most-reprinted book on the subject
- Read the landmark paper: Köppen's climate classification map for BrazilCited 9,779 times
- Go sideways: São Paulo (state)A closely related topic
- Go sideways: São José do Rio PretoA closely related topic
📖 Definitions
Noun A red-orange dye obtained from brazil wood.
Noun The hard, brown wood of a certain species of the tribe Caesalpinieae; originally sappan (Biancaea sappan), of the East Indies, and later brazilwood, Paubrasilia echinata.
Noun A Brazil nut.
Noun A seam of coal containing iron pyrites
🗂️ The subject at a glance
🏆 Landmark papers (most cited)
Köppen's climate classification map for Brazil
Safety and efficacy of the ChAdOx1 nCoV-19 vaccine (AZD1222) against SARS-CoV-2: an interim analysis of four randomised controlled trials in Brazil, South Africa, and the UK
Genomics and epidemiology of the P.1 SARS-CoV-2 lineage in Manaus, Brazil
Patterns of Floristic Differentiation among Atlantic Forests in Southeastern Brazil and the Influence of Climate 1
Behavior and occurrence of estrogens in municipal sewage treatment plants — I. Investigations in Germany, Canada and Brazil
Bioactive compounds and antioxidant capacities of 18 non-traditional tropical fruits from Brazil
Growing knowledge: an overview of Seed Plant diversity in Brazil
First report of autochthonous transmission of Zika virus in Brazil
🆕 Influential since 2022
Heterologous versus homologous COVID-19 booster vaccination in previous recipients of two doses of CoronaVac COVID-19 vaccine in Brazil (RHH-001): a phase 4, non-inferiority, single blind, randomised study
Load Capacity Factor and Financial Globalization in Brazil: The Role of Renewable Energy and Urbanization
Dynamic impacts of economic growth, energy use, urbanization, tourism, agricultural value-added, and forested area on carbon dioxide emissions in Brazil
Widespread pesticide contamination of drinking water and impact on cancer risk in Brazil
Beyond sugar and ethanol: The future of sugarcane biorefineries in Brazil
📚 Books worth reading
Memórias póstumas de Brás CubasMachado de Assis · 1881
The PartnerJohn Grisham · 1997
La guerra del fin del mundoMario Vargas Llosa · 1981
Dona Flor e seus dais maridosJorge Leal Amado de Faria · 1966
IracemaJosé de Alencar · 1886
Esau e JacóMachado de Assis, Helen Caldwell · 1899
A Hora da EstrelaClarice Lispector · 1977
Memorial de Aires (Classicos Da Literatura Brasileira)Machado de Assis, John Temple Graves · 1908
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