RHETORIC AND METAPHORS

Rhetoric and metaphors

In order to develop its arguments and make possible the communication between the interlocutors of the dialogue, the rhetoric uses both concepts and metaphors as linguistic resources.Pointing the differences between Rhinestones concepts and metaphors, detaching the limits of the conceptual language and indicating the overcoming of these limits by t

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Digitizing mass spectrometry data to explore the chemical diversity and distribution of marine cyanobacteria and algae

Natural product screening programs have uncovered molecules from diverse natural sources with various biological activities and unique structures.However, much is yet underexplored and additional information is hidden in these exceptional collections.We applied untargeted mass spectrometry approaches to capture the chemical space and dispersal patt

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Homeostasis model assessment of insulin resistance (HOMA-IR) and metabolic syndrome at baseline of a multicentric Brazilian cohort: ELSA-Brasil study

Abstract: Homeostasis model assessment of insulin resistance (HOMA-IR) is a method to measure insulin resistance.HOMA-IR cut-offs for identifying metabolic syndrome might vary across populations and body mass index (BMI) levels.We aimed to investigate HOMA-insulin resistance cut-offs that best discriminate individuals with insulin resistance and wi

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