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This article deals with the contribution of Macao Portuguese newspapers to the dissemination of sources, themes and works of a historical nature, often called antiguidades ('relics') and memorias historicas ('historical memories') and the politicization of historiographical text – a vast but practically unexplored topic that deserves an independent study. The approach is exploratory and descriptive, being first a non-detailed inventory of the theme, proposing a transversal reading of the press, the study of which is often focused on a chronological/thematic description of the various newspapers and magazines. A cross analysis was also carried out of the serials' historical contents highlighting the writer/editor's influence in selection, appropriation and dissemination of this same memories, compared with their individual historiographical writings and political and cultural intervention. Space constraints limit the present article – the first of a series under the general heading 'relics' and 'historical memories' – to the first half of the nineteenth century and to the newspaper O Macaista Imparcial ('The impartial Macanese') published between 1836 and 1838. Diversified historic news were found in the serial compiled by José Baptista de Miranda e Lima (1782–1848), a Portuguese and Latin grammar teacher as well as prominent and controversial figure of early liberalism in Macao. Being one of the first known authors to write in the Macanese creole, or patoá ('patois'), he also used ethnic arguments in political reasoning, which deserves to be better explored. The present article concludes that the historical recurrence brought into the pages of O Macaista Imparcial is a traditional and foundational narrative of Macao's exceptional and atypical characteristics, built and maintained under the Portuguese banner and, thanks to the perseverance, ability and skills of those in the terrain, deserving of recognition and of reward. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This article deals with the contribution of Macao Portuguese newspapers to the dissemination of sources, themes and works of a historical nature, often called antiguidades ('relics') and memorias historicas ('historical memories') and the politicization of historiographical text – a vast but practically unexplored topic that deserves an independent study. The approach is exploratory and descriptive, being first a non-detailed inventory of the theme, proposing a transversal reading of the press, the study of which is often focused on a chronological/thematic description of the various newspapers and magazines. A cross analysis was also carried out of the serials' historical contents highlighting the writer/editor's influence in selection, appropriation and dissemination of this same memories, compared with their individual historiographical writings and political and cultural intervention. Space constraints limit the present article – the first of a series under the general heading 'relics' and 'historical memories' – to the first half of the nineteenth century and to the newspaper O Macaista Imparcial ('The impartial Macanese') published between 1836 and 1838. Diversified historic news were found in the serial compiled by José Baptista de Miranda e Lima (1782–1848), a Portuguese and Latin grammar teacher as well as prominent and controversial figure of early liberalism in Macao. Being one of the first known authors to write in the Macanese creole, or patoá ('patois'), he also used ethnic arguments in political reasoning, which deserves to be better explored. The present article concludes that the historical recurrence brought into the pages of O Macaista Imparcial is a traditional and foundational narrative of Macao's exceptional and atypical characteristics, built and maintained under the Portuguese banner and, thanks to the perseverance, ability and skills of those in the terrain, deserving of recognition and of reward. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

n work environments, different physical and chemical agents that may pose a risk to workers' hearing health coexist. In this context, occupational hearing loss stands out. It has mostly been attributed to only noise exposure, although there are other agents, that is, pesticides that might contribute to occupational hearing loss. In this report, two cases will be presented that consider rural workers exposed to pesticides and intense noise generated by an adapted rudimentary vehicle. The noise measured in this vehicle was 88.3 dBA up to 93.4 dBA. Pure-tone audiometry, distortion product otoacoustic emissions, and high-frequency audiometry tests were performed. This report is unusual because of the short time of exposure to noise and pesticides and the hearing loss found, indicating a synergy between those agents. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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The article analyzes discussions pertaining to the autonomy of Macau within Portuguese historical works. As Macau was a former Portuguese colony, the author is largely concerned with the administration of the colony along with the formation and operations of Macau's municipal government. The impact of self-government on the collective memory of the Macanese is examined by the author in connection to the development of a specific Macanese national identity. The eventual establishment of an autonomous Macau is also described, along with the rise of liberalism.

Pesticides may cause a number of health problems and are considered oto-agressive agents. The objective of this study was to investigate the high frequency hearing characteristics of workers both with and without exposure to pesticides, that presented normal conventional audiometry. It involved a cross-sectional study with 87 workers, of both genders, between 19 and 59 years, with formal or informal jobs and some of whom worked with family agriculture, either using pesticides or not, who had taken High-Frequency Audiometry tests. The use of glyphosate was reported by 73% of workers and several pesticide mixtures occurred in 78% of them. There were no cases of proper use of personal protective equipment recommended for the activity. The workers exposed to pesticides had worse results in High-Frequency Audiometry tests in comparison with those who had no contact with pesticides (p < 0.0001). High-Frequency Audiometry has proved to be a useful and effective tool in the early detection of hearing loss caused by pesticides.