Over the last few years several initiatives have been undertaken in Brazil and worldwide for the popularization of science, especially by research institutions and interactive museums that have sought to broaden their operation scope. Embrapa Food Technology, located in the…

Resumo: A modelagem ambiental tem se mostrado uma importante ferramenta no estudo de impactos ambientais das mudanças da paisagem de curta e longa duração. O Modelo CLUE-S possibilita estudar a dinâmica de paisagem na perspectiva de simular cenários. Abordar-se-á os…

Rangelands in Kenya make up for 70% of the land and hosts 60% of its livestock population. This ecosystem is largely inhabited by nomadic pastoralists whose livelihood depents on livestock. Land subdivision, population growth, climate change, devastating droughts, land degradation…

Brachiaria brizantha cv. Piatã was released from a Brazilian breeding program of Brachiaria genus to be a new option of forage plant for use in grasslands. This cultivar has been presented interesting strategy to persist on higher temperatures and water…

Having experienced the second highest population increase in the European Union, older people in the Republic of Ireland constitute 14% of the population (Central Statistics Office 2012). Older people, adults aged 65 and older, are at disproportionate risk of becoming…

La formación de un empresario es un proceso en el cual intervienen un sinnúmero de variables sociales, culturales, psicológicas y económicas que contribuyen, con un conjunto de conocimientos específicos, a desarrollar una serie de competencias que buscan lograr que este…

Soil amendment with pyrogenic organic matter (PyOM) can sequester carbon, increase mutualistic root symbioses with arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi and nitrogen-fixing rhizobia, and hence improve crop yield. However, there is still a gap in our knowledge about the effects of PyOM…

The spatial variation in the composition of the tree flora of some Atlantic forest areas distributed in the East Atlantic basins, Southeastern and Southern Brazil, extended to Paraguay and Argentina, was investigated under four main aspects: (1) to evaluate the…

The purpose of this research study was to explore the influence of Confucian-heritage culture on Chinese learners’ online learning and engagement in online discussion in U.S. higher education. More specifically, this research studied Chinese learners’ perceptions of power distance and…

Predation by house cats (Felis catus) is one of the largest human-related sources of mortality for wild birds in the United States and elsewhere, and has been implicated in extinctions and population declines of several species. However, relatively little is…