Plant breeding relies on genetic variation and selection to gradually improve plants for traits that are of interest to the grower and the consumer. This variability has been in part assessed through an efficient use of the available germplasm. Although…

The Deobandi `Ulama' of Jami`at al-`Ulum al-Islamiyya located in the largest city of Pakistan, Karachi, began publishing an Urdu, monthly journal by the name of Bayyinat in 1962 for the expressed purpose of refuting the views and arguments of their…

In this thesis, I describe how interactive journal writing was used to improve the understanding of mathematics, and to foster communication with two groups of remedial grade ten students. Mathematics is a gatekeeper course in high school, and students who…

The National Policies of Education in India have recognized the need for teacher professional development. However, science teachers continue to look for innovative methods to improve teaching. Through collaborative action research with four science teachers at a girls' school in…

This qualitative study investigates the consequences of advancing three preschoolers into kindergarten in the province of Quebec, where the derogation exemption enables younger children to start school before they reach the age of admission of five years by September 30th.…

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This paper analyzes the effect on the optimal value of a given linear semi-infinite programming problem of the kind of
perturbations which more frequently arise in practical applications: those which affect the objective function and the right-hand-side coefficients of the…

Background: Male alcohol consumption is one of the accepted risk factors for intimate partner violence. The aim of this study is to assess the magnitude of the association between male alcohol consumption and intimate partner violence against women and the…

Estudos indicam que produtos similares ao chocolate podem ser elaborados com amêndoas de cupuaçu, com possibilidades promissoras de mercado. Neste trabalho, produziu-e um produto análogo de chocolate ao leite, com 50% de substituição de liquor e manteiga de cacau por…

De sementes fermentadas e secas de cupuaçu (Theobroma grandiflorum Schum.) pode-se produzir um produto semelhante ao liquor de cacau, denominado liquor de cupuaçu, que pode ser usado como ingrediente na elaboração de produtos análogos ao chocolate, bolos, biscoitos e sorvetes.…