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Diversity of herbaceous forage species as sustainability indicator in Kenyan Rangeland.
CAVALCANTE, A. C. R. - GLUECKS, I. V. - OGILLO, B. P. - AKUMU, J.

Formato:	Resumo em anais de congresso (ALICE)
Enlaces:	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…
Fecha:	2015-01-30
Recurso:	Repositório Acesso Livre à Informação Científica da Embrapa (ALICE)

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Biomass production of Piatã grass (Brachiaria Brizantha cv. Piatã) on different degree days in Brazilian Northeast.
MESQUITA, T. M. O. - ALVES, M. M. A. - OLIVEIRA, L. B.O. - CAVALCANTE, A. C. R. - CARVALHO, F. C.

Formato:	Resumo em anais de congresso (ALICE)
Enlaces:	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…
Fecha:	2015-01-30
Recurso:	Repositório Acesso Livre à Informação Científica da Embrapa (ALICE)

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Kierkegaard on knowledge
Piety, Marilyn Gaye

Formato:	Electronic Thesis or Dissertation
Enlaces:	Almost no work has been done on the substance of Kierkegaard's epistemology. I argue, however, that knowledge plays a much more important role in Kierkegaard's thought than has traditionally been appreciated., There are two basic types of knowledge, according to…
Fecha:	1994
Recurso:	McGill University - MCGILL

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Knowledge by presence (al-ʻilm al-ḥuḍûrî) : a comparative study based on the epistemology of Suhrawardî (d. 5871191) and Mullâ Sadrâ Shîrâzî (d. 10501640)
Hejazi, Sayyed Mohammad Reza

Formato:	Electronic Thesis or Dissertation
Enlaces:	This is a comparative study of the epistemology of Suhrawardi and Mulla Sadra Shi razi, two Muslim thinkers of the 6th/12th and 11th/17th century. It focuses on two main issues: Illuminative theory of knowledge and, in the framework of this…
Fecha:	1994
Recurso:	McGill University - MCGILL

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Ibn Taymiyya's theory of knowledge
Lamotte, Virginie

Formato:	Electronic Thesis or Dissertation
Enlaces:	This thesis highlights a new interpretation of the writings of Ibn Taymiyya. Previous scholarship has stressed the legalistic, social or religious aspect, often at the expense of the philosophical content of Ibn Taymiyya's works. The explanatory insight of a study…
Fecha:	1994
Recurso:	McGill University - MCGILL

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A methodology for generation of fault diagnostic knowledge
Sandrasegaran, Kumbesan

Formato:	Electronic Thesis or Dissertation
Enlaces:	This dissertation presents a methodology for generation of fault diagnostic knowledge from a description of a device. The generated knowledge is to be used in a computer based learning environment for fault diagnostic tasks. In the past, developers of such…
Fecha:	1994
Recurso:	McGill University - MCGILL

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Dharmakīrti's account of yogic intuition as a source of knowledge
Prévèreau, Raynald

Formato:	Electronic Thesis or Dissertation
Enlaces:	Writing in seventh century India, the Buddhist philosopher Dharmakirti developed a system of epistemology in which he recognized yogic intuition as a valid source of knowledge crowning the practice of meditation and capable of causing the psychological transformation necessary for…
Fecha:	1994
Recurso:	McGill University - MCGILL

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An integrated decision support system for backfill design
Huang, Xin, 1958-

Formato:	Electronic Thesis or Dissertation
Enlaces:	Backfill design is a multi-level, data/information/expertise intensive procedure involving various professional fields. During the life cycle of mining design and operation, a series of decisions are made based on the knowledge and personal experience. The success of mining design depends…
Fecha:	1994
Recurso:	McGill University - MCGILL

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Self evaluation in volleyball : a cognitive approach
Alnwick, Margot D. (Margot Deborah)

Formato:	Electronic Thesis or Dissertation
Enlaces:	The purpose of this study was to develop, implement and evaluate a self-evaluation instrument that students would be able to use to assess their metacognitive awareness of volleyball skill and knowledge. The Self Evaluation in Volleyball Questionnaire (SEV) was designed…
Fecha:	1994
Recurso:	McGill University - MCGILL

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Effectiveness of outreach primary health care in Karachi, Pakistan
Schokking, Ian David

Formato:	Electronic Thesis or Dissertation
Enlaces:	This study evaluated the Aga Khan University Urban Primary Health Care Program's effectiveness, six years after implementation in lower-middle class Karachi. The study supplemented surveillance data which showed two-fold improvements in health indicators., One Program and one Comparison area were…
Fecha:	1994
Recurso:	McGill University - MCGILL

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11.

Sensory language and the divine-human relationship in the TENAK [i.e. Tanakh]
Humphrey, Francis

Formato:	Electronic Thesis or Dissertation
Enlaces:	The five exteroceptive senses are used extensively as metaphors for describing the divine-human relationship in the Old Testament. The thesis seeks to explore the significance of sensory language for understanding the TENAK's perspectives on the relationship between God and mortals.…
Fecha:	1994
Recurso:	McGill University - MCGILL

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12.

Language and the system : the closed world of Joseph Heller's fiction
Rojas, René

Formato:	Electronic Thesis or Dissertation
Enlaces:	This is a study of the use of language in Joseph Heller's novels Catch-22, Something Happened, Good as Gold, God Knows and Picture This. Heller's fiction is characterized by self-negating sentences and logic, a repetitive story line and circular structure.…
Fecha:	1994
Recurso:	McGill University - MCGILL

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13.

The truth of the trace : constructing the power of the medical image
Beaulieu, Anne

Formato:	Electronic Thesis or Dissertation
Enlaces:	This thesis traces the developments of imaging technologies used for medical diagnosis. Giddens' sociological theory of modernity serves as a basis for the consideration of the bureaucratisation of medicine and the use of the patient file as source of information…
Fecha:	1994
Recurso:	McGill University - MCGILL

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14.

Gauge invariance in perturbation theory
Feng, Yongjian, 1969-

Formato:	Electronic Thesis or Dissertation
Enlaces:	Gauge theories and their BRST invariance are reviewed. Gauge-invariant (color) subamplitudes for non-Abelian gauge theories are discussed. BRST transformations of non-Abelian vertices are derived, and are used to obtain the gauge transformation of any Feynman diagram. From this minimal set…
Fecha:	1994
Recurso:	McGill University - MCGILL

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15.

Mother's problem solving in relation to child nutrition in the Philippines
Ticao, Cynthia J.

Formato:	Electronic Thesis or Dissertation
Enlaces:	This study examined Filipino mothers' problem solving on issues related to child feeding, using a dyadic, peer-help approach. The participants were mothers of children under 6 years of age from the town of Camaligan, in the southern Philippines, where malnutrition…
Fecha:	1994
Recurso:	McGill University - MCGILL

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16.

Reasoning about therapeutic and patient management plans in respiratory medicine by physicians & medical students
Chaturvedi, Rakesh K.

Formato:	Electronic Thesis or Dissertation
Enlaces:	Recently, there has been extensive research in the area of diagnostic expertise. The model of diagnostic reasoning and clinical expertise has been well documented (Patel et al., in press). This study attempts to extend this research in order to include…
Fecha:	1994
Recurso:	McGill University - MCGILL

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17.

Early doctrine of the Shiåh, according to the Shī̊ī sources
Clarke, Lynda, 1956-

Formato:	Electronic Thesis or Dissertation
Enlaces:	Well before the Occultation of the Twelfth imam in 330/942 and before the time of the great Shi 'i theologians such as al-Shaykh al-Mufi d (d. 413/1022), the Shi 'ah had constructed their own integral and elaborate system of thought.…
Fecha:	1994
Recurso:	McGill University - MCGILL

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18.

Promoting the acquisition of active knowledge with the use of computer multimedia : establishing a theoretical basis for guidelines in instructional software design
Auclair, Christian

Formato:	Electronic Thesis or Dissertation
Enlaces:	The multimedia computer is a relatively new product that is capable of presenting information through a variety of media such as text, animation, video & sound. Commercial developers, researchers and other multimedia advocates have been making claims about the potential…
Fecha:	1994
Recurso:	McGill University - MCGILL

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19.

Computer software for the control of potato storage environment
Landry, Jacques-André

Formato:	Electronic Thesis or Dissertation
Enlaces:	Much research has proven that computer controlled vegetable storage can achieve better storage conditions than traditional control systems. During the last 10 years, the use of microcomputer-based environmental control systems has become commonplace. However, to take full advantage of this…
Fecha:	1994
Recurso:	McGill University - MCGILL

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20.

A dialogue manager for a spoken dialogue system
Hermannsdóttir, Sigríður Helga

Formato:	Electronic Thesis or Dissertation
Enlaces:	One way to reduce the complexity of the speech recognition is to use syntactic, semantic and pragmatic information to predict the next input of the user. In spoken dialogue systems pragmatic information can include knowledge about the dialogue domain, dialogue…
Fecha:	1994
Recurso:	McGill University - MCGILL

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21.

An analysis of the strategies used by intellectually disabled children when learning to add small numbers
Poth, Katalin N.

Formato:	Electronic Thesis or Dissertation
Enlaces:	There has been a growing trend towards integrating persons with disabilities into community life. Mathematics is important to the success of such an initiative, but very little attention has been given to this area. This paper presents the results of…
Fecha:	1994
Recurso:	McGill University - MCGILL

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22.

Seismic response of precast concrete wall panels
Bristowe, Stuart J. (Stuart James)

Formato:	Electronic Thesis or Dissertation
Enlaces:	Precast concrete structures are not widely used in severe seismic regions due the limited knowledge of the response of these systems to reversed cyclic loading. A series of four precast concrete wall panels were tested to evaluate their response to…
Fecha:	1994
Recurso:	McGill University - MCGILL

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23.

Comparison of feedback generated by subject matter and learner experts during formative evaluation
Tremblay, Diana

Formato:	Electronic Thesis or Dissertation
Enlaces:	The literature on formative evaluation advocates the use of both subject matter and learner experts to review instructional materials, yet there has been little research to support this recommendation. The present study investigates the distinguishing characteristics of these two expert…
Fecha:	1994
Recurso:	McGill University - MCGILL

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24.

Rule-based stop recognition with the Karhunen-Loeve transform
Morgan, Siân Yvette

Formato:	Electronic Thesis or Dissertation
Enlaces:	This thesis proposes a speaker-independent, continuous-speech stop recognition algorithm. The method incorporates knowledge into the system by means of rules whose conditions are linked to acoustic events. Coarticulatory effects present in the speech are taken into account with the analysis…
Fecha:	1994
Recurso:	McGill University - MCGILL

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25.

Flutter and forced aileron oscillation analyses of an aircraft wing including the effect of the nonlinear wing-fold hinge
Vermaut, Mahendra

Formato:	Electronic Thesis or Dissertation
Enlaces:	A methodology is presented to calculate the response of a wing as well as the aerodynamic forces on the wing, due to forced aileron oscillations. The purpose of oscillating the ailerons in flight is to excite the vibration modes of…
Fecha:	1994
Recurso:	McGill University - MCGILL

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26.

A philosophical examination of recent clinical and theoretical psychoanalysis
Massicotte, William J.

Formato:	Electronic Thesis or Dissertation
Enlaces:	The philosophy of psychoanalysis is distinguished from psychoanalysis. An account of psychoanalysis is developed in progressively more detail. Recently published material is assessed, e.g., Bion's. Some older literature objects to an inaccurate account of psychoanalysis. This problem is avoided by…
Fecha:	1994
Recurso:	McGill University - MCGILL

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27.

The collaborative process as seen through children's disagreements while learning science
Barfurth, Marion A.

Formato:	Electronic Thesis or Dissertation
Enlaces:	The emphasis in mathematics and science education on children actively constructing their own knowledge, collaborating with each other and in contexts that are technologically rich is resulting in new classroom dynamics. Often portrayed as a series of polite exchanges, this…
Fecha:	1994
Recurso:	McGill University - MCGILL

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28.

Caring and culture : the practice of multiculturalism in a Canadian university hospital
Boston, Patricia Helen

Formato:	Electronic Thesis or Dissertation
Enlaces:	This thesis examines how cultural understandings are generated and transmitted in a Canadian multicultural teaching hospital. It explores how issues of 'culture' are addressed formally and informally in the experiences of patients and practitioners. Using the approach of an institutional…
Fecha:	1994
Recurso:	McGill University - MCGILL

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29.

Naming and vocation in the novels of J.R.R. Tolkien, Patricia Kennealy and Anne McCaffrey
Skublics, Heather A. L. E.

Formato:	Electronic Thesis or Dissertation
Enlaces:	"Naming and Vocation in the Novels of J. R. R. Tolkien, Patricia Kennealy and Anne McCaffrey" discovers in recent works of fantasy and science fiction a pattern of authority which is rooted in the existence of namers and characters who…
Fecha:	1994
Recurso:	McGill University - MCGILL

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30.

An expert system for EEG monitoring in the pediatric ICU
Pasupathy, Anitha K.

Formato:	Electronic Thesis or Dissertation
Enlaces:	A knowledge-based expert system was developed to assess the level of abnormality in the brain electrical activity of pediatric patients monitored in the intensive care unit. Six hours of an 8-channel EEG record serves as the input to the monitoring…
Fecha:	1994
Recurso:	McGill University - MCGILL

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31.

Personal "progress functions" in the software process
Sherdil, Khalid

Formato:	Electronic Thesis or Dissertation
Enlaces:	Individuals can expect continuous improvement in productivity as a consequence of (i) a growing stock of knowledge and experience gained by repeatedly doing the same task (first-order learning) or (ii) due to technological and training programs injected by the organization…
Fecha:	1994
Recurso:	McGill University - MCGILL

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32.

World information tool : a geographical approach to resource discovery on the Internet
Stancu, Luminita

Formato:	Electronic Thesis or Dissertation
Enlaces:	The Internet has been conceived as a communication tool to cross geographical boundaries and allow knowledge to be shared among people from all over the world. As a consequence of the expansion of computer networks, the abundance of available information…
Fecha:	1994
Recurso:	McGill University - MCGILL

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33.

The restructuring of the Montreal tourism industry : a sectoral analysis
Pohlmann, Corinne

Formato:	Electronic Thesis or Dissertation
Enlaces:	Despite its growing importance in industrialized nations, the service sector has received relatively little attention from economic geographers in recent debates over the nature and significance of the current processes of change affecting contemporary capitalism. This lack of attention means…
Fecha:	1994
Recurso:	McGill University - MCGILL

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34.

Rural women, the environment and nonformal education in countries of the South
Taji, Mona El

Formato:	Electronic Thesis or Dissertation
Enlaces:	Over the ages, rural women in subsistence and near-subsistence economies have maintained a sustainable relationship with the environment. This has been manifested in their different roles as users, producers, managers, and income providers. However, the introduction of Western-style development emulating…
Fecha:	1994
Recurso:	McGill University - MCGILL

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35.

Study of the correlation of LSP and LPC frequencies for vowel phonemes
Hussain, Rubina

Formato:	Electronic Thesis or Dissertation
Enlaces:	The objective of this thesis is to provide an analysis of Linear Predictive Coding (LPC) frequencies and Line Spectrum Pair (LSP) frequencies. While it is generally known that LSP frequencies congregate about LPC formants, this study will deal with how…
Fecha:	1994
Recurso:	McGill University - MCGILL

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36.

Sexual risk taking behaviors of women at risk for HIV
Kornhauzer, C. Monika (Cvetka Monika)

Formato:	Electronic Thesis or Dissertation
Enlaces:	The number of women infected with the HIV virus through heterosexual contact is on the rise and expected to increase steadily throughout the 1990's. In order to prevent the further spread of HIV infection and AIDS, behavior change is essential.…
Fecha:	1994
Recurso:	McGill University - MCGILL

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37.

Three-dimensional model construction from multiple sensor viewpoints
Aubry, Stéphane

Formato:	Electronic Thesis or Dissertation
Enlaces:	This work addresses the automatic construction of geometric models of real scenes, from multi-view three-dimensional sensor data., We review range data acquisition, multi-view integration, and solid modeling. We show that knowledge about the data acquisition procedure yields not only the…
Fecha:	1994
Recurso:	McGill University - MCGILL

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38.

An investigation of pedagogical expertise in the planning practices of professors with varying degrees of teaching experience /
Gendron, Marie-Josée

Formato:	Electronic Thesis or Dissertation
Enlaces:	The role of teaching experience has been acknowledged in the development of pedagogical expertise, however, past research has failed to specify the relationship between experience and expertise. The ill-defined nature of the teaching task has led researchers to inadequately define…
Fecha:	1994
Recurso:	McGill University - MCGILL

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39.

Wilfred Cantwell Smith's contribution to the study of Islam
Rokhsefat, Seyed Mostafa

Formato:	Electronic Thesis or Dissertation
Enlaces:	This thesis is a study of Wilfred Cantwell Smith's contribution to the field of religious studies, with special reference to his study of Islam. Smith's views as a historian of religion, as an Islamicist and as the pioneer of a…
Fecha:	1994
Recurso:	McGill University - MCGILL

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40.

A study on China Management Training Centre at Chengdu and its impact on the trainees
Lai, Zong Fang

Formato:	Electronic Thesis or Dissertation
Enlaces:	In 1978, the Chinese government embarked on an economic reform and adopted an open-door policy for its economic development. The goal of the economic reform was to transform its central planning economy into a market economy. This reform has since…
Fecha:	1994
Recurso:	McGill University - MCGILL

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41.

Pragmatism and the grounding of ethics : a study of Clarence Irving Lewis
Nicholls Curwood, Eleanor

Formato:	Electronic Thesis or Dissertation
Enlaces:	The general view of pragmatism holds that universal moral norms cannot be justified within a pragmatic perspective. Pragmatism, thus, is associated with relativism. C.I. Lewis says that pragmatism without universal norms is a self-contradiction. I defend the view that there…
Fecha:	1994
Recurso:	McGill University - MCGILL

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42.

A new approach to the automatic robot action planning problem
Noorhosseini, Seyed Majid

Formato:	Electronic Thesis or Dissertation
Enlaces:	Action planning ability is essential for autonomous behavior of an intelligent machine. In the robotics domain, planning occurs at different levels of a robotic system; this research targets the problem of planning at the highest level of the hierarchy which…
Fecha:	1994
Recurso:	McGill University - MCGILL

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43.

Qualitative spatial reasoning with applications to planar mechanism analysis and motion planning
Liu, Jiming

Formato:	Electronic Thesis or Dissertation
Enlaces:	This thesis presents a framework for qualitatively representing and reasoning about spatial configurations in the two-dimensional case. The framework contains interval/region based formalisms for describing distances, angles, and locations. These representations lead to the formulation of inference rules, as well…
Fecha:	1994
Recurso:	McGill University - MCGILL

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44.

Inspection and repair of underwater concrete structures
D'Argenzio, Domenic

Formato:	Electronic Thesis or Dissertation
Enlaces:	The service life of any concrete marine structure is influenced by the physical condition of both the above water and below water portions of structure. This requires implementing an adequate inspection, maintenance, and repair program for the entire structure. To…
Fecha:	1994
Recurso:	McGill University - MCGILL

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45.

Wildlife-human conflict in Kenya : integrating wildlife conservation with human needs in the Masai Mara Region
Omondi, Paul

Formato:	Electronic Thesis or Dissertation
Enlaces:	Masai Mara, a large nature reserve in south-western Kenya, was created in the midst of semi-arid agropastoralist rangelands to protect wildlife. Wildlife and indigenous people co-existed for many years, usually with limited conflict; but in recent years, the conflict has…
Fecha:	1994
Recurso:	McGill University - MCGILL

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46.

Genetic correlations estimate between meat tenderness, growth and carcass traits in a population of polled nellore cattle in Brazil.
CASTRO, L. - MAGNABOSCO, C. de U. - GONZALEZ, R. D. S. - FARIA, C. - LÔBO, R. - NAKAGAWA, A. - LOPES, F.

Formato:	Artigo em anais de congresso (ALICE)
Enlaces:	Growth, carcass and tenderness data from 415 Polled Nellore animals were analyzed in order to estimate the genetic correlations between tenderness (WBSF) and growth (ILW, FLW and ADG) and carcass (BF, RF and LMA) traits. The covariance components and genetic…
Fecha:	2015-02-05
Recurso:	Repositório Acesso Livre à Informação Científica da Embrapa (ALICE)

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47.

Intellectual property & technology transfer practices of public Brazilian science and technology institutes: multiple case studies.
BAMBINI, M. D. - GIMENEZ, A. M. N. - BONACELLI, M. B. M. - TORKOMIAN, A. L. V.

Formato:	Artigo em anais de congresso (ALICE)
Enlaces:	The "Technological Innovation Act", promulgated in Brazil in 2004, represents the main legal framework implemented to promote technological innovation and to delineate a favorable scenario for scientific development in Brazil. It regulates specially the relationship between Scientific and Technological Institutions…
Fecha:	2015-01-08
Recurso:	Repositório Acesso Livre à Informação Científica da Embrapa (ALICE)

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48.

Science popularization actions for teaching food science and technology in Rio de Janeiro state.
TORREZAN, R. - ROCHA, J. E. D. - MENEZES, C. E. G. - ALBIERI, R. C. - SILVA, R. S. M. da

Formato:	Artigo em anais de congresso (ALICE)
Enlaces:	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…
Fecha:	2015-01-30
Recurso:	Repositório Acesso Livre à Informação Científica da Embrapa (ALICE)

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49.

Development and reproduction of Spodoptera eridania (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) and its egg parasitoid Telenomus remus (Hymenoptera: Platygastridae) on the genetically modified soybean (Bt) MON 87701 x MON 89788.
BORTOLOTTO, O. C. - SILVA, G. V. - BUENO, A. de F. - POMARI, A. F. - MARTINELLI, S. - HEAD, G. P. - CARVALHO, R. A. - BARBOSA, G. C.

Formato:	Artigo em periódico indexado (ALICE)
Enlaces:	Genetically modified crops with insect resistance genes from Bacillus thuringiensis Berliner (Bt-plants) are increasingly being cultivated worldwide. Therefore, it is critical to improve our knowledge of their direct or indirect impact not only on target pests but also on non-target…
Fecha:	2015-02-12
Recurso:	Repositório Acesso Livre à Informação Científica da Embrapa (ALICE)

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Soil and plant responses to pyrogenic organic matter: carbon stability and symbiotic patterns.
SAGRILO, E.

Formato:	Teses/dissertações (ALICE)
Enlaces:	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…
Fecha:	2015-01-10
Recurso:	Repositório Acesso Livre à Informação Científica da Embrapa (ALICE)