At present we are living in a time where extraordinary things happen which rapidly change thereby creating tensions that give rise to different forms of conduct according to how we face up periods of inflation, war or State interventions. The…

To date a very large body of knowledge has accumulated on both lung function and morphology. The correlation of human data collected in these separate fields is, for obvious reasons, either difficult or impossible. Although the study of the mechanical…

Corticosterone was the first biologically active hormone to be isolated from adrenal gland extracts (Reichstein, 1937; Mason et al., 1937). It is the major secretory product of the rat adrenal. Its production is greatly increased by ACTH and stimuli provoking…

A review of the literature on the physical and chemical properties of serum lipoproteins is given with a discussion on current knowledge of their biosynthesis and role in fat transport. Lipoprotein metabolism in the rat was studied by use of…

Although muscular dystrophy was first described over 100 years ago, little progress has been made towards the understanding of the basic defects responsible for this affliction. Recent clinical, biochemical, histochemical, and histological studies have added knowledge and increased our understanding…

One of the most significant and least analyzed aspects of the Riddah or "apostasy" which occurred in the last years of Muhammad's life and in the caliphate of Abu Bakr (632-634) is the fact that the most adamant opposition to…

This study delineates practical knowledge bases that university professors draw upon during exemplary Critical Incidents of teaching. One hundred and eight full-time, tenure track, university professors from departments of Biology, Chemistry, Economics, Engineering, English, History, Math, and Philosophy across the…

La estimación de precios es un proceso crítico para la elaboración de presupuestos en compañías que tienen que competir para obtener pedidos ofreciendo precios competitivos. En concreto, las compañías de mecanizado de piezas, dicho proceso es complejo, pues se pueden…

The three essays in the present dissertation build on and expand the notion of generativity in the context of a learning (i.e., knowledge creating) organization, and learning (i.e., knowledge based) economy in sequential progression with increasing levels of analysis. Essay…

Academics believe in a symbiotic relationship between research and teaching, though evidence challenges its existence. Previous studies may have defined these constructs too narrowly to detect the perceived relationships. This study used a qualitative approach to investigate chemistry professors' beliefs…