O presente artigo apresenta uma proposta para o ensino de Termodinâmica que tem como ponto de partida as idéias intuitivas dos estudantes. A apresentação dos resultados de investigações sobre a compreensão e “enganos” dos estudantes nos leva a sugerir que…

Sustainable development in the knowledge economy faces new challenges. Sustainable development has its stakeholders and drivers; some of them are more important than the others. Financial cooperatives do not seem a substantial stakeholder of sustainable development, but only at the…

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arbon sources for biofuel production are wide-ranging and their availability depends on the climate
and soil conditions of the land where the production chain is located. Henequen (Agave fourcroydesLem.) is
cultivated in Yucatán, Mexico to produce natural fibers from the…

The aqueous extracts of currently utilized Amazonian medicinal plants were assayed in vitro searching for antimicrobial activity against human and animal pathogenic microorganisms. Medium resuspended lyophilized aqueous extracts of different organs of Amazonian medicinal plants were assayed by in vitro…

One of the more recent and alluring phrases used by development and resource management practitioners and theorists is "traditional ecological knowledge." Although there is a substantial amount of the literature on this subject, these studies have unfortunately an inadequate characterization…

While theory formation and the relation between theory and data has been investigated in many studies of scientific reasoning, researchers have focused less attention on reasoning about experimental design, even though the experimental design process makes up a large part…

The purpose of this study is to investigate a series of issues around the primary theme of value constructions and the ways that these influence the construction of interior spaces and impact on its occupants. The ways in which knowledge…

El sentido del presente estudio ha sido el de intentar captar en cierta medida pequeños rasgos respecto a
los conocimientos, valores y creencias que rodean al fenómeno del nacimiento. Concretamente queremos
centrarnos en la cosmovisión que planea sobre el recién…

This study examined the efficacy of conjoint behavioural consultation (CBC) in the remediation of behavioural problems in children with cognitive disabilities. Further, this study sought to determine whether parents' knowledge of behavioural principles and behavioural management skills improved as a…