As baterias por conterem metais pesados, representam uma ameaça potencial ao meio ambiente. Com o objetivo de fazer uma avaliação da problemática do descarte destes dispositivos, foi realizada uma investigação documental dos principais tipos de baterias, analisada a legislação brasileira…

El objetivo de esta Tesis de Maestría fue aportar al conocimiento del comportamiento farmacocinético y farmacodinámico de tilosina en la explotación apícola, a efectos de maximizar su eficacia, disminuir riesgos de resistencia y especialmente, reducir los niveles residuales en miel.,…

This empirical study investigates the type of knowledge the NGOs (Non-Governmental Organisations) transfer to the beneficiaries in Bangladesh.  About 22,000 NGOs are in operations in Bangladesh with a view to developing the socio-economic conditions of their beneficiaries. Knowledge transfer is…

This paper considers Aristotle’s account of technē (craft-knowledge) and the relationship it bears to phronesis (the capacity for excellent ethical deliberation). Neither techne nor phronesis are exclusively intellectual: both require practice and an evaluative capacity. Phronesis, however, structures a person’s…

This paper presents an outline of the history of library provision for nurses in the second half of the twentieth century. The few libraries for nurses that existed in the fifties were usually attached to Schools of Nursing and often…

Vision based applications are present anywhere. A special market is industry, allowing to improve product quality and to reduce manufacturing costs. The vision systems applied to industries are known as machine vision systems. These systems must meet time constraints to…

The chemical composition of the essential oils from leaves and stems of Eugenia sulcata Spring ex Mart., obtained by hydrodistillation, was analyzed by GC-MS and quantified by CG-FID. In all, 37 components were identified and sesquiterpenes represented the largest fraction…

Lucilia nitens is a herb used in folk medicine for treating diarrhoea and popularly called in Brazil "erva-pombinha". Aiming to expand the knowledge on this medicinal plant, this work has dealt with anatomical analysis of the leaf and stem for…

En el presente trabajo se estudió la conducta agonística que presentan los porcinos, considerando por separado la agresividad en lechones y en cerdos adultos. Conocer los mecanismos íntimos del comportamiento social del cerdo analizando todas las actitudes que involucran una…

This paper explores the relation between society, family, and learning. In particular, it addresses the features of home literacy environments in low income families and their impact on children's pre-literacy skills and knowledge. Sixty-two four/five-year-old children and their mothers were…