Brazil nut is widely recognized as the cornerstone of the Amazonian extractive economy. Tight linkages between Brazil nut production, regional income, and intact mature forests have thrust this species into focus as a key component of Amazonian conservation and income…

This article explores the way in which text worlds are created in advertising discourse by analysing linguistic choices and features of context which are crucial in the determination of specific relations between sender(s) and target audience(s), in particular, deixis and…

Recent work on the application of relevance theory to humorous speech-acts (jokes) defines these as being characterised by an increased demand in processing effort for the attainment of maximum contextual effects. This increase, however, is limited to the resolution of…

Novelty is a concept of great importance in the writing of a research paper, given that the author has to persuade the audience of the news value of the reported research, which makes it worth publishing. In this paper I…

Fontes de informações sobre medicamentos são na maioria das vezes inacessíveis aos usuários e
quando disponíveis existe uma barreira relativa ao conhecimento técnico, na maioria das vezes exigido para
a compreensão destas. Os centros de informações sobre medicamentos aparecem como…

This study investigates an approach of knowledge discovery and data mining in insufficient databases. An application of Computational Taxonomy analysis demonstrates that the approach is effective in such a data mining process. The approach is characterized by the use of…

Denominada comumente cipó-de-fogo, Pyrostegia venusta é uma trepadeira por gavinhas, perene, empregada como ornamental devido às vistosas inflorescências de cor laranja, e como medicinal para o tratamento de diarréia e disenteria. Ensaios fitoquímicos identificaram alantoína, β-sitosterol e hesperidina na espécie.…

This thesis studies the notion of knowledge in business firms, and in particular the concept of knowledge mobilization, understood as the mechanisms used by organizations to apply, transfer and retain knowledge about cause and effect relationships. As a theoretical framework,…

Sixty teachers from the Ottawa-Carleton region of Canada were surveyed to measure their knowledge of child maltreatment risk indicators, knowledge of reporting procedures, and the frequency of reporting sexual abuse, physical abuse, and neglect. Correlations did not support the hypothesis…

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