A produção animal nos ecossistemas do semi-árido é influenciada pela variabilidade espacial e interanual da oferta quantitativa e qualitativa de recursos forrageiros. A dinâmica da acumulação de fitomassa para a maioria das diferentes espécies da caatinga é pouco conhecida, o…

Forecast models based on climatic conditions are of great interest in Integrated Pest Management (IPM) programs. The success of these models depends, among other factors, on the knowledge of the temperature effect on the pests? population dynamics. In this direction,…

Sucrose is one of the compounds in the raw coffee bean that has been identified as an important precursor of coffee flavour and aroma. In order to increase our knowledge of sucrose metabolism in coffee species, sucrose and reducing sugar…

We live in a world, where common sense is applied almost everywhere. To apply
common sense is to understand simple facts about people and everyday life.
The study of commonsense knowledge and reasoning is important, whether to
help understand…

Se concluye en este artículo el trabajo iniciado en una fecha anterior, sobre las estatuas
romanas recogidas en la obra Antigüedades romanas del erudito español Céan Bermúdez, como
índice del conocimiento que se poseía, a finales del siglo XVIII y…

The design and analysis of research may cause systematic gender dependent errors to be produced in results because of gender insensitivity or androcentrism. Gender bias in research could be defined as a systematically erroneous gender dependent approach related to social…

La superación del juridicismo y de la aplicación mecánica de las normas reclama un nuevo perfil de juez que no sólo atienda al conocimiento y habilidades jurídicas sino también a consideraciones éticas. En este marco, el autor aborda el tema…

A sustainable energy supply is arguably one of the most pressing problems facing
society today, so there is a huge demand for clean energy technologies. Photocatalytic
water splitting, the disassociation of water into H2 and O2 in the presence of…

Presented at the 21st Conference of the Comparative Education Society in Europe (CESE), held in Granada, in Summer 2006., One of twenty-five papers exploring our contemporary reading of what is global, the way we comparatively understand this world of new…

Tal vez no exista escenario citadino más alejado de eso que Ángel Rama denominara la Ciudad Letrada que el barrio o arrabal. De ahí que ciertas propuestas literarias concebidas a partir de algunos de los elementos emblemáticos de esas zonas…