ÁGORA, ISSN 0103-3557, Florianópolis v.21, n. 43, 2011  

The present paper argues for the systematization of the established knowledge on eating behavior in Conditioning and in Motivation on the basis of the quantitative contiguities between some of its controlling variables. A variable in common to both types of…

Robert Segre is a reference for the historiography of 20th century architecture. His books on architecture and urbanism in Cuba and other Socialist countries pioneered the knowledge and assessment of their built environment, which was little known to the rest…

Para alimentos que se aquecem por condução, o conhecimento da propriedade difusividade térmica permite predizer a velocidade de penetração de calor no interior do alimento. Dessa maneira, ela é fundamental para o cálculo do processamento térmico, pois conhecendo o microrganismo…

Dopamine is a neurotransmitter strongly involved in the feeding behavior regulation. It has been reported that different dopamine receptor agonists inhibited voluntary food intake, nevertheless, dopamine depletion induced intense hypophagia. Current knowledge of D2 receptors and D3 mRNA expression in…

The literature suggests that the United Kingdom, in common with Europe, North America, Canada and Scandinavia, has seen significant growth in single-issue self-help/mutual aid groups concerned with health and social care issues since the 1970s, but there is only ad…

Tanto en el marco de la teoría de los principios y parámetros
(Chomsky, 1981) como en el contexto de los estudios funcionalistas
(Pienemann, 1989), el papel de la transferencia o influencia interlingüística
en la adquisición de segundas lenguas se ha…

Malaria and diarrhea are major causes of illness and death in Africa. These preventable diseases take the biggest toll on children, mostly due to lack of education and adequate resources in the home. The purpose of the reported research project…

La notion de patrimoine, autrefois rattachée à des concepts comme l’art et le monument, semble depuis ces dernières années s’émanciper de ses traditionnelles formes matérielles pour inclure de plus en plus de manifestations intangibles. Certains auteurs (Smith 2005; Graham, Ashworth…

This research explores the metabolic role of the gut microbiota in the global
obesity crisis and rising threat of global warming. Enteric microbiota in the rumen emit
methane as a by-product of metabolite degradation. Experiments – primarily on mice –