The undergraduate law curriculum adopted at McGill University in 1998—the transsystemic programme—was born of the unique political, social, and intellectual histories of its Faculty of Law. This essay reviews these contexts and characterizes the programme as an ongoing conversation about…

The paper highlights that the secular and modernistic paradigm of development that lacks spiritual and ethical moorings is partly responsible for the 2009 global economic and financial crisis. Muslim policy-makers, intellectuals and scholars are duty-bound to promote the Tawḥīdic paradigm…

Este trabajo presenta un panorama general sobre las principales aportaciones teóricas y metodológicas que legó Norbert Elias, mediante su desarrollo en tres momentos teóricos. Los ejes centrales se pueden sintetizar de la siguiente manera: 1) La investigación de periodos de…

The lobbying of government by various interests is regarded as central to the democratic process. Deliberative democratic theorists tell us that the regulation of lobbying has a positive effect on political systems, and the behaviour of those within them. Yet,…

The word ‘Bioethics’ presents, from the beginning, a double aspect. It characterizes a specific discourse, denotes several practices, assumes academic facets, generates knowledge disputes theoretical space, at the same time that occupies clinics, cares for the living together of human…

Microbial enzymes such as xylanases enable new technologies for industrial processes. Xylanases (xylanolytic enzyme) hydrolyze complex polysaccharides like xylan. Research during the past few decades has been dedicated to enhanced production, purification, and characterization of microbial xylanase. But for commercial…

In this study we analyze the meaning of symbols based on the psychological approach of Piaget. In addition, we would like to stimulate more research in this area. A symbol has sense when it has a nexus with a specific…

Á undanförnum árum hafa mörg íslensk fyrirtæki verið að alþjóðavæða starfsemi sína. Ljóst er að íslensk fyrirtæki hafa yfir að ráða þekkingu og reynslu sem gæti nýst á nýmörkuðum í framtíðinni, ekki síst í orkumálum. Orkuframkvæmdir eru oft fjármagnsfrekar og…

The fungus Mucor indicus is able to produce ethanol from xylose as well as dilute-acid lignocellulosic hydrolyzates. The fungus completely assimilated 10 g/L xylose as the sole carbon and energy source within 32 to 65 h at an aeration rate…

O presente estudo foi realizado com o objetivo de verificar a indicação de uso e manuseio dos equipamentos de proteção individual pelos alunos dos cursos de graduação da área de saúde e identificar a contribuição das instituições para a formação…