This paper shows some indicators of the environmental crisis and its complex problems. It also recognizes that solutions to environmental problems require reflection on deep changes in knowledge organization, i. e., a new paradigm related to the concept of totality.…

The changes that have taken place during the modern era have threatened the overall authority of the ‘ulamā’ as transmitters of knowledge. The ‘ulamā’ nevertheless retained their status by adapting their past discursive forms. Based upon interviews and content analysis,…

The educational policies of the Singapore government are driven by the needs of a modern knowledge-based society and economic development, with the state advocating modernity while the Muslim minority, arguably, appeared to be caught in tradition and holding on to…

Assumimos a Direção do Arquivo Público do Estado em meados de 1971, recebendo-a das mãos de nosso ilustre antecessor senhor Djalma Coelho de Souza, sendo Governador do Estado o Exmo. Sr. Dr. Colombo Machado Sailes e Secretário da Administração o…

Issues of contemporary socio-environmental relations derive from the system of production and consumption which follows the market logics. Prior to this conformation, Marx and Engels (1832) had already warned about the consequences of this arrangement. In the light of this…

Aim: To disclose scientific knowledge about hydroarsenicism in Latin America, as well as to determine the presence of arsenic in water used for human consumption in risk areas of Costa Rica, specifically at the Central, Oreamuno, Paraíso and Alvarado counties…

Como educadores sabemos que  em educação nada é rápido, nada se dá de uma hora para outra, as mudanças são contínuas, mas lentas, pois trabalhar com pressupostos educativos exige de quem se envolve no processo, observação, estudo, reflexão, para  depois…

A emergência da web tem tido um impacto profundo a níveis diferentes da nossa sociedade. A web tem vindo a mudar a forma como os indivíduos interagem, partilham informação, aprendem e trabalham. Na economia do conhecimento actual, a ‘participatory media’…

The biochemical properties of a purified enzyme of a new alkalophillic endo-1,4-beta-xylanase gene, KRICT PX2 (GU967374), which was isolated from Paenibacillus sp. HPL-002 (KCTC11410BP) and expressed in E. coli, were investigated. The specific activity of the purified xylanase was 51.26…

Growing public concern about environment and potential risks to health in the polymer and plasticizer industry promises to increase the market for a safer alternative plasticizer such as a vegetable oil-based agent. The purpose of this study was to investigate…