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The academy contribution to society: Biotechnology Techniques on Teaching-Learning Process at Agricultural and Biological Engineering

Proceedings of the 15th LACCEI International Multi-Conference for Engineering, Education, and Technology: “Global Partnership for Development and Engineering Education”, 2017
In order to meet the world food demand, agricultural biotechnology techniques are oriented at the productivity of crops in an efficient and sustainable manner. By linking society's demands with academia's resources, this document aims to evaluate the skills acquired by students in the field of microbiology during the generation of basic and ...
Luis Galarza, Fernanda Calderon
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The Bulgarian Academy of Sciences in Transition from Learned Society to Totalitarian Academy (1944–1949)

Science & Education, 1998
The process of transforming the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences and Arts, founded in 1869 as a Bulgarian Learned Society, into a national research center began in 1940 and was significantly accelerated in 1944, immediately after the coup d'etat of September 9, 1944, called during the last 50 years a 'socialist revolution'.
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From a learned society to a 21st-century science broker: the Swiss Academy of Sciences as a partner in the dialogue with society

International Journal of Technology Management, 2009
This paper presents the evolution in the tasks and functions of the Swiss Academy of Sciences over a period of two centuries. What was a learned society in the 19th century has become a broad umbrella organisation, which has repeatedly adapted its structure and the range of services.
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A review of the Ninth International Conference of the Academy of Human Resource Development (Asia Chapter) in Shanghai, China: workplace learning and sustainable development for individual, organization and society

Human Resource Development International, 2011
This paper provides a review of the Ninth International Conference of the Academy of Human Resource Development (Asia Chapter) that took place in Shanghai, China on 11–14 November 2010. In addition to providing a brief review of the pre-conference workshops and keynote addresses, this paper presents the outcomes of the conference using four main themes:
Jessica Li, Jian Huang
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Proceedings of the Annual Meeting of the Medieval Academy of America, 2011: Report of the Delegate to the American Council of Learned Societies

Speculum, 2011
The annual meeting of the American Council of Learned Societies took place on 6–8 May 2010 in Philadelphia at the Sheraton Society Hill Hotel. As in previous years, the general theme was maintaining the vitality of humanities scholarship in a time of economic recession and public ignorance of the role of the humanities in an informed democratic society.
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Lovisa Ulrikas (1720–1782) akademi: Sveriges första vittra kungliga akademi / Lovisa Ulrika’s (1720–1782) academy: Sweden’s first learned society

2020
Queen Lovisa Ulrika's of Sweden achievements in the fields of culture and science are described, with special emphasis on her founding 1753 and leading of The Royal Academy of Letters, History and Antiquities.
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Music, Academies and Learned Societies in the Croatian Lands from the 16th to the 18th Centuries

2004
In Croatian lands, during the 16th-18th centuries period, there existed at least eight academies and three learned societies. Among the known ones, five were founded in Dubrovnik, two in Zadar, and one in Rovinj, Ozalj, Split and Hvar respectively. One was active in the 16th, seven in the 17th and five in the 18th century (two among them also in the ...
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Lecture and Confucian Statecraft : Liyong's Lecture in Academy of Classical Learning and the Edification of Society

The Journal of Korean Seowon Studies, 2022
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Academy Project on the History of American Learned and Scientific Societies

Bulletin of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, 1973
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Housing a learned honorary society, a study of and a proposal for offices and meeting rooms of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences

1957
Thesis (M.Arch.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Architecture, 1957. ; ACCOMPANYING drawings held by MIT Museum. ; Includes bibliographical references (leaf 37). ; by Richard Proctor Swallow. ; M.Arch.
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