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Chemical engineering as an essential element of industrial biotechnology in Mexico: New aims in research and university education

The Canadian Journal of Chemical Engineering, EarlyView.
Abstract On the centennial of higher education in Chemical Engineering in Mexico, it is pertinent to revisit the key stages that have contributed to its consolidation as a vital discipline for the nation's scientific and technological advancement. Although the initial mission of chemical engineering education was primarily oriented toward the training ...
Agustín López Munguía, Octavio T. Ramírez, Rafael Vazquez‐Duhalt, Eduardo Bárzana   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Critical Discourse Analysis in Corporate Reports: Legitimation Strategies in the Context of Environmental Controversies

Corporate Social Responsibility and Environmental Management, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study examines the use of environmental disclosure as a strategic tool to manage legitimacy crises in a mining company, adopting critical discourse analysis (CDA) as the main methodology. Focusing on a case of environmental disaster, this research reveals how corporate narratives can be manipulated to minimize responsibility and reinforce
Renata Luiza de Castilho Rossoni, Manolita Correia Lima   +1 more
wiley   +1 more source

Building Jupiter : deconstructing the reconstruction

, 2008
This thesis focusses on the Temple of Jupiter Optimus Maximus on the Capitoline Hill in Rome. It deconstructs what is proposed as the ‘myth’ of the Archaic temple in order to argue that the sixth century structure as we understand it should be understood as an Augustan literary construct. The Augustan ideological reconstruction of the temple is closely
openaire   +1 more source

Active and passive explicit instruction in question‐formulating in higher education

The Curriculum Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract We investigated the impact of explicit instruction on students' question‐formulating skill using a quantitative pre–post design. Surveys were administered to 291 undergraduates from two colleges before and after a dedicated lesson on question formulation. Students' skills were assessed through performance tasks, evaluated with both Bloom's and
Irit Sasson, Sigal Tifferet
wiley   +1 more source

Deconstruction of Chinese Masculinity, Adaptation of Hong Kong Gangster Films, and Political Criticism in Television Series The Knockout

CINEJ Cinema Journal
This study examines how the popular Chinese television series The Knockout crystallises political significance by mobilising intertextuality and deconstruction of masculinity.
Xuechun Jin
doaj   +1 more source

Citizenship education and gender equality: A critique of action plans in Greek secondary schools

The Curriculum Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract In the sociology of education, gender education follows current policies developed and promoted through citizenship education. The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) of the United Nations addressing global social inequalities include gender equality (SDG 5).
Aikaterini Peleki, Sousanna‐Maria Nikolaou   +1 more
wiley   +1 more source

The ideal of beauty in the building of recognition marks in ocularcentric societies: the building of the body in blind women in Metropolitan Area in Monterrey

Revista Latinoamericana de Estudios sobre Cuerpos, Emociones y Sociedad, 2014
The aim of this paper is around the question: How do the blind women build the body image? Are they influenced by the hegemonic discourse of the ideal of beauty? At first we define the characteristics of an ocularcentric society.
Brenda Araceli Bustos García
doaj  

Highly Efficient and Salt‐Tolerant Broom‐like Bamboo Solar Evaporator: Constructing Multiscale Open Gaps to Enhance Water Transportation and Vapor Diffusion

ENERGY &ENVIRONMENTAL MATERIALS, EarlyView.
A bamboo fiber aggregation‐based broom‐like evaporator with open interstitial spaces for water transport and vapor diffusion was designed that provided extensive air–liquid interfaces for facilitating fast vapor diffusion and avoiding the formation of high‐humidity zones.
Rilong Yang, Yuying Yang, Qianwen Liu, Qiuhua Feng, Jianyu Wu, Yan Yu   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Precision planter monitoring system based on mobile communication network

IET Networks, EarlyView., 2022
Abstract Sowing is an important link in agricultural production and the basis for ensuring high yields and bumper harvests. Agriculture requires precision plows with good performance and stable work. However, the seeding process is in a completely closed state, and the operator relies mainly on experience to judge the operating state and performance of
Bing Li, Jiyun Li
wiley   +1 more source

All the bedrooms a stage: Reconceptualizing sex as “performance” to sex as “rehearsal”

Feminist Anthropology, EarlyView.
Abstract In the United States, sex is often spoken about in terms of performance, and naturally invokes language of theatricality. Sexual performance has been used as an umbrella term to refer to sexual satisfaction, behavior, embodiment, and also pathology in terms of conditions such as erectile dysfunction.
Taylor Harmon
wiley   +1 more source