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Assessing the Effects of Biodiesel Production on Sustainability: A Bayesian Two‐Stage Data Envelopment Analysis Approach

open access: yesSustainable Development, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Sustainable development transforms production systems, requiring integrated environmental, social, and economic strategies. Energy systems are key agro‐industrial supply chains in developing countries. Brazil's soybean supply chain impacts Gross Domestic Product, mainly through exports.
Aline Veronese da Silva   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Documento de Base do Planeamento do Sector Educativo - Concelho dos Mosteiros: Ampliação da Escola Secundária dos Mosteiros [PDF]

open access: yes, 2006
A consolidação das conquistas alcançadas, resultantes das reformas no sistema educativo, permitiu a possibilidade da melhoria acesso ao ensino a todos os caboverdianos.
Governo, Ministério da Educação e Ensino Superior
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Socio-demographic and epidemiological profile of sexual violence against women in Teresina/Piauí

open access: yesRevista de Enfermagem da Universidade Federal de Santa Maria, 2015
Doi: 10.5902/2179769214519 Sexual violence is considered a violation of human rights, becoming a public health problem. Objective: to characterize women victims of sexual violence according to socio-demographic and epidemiological aspects.
Rosângela Pereira de Araujo   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

The Evolution of Male Weapons Is Associated with the Type of Breeding Site in a Clade of Neotropical Frogs

open access: yesIntegrative Zoology, EarlyView.
Male weaponry evolution is often linked to male–male competition, but its relationship with breeding site type remains unclear. Using Leptodactylinae frogs, we found a macroevolutionary correlation between breeding site type and weapon evolution. Also, gains and losses of weapons occurred more frequently in exposed‐breeding sites, an unexpected finding.
Erika M. Santana   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Threshold Concepts Vs. Tricky Topics - Exploring the Causes of Student's Misunderstandings with the Problem Distiller Tool [PDF]

open access: yes, 2016
This paper presents a study developed within the international project JuxtaLearn. This project aims to improve student understanding of threshold concepts by promoting student curiosity and creativity through video creation.
Adams, Anne   +4 more
core   +1 more source

Perception of postpartum women on the assistance by health-care in a natural childbirth center

open access: yesRevista de Enfermagem da Universidade Federal de Santa Maria, 2015
Aim: to describe and discuss the perception of postpartum women about the health care team in a Natural Birth Center (NBC). Methods: descriptive study with a qualitative approach, developed with 18 puerperal women hospitalized in a public state hospital ...
José Francisco Ribeiro   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

Effect of Intracanal Medications on the Viability of Human Periodontal Ligament‐Derived Mesenchymal Stem Cells

open access: yesAustralian Endodontic Journal, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This in vitro study evaluated the effects of intracanal medications on the metabolic activity and adhesion of human periodontal ligament‐derived mesenchymal stem cells. Tested groups included Control (without medication), Triple Antibiotic Paste (TAP), Double Antibiotic Paste (DAP), calcium hydroxide with saline, calcium hydroxide with 2 ...
Arian Braido   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

Student Perceptions of Secondary Science Teachers’ Practices Following Curricular Change [PDF]

open access: yes, 2011
Inquiry-based teaching has emerged as a highly valued strategy in science education. In Portugal, the science curriculum has been redesigned in order to promote such teaching. This implies substantial change in teacher practice. It is therefore important
Azevedo, Mário   +6 more
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University Exams and Psychosocial Stress: Effects on Cortisol Rhythmicity in Students

open access: yesClinical Endocrinology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background University exams are recognised as naturalistic stressors that may elicit psychosocial and physiological responses in students. This pilot study investigated the short‐ and long‐term effects of exam‐related stress on hypothalamic–pituitary–adrenal (HPA) axis activity, focusing on cortisol production and rhythmicity.
Filipy Borghi   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

For scientists, for students or for the public? : the shifting roles of natural history museums [PDF]

open access: yes, 2010
This article aims to discuss the main roles of natural history museums and to show how these purposes have evolved and adapted throughout the museums’ history, as a response to the development of natural sciences and societal change, from their creation ...
Delicado, Ana
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