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ABSTRACT Native to America, the pineapple—Ananas comosus (L.) Merr.—delighted the Europeans who came across it. The fruit was mentioned by the voyagers and missionaries who observed and tasted it in the Americas and, from the 1500s onwards, infused reports, chronicles and natural history treatises with colour and flavour.
Teresa Nobre de Carvalho
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“I Wish I Had Better Answers”: Organizational Ignorance in US Criminal Courts
ABSTRACT Systems of monetary sanctions in US criminal courts present an opportunity for furthering the sociological understanding of complex and consequential organizations. We examine whether and how court actors across eight states understand the organizational processes supporting the fiscal logic of legal financial obligations (LFOs).
Sarah K. S. Shannon +3 more
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The Kepler Follow-up Observation Program
The Kepler Mission was launched on March 6, 2009 to perform a photometric survey of more than 100,000 dwarf stars to search for terrestrial-size planets with the transit technique. Follow-up observations of planetary candidates identified by detection of
Batalha, Natalie M. +16 more
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Identifying How District Science Coordinators Leverage Their Capital to Monitor and Promote Equity
ABSTRACT Promoting equity in science education is required to address persistent inequities, and the implementation of three‐dimensional (3D) science instruction is a small step toward this goal. District science coordinators (DSCs) utilize cultural, social, and economic capital to support K‐12 teachers in standards‐based reform efforts, including the ...
Shaugnessy R. McCann +4 more
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Perceptual Priors Update Contextual Feedback Processing in V1
Abstract Contextual information and prior knowledge facilitate perceptual processing, improving our recognition of even distorted or obstructed visual inputs. As a result, neuronal processing elicited by identical sensory inputs varies depending on the context in which we encounter those inputs.
Yulia Y. Lazarova +3 more
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Transient engine simulation program. NERVA program [PDF]
IBM 7094 transient engine simulation program for ...
Hutchison, H., Madsen, W., Steiger, R.
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Review of Water Supply, Treatment and Distribution: Overcoming Challenges for Sustainable Management
ABSTRACT Water management faces increasing challenges driven by population growth, accelerated urbanization and climate change, demanding integrated and sustainable approaches to ensure the preservation of water resources. Water scarcity and rising demand intensify the vulnerability of various regions, threatening both water supply and environmental ...
André Linneo Tocchetto +5 more
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Jesús-Pedro Lorente - Manual de Historia de la Museología
Ughetta Molin Fop
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Municipalities across the United States and the world face profound climate adaptation and mitigation challenges. To assess current engagement and future potential of various professional communities to communicate about and contribute to such efforts, we conducted 56 in‐depth interviews in Virginia with members of five communities of practice (elected
Teresa Myers +4 more
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ABSTRACT Marden–Walker syndrome (MWS; OMIM 248700) is an extremely rare congenital disorder characterized by multiple joint contractures, craniofacial dysmorphism, neurological abnormalities, and multisystem involvement. Although historically diagnosed on clinical grounds, only a few cases have been molecularly confirmed.
Guilherme Sotto Battiston +35 more
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