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Epistemic Objects and Tools on the School Grounds: Addressing Plant Blindness and Knowledge Construction

open access: yesScience Education, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Plants mediate the supply of energy and matter for all animals, including human beings yet we are faced with “plant blindness” whereby we pay limited attention to and accord little value to plants. Plant blindness is evident in school curricula whereby students have limited opportunities to learn about plants.
Maurice M. W. Cheng, Bronwen Cowie
wiley   +1 more source

Establishment of a Virus-Induced Gene-Silencing (VIGS) System in Passiflora edulis Sims and Its Use in the Functional Analysis of PechlH

open access: yesHorticulturae
Passion fruit is a very important tropical and subtropical fruit that not only has a good edible flavour, but also has high ornamental value. However, the functions of important trait genes in passion fruit have been difficult to elucidate due to the ...
Lijuan Zhang   +6 more
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Bioactive content of six passion fruit genotypes cultivated in southern Brazil

open access: yesBioscience Journal, 2021
Passion fruit production in Brazil is concentrated in tropical regions, however, recently production has expanded to regions with temperate climate. Cultivar performance in different climate and soil can lead to variation in the contents of bioactive ...
Diego Weber   +6 more
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“Taking Off the Rose‐Colored Glasses”: How Justice‐Centered Science Curricula Engages Prehealth Undergraduates' in Critical Consciousness

open access: yesScience Education, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Health disparities rooted in systemic oppression and perpetuated by implicit bias among medical professionals remain pervasive across North America. These inequities are often sustained by providers' limited awareness of social realities that shape the lives of people from marginalized communities.
Sabah K. Elias   +13 more
wiley   +1 more source

Optimization of the Formulation of Low-sugar Compound Jelly of Phyllanthus emblica L. and Passion Fruit by Response Surface Methodology

open access: yesShipin gongye ke-ji
In order to increase the kinds of jelly and improve the added value of Phyllanthus emblica L. and passion fruit, using P. emblica L. and passion fruit as main raw materials, sensory score, color and texture properties as indicators, the effects of the ...
Meihua CHEN   +4 more
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Fair Markets and Resilient Supply Chains: Designing Sustainable Intermediation for Rural Communities

open access: yesSustainable Development, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Agriculture in Ecuador's communes faces significant economic, social, and environmental challenges, intensified by supply chains dominated by traditional intermediaries. The lack of context‐specific sustainability studies further increases the vulnerability of smallholders.
Jacqueline del Rocío Bacilio Bejeguen   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Passion fruit (Passiflora edulis Sims) by-products as a source of bioactive compounds for non-communicable disease prevention: extraction methods and mechanisms of action: a systematic review

open access: yesFrontiers in Nutrition
IntroductionThe review titled Passion fruit by-products as a source of bioactive compounds for non-communicable disease prevention: extraction methods and mechanisms provide valuable insights into the health benefits and industrial applications of ...
Getu Weyya, Abera Belay, Eneyew Tadesse
doaj   +1 more source

Wildlife temporal behaviors in response to human activity changes during and following COVID‐19 park closures

open access: yesWildlife Biology, EarlyView.
With urbanization reducing the amount of available wildlife habitat, and outdoor recreation increasing the human activity within wildlife habitats, it is important to understand the effects of human activity on animal behavior. This study examined how the reduction in human presence in urban parks in Gainesville, Florida, affected the temporal ...
Maya Fives, Matthew Hallett
wiley   +1 more source

Creating Change: Art Activism and Leadership Development

open access: yesNew Directions for Student Leadership, Volume 2025, Issue 185, Page 61-65, Spring 2025.
ABSTRACT This article advocates the inclusion of the arts, and specifically, art activism, as a beneficial pedagogical approach to leadership development. Focus is given to using examples of art activism to introduce the student leader activist identity continuum (SLAIC), the exploration of leadership identity, and situating activism as transformative ...
Jessica A. Cruz   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

EFEITO DA FARINHA DA CASCA DE MARACUJÁ NO PESO E NO ÍNDICE GLICÊMICO DE RATOS

open access: yesRevista Brasileira de Nutrição Esportiva, 2014
The fiber intake is an alternative to weight control. The objective of this experiment was to determine the effect of pectin, present in passion fruit peel, on weight change and glucose. Have been used 35 male Wistar rats divided into four groups.
Francine Buzzato Lage   +2 more
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