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Educational Reform in Developing Countries: Private Involvement and Partnerships [PDF]
The paper looks at recent changes in the role of government in the provision of education in Developing Countries. It begins with a reflection about the concept of public-private partnership (PPP), discusses the rationale that inspires the ‘contracting ...
Argentino Pessoa
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Cyotoxicity of Etidronate as an Endodontic Chelator Against Periodontal Ligament Fibroblast
Australian Endodontic Journal, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Etidronic acid (HEBP) causes fewer alterations in dentine and can be used mixed with sodium hypochlorite during root canal preparation. This study investigated the cytotoxicity effects of the HEDP and EDTA on human periodontal ligament fibroblast cells. Primary culture was established from human periodontal ligament tissue of one donor and was
Bruno Vila Nova de Almeida +6 more
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Natural resources and institutions: the “natural resources curse” revisited [PDF]
The present paper deals with the role of political authorities and institutions in explaining growth failures. We aim to search answers for three related questions: is there a natural resources curse? Are all types of natural resources exposed to a curse?
Pessoa, Argentino
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The Perception of Lightness in 3-D Curved Objects [PDF]
, 1995 Lightness constancy requires the visual system to somehow "parse" the input scene into illumination and reflectance components. Experiments on the perception of lightness for 3-D curved objects show that human observers are able to perform such a ...
Arend, Larry +2 more
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Agricultural and Forest Entomology, EarlyView.We assessed the effect of the type of soil texture (loamy sand and sandy loam) and its physical properties on dung beetle species assemblages in a pastureland region of the Brazilian Cerrado. We found a reduction in the total and paracoprid beetle abundances in loamy sand soil. Furthermore, the increase of soil compaction negatively affected the entire
César Murilo de Albuquerque Correa +4 more
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FDI and Host Country Productivity: A Review [PDF]
This paper reviews arguments and empirical findings on positive effects of FDI on host country firms. With the exception of the only unambiguous result of microeconometric studies, which is the superior productivity of foreign firms, the main conclusion ...
Argentino Pessoa
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Developmental Medicine &Child Neurology, EarlyView.Experiências de pais de crianças com paralisia cerebral e terapeutas no programa individualizado. Resumo Objetivo Compreender as percepções das famílias e terapeutas sobre a sua participação em um programa domiciliar individualizado via telessaúde implementado para crianças e adolescentes com paralisia cerebral (PC) durante a pandemia da COVID‐19 no ...
Rachel Oliveira +5 more
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Cuidado infantil na relação entre adultos e crianças na periferia de salvador
Psicologia & Sociedade, 2011 Realizamos um estudo etnográfico sobre o cuidado infantil no cotidiano familiar de moradores de um bairro popular de Salvador, visando integrar preocupações da psicologia com a discussão antropológica sobre pessoa.
Vania Bustamante, Cecilia McCallum
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The Euro Area sovereign debt crisis: Some implications of its systemic dimension [PDF]
After the beginning of the euro area, countries in its periphery engaged in weighty borrowing from foreign private investors, allowing domestic spending to outpace incomes. Now, these countries face debt crises reflecting a loss of creditor confidence in
Pessoa, Argentino
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Exact Renormalization Groups as a form of Entropic Dynamics
, 2017 The Renormalization Group (RG) is a set of methods that have been instrumental in tackling problems involving an infinite number of degrees of freedom. What all these methods have in common -- which is what explains their success -- is that they allow a ...
Caticha, Ariel, Pessoa, Pedro
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