This volume explores the relationship between individuals and institutions in scholastic thought and practice across the twelfth and fifteenth centuries, setting an agenda for future debates. Written by leading European experts from numerous fields, this theoretically sophisticated collection analyses a wide range of intellectual practices and disciplines. Avoiding narrow approaches to scholast…
Scientists deserve public recognition. The ways that they are depicted, however, are severely limited in physical and personal traits, helping to establish and enhance stereotypes under the general title of ‘scientist’. These stereotypes range from the arrogant researcher who wants to rule the world, to the lab coat wearing ‘nerdy’ genius, but all generally fall to an extreme view of an…
Analysis of Dynamic Systems Using Bond Graph Method Through SIMULINK
Antioxidant use in health promotion and disease prevention either through dietary intake or supplementation is controversial. This book reviews the latest evidence-based research in the area, principally through prospective cohort studies and randomized controlled trials. It assesses major dietary antioxidants and discusses their use in diseases such as cancer, diabetes, stroke, coronary heart …
84 Pulse Converter, Design and Simulations with Matlab
Educational quality is at the center of debates worldwide. In all these debates, teachers are considered as the critical actors determining to a large extent the quality of our educational systems. At the same time, doubts are expressed related to teachers’ quality as well as to the education or training of teachers. In this context, policy debates underline the need for ‘excellent’ teach…
O livro é uma coletânea de artigos produzidos nos dois últimos anos pelo Grupo de Avaliação da FACED. São 11 artigos produzidos por 16 autores, imprimindo um caráter multidisciplinar e interdisciplinar ao conjunto da obra.
Numa sociedade marcada pela presença de artefatos tecnológicos, é possível pensar nos mecanismos digitais como ferramentas para preencher as visíveis faltas das democracias representativas contemporâneas. Neste livro, são apresentados artigos de vários pesquisadores sobre as possibilidades de configuração daquilo que se tem chamado de democracia digital. São discutidos temas que se r…
Scientists deserve public recognition. The ways that they are depicted, however, are severely limited in physical and personal traits, helping to establish and enhance stereotypes under the general title of ‘scientist’. These stereotypes range from the arrogant researcher who wants to rule the world, to the lab coat wearing ‘nerdy’ genius, but all generally fall to an extreme view of an…