HOW ARE NEW BEHAVIORAL FORMS AND FUNCTIONS INTRODUCED DURING ONTOGENESIS?

How informative are dermatopathology requisition forms completed by residents of dermatology?

Background: Accurate clinical information provided on dermatopathology requisition forms is often very important to achieve correct diagnosis. We searched to evaluate the clinical information actually provided on the Dermatopathology requisition forms of melanocytic lesions submitted to our laboratory. Method: The provided clinical information and given microscopic diagnoses were recorded for m...

Multilinear forms which are products of linear forms

The conditions under which, multilinear forms (the symmetric case and the non symmetric case),can be written as a product of linear forms, are considered. Also we generalize a result due to S.Kurepa for 2n-functionals in a group G.

How are so many foreign arboviruses introduced in Brazil?

How objective are biological functions?

John Searle has argued that functions owe their existence to the value that we put into life and survival. In this paper, I will provide a critique of Searle’s argument concerning the ontology of functions. I rely on a standard analysis of functional predicates as relating not only a biological entity (e.g., the heart), an activity that constitutes the function of this entity (e.g., pumping blo...

Forms and functions of International and Local EFL Workbook Activities

English language teaching market (ELT) inundated with course book packages containing astudent’s book, a teacher’s guide, workbooks, CD’s, videos, and test materials. A host ofresearchers have focused on course book evaluation and analysis and considered the selectionand evaluation of materials as an essential procedure in order to enhance out comes for thelearners who use them. This study thru...