Scientific Farming and Scientific Financing

[Financing of the scientific publication and protection of the scientific knowledge].

The main purpose of a study is its publication on a scientific journal. Research financing agencies are important institutions so that studies can be developed and published. The most important research financing agencies that are discussed in this article are: "Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior" (CAPES), "Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico" ...

Scientific Lectures

Adoption of Scientific Poultry Farming Practices by the Broiler Farmers in Haryana, India

The present study was undertaken on 125 broiler farmers randomly selected from five districts, Hisar, Jind, Fatehabad, Sirsa and Bhiwani of Hisar division of Haryana to assess extent of adoption of various scientific practices by the broiler farmers. The package of practices recommended by regional state agricultural university was adopted as the set of scientific practices. The information was...

[Scientific crowdfunding: alternative financing for young researchers in Peru].

and Aedes albopictus (Diptera: Culicidae) by one-step SYBR green-based reverse transcriptase-polymerase chain reaction assay during 2004-2007 in Southern Taiwan. Vector Borne Zoonotic Dis. 2010 Dec;10(10):1017-25. doi: 10.1089/ vbz.2008.0069. 3. Martínez NE, Dzul-Manzanilla F, Gutiérrez-Castro C, Ibarra-López J, Bibiano-Marín W, López-Damián L, et al. Natural vertical transmission of dengue-1 v...

Scientific Explanation and Scientific Structuralism

In this paper we argue that quantum mechanics provides a genuine kind of structural explanations of quantum phenomena. Since structural explanations only rely on the formal properties of the theory, they have the advantage of being independent of interpretative questions. As such, they can be used to claim that, even in the current absence of one agreed-upon interpretation, quantum mechanics is...