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El rol de la afectividad en la educación ambiental

La presente investigación expone la elaboración y aplicación de un método afectivo para la educación ambiental, aplicado con los estudiantes de tercero de secundaria de la Unidad Educativa Piloto Intervida Fe y Alegría, en la ciudad de El Alto, La Paz-Bolivia. Este método, elaborado bajo el enfoqu...

Exploration of silicon functions to integrate with biotic stress tolerance and crop improvement

Biol. Res; 54 (), 2021
In the era of climate change, due to increased incidences of a wide range of various environmental stresses, especially biotic and abiotic stresses around the globe, the performance of plants can be affected by these stresses. After oxygen, silicon (Si) is the second most abundant element in the earth's ...

Radioprotective natural products as alternative complements in oncological radiotherapy

Humans when exposed to harmful ionising radiations suffer from various pathophysiological disorders including cancer. Radiotherapy is a treatment where these cancerous cells within a tumor aretargeted and killed by means of high energy waves. This therapy is very expensive and involves highly sophistica...

Spontaneous poisoning by Ateleia glazioviana (leg. Papilionoideae) in sheep and goats in the West region of Santa Catarina

Pesqui. vet. bras; 41 (), 2021
This study reported the epidemiological data and the clinical and pathological conditions of spontaneous poisoning by Ateleia glazioviana in sheep and goats in the West region of Santa Catarina. The small ruminants were located in a place where there was a large amount of young plants of A. glazioviana a...

Essential oils in the management of soft rot of kale in the brazilian semiarid region

Biosci. j. (Online); 36 (Supplement1), 2020
The aim of this study was to analyze the effect of essential oils on the control of soft rot of kale. Clove essential oil at 0.25%, lemongrass and palmarosa essential oils at 0.5%, melaleuca and orange essential oils at 0.75%, bergamot, rosemary, sage and ginger essential oils at 1% were evaluated for th...

Estratégias para o aumento do consumo de frutas, legumes e verduras
Strategies for increasing fruit and vegetable consumption

Esta síntese rápida de evidências foi comissionada e subsidiada pelo Ministério da Saúde, no âmbito do projeto GEREB-010-FIO-20 e faz parte da Coleção "Rapid response for health promotion". O problema: O consumo adequado de frutas, legumes e verduras (FLV) é indicado para prevenção e controle ...

Trade-off in plant-ant interactions: seasonal variations

Braz. j. biol; 80 (4), 2020
Abstract This work evaluated the effect of seasonality on ant-plant interaction in a Seasonally Dry Tropical Forests, using as an ecological model the species Ipomoea carnea subs. fistulosa (Convolvulaceae). We performed systematic collection of ants, herbivores and leaves in marked plants, evaluated the...

Tamaulipan thornscrub after fire: an analysis of the composition of species

Braz. j. biol; 80 (4), 2020
Abstract Forest fires are a natural element in many terrestrial ecosystems, in Mexico one of the main causes of loss of vegetation coverage is related to them. Nevertheless, no research has been carried out in the Tamaulipan thornscrub communities regarding post-fire regenerative strategies of plant spec...

Uso de plantas medicinales en las mujeres de la Sierra Centro, Ecuador durante el postparto

Vive (El Alto); 3 (9), 2020
INTRODUCCIÓN: el empleo de plantas medicinales se encuentra extendido en diversas partes del mundo, dependiendo de la flora y fauna propia de cada región, específicamente la región altoandina en Ecuador las mujeres conservan la utilización de plantas con uso medicinal en la época del posparto. OBJE...

Antimicrobial and antibiofilm activities of aqueous extracts of Cucurbita pepo L

Introduction: Cucurbita pepo L. is an herbaceous plant belonging to the family Cucurbitaceae. The species is popularly used in different countries for the treatment of diabetes and parasitic diseases. Objective: This study evaluated the antimicrobial and antibiofilm potential of aqueous extracts of leave...