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Discovering your own LGBTQ voice: A look at queer children’s literature and their use in the Puerto Rican classroom
(2016)
Genders, identity, alongside portrayals of the LGBTQ community, are highly intertwined in And Tango Makes Three and King & King. The publication of Children’s Queer Literature has always been surrounded by controversy, ...
Contribuciones al desarrollo del lanzamiento de los estilos de enseñanza Comando y Descubrimiento Guiado en niños de escuela elemental
(2018-04-23)
Research on the development of motor skills using the spectrum of teaching styles from Mosston and Ashwort (2008) focused primarily on which style best developed the motor skill investigated in this research project. In ...
Integrating instrumentation validation methodologies for the retrieval of cloud top parameters from eos terra sensors
(2006)
Geostationary and polar-orbiting satellites data can be used to retrieve cloud top properties such as optical thickness, temperature, pressure and height. The Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) and the ...
Comparative study using open-top growth chambers and ambient plots to evaluate the effect of chamber microclimate on sugarcane (Saccharum spontaneum Cv. US-67-22-2)
(2007)
Cylindrical open-top chambers are experimental facilities that have been widely used to study the effect of CO2 and toxic gases on plants. The difference in the chamber environment constitutes unintentional effects of ...
Incidencia de salmonella entérica sub especie entérica serotipo enteritidis en fincas productoras de huevos para la mesa en Puerto Rico
(2009)
The egg industry of Puerto Rico has a local production of 15.8 million dozens of egg and 26.8 million dozens are imported. The eggs are one of the most nutritious foods on Earth and can be part of a healthful diet. ...
A walk through the standing stones: The historical novel, gender and the supernatural in Diana Gabaldon’s Outlander.
(2019-05-13)
Traditionally, historical/fantasy novels perpetuate stereotypical narratives; said works are situated in the past and provide some historical background, though unfortunately history is often sacrificed in the quest for ...
Effect of fly ash and nanosilica on concrete compressive strength at early age
(2015)
The decision making process in modern construction industry is challenging when recycle materials are required. One such approach is the replacement of cement by fly ash. Unfortunately, this replacement lowers concrete’s ...
Rocking and reading exploring multimodal media literacy in an ESL college classroom
(2010)
In spite of the multimodality of texts with which students interact nowadays, reliance on print-based literary textbooks in English classrooms prevails. This qualitative action research adopted a poststructuralist framework ...
The analysis of '-Omics' to understand Alzheimer's disease
(2015)
Alzheimer’s disease is one that is progressive in nature and that has affected thousands of people
around the world, with a significant increase predicted in the coming years. Numerous studies
are currently being conducted ...
Whether investor sentiment is affected by changes in the statutory limit of U.S. federal debt
(2014)
Este estudio examina si los cambios en los límites de la deuda estatutaria de los Estados Unidos de Norteamérica tiene un efecto sobre el sentir del inversionista. Se utilizó el modelo de regresión de mínimos cuadrados ...