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Abstract This article discusses the importance and centrality that merit has in Chilean society today, focusing on its multidirectional relationships to the educational realm. Our argument will be developed in three steps. Firstly, we will present the historical context of the so...

A sequential quadratic programming algorithm for solving nonlinear programming problems is presented. The new feature of the algorithm is related to the definition of the merit function. Instead of using one penalty parameter per iteration and increasing it as the algorithm progr...

This thesis aims to analyze the Partial Sentence of Merit from the perspective of Formalism with values as a way to achieve a faster judicial provision in terms of Brazilian Civil Procedure. For that there were the bibliographical and the jurisprudential research as paper´s metho...

The present work discusses some principles of materials selection and examines a few selection criteria and contexts in which this technical activity takes place. Emphasis is given to the concept of Merit Indices, and to the methodology employed for its deduction. The Materials P...

Red light-induced changes in the gravitropism of roots of Zea mays variety Merit is a very low fluence response with a threshold of 10−9 moles per square meter and is not reversible by far red light. Blue light also affects root gravitropism but the sensitivity of roots to blue i...

Social network analysis techniques can be used to extract knowledge from the network by analyzing the interactions between its members. In this work we intend to apply echniques of social network analysis on networks formed through scientific collaborations among researchers. Our...

Social network analysis techniques can be used to extract knowledge from the network by analyzing the interactions between its members. In this work we intend to apply echniques of social network analysis on networks formed through scientific collaborations among researchers. Our...

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Recent evidence indicates a role for calcium and calmodulin in the gravitropic response of primary roots of maize (Zea mays, L.). We examined this possibility by testing the relationship between calmodulin activity and gravitropic sensitivity in roots of the maize cultivars Merit...

What electronic structure provides the largest figure of merit for thermoelectric materials? To answer that question, we write the electrical conductivity, thermopower, and thermal conductivity as integrals of a single function, the transport distribution. Then we derive the math...

There is hesitancy, based on the perceived risk, to do pulmonary angiography in patients believed to have primary pulmonary hypertension. Yet pulmonary hypertension due to major-vessel, chronic thromboembolism mimics primary pulmonary hypertension clinically and on standard labor...

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Brazilian Forensic Scientists are frequently asked about ballpoint pen manuscripts chronology in documents suspected to be forged. In the recent years, many methods like quantification of 2-PE (2-phenoxyethanol) have been developed on this subject. The validation of these methods...

First and second order multivariate calibration were developed for the quantification of enantiomers by spectroscopy and b-cyclodextrin guest-host complexes. In the first case, first order multivariate calibration was employed based on partial least square regression (PLS) for th...

An analysis of results, obtained in the development of thermoelectric materials for electricity generation during the last 130 years, shows that they are comparable to those obtained as early as the nineteenth century. One of the main factors responsible for the stagnation in thi...

The technical activity known as Materials Selection is reviewed in its concepts and methodologies. Objectives and strategies are briefly presented and two important features are introduced and discussed; (i) Merit Indices: a combination of materials properties, which maximises th...

ABSTRACT The objective of this research was to discern the contribution of genomic information to multiple-trait breeding objectives and thus understand the economic value of that information. True genetic values were simulated for each of n, possibly correlated, traits. These tr...

The multidiscipline effects in engineering projects, mainly in those of infrastructure, have extended the borders of research to not only evaluate them of the conventional point of view, economic and technical, but also environmental and social. On the other hand, the investor wh...

Soluble solids (Brix), sucrose (Pol) and Reducing Sugar (RS) are important properties in the quality control of alcohol industry to determine grower payment. Thus, the validation was achieved through determination of figures of merit for multivariate calibration models using near...