Professional education has been undergoing transformations, so schools are challenged to re-signify the way they maintain a link with society. Student dropout is one of the major problems faced, and pedagogical practices are aimed at getting students more involved with the institution. … Read More →
Collective constructions: open peer review of an article on indigenous literature
Open peer review is critical to ensuring the integrity and quality of academic research, enabling greater transparency and collaboration. According to the researchers, the dialogical process between authors and reviewers and the resulting knowledge exchange guaranteed a significant improvement of the research. … Read More →
Contributions of Educação em Revista for the advance of Open Science in Brazil
Since 2021, Educação em Revista has been committed to Open Science. Celebrating its 39th anniversary in 2024, the journal begins the Special Week on the SciELO in Perspective blog | Humanities, bringing discussions about its experience on adopting Open Peer Review and new perspectives towards a more transparent and collaborative science. … Read More →
Domestic workers of Honduran origin in the U.S.A: An approximation
Honduran women residing in the USA, employed in domestic occupations, typically tend to be younger, have access to bank accounts, and maintain lower savings compared to individuals in other occupations. Additionally, they often earn a significantly lower income. These findings underscore the challenges faced by this particular group and emphasize the importance of enhancing their working conditions and rights. … Read More →
Enhancing pandemic predictions by measuring daily contacts
The first global SARS-CoV-2 pandemic challenged existing measurement methods for respiratory diseases. While digital technologies were initially touted for real-time monitoring, the key has proven to be careful measurement of daily face-to-face contacts, which is essential for refining mathematical models to assess infection, recovery, and mortality. … Read More →
Perception of professors regarding the transition to emergency remote teaching in a large public university in Mexico during the pandemic
We present the results of a follow up questionnaire to a non-random sample of 513 teachers from the largest public university in Mexico. The purpose was to delve on issues identified in a questionnaire applied at the start of the pandemic, to identify and describe the opinions, experiences, characteristics and conditions in which higher education teachers transitioned to remote teaching. … Read More →
CEVAP: ready for the 21st century
CEVAP has been working diligently since its founding in translational research with animal venoms. During this 30-year journey, a scientific journal was launched, two biopharmaceuticals were developed and numerous professionals, academic or not, were trained. Now, CEVAP is heading towards its future looking towards the creation of a factory aiming at scientific research. … Read More →
Memorial text in honor of Dr. Ángela Restrepo Moreno
An example of competence, researchers education, ability to work in group, and also love to her profession, her team and her country, Dr. Ángela Restrepo Moreno will be forever missed. The present text aims honor the memory and accomplishments of this extraordinary researcher, whose contribution to science is immortalized. … Read More →
Research Group on Paracoccidioidomycosis of Botucatu Medical School
The Research Group on Paracoccidioidomycosis of Botucatu Medical School united researchers with different specialties from UNESP and later on from other institutions in Brazil and from other countries. The activities of the group brought lessons such as updating the new languages of the biological knowledge and the integration of specialists from different fields. … Read More →
Bioprospecting animal toxins as powerful ligands for ion channels and G-protein coupled receptors as therapeutic targets
The Laboratory of Toxicology and Pharmacology holds the expertise to perform experiments involving the interaction of toxins with different ion channels and G-protein coupled receptors. The purification and identification of novel compounds can also be carried out, which makes the research center a reference worldwide in the Toxinology field and state-of-the-art target-based drug discovery. … Read More →
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