Author: VPInstitute
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Game-Based Learning Applying Virtual Reality: Visualizing The Scientific-Academic Approach
Abstract Nowadays, in the educational system it is very common to use traditional methods or classes, where the teacher relies solely on the book, leading, as a consequence, that by not performing practical activities, the students’ problem-solving skills are not developed, and, therefore, the learning process is inefficient, ineffective, not fun and not interesting at…
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Scientific Production and Patent Applications on Prebiotic Ingredients: Evidence from Brazil
Abstract This study aims to evaluate the impact of scientific research on the technological development of prebiotic functional ingredients used in Brazil’s food sector. Data were collected from the scientific databases Web of Science, BVS, Scopus, SciELO, and Derwent Innovations Index from 1996 to 2019. Bibliometric methods and a distributed lag regression model were used.…
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The Brazilian Atlantic Forest Genetic Resources in Patents and the Challenges to Control the Economic Use of Biodiversity
Abstract The Atlantic Forest is the Brazilian biome with the greatest variety of plant species. Despite the potential of resources that can be used in the development of products and technologies, several species are imminently threatened with extinction. This study analyzes the technologies developed with native species of the Atlantic Forest, and their holders, using…