In a digital era defined by paradox, where an abundance of data coexists with a growing difficulty in discerning reliable knowledge, this book presents digital curation as the strategic answer to one of education's most pressing challenges. Digital Curation in Education: Towards Meaningful Learning positions curation as a core pedagogical competency for contemporary education.Far beyond the mere aggregation of content, curation is an intentional process of research, select...

The Unwritten Brazilian Constitution offers an unexplored topic outside Portuguese language: the leading cases on human rights in the Brazilian Supreme Court (Supremo Tribunal Federal – STF). The Brazilian Constitution of 1988 represents an institutional framework able to restructure the relationship between the powers after the military dictatorship. The constituents drafted the Brazilian Constitution in order to set an extensive system of judicial protection for fundamental righ...

This brief explores polysaccharides, the most abundant family of naturally occurring polymers, and explains how they have gained considerable attention in recent decades as a source of innovative bio-based materials.The authors present a range of material including an extensive array of polysaccharide hybrid nanomaterials with distinct applications. The most recent knowledge regarding polysaccharide-based hybrid nanomaterials with metal and metal oxide nanoparticles (NPs), carbon n...