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The literature on serious games (SGs) indicates that they are very useful tools to improve the teaching/learning process. In this paper, we analyze some potential benefits of a SG on academic performance of undergraduate accounting students. The database is comprised of scores obtained by students during an undergraduate discipline related with accounting history. The game was presented to the students during the academic semester of the discipline; they also developed an academic activity using the concepts of this game. The main results of the paper indicate that students who used the game and scored the maximum grade in this activity also registered higher indexes of academic performance in such discipline. These results reinforce the benefits of the SG to interact with undergraduate students and teach academic content. [Note: The header of this article shows the incorrect publication date (January 2018) for this issue. The correct date is April 2018.]

The objective of this study was to validate a scale for assessment of academic projects. As a complement, we examined its predictive ability by comparing the scores of advised/corrected projects based on the model and the final scores awarded to the work by an examining panel (approximately 10 months after the project design). Results of Confirmatory Factor Analysis (with 161 projects) indicated convergent validity and discriminant validity. Regression analysis revealed a positive and significant relationship between the scores of projects and final scores of the work, strengthening the claim of the usefulness of the model to minimize potential wear in advising processes.

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Floating litter in the estuarine system of Santos-São Vicente is common and is part of day-to-day activities of various users of the area. The objective of the present study was to carry out a quali-quantitative evaluation of the occurrence of floating litter, to infer their sources, and to identify environmental factors that are likely to control occurrence and distribution, with particular emphasis on the effects of tidal regimes. Six sampling stations were selected along the aforementioned estuary and visited monthly between July 2010 and January 2012. Floating litter was counted from a fixed sampling station. Plastics prevailed (89.64%) and their main source was domestic activities (55.41%). More litter was found during ebb spring tides, with higher concentrations obeying confluence patterns of the estuary's channels. Results indicated that occurrence can be attributed to the deficiency in basic sewage system in the area and the deliberate disposal into the estuary by the local population. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The fall armyworm (FAW), Spodoptera frugiperda (J. E. Smith, 1797), has evolved resistance to several insecticides and Bacillus thuringiensis Berliner (Bt) toxins expressed in transgenic plants worldwide. Recently, we demonstrated a high risk of resistance evolution of a laboratory-selected emamectin benzoate-resistant strain of FAW based on incomplete dominant inheritance. In this study, we presented laboratory studies that established the baseline susceptibility and defined a diagnostic concentration of emamectin benzoate for the FAW performed in 2002. Then, resistance to emamectin benzoate was monitored in field-collected populations of FAW in Brazil from 2003 to 2004 and 2019 to 2021 using different methods: (i) estimating concentration-mortality curves; (ii) determining larval survival at a diagnostic concentration of emamectin benzoate; and (iii) assessing its survivorship on maize leaves sprayed with the field rate of this insecticide. Populations of FAW presented similar susceptibility to emamectin benzoate in 2002 (LC 50 from 0.25 to 0.44 μg a.i./mL) and 2003/04 (LC 50 from 0.13 to 0.43 μg a.i./mL), not differing from the susceptible reference population (LC 50 of 0.22 μg a.i./mL). From 2003 to 2004, larval survival at the diagnostic concentration of emamectin benzoate of 3.2 μg a.i./mL was <1.79%. From 2019 to 2021, the susceptibility to emamectin benzoate in field populations of FAW decreased, with LC 50 values ranging from 0.78 to 158.0 μg a.i./mL, indicating resistance ratios up to 632-fold. Larval survival at a diagnostic concentration of emamectin benzoate also increased, reaching up to 81.4%. Larval survival on maize leaves sprayed with the field rate of emamectin benzoate ranged from 16.6 to 88.5% in populations of FAW collected in 2021. Overall, our findings revealed significant shifts towards decrease in the susceptibility to emamectin benzoate in Brazilian populations of FAW, providing robust evidence of field-evolved resistance. [Display omitted] • Baseline susceptibility to emamectin benzoate was established in field-collected populations of S. frugiperda in Brazil. • A decrease in the susceptibility to emamectin benzoate was detected in S. frugiperda populations from 2002 to 2021. • Field-evolved resistance to emamectin benzoate was confirmed in S. frugiperda populations in Brazil. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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The article reports on research conducted to determine whether the performance on a task requiring executive function influences results of motor and cognitive tests and whether the number of years of formal education is related to performance on the Berg Balance Scale (BBS) in older adults. Researchers evaluated 101 older adults. They found that those with higher capacity on tasks requiring visuospatial abilities, psychomotor speed and executive function had better BBS performance.

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The main purpose of this study is to analyze the adoption of mobile banking by farmers and some of its potential determining factors. Our sample comprises 115 complete questionnaires answered through the paper-and-pencil method. The respondents are farmers who have properties located close to 20 different cities in Brazil, specifically in the state of Minas Gerais. We employed the confirmatory factor analysis to evaluate the constructs and the structural equation modeling to test the study hypotheses. The main results indicate that perceived ease of use, perceived usefulness, and trust are the main constructs related to the use of mobile banking by the farmers who answered the questionnaire. However, the relationship between social influence and the use of mobile banking was negative. This result is opposite to the one usually found in the literature. This research contributes to expand the understanding about the benefits of information technology to the financial routine of farmers, since they operate in a relevant economic sector in Brazil. • The database analyzed in this research comprises questionnaires answered by Brazilian farmers. • The respondents have properties located close to 20 different cities. • The results reinforced the relevance of the construct ease of use to improve the diffusion of mobile banking in rural areas. • Social influence presented a result contrary to the one expected. • The average age of respondents was 52.4 years. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]