The regime of floods and droughts in the Pantanal wetlands determines the distribution and abundance of the wildlife, vegetation and ecological processes. Cattle ranching and fisheries, the main economic activities in this floodplain, are extremely influenced by and depend on…

The bivalve Limnoperna fortunei (Dunker, 1857), also called golden mussel, is native to Asia but becoming dispersed around the world. The golden mussel resembles the invasive dreissenid bivalves in many respects, and although much less studied it evidently has broader…

This work is focused on the study of digital newspapers interactivity, not considering the electronic versions of written newspapers, assuming that the new newspapers, which don't have neither tradition nor production routines in written communication, can fit better in internet.…

Nueva inscripción en lengua y escritura celtibéricas presumiblemente procedente de Torrejoncillo del Rey (Cuenca), conocida sólo por fotografías, ya que actualmente se halla en posesión de un particular. De confirmarse la autenticidad de la pieza y la lectura propuesta de…

In plant breeding programs, the knowledge about the appropriate sample size for the evaluation of populations is very important. A small sample reduces the chance of selecting superior genotypes, whereas a very large sample may lead to unnecessary increases in…

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The article reveals economy competitiveness and knowledge-based economy questions and the basis of information and communication technologies influence on this.  Methods and competitiveness estimation are presented. The work contains the methods of competitiveness estimation; researching of competitiveness level, human development…

El concepto de gremio trófico es útil para el avance en el conocimiento de la estructura trófica de las comunidades, las interacciones entre especies, el reconocimiento de los servicios ecosistémicos que proveen, la respuesta al cambio climático, las estrategias de…

Diversity in higher education calls for process oriented information literacy (IL) practitioners rather than source oriented practitioners. They must be generalists because e.g. students with different backgrounds to a higher degree bring multi- and interdisciplinarity into the situation of creating…

Objective: Medical genetics presents great potential for improving healthcare outcomes, but faces challenges for managing the test results. This paper focuses on the gaps in clinician knowledge regarding genetic testing and asks what health information technologies (IT) can help non-specialists…