Knobler (1971) notes that within society at least three
communities are affected by intellectual property rights and
these include; the stakeholders who produce and distribute
the new knowledge such as Microsoft or Disney, individual
generators of new knowledge such as…

The paper presents the findings of a PhD study into
design decision-making and specifically the use of values
during design decision-making. Firstly it presents a model
of design decision-making as a combination of the use of
knowledge, skills and values…

The jumbo squid is one of the most important commercial fisheries in Mexico. The increasing capture in the last few years, have been bringing another economic agents into this fishery, representing this way an employment source, income and food to…

Data on hydrographic basin such as Mogi Guaçu river basin are being investigated and stimulated by the basin committees. However, projects involving a detailed study on water quality of rivers and microbasin inside urban areas are still scarce in Brazil.…

Este trabalho verificou conhecimentos e atitudes sobre a doença de Chagas entre profissionais de saúde da rede pública de Maringá-PR e Paiçandu-PR, de setembro/2004 a julho/2005. A amostra foi calculada, utilizando o programa EPI-INFO/2002, e os participantes definidos por amostragem…

The hierarchies of systems SCR–nT4, SCR–nT5 and SCR–nD45 with n > 3 are presented. In these systems the belief notion is formalized in the sense of justified belief, of knowledge and of conviction respectively, giving systems of doxastic and epistemic…

En este estudio se hizo un análisis de la pesquería ribereña en tres comunidades del Alto Golfo de California: San Felipe, Baja California, y el Golfo de Santa Clara y Puerto Peñasco, Sonora. Primeramente se analizaron los volúmenes de captura…

No Brasil, estima-se que existem cinco milhões de habitantes com diabetes mellitus, anualmente, e de 2% a 3% dessas pessoas podem desenvolver úlceras nos membros inferiores. Este trabalho tem por objetivo relatar a evolução do processo de cicatrização, baseado no…

A giardiose é um grande problema de saúde pública. O objetivo deste trabalho foi isolar cistos de Giardia duodenalis a partir de fezes humanas, verificar a viabilidade dos cistos em função do tempo de estocagem em baixa temperatura e promover…

The present article deals with some sociopolitical aspects completely
necessary to understand the current situation of Basque language.
After introducing some general aspects, conditions and development
of the process of linguistic standardization are taken into account in
the Basque territories…