Seroepidemiological studies have demonstrated that the presence of the tapeworm carrier in the household or in the close environment is the main risk factor associated to human and swine cysticercosis. Intervention measures evaluated are: 1) Mass treatment against the adult…

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This thesis examines literacy practices embedded in the home domain of three
transnational families from a new sending region in Mexico with the aim of
understanding the relationship between literacy and transnational migration.
Data was collected…

Hon& of America has developed a comprehensive approach to teaching the principles of lean
production to its suppliers. The centerpiece of these efforts is a program called BP (for ?Best process?,
?Best Performance ?, ?Bs Practice?), in which a crossfunctional…

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We live in a world, where common sense is applied almost everywhere. To apply
common sense is to understand simple facts about people and everyday life.
The study of commonsense knowledge and reasoning is important, whether to
help understand…

In ocean acoustics, rapidly deployable, autonomous, bottom moored hydrophone arrays allow for quick, cost effective deployment, but result in poor knowledge of sensor positions. Because advanced array processing techniques, such as Matched Beam Processing, are highly sensitive to errors in…

In this study, innovation and technology transfer strategies of foreign firms in Turkey and the impact of vertical and horizontal linkages, labour turnover and technology spillover on these activities are analyzed by adopting a grounded theory approach, which allows a…

Drawing on an empirical study on automakers? management of supplier
involvement in product development in Japan, this paper shows that when the design of
a component is outsourced to a supplier, how much and what automakers know about
the component…

Corporate household (CHH) refers to the organizational information about the structure within the corporation and
a variety of inter-organizational relationships. Knowledge derived from this data is becoming increasingly important
for improving data quality in applications, such as Customer…

When the environment has an increasing competition and uncertainty for innovation, the application of intelligence and strategy is fundamental. Globalization is characterized by innovation, therefore strategic thinking is crucial. A vision of the future is required to analyze the business…