This paper introduces the system simulation technique and looks for potential application in the biodiesel agribusiness. The simulation basics are presented. It's described the components of a simulation model, the models classification and the model construction process. Some uses in…

La epidemia del VIH/SIDA en el Ecuador se encuentra todavía en un estado concentrado con seroprevalencias en la población general alrededor del 0,3 %. Sin embargo, en las poblaciones de mayor afectación, los hombres teniendo sexo con hombres (HSH) y…

2007

Un factor fundamental para el desarrollo eficaz de las actividades de transferencia de conocimiento en las universidades es la existencia de estructuras organizativas de soporte a dicha transferencia; en consecuencia, en los últimos años el establecimiento de tales estructuras en…

AbstractObjectiveThe last two decades have seen major advancements in our understanding of some of the most common neurodevelopmental disorders in the field of child neurology. However, in the majority of individual patients, it is still not possible to arrive at…

2008

2008

Siemens and Downes initially received increasing attention in the blogosphere in 2005 when they discussed their ideas concerning distributed knowledge. An extended discourse has ensued in and around the status of ‘connectivism’ as a learning theory for the digital age.…

ABSTRACT: The Cerrado is one of the richest and most threatened biome in the world and its ecosystem Seasonally dry forest is the one that suffers most antropic pressure. It's important that conservation of The Paranã River Valley increases because…

The amount of information stored in databases doubled at every 20 months. There is important knowledge stored in text databases. The aim of these article was to solve the problem of “searching from general to particular” (SGP) in document databases.…