Associating the pattern in text data with the pattern with time series data is a novel task. In this paper, an approach that utilizes the features of the time series data and domain knowledge is proposed and used to identify…

This paper aims to clarify an economic mechanism behind the growing dichotomy between geo-economics and the borderless global knowledge economy. The proposed hypothesis is that geo-economic fault-lines, which are the product of the past prejudices of racial, linguistic, and cultural…

Adaptive systems behavior based on user models appear promising, mostly for complex environments such as mixed reality environments (MRE).
An MRE comprises a virtual representation of the reality as well as physical objects augmented with virtual features. These objects are…

The aim of this paper is to describe and discuss some results from an ethnographic research on Argentinian Mbya communities focused on representations and practices related to childrearing and development during the first stages of life course.
Firstly, I describe…

This study is aimed to explore the predictors of medication adherence in a hypertensive population of Pakistan. A questionnaire-based cross sectional analysis was undertaken. A prevalence based sample of 385 hypertensive patients was selected from two tertiary care hospitals. Hypertension…

Lakes are excellent sensors of environmental change, including climate change. Chironomids (Insecta, Diptera) and ostracods (Crustacea) are among the most useful biological indicators for paleoenvironmental reconstruction found in lake sediments, due to their sensitiveness to environmental variables. However, the use…

During the last years the knowledge about derived eusuchian crocodiles has been increased. Anatomical and phylogenetic approaches as well as new fossil records have lighted the evolutive and biogeographic history of several groups. In this way, paleontological research on Miocene-Pliocene…

In the last few years, several studies have emphasized the use of ontologies as an alternative to organization of the information.
The notion of ontology has become popular in fields such as intelligent information integration, information retrieval on the Internet,…

This work describes the ontology construction process for the development of an Intelligent System for the Organization and Retrieval of Knowledge in Biodiversity – SISBIO. The system aims at the production of strategic information for the biofuel chain Two main…

Information Retrieval Systems normally deal with keywordbased technologies. Although those systems reach satisfactory results, they aren’t able to answer more complex queries done by users, especially those directly in natural language. To do that, there are the KnowledgeBased Systems, which…