La crisis del pensar atraviesa casi todas las categorías fundantes
de la modernidad. El paradigma, como sistema de signifi caciones, ya parece
no servir para dar respuestas y Lanz (2005) se pregunta si será posible pensar
sin esta categoría. Este…

This paper describes an approach to supporting work in the office. Using and extending ideas from the field of Artificial Intelligence (AI) we describe office work as a problem solving activity. A knowledge embedding language called Omega is used to…

Current methods for bipedal walking control include playback of recorded joint motion and the derivation of dynamic equations to map desired forces at the body to the required torques at the joints. Both methods require a significant amount of up-front…

Mixing upper level undergraduates majoring in engineering with those majoring in biology, we have devised a course on biologically-inspired design (BID) that provides practical training in methods and techniques that facilitate the identification and translation of biological principles into solutions…

ABSTRACTApplication of renewal process most commonly requires the knowledge of the mean value function and the variance function. In this study, Xie's RS method (1) is adapted to the computation of the variance function for the both ordinary and stationary…

Desde el año 2004 la Organización de Estados Americanos, a través de su Misión de Acompañamiento al Proceso de Paz –MAPP/OEA- en Colombia, estableció una cooperación técnica para hacer un seguimiento, acompañamiento y monitoreo al proceso de Desarme, Desmovilización y…

This paper is based on the analysis of job advertisements by Turkish furniture companies that appeared in main daily newspapers in Turkey between April 1998 and May 2002. During this period, a total of 204 advertisements for different positions in…

El abuso sexual se define como cualquier asalto de tipo sexual cometido con un
menor de edad o su explotación sexual. El abuso sexual puede involucrar actos sexuales
repetitivos, ocurridos a lo largo del tiempo, o simplemente puede consistir de…

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In the search for meaning, the architectural profession legitimately seeks culture to sanction its products. However, in business organizations, culture is complex and tacit- richer and deeper than any of its external manifestations, including architecture. To compensate for culture's incoherence,…