Through the use of line transects on boats, contributions to the knowledge of vaquita Phocoena sinus distribution were made. Sightings made confirm the presence of vaquita near Rocas Consag. Stranded individuals were collected for anatomical, morphometric, and age estimation studies.…

This study investigates how Hildegard of Bingen (1098-1179), a medieval abbess used visions received during the prodromal stages of migraines to reconstruct herself symbolically. In her visions she believed that God, the "Living Light" instructed her "to write and say…

GISODIV es el acrónimo del Grupo de Investigaciones Socioculturales del
Diseño en Venezuela. Este es un grupo de investigación adscrito a la
Facultad de Arquitectura y Diseño de la Universidad de Los Andes
(Venezuela) cuya actividad se centra en el…

La ciudad la percibimos siempre en tránsito, errante, con sus memorias e imaginarios sociales. Los discursos que provee la
existencia humana, fragmentada y ambulante se diseminan en los escenarios públicos y privados, donde dejan su impronta cargada de leyendas,…

Human designers use previous designs extensively in solving new design problems and Case-Based Reasoning (CBR) provides a knowledge representation paradigm which attempts to model such process. In this thesis we present a case-based approach to solving design problems by retrieving…

En un escenario caracterizado por intensificación de mercados y acuerdos de integración y de libre comercio, se realizó una investigación para comparar el marco regulatorio de las PyMEs en Colombia y Venezuela, identificar instituciones
gubernamentales de apoyo, identificar incentivos…

This thesis presents a survey of the development of economic growth theory, including the latest developments in the relationship between international economic integration through international flows of goods and/or knowledge and endogenous economic growth. Based on the following literature review,…

This thesis considers the dimensional analysis theory in engineering. A Knowledge-Aided Design Tool is presented which permits the solution of many aspects of Dimensional Analysis for electromagnetics. The KAD Tool was coded in the language Lisp with Allegro Common Lisp…

This study focused on the comprehension and cognitive processing of texts in biology by 36 graduate science students for whom Chinese was their first (L1) and English their second language (L2). The students in the study were from two disciplines:…

This study retraces the steps of the 17th century architect and engineer Salomon de Caus through his written and built works, in an attempt to understand the relationship between what he made and the model by which his world was…