The purpose of this paper is to describe how some theorems about constructions in categories can be seen as a way of doing generic programming. No prior knowledge of category theory is required to understand the paper.
We explore the…

SE ANALIZA LA DIMENSIÓN DE UTILIDAD Y USO DEL CONOCIMIENTO PRODUCIDO POR LA INVESTIGACIÓN SOCIAL EN EL MARCO DE LAS RELACIONES ENTRE INVESTIGADORES ACADÉMICOS Y AGENTES SOCIALES NO CIENTÍFICOS. SE POSTULA QUE DICHAS RELACIONES SON, EN LA INVESTIGACIÓN SOCIAL, MÁS…

The bulk of research on teacher knowledge has taken place in elementary and secondary school settings. The goal of this study was to examine teacher knowledge in higher education by asking: (1) what types of knowledge are drawn upon in…

A major contribution of research in workplace literacy has been to explore the part that writing plays in the knowledge-making practices of various professional groups. While such enquiry has revealed that writing is essential to the creation and use of…

La presente monografía de grado, llevó a cabo un análisis sobre la situación actual de los conocimientos tradicionales frente a la propiedad intelectual, tomando en cuenta sus antecedentes y sus proyecciones en un entorno siempre cambiante, en el cual, por…

EN ESTE ARTÍCULO, LA AUTORA ANALIZA DESAFÍOS ACTUALES DE LAS CIENCIAS SOCIALES A LA LUZ DE LA DOBLE TENDENCIA HACIA LA CRECIENTE ESPECIALIZACIÓN DEL CONOCIMIENTO Y, SIMULTÁNEAMENTE, A LAS INTERACCIONES DISCIPLINARIAS. ÉSTAS SE EXPLORAN, A SU VEZ, DESDE LA ÓPTICA…

This study examined the efficacy of conjoint behavioural consultation (CBC) with children evidencing conduct problems, the impact of CBC in enhancing parental knowledge of behavioural principles, and whether knowledge of behavioural principles is related to improved parenting skills. An A/B…

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…

The structural design of power transmission lines requires knowledge from a variety of widely-dispersed expert sources. This thesis demonstrates how an expert system can be efficiently used to assemble and organize this knowledge in order to design a wide range…

Over the past few years, the amount of electronic information available from the Internet has increased dramatically. Unfortunately, the search tools currently available for retrieving and filtering such information remain inadequate in balancing relevance and comprehensiveness. This work proposes a…