En cualquier época o contexto, la investigación tiene una relevancia de primer orden, formando parte de un escenario complejo. La complejidad en sí misma se refleja sobre la base de que cada proceso que implique producción y comprensión de la…

El diseño de la metodología prevista para desarrollar cualquier trabajo requiere de una serie de actividades ordenadas de manera lógica que permita alcanzar los objetivos planteados. Sin embargo, existen metodologias que aún cuando responden a los parámetros establecidos para tal…

Purpose – The idea that knowledge management can be a potential source of competitive advantage has gained strength in the last few years. However, a number of business actions are needed to generate an appropriate environment and infrastructure for knowledge…

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…

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…

En este artículo, de corte documental, se hace unas reflexiones sobre la
evolución de la ciencia y de la teoría del conocimiento como fundamentación,
del conocimiento científico. Durante siglos, conocimiento científico era todo
conocimiento sistemático y el método científico fue…

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…

This thesis argues that women's bodies are constituted by discourses about them. It explores the operations of power over women's bodies by analyzing the way in which the maternal body is constructed in the discourses of law, medicine and culture.…