BACKGROUND:A variety of definitions of evidence-based practice (EBP) exist. However, definitions are in themselves insufficient to explain the underlying processes of EBP and to differentiate between an evidence-based process and evidence-based outcome. There is a need for a clear statement…

BACKGROUND:Primary prevention of breast cancer through prophylactic mastectomy can reduce the risk of malignancy in high-risk individuals. No type of mastectomy completely removes all breast tissue, but a subcutaneous mastectomy leaves more tissue in situ than does a simple mastectomy.CASE…

El presente artículo expone la línea de trabajo de algunos de los integrantes del Grupo de Investigación en Informática de Gestión, quienes han desarrollado una serie de herramientas para la Gestión del Conocimiento, tanto en entidades públicas como privadas. Las…

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The necessity of verification tools for Knowledge Based-Systems (KBSs), that help to guarantee a certain degree of quality and reliability of these systems will increase in the future when more critical systems are developed in areas such as industry, science,…

In advanced capitalism, science and technology are at the forefront of production. Nevertheless, traditional forms of reasoning (fuzzy logic, I+D+i, ...) , or what Marx called "general intellect", far from being simply subordinated, are being fundamentally reconstituted in line with…

En los últimos años las relaciones de cooperación entre firmas han surgido como una nueva forma de organización de la producción que favorece los procesos de aprendizaje y transferencia de conocimiento interorganizacional. Estas formas de cooperación y en particular el…

It is argued that thinking, specially everyday and social thinking, is based on a sort of mythical thought, that which is not true because it is verified, but because we believe in. Culture belongs to it. Namely, the idea of…

Knowledge management in organizations, the learning objects paradigm, the advent of a new web generation, and the “Semantic Web” are major actual trends that reveal a potential for a renewed distance learning pedagogy. First and foremost is the use of…

A fuzzy controller is usually designed by formulating the knowledge of a human expert into a set of linguistic variables and fuzzy rules. As it is well known, the use of prior knowledge can dramatically improve the performance and quality…