Para mostrar la contribución de la evidencia cualitativa a la práctica de la enfermería y la salud comunitaria, se hace necesario primero examinar lo que es evidencia y cual es la relación que hay entre la investigación y la práctica.…

En estas páginas pretendo llevar a cabo un estudio del pensamiento de Nietzsche con relación al problema del conocimiento y la verdad, cuestión que ha sido considerada el núcleo filosófico de su producción teórica. Trataremos pues de la verdad como…

El presente trabajo se inscribe en la línea se investigación Educación, Estado, Sociedad que se desarrolla desde el Área de Educación de la Coordinación de postgrado de la Facultad de Humanidades y Educación, en la Universidad Central de Venezuela (UCV).…

This thesis is based on the premise that small nations face unique challenges in the quest for economic prosperity. They have a small domestic economy and are more dependent than larger economies on international trade. Smallness typically entails a lack…

In recent years we have seen a confluence of science and technology that portends great impact to business strategy and product development. Just as physicists, chemists and biologists have extended their knowledge to other fields in pursuit of their own…

by Gavin Alexander Finn., Thesis (Ph. D.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Civil and Environmental Engineering, 1995., Includes bibliographical references (p. 284-296).

by Charles L. Forbes., Thesis (M.S.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Urban Studies and Planning, 1996., Includes bibliographical references (leaves 51-53).

If we are to understand human-level intelligence, we need to understand how meanings can be learned without explicit instruction. I take a step toward that understanding by focusing on the symbol-grounding problem, showing how symbols can emerge from a system…

We develop a theory to explain the transition from stagnation to modern growth. We focus on the forces that shaped the evolution of total factor productivity in agriculture and manufacturing across history. More specifically, we build a multisector model of…

The lack of effective data integration and knowledge representation in patient monitoring limits its utility to clinicians. Intelligent alarm algorithms that use artificial intelligence techniques have the potential to reduce false alarm rates and to improve data integration and knowledge…