What is the best way to understand 'applies to' when it is said of a linguistic theory that it applies to a particular language-user? We can answer by saying that a linguistic theory is applicable to an individual language-user just…

Objetivou-se com este estudo a caracterizacao pedologica de ambientes agricolas, visando a fixacao de bases para uso e manejo sustentado dos solos e transferencia de conhecimentos para areas similares. A area em estudo localiza-se na parte sudoeste do Estado da…

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…

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).…

La literatura borgiana es verdaderamente abundante, en especial la referida a la rama italiana (Borgia) de esta familia valenciana (Borja), sobre la que aún pesa
demasiado el estigma del escándalo. Muchos de esos títulos, empero, realmente añaden poco a lo…

This thesis explores a holistic design process through which architectural elements can engage the dynamic forces of natural phenomena and integrate the spatial and temporal experience of building form with its physical environment. The framework for this exploration is a…

The development of decision support systems for equipment diagnosis has been found to be an iterative process whereby functionality and knowledge are continually added to a prototype until satisfactory performance is achieved. In order to reduce both the dependency on…

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…

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…

Sadr al-Din Qunavi (605/1207-673AH/1274 CE)--stepson and pupil of Ibn $ rm sp{c}$Arabi (d. 638 AH/1240 CE)--played a pivotal role in the development of Islamic intellectual history. His contributions in the medieval period helped alter the course of mystico-philosophical tradition, which…