by Shung Yar Lim., Thesis (S.M.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Engineering Systems Division, Technology and Policy Program, 2003., Includes bibliographical references (leaves 122-126).

How do teams complete a task involving critical knowledge that is both complex and
external to the team itself? This is a task characterized by a particularly difficult tradeoff
between external search for important knowledge on one hand…

The Embrapa Agricultural Instrumentation Center, one of the thematic centers of the Brazilian Agricultural Research Corporation, is an institution of science and technology in instrumentation. Its purpose is to promote Brazilian agribusiness through the generation, adaptation, and transference of knowledge…

Knowledge networks have received a significant amount of attention in the past few decades as people look beyond corporate governance and resource-based approaches to uncover sources of competitive advantage. While this area of research is useful for organizations in general,…

by Jose Maria Gonzalez Pinto., Thesis (S.M.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, School of Architecture and Planning, Program in Media Arts and Sciences, 2002., Includes bibliographical references (p. 68-69).

Communication over interference channels poses challenges not present for the more traditional additive white Gaussian noise (AWGN) channels. In order to approach the information limits of an interference channel, interference mitigation techniques need to be integrated with channel coding and…

Cartilage functions as a load bearing and friction reducing material in synovial joints and it is constantly exposed to in vivo loading which is coupled to electromechanical and physicochemical forces. The swelling pressure of cartilage originates from proteoglycans containing negatively…

Sketches are commonly used in the early stages of design. Our previous system allows users to sketch mechanical systems that the computer interprets. However, some parts of the mechanical system might be too hard or too complicated to express in…

Este artigo enfatiza a evolução do uso das bibliotecas em diversas áreas do conhecimento, bem como
sua influência na transferência da informação e do conhecimento. Tem como objetivo transformar a
biblioteca num centro de convivência para que, os serviços por…

Según varios autores los adolescentes tienen
un bajo índice de uso de anticonceptivos en
sus relaciones coitales, lo que les coloca en
situación de riesgo tanto cara a los embarazos no
deseados como a las enfermedades de transmisión
sexual. Aunque…