ABSTRACT: Efficient use of water resources is the key to guarantee suply for future human consumption and irrigation. In the irrigated areas of the Cerrado region pressurized irrigation systems allow high efficiency in water conduction. However, lack of knowledge in…

O uso combinado do processo de desenvolvimento de sistema baseado em conhecimento com modelo de ciclo de vida espiral e a adoção de técnicas de especificação de requisitos de software nas etapas de implementação da interface do sistema baseado em…

El presente artículo constituye un intento de establecer
los parámetros de aproximación entre diferentes
tendencias especializadas en métodos y objetivos
al análisis del cambio interteórico desde las bases del
objetivismo y de organizar los resultados obtenidos
desde diferentes campos del…

This paper identifies issues in developing a three-year duration, work-focussed undergraduate degree programme with a model of inquiry-based learning supported through online communities of inquiry. On the course, students examine their current work-practice to identify issues and then plan, implement…

This thesis examines the evolution of Internet based knowledge networks (e-knowledge networks) in the domain of sustainable development. The objective of this thesis is to use an engineering systems approach to understand knowledge networks, identify the barriers to their sustainability…

Issues related to maternal mortality have generated a lot of empirical and theoretical information. However, despite the amount of work published on the topic, maternal mortality continues to occur at high rates and solutions to the problem are still not…

Los Objetivos de Desarrollo del Milenio, y dentro de éstos las Metas del Milenio, constituyen un plan operativo para la consecución de logros básicos dirigidos al alcance de la salud, la erradicación de la pobreza y el cumplimiento de los…

The use of new technologies does not mean that the applied education model is modern. New technologies can be used in a way that follows the traditional education model, with all its deficiencies. The collaborative education model involves students in…

Thesis (Ph. D.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Sloan School of Management, 1990., Includes bibliographical references (leaves 231-234).

by Vuong P. Nguyen., Thesis (M. Eng.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, 1997., Includes bibliographical references (leaves 67-68).