La superación del juridicismo y de la aplicación mecánica de las normas reclama un nuevo perfil de juez que no sólo atienda al conocimiento y habilidades jurídicas sino también a consideraciones éticas. En este marco, el autor aborda el tema…

In this paper a new conception of science is defined, which opposes apocalyptic points of view —science is a perverse knowledge leading to world destruction—, to irenist points of view —science is an armonic knowledge, as a puzzle where we…

This paper presents a proposal enabling the modelling of manufacturing processes independently of the structure and composition of the industrial plant where these processes will ultimately be implemented. The rationale for the proposal is in the incorporation of knowledge, supported…

Este ensayo ofrece una aproximacion a un grupo de poemas tempranos escritos por Coronado en los años 40. Motivado por la aparente dificultad de trascender un marco analitico de polarizaciones entre, por ejemplo, represion y libertad, masculino y femenino, etc.,…

Social knowledge is one of the key aspects of MAS in order to face complex problems in dynamical environments. However, it is usually incorporated without specific support on behalf of the platform and that does not let agents take all…

El trabajo analiza la incorporación de medios tecnológicos, en particular la radio, en el proceso de divulgación del conocimiento sobre la salud infantil durante la Segunda República española. En el marco de la campaña sanitaria contra la mortalidad infantil que…

Multi-agent systems (MAS) offer an approach to solve complex problems where data and control are inherently distributed among several agents. Normally, agents have to cope with conflicts based on inconsistent knowledge which arise when they exchange information. A relative common…

Purpose – Faced with increasing environmental problems, traditional methods for transmitting information regarding corporate environmental actions are insufficient. Accordingly, the purpose of this paper is to suggest the environmental capital report, the knowledge map and the balanced scorecard as alternative…

Heterogeneous azeotropic distillation is a widely used technique to separate binary azeotropic mixtures into their components. One of its most important applications is the dehydration of ethanol, which is blended with gasoline to obtain automobile fuel. Among all the compounds…

En este trabajo se propone un modelo fractal —la herramienta matemática empleada por Mandelbrot en el estudio de fenómenos naturales de nuestro entorno— para dar cuenta de la propagación de la ciencia desde una nueva perspectiva, lo que nos permite…