Ce mémoire traite de la construction d’un espace social citoyen à partir de l’analyse du travail d’intervention de deux organismes locaux situés à Trou du Nord (Haïti). Il s’agit d’explorer les manières dont les membres se représentent et s’approprient leur…

The present article studies the opinions and
ideas death awakes among health professionals.
Not only the idea of their own death,
but the death of those patients or relatives they care
for. The concept of "death" is of paramount importance

This paper presents a knowledge-based approach to facilitate the engineering design
process relating to spacecrafts. Because the design evolves over a long time and typically
involves individuals working at different locations and frequently for different
organizations, the degree of collaboration…

ABSTRACT: Despite of all modem communications tools, difficulties of dialogue still exist between technicians and local community members when dealing with natural resources. This is related to many factors, from the predominantly technical formation of the teachers and researches to…

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…

Assessment and analysis of AKST impacts; Agriculture productivity, production factors and consumption; impacts of akst on sustainability, through integrated technologies and the delivery of ecosystem services and public goods; Impacts of akst on livehoods, capacoty strenthening and empowerment; relationshipsbetween akst,…

La costa continental ecuatoriana alberga a cuatro de las siete especies de
tortugas marinas que habitan en el mundo, dos de estas se catalogan como en peligro
crítico de extinción (Eretmochelys imbricata y Dermochelys coriácea) y dos en peligro
de…

Actualmente hablar de violencia, de guerra, terrorismo, de
cambios climatológicos, de daño ecológico y deterioro social, es hablar
de crisis humanitaria. Con la globalización está ocurriendo la pérdida de
lo humano a través de la hegemonía del mercado, de la…

This chapter summarizes selected results from the Large-Scale Biosphere-Atmosphere Experiment in Amazonia (LBA) and briefly describes a vision for future Amazonian research. The need for research on people and environment interactions is emphasized in the context of regional and global…

Knowledge of the world soil resources is fragmented and dated. There is a need for accurate, up-to-date and spatially referenced soil information as frequently expressed by the modelling community, farmers and land users, and policy and decision makers. This need…