Local composition models like UNIQUAC, NRTL and the UNIFAC group contribution method are used the world over in the synthesis and design of separation processes, as well as for a large number of other applications of industrial interest. They can…

There are different approaches used by mathematics teacher educators to help pre-service primary teachers develop the useful skills and knowledge required to teach mathematics. One of these approaches is concerned to learning to notice relevant aspects in mathematics teaching. But…

Using the underlying idea of the current-mode control, a new dynamical, sliding-mode control for the boost dc-dc converter is proposed. Such controller is easy to design, robust under load and input voltage variations, exhibits fast response, does not depend on…

La Universidad de los Andes ha participado en distintas modalidades de generación de ingresos
propios: Parque Tecnológico, Empresas o Proyectos con orientación empresarial, sin embargo,
estas experiencias no han sido lo exitosas que se esperaban. Por otra parte, ante la…

En este artículo se discute el concepto de la teoría
transdisciplinaria, como teoría holística, sinérgica e integral, partiendo
del concepto de la teoría intradisciplinaria, e indagando en aspectos de
esta última, tales como definiciones, orígenes, funciones, características
y evolución, entre…

This paper demonstrates how women who study childcare achieve congruence in their lives. Rather than simply juggling the needs of family, work and study in order to escape the domestic sphere, they choose to minimise dissonance, finding that parenting children,…

This thesis project aims to develop a process improvement in the administrative area of
the company Electrificaciones Ecuador SA This is a subsidiary company in Ecuador
ELECTRIFICACIONES DEL NORTE SA (ELECNOR) domiciled in Spain, at Ecuador
is among the group…

Can children genuinely create new knowledge, as opposed to merely carrying out activities that resemble those of mature scientists and innovators? The answer is yes, provided the comparison is not to works of genius but to standards that prevail in…

Des modèles de dysfonction érectile (DE) ont été développés et étudiés chez le rat. Cependant, peu de choses sont connues dans certains modèles présentant des facteurs de risque de la DE, en l’occurrence le rat soumis à une diète riche…

The Knowledge Society Network (KSN) “takes advantage of new knowledge media to maximize and democratize society’s knowledge-creating capacity” (www.ikit.org/KSN). This article synthesizes the principles and designs of this network which were initiated over 15 years ago, and presents an exploratory…