This thesis argues that Chinese firms can catch up with the technological frontier in the scope of new climate friendly energy technologies and provides a detailed study of the case of wind power.

The present dissertation postulates the dead body as a cultural signifier in which it is possible to read social, political, ethical, and aesthetic meanings and practices during the first half of twentieth century Latin America. Drawing from a close examination…

Existing surveys demonstrate that in the United States, most homeowners believe that their home insurance coverage will cover the complete costs to rebuild their home in the event of a total loss. Yet, most dwellings are insured for an amount…

GPUs are flexible parallel processors capable of accelerating real applications. To exploit them, programmers rewrite programs in new languages using intimate knowledge of the underlying hardware. This is a step backwards in abstraction and ease of use from sequential programming.…

In this paper, a human action recognition method is presented in which pose representation is based on the contour points of the human silhouette and actions are learned by making use of sequences of multi-view key poses. Our contribution is…

Director: Heras, Gladys, Debido al acelerado estilo de vida en el cual se encuentran inmersas las personas, se identifico la oportunidad de satisfacer las necesidades nutricionales que todo organismo humano requiere. Tomando en cuenta que hoy en día, las delicias…

El presente trabajo forma parte del proyecto de investigación “Los jóvenes frente a la Historia” dirigido por Luis Cerri y Gonzalo de Amézola, cuyo objeto es abordar el estado actual de la enseñanza y del aprendizaje de la Historia en…

The CRISTAL project has had significant achievements in the coordination of
the research work carried out by the consortium members on renewables, the enhancement of partners’ knowledge on Renewable Energy Sources and their integrated control and use, which contributes to…

Los hidrocarburos aromáticos policíclicos (HAP’s) son compuestos claves en la determinación de la contaminación petrolera. Muchos de ellos son tóxicos y cancerígenos para los organismos vivos. En los ecosistemas acuáticos los HAP’s se incorporan a la biota del entorno y…

Cette recherche-action vise à déterminer par quels moyens les enseignants de français peuvent contribuer à favoriser le transfert de connaissances grammaticales en situation d’écriture chez leurs élèves de niveau secondaire.

Nous avons d’abord constaté que, chez les élèves…