Utilizamos información publicada e inédita sobre mamíferos, reptiles y anfibios amenazados para identificar áreas de gran riqueza de especies amenazadas dentro de la Reserva de Biósfera Bañados del Este (Uruguay). Esa información fue luego comparada con una propuesta de zonificación…

The development of certain skills such as independent learning, oral and written communication, or teamwork, as a result of taking certain modules, is a relevant aspect when it comes to the integration of the students into the labour market, as…

During the last years, mass media have centred on health and illness information more than ever before and stories about health risks fill up newspapers, magazines, TV programmes and internet sites. Recently, much of these informations are focused on emergent…

This research presents the explanatory model of the process of reconstruction of the ʺsocial problemʺ of Intimate Partner Violence (I.P.V) in Spain during last five years, with special attention to the role of media in this process. Using a content…

Early reviewers of The Quincunx (1989) immediately recognised the novel's striking
stylistic and thematic indebtedness to Dickens and to other early Victorian writers, a fact
that led them to describe Charles Palliser's first novel as a brilliant attempt to reproduce

The Chinese tourism sector is experiencing one of the highest levels of growth, to the extent that China is set to become the leading world power in tourism within the coming decade. Therefore, studying this important sector deserves particular attention.…

Over the last few years, a new generation of Chinese multinationals has set out to conquer global markets, featuring major international acquisitions that were unthinkable until very recently. This work seeks to analyze the nature of this emerging phenomenon, illustrating…

INFORMATION LOCATION AND INTERACTIVITY ARE TWO ATTRIBUTES OF DESKTOP VIRTUAL ENVIRONMENT (DVE) DESIGN THAT CAN BE EXPLOITED TO ENHANCE THE ABILITY OF LEARNERS TO ACQUIRE INFORMATION AND SKILLS THAT TRANSFER TO REAL WORLD. THE TERM €œINFORMATION LOCATION"" REFERS TO THE…

The present article introduces a five-valued logic and a deductive system. Here, the logic presented is a relevant fragment of the @-logic, which is also a space-time logic. These five values correspond to the following semantics: unknown, possibly known but…

Purpose – In recent years, China and India have been experiencing a process of economic and social transformation that is unprecedented in recent human history. The consequences of the spectacular resurgence of these two Asian giants are profound and far-reaching,…