by Robert J. Grochowski., Thesis (M.S.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Civil Engineering, 1988., Includes bibliographical references.

There is a great need among educators for a way to quickly assign teams in large or distance learning classrooms in a manner superior to random assignment or student self-selection. Forming teams based on knowledge of students' characteristics is too…

The Telematics Industry faces tremendous challenges for growth. Regardless of the efforts and investment from vehicle manufacturers and suppliers, telematics has not been that profitable industry that many analyst forecasted five years ago; a 40 billion industry by 2003. This…

This study presents a theoretical model for predictions of near-shore hydrodynamic characteristics and the local sediment transport rate along long, straight beaches. The wave may be periodic or random, the beach may be plane or barred, and the bed may…

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Can dialogue reveal hidden truths? This is what prompted Bronwen Rees and
Andrew Armitage to experiment with the dialogical process to explore how
realities and knowledge about our organisations are created.

À l’ère de la mondialisation institutionnelle des sociétés modernes, alors que la confluence d’une myriade d’influences à la fois micro et macro-contextuelles complexifient le panorama sociopolitique international, l’intégration de l’idéal participatif par les processus de démocratisation de la santé publique…

Nutrigenomics covers disparate fields of nutrition science and has been defined in many different ways. In fact, this emerging field of science has multiple facets, many of which do not generate the same ethical issues. In particular, different ethical issues…

En este trabajo voy a investigar la relación que existe entre las categorías funcionales extendidas de la oración vinculadas con la estructura discursiva (Speas y Tenny, 2003) y ciertos constituyentes con alcance oracional y cuya interpretación remite necesariamente a aspectos…

Lo observable y lo no observable se ha constituido en un tema de la filosofía en las diferentes
épocas de la historia. La relación coexistente entre el hombre y lo que le rodea ha sido una
preocupación latente para pensadores…