We have an exciting volume to close the year 2011 with a variety of articles on relevant topics in language and literature teaching and learning. ...Per tancar l'any 2011, us oferim un volum remarcable per la seva varietat d'articles sobre…

Abstract This study analyzes the unique plurilingual (Catalan, Spanish and English) speech of a family living in Catalonia in order to understand the  variety of forms in which linguistic multicompetence is made manifest in their dialogues.. Factors that were found…

Abstract This article centers round significant issues such as how children's literature supports the development of content literacy of students and what content literacy implies in itself. Based on a case study in a children's literature class, the author first…

AbstractProfessor Steve Thorne is well-known for his work on second and foreign language development and Internet-mediated communicative activity. He is identified with the study of language use, communication dynamics and technology-mediated foreign, second, and plurilingual language learning, occurring within and…

The purpose of this quasi-experimental study was to assess levels of compliance with the intervention bundles contained in a clinical pathway used in the treatment of patients with severe sepsis and septic shock, and to analyze the pathway’s impact on…

Biofouling is the colonization of man-made substrata by sessile organisms. The aim of this paper is to evaluate the performance of two antifouling saturated copper coating. Bioassays were can-ied out at a harbor in Argentine (38°02'S-57°32'W). During six months, one…

The genus Acroleucus Stål from México is revised. Two new species A. calvatus and A. tensus are described and illustrated. New distribution records are presented, as well as comments on the host plants for some of the species. A revised…

En este artículo exploramos diversas opciones para la adaptación a tarea en
reconocimiento de habla y las comparamos con desarrollar el sistema nuevo desde cero.
Comparamos adaptación a tarea mediante MAP y MLLR, y ambas en serie, en dos
reconocedores…

El presente artículo describe un sistema de adquisición de datos para un medidor de deformación. Se presenta el análisis del diseño de la circuitería y la programación, los resultados obtenidos y finalmente algunas conclusiones.

AbstractDue to aspect-oriented mechanisms explosion, their concepts arrive to distributed systems tackling concepts as security, persistence, or synchronization, especially in middleware approaches. Regarding distributed databases, the research has been focused mainly on object-oriented databases. Based on the great impact of…