We study the effects of proximity in the interconnections between Internet providers participating at the three main Italian Internet Exchange Points. We find that geographical proximity plays a role in driving Internet Providers’ interconnection, positively affecting the likelihood of an…

Introduction: The consequences of violent and antisocial behaviors among psychiatric hospital inpatients are serious and may affect treatment of the aggressor. Lack of knowledge concerning the incidence of this phenomenon and its characteristics helps perpetuate the current scenario. Objectives: To…

Este trabajo pretende ser una contribución al conocimiento de las sociedades prehispánicas del Noroeste argentino entre el 1000 d.C. y el 1536 d.C. El objetivo es caracterizar la tecnología lítica entendida como un fenómeno multidimensional sustentado en las relaciones sociales.…

En la región pampeana el avance de la agricultura sobre los suelos ganaderos, la incorporación de tecnología en la agricultura con creciente uso de agroquímicos y el deficiente manejo de efluentes en las producciones intensivas ganaderas, incrementan el riesgo de…

The objective of this thesis project is to build a robot that can clearly demonstrate its
potential to solve standard jigsaw puzzles. This robot must be capable of picking up
and reorienting puzzle pieces to the precision required for completing…

En este trabajo analizaremos comparativamente las ediciones en español y portugués de la
enciclopedia El Tesoro de la Juventud. Así como en varios países del mundo, las traducciones
de la enciclopedia The Book of Knowledge tuvieron enorme suceso editorial en…

This paper uses dynamic general equilibrium and computational methods, inspired by the multi-sector growth model structure in Stephen Turnovsky's work, to develop a theory that unifies two of the traditional explanations of structural change: sector-biased technical change and non-homothetic preferences.…

This study aimed to investigate meanings produced by workers excluded from the industrial job market regarding unemployment, having focused on the understanding of the socially articulated relationship between industrial and labor restructuring, meanings of unemployment and subjectivity. We grounded
our…

The environment workshop was carried out in 2010 and 2011. Its main objective was to make students able to discover their role in the change process towards taking care of the environment and the sustainable use of natural resources, linking…

The role of communities associated to a substrate as fundamental components of an aquatic system has been recognized by many authors. Although periphyton has been considered of great importance in shallow lakes, its inclusion in different ecological models has been…