This paper focuses on prediction and prevention of seismic risk through a system for decision making. Data Warehousing and OLAP operations are applied, together with, data mining tools like association rules, decision trees and clustering to predict aspects such as…

Uno de los desafíos de la Generación de Lenguaje Natural es la adaptación de
la estructura y las palabras de la salida lingüística a la habilidad del usuario, el contenido,
el género apropiado, el estilo, etc. Nos centramos en la…

AbstractThis article is based on a subset of data gathered in a bi-national PhD study regarding measures of parental encouragement when comparing immigrant background and native students (n=233) in Catalonia (Spain) and California. The ANOVA means comparisons of parental encouragement…

Purpose: This article examines the construct definition and validation of appropriate scales to measure the degree of display of the high involvement work practices. The ultimate goal is to propose a measurement model of high involvement practices to ensure the…

En la superficie de vehículos, tales como aviones, automóviles y trenes, las cavidades abiertas son una importante fuente de ruido generado aerodinámicamente, de aumento de la resistencia y de peligrosas fluctuaciones de presión. Diversos métodos han sido probados para suprimir…

This volume stems from the assumption that metalinguistic awareness, a skill developed during first language acquisition, is also fundamental to the development of second language competence in children. (...)Este volumen se deriva de la hipótesis de que la conciencia metalingüística,…

En grande partie, ce volume 5.3 aborde des questions de multiculturalisme et de mondialisation en éducation. (...)In a large part, volume 5.3 is about international and intercultural aspects of education. (...)En gran parte, el volumen 5,3 trata de educación internacional…

Purpose: TPM (Total Productive Maintenance) is difficult to implement. This article attempts, through the analysis of existing literature, approach to this difficulty and provide an analysis to advance their knowledge.Design/methodology/approach: The literature review was conducted through analysis of 44 publications…

AbstractProfessor Numa P. Markee is Associate Professor of Linguistics at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (United States) where he teaches courses in Conversation Analysis, Second Language Acquisition, Task Based Language Teaching and in Language Program Administration. His principal research interests…

AbstractThis article outlines the advantages of using literature to aid the transition into the host country for newly arrived children and to help establish a bridge between their identities and their reading skills, communicative capacities and the demands of school.…