During recent years, new software engineering paradigms like component-based software engineering and COTS-based development have emerged. Both paradigms are concerned with reuse and customisation of existing components. The use of COTS software has become more and more important in state-of-the-art…

Este estudio describe la abundancia estacional, fenología reproductiva y uso de hábitat de Mulato (Melanotis caerulescens), especie endémica de México y valorizada por su canto. Se realizó un muestreo con el método de captura con redes de niebla durante 2…

This volume has an interesting variety of articles, which at first glance, may not seem to have much in common. However, taking a deeper look at the contents of the texts, several common nexus emerge, above all the feeling that…

AbstractVirtual Worlds (VWs) like Second Life provide a multiuser 3-D environment that may be utilized for either classroom-based or autonomous language learning. While Second Life is one of the most popular VWs at the current time (especially if differentiated from…

Critical Discourse Analysis (CDA) is a well-known form of
discourse analysis which is built around the examination of the
ideological, social, historical and cultural components of
discourse. The field has become well-established since the early
1980s…

The impact on temperature of the urban growth in central Mexico from 1993 to 2009 and the sensitivity of forecast to change in land cover are studied using high resolution numerical simulations. The mesoscale atmospheric Weather Research and Forecasting model…

Presentamos el cálculo de la estructura electrónica de bandas de la superficie ideal del Pt(100) y Pt(110). El cálculo se realizó utilizando la teoría del funcional de la densidad y el método de enlace fuerte. Como resultado de nuestro cálculo…

Simon Borg is Professor of TESOL at the School of Education of the University of Leeds in the United Kingdom. He teaches MA TESOL modules on Teacher Education and Grammar Teaching. He is on the editorial boards of Language Teaching…

This special issue compiles a number of articles which take a serious look at grammar teaching and learning at Primary and Secondary School. Grammar has always had a central role in educational considerations and still remains one of the most…

Purpose: The aim of this study is to define the profile of the Management Assistant in organizations and from that profile establish the competences of a degree in Management Assistance under the new European Higher Education Area.Design/methodology: The first phase involved the…