Since its inception, the social sciences have tried to legitimate their scientific criteria so that the knowledge generated by social research is deemed valid and reliable. With this objective in mind, a series of techniques, norms, processes, rules and procedures…

Processes of spatial mobility among the Mbya are of interest in anthropological and ethnobiological studies, as these processes are related to transformations in the landscape and the environment. Despite this, ethnographic literature usually focuses itself on the mobility of Guaraní…

O presente artigo teve como objetivo analisar se o projeto-piloto do Curso “Consumo Sustentável / Consumo Responsável: desenvolvimento, cidadania e meio ambiente” atingiu os resultados esperados quando de sua proposição. O curso foi oferecido, em 2005, na modalidade a distância,…

En este trabajo se presentan los resultados de los estudios zooarqueológicos realizados en el poblado de Nombre de Jesús (cabo Vírgenes, provincia de Santa Cruz, Argentina) establecido como parte del proyecto español de fortificación del Estrecho Magallanes a fines del…

Los farmacéuticos y productos de cuidado personal (PPCPs) pertenecen al grupo contaminantes emergentes, su riego ambiental no se había detectado hasta hace una década. Recientemente, han sido reportados de causar efectos adversos sobre la vida silvestre y humana. Además, la…

Odisea: Discurso y Narrativa, by Graciela Zecchin de Fasano, is the most sophisticated and convincing interpretation known to me concerning the varied and complex roles played by direct speech in Homer’s epic. In this wide-ranging and lucidly written work, Dra.…

El campo de la glicobiología incluye el estudio de los glicoconjugados, las enzimas que catalizan su síntesis y las lectinas que los reconocen. Los monosacáridos, que intervienen en su composición, pueden combinarse en varios puntos y form ar estructuras lineales…

A re-design process implies dealing with complex interactions between stakeholders, especially if we are talking about a personalization re-engineered process, which can be applied to an existing web application. In this context, knowledge becomes a main factor of influence, but…

Evolutionary algorithms (EAs) are merely blind search algorithms, which only make use of the relative fitness of solutions, but completely ignore the nature of the problem. Their performance can be improved by using new multirecombinative approaches, which provide a good…

This work extends the semantics and implementation of fuzzy prolog presented in [VGM02] in order to include Default Knowledge capability. The new semantic allows non-uniform default assumptions and has Closed World Assumption (CWA) and Open World Assumption (OWA) as particular…