ABSTRACT: This paper presents an experience involving the use of a Bulletin Board System (BBS) for the Project Brazilian Rocks as Alternative Sources of Potassium. It's described the BBS specification, its implementation and the difficulties observed along this processes. The…

ABSTRACT: The Cerrado is one of the richest and most threatened biome in the world and its ecosystem Seasonally dry forest is the one that suffers most antropic pressure. It's important that conservation of The Paranã River Valley increases because…

Durante las últimas décadas, el planeta está sufriendo varios cambios en su naturaleza y a nivel climático debido al crecimiento descontrolado del sistema económico y la creación de miles de productos que causan la explotación, contaminación y desaparición de los…

The term 24-Hour Knowledge Factory connotes a globally distributed work environment in which members of the global team work on a project around the clock; each member of the team works the normal workday hours that pertain to his or…

RESUMO: Por reunirem constituições genéticas de diferentes origens e níveis de melhoramento, os bancos de germoplasma podem constituir-se em ótimas fontes de genes para programas de melhoramento. Para tanto, é fundamental que o melhorista conheça profundamente o germoplasma disponível em…

"Toute vérité est bonne à dire. Mais dire le droit nécessite sans doute la connaissance par le juge des normes universelles envisagées sous l'angle constitutionnel des droits fondamentaux de l'homme et de la société. Le fondement d'un tel principe trouve…

La presente tesis es una investigación profunda del derecho de alimentos, y un análisis a su última reforma, tomando en cuenta sus antecedentes históricos, evolución y su aplicación, hasta llegar a la actualidad de nuestros días, enfocándonos en nuestra realidad…

(cont.) which is expected, given their additional knowledge resources. The respondents' urgency in looking for the relevant knowledge is the primary explanation for this difference between the two networks. This difference in knowledge networking among the different groups did not…

Defeasible Logic Programming (DeLP) is a knowledge representation and reasoning formalism that by combining Logic Programming with Defeasible Argumentation is able to represent incomplete and potentially contradictory information.
Within the field of Logic Programming, most of the implementations of Prolog…

This thesis examines the evolution of Internet based knowledge networks (e-knowledge networks) in the domain of sustainable development. The objective of this thesis is to use an engineering systems approach to understand knowledge networks, identify the barriers to their sustainability…