This work describes the ontology construction process for the development of an Intelligent System for the Organization and Retrieval of Knowledge in Biodiversity – SISBIO. The system aims at the production of strategic information for the biofuel chain Two main…

Classical knowledge production is an author-centered process. The emergence of cooperative internet technologies such as wikis or blogs shows a shift towards stronger cooperative production and communication of knowledge, closing the gap between readers and authors. The incorporation of such…

This paper deals with lifelong learning. Based on a three-year case study it provides evidence of innovations in this area. The paper aims to add to the body of work in blended learning by providing evidence of knowledge, persuasion, decision,…

This paper presents a group of elements to improve the teaching and learning in technological education, applied to Information and Communication Technologies (ICT). These elements are based on some contributions issued from contemporary education models, namely, the thematic approach, meaningful…

Adaptive systems behavior based on user models appear promising, mostly for complex environments such as mixed reality environments (MRE).
An MRE comprises a virtual representation of the reality as well as physical objects augmented with virtual features. These objects are…

Document classification has already been widely studied. In fact, some studies compared feature selection techniques or feature space transformation whereas some others compared the performance of different algorithms. Recently, following the rising interest towards the Support Vector Machine, various studies…

En este trabajo pretendo mostrar un episodio a mi parecer importante y poco atendido en relación con el cambio definitivo que se produce a finales de la Edad Media de los modos orales de comunicación a la irreversible consolidación de…

L’hypothèse de cette thèse est qu’une pratique collaborative médecins de famille-pharmaciens communautaires (PCMP) où le pharmacien fournit des soins pharmaceutiques avancés avec ajustement posologique d’une statine permettrait aux patients avec une dyslipidémie une réduction plus importante de leur LDL et…

Un certain nombre de théories pédagogiques ont été établies depuis plus de 20 ans. Elles font appel aux réactions de l’apprenant en situation d’apprentissage, mais aucune théorie pédagogique n’a pu décrire complètement un processus d’enseignement en tenant compte de toutes…

In the UK, a series of policies and practices since
the 1980s have increasingly involved service users
and carers in the policy and planning of mainstream
services (Department of Health, 2000; 2001; 2004).
The knowledge base on which services are…