Foreign direct investment (FDI) ownership decision is one of the most researched topics in the international business literature. However, little is known about the extent to which this knowledge can be applied to emerging-economy multinationals. Building on the institutional, transaction…

This article documents the operation of multimodal and rhetorical strategies in cosmetic surgery leaflets, with a focus on the interplay between the verbal and visual channels. It describes how advertising discourse exploits the image of an idealized female body in…

There is no enough evidence about the effects of the new information and communication technologies (ICT) in Spain and how these ICT cause differences between regions. So, the aim of this work is to analyze the regional disparities relative to…

Este estudio pretende profundizar en el conocimiento sobre el funcionamiento de pequeños humedales mediterráneos, en estado de degradación, que, por razones históricas y socioeconómicas, han quedado confinados en un espacio urbano, olvidando la importancia ambiental de estas anomalías hídricas positivas…

La industrialización y los cambios en el uso del territorio han originado que la flora europea esté considerada entre las más amenazadas del planeta. A pesar de los esfuerzos realizados, los datos que se manejan actualmente en relación a un…

This paper describes the implantation of a KA tool kit for use with sublanguage-specific corpora. The key idea of KA as an evolutionary process is discussed in detail. Special attention is paid to the system's attempt to avoid the pitfalls…

Expert and novice soccer players (N=140) from five different competition levels (inexperienced, provincial, regional, national and international levels) were examined for differences in procedural knowledge. A video-based test was developed recording four matches of the under-16 Spanish football final play-off.…

Este artículo presenta el resultado del estudio de un amplio conjunto
de bases de conocimiento multilíngües actualmente disponibles que pueden ser de
interés para un gran número de tareas de procesamiento semántico a gran escala. El
estudio incluye una amplia…

In this paper, a method to combine visual and force information using the
information obtained from the movement flow-based visual servoing system is proposed. This
method allows not only to achieve a given desired position but also to specify the…

The present paper constitutes an attempt to establish the parameters between
specialized trends in approach, methods or aims, in order to place the analysis of
meaning within the boundries of objetivism and humanism, and to organize in
adequate epistemological channels…