In this paper we explore the degree to which patents are representative of the magnitude,
direction, and impact of the knowledge spilling out of the university by focusing on MIT, and in particular on the departments of Mechanical and Electrical…

This paper describes the development of an image retrieval
system that combines probabilistic and ontological information1. The
process is divided in two different stages: indexing and retrieval. Three
information flows have been created with different kind of information
each one:…

In this paper, we present an approach to student's evaluation in a well-defined domain based on a semantic network. A similarity matrix based on the semantic memory structure of humans is used to build a semantic distance model in order…

We report on a study of how people look for information within email, files, and the Web. When locating a document or searching for a specific answer, people relied on their contextual knowledge of their information target to help them…

Semantic, Syntax and Pragmatic represent in themselves three different
approaches to the same concern: semiotic structure.
The aim of this paper is to provide a general view of Landowskian Semiotics,
discussing the results achieved from different fields of knowledge to…

Muchos son los factores que determinan la dinámica de poblaciones de plantas entre los cuales hay demográficos (variabilidad ambiental,
densidad poblacional, etc.) y genéticos (variabilidad genética de los individuos, deriva genética y/o depresión por consanguinidad). Entender
los efectos de esos…

La construcción del propio aprendizaje es una tarea que debemos fomentar desde los Centros Docentes Universitarios y no Universitarios, con el fin de poder llevar a cabo un proceso de enseñanza lo más significativo posible. En este caso, se aborda…

Les terrains vacants sont, à Montréal, des éléments indéniables dans la composition de la trame urbaine. Leur présence soutenue intéresse déjà depuis longtemps de nombreux
auteurs et décideurs municipaux. Toutefois, il s’avère que l’on connaît peu les caractéristiques paysagères de…

For 20 years, and more intensively during the last decade, indigenous knowledge has challenged the regime of intellectual property. If this field of law has been, in the past, challenged by new technology, it is now, with the problematic of…

Intellectual capital, as opposed to traditional conceptions of intellectual property, is neither as simple to define nor as straightforward to protect and regulate. As companies in the financial services sector attempt the efficient management of increasingly voluminous and strategically important…