In the last few years, several studies have emphasized the use of ontologies as an alternative to organization of the information.
The notion of ontology has become popular in fields such as intelligent information integration, information retrieval on the Internet,…

The bivalve Limnoperna fortunei (Dunker, 1857), also called golden mussel, is native to Asia but becoming dispersed around the world. The golden mussel resembles the invasive dreissenid bivalves in many respects, and although much less studied it evidently has broader…

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:…

Cette étude se focalise sur la révision de l’approche communicative des manuels d’enseignement de l’espagnol comme langue étrangère (ELE) et, plus particulièrement, sur celle des manuels utilisés dans les institutions scolaires du Québec.
D’un point de vue historique, les premières…

Presented at: Conference on Structural Reform and the Transformation of Organizations and Businesses, sponsored by the Ashcroft International Business School and the Athenian Policy Forum. Homerton College, Cambridge, 3-6 September 2003.

O Brasil é o maior produtor mundial de café e o segundo maior mercado consumidor, portanto, a cultura do cafeeiro tem grande importância cultural e socioeconômica para o país. Entre os limitantes na produtividade estão, principalmente, as doenças, as pragas,…

O conhecimento sobre a resposta das forrageiras aos distúrbios antrópicos e naturais é fundamental para auxiliar os tomadores de decisão na avaliação da condição de conservação e tendência das pastagens nativas ou no desenvolvimento de estratégias adequadas de manejo adaptativas.…

Objetivo: Cuidar selectivamente la salud identificando y georrefenciando la totalidad de la población, y no sólo para aquellos que demandan atención.
Métodos: Un total de 48 800 habitantes de Ensenada, Buenos Aires-Argentina fueron censados en aspectos socio-económico-sanitarios y sus datos…

Apart from speculating about a series of issues open to debate, such as the dark side of progress and globalization or the conflict between science and morality,
Margaret Atwood's Oryx and Crake (2003) offers a feasible insight into the state…

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