The purpose of this paper is to inquire into the relationship between persuasive definition and common knowledge (propositions generally accepted and not subject to dispute in a discussion). We interpret the gap between common knowledge and persuasive definition (PD) in…

A team of biologists, engineers, and cognitive scientists has been working together for the past five years, teaching an upper level undergraduate course in biologically inspired design where half the class of forty students are biologists and other physical scientists…

Research on the impact of the Internet in the Middle East has been dominated by a focus on politics and the public sphere, and oscillated between the hope for ‘revolutionary’ change and the admission that regime stability in the region…

This dissertation is an initial attempt to historically contextualize the Ottoman alchemical literature and those who produced it. Starting in the late fifteenth century, the Islamic tradition of alchemy was transmitted and vernacularized by learned Rumis who would make significant…

Este trabajo constituye un primer intento de abordar la detección automática de sujetos elididos y de construcciones impersonales en portugués de Brasil, una tarea que no nos consta que se haya llevado a cabo previamente en esta lengua. Para ello,…

This research is rooted in my professional practice at the newly established
international Centre for Spiritual Life Development (CSLD) of The Salvation Army. It
is designed to develop a foundation which can shape and enhance the policy and provision of…

The aim of this paper is to describe and discuss some results from an ethnographic research on Argentinian Mbya communities focused on representations and practices related to childrearing and development during the first stages of life course.
Firstly, I describe…

by John P. Woods., Thesis (S.M.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, System Design & Management Program, 2001., Includes bibliographical references (p. 85).

by Tulsi D. Ramchandani., Thesis (S.M.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, System Design & Management Program, 2002., "February 2002.", Includes bibliographical references (leaves 135-139).

The body of research contained within this dissertation serves to shed light onto the influence hydrophyte communities exhibit on biogeochemical processes and subsequently on metal mobility within wetland systems. The focus of the first thesis is centered on the role…