Automatic knowledge discovery from texts (KDT) is proving to be a promising method for businesses today to deal
with the overload of textual information. In this paper, we first explore the possibilities for KDT to enhance communication in
virtual communities,…

The knowledge of spatial variability soil properties is useful in the rational use of inputs, as in the site specific application of lime and fertilizer. The objective of this work was to map and evaluate the spatial variability of the…

Existence of knowledge and technology backlog; Difficulties of technology transfer; International institution building specialists; International problem solving specialists., 1983

World of science Joining scientific Sharing knowledge and technologies with developing countries efforts to develop better solutions., 2011

The aim of this paper is to present procedures and tools used for quality control and statistical analysis of high-density microarray (Affymetrix GeneChip®) to search for genes that may be differentially expressed and that may provide clues to unravel parasite…

Abstract. This paper presents a method to measure the lesions originated by the Cercospora arachidicola and Cercosporidium personatum fungi, which cause, respectively, the early and late leaf spots in peanut plants. The proposed method is based on a modified version…

This inquiry sought to examine the effects of participating in an online discussion forum on the development of knowledge for teaching mathematics. The participants of this study were among the pre-service teachers from a large urban university, chosen as they…

In wireless communications, the broadcast nature can be explored to efficiently support multicast services while the difference in channel gains among the wireless links of users promotes multiuser diversity which can be used to improve multicast performance. This thesis proposes…

Abstract. This paper presents a new method based on digital image processing techniques such as color transformations and mathematical morphology, as well as on some specialist knowledge, to provide estimates for the lengths of rice panicles that have been removed…

This work examines the patterns inherent to the understanding of the nature of the forbidden fruit in an attempt to demonstrate parallels between the reasoning of biblical interpreters, on one hand, and of artists, on the other., While the biblical…