In this paper, a restricted domain question answering (QA) system is described. The design architecture of this QA system and the features that allow the adaptation of the QA system to the medical domain are also presented. The advantages of…

The aim of this paper is to show the application of moodle software to help the knowledge of graphic representation of valves with an online application. This online application has being used in a specific subject of the University of…

La biodiversidad cultivada es un elemento clave para la conservación de agroecosistemas sostenibles que debe abordarse tanto desde una perspectiva ecológica como también desde una perspectiva social. Ambos componentes, natural y social, se conjugan coevolutivamente para dar como resultado una…

Challenges and new horizons for the strengthening of family farming; Embrapa?s studies benefit family farming and Brazilian traditional populations; Basic sanitation: a solution to improve quality of life in the fields; Technology for sustainable agricultural and livestock system; Adoption of…

La Gramática del Papel y la Referencia es una teoría funcional del lenguaje que permite la representación de un texto de entrada en términos de su estructura lógica. Con el fin de ir más allá de la gramática nuclear, el…

Open Source Software projects base their operation on collaborative structure for knowledge exchange in the form of provision or reception of information, expertise and feedback on the creation of source code. Here, we address the direction of these knowledge flows…

The purpose of this study was to investigate sources of knowledge acquisition of high school team sport coaches. Six teacher/coaches were interviewed using a semi-structured open-ended interview format. Cote, Salmela, and Russell's (1995) guidelines were used to inductively analyze and…

In this thesis we follow two directions: Zero Knowledge Protocols and the Discrete Logarithm Problem. In each direction we present the necessary background and we give a new approach for some parts of the existing protocols., The new parts are…

Metacognitive knowledge is a critical piece of the information literacy puzzle. In a world of exploding information and communications possibilities, the difficulty for users of information systems and services may not lie in finding information but in filtering and integrating…

The purpose of this study was to identify the knowledge and successful strategies utilized by intercollegiate team sport coaches who have worked with a large number of international athletes. Six head coaches were selected to participate in a semi-structured open-ended…