The post-September 11th economy has confronted Rockwell Collins in Cedar Rapids, Iowa with hard choices. Faced with the need to cut costs, including laying off significant portions of the work force, the company and its unions still maintain a commitment…

This paper presents an intelligent, hybrid system for stamping process planning in progressive die design. The system combines the flexibility of blackboard architecture with case-based reasoning. The hybrid system has the advantage that it can use past knowledge and experience…

Andreas Gast, Donald R. Lessard., "Presented at the 1997 SMS Conference in Barcelona, Spain.", Includes bibliographical references (p. 28-32).

This paper presents an interactive computer simulator that can be used in the
field of practical training in Robotics. The tool can provide basic training for workers as
well as increase their knowledge about robotic concepts. The application offers a…

En Aurora, Nietzsche emprende su gran y verdadera apuesta, no sólo intelectual sino existencial también. En lo que sigue, se
intenta una aproximación a aquello que Nietzsche entendía como filosofía en este período de su pensamiento. Lo que la…

El presente artículo aborda el conocimiento de la habilidad motriz del equilibrio en el medio terrestre como fundamento con el que poder realizar, posteriormente, las adaptaciones necesarias y específicas a las características propias que tiene el medio acuático para desarrollar…

Games such as marbles, knucklebones, triangle, hopscotch and ring-based games are played in modern times in Mediterranean countries, but they date back to the 5th century BC, and are mentioned by Alcibiades. Taking as a basis these interesting facts, we…

Competence approaches are among the techniques that claim to measure the behaviour, skills, knowledge and understanding crucial to effective managerial performance. It is claimed that competence approaches empower and develop managers while enabling them to meet organizational objectives. Since the…

Diferencias respecto al género en enfermería
desde la Edad Media hasta el siglo XX.
Dudas en la enfermería y búsqueda de respuestas
desde el pensamiento enfermero en la obra
de diversos autores., Differences regarding gender in nursing from
the Middle…

Heterogeneous azeotropic distillation is a widely used technique to separate binary azeotropic mixtures into their components. One of its most important applications is the dehydration of ethanol, which is blended with gasoline to obtain automobile fuel. Among all the compounds…