The shift towards global networking brings with it many opportunities and challenges. In this paper, we discuss key technologies in achieving global semantic interoperability among heterogeneous information systems, including both traditional and web data sources. In particular, we focus on…

This paper investigates the potential for a carbon tax to induce R&D, and for the consequent induced technical change (ITC) to lower the macroeconomic cost of abating carbon emissions. ITC is modelled within a general equilibrium simulation of the U.S.…

En el siguiente artículo se exponen las ideas de Auguste Comte sobre la Filosofía de la Historia a través
de la Ley de los Tres Estados, analizando los rasgos distintivos de cada etapa, en especial el tipo de
conocimiento que…

Understanding the biological signals encoded in a genome is a key challenge of computational biology. These signals are encoded in the four-nucleotide alphabet of DNA and are responsible for all molecular processes in the cell. In particular, the genome contains…

Se presentan los resultados de un proyecto etnobotánico que pretende rescatar el conocimiento vegetal y la etnomedicina entre los indígenas Warao de la Isla de Araguabisi y de Tucupita en el estado Delta Amacuro. El trabajo de campo se realizó…

Les contraintes de l’enseignement de la langue et de la traduction médicales résultent non
seulement de la complexité de la matière, mais aussi de la conjugaison de deux facteurs
antagonistes : d’une part, les acquis préalables des étudiants sont hétérogènes;…

El trabajo discute el papel del lenguaje en la tradición de la filosofía trascendental.
En la primera parte, se muestra ante todo el carácter a-lingüístico de las categorías del pensamiento en la filosofía kantiana; se señalan luego las dificultades teóricas…

The dissertation examines aesthetic, scientific and occult evocations of fluids such as air at the turn of the 20th century. Eighteenth century experimental philosophy postulated so-called "imponderable fluids" understood as instances of a subtle matter that fills empty space. The…

Reflete sobre o papel das bibliotecas públicas na educação de usuários para o conhecimento da ciberviolência. Tal fenômeno é expresso através das Tecnologias de Informação e Comunicação (TIC), as quais são utilizadas para causar danos às vítimas. O trabalho fundamenta-se…

This thesis explores how doctors and nurses use documents to share their knowledge within and across healthcare settings. In addressing this question I draw on a 15-month, multi-sited ethnographic study in several pediatric health care settings, following patients from primary…