La aparición de la teoría de las revoluciones científicas de Thomas S. Kuhn supuso una intensa alteración para la didáctica de las ideas del pensamiento de las ciencias —entre ellas, la geografía—; desde entonces éste se presenta como una sucesión…

Design and optimization of distillation columns for ethanol dehydration, using a hydrocarbon as entrainer, implies a good knowledge of vapor-liquid (VLE), liquid-liquid (LLE) and vapor-liquid-liquid equilibrium (VLLE). Chemical process simulation programs always require the use of a thermodynamic model that…

This paper presents an analysis of the performance of the Coherent Pixel Technique for urban subsidence monitoring using TerraSAR-X data. Repeated observations for the period comprised between July 2008 and September 2009 have been used. For this purpose the city…

L’article presenta l’evolució històrica en l’estudi del fenomen ENSO. Aquest event,
que en principi només semblava produir repercusions destacables a la regió litoral de
Perú i Equador, ha passat a ser considerat como un dels paràmetres més sòlids per
realitzar…

Recently, existing design methodologies targeting traditional Web applications have been extended for Rich Internet Application modeling support. These extended methodologies currently cover the traditionally well-established design concerns, i.e. data and navigation design, and provide additional focus on user interaction and…

Web engineering software development is facing continuous changes in technology implementation. This involves analysts, developers and designers to provide extra effort in the design and maintenance of Web applications in order to adapt them to changes in requirements and implementation…

Purpose – The idea that knowledge management can be a potential source of competitive advantage has gained strength in the last few years. However, a number of business actions are needed to generate an appropriate environment and infrastructure for knowledge…

Purpose – Information and communication technologies have became pervasive in people’s lives and in this changing world education cannot remain anchored in old-fashioned models which ignore the evolution through which society is going. This paper seeks to present the gamble…

El falibilismo supone un desafío a la concepción tradicional del saber, pero es la razón que subyace a la valoración positiva de ciertos tipos de ignorancia. Una respuesta al desafío sería negar que la verdad de «p» sea una condición…

Purpose – Faced with increasing environmental problems, traditional methods for transmitting information regarding corporate environmental actions are insufficient. Accordingly, the purpose of this paper is to suggest the environmental capital report, the knowledge map and the balanced scorecard as alternative…