GISODIV es el acrónimo del Grupo de Investigaciones Socioculturales del
Diseño en Venezuela. Este es un grupo de investigación adscrito a la
Facultad de Arquitectura y Diseño de la Universidad de Los Andes
(Venezuela) cuya actividad se centra en el…

Este ensayo explora aspectos relacionados con la presencia del Budismo de Nichiren Daishonin en Venezuela. Se inicia con una breve revisión de la relación entre religión, ciencia y conocimiento, en la cultura occidental. Luego se presenta una relación sucinta de…

While birdsong is a model system for animal communication studies, our knowledge is derived primarily from the study of only one sex and is therefore incomplete. The study of song in a role-reversed species would provide a unique opportunity to…

For the first time for Mexican mycobiota the genus Cerinomyces Mar. is reported with the species C lagerheimii (Pat.) McNabb. This species only have been found in Ecuador (type locality), Brasil, United States and Venezuela. A review of different specimens…

In 1950, Tinbergen described the elicitation of offspring begging by the red spot on the bill of parent gulls, and this became a model system for behavioural studies. Current knowledge on colour traits suggests they can act as sexual signals…

Studies of tropical secondary forest succession face strong limitations due to the slow pace of succession and the time-consuming task of monitoring processes. The occurrence of tree rings in secondary forest trees may help expand our knowledge on succession in…

The region of Huatusco, in Veracruz, Mexico, is an area of high coffee production. Coffee trees are sensitive to temperature and precipitation variations. Those climatic elements are related to the altitude, aspect and slope it? the agroecological shadow system. A…

Volcan de Colima has increased its activity considerably since 1998 with four periods of effusion and since 2003, daily Vulcanian explosions. During 2005 the magnitude of the explosivity increased, producing many pyroclastic flows, two of which reached over 5 km…

La mayoría de los sistemas de gestión de diálogo actuales se basan en conocimiento estructurado extraído del análisis de corpus. Esta es una de las primeras tareas que deben ser abordadas para alimentar y poner en funcionamiento un sistema de…

Le brossage des dents, la mastication des aliments et toutes autres activités orales quotidiennes peuvent provoquer une bactériémie transitoire. Cette bactériémie transitoire a le potentiel de causer une endocardite infectieuse en présence de certains facteurs de risque. Les cardiopathies congénitales…