El presente artículo recoge los resultados de una investigación sobre percepción pública de la ciencia y tecnología en Mérida, cuyo objetivo fue conocer las ideas de la población general y de un grupo de actores sociales sobre estas actividades. Para…

This thesis will explore the design and optimization of a peer-to-peer network application as a solution to complex content management problems. Currently, most content management systems are expensive, cumbersome and inflexible custom solutions that require knowledge workers to change their…

Dans l’espoir d'améliorer l'efficacité, l’efficience, la qualité et la sécurité des soins de santé, la plupart des pays investissent dans l’informatisation de leur système de santé. Malgré l’octroi de ressources substantielles, les projets d'implantation d’un Dossier médical électronique (DME) font…

(cont.) In the process, this thesis intervenes in social theoretical debates not simply around the nature and production of knowledge and value, but also around the place of larger belief-systems - relating to religion, nation and ethics - in such…

Ces trois dernières décennies, les systèmes éducatifs du monde ont subi de grandes transformations axées sur la recherche de plus de pertinence et d’efficacité en relation avec l’évolution globale de la société (Mundy, 2005; Lessard, 2000; Farrell, 1997). Ces évolutions…

En este trabajo se ha desarrollado un sistema para la resolución computacional de la anáfora generada en el uso del lenguaje natural por pronombres (personales y demostrativos) y anáforas adjetivas en los diálogos. El método propuesto se basa en el…

Most neural network learning algorithms cannot use knowledge other than what is provided in the training data. Initialized using random weights, they cannot use prior knowledge such as knowledge stored in previously trained networks. This manuscript thesis addresses this problem.…

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…

The spatial variation in the composition of the tree flora of some Atlantic forest areas distributed in the East Atlantic basins, Southeastern and Southern Brazil, extended to Paraguay and Argentina, was investigated under four main aspects: (1) to evaluate the…

Cultural resources like traditional medicinal knowledge need to be recognized in their role tied to important regional practices in Zimbabwe. This is especially as a nexus of legal definitions for biological, intellectual and cultural resources will inform a National Sui…