Flow Accelerated Corrosion (FAC) is the most prevalent material degradation mechanism for low carbon steel in steam-water flow systems. The band of uncertainty in predictions of wear rate due to FAC spans one to two orders of magnitude. Such a…

A distribuição generalizada de valores extremos (GEV) desempenha um PAPEL fundamental em estudos relacionados a medições físicas, em que é aplicada com a finalidade de descrever o comportamento de eventos raros Como esses valores são extraídos da cauda superior (ou…

Les médecins de famille, les pédiatres, les chiropraticiens et les physiothérapeutes sont parmi les professionnels de la santé les plus susceptibles de rencontrer des patients atteints d’une scoliose idiopathique adolescente. Les recherches démontrent que certaines lacunes existent à l’égard des…

La grossesse s’accompagne d’importantes modifications hormonales et hémodynamiques. Parmi celles-ci, le système rénine-angiotensine-aldostérone (SRAA) est activé très tôt durant la grossesse. De plus, cette augmentation du SRAA est accompagnée d’élévations du débit cardiaque et du volume plasmatique ainsi que des…

Following the deaths of Victoria Climbié and of Peter Connelly (Baby P) the media has raged about social work competence, the public have expressed dismay and the government has responded with proposals designed to alter practice procedures. Altering procedures gives…

This study investigates an approach of knowledge discovery and data mining in insufficient databases. An application of Computational Taxonomy analysis demonstrates that the approach is effective in such a data mining process. The approach is characterized by the use of…

The creation of a stone fruit, pear and citrus integrated pest management (IPM) interdisciplinary network (entomology, and field and post-harvest pathology) to strengthen the exchange of knowledge and experiences of participating working groups is proposed; emphasizing on the development of…

In this work two declarative approaches based on the BDI theory are studied, an agent programming language 3APL and an agent architecture that uses defeasible argumentation for knowledge representation and reasoning. Based on that study and considering that in 3APL…

El presente estudio etnográfico interpretativo surge como producto del trabajo comunitario, multidisciplinario, intersectorial, de un continuo intercambio
de conocimientos y experiencias que permiten una visión amplia de los problemas y las prácticas en salud de un pueblo con características especiales.…

This paper deals with the "Calculus of Knowledge", an extension of the propositional calculus in which one may reason about what other people know. Semantic and Syntactic systems are developed, certain theorems are proven, and a formal solution in the…