Designed to provide an introductory grounding in Typography, The Complete Typographer teaches the essentials for the effective use of type - technical expertise and historical knowledge, an understanding of the functional and aesthetic qualities of different typefaces, and the organization…

Este artículo es el resultado de un diálogo crítico con Literaturwissenchaft als Lebenswissenschaft (Teoría literaria como conocimiento de la vida) que es el “texto programático” (Programmschrift) escrito por el filólogo alemán Ottmar Ette, respecto de las reflexiones y debates sobre…

The ability of building robust semantic space representations of environments is crucial for the development of truly autonomous robots. This task, inherently connected with cognition, is traditionally achieved by training the robot with a supervised learning phase. We argue that…

The typical subroutines that compute $\\sin(x)$ and $\\exp(x)$ bear little resemblance to our mathematical knowledge of these functions: they are composed of concrete arithmetic expressions that include many mysterious numerical constants. Instead of programming these subroutines conventionally, we can express…

The article provides up-to-date knowledge about the availability and use of emergency contraception (EC) necessary for primary care nurses. Emergency contraception is defined as a post-coital method under female control which produces an effect before implantation. The three licensed forms…

Este artículo se propone reflexionar sobre la literatura como instancia confi guradora de la herencia a partir de un relato de la escritora argentina

Matilde Sánchez (Buenos Aires, 1958) titulado “Alicante, 84”. Más específi camente, me interesa abordar…

El desarrollo del presente trabajo de titulación se lo realizará mediante el análisis del Proyecto de Ley que el Instituto Ecuatoriano de la Propiedad Intelectual realizó, llamado de “Conservación y Protección de los Conocimientos Colectivos, los Saberes Ancestrales y las…

The article analyses the vision of otherness in the writings of Isabelle Eberhardt (1877-
1904) and of Aurora Bertrana (1892-1974). The 19th century expands the possibilities to undertake trips to faraway lands. The incipient European colonialism, the building of the…

This article contains a rapid review of the abundant information furnished by the Latin inscriptions to our knowledge of Ancient History. To this effect a rapid balance is made of the Latin epigraphs known today and the advances made in…

Cette thèse est une enquête épistémologique qui s’interroge sur la persistance de « l’éther » dans le champ de la technologie. De façon générale, le mot « éther » évoque un modèle conceptuel de la physique pré-einsteinienne, celui d’un milieu…