OBJECTIVE:To assess Mexico City physicians' knowledge and practices regarding cervical cancer and human papillomavirus (HPV) to compare obstetricians/gynecologists (ob/gyns) and general practitioners (GPs) on these variables MATERIAL AND METHODS: In April 2003, 187 ob/gyns and GPs working in 15 hospitals…

In this paper, we propose semantic enterprise search as promising technical methodology for improving on accessibility to institutional knowledge. We briefly discuss the nature of knowledge and ignorance in respect to web-based information retrieval before introducing our particular view on…

Automatic keyword extraction is an important subfield of information extraction process. It is a difficult task, where numerous different techniques and resources have been proposed. In this paper, we propose a generic approach to extract keyword from documents using encyclopedic…

The radiofrequency coil is a crucial component of the magnetic resonance imaging scanners, so that a solid knowledge on the design and physical characteristics is important for those interested in its development. A birdcage coil with a 10 cm radius…

Educational Software is one of the pillars of distance learning and educational systems and has become the basic tool for current generations of students. However, recent methodologies used in this development have too many problems: a lack of common theoretical…

A functional understanding of Newton's second law as a vector equation requires that students be able to reason about forces as vectors. In this paper, we present data describing students' conceptual difficulties with forces as vectors. These data suggest that…

Lexicon development and Part of Speech (POS) tagging are very important for almost all Natural Language Processing (NLP) applications. The rapid development of these resources and tools using machine learning techniques for less computerized languages requires appropriately tagged corpus. We…

In several areas of research such as knowledge management and natural language processing, domain-specific corpora are required for tasks such as terminology extraction and ontology learning. The presented investigations herein are based on the assumption that Wikipedia can be used…

OBJECTIVE: The goal of this study was to assess linkages between microclimate and longer-term ENSO-related weather forcing on the week-to-week changes in dengue prevalence in Matamoros, Tamaulipas, Mexico, over a recent decade of dengue observations. MATERIAL AND METHODS: An auto-regressive…

The World Health Organization (WHO) estimates that by the year 2020 tobacco addiction will be responsible for 10 million deaths, seventy percent of which will occur in underdeveloped countries. On the other hand, depression affects about 121 million people worldwide,…