The need for privacy has become a major priority for both governments and civilians desiring protection from signal interception. Widespread use of personal communications devices has only increased demand for a level of security on previously insecure communications. This paper…

Data quality is a research area strongly investigated during the 90’s. However, few companies in Argentina apply data quality methodologies or tools during the analysis, design or implementation phases of software development process. Developers generally use techniques to design systems…

Many computational applications need to look for information in a database. Nowadays, the predominance of nonconventional databases makes the similarity search (i.e., searching elements of the database that are "similar" to a given query) becomes a preponderant concept. The Spatial…

This paper deals with the influence of concrete structures on atmospheric temperatureand the convection winds generated in the Aburra Valley in Medell´ın,Colombia. This area is characterised by low wind velocities with a high industrydensity. A digital elevation model was used…

Este artículo reporta el trabajo de investigación realizado en base a datos extraídos de la Encuesta Anual realizada por la CESSI durante el año 2007 entre organizaciones dedicadas al desarrollo de Software en Argentina. Si bien la temática de mejora…

Se evaluaron características topográficas y muestras de agua en un cauce de la hacienda Gloria, municipio Jaboticabal, São Paulo, Brasil. Las características morfométricas del relieve y del agua fueron estudiadas en una pequeña cuenca hidrográfica, considerando zonas protegidas con bosque…

From several sources the advantages of a methodology based on work in groups at university have been pronounced. It is desirable to have a method to assess not only the product but also the group process. Nevertheless, the university professors,…

This paper investigates three dimensions of intellectual capital, i.e. human capital, structural capital and relational capital and their inter-relationships. For that, a model is developed, which evaluates the intellectual capital within organizations located in developing countries areas. It is applied…

Little work has been yet done to analyse if e-learning is an efficiency way in economic terms to produce higher education, especially because there are not available data in official statistics. Despite of these important constrains, this paper aims to…

Curso "Web Development 2" sobre programación web con PHP para el "Máster doble competencia en ciencias informáticas y ciencias sociales" ("Master double competence in computer science and social science")., Proyecto TEMPUS JEP – 26235-2005.