AbstractSince the emergence of public-private partnerships (PPPs) in the 1980s, there has been a structural change in the way countries now finance and provide public infrastructure. Although national governments apparently encourage PPPs, and many have succeeded, some others have failed.…

The analogic pantograpIt is att apparatus wItic/t allows tIte con tinuous recording of any organism’s displacement witItin an experimental environment. Several interesting analyses can be rnade on tIte obtained record wIticIt allow to get more precise and comple¬te infor,nation about…

Se analiza un conjunte de fenómenos “anómalos” para la teoría de la conducta, come el autnmeldeamientn, el autnmantenimiento, la conducta adjuntiva y el referzamientn no contingente. Se hace incapié en la necesidad de considerar las características físicas del medio experimental,…

Este trabajo describe un modelo numérico implementado en el método de los elementos finitos (Hughes, 2000), el cual permite simular el comportamiento elástico del concreto reforzado con fibras cortas de dirección aleatoria. En estructuras hechas de dicho material cada punto…

This paper outlines the development of a power quality monitoring system. The system is aimed at assessing power quality and detecting critical areas throughout at distribution system. Such system integrates a hardware system and a software processing tool developed in…

Teacher education programs are an important alternative to raise standards in the teaching of English as a Foreign Language (EFL). However, there are few studies that have explored the roles of teacher educators in this setting. Three main research questions…

This article presents a pedagogical experience in a female private school in Bogotá with a group of seventh graders, where the English classes became an excuse to start posing questions about issues that affect young girls and women around the…

This study analyzed how basic level students comprehend short descriptive texts and rewrite their texts through the use of graphic organizers (GOs). The research was built upon the qualitative research paradigm with the inclusion of descriptive and introspective approaches.The study…

Most search methods in metric spaces assume that the topology of the object collection is reasonably regular. However, there exist nested metric spaces, where objects in the collection can be grouped into clusters or subspaces, in such a way that…

This paper focuses on prediction and prevention of seismic risk through a system for decision making. Data Warehousing and OLAP operations are applied, together with, data mining tools like association rules, decision trees and clustering to predict aspects such as…