Academic networks can represent a new model for learning based on knowledge fusion. In the current paper we present an approach to the academic network design that brings together expertise of academic trainers and practitioners, and opens new paths in…

The procedures of searching solutions to problems, in Artificial Intelligence, can be brought about, in many occasions, without knowledge of the Domain, and in other situations, with knowledge of it. This last procedure is usually called Heuristic Search. In such…

2013 World Summit on the Information Society multistakeholder review event (WSIS+10) UNESCO, Paris, 25-27 February 2013., From where do we speak: our region + our experience;
Opportunties of OA: voices from developing regions;
Challenges of OA for developing regions;
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UNESCO – Regional Latin America and the Caribbean Consultation on Open Access to Scientific Information and Research – Concept and Policies UNESCO, Kingston, Jamaica, 5-8 March 2013, Gold Open Access, National strategy to promote quality OA journals;
Green Open Access,…

The paper presents a framework for a distributed medical system meant to bring a modern approach and inhance the quality of medical services offered to chronicle patients with cardio-vascular diseases, through the latest IT&C technologies. The proposed system provides online…

In a computerized society, the volume of data grows unexpectedly, making their processing time a very difficult task. A priority has become the processing of data in useful information and knowledge. Thus we can say that data mining is a…

We review the main advances that the study of beta diversity has had for over 50 years, since its proposal and until the latest reviews. The increase in the number of publications is remarkable, especially in the last decade, and…

The paper presents the process of development of an artificial intelligence, AI, software prototype for environmental management developed in CETEC within the scope of Project CRHA (2003-2006). This software is a tool for helping the user in his/her way of…

Coffea canephora breeding requires combining sustainable productivity with improved technological and cup quality characteristics. Beverage quality is a complex and subjective trait, and breeding for this trait is time consuming and depends on knowledge of the genetics of its components.…

E-education plays an important role in improving access to knowledge for the present and the next generation society. New and emerging technologies give the possibility to educators to reach individuals and communities in numbers and in manners that were in…