There are some factors that are important to determine students’ level of proficiency in English. Many authors have made different studies about how proficiency is influenced by some factors. One of these factors is personality, which is defined as one…

Throughout the history of education there have been several attempts to innovate and improve the methodologies to improve the teaching and learning process. Those changes have had a minimal, but important advance because the positivist- knowledge centred view that had…

The rapid advancement in Information and Communication Technology is driving a revolutionary change in the way organizations do business. The fast growing capabilities of both generating and collecting data has generated an imperative need for new techniques and tools that can…

"Desde su inserción en el ámbito internacional, in 1987, el concepto de sostenibilidad ha venido permeando diversas esferas de las sociedades. El desarrollo sostenible implica mantener los sistemas que permiten la vida en el planeta, al tiempo que garantizar que…

The purpose of this study was to investigate empirically the role of knowledge and innovation within Central and Eastern Europe’s changing economy. We applied qualitative research methods, and focused only on professional services firms within the region. The connection between…

BackgroundRecent guidelines on preoperative fasting recommend 2 hours for clear fluids and 6 hours for solids in most elective surgical patients1,2. Despite this contemporary practice varies widely across the country. This study evaluates the knowledge, current practices and compliance with…

Within the context of virtual business collaboration modeling, many pervious works have been accepted to consider some essential virtual business collaborative models. A practical dynamic virtual organization may be a combination of those models and some other elemental features with…

Esta monografía cuestiona la validez de la crítica de Gettier a la suficiencia de lo que ha sido conocido como el análisis “tradicional” del conocimiento. Este análisis establece el conocimiento como creencia, verdadera justificada. Gettier en su famoso artículo "Is…

Both students and teachers need different competences for scientific reasoning. Apart from the required content knowledge and the ability of using it adequately, both groups need elaborated knowledge of strategies for decision-making and argumentation. These competences concerning decision-making are highly…

Reverse engineering is the process of discovering the technological principles of a device, object or system through analysis of its structure, function, and operation. From a device used in clinical practice, as the corneal topographer, reverse engineering will be used…