The history of post-disaster reconstruction programs, especially in developing countries, is replete with the failure to provide safe-construction methods that can be sustained and repeated over time, in spite of the usually acclaimed success of these projects by those in…

En el siglo actual, las instituciones de educación superior de América Latina y Venezuela han tenido que afrontar el reto de
cooperación como parte de sus culturas organizacionales, ante un cambio de valores y premisas sobre las cuales se constituye…

In 2006 a youth health survey was conducted in Pangnirtung, Nunavut as part of a community collaboration. The survey assessed food use, nutrient status and anthropometry. Thirty four percent of youth were above healthy weight; soft drink consumption averaged 1…

In education, 'gender' is consistently operationalized as a body of 'common sense' knowledge that can be freely invoked in an explanatory fashion. This study names such knowledge practices as artefacts of gender-normative privilege and links 'how' knowledge of gender conveyed…

Traditional scheduling algorithms (using the techniques of PERT charts, decision analysis or operations research) require well-defined quantitative, complete sets of constraints. They are insufficient for scheduling situations where the problem description is ill-defined, involving incomplete, possibly inconsistent and generally qualitative…

In the forests of Wemindji Cree Territory on the eastern shores of James Bay, north-western Quebec, forest fires burn frequently, human interventions are rare, and fire is the key agent of forest transformation. This thesis examines Cree perceptions of spatial…

El objetivo principal del presente trabajo es examinar la relación existente entre la habilidad intelectual y la habilidad de organización del conocimiento dentro de un modelo más general sobre los factores explicativos de la adquisición de conocimientos y habilidades. Se…

Has university scholarship gone astray? Do our academic assessment systems reward scholarship that addresses the questions that matter most to society? Using international business as an example, we highlight the problematic nature of academic ranking systems and question if such…

Con el objeto de caracterizar el gen de la k-caseína (k-CN) y
beta-lactoglobulina (BLG) y determinar la asociación entre
éstos sobre la producción y composición de la leche en la raza
Criollo Limonero, se utilizó la técnica de la reacción…

Las organizaciones como elemento social están conformadas por seres
humanos que hacen posible su crecimiento y evolución a lo largo de su vida
útil, el capital humano es actualmente considerado un elemento esencial de
trascendencia en el devenir de la…