Se propone un análisis de la cientificidad y las pretensiones de conocimiento de las ciencias de la información desde la perspectiva de Richard Rorty. Se presenta la crítica rortyana a la filosofía epistemológicamente centrada, haciendo énfasis en la presunción de…

Este trabalho tem o objetivo de apresentar a percepção ambiental dos moradores do bairro Jardim Tangará, localizado na porção leste do município de São Carlos, São Paulo. Dentre os aspectos socioambientais abordados, deu-se ênfase á nascente localizada no bairro. Realizou-se…

Durante los últimos años, ha adquirido importancia creciente el estudio de la interacción radiación visible-materia (fotónica), en la que la primera queda confinada a volúmenes de dimensiones mucho menores que la longitud de onda de la luz. El conocimiento de…

The present paper is about applying competence modeling for a knowledge engineer in the case of the company WBSA Sistemas Inteligentes S.A. The process was based on Lucia and Lepsinger model, by which competences are characterized through the identification of…

As many authors have stated, the importance of organizational learning is fundamental in order to gain competitive advantage and survive in a turbulent environment. Many learning models have been studied in recent years. They have been used to analyze practices…

En este trabajo se propone una metodología para mejorar las predicciones de incendios forestales. Utilizando un simulador ya desarrollado, se utiliza un algoritmo genético para realizar una búsqueda efectiva de parámetros de entrada tal que estos parámetros logren una buena…

The general objective of this thesis is the development of an adaptive technique for extracting knowledge in large databases. Nowadays, technology allows storing huge volumes of information. For this reason, the availability of techniques that allow, as a first stage,…

This paper aims to clarify an economic mechanism behind the growing dichotomy between geo-economics and the borderless global knowledge economy. The proposed hypothesis is that geo-economic fault-lines, which are the product of the past prejudices of racial, linguistic, and cultural…

Most unsupervised indigenous knowledge (IK) are known to be very useful in combating critical health issues as well as being dangerous if the administration is abused. Despite the fact that these locally prepared herbal medicine are not encouraged to be…

El presente artículo tiene como propósito proponer la incorporación de la teoría administrativa denominada Gestión del Conocimiento (GC), en Bibliotecas Universitarias (BU). ¿El qué, el cómo y el para qué? Representa un reto de gestión que conlleva a la implementación…