ResumenObjetivo: identificar las complicaciones clínicas maternas asociadas al embarazo en adolescentes. Material y métodos: investigación documental a través de un estudio descriptivo, longitudinal y retrospectivo que se realizó entre marzo y septiembre de 2011. Se efectuó una búsqueda exhaustiva de…

Antecedentes: la aptitud clínica es la capacidad para afrontar y resolver problemas clínicos, por ello la importancia de evaluarla en internos de pregrado, pues son parte del proceso de prevención y control de las Infecciones Nosocomiales (IN). El objetivo de…

In recent years, the Knight News Challenge has emerged as one of the most important forums for stimulating innovation in journalism and as a salient marker of the Knight Foundation’s influence in the field. However, scholarly literature has yet to…

La comunidad sorda demanda una práctica comunicativa fundamental de naturaleza interpersonal, tan válida como la requerida por cualquier ser humano que maneje otro sistema de representación del lenguaje. Una comunicación que permita a sus usuarios, los sordos, el reconocimiento de…

In this dissertation I examine the conceptions of opinion (<italic>doxa</italic>}), knowledge (<italic>gnosis</italic>), and understanding (<italic>episteme</italic>) that are presented by the character Socrates in Plato's <italic>Meno</italic> and <italic>Republic</italic>. A central claim I make, and one that sets my interpretation apart from…

This dissertation focuses on the specific strategies by which authors of the travel writing genre seize narrative agency. Throughout its centuries-long history, the genre of travel writing has offered multiple generations of authors a means by which to convey observations…

This dissertation studies nonlinear panel data models with multiple fixed effects. The first two chapters consider the adaptability of estimation methods for nonlinear panel data models to multiple fixed effects. The first chapter investigates whether existing methods can be modified…

El cuantificar la ganancia de conocimientos a lo largo de la carrera de Medicina es un verdadero reto. Las pruebas de progreso evalúan el conocimiento que se considera pertinente para la educación médica de pregrado. El estudio presente pretende describir…

Network-based modeling of complex systems with emergent behavior is increasingly being employed across different disciplines. Much of the focus in such efforts has been on detailed, "microscopic" modeling, in which the dynamics is described in terms of the individual nodes…

(cont.) outlined. 2. Demonstration that computer systems can use the discovered relations among data items to help users search for relevant information, prioritize the data exchange between collaborating users, and visualize data in various ways. This investigation looks at how…