La construcción de carreteras y otras obras públicas produce impactos ambientales severos que afectan a las propiedades de los ecosistemas. Los taludes generados en estas obras presentan escasas coberturas vegetales y el establecimiento de la vegetación, tanto de forma natural…

The main purpose of this article is to contribute to a better understanding of the organizational sources pertaining to continuous innovation. This work identifies a set of best practices, which once integrated, create the innovative activities that help organizations to…

11-16 July 2010 Melbourne, Australia ICAP 2010 will be the first International Association of Applied Psychology (IAAP) Congress to be held in the Southern Hemisphere and the Australian Psychological Society (APS) is delighted to be hosting this prestigious, global event.…

http://dx.doi.org/10.5007/1677-2954.2012v11nesp1p263 Schopenhauer organized his philosophy of the world as will and representationsystematically, dividing the work into four sections. The unity of the essence of the worldarises in different ways, according to the four books of the main work, by means of…

It is a fact that mood-state knowledge is of particular relevance for the understanding of consumer behavior. The belief that it may be affected by the content of marketing communication and the context in which these communications appear was the…

At the moment, the debate about what human resources practices include as High Involvement Work Practices would have to be considered still open. In this communication we try to make a revision of the theoretical framework. This allows us to…

This article presents a synthesis of some aspects in the method used by the Jus Commune jurists and by some theologians influenced by it. The author makes a clear distinction between two instances of the reflection over the juridical science.…

A knowledge of rainfall time distribution is important for several types of hydrological studies related to surface runoff. This study aims to determine the time distribution pattern of heavy rain events in Urussanga, Santa Catarina State, Brazil. It employed recording…

Information location and interactivity are two attributes of desktop virtual environment (DVE) design that can be exploited to enhance the ability of learners to acquire information and skills that transfer to real world. The term "information location" refers to the…

Questions about the suitability of cognitively-oriented instructional approaches for students of different academic levels are frequently raised by teachers and researchers. This study examined student participation in knowledge-building discourse in two implementations of a short inquiry unit focusing on environmental…