Since the first Computer and Internet based learning developments, there has been a recurrent idea: the creation of reusable didactic pieces, developed once and used many times in instructional processes, called learning objects. These elements promised to constitute knowledge bases…

In this global world the importance human resource management has acquired in order to sustain productivity and business competitiveness, based mainly on the integration of corporate strategy, human resources, technology, etc., is well known. This communication seeks to highlight the…

Openness in organizations to obtain new ideas or create alternative paths to market, enables the identification of new elements in innovation management. This article sets out how, as of the liberalization of the Information and Communication Technology (ICT) sector in…

A Berg model application for ZrOX thin film deposition by DC reactive sputtering is presented. An alternative treatment to this model is proposed, focused on an engineering point of view. Berg model involves target poisoning as a compound covering a…

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.…

In the past few years, schools have been looking for options that enable them to raise the quality of education. Technological advances and their amazingly fast evolution, shape in Multimedia Systems (MMS) as the present and future of humanity. For…

The United Nations General Assembly declared the year 2004 the International Year of Rice under the concept "Rice is Life". The largest nutritional problems occurring globally are protein-energy malnutrition, Ca, Fe, I, Zn and vitamin A deficiencies. Being rice the…

According as the international definition of Flexible Scope, a laboratory must demonstrate face with the accreditation body that it has the knowledge, experience and competence to work within the full range of its flexible scope, as well as possessing suitable…

Mycotoxins attract worldwide attention because of the significant economic losses associated with their impact on human health, animal production and both domestic and international trade. Those mycotoxins that are currently considered to be worldwide  importance are aflatoxins, trichothecenes, zearalenone, fumonisins,…

Mycotoxins have been defined as "fungal metabolites which, when ingested, inhaled or absorbed through the skin, cause lowered performance, sickness or death in man or animals, including birds"( Pitt, 1996). The ability of some mycotoxins to compromise the immune system…