EXPRESSIONS ARE DEVELOPED IN THIS PAPER WHICH ALLOW THE PREDICTION OF THE CHANCES THAT A STRUCTURE WILL FAIL DURING A GIVEN TIME INTERVAL (E.G., ITS LIFE SPAN) DUE TO SEISMIC ACTION. THE TERM ”FAILURE” IS USED IN ITS BROADEST SENSE…

EN EL ANÁLISIS SINTÁCTICO DE TEXTOS, MEDIANTE COMPUTADORA, EL PROBLEMA MÁS IMPORTANTE A RESOLVER ES LA AMBIGÜEDAD ESTRUCTURAL. CON LOS MÉTODOS ACTUALES SE OBTIENE UNA GRAN CANTIDAD DE VARIANTES CUANDO SE ANALIZAN TEXTOS SIN RESTRICCIONES. PARA ELIMINAR LAS ESTRUCTURAS INCORRECTAS…

THIS PAPER REPORTS THE RESULTS OF A RESEARCH STUDY WHOSE OBJECTIVE WAS TO DETERMINE THE COMPETENCIES THAT CHILEAN GOVERNMENT AUDITORS HAVE TO OBTAIN RELIABLE AND QUALITY AUDIT ELECTRONIC EVIDENCE IN ORDER TO SUPPORT THE FINDINGS AND CONCLUSIONS CONTAINED ON THE…

QUESTIONS ARE RAISED REGARDING THE EFFECTS OF EMERGING TECHNOLOGY ON LIBRARIES AND LIBRARY SCIENCE, AND A REFLECTION ON THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THOUGHT AND CULTURE -BASED UPON THE SOCIAL AND COGNITIVE SPHERES OF THE IDEAS OF CULTURE AND KNOWLEDGE- IS OFFERED.…

THIS PAPER INTRODUCES A SIMPLE DYNAMIC INPUT-OUTPUT MODEL, IN WHICH SOME OF THE MOST IMPORTANT PROPERTIES OF ENDOGENOUS GROWTH THEORY ARE INCLUDED: INNOVATION, KNOWLEDGE SPILLOVERS, VARYING RETURNS TO SCALE AND FULL EMPLOYMENT. THE WISH TO KEEP TH EHYBRID MODEL AS…

TWO METHODS OF CALCULATING - ACTIVITY, 90SR CONTENT AND INFINITE - DOSE FROM CRUDE FALL-OUT DATA ARE DESCRIBED. THE SIMPLIFIED METHOD IS ADAPTED TO USE OF DESK CALCULATORS, BUT GIVES ONLY MONTHLY TOTALS OF STRONTIUM AND - DOSE, AND DOES…

SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH IS A SOCIAL ACTIVITY. FOR THIS REASON, THE EVALUATION OF ITS PRODUCTIVITY AND EFFECTIVENESS HAVE BECOME IMPERATIVE. THE MOSTO COMMOM MEDIA CHOSEN BY RESEARCHERS TO DISEEMINATE THEIR KNOWLEDGE IS PRIMARY JOURNALS. THE DISTRIBUTION, DISPERSION, IMPACT, AND DIFFUSION OF…

THE PRESENT PAPER AIMS TO DETERMINE THE NEW ORGANIZATIONAL FORMS (NOF) ADOPTED BY TWO GROUPS OF COMPANIES, FROM MEXICO AND VENEZUELA, AS A RESULT OF THE INTRODUCTION OF INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGIES (ICT). IN ORDER TO DO THIS, FIRSTLY THE…

Family reconstruction supports the history of the family during viceregal times. Further advance in this regard will result in a better understanding of marriage alliances, composition of the family and, by means of genealogical knowledge, in the analysis of some…

The character being discussed in this article was one of the most distinguished doctors of the second half of New Spain seventeenth century, His importance lies in having being “criollo” (a Spaniard born in the New World), and one of…