In this paper a cross-disciplinary study of the use of epistemic markers as hedging rhetorical strategies in research articles in English is carried out. Based on computer readable data, and combining quantitative and
qualitative methods, the article argues that the…

Introduction: Coordination through CVHL/BVCS gives Canadian health libraries access to information technology they could not offer individually, thereby enhancing the library services offered to Canadian health professionals. An example is the portal being developed. Portal best practices are of increasing…

This paper provides new versions of Harsanyi’s social aggregation theorem that are formulated in terms of prospects rather than lotteries. Strengthening an earlier result, fixed-population ex-ante utilitarianism is characterized in a multi-profile setting with fixed probabilities. In addition, we extend…

Notre recherche s’insère dans la mouvance des humanités numériques; nous y faisons dialoguer les arts et les sciences de l’information. Depuis quelques décennies, la danse est un sujet d’études et de recherche à part entière. Il devient donc nécessaire de…

We address the problem of integrating objects from a source taxonomy into a master taxonomy. This problem is not only pervasive on the nowadays web, but also important to the emerging semantic web. A straightforward approach to automating this process…

Intelligent agents in the physical world must work from incomplete information due to partial knowledge and limited resources. An agent copes with these limitations by applying rules of conjecture to make reasonable assumptions about what is known. Circumscription, proposed by…

Este trabalho teve como objetivo avaliar a inclusão de farinha de cupuaçu (CM) em substituição ao milho moído em dietas para vacas leiteiras em lactação, considerando o consumo voluntário, produção e composição do leite., 2013

Desde la invención de la grabación sonora se ha observado un desarrollo acelerado de la tecnología que tiene como propósito de brindar una mejor calidad auditiva. Hace algunas décadas el poder realizar grabaciones discográficas era sólo posible en estudios profesionales…

Le plus souvent reconnu comme un associé de la médecine et des organismes de règlementation de la recherche biomédicale, le domaine de la bioéthique a récemment élargi sa compétence académique pour inclure un rôle croissant dans les processus de décision…

There is a great need among educators for a way to quickly assign teams in large or distance learning classrooms in a manner superior to random assignment or student self-selection. Forming teams based on knowledge of students' characteristics is too…