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Reuse of use cases diagrams: an approach based on ontologies and semantic web technologies
(2012-07-04)
Software reuse is defined as the use of any artifact, or part thereof, created before, on a new Project. This practice has significant benefits in reducing costs and increasing quality and productivity in software development. ...
Conflict Resolution in the Electricity Sector - The Experts Panel of Chile
(2012-07-01)
One of the main challenges facing the electricity sector worldwide is the design of efficient markets. In particular, the mechanisms used to solve regulatory conflicts are a crucial element of a regulatory regime and a ...
Using a Communication Model to Collect Measurement Data through Mobile Devices
(07/05/2012)
Wireless systems and services have undergone remarkable development since the first mobile phone system was introduced in the early 1980s. The use of sensors in an Ambient Intelligence approach is a great solution in a ...
Mobile system for medical control of chronic diseases through intelligent devices
(12/12/2012)
The ageing of the population is a factor that in the future will increase the percentage of dependent people, given that there is a close relationship between dependence and age. When patients are in a health care environment, ...
A social software for mobile learning
(2012-07-04)
The traditional teaching methods of the Learning Management Systems (or LMS) are rigid in nature and impose limitations on the teaching process. By having a closed pattern, these tools end up hurting the student, for ...
A Security Proposal Based on a Real Time Agent to Protect Web Services Against DoS Attack
(2012-07-02)
This paper describes a novel proposal based on a real time agent to detect and block denial of service attacks within web services environments. The real time agent incorporates a classification mechanism based on a Case-Base ...
Estimates of Biomass and Fixed Carbon at a Rainforest in Panama
(2012-10-03)
This paper presents an estimation of the quantity of carbon fixed in trees in a one hectare (ha) plot at the Cerro Pelado-Gamboa
Hydrology Tropical Observatory, which is located in the province of Colon, Panama. The ...
The Balance Score Card for the Design and Validation Instrumens to Measure the Academic Teachers´s Achievement and Performance
(2012-07-04)
The evaluation of faculty work is critical for the university accreditation. Moreover, particularly sensitive to this related tendency of faculty work evaluation; it is necessary to go beyond the knowledge factor and ...
Numerical analysis of the straightening process of thin plate structures by elastic FEM based on the inherent strain method
(2012-12)
Welding distortion is practically an expected feature in shipbuilding, with a few exceptions; when thick plates are used, for example. Nowadays, the trend is to use thinner plates in order to reduce weight, aiming to reduce ...
El CEPIA y las orquídeas
(2012-06-01)
Las Orquídeas, sin lugar a dudas una de las flores más bellas y fascinantes, constituyen un grupo extremadamente diverso de plantas; sus flores poseen formas extrañísimas y exóticas al tiempo que supone un reto cultivar y ...