e-Science perspectives in Venezuela

Crisis in Venezuela: A Politico Economic Understanding

More than five years down the line Venezuela had been slipping into an economic cri-sis. An economy wholly dependent on the sale of oil and no diversification of economic production is sure to face such a crisis. The fluctuation in oil prices is sure to hurt the market and the economy. To make matters worse, Venezuela now faces a political crisis with two individuals claiming themselves to be P...

Cross-observer agreement and self-concept consistency across cultures: Integrating trait and cultural psychology perspectives

The Social Relations Model was used to compare cross-observer agreement and self-concept consistency in trait judgments in the United States, Mexico, Venezuela, and China. Target participants recruited friends and family members who comprised separate friend and family round-robin groups. Consistent with trait perspectives, in all cultures, (a) consensus and self-other agreement in trait judgme...

A performance analysis of a mimetic finite difference scheme for acoustic wave propagation on GPU platforms

1Dpto. d’Arquitectura de Computadors, Universitat Politècnica de Cataluña, Barcelona, Spain 2Dpto. de Física, Ingeniería de Sistemes y Teoría de la Señal, E-03080 Alicante, Spain 3Instituto Universitario de Física aplicada a las Ciencias y las Tecnologías, Universidad de Alicante, E-03080 Alicante, Spain 4Escola Tècnica Superior d’Enginyeria de Telecomunicació de Barcelona, Universitat Politècn...

Detailed Study of the Computer Science Degree at the Central University of Venezuela: Towards a New Curriculum Design

The XXI Iberoamerican Congress on Higher Education in Computing (CIESC 2013) took place at Naiguatá, Venezuela, in October 2013. This event congregated many researchers and graduate students who had the opportunity to share their results and experiences in many different topics, including proposals of pedagogical activities, studies related to experiences in classes, and diverse aspects of the ...

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