Interciencia articles from September 2006

Interciencia archives from September 2006

Planning and executing/Planificacion y ejecucion/Planificacao e execucao.(EDITORIAL)(Editorial)
September 1, 2006... From worldwide organizations to enterprises and individuals and their families, including governments of large and small nations or of local nature and reach, all are obliged to do a lot of planning. Everybody elaborates plans, more or less...

La mision ciencia.(TOWN MEETING/CABILDO ABIERTO/CABIDO ABERTO)
September 1, 2006... La Mision Ciencia fue anunciada el 13-12-2005 por el Presidente de la Republica Bolivariana de Venezuela y lanzada oficialmente el 19-02-2006 por el mismo Presidente en el marco de su programa semanal semanal de radio, Alo Presidente. Si...

Mision ciencia: producción, enseñaza y gestion del conocimiento.(TOWN MEETING/CABILDO ABIERTO/CABIDO ABERTO)
September 1, 2006... Como luce evidente, hay una parte importante de la discusion sobre la Mision Ciencia que reposa en confusiones y malentendidos. Demasiadas interpretaciones libres, exceso de sobre-entendidos, abundancia de prejuicios y recepciones acomodadas al...

La mision ciencia contra la ciencia.(TOWN MEETING/CABILDO ABIERTO/CABIDO ABERTO)
September 1, 2006... Satisfacer la solicitud de reflexionar acerca de los fundamentos politicos y epistemologicos de la Mision Ciencia requiere conocerlos, lo cual no resulta posible pues no hay fuentes sobre el particular. La mision de la Mision, segun la pagina...

¿Puede existir una política pública para la ciencia?(TOWN MEETING/CABILDO ABIERTO/CABIDO ABERTO)
September 1, 2006... Desde hace algun tiempo, un grupo de militantes de la revolucion bolivariana (recien rebautizado "Socialismo del siglo XXI") en Venezuela promueve una Mision Ciencia, al estilo de otras Misiones orientadas a, por ejemplo, alfabetizar toda la...

Participation of Latin America and the Caribbean in the global climatological records, GHCN/ Participacion de America Latina y del Caribe en los registros globales climatologicos, GHCN/Participacao da America Latina e do Caribe nos registros globais climatologicos, GHCN.
September 1, 2006... SUMMARY It is impossible to overestimate the importance of historical meteorological records for studies of global climate change. Many of these studies are based on data in GHCN, the Global Historical Climatology Network, a meteorological...

Adaptation and implementation of a zoning model for mass movement susceptibility through of a geographical information system/Modelo de zonificacion de la susceptibilidad a los procesos de remocion en masa a traves de un sistema de informacion geografica/Adaptacao e aplicacao de um modelo de zonifacacao da susceptibilidade aos processos de remocao em massa atra ves de um sistema de informacao geogrfica.
September 1, 2006... SUMMARY The main purpose of this study is to adapt and apply a model for the zonation and analysis of the spatial distribution of susceptibility to mass movement, using multivaried statistics and Geographical Information System (GIS), as a...

Evaluation of sediment contamination in the port and coastal zone of Salina Cruz, Oaxaca Mexico/ Evaluacion de la contaminacion en sedimentos del area portuaria y zona costera de Salina Cruz, Oaxaca, Mexico/ Avaliacao da contaminacao em sedimientos da area portuaroa e zona costeira de Salina Cruz, Oaxaca, Mexico.
September 1, 2006... SUMMARY This study aims to evaluate recent sediments in the port and coastal areas of Salina Cruz, Oaxaca, Mexico, the main oil and refined products supply center in the Mexican Pacific coast. The main pollutants from oil related...

Traditional and present use of Spirulina sp. (Arthrospira sp.)/ Uso tradicional y actual de Spirulina sp. (Arthrospira sp.)/ Uso traditional e atual de Spirulina sp. (Arthrospira sp.).
September 1, 2006... SUMMARY Spirulina sp. (Arthrospira sp.) is a non-differentiated filamentous cyanobacteria common in alkaline lakes and is cultivated for food because of its high nutritional value. In Mexico, it has been used as food since Prehispanic...

Cultural heritage and information technologies: improvement proposals for science and technology museums and interactive centers of Venezuela/Patrimonio cultural y tecnologias de la informacion: propuestas de mejora para los museos de ciencia y tecnologia y centros interactivos de Venezuela/Patrimonio cultural e tecnologias da informacao: propostas de melhora para os museus de ciencia e tecnologia e centros interativos de Venezuela.
September 1, 2006... SUMMARY The article presents a current view of the different techniques used for the spread and diffusion of cultural heritage, centered principally on museums and the design of their web pages. Concepts related to this heritage, such as...

Growth, yield and nitrogen allocation in two rice cultivars under field conditions in Venezuela.(REPORTS/COMUNICACIONES/COMUNICACOES)
September 1, 2006... SUMMARY A field experiment was set out to evaluate the differences in biomass production, nitrogen economy and grain production between two rice cultivars Araure 4 (A4) and Fonaiap 2000 (F2000), which differ in yield potential. Aboveground...

Uso, manejo y procesos de domesticacion de Pachycereus hollianus (F.A.C. Weber) Buxb. (Cactaceae), en el Valle De Tehuacan-Cuicatlan, Mexico.(COMUNICACIONES/REPORTS/COMUNICACOES)
September 1, 2006... SUMMARY An ethnobotanical survey was conducted to document uses and traditional management of Pachycereus hollianus in the Valley of Zapotitlan, within the Tehuacan-Cuicatlan Valley in Central-Mexico. Open and semistructured interviews...

Almidon modificado de yuca como sustituto economico del agente solidificante para medios de cultivo de tejidos vegetales.(REPORTS/COMUNICACIONES/COMUNICACOES)
September 1, 2006... SUMMARY Plant tissue culture methodologies were developed five decades ago. However, expensive reagents and faulty technology transfer have prevented farmers in developing countries to benefit from these techniques. In Venezuela, cassava...

Anatomy in the pages of Don Quixote.(ESSAYS/ENSAYOS/ENSAIOS)
September 1, 2006... SUMMARY In recent years specialized medical journals have frequently included humanistic studies of a historical, philological, philosophical, ethical or literary nature, showing the mutually beneficial contributions of literature and...

Forthcoming events/Reuniones venideras/Proximas reunioes.(Calendario)
September 1, 2006... REUNIONES VENIDERAS / FORTHCOMING EVENTS / PROXIMAS REUNIOES REUNION / EVENT LUGAR / LOCATION FECHA / DATE II CONGRESO NACIONAL Oaxaca, Mexico 30 de octubre al DE ARQUEOLOGIA ...