Rock Classification from the Oil-driller's Standpoint

Accidents among drillers in the Venezuelan oil industry in 1993.

In 1993 a total of 356 accidents with injuries occurred in workers of 26 companies of oil and gas extraction in the eastern coast of Maracaibo Lake in Venezuela. 288 of them worked in drilling tasks. With the purpose of analyzing the factors that are associated with the drilling activities, the data base of the Venezuela Institute of Social Security, was reviewed. Only the first two digits of t...

From the Standpoint of Dermatology

Because skin color directly reflects every pathological change of skin that causes modification of its optical characteristics, it is vital information in dermatological diagnosis. Photographs have played a substantial role for a long time in recording skin lesions, and recently digital imaging has been introduced for this purpose. But the quality of skin color images reproduced by any currentl...

Morbid Impulses from the Medico-Legal Standpoint

Knowledge Management from the ontological Standpoint

What is an adequate philosophy for knowledge management for an ontologist working in information science? I will contend that the relevant part of knowledge management, namely the theory of knowledge representation, lacks proper foundations. In particular, I will criticize the traditional philosophical approach to knowledge representation, which I call pragmatist conceptualism. I argue on the o...

Socialist Feminism: From the Standpoint of Practice

Introduction Women's organizing in Canada in the last twenty years has netted some significant gains. Perhaps the 1988 Supreme Court decision declaring the abortion law unconstitutional is the most striking, but a balance sheet would also include other legislative gains in the areas of equal pay, affirmative action, sexual assault, family law and sexual harassment. Increases in women's union ac...