NEA activities in 1986

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1987-01-01

This report presents the main features of the Agency work during 1986. It deals with the response of NEA to the Chernobyl Accident; trends in Nuclear Power; Nuclear development and the fuel cycle; Nuclear safety research and licensing; radiation protection and waste management; legal affairs, nuclear science; joint undertakings and other NEA joint projects; information programmes; organization and administration

Progress report on the management of the NEA ISOE system

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Lazo, E. [OECD Nuclear Energy Agency, Issy-les-Moulineaux (France)

1995-03-01

The Information System on Occupational Exposure (ISOE) was launched by the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), Nuclear Energy Agency (NEA) on 1 January, 1992, to facilitate the communication of dosimetric and ALARA implementation data among nuclear utilities around the world. After two years of operation the System has become a mature interactive network for transfer of data and experience. Currently, 37 utilities from 12 countries, representing 289 power plants, and 12 national regulatory authorities participate in ISOE. Agreements for cooperation also exist between the NEA and the Commission of the European Communities (CEC), and the Paris Center of the WOrld Association of Nuclear Operators (WANO-PC). In addition, the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) is acting as a co-sponsor of ISOE for the participation of non-NEA member countries. Three Regional Technical Centres, Europe, Asia, and Non-NEA member countries, serve to administer the system. The ISOE Network is comprised of three data bases and a communications network at several levels. The three ISOE data bases include the following types of information: NEA1 - annual plant dosimetric information; NEA2 - plant operational characteristics for dose and dose rate reduction; and NEA3 - job specific ALARA practices and experiences. The ISOE communications network has matured greatly during 1992 and 1993. In addition to having access to the above mentioned data bases, participants may now solicit information on new subjects, through the Technical Centres, from all other participants on a real-time basis. Information Sheets on these studies are produced for distribution to all participants. In addition, Topical Reports on areas of interest are produced, and Topical Meetings are held annually.

Progress report on the management of the NEA ISOE system

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Lazo, E.

1995-01-01

The Information System on Occupational Exposure (ISOE) was launched by the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), Nuclear Energy Agency (NEA) on 1 January, 1992, to facilitate the communication of dosimetric and ALARA implementation data among nuclear utilities around the world. After two years of operation the System has become a mature interactive network for transfer of data and experience. Currently, 37 utilities from 12 countries, representing 289 power plants, and 12 national regulatory authorities participate in ISOE. Agreements for cooperation also exist between the NEA and the Commission of the European Communities (CEC), and the Paris Center of the WOrld Association of Nuclear Operators (WANO-PC). In addition, the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) is acting as a co-sponsor of ISOE for the participation of non-NEA member countries. Three Regional Technical Centres, Europe, Asia, and Non-NEA member countries, serve to administer the system. The ISOE Network is comprised of three data bases and a communications network at several levels. The three ISOE data bases include the following types of information: NEA1 - annual plant dosimetric information; NEA2 - plant operational characteristics for dose and dose rate reduction; and NEA3 - job specific ALARA practices and experiences. The ISOE communications network has matured greatly during 1992 and 1993. In addition to having access to the above mentioned data bases, participants may now solicit information on new subjects, through the Technical Centres, from all other participants on a real-time basis. Information Sheets on these studies are produced for distribution to all participants. In addition, Topical Reports on areas of interest are produced, and Topical Meetings are held annually

NEA Annual report 1997

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1998-01-01

The following issues are dealt with: 1997 in perspective. Trends in nuclear power. Technical programmes: Nuclear development and fuel cycle, nuclear safety and regulation, radiation protection, radioactive waste management, nuclear science, data bank, legal affairs, joint projects and other cooperative projects. General information: information programme, NEA publications produced in 1997, organization chart of NEA, workshops and meetings held in 1997. (R.P.)

NEA annual report 2000

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2000-01-01

In this 2000 annual report, the Nuclear Energy Agency (NEA), notes that in the medium and long term, the evolution of the nuclear energy programs in OECD countries is likely to be influenced by the implementation of sustainable development policies integrating economic, environmental and socials goals. This report is divided in four chapters. The first one gives general information on nuclear industry. The chapter 2 deals with trends in nuclear power. The chapter 3 gathers technical programs in nuclear development and fuel cycle, nuclear safety and regulation, radiation protection, radioactive waste management, nuclear science and data bank, legal affairs, joint projects and other co-operative projects. The last chapter gathers general information on information program, NEA publications, main workshops and seminar and organisation charts of the NEA. (A.L.B.)

NEA data bank

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1983-01-01

This paper is an introduction to the NEA data bank. The essential programs and data for nuclear energy calculations are available from the Data Bank. The Data Bank's role, in co-operation with other centers, is to protect the technological capital represented by the programs and data in its collection, which is unique in covering nearly the whole field of reactor physics at a single center (Saclay). The compilation and exchange of experimental and evaluated neutron and other nuclear data is carried out through a world-wide information network. The tasks now assigned to the Data Bank are in the areas of computer program packaging, neutron data compilation, assembly and benchmark testing of the Joint Evaluated File (JEF) of neutron cross-section data, and servicing the NEA scientific committees, as well as providing a computer service to the main NEA secretariat. In all areas the emphasis is on developing a ''value added'' element to the incoming data or computer codes, by validation documentation and presentation of information in a convenient standard form. The services offered by the Data Bank and the computers used by the Data Bank are presented

NEA activities in 1994

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1995-01-01

This report deals with the activities in 1994 of the OECD Nuclear Energy Agency including : trends in nuclear power, nuclear development and fuel cycle (data, tools, methodologies, nuclear industry and its context, fuel cycle policy, energy policy reviews), reactor safety and regulation (exchange of operating experience and human factors, accident prevention activities, severe-accident phenomenology and management, structural integrity, probabilistic safety assessment, fuel cycle safety, regulatory approaches to severe-accident issues, inspection practices), radiation protection (radiation protection today and tomorrow, application of radiation protection standards, protection of workers, international emergency exercises), radioactive waste management (the philosophical and ethical basis of disposal, safety assessment and site investigations, other radiation waste management activities), nuclear science (scientific studies, validation of working methods, the NEA data bank, projects in support of other NEA programmes), joint projects (the Rasplav project, the Halden reactor project, information system on occupational exposure, decommissioning of nuclear facilities), legal affairs (liability and nuclear safety assistance to Eastern Europe, training seminar on nuclear law, information on nuclear law), information programme (review of Nea information programme, publications programme, a major information forum), and relations with non m ember countries (NEA relations with non-members countries, the Central and Eastern European Countries and New Independent States of the former Soviet Union programme of co-operation and assistance). (O.L.). 22 figs

Benchmarks and Quality Assurance for Online Course Development in Higher Education

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Wang, Hong

2008-01-01

As online education has entered the main stream of the U.S. higher education, quality assurance in online course development has become a critical topic in distance education. This short article summarizes the major benchmarks related to online course development, listing and comparing the benchmarks of the National Education Association (NEA),…

Líneas de Ensamble Auto-balanceables

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Palomino Sánchez, José Manuel

2011-01-01

Este documento presenta una monografía de las líneas de ensamble auto-balanceables. Este tipo de líneas se han popularizado con la implementación de la manufactura esbelta en muchas empresas de diferentes ramos. Sin embargo, su estudio es aún incipiente, por lo que el objetivo de este proyecto es hacer una revisión de la literatura existente con el propósito de identificar posibles trabajos en esta área. Las líneas de ensamble auto-balanceables, también descritas en la literatura como Buck...

Nuevo método de sutura subcutánea percutánea continua New method of continuous percutaneous subcutaneous suture

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Germán Brito Sosa

2012-06-01

Full Text Available Objetivos: realizar un método de sutura continua, en las personas operadas en el Hospital "Julio Trigo López", que disminuya los granulomas a nivel de la herida quirúrgica, y compararlas con el método tradicional. Métodos: se realizó un estudio experimental sobre la aplicación de un método de sutura subcutánea percutánea continua, en un grupo de pacientes operados de diversas enfermedades, ya sea de urgencia, electivo o ambulatorio, en el Hospital "Julio Trigo López", en los años 2008 y 2009. Resultados: con el método de sutura subcutánea percutánea continua con nylon no se forman granulomas, mientras que con el método tradicional, sí ocurre en un porcentaje no despreciable. Las ventajas del método de sutura subcutánea percutánea continua con nylon son: en el plano celular subcutáneo de la pared abdominal no queda sutura, no se producen granulomas y es más económica. Conclusiones: la sutura de nylon es menos rechazada que la del cromado, ya que no se producen granulomas. El método de sutura subcutánea percutánea continua es una sutura más hemostática que el método tradicional, ya que el por ciento de hematomas es menor. El gasto económico es menor con el método de sutura subcutánea percutánea continua. Con el método de sutura subcutánea percutánea continua la sutura es extraída al 10mo. día de haberla aplicado.Objectives: to apply a continuous suture method to reduce granulomas in surgical wounds in patients operated on at "Julio Trigo Lopez" hospital, and to compare the results with those of the traditional method. Methods: an experimental study was conducted on the application of a continuous percutaneous subcutaneous suture in a group of patients operated on from several diseases, either under emergency, elective or outpatient conditions at "Julio Trigo Lopez" hospital during 2008 and 2009. Results: the continuous percutaneous subcutaneous suture method with nylon prevents formation of granulomas, whereas

Evaluated Data Projects at the NEA

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Henriksson, H.; Rugama, Y.

2006-01-01

The OECD Nuclear Energy Agency (NEA) Data Bank is part of an international network of data centres in charge of the compilation and dissemination of basic nuclear data. The NEA offers easy access to the main nuclear databases with bibliographical information, evaluated libraries, e.g. the Joint Evaluated Fission and Fusion (JEFF) library, and experimental data in the EXFOR database, comprising published neutron induced as well as charged particle induced nuclear reaction data. The NEA Working Party on international nuclear data Evaluation Co-operation (WPEC) is established to promote the exchange of information on nuclear data evaluations, measurements, nuclear model calculations and validation. WPEC provides a framework for co-operative activities between six major evaluation projects (BROND, CENDL, Endf, FENDL, JEFF and JENDL). The NEA Data Bank administrates the collection and validation as well as the distribution of the JEFF library. The latest version, JEFF-3.1, was released in May 2005 and it contains a neutron data library, a proton data library and thermal scattering law data. The special purpose library on activation data contains 774 nuclei with over 12600 neutron induced reactions. Included is also radioactive decay data, with 3852 isotopes, and spontaneous and neutron induced fission yield data. The full documentation of the library is being prepared for publication in 2006. Processed JEFF-3.1 data files in ACE format, mainly for reactor physics applications, have been prepared and were distributed in spring 2006 with documentation. The processed files have been validated for criticality calculations, as well as for radiation physics application. The detailed analysis of the validation results will be very useful for improving the accuracy of evaluated data libraries. The display program JANIS has been developed at the NEA, and the latest version (JANIS-2.21) was released in October 2005. JANIS is designed to facilitate the visualisation and

Protecting America Through Better Civic Education

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2013-09-01

Studies NEA National Education Association NFTE Network for Teaching Entrepreneurship NGA National Governors Association PD#8 Presidential Directive 8...Porter, USN, who inspired me through his work, A National Strategic Narrative, with his thoughts on the intellectual capital of America, our youth—a...7 Bruce Bongar, “Defining the Need and Dexcribing the Goal,” in Psychology of Terrorism, ed. Bruce Bongar, Lisa M

Human exploration of NEA: why and how?

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Viscio, M. A.; Casacci, C.; Ferro, C.

The human exploration of multiple deep space destinations, and among them Near Earth Asteroids (NEA), in view of the final challenge of sending astronauts to Mars, represents a current and consistent study domain. NEAs represent interesting targets, not only for the high level scientific return of such missions, but also for advanced technologies demonstration. Accordingly, the NEA mission described in this paper is conceived as an intermediate step before a human mission to the Red Planet and, in this regard, several technologies required for Mars are implemented, in order to test and validate them in significant environment, but at a closer and easier destination. Another crucial aspect to be considered, when dealing with asteroids, is related to planetary defense: even if the probability of an impact with the Earth is very low, this possibility does actually exist. A human mission as the one described in this paper would represent a chance for the development and test of technologies and techniques to be used for asteroid collision avoidance. The paper starts discussing the main objectives of a NEA mission, highlighting the benefits of the human presence. A reference human mission is then described, in terms of strategy, architecture and concept of operations, with particular attention to NEA collision avoidance issue. In the last part, the idea of exploiting virtual reality in support of the mission definition and execution is discussed.

Nuclear data activities at the NEA Data Bank

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Hasegawa, A.; Henriksson, H.; Mompean, F.J.; Nordborg, C.; Rugama, Y.; Sartori, E.

2008-01-01

The OECD Nuclear Energy Agency (NEA) Data Bank is an international centre of reference for its member countries with respect to basic nuclear tools, such as computer codes and nuclear data. The Data Bank is part of an international network of data centres in charge of the compilation and dissemination of basic nuclear data. The NEA nuclear data services include the collection of data, validation and distribution of the Nuclear Data libraries via the NEA web-site, offering easy access to databases containing bibliographical and experimental information, as well as evaluated libraries, e.g., the Joint Evaluated Fission and Fusion (JEFF) library. The selection and distribution of chemical thermodynamic data for radioactive waste management applications is the subject of the Thermochemical Database Project (TDB), supported by 17 organisations in 12 member countries and co-ordinated by the NEA Data Bank. In support of data evaluation, and generation of project oriented data libraries, relevant computer codes in the field of nuclear models, experimental data processing and evaluated data processing are made available to experts with the support of the member countries. Large collections of benchmark experiments for data and code validation are also available from the NEA in areas such as criticality safety (ICSBEP), radiation shielding (SINBAD), fuel performance (IFPE) and reactor physics (IRPhE). The NEA Working Party on international nuclear data Evaluation Co-operation (WPEC) provides a framework for co-operative activities between the six major evaluation projects (BROND, CENDL, Endf, FENDL, JEFF and JENDL). (authors)

Observations of NEAs at Arecibo Observatory and NASA's IRTF: Combining Radar and Thermal Measurements to Better Understand NEA Physical Properties

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Nolan, Michael C.; Vervack, R. J.; Howell, E. S.; Magri, C.; Fernandez, Y. R.; Taylor, P. A.; Mueller, M.; Rivkin, A. S.; Benner, L. A. M.

2010-01-01

As we sample ever-smaller sizes of near-Earth asteroids (NEAs), we see an increasing variation in the range of physical properties. Radar experiments show a diverse range of shapes, surface features, and rotation states among NEAs. Infrared observations of these objects are equally varied,

Generation 4 and the Nea

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Dujardin, T.

2002-01-01

In the previous edition of NEA News, W. D. Magwood of the US Department of Energy (DOE) outlined the future of nuclear energy in the context of the new US national energy policy. He cited the Generation IV initiative as a mechanism to implement a longer-term aspect of this policy. Although initiated in the US, the Generation IV initiative has quickly become an international effort and today ten countries are participating in the Generation IV International Forum (GIF). This article briefly reviews the context of Generation IV and describes NEA involvement in the Generation IV process. (author)

Aspectos nutricionales de la dieta mediterránea

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Mariné Font, Abel; Vidal, M. Carmen

1999-01-01

Se realiza un anàlisis de los orígenes de la dieta mediterránea, los cuales se remontan a las grandes culturas clásicas de la Edad Antigua. Además, se describe lo que hoy en dia cabe entender como dieta mediterránea y se analiza el valor nutritivo de los alimentos que integran los diversos tipos de dietas mediterrdneas. Finalmente, se realizan algunas consideraciones sobre la bondad de la dieta mediterránea, que, sin ser una panacea, es lo suficientemente equilibrada y agradable para consider...

NEA Activities in 1988

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Anon.

1989-01-01

The following topics are developed: trends in nuclear power; nuclear development and the fuel cycle; nuclear safety and licensing; radiation protection; radioactive waste management; legal affairs; nuclear science; NEA joint projects; information programmes

First EURONEAR NEA discoveries from La Palma using the INT

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Vaduvescu, O.; Hudin, L.; Tudor, V.; Char, F.; Mocnik, T.; Kwiatkowski, T.; de Leon, J.; Cabrera-Lavers, A.; Alvarez, C.; Popescu, M.; Cornea, R.; Díaz Alfaro, M.; Ordonez-Etxeberria, I.; Kamiński, K.; Stecklum, B.; Verdes-Montenegro, L.; Sota, A.; Casanova, V.; Martin Ruiz, S.; Duffard, R.; Zamora, O.; Gomez-Jimenez, M.; Micheli, M.; Koschny, D.; Busch, M.; Knofel, A.; Schwab, E.; Negueruela, I.; Dhillon, V.; Sahman, D.; Marchant, J.; Génova-Santos, R.; Rubiño-Martín, J. A.; Riddick, F. C.; Mendez, J.; Lopez-Martinez, F.; Gänsicke, B. T.; Hollands, M.; Kong, A. K. H.; Jin, R.; Hidalgo, S.; Murabito, S.; Font, J.; Bereciartua, A.; Abe, L.; Bendjoya, P.; Rivet, J. P.; Vernet, D.; Mihalea, S.; Inceu, V.; Gajdos, S.; Veres, P.; Serra-Ricart, M.; Abreu Rodriguez, D.

2015-05-01

Since 2006, the European Near Earth Asteroids Research (EURONEAR) project has been contributing to the research of near-Earth asteroids (NEAs) within a European network. One of the main aims is the amelioration of the orbits of NEAs, and starting in 2014 February we focus on the recovery of one-opposition NEAs using the Isaac Newton Telescope (INT) in La Palma in override mode. Part of this NEA recovery project, since 2014 June EURONEAR serendipitously started to discover and secure the first NEAs from La Palma and using the INT, thanks to the teamwork including amateurs and students who promptly reduce the data, report discoveries and secure new objects recovered with the INT and few other telescopes from the EURONEAR network. Five NEAs were discovered with the INT, including 2014 LU14, 2014 NL52 (one very fast rotator), 2014 OL339 (the fourth known Earth quasi-satellite), 2014 SG143 (a quite large NEA), and 2014 VP. Another very fast moving NEA was discovered but was unfortunately lost due to lack of follow-up time. Additionally, another 14 NEA candidates were identified based on two models, all being rapidly followed-up using the INT and another 11 telescopes within the EURONEAR network. They include one object discovered by Pan-STARRS, two Mars crossers, two Hungarias, one Jupiter trojan, and other few inner main belt asteroids (MBAs). Using the INT and Sierra Nevada 1.5 m for photometry, then the Gran Telescopio de Canarias for spectroscopy, we derived the very rapid rotation of 2014 NL52, then its albedo, magnitude, size, and its spectral class. Based on the total sky coverage in dark conditions, we evaluate the actual survey discovery rate using 2-m class telescopes. One NEA is possible to be discovered randomly within minimum 2.8 deg2 and maximum 5.5 deg2. These findings update our past statistics, being based on double sky coverage and taking into account the recent increase in discovery.

NEA, Nuclear law and information processing

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Reyners, P.

1977-01-01

NEA has for many years now been collating information on, and analysing, laws and regulations on the peaceful uses of nuclear energy, and this work has resulted in a series of publications. However, as seen by the multiplication of computer-based legal information centres, both at national and international level, conventional information systems are no longer adequate to deal with the increasing volume of information and with users' needs. In view of the particular aspects of nuclear law and of its own availabilities, NEA has endeavoured to make the best possible use of existing structures by opting for participation in the IAEA International Nuclear Information System rather than by creating a specialised centre. Before becoming operational, the arrangements concluded between NEA and IAEA required that the INIS rules be altered somewhat to take account of the specific problems raised by treatment of legal literature and also to improve the quality of information provided to users. (auth.) [fr

Peritonite bacteriana espontânea

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Strauss Edna

2003-01-01

Full Text Available A peritonite bacteriana espontânea ocorre em 30% dos cirróticos com ascite e, neste grupo, apresenta altas taxas de morbidade e mortalidade. Os fatores predisponentes incluem a diminuição da defesa imunológica encontrada no homem nas fases avançadas da cirrose, o supercrescimento da flora intestinal e a translocação bacteriana da luz dos intestinos aos linfonodos mesentéricos. As manifestações clínicas variam de graves a leves ou ausentes, sendo sempre necessária a análise do líquido ascítico. O diagnóstico de peritonite bacteriana espontânea se faz pela contagem de neutrófilos > 250/mm³ no líquido ascítico associado ou não ao crescimento de bactéria na cultura. As enterobactérias predominam como causa da infecção, sendo a Echerichia coli a bactéria mais freqüentemente isolada. O diagnóstico precoce e o tratamento adequado provocaram a queda das taxas de mortalidade nas duas últimas décadas. O uso endovenoso de cefalosporinas de terceira geração mostra-se eficaz em 70% a 95% dos casos. A recorrência de peritonite bacteriana espontânea é comum e pode ser prevenida com norfloxacina oral, de uso contínuo. O surgimento de resistência bacteriana tem estimulado a procura de novas opções para a profilaxia da peritonite bacteriana espontânea; os probióticos constituem nova abordagem promissora, mas que necessita melhor avaliação. Recomenda-se a profilaxia primária de curta duração aos cirróticos com ascite que apresentem episódio de hemorragia digestiva alta.

A Report on the Status of Women in Education: Achieving Gender Equity for Women and Girls

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Mobley, Pamela Rios

2010-01-01

In 2005, the National Education Association (NEA) began publishing a series of reports on the status of underserved groups in education. This report on the status of women and girls is based on the principle that every student has the human and civil right to a quality public education. America's public schools are expected to serve the needs of…

Líneas de girasol de la EEA Pergamino

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GONZÁLEZ, J

2011-04-01

Full Text Available Se analizaron tres grupos de líneas de girasol (Helianthus annuus de la EEA Pergamino del INTA. Grupo 1: líneas derivadas de los compuestos P1, P2, P4, PGRK y KLM liberadas en la década del 90. Grupo 2: líneas GP logradas de cruzas entre las del grupo 1 con otras fuentes, liberadas a partir del 2001. Grupo 3: líneas AO (contenido de oleico > 80% derivadas de materiales del North Dakota y de cruzas con materiales locales. Se analizaron los siguientes caracteres: número de aquenios por capítulo, peso de cien aquenios, porcentaje de pepita y aceite, altura de planta y número de días desde siembra a floración. El objetivo fue evaluar la variabilidad del germoplasma entre grupos y las asociaciones entre caracteres dentro de cada grupo, para identificar el idiotipo y las características diferenciales. El efecto de la selección se manifestó claramente al comparar los grupos. En el Grupo 1, la selección se efectuó principalmente por rendimiento de semilla y en los Grupos 2 y 3, se dirigió a la mejora del contenido porcentual de aceite y contenido porcentual de oleico respectivamente. Las líneas del Grupo 2 y Grupo 3 (AO superaron en contenido de aceite a las del Grupo 1, las cuales fueron de mayor altura y peso de aquenio. Dentro de cada grupo se identificaron de 4 a 6 subgrupos caracterizados por los objetivos del mejoramiento y diferenciándose líneas independientes derivadas por objetivos de selección indirecta. El germoplasma evaluado podría incorporarse a diferentes “backgrounds” genéticos según los objetivos del mejoramiento.

OECD-Nuclear Energy Agency. 25 years of international cooperation within the framework of the NEA

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Stadie, Klaus B. [OECD, Paris (France). Safety and Regulation

2015-11-15

The nuclear atomic association NEA of the OECD, to which 23 western industrial countries belong to, was established 25 years ago (1959) as ''Nuclear Energy Agency'', almost simultaneously with other large international nuclear energy organisations. The NEA undertook special tasks during the international cooperation, which have shifted over time. A special feature today is the cooperation by means of international committees, which are supported by a small own staff of the organisation. The focus points lie within the area of safety and regimentation and on chosen scientific and technical studies.

Tuberculosis cutánea por mesoterapia, estudio de seis casos

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Dora Orjuela

2010-09-01

Conclusiones. Se demostró una nueva forma de adquirir la tuberculosis cutánea. Esta es la segunda demostración de tuberculosis cutánea por mesoterapia en Colombia. El estudio de las lesiones de la piel en el sitio de la inyección cutánea debe incluir pruebas para detectar micobacterias, entre ellas M. tuberculosis. Las autoridades sanitarias deben prestar atención y prevenir esta modalidad de adquirir la tuberculosis.

Recent and current activities of the OECD/NEA Working Group on Fuel Safety (NEA/CSNI). Recent and Current Activities of the Working Group on Fuel Safety (NEA/CSNI)

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Petit, Marc

2013-01-01

The Working Group on Fuel Safety (WGFS) is part of the Committee on the Safety of Nuclear Installations (CSNI) of the Nuclear Energy Agency and has the main mission of advancing the current understanding and addressing fuel safety issues. Recent and current activities of the working group have addressed mainly the loss of coolant accident (LOCA), the reactivity initiated accident (RIA), the fuel safety criteria and leaking fuel issues, as well as Fukushima-related fuel topics. In the area of LOCA, the group issued different documents, the most notable being a very comprehensive state of the art report [NEA/CSNI/R (2009)15]. Regarding RIA, some documents were finalised and issued in the recent years, as well as a state of the art report [NEA/CSNI/R (2010)1]. The question of leaking fuel and how it is handled in the reactors is an activity that is just starting. Of particular interest to people developing new fuel concepts is the Nuclear Fuel Safety Criteria Technical Review - Second Edition [NEA/CSNI/R (2012)3]. This document provides a broad overview of the numerous criteria used in the NEA member countries to demonstrate to safe use of fuel in light water reactors. The WGFS has started discussions about fuel related issues raised by the Fukushima accident, in particular, hydrogen production. New concepts have been proposed to solve these issues but it appears that these concepts will need to go through a long qualification process to assess their adequacy for the different situations considered in the evaluation of fuel safety, from normal operation to accident conditions

Migrânea com afasia: relato de uma família

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ALMEIDA DANIEL BENZECRY

1999-01-01

Full Text Available Descrevemos uma família brasileira na qual a mãe e três filhas apresentam episódios compatíveis com migrânea, acompanhados por alteração no conteúdo da linguagem (afasia, sem paresias. Alguns aspectos relativos à genética das migrâneas são revisados. Chamamos a atenção para a necessidade de investigação genética para saber se é uma variante das formas conhecidas de migrânea, como a migrânea hemiplégica familiar.

MIASIS CUTÁNEA POR CORDYLOBIA ANTHROPOPHAGA

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Miriam Alkorta Gurrutxaga

2001-01-01

Full Text Available El incremento progresivo en el número de personas que viajan a países tropicales ha hecho que las enfermedades importadas adquieran una relevancia cada vez mayor. Las miasis (o infestaciones por larvas de moscas cutáneas se encuentran entre este tipo de enfermedades siendo especialmente frecuentes en países tropicales. A propósito de la observación de un caso de miasis cutánea masiva por Cordylobia antropophaga, que ocurrió en una mujer de 34 años de edad al volver de un viaje a Senegal, se ha efectuado una revisión de los casos de miasis cutáneas forunculoides importadas publicados en España, así como de la biología, patología, tratamiento y prevención de la miasis humana por Cordylobia anthropophaga. El caso referido, se caracterizó por la infestación con un número inusualmente elevado de larvas, no sospechándose su etiología hasta la fase final de la enfermedad. La emergencia continuada de larvas (se recogieron 91 generó en la paciente un estado de ansiedad importante. Finalmente, la eliminación de las larvas provocó una rápida mejoría de la paciente. Aunque los casos de miasis cutánea no tienen la gravedad de otras enfermedades importadas, su conocimiento es necesario desde el punto de vista preventivo, diagnóstico y terapeútico. Es importante proceder a la identificación morfológica de las larvas diferenciándolas de otro tipo de miasis con implicaciones terapéuticas diferentes.

Aptitud combinatoria general y especifica de líneas tropicales de maiz usando probadores

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Mauro Sierra

2000-01-01

Full Text Available Aptitud combinatoria general y específica de líneas tropicales de maíz usando probadores. Durante el ciclo O - I 1996/97 fueron evaluados en el Campo Experimental Cotaxtla mestizos de líneas sobresalientes y provenientes de varias fuentes de germoplasma como son : a Líneas recicladas de H-513 X VS-536, b Líneas derivadas de un compuesto de amplia base genética, c Líneas élite de programa de maíz de Cotaxtla (LTs y d Líneas de CIMMYT (CMLs. Como probadores se usaron las líneas LT-154 y LT-155 progenitores del híbrido H-513 y las líneas CML247 y CML254 cuya cruza es un patrón heterótico definido por CIMMYT para el trópico. Hubo líneas con buen comportamiento per-se tanto en rendimiento como en características agronómicas y que se encuentran formando mestizos sobresalientes con uno o varios probadores. Con relación a la Aptitud combinatoria, se encontró que las líneas F31XF30-4-3-1, F41XF40-1-2-1, CABG3’-12-2-1-2-1-1, LT174 y CML15 registraron los máximos valores con el probador 2 (LT155; F4XF3-5-2-1 y CML15 con el probador 4 (CMl254. Así también, las líneas F4XF5-5-1-1, y CABG3’-12-2-1-2-1-1, LT174, CML13 y CML15 con buena ACG. Con relación a los probadores, se encontró que para el grupo de líneas Recicladas , los probadores 1(LT154 y 4 (CML254 registraron los coeficientes de regresión más altos, lo que indica que permiten identificar líneas sobresalientes. Para líneas CABG fué el probador 2 (LT155 el que registró el mejor valor y en líneas Élite , los probadores 2(LT155, y 3(CML247 identificaron mejor a las líneas sobresalientes. Para las líneas del CIMMYT el mejor valor fué para el probador 4(CML254

NEA Activities in 1987

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1988-01-01

This report presents the main features of the Agency work during 1987. It deals with trends in nuclear power. Nuclear development and the fuel cycle; nuclear safety and licensing; radiation protection; radioactive waste management; legal affairs; nuclear science; joint undertakings and other NEA joint projects; information programmes; organization and administration

Porfiria cutânea tardia Porphyria cutanea tarda

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Fátima Mendonça Jorge Vieira

2006-12-01

Full Text Available Trata-se de revisão sobre a porfiria cutânea tardia em que são abordados a fisiopatogenia, as características clínicas, as doenças associadas, os fatores desencadeantes, a bioquímica, a histopatologia, a microscopia eletrônica, a microscopia de imunofluorescência e o tratamento da doença.This is a review article of porphyria cutanea tarda addressing pathophysiology, clinical features, associated conditions, triggering factors, biochemistry, histopathology, electronic microscopy, immunofluorescence microscopy and treatment of the disease.

Criptococosis cutánea primaria en paciente inmunocompetente.

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Vázquez-Osorio, Igor; García-Rodiño, Sara; Rodríguez-Rodríguez, Marta; Labandeira, Javier; Suárez-Peñaranda, José Manuel; Sánchez-Aguilar, MDolores; Vázquez-Veiga, Hugo

2016-05-15

La criptococosis cutánea es una micosis propia de pacientes inmunodeprimidos, sobre todo aquellos con infección por el virusde la inmunodeficiencia humana (VIH). Sin embargo, existen casos infrecuentes de criptococosis cutánea en pacientes inmunocompetentes, que suelen simular otras dermatosis, lo que retrasa su diagnóstico y tratamiento. Presentamos el caso de un varón pluripatológico de 79 años, con úlceras dolorosas en dorso de mano derecha que no respondían a tratamientos tópicos. A través del estudio histopatológico y micológico se alcanzó el diagnóstico de criptococosis cutánea primaria, lográndose la remisión de las lesiones tras 6 meses de tratamiento con fluconazol.

The Ways of White Folks: A Love Letter to the National Education Association

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Lyne, Bill

2017-01-01

In July 2015, on the recommendation of the NEA Executive Committee and the NEA Board of Directors, the NEA Representative Assembly unanimously passed New Business Item B (NBI B), in which NEA declared itself ready to combat "institutional racism." The organization declared the existence of institutional racism and committed to spend more…

NEA Activities in 1990

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1991-01-01

The 19th Annual Report of the Nuclear Energy Agency contains details of the various NEA programmes, involving the technical and economic aspects of nuclear power and the fuel cycle, nuclear safety research and regulation, radiation protection, technological and institutional aspects of radioactive waste management, nuclear third party liability, and public information programmes

OECD/NEA activities on the safety of new reactors

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Reig, Javier

2010-01-01

The Nuclear Energy Agency, a member of the OECD family, has as mission, in line with the overall aim of the OECD, to assist Agency's member countries in maintaining and further developing through international cooperation, the scientific, technological and legal bases for a safe, environmentally friendly and economic use of nuclear energy for peaceful purposes. Our members include very advanced nuclear countries and represent a big part of the world's nuclear capacity. In addition, we have a well established and formal relationship with the Russian Federation and the IAEA. Two years ago, the NEA celebrated its 50th anniversary of providing assistance to its member countries in supporting the safe use of nuclear power. Nuclear power will remain a key part of the energy mix for many decades to come and, as such, the NEA looks forward to continuing its value-adding work in the field of nuclear power. Korea joined the NEA in 24 May, 1993. While the NEA is satisfied that we have in place an effective process of work, we are always looking for ways to improve. This is the reason why we have since 1999 a series of strategic plans in order to better focus on the objectives that member countries assign to the Agency for meeting the economical, environmental and societal challenges of the coming years. The important changes that have occurred in the energy and nuclear landscapes, as well as in the OECD framework, are the basis for these revisions insofar as they influence the NEA's role and activities. We are now completing the process for the new Strategic Plan which will apply from 2011 to 2017. Nuclear safety and regulation is and will continue to be the first priority of the Agency. The NEA will assist member countries to continue sharing information, best practices and lessons learned to enhance nuclear safety worldwide

Misceláneas

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Boletín Cultural y Bibliográfico Banco de la República

1958-03-01

Full Text Available Considerando el vivo interés que para los investigadores y eruditos de nuestra historia, y aun para los simples curiosos, tienen siempre los documentos antiguos, impresos o manuscritos, que de alguna manera se relacionan con la evolución social, cultural y política de Colombia, se ha determinado publicar, a partir del presente número del Boletín, una sección de referencia denominada "Misceláneas".

The NEA Data Bank

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Coddens, G.

1983-01-01

The NEA Data Bank provides the nuclear data and computer programs necessary for reactor design and other calculations over a wide range of nuclear energy applications. The role which the Data Bank plays in international cooperation efforts, and the procedures to follow to obtain data and programs from the Data Bank are described. (Auth.)

Progress on Using NEA Cathodes in an RF Gun

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Fliller, Raymond P; Blüm, Hans; Edwards, Helen; Hüning, Markus; Schultheiss, Tom; Sinclair, Charles K

2005-01-01

RF guns have proven useful in multiple accelerator applications, and are an attractive electron source for the ILC. Using a NEA GaAs photocathode in such a gun allows for the production of polarized electron beams. However the lifetime of a NEA cathode in this environment is reduced by ion and electron bombardment and residual gas oxidation. We report progress made with studies to produce a RF gun using a NEA GaAs photocathode to produce polarized electron beams. Attempts to reduce the residual gas pressure in the gun are discussed. Initial measurements of ion flux through the cathode port are compared with simulations of ion bombardment. Future directions are also discussed.

The NEA thermochemical database project. 30 years of accomplishments

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Ragoussi, Maria-Eleni; Brassinnes, Stephane

2015-01-01

The NEA Thermochemical Database (TDB) Project (www.oecd-nea.org/dbtdb/) provides a database of chemical thermodynamic values treating the most significant elements related to nuclear waste management. The work carried out since the initiation of TDB in 1984 has resulted in the publication of thirteen major reviews and a large set of selected values that have become an international reference in the field, as they are characterized for their accuracy, consistency and high quality. Herein, we describe the basis, scientific principles and organization of the TDB project, together with its evolution from its inception to the present organization as a joint undertaking under Article 5(b) of the Statute of the OECD Nuclear Energy Agency (NEA).

Overview of OECD/NEA BEPU Programmes

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Amri, Abdallah; Gulliford, Jim; )

2013-01-01

The OECD/NEA paved the way for the development and assessment of BEPU for about 40 years, through concrete tasks: International Standard Problems (ISPs), Benchmarking activities, Development of Validation Matrices, Joint Safety Research Projects, and Specialist meetings. Several NEA related Best-Estimate Plus Uncertainties (BEPU) programmes have been successfully completed: Uncertainty Methods Study (UMS), Best-Estimate Methods - Uncertainty and Sensitivity Evaluation (BEMUSE), Safety Margin Assessment and Application (SM2A), Uncertainty Analysis in Modeling (UAM) Benchmark. New Programmes are underway to address pending issues (e.g., input uncertainties, uncertainties in coupled codes). The present Workshop may highlight new issues to be addressed (e.g., uncertainty analysis for CFD codes). Document available in the slides-form only

A Report on the Status of Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender People in Education: Stepping Out of the Closet, into the Light

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Kim, Robert

2009-01-01

On July 17-18, 2008, the National Education Association hosted the NEA National Summit on gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender (GLBT) Issues in Education in Chicago, Illinois. The purpose of the Summit was to gather leading researchers, scholars, and practitioners on GLBT issues in education to assess the status of GLBT students in the United…

NEA international peer reviews of post-accident protection policy

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Lazo, T.

2011-01-01

For many years, the NEA has offered international peer reviews of national, high-level radioactive waste management policies and approaches. Until recently, this service had not been requested in the area of radiological protection. However, the 3. International Nuclear Emergency Exercise (INEX-3, 2005-2006) addressed post-accident consequence management for the first time in a broad, international sense, and helped generate significant national reflections in this area. In particular, in 2005 the French government began an extensive programme of post-emergency consequence management planning, resulting in a draft national policy to address such situations. The Finnish government used the INEX-3 exercise as a vehicle to discuss post-emergency consequence management with a broad group of governmental and private stakeholders, and also began to develop national policy in this area. In order to further refine national efforts, the French Nuclear Safety Authority (ASN) invited the NEA to perform in April 2011 its first international peer review in the radiological protection area focusing on its post-emergency consequence management policy under development. Finnish experts participated in this peer review team, and as a result, subsequently invited the NEA to perform an international peer review of its developing policy in this area in September 2011. These draft national policies and their international peer reviews are briefly presented in this paper. Feedback from both the French ASN and the Finnish STUK suggests that the detailed, external input provided by the international peer review teams have been extremely valuable in refining the content of the guides so that they are more clear, concise, understandable and implementable. It should be recalled that both national policy documents reviewed are far more detailed and extensive than described here. The intent of this article was not to provide a review of the national policies themselves, but rather to give an

The study for effective utilization on the nuclear information of OECD/NEA

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Ko, H. S.; Oh, K. B.; Lee, H. M.

2001-01-01

As a group of nuclear-advanced countries, the OECD/NEA mainly deals with the aspects of science and technology and future policy of nuclear energy. It is very important for us to develop nuclear advanced technology and enhance the global environemnt of nuclear utilization and development through the OECD/NEA. It is required for us to timely obtain and analyse the up-to-date nuclear technology information and to build up a system to collect and distribute nuclear technology information from NEA committees. In this study, measures for effective utilization of the NEA information have been established through the analysis of the activities of the experts meeting in each standing technical committee and of technology information. In this regard, it is also developed a homepage to disseminate reports from NEA Committees participants as one of the strengthening measures

Instalación eléctrica de viviendas y proyecto de electrificación de línea subterránea a centro de transformación en Lesaka

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Goicoechea Apezteguia, Carlos

2014-01-01

El objeto de este proyecto fin de carrera consiste en electrificar tres bloques de viviendas de nueva construcción. Para ello se proyectara la construcción de un centro de transformación, el cual se alimentará mediante una línea subterránea a 20 kV, y de líneas subterráneas y aéreas que alimenten a dichas viviendas. Asimismo se realizara el diseño y cálculo de la instalación eléctrica interior de los tres bloques de viviendas. Ingeniería Industrial Industria Ingeniaritza

Joint IAEA/NEA IRS guidelines

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1997-01-01

The Incident Reporting System (IRS) is an international system jointly operated by the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) and the Nuclear Energy Agency of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD/NEA). The fundamental objective of the IRS is to contribute to improving the safety of commercial nuclear power plants (NPPs) which are operated worldwide. This objective can be achieved by providing timely and detailed information on both technical and human factors related to events of safety significance which occur at these plants. The purpose of these guidelines, which supersede the previous IAEA Safety Series No. 93 (Part II) and the NEA IRS guidelines, is to describe the system and to give users the necessary background and guidance to enable them to produce IRS reports meeting a high standard of quality while retaining the high efficiency of the system expected by all Member States operating nuclear power plants

Activities of OECD NEA CSNI PWG3

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Miller, A.

1998-01-01

Activities of OECD NEA are connected with IAEA-IWG LMNPP, IAEA Nuclear safety, CEC-JRC, CEC-DG XI, CEC-DG XII and utilities UNIPEDE and WANO. The Committee on the Safety of Nuclear Installations (CSNI) acts through working groups on Fuel Cycle safety; Operating Experiences and Human Factors; Coolant System Behaviour; Integrity of Components and Structures; Confinement of Accidental Radioactive Releases and Risk Assessment. Korea, Mexico, Hungary and Czech Republic are now members of OECD NEA, and the non OECD Countries like Russia, Ukraine, Slovakia, Lithuania can participate in workshops but not in regular committee meetings

Tratamiento con miltefosina de la leishmaniosis cutánea diseminada

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Lina María González

2006-10-01

Full Text Available La leishmaniosis cutánea diseminada es una forma escasa de leishmaniosis, que se caracterizapor la diseminación sanguínea del parasito que lleva a la aparición de múltiples nódulos yplacas en la piel de todo el cuerpo y aun de la mucosa nasal. Se diferencia de la leishmaniosiscutánea difusa en que la alteración de la inmunidad celular es menor y las lesiones puedentener una descamación epidérmica, en cambio en la leishmaniosis difusa las lesiones sonnodulares y hay una anergia celular específica contra el parásito. En este artículo se describeel caso de un paciente colombiano con Leishmaniosis cutánea diseminada causada por L(Vpanamensis que inicialmente tuvo falla terapéutica al ser tratado con Glucantime y AnfotericinaB y quien curó de sus lesiones al recibir tratamiento con Miltefosine.

JANIS: NEA JAva-based Nuclear Data Information System

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Soppera, Nicolas; Bossant, Manuel; Cabellos, Oscar; Dupont, Emmeric; Díez, Carlos J.

2017-09-01

JANIS (JAva-based Nuclear Data Information System) software is developed by the OECD Nuclear Energy Agency (NEA) Data Bank to facilitate the visualization and manipulation of nuclear data, giving access to evaluated nuclear data libraries, such as ENDF, JEFF, JENDL, TENDL etc., and also to experimental nuclear data (EXFOR) and bibliographical references (CINDA). It is available as a standalone Java program, downloadable and distributed on DVD and also a web application available on the NEA website. One of the main new features in JANIS is the scripting capability via command line, which notably automatizes plots generation and permits automatically extracting data from the JANIS database. Recent NEA software developments rely on these JANIS features to access nuclear data, for example the Nuclear Data Sensitivity Tool (NDaST) makes use of covariance data in BOXER and COVERX formats, which are retrieved from the JANIS database. New features added in this version of the JANIS software are described along this paper with some examples.

Near Earth Asteroid Scout: NASA's Solar Sail Mission to a NEA

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Johnson, Les; Lockett, Tiffany

2017-01-01

NASA is developing a solar sail propulsion system for use on the Near Earth Asteroid (NEA) Scout reconnaissance mission and laying the groundwork for their use in future deep space science and exploration missions. Solar sails use sunlight to propel vehicles through space by reflecting solar photons from a large, mirror-like sail made of a lightweight, highly reflective material. This continuous photon pressure provides propellantless thrust, allowing for very high Delta V maneuvers on long-duration, deep space exploration. Since reflected light produces thrust, solar sails require no onboard propellant. The Near Earth Asteroid (NEA) Scout mission, funded by NASA's Advanced Exploration Systems Program and managed by NASA MSFC, will use the sail as primary propulsion allowing it to survey and image Asteroid 1991VG and, potentially, other NEA's of interest for possible future human exploration. NEA Scout uses a 6U cubesat (to be provided by NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory), an 86 m(exp. 2) solar sail and will weigh less than 12 kilograms. NEA Scout will be launched on the first flight of the Space Launch System in 2018. The solar sail for NEA Scout will be based on the technology developed and flown by the NASA NanoSail-D and The Planetary Society's Lightsail-A. Four approximately 7 m stainless steel booms wrapped on two spools (two overlapping booms per spool) will be motor deployed and pull the sail from its stowed volume. The sail material is an aluminized polyimide approximately 2.5 microns thick. As the technology matures, solar sails will increasingly be used to enable science and exploration missions that are currently impossible or prohibitively expensive using traditional chemical and electric propulsion systems. This paper will summarize the status of the NEA Scout mission and solar sail technology in general.

New Early Cycladic Figurine At Nea Styra

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Kosma, M.

The existence of an Early Bronze Age coastal site in the district of Nea Styra has been known since the end of the 19th century when three marble figurines of early Cycladic type had been found in the area. During the 20th century survey investigations conducted by Greek and foreign archaeologists offered new evidence which demonstrated the significance of the site during the Early and Middle Helladic periods. A new figurine of early Cycladic type, which recently came to light at Nea Styra due to the control of building permits by the 11th Ephorate of Prehistoric and Classical Antiquities, reaffirms the identification of the area as one of the three most important sites on Euboea during the Early Helladic II period. This paper focuses on a newly discovered figurine and its typological character. The new find is compared to the figurines that had been found in the 19th century at Nea Styra. We hope that the scheduled excavations on the private land plot where the new figurine was found will offer new data leading to a better understanding of the character of the Early Helladic settlement in this part of southern Euboea.

OECD and NEA countries' national frameworks for nuclear activities

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Kuzeyli, Kaan

2016-01-01

To assist its member countries in maintaining and further developing, through international co-operation, the scientific, technological and legal bases required for a safe, environmentally friendly and economical use of nuclear energy for peaceful purposes, the NEA serves as a forum for sharing and analysing information and experience among its member countries in order to pool and maintain their technical expertise and human infrastructure and to support nuclear activities by providing them with nuclear policy analyses. Comprehensive and effective legal regimes are necessary to help achieve confidence in the peaceful use of nuclear energy. These regimes, whose goals are to protect the public and the natural environment from the risks inherent in such activities, include regulation at a national level, co-operation at bilateral and multilateral levels and international harmonisation of national policies and legislation through adherence to international conventions. Regimes need to be strong enough to set and enforce limits, and flexible enough to keep pace with technological advances and changing public concerns. The NEA collects, analyses and disseminates information on nuclear law in general and on topical nuclear legal issues in particular. Nuclear law is the body of special legal norms created to regulate the conduct of legal or natural persons engaged in activities related to fissionable materials, ionising radiation and exposure to natural sources of radiation. In 1995, the NEA began publishing country profiles entitled Nuclear Legislation in OECD and NEA Countries - Regulatory and Institutional Frameworks for Nuclear Activities or the 'Grand Orange', a name which was adopted and became widely used because of the colour of the initial cover. Since 2006, these country profiles can be downloaded free online both in English and French from the NEA web site. The NEA endeavours to complement country profiles by publishing online an English, non

The investigation of the national views for the strategic plan 2005-2009 of OECD/NEA

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Ko, H. S.; Ryu, J. S.; Lee, K. S.; Yang, M. H.

2004-01-01

OECD/NEA has been developing the Strategic Plan of 2005-2009 which will be used as the guidelines of NEA activities for this period. Korean government is of the view that national interests in the cooperation with OECD/NEA become important and are needed to be reflected to this Strategic Plan. We has prepared and suggested Korean proposal for the Strategic Plan of OECD/NEA

Radioactive waste management and decommissioning at the NEA

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2010-11-01

The OECD Nuclear Energy Agency (NEA) seeks to assist its member countries in developing safe, sustainable and societally acceptable strategies for the management of all types of radioactive materials, with particular emphasis on the management of long-lived waste and spent fuel and on decommissioning of disused nuclear facilities. The programme of work in these areas is carried out for the most part by the Radioactive Waste Management Committee (RWMC) assisted by three working parties: - The Forum on Stakeholder Confidence (FSC). - The Integration Group for the Safety Case (IGSC). - The Working Party on Decommissioning and Dismantling (WPDD). Other NEA Committees also have interests in this field: the Committee on Radiation Protection and Public Health (CRPPH) and the Nuclear Development Committee (NDC). The OECD/NEA is at the forefront in addressing both the technical and societal requirements for durable and sustainable waste management and decommissioning solutions. Through the RWMC it provides a neutral forum where policy makers, regulators and implementing organisations can discuss issues of common interest and develop solutions that meet the diverse needs of its member countries

FORMAS CONTEMPORÁNEAS DE ESCLAVITUD: TRATA DE MUJERES

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2013-10-01

Full Text Available Afirma-se que o Tráfico de seres humanos é una forma contemporânea de escravidão, com base em que fundamento? Que elementos caracterizam o tráfico como escravidão contemporânea? Por outro lado, se o Tráfico é uma forma contemporânea de escravidão, temos de reconhecer a existência de uma prática que foi objeto de “proibição”, “abolição”, há mais de 150 anos: a escravidão. Uma prática condenada por diversas normas internacionais, tanto a nível universal quanto regional e nacional. Diante da inegável existência de formas contemporâneas de escravidão no cenário internacional, nos preguntamos se este fato não seria um exemplo da desordem internacional, produzida pela ausência de ação (ou baixa eficácia do ator principal para sua erradicação: o Estado. A estes efeitos, para a presente investigação, partimos da hipótese de que o Tráfico de seres humanos é um exemplo manifesto da desordem internacional. Para fundamentar nossa hipótese, a presente tese se encontra estruturada em quatro partes que guardam devida relação entre si. Na primeira, realizamos una análise teórica das Relaciones internacionais, no marco de nosso estudo: o Tráfico de mulheres como forma contemporânea de escravidão, um exemplo da desordem internacional. Esta análise está fundamentada, tanto desde a perspectiva construtivista das relações internacionais, com uma aproximação à teoria dos regímenes internacionais, quanto desde a humanização do Direito internacional contemporâneo. Na segunda, desenvolvemos o conceito de escravidão, suas formas análogas e do trabalho forçado. Na terceira, aprofundamos a análise no Tráfico de seres humanos, particularmente no tráfico de mulheres para fins de exploração sexual, no qual examinamos a evolução conceitual e as sinergias com outras formas contemporâneas de escravidão; sua manifestação como uma forma de violência contra a mulher e uma violação sistemática de

Proceedings of the Second Meeting of the OECD-NEA Expert Group on Accident Tolerant Fuels for LWRs, 23-25 September 2014, OECD-NEA HQ

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Massara, S.; ); Bragg-Sitton, Shannon; Pasamehmetoglu, K.; Yang, Jae Ho; Dolley, Evan J.; Rebak, Raul B.; Sowder, Andrew; Cheng, Bo; Kurata, Masaki; Van Nieuwenhove, Rudi; Li, R.; McClellan, Ken; Nelson, Andy; Carmack, Jon; Harp, Jason; Finck, Phillip; ); Kakicuhi, K.

2014-09-01

Under the guidance of the OECD-NEA Nuclear Science Committee, the expert group acts as a forum for scientific and technical information exchange on advanced light water reactor (LWR) fuels with enhanced accident tolerance. The expert group focusses on the fundamental properties and behaviour under normal operations and accident conditions for advanced core materials and components (fuels, cladding, control rods, etc.). The materials considered are applicable to Gen II and Gen III Light Water Reactors, as well as Gen III+ reactors under construction. The objective of the expert group is to define and coordinate a programme of work to help advance the scientific knowledge needed to provide the technical underpinning for the development of advanced LWR fuels with enhanced accident tolerance compared to currently used zircaloy/UO 2 fuel systems, as well as other non-fuel core components with important roles in LWR performance under accident conditions. This document brings together the available presentations (slides) given at the Second Meeting of the OECD-NEA Expert Group on Accident Tolerant Fuels for LWRs. Content: 1 - Proposed Agenda; 2 - Expert Group meeting - 23 September 2014: - Introduction and background (S. Massara, OECD-NEA) - Expected outcomes from the TFs meetings scheduled on 24-25 September (K. Pasamehmetoglu, EG Chair, INL); 3 - Task Force 1 (Systems assessment) meeting - 24 September 2014: - Metrics for the Evaluation of LWR Accident Tolerant Fuel (S. Bragg-Sitton, INL); 4 - Task Force 2 (Cladding/core materials) meeting - 24 September 2014: - Summary on SiC Task Force 2 (Clad) meeting (J.H. Yang, KAERI); - Accident Tolerant Advanced Steels Cladding for Commercial Light Water Reactors (E. Dolley, GE); - Molybdenum-Alloy Fuel Cladding Development and Testing - Update from April 2014 NEA ATF Meeting (A. Sowder, EPRI); - Accident Tolerant Control Rod Development in Japan (M. Kurata, JAEA); - IFA-774: The first in-pile test with coated fuel rods (R. Van

Nuclear fuel behavior activities at the OECD/NEA

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1997-12-01

The work programme regarding nuclear fuel behavior issues at OECD/NEA is carried out in two sections. The Nuclear Science and Data Bank Division deals with basic phenomena in fuel behavior under normal operating conditions, while the Safety Division concentrates upon regulation and safety issues in fuel behavior. A new task force addressing these latter issues has been set up and will produce a report providing recommendations in this field. The OECD Nuclear Energy Agency jointly with the International Atomic Energy Agency established an International Fuel Performance Experiments Database which is operated by the NEA Data Bank. (author). 1 tab.

Nuclear fuel behavior activities at the OECD/NEA

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1997-01-01

The work programme regarding nuclear fuel behavior issues at OECD/NEA is carried out in two sections. The Nuclear Science and Data Bank Division deals with basic phenomena in fuel behavior under normal operating conditions, while the Safety Division concentrates upon regulation and safety issues in fuel behavior. A new task force addressing these latter issues has been set up and will produce a report providing recommendations in this field. The OECD Nuclear Energy Agency jointly with the International Atomic Energy Agency established an International Fuel Performance Experiments Database which is operated by the NEA Data Bank. (author). 1 tab

NEA activities in 1989

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1990-01-01

This report presents the main features of the Agency work during 1989. It deals with trends in nuclear power; nuclear development and the fuel cycle; nuclear safety and licensing; radiation protection; radioactive waste management; legal affairs; nuclear science; joint undertakings and other NEA joint projects; information programmes; organization and administration. A list of workshops, specialist meetings and symposia organized during 1989 and a list of publications and other matter produced in 1989 are included

Nuclear Education and training: addressing a global need

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Dunn Lee, Janice

2008-01-01

There is growing concern about the difficulties nuclear institutions in many OECD/NEA member countries are experiencing in recruiting qualified specialists. Recent studies have also shown that nuclear education and training have been suffering declines of various degrees. If no action is taken on this issue, the nuclear sector risks facing a shortage of qualified human resources to ensure the appropriate regulation and operation of existing nuclear facilities as well as the construction of new ones in those countries wishing to do so. The NEA Steering Committee for Nuclear Energy issued a statement on this subject in October 2007, the complete text of which is available at: www.nea.fr/html/general/press/2007/2007-05.html. The NEA has for many years been involved in efforts to define and address the need for qualified human resources. In this regard, the Agency: 1- carries out assessments of requirements and availability of qualified human resources in the nuclear field, 2- enhances nuclear education programmes, such as the International School of Nuclear Law, and 3- encourages large, high-profile international research and development programmes. These areas are addressed in the NEA Strategic Plan as well as in the specific NEA programmes discussed below. The presentation will focus on ways to address the issue of qualified human resources, share information about what others are doing, and discuss what we might do collectively. (author)

Lightcurve of NEA 1993 RA

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Vaduvescu, Ovidiu; Aznar Macias, Amadeo

2018-01-01

The near-Earth asteroid (NEA) 1993 RA was observed with the 2.5-m Isaac Newton Telescope (INT) in full Moon conditions for 8h total during three successive nights (2017 Oct 3-6). The composite lightcurve could be fit by a 3-order period P = 5.64 ± 0.01 h with amplitude of 0.13 mag; other solutions are possible.

The EFF project status and the NEA nuclear data services

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Henriksson, H. [OECD Nuclear Energy Agency, 12 Blvd des Iles, 92130 Issy-les-Moulineaux (France)], E-mail: henriksson@nea.fr; Batistoni, P. [Associazione Euratom-ENEA sulla Fusione, Via E. Fermi 45, 00044 Frascati (Italy); Fischer, U. [Association FZK-Euratom, Postfach 3640, 76021 Karlsruhe (Germany); Forrest, R. [Euratom/UKAEA Fusion Association, Culham Science Centre, Oxfordshire OX14 3DB (United Kingdom); Kodeli, I.; Nordborg, C. [OECD Nuclear Energy Agency, 12 Blvd des Iles, 92130 Issy-les-Moulineaux (France)

2007-10-15

The OECD Nuclear Energy Agency (NEA) Data Bank participates in the production of data and their distribution to users including the collection and validation as well as the distribution of the Joint Evaluated Fission and Fusion (JEFF) library. The JEFF project has evolved from two separate projects, namely the European Fusion File (EFF) and the Joint Evaluated File (JEF), with the release of JEFF-3.1, in May 2005. The NEA also provides tools for the EFF project, such as computer codes for nuclear energy and radiation physics applications. Of special interest for fusion applications are the integral experiments collected in the SINBAD database, with radiation shielding and dosimetry experiments including many fusion neutronics shielding experiments. In this paper an overview will be given of the NEA, and some examples of nuclear data services offered, such as the SINBAD database. JANIS, a display program evaluated and experimental data developed at the NEA will be mentioned briefly. The main emphasis will be given to the EFF project including the contents of the new JEFF-3.1 library, released in May 2005. Examples of recent work are given as well as a discussion on the forth-coming evaluation efforts among the EFF collaborators.

The EFF project status and the NEA nuclear data services

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Henriksson, H.; Batistoni, P.; Fischer, U.; Forrest, R.; Kodeli, I.; Nordborg, C.

2007-01-01

The OECD Nuclear Energy Agency (NEA) Data Bank participates in the production of data and their distribution to users including the collection and validation as well as the distribution of the Joint Evaluated Fission and Fusion (JEFF) library. The JEFF project has evolved from two separate projects, namely the European Fusion File (EFF) and the Joint Evaluated File (JEF), with the release of JEFF-3.1, in May 2005. The NEA also provides tools for the EFF project, such as computer codes for nuclear energy and radiation physics applications. Of special interest for fusion applications are the integral experiments collected in the SINBAD database, with radiation shielding and dosimetry experiments including many fusion neutronics shielding experiments. In this paper an overview will be given of the NEA, and some examples of nuclear data services offered, such as the SINBAD database. JANIS, a display program evaluated and experimental data developed at the NEA will be mentioned briefly. The main emphasis will be given to the EFF project including the contents of the new JEFF-3.1 library, released in May 2005. Examples of recent work are given as well as a discussion on the forth-coming evaluation efforts among the EFF collaborators

Reactor physics activities in NEA member countries

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1990-01-01

This document is a compilation of National activity reports presented at the thirty-third Meeting of the NEA Committee on Reactor Physics, held at OECD Headquarters, Paris, from 15th - 19th October 1990

Information on Nea programmes on nuclear energy and civil society and their co-ordination

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Mays, C.; Riotte, H.

2004-01-01

At its session in May 2002, the Steering Committee for Nuclear Energy welcomed the activities that the NEA standing technical committees were carrying out in the field of nuclear energy and civil society, and agreed on the value of existing co-ordination among them. Tile Committee asked the Secretariat to prepare an information document on such co-ordination activities. With this in mind, the present room document offers an up-to-date account of relevant NEA activities and their co-ordination, pending a broader review of NEA's involvement in the area of nuclear energy and civil society, in the context of the NEA Strategic Plan at an appropriate time. (author)

¿Aerolíneas de bajo costo en colombia?

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Carlos Alberto Mantilla

2003-11-01

Full Text Available Con la apertura del mercado en Colombia, la competencia entre aerolíneas se agudizó ante la entrada de nuevos operadores y la flexibilización de tarifas como estrategia para la captación de una mayor demanda. Las ventajas competitivas de cada aerolínea fueron el punto clave para la disputa del mercado y todas ellas trabajan hoy en fórmulas que les permitan maximizar beneficios y minimizar costos, enfrentando así la crisis que vive la industria, debido a los acontecimientos del 11 de septiembre de 2001. Puede decirse que los grandes esfuerzos se hacen en los departamentos comerciales, pues debido al auge de las tecnologías y al uso del internet, tanto empresas de transporte aéreo como agentes turísticos deben enfrentar el problema de la competencia de precios. Sin embargo, esto les ofrece a las aerolíneas la oportunidad de comercializar sus servicios a "bajo costo", esquema que ha resultado favorable para empresas y clientes.

IAEA/NEA Fuel Incident Notification and Analysis System (FINAS) guidelines

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2006-01-01

The Fuel Incident Notification and Analysis System (FINAS) is an international system jointly operated by the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) and the Nuclear Energy Agency of the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD/NEA). The fundamental objective of FINAS is to contribute to improving the safety of fuel cycle facilities, which are operated worldwide. This objective can be achieved by providing timely and detailed information on both technical and human factors related to events of safety significance, which occur at these facilities. The purpose of these guidelines, which supersede the previous NEA FINAS guidelines is to describe the system and to give users the necessary background and guidance to enable them to produce FINAS reports meeting a high standard of quality while retaining the high efficiency of the system expected by all Member States operating FCFs. These guidelines have been jointly developed and approved by the NEA/IAEA

The EFF Project Status and the NEA Nuclear Data Services

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Henriksson, H.; Kodeli, I.; Nordborg, C.; Forrest, R.; Batistoni, P.; Fischer, U.

2006-01-01

The OECD Nuclear Energy Agency (NEA) Data Bank is part of an international network of data centres in charge of the compilation and dissemination of basic nuclear data. Through its activities in the reaction data field, the NEA participates in the production of data and their distribution to its users. The NEA Data Bank administrates the collection and validation as well as the distribution of the Joint Evaluated Fusion and Fission (JEFF) library. The JEFF project has evolved from two separate projects, namely the European Fusion File (EFF) and the Joint Evaluated File (JEF), to JEFF with the latest release of the library, JEFF-3.1, in May 2005. The EFF Project is a collaborative project with work funded by the European Fusion Development Agreement (EFDA). The tasks within the project comprise new data evaluation and verification of activation and transport data, calculation methods and validation via integral experiments. The EFF project brings together all available expertise in Europe, relating to the nuclear data requirements of existing and future fusion devices. EFF contributed greatly to the successful release of the internationally recognised nuclear data library JEFF-3.1. The NEA Working Party on International Nuclear Data Evaluation Co-operation (WPEC) is established to promote the exchange of information on nuclear data evaluations, measurements, nuclear model calculations and validation. WPEC provides a framework for co-operative activities between the participating projects, such as the high priority request list that is a collection of experimental data requests of special interest in a certain project, such as JEFF or ITER. The NEA provides also computer program services for nuclear energy and radiation physics applications. Of special interest for fusion applications are the integral experiments, such as SINBAD, with radiation shielding and dosimetry experiments including many fusion neutronics shielding experiments. (author)

Citarabina y reacciones cutáneas en leucemia aguda mieloide

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Sofía Grille

2013-12-01

Full Text Available La citarabina es un antimetabolito utilizado en el tratamiento de las leucemias agudas mieloides (LAM. Esta droga presenta numerosos efectos adversos (mielosupresión, toxicidad en sistema nervioso central, hepática, gastrointestinal, ocular y cutánea. La toxicidad dermatológica es habitualmente descrita como rara, sin embargo existen diferencias en la incidencia comunicada. Se realizó un estudio retrospectivo donde se incluyeron todas las LAM tratadas con quimioterapia que incluía citarabina, entre el 1º de julio 2006 y el 1° de julio 2012. Se incluyeron 46 pacientes con una mediana de edad de 55 años. La incidencia global de reacciones cutáneas fue de 39% (n = 18. La presencia de lesiones cutáneas no se asoció con sexo, edad, antecedentes de atopía, de reacciones medicamentosas, tipo de LAM ni dosis de citarabina utilizada. Las lesiones se observaron entre 2 a 8 días de iniciado el tratamiento. En cuanto al grado lesional, 27.8% presentaron grado 1, 38.9% grado 2 y 33.3% grado 3. No existieron lesiones grado 4 ni muerte vinculada a toxicidad cutánea. En cuanto al tipo de lesiones, 55.6% se presentaban con máculas, 22.2% con pápulas y 22.2% con eritema. Con respecto a la distribución de las lesiones, 52% de los pacientes presentaron una distribución difusa, 39.3% acral y 8.7% a nivel flexural. Las reacciones adversas cutáneas con la administración de citarabina son frecuentes en nuestro medio, en algunos casos con afectación grave. Si bien suelen resolverse espontáneamente, pueden determinar mayor riesgo de infección, así como comprometer la calidad de vida.

JAERI 200 kV electron gun with an NEA-GaAs photocathode

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Nishitani, Tomohiro; Minehara, Eisuke J.; Hajima, Ryoichi; Nagai, Ryoji; Sawamura, Masaru; Nishimori, Nobuyuki; Kikuzawa, Nobuhiro; Yamauchi, Toshihiko

2004-01-01

The photocathode DC-gun with high average current, low beam emittance and long operational lifetime is considered to be indispensable for ERL-FEL. We have started the development program of a 200 keV electron gun with the NEA-GaAs photocathode for the first time in JAERI. In order to long an NEA surface lifetime, the JAERI 200 kV electron gun system consists of a 200 kV DC-gun chamber on extreme high vacuum condition and an NEA activation chamber with load-lock system. We report the goal of photocathode DC-gun R and D and the schedule of a developmental program. (author)

Educational attainment moderates the associations of diabetes education with health outcomes.

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Kim, Su Hyun

2016-10-01

Diabetes education is a critical element of care for people with diabetes. However, the associations between diabetes education and self-care or health outcomes have not been clearly demonstrated at a national level. The aims of this study were to examine the associations of attendance of diabetes education classes with health behaviours and glycaemic control, and to understand whether these associations were moderated by level of educational attainment. Data were analysed for 456 adults from the 2012 Korea National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey V, collected from January 2010 to December 2012. No significant differences were observed between patients who had attended diabetes education classes and those who had never attended for factors such as smoking, drinking, exercise, nutrition therapy or glycaemic control. There was a significant interaction effect between receiving diabetes education and level of educational attainment on obtaining optimal glycaemic control. Attending diabetes education was positively associated with optimal glycaemic control among patients with more than a high school education but was negatively associated with it among those with less than middle school education. Diabetes education programmes need to be tailored to the needs and cognitive capacities of the target population. © 2016 John Wiley & Sons Australia, Ltd.

Las líneas: elementos determinantes de la investigación

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Omar Parra Rozo

2009-01-01

Full Text Available Como el trazo esencial que da figura y origen a lo existente, desde sus orígenes míticos hasta los razonamientos científicos y desde el diario transcurrir hasta las formas estéticas que de ella se derivan, la línea es el elemento constitutivo que proporciona sentido, horizonte y razón al conocimiento y al sentir humano. Los múltiples problemas que se originan en el contexto que rodea un hecho cotidiano, un experimento o una reflexión filosófica, un acto de fe o un asunto pedagógico, suscitan un planteamiento de propuestas y proyectos. La construcción y la reconstrucción de éstos, el esbozo metodológico, los procesos y los productos investigativos, su socialización y difusión tienen una raíz esencial: la línea que los origina. A partir del mito y la narrativa se consigue vislumbrar la génesis de la línea y su armazón determinante en el progreso del conocimiento, la docencia y la investigación. Se puede decir, merced a lo investigado, que se mantiene un descuido epistemológico en la explicación de la línea de conocimiento o de investigación que debe ser subsanado yendo a sus orígenes y visualizando su prospectiva, pues la línea constituye un referente imprescindible y estructural de cualquier proceso investigativo.

Enhancement of international cooperation for utilization of OECD/NEA Data BAnk

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Lee, HaeCho; Chang, JongHwa; Kang, SinBok; Song, TaeGil; Ko, YoungChul; Kim, JinHee; Moon, DongSup; Hwang, HyeSun

2008-06-01

The purpose of research is to register Korean computer codes at OECD/NEA Data Bank and to promote cooperation on use of the computer codes and libraries between the international organization and foreign countries. - 10 computer codes related to nuclear industry have been registered at and supplied to OECD/NEA through this project, which is regarded as good example of close international cooperation among the member states of OECD/NEA - This project has provided member states with motives on creating human networks and high level of expertise between domestic code developers and foreign users of the codes - Expert group in the field of nuclear related computer codes is formed in this project, that is also beneficial for Korea in preparation of exporting and marketing nuclear technologies in the world

Enhancement of international cooperation for utilization of OECD/NEA Data BAnk

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Lee, HaeCho; Chang, JongHwa; Kang, SinBok; Song, TaeGil; Ko, YoungChul; Kim, JinHee; Moon, DongSup; Hwang, HyeSun

2008-06-15

The purpose of research is to register Korean computer codes at OECD/NEA Data Bank and to promote cooperation on use of the computer codes and libraries between the international organization and foreign countries. - 10 computer codes related to nuclear industry have been registered at and supplied to OECD/NEA through this project, which is regarded as good example of close international cooperation among the member states of OECD/NEA - This project has provided member states with motives on creating human networks and high level of expertise between domestic code developers and foreign users of the codes - Expert group in the field of nuclear related computer codes is formed in this project, that is also beneficial for Korea in preparation of exporting and marketing nuclear technologies in the world.

Diseño del curso en línea: trabajo interdisciplinario

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Silvia Elena Salas Soto

2008-01-01

Full Text Available El propósito de este artículo es ofrecer a los diseñadores de cursos en línea elementos a consi-derar en la elaboración de este tipo de cursos, dado que ésta es una tarea, la cual involucra aportes en tres dimensiones: la programación de la plataforma que asume funciones tecnológicas; la confección del curso en línea que requiere de fundamentos educativos y curriculares y la puesta en práctica del curso, la cual es mediada por un tutor o facilitador.El trabajo se organiza en cuatro apartados: el primero se relaciona con la temática del campus virtual, sus funciones y características; especial mención merece el concepto de campus virtual y el uso dado a esta herramienta. Un segundo apartado corresponde al diseño del curso en línea, el cual presenta información acerca de los ambientes virtuales de aprendizaje. El tercer punto describe elementos de la programación de la plataforma en correspondencia con el diseño del curso en línea y por último, el cuarto tema ofrece lineamientos al tutor para mediar el curso en línea. La información se sustenta desde la perspectiva teórica de estudios en este campo como Area et al. (2001; Herrera (s.f. a,b; Cenich et al. (2005; Kanuka (2005; Juárez et. al (2003; Picciano (2002; Anderson (2001; Barberà et al. (2001; Cabero et al. (2000 y Dorado (1996.

NEA international co-operative projects

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1989-01-01

This text is consecrated at the international co-operative projects of the OECD Nuclear Energy Agency (NEA) in the field of reactor safety (Halden reactor project, Loft project, studies on the damaged Three Mile Island unit-2 reactor, inspection of reactor steel components, incident reporting system) and in the field of radioactive waste management (Stripa project, geochemical data bases, Alligator river project, seabed disposal of high-level radioactive waste, decommissioning of nuclear facilities)

The Education (Schools and Further Education) Regulations 1981 (23 July 1981)

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1981-01-01

These Regulations concern the use of radioactive substances and apparatus in schools and further education establishments. The approval of the Secretary of State for Education and Science is required for the use of such substances and apparatus, and his approval may be withdrawn if arrangements for health and safety of pupils and staff are inadequate. The Regulations revoke the Schools Regulations, 1959 (as amended), and the Further Education Regulations, 1975. (NEA) [fr

Tuberculosis cutánea por mesoterapia, estudio de seis casos

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Dora Orjuela; Gloria Puerto; Graciela Mejía; Claudia Castro; María Consuelo Garzón; Luz Mary García; Elkin Hernández; Wellman Ribón; Gerzaín Rodríguez

2010-01-01

Introducción. La tuberculosis cutánea secundaria a la inyección con agujas es rara; se presenta en personal médico y de laboratorio, y en pacientes que reciben tratamientos percutáneos. Objetivo. Presentar seis pacientes con tuberculosis cutánea secundaria a tratamiento por mesoterapia. Materiales y métodos. Entre 1 y 4 meses después de la inyección en la piel glútea y abdominal de material no precisado, como tratamiento para la obesidad y la celulitis, cinco mujeres y un hombre desarro...

COMPETENCIAS DEL DOCENTE DE EDUCACIÓN SUPERIOR EN LÍNEA

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Jensy Campos Céspedes

2010-01-01

Full Text Available En este artículo se propone un perfil de competencias para los profesores universitarios de educación a distancia en línea. Para el diseño de la propuesta se realizó una revisión de literatura mediante dos fases, una convergente que consistió en búsquedas en bases de datos ERIC utilizando como discriminadores el período de publicación 2008-2010 y la palabra clave: ¿teacher competence¿. En esta fase se consiguió un total de 245 documentos y se realizó una fase divergente en la que se seleccionaron los documentos cuyos títulos y resúmenes tuvieran mayor relación con las competencias para el personal docente en línea. Esos documentos seleccionados se volvieron a filtrar utilizando como criterio la pertinencia de las competencias propuestas por los autores con las nuevas tendencias de la tecnología educativa y la educación a distancia. Posteriormente se realizó el análisis de los documentos filtrados y se identificaron coincidencias entre habilidades y competencias para los educadores que se desempeñan utilizando plataformas de aprendizaje en línea. Una vez identificadas las competencias planteadas por los diferentes autores, se cotejaron con las tendencias de la educación a distancia y se identificaron los vacíos o aspectos que deben contemplarse en el perfil de quien realiza la docencia en línea frente a los actuales desarrollos de esta modalidad de educación. Por último, se procedió a diseñar el perfil propuesto con una serie de capacidades consideradas vitales para la ejecución de la actividad docente en este contexto educativo a distancia en línea. Ese perfil puede ser utilizado para la autoevaluación por parte del educador o educadora y como insumo en los procesos de selección y de desarrollo profesional.

Exposición espontánea de un torus palatino de la línea media

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Gustavo Sinisterra

2013-03-01

Full Text Available Introducción. El torus, o rodete, palatino es una alteración ósea benigna que puede generar molestias en la fonación y en la deglución. Cuando su crecimiento o exposición persistente producen síntomas molestos, debe ser resecado quirúrgicamente. Presentación del caso. Se trata de una paciente de 82 años de edad, que consultó por una lesión ulcerativa de un año de evolución, que producía dolor, halitosis y molestia a la deglución. En el examen físico de la cavidad oral, se observó una prominencia de consistencia dura en la línea media, con perforación y ulceración de la mucosa palatina en su porción lateral posterior izquierda. Se consideraron los diagnósticos de torus palatino, osteoma, granuloma piógeno y neoplasia de tejidos blandos. Se decidió resecarla quirúrgicamente y hacer el estudio histopatológico. La evolución clínica fue satisfactoria, con resolución completa un mes después de la cirugía. En el estudio de histopatología se observó hiperostosis ósea con inflamación crónica de los tejidos blandos e hiperplasia simple de la mucosa, que corresponden a un torus palatino. Discusión. Se reporta un inusual caso de exposición espontánea de un torus palatino que ocupaba casi toda la bóveda palatina, se describe su resección quirúrgica y se informan los hallazgos de histopatología. En la revisión bibliográfica realizada, no se encontró un reporte previo de exposición espontánea de torus palatino.   doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.7705/biomedica.v33i1.1480

OECD/NEA component operational experience, degradation and ageing project

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Gott, K.; Nevander, O.; Riznic, J.; Lydell, B.

2015-01-01

Several OECD Member Countries have agreed to establish the OECD/NEA 'Component Operational Experience, Degradation and Ageing Programme' (CODAP) to encourage multilateral co-operation in the collection and analysis of data relating to degradation and failure of metallic piping and non-piping metallic passive components in commercial nuclear power plants. The scope of the data collection includes service-induced wall thinning, part through-wall cracks, through-wall cracks with and without active leakage, and instances of significant degradation of metallic passive components, including piping pressure boundary integrity. CODAP is the continuation of the 2002-2011 'OECD/NEA Pipe Failure Data Exchange Project' (OPDE) and the Stress Corrosion Cracking Working Group of the 2006-2010 - OECD/NEA SCC and Cable Ageing project - (SCAP). OPDE was formally launched in May 2002. Upon completion of the 3. Term (May 2011), the OPDE project was officially closed to be succeeded by CODAP. In May 2011, 13 countries signed the CODAP first Term agreement. The first Term (2011-2014) work plan includes the development of a web-based relational event database on passive, metallic components in commercial nuclear power plants, a web-based knowledge base on material degradation, codes and standards relating to structural integrity and national practices for managing material degradation. The work plan also addresses the preparation of Topical Reports to foster technical cooperation and to deepen the understanding of national differences in ageing management. These Topical Reports are in the public domain and available for download on the NEA web site. Published in 2014, a first Topical Report addressed flow accelerated corrosion (FAC) of carbon steel and low alloy steel piping. A second Topical Report addresses operating experience with electro-hydraulic control (EHC) and instrument air (IA) system piping

Tecnologia e desafios da educação brasileira contemporânea Technology and challenges of contemporary brazilian education

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Roberta Maria Lobo da Silva

2008-06-01

Full Text Available Este artigo busca apresentar uma discussão conceitual sobre tecnologia, tendo como horizonte um projeto de educação centrado na liberdade humana. É um resultado parcial da linha de pesquisa Educação, Cultura e Tecnologia/Grupo de Pesquisa Teoria Crítica e Educação, da Universidade Federal Rural do Rio de Janeiro/Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico (UFRRJ/CNPq, que tem como objetivo desenvolver projetos de pesquisa sobre a relação existente entre educação, cultura e tecnologia a fim de discutir as mudanças do estatuto epistemológico da educação nos séculos XX e XXI. A referência teórica está centrada no pensamento de Herbert Marcuse, em especial em seus conceitos de racionalidade crítica e racionalidade tecnológica. À luz destes conceitos, apresentaremos os desafios da educação contemporânea brasileira diante de uma realidade de imensos territórios segregados espacial e socialmente, bem como do apelo de uma sociedade do espetáculo embrutecedora dos sentidos e intensificadora do fetiche da mercadoria. Partindo deste contexto, apresentaremos as possibilidades da educação preparar os jovens para a participação ativa no mundo da cultura através da exploração da imaginação histórica e estética, tendo como referência a produção audiovisual.This article presents a conceptual discussion on technology, as it relates to an educational project centered on liberty. It is a partial result of the Line of Research on Education, Culture and Technology/Critical Theory and Education Research Group, at the Federal Rural University of Rio de Janeiro/National Council for Scientific and Technological Development (UFRRJ/CNPq. The objective of this research group is to develop research projects on the relationship between education, culture and technology, with a view to discussing the changes in the epistemological status of education in the 20th and 21st centuries. The theoretical reference centers

Depression and migraine Depressão e migrânea

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José Carlos Busto Galego

2004-09-01

Full Text Available The objective of this study was to evaluate both the presence and intensity of depressive symptoms in patients with episodic migraine (EM and transformed migraine (TM or chronic migraine, comparing them with a control group. Beck Depression Inventory (BDI was used for this purpose. The median of BDI score of the control group was significantly lower than the EM and TM groups (pO objetivo deste estudo foi avaliar a presença e a intensidade de sintomas depressivos entre pacientes com migrânea episódica (ME e migrânea transformada (MT ou migrânea crônica, comparando-os com um grupo controle. O Inventário de Depressão de Beck (IDB foi aplicado para esta finalidade. A mediana das pontuações do IDB do grupo controle foi significantemente menor que a dos grupos ME e MT (p< 0,0005. Os grupos ME e MT não apresentaram diferenças significantes em suas medianas das pontuações (p=0,12. Quando avaliados de forma qualitativa, pela análise de dependência, o grupo MT apresentou freqüência maior de depressão severa. Sintomatologia depressiva mais severa do ponto de vista qualitativo poderia reforçar possível co-morbidade entre depressão e migrânea transformada. Esta associação poderia ser considerada mais como um fator de perpetuação da MT do que um fator de risco de transformação da ME para a MT.

Plan de desarrollo estratégico para la compañía plásticos chempro: línea hogar

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Coello Cazar, David; Plaza De La Rosa, Vanessa; Pastor Lopez, Bolivar

2009-01-01

El tema presentado es un Plan de Desarrollo Estratégico, también llamado Plan de Mercadeo que se realizó a una compañía que produce y comercializa productos plásticos en cuatro diferentes líneas de producción: Línea Hogar (con productos para la cocina, baño y limpieza), Línea Juguetería, Línea Avícola (comederos y bebederos par animales de granja, especialmente pollos) y Línea Industrial (casilleros de seguridad fabricados en plásticos). El estudio se enfocó exclusivamente a la línea Hoga...

ENEN - European Nuclear Educational Network Association

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De Regge, P.

2006-01-01

After the pioneering initiative of BNEN, the Belgian Nuclear higher Education Network, other countries, e.g. Italy, United Kingdom, Germany, Switzerland, etc., created their own pool of education. At the European level the ENEN Association (European Nuclear Education Network) is a sustainable product generated by an FP5 project. The main objective of the ENEN Association is the preservation and the further development of higher nuclear education and expertise. This objective is realized through the co-operation between European universities, involved in education and research in the nuclear engineering field, nuclear research centres and nuclear industry

Overview of OECD-NEA Nuclear Science and Data Bank Activities

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Gulliford, Jim

2012-01-01

Overview: • NEA Areas of Work, Standing Committees; • Nuclear Science & the Data Bank: – Working Parties & Expert Groups; – integral experiments databases; – linked Data Bank/Nuclear Science products. • Reactor Physics and Criticality Integral Experiments: – ICSBEP& IRPhE evaluations; – Database tools (DICE, IDAT, SFCOMPO-X). • Other Activities related to Fast Reactors: – WPRS SFR Task Force; – Nuclear Data, WPEC sub-group on data adjustment; – Fuel Cycle and Materials. • Looking Ahead: – Uncertainty Analysis for transient modelling; – Russian Accession to the NEA and Data Bank; – Impact of Fukushima on Nuclear Science Programmes of Work

Protocolo de obtención de líneas base

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González Pérez, María del Carmen

2016-01-01

Existe una necesidad de evaluar la eficiencia energética de los edificios, pero se carece de un protocolo o guía que ayude a las distintas empresas y organizaciones al cálculo de un modelo a partir del que poder obtener dicha eficiencia. Es por ello que el objetivo principal de este proyecto es desarrollar un protocolo para la obtención de líneas base así como aplicarla a un sector que a día de hoy está desatendido, el residencial. La línea base que se obtiene es un modelo de temperatura i...

The NEA data bank - an international service centre for computer programs and nuclear data

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Nordborg, C.

2000-01-01

The Nuclear Energy Agency (NEA) is a specialized agency of the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) based in Paris. The most important purpose of NEA is the promotion of international cooperation in the peaceful uses of nuclear power. Within the Agency a special unit, the so-called Database, allows the 21 member countries to have direct access to nuclear data, chemical data, and computer codes. These countries are Austria, Belgium, the Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Italy, Japan, Korea, Mexico, the Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, and the United Kingdom. Special agreements cover exchanges of data and codes with Canada, the United States of America, and IAEA. The NEA Database - maintains those databases which contain basic experimental and evaluated nuclear data, integral nuclear data, computer codes, and chemical thermodynamic data, - uses procedures of assured quality to store and maintain data and codes, - supplies as products internationally validated and licensed data and codes, - offers direct access to these products to scientists and engineers in national laboratories, universities, and in the nuclear industry. The services are available free of charge, and the databases can be accessed via the NEA web site (http://www.nea.fr). (orig.) [de

The role of the NEA incident reporting system in trend and pattern studies

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Ishack, G.; Iwabuchi, H.

1990-01-01

When the Incident Reporting System of the OECD Nuclear Energy Agency (NEA-IRS) was first instituted in 1980, Members recognized the fact that since the data thus collected only pertains to significant safety-related incidents, the system cannot be used for in-depth statistical analyses. Rather, the NEA-IRS is best suited, in addition to single event assessments, to studies that provide indications related to system, component or human performance; these indications could also initiate trend analyses on more complete data bases. Examples are the generic studies on the Loss of Containment Functions (completed last year) and the Loss of Residual Heat Removal (due for completion this year), and the studies related to the human factor. Another type of use of the IRS data was started last year by the NEA Principal Working Group 1 on Operating Experience and Human Factors (PWG 1) in response to the encouragement of the OECD/NEA Committee on the Safety of Nuclear Installations (CSNI), to make the best use of Operating Experience, notably of information disseminated through the NEA-IRS. These applications consisted of scanning the IRS data base for events that could be of interest to specialized domains such as radiation protection, fracture mechanics and fire protection. In the paragraphs which follow, some highlights of the results of these scans are presented (reference is made at the end of this paper to the reports detailing the results of these applications)

Manifestações cutâneas das trombofilias Cutaneous manifestations of thrombophilia

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Paulo Ricardo Criado

2008-12-01

Full Text Available O escopo deste artigo é revisar os estados de hipercoagulabilidade sangüínea (trombofilias mais provavelmente encontrados por dermatologista. Seus sinais cutâneos incluem o livedo reticular, necrose cutânea, ulcerações e isquemia digital, púrpura retiforme, além de úlceras nas pernas. Revisamos seu tratamento adequado, bem como ressaltamos as manifestações cutâneas que impõem pesquisa laboratorial de trombofilias e os exames indicados nessas situações.The aim of this article is to review the hypercoagulable states (thrombophilia most probably found by dermatologists; their cutaneous signs including livedo racemosa, skin necrosis, digital ischemia and ulcerations, retiform purpura and leg ulcers; their appropriate treatment; to describe the skin manifestations that require laboratory tests for thrombophilias and the tests indicated in these clinical conditions.

A new NEA expert group on accident-tolerant fuels

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Massara, Simone

2014-01-01

After the events at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant in March 2011, enhancing the accident tolerance of light water reactors (LWRs) became a topic of serious discussion. One outcome of those discussions has been to promote research into the development of advanced fuels and more robust reactor system technologies with improved performance, reliability and safety characteristics during normal operations and under accident conditions. The Fukushima Daiichi accident has highlighted in particular the importance of reducing hydrogen production rates and increasing fission product retention during extended loss of cooling accidents. In this context, the NEA organised two international workshops to share information and discuss technical and safety issues associated with the development of accident-tolerant fuels (ATFs) for LWRs. Presentations were given by experts from various organisations, industry and regulatory bodies of NEA member countries, as well as from representatives of international bodies. The presentations focused on lessons learnt from the Fukushima Daiichi accident, the desired characteristics of ATFs, potential design options and candidate materials, as well as the current state of the art in related modelling and simulation methods. During discussions following these workshop presentations, delegates agreed to establish a collaborative framework on ATFs within the NEA. Reporting to the Nuclear Science Committee, the Expert Group on Accident-tolerant Fuels for Light Water Reactors (EGATFL) will define and carry out a programme of work to help advance the scientific knowledge needed to provide the technical underpinning for the development of advanced LWR fuels with more enhanced accident tolerance compared to currently used zircaloy/UO 2 fuels. The group will foster information exchange on material properties and relevant phenomenological experiments, carry out state-of-the-art reviews, organise benchmark studies and foster international

Planeta(s) remisión de V. línea de los planeta(s).

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2011-01-01

[ES] Definición del término Planeta(s) remisión de V. línea de los planeta(s). en el diccionario Dicter. [EN] Definition of the word Planeta(s) remisión de V. línea de los planeta(s). in the dictionary Dicter.

Automatización de una línea de montaje de motores para parabrisas

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Castillero Carmona, Marc

2009-01-01

Este proyecto está enfocado a la automatización de una línea de producción de parabrisas. Donde también se tendrá que realizar la instalación eléctrica para la alimentación de componentes eléctricos. La línea de producción pertenece a la empresa Robert Bosch fábrica de Castellet, donde se fabrican parabrisas traseros y delanteros, y pequeños componentes para automoción. La línea cuenta con varias máquinas automáticas y puestos manuales, de los cuales no se utilizarán todos para la fa...

O sistema nacional de educação narrado no documento base das conferências nacionais de educação/Conae e a gestão da escola contemporânea - The national education system narrated in the base document of national conferences on education/Conae and manage

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Ana Paula da Silva Pozzobon Castanho

2015-10-01

Full Text Available Resumo Esta pesquisa analisa quais orientações, para a gestão democrática, inclusão e diversidade, nos oferece o documento base da Conferência Nacional de Educação/Conae na melhoria da gestão da escola pública contemporânea. Também busca analisar como estes princípios orientadores aparecem no projeto pedagógico da Escola Municipal de Lagoa Vermelha - RS. Apresenta-se, aqui, particularidades acerca da gestão educacional democrática brasileira na atualidade em uma escola contemporânea apoiando-se no referencial teórico para apontar as tendências apresentadas pela educação que estão em vigor no país, bem como, suas relações com os princípios orientadores da presente pesquisa. Para tanto, a metodologia utilizada baseia-se na abordagem qualitativa de caráter documental, desenvolvida a partir da busca de informações em documentos que não receberam qualquer tratamento científico. Palavras-chave: gestão democrática, inclusão, diversidade, políticas públicas. THE NATIONAL EDUCATION SYSTEM NARRATED IN THE BASE DOCUMENT OF NATIONAL CONFERENCES ON EDUCATION / CONAE AND MANAGEMENT SCHOOL CONTEMPORARY BRAZILIAN Abstract This research examines which guidelines for the management of democracy, inclusion and diversity, provides us with the base document of the National Conference on Education/Conae Conae improved management of contemporary public schools. It also seeks to analyze how these guiding principles appear in the educational project of the Municipal School of Lagoa Vermelha - RS. It is presented here in particular about the democratic management of education in Brazil today in a contemporary school building on the theoretical point to the trends presented in education that are in force in the country, as well as its relations with the guiding principles of this research. For this purpose, the methodology is based on the qualitative approach of documentary character, developed from the information search in documents

Plan de marketing para la línea de baterías Platinum de la empresa ETNA

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Galarza Garrido Lecca, Noé Martin; Cáceres Cubas, Carlos Alberto; Lau Valenzuela, Efraín Rolando

2016-01-01

El presente plan de marketing tiene como finalidad determinar las razones por las que las ventas de la línea Platinum de baterías ETNA viene siendo negativa. En la actualidad, esta línea representa solo el 1% de la facturación total (Línea profesional, Alto Desempeño y Platinum), a pesar de ser la más rentable. Mediante el análisis del entorno macro y micro de la empresa, se realizó un estudio de mercado orientado a determinar las causas de la caída en ventas de esta línea; al analizar los pe...

Simulación del sistema CBTC en la Línea 1 de Metro de Ho Chi Minh

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González Barquilla, Roberto

2011-01-01

El objeto del proyecto es simular el tráfico de trenes en una línea de metro bajo el control del sistema CBTC (Control de Trenes Basado en Comunicaciones). El objetivo final es la simulación de una línea de metro, bajo el sistema CBTC, comprobando que cumpla con los requerimientos contractuales de los intervalos de tiempo en la línea y el cumplimiento de la velocidad media en el recorrido de la línea. Para la realización de la simulación se utilizará un programa con el que a partir de los par...

Nuclear education and training: from concern to capability

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2012-01-01

The OECD Nuclear Energy Agency (NEA) first published in 2000 Nuclear Education and Training: Cause for Concern?, which highlighted significant issues in the availability of human resources for the nuclear industry. Ten years on, Nuclear Education and Training: From Concern to Capability considers what has changed in that time and finds that, while some countries have taken positive actions, in a number of others human resources could soon be facing serious challenges in coping with existing and potential new nuclear facilities. This is exacerbated by the increasing rate of retirement as the workforce ages. This report provides a qualitative characterisation of human resource needs and appraises instruments and programmes in nuclear education and training initiated by various stakeholders in different countries. In this context, it also examines the current and future uses of nuclear research facilities for education and training purposes. Regarding the nuclear training component of workforce competence, it outlines a job taxonomy which could be a basis for addressing the needs of workers across this sector. It presents the taxonomy as a way of enhancing mutual recognition and increasing consistency of education and training for both developed and developing countries. Contents: 1 - A decade of change: Background; The evolving environment; A key resource - a competent workforce; 2 - Review of nuclear education and associated facilities: Introduction; Education and training - progress over the last decade; Present use of research infrastructure for education and training in NEA member countries; 3 - Towards a blueprint for workforce development: The benefits of a competent nuclear workforce; Classifying competence; Analysis ; 4 - Ensuring capability - the recommendations: Nuclear human resource features and requirements; Ten years on - the developments; Approach to developing a common job taxonomy; 5 - Appendices: Recommendations from Nuclear Education and Training

Future direction for implementing the cooperation with OECD/NEA

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Kim, Kyoung Pyo; Hong, Yong Don

1999-03-01

The Nuclear Energy Agency (NEA) within the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) ia an intergovernmental organization consisting of industrialized countries with shared democratic principles and free market economics. The objectives of the agency are to identify key issues related to nuclear energy and to address these issues as well as to implement joint R and D projects, contributing to the development of nuclear energy as a safe, environmentally-acceptable and economical energy source through cooperation among its participating countries. Appropriate measures to effectively implement international nuclear cooperation and strategies to upgrade Korea's status in the international arena as well as ways to utilize the agency for our benefits through analysis of its policy and current status of the agency as a multilateral nuclear cooperative body are also presented in this report. Analysis of information about the agency's activities and acquisition of capabilities to collect relevant information, coupled with efforts to enhance Korea's status in the international nuclear arena by actively being involved in the international organizations such as OECD/NEA are required to positively deal with rapid changes in the international nuclear arena and establish effective national nuclear policies. This report can be utilized as valuable material not only in establishing national nuclear policy by giving an overview of the report prepared by the high level advisory group on the future of the OECD Nuclear Energy Agency, who recently wrapped up their activities, but also in promoting the understanding of the agency's activities and the agency's long-term perspective mapped out in 1995. Future plans and strategies for effective implementation of nuclear cooperation with the agency, including ways to participate in the agency's activities, with KAERI taking a leading role, and in the NEA joint R and D projects, ways to strengthen capabilities, to analyze

Lessons for Interstellar Travel from the G&C Design of the NEA Scout Solar Sail Mission

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Heaton, Andrew; Diedrich, Benjamin

2017-01-01

NASA is developing the Near Earth Asteroid (NEA) Scout mission that will use a solar sail to travel to an asteroid where it will perform a slow flyby to acquire science imagery. A guidance and control system was developed to meet the science and trajectory requirements. The NEA Scout design process can be applied to an interstellar or precursor mission that uses a beam-propelled sail. The scientific objectives are met by accurately targeting the destination trajectory position and velocity. The destination is targeted by understanding the force on the sail from the beam (or sunlight in the case of NEA Scout) over the duration of the thrust maneuver. The propulsive maneuver is maintained by accurate understanding of the torque on the sail, which is a function of sail shape, optical properties, and mass properties, all of which apply to NEA Scout and beam propelled sails. NEA Scout uses active control of the sail attitude while trimming the solar torque, which could be used on a beamed propulsion sail if necessary. The biggest difference is that NEA Scout can correct for uncertainties in sail thrust modeling, spacecraft orbit, and target orbit throughout the flight to the target, while beamed propulsion needs accurate operation for the short duration of the beamed propulsion maneuver, making accurate understanding of the sail thrust and orbits much more critical.

Proceedings of the Third Meeting of the OECD-NEA Expert Group on Accident Tolerant Fuels for LWRs, 3-5 March 2015, OECD-NEA HQ

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Bischoff, Jeremy; Gandrille, Pascal; Forgeron, Thierry; Brachet, Jean-Christophe; Lorrette, Christophe; Valot, C.; Freyss, M.; Braun, J.; Sauder, C.; Moatti, Marie; Waeckel, Nicolas; Ambard, Antoine; Pasamehmetoglu, Kemal; Johnston, Emma; Bragg-Sitton, Shannon M.; Kurata, M.; Hallstadius, Lars; Ohta, H.; Ogata, T.; Besmann, T.; Chauvin, Nathalie; Cornet, Stephanie; Massara, S.; Kohyama, Akira; Kishimoto, Hirotatsu; Park, Joon Soo; Nakazato, Naofumi; Hayasaka, Daisuke; Asakura, Yuuki; Kanda, Chisato; Kohyama, Akira; Terrani, Kurt; Katoh, Yutai; Yamamoto, Yukinori; Field, Kevin; Snead, Lance; Hu, Xunxiang; Dryepondt, Sebastien; Unocic, Kinga A.; Hoelzer, David T.; Pint, Bruce A.; Besmann, T.; Steinbrueck, M.; Grosse, M.; Jianu, A.; Weisenburger, A.; Avincola, V.; Ahmad, S.; Tang, C.; Heuser, Brent J.; Sickafus, Kurt; Kim, Hyun-Gil; Kim, Il-Hyun; Jung, Yang-Il; Park, Dong-Jun; Park, Jung-Hwan; Park, Jeong-Yong; Koo, Yang-Hyun; Lee, B.O.; Van Nieuwenhove, Rudi; Kim, Young; Rebak, Raul; Dolly, Evan; Dolley, E.J.; Rebak, R.B.; Maloy, Stu; Yang, Jae-Ho; Kim, Dong-Joo; Kim, Keon-Sik; Koo, Yang-Hyun; Lee, Won Jae; Tulenko, James S.; Puide, Mattias; Liu, T.; Gueneau, C.; Gosse, S.; Dupin, N.; Barber, D.; Corcoran, E.; Dumas, J.C.; Hania, R.; Kaye, M.; Turchi, P.

2015-03-01

Under the guidance of the OECD-NEA Nuclear Science Committee, the expert group acts as a forum for scientific and technical information exchange on advanced light water reactor (LWR) fuels with enhanced accident tolerance. The expert group focusses on the fundamental properties and behaviour under normal operations and accident conditions for advanced core materials and components (fuels, cladding, control rods, etc.). The materials considered are applicable to Gen II and Gen III Light Water Reactors, as well as Gen III+ reactors under construction. The objective of the expert group is to define and coordinate a programme of work to help advance the scientific knowledge needed to provide the technical underpinning for the development of advanced LWR fuels with enhanced accident tolerance compared to currently used zircaloy/UO 2 fuel systems, as well as other non-fuel core components with important roles in LWR performance under accident conditions. This document brings together the available presentations (slides) given at the Third Meeting of the OECD-NEA Expert Group on Accident Tolerant Fuels for LWRs. Content: 1 - Task Force 1 (Systems assessment) meeting, 3-4 March 2015: - French evaluation of ATF Concepts (J. Bischoff, AREVA); - Technology Readiness Levels - TRL - for Fuels (K. Pasamehmetoglu, INL); - TRL-definition for advanced fuel concept applied for commercial LWRs in Japan (M. Kurata, JAEA); - Application of TRLs in NNL (E. Johnston, NNL); - Technology Readiness Levels for Advanced Nuclear Fuel and Materials (S. Bragg-Sitton, INL); 1a - Definition of the illustrative scenarios: - AREVA's proposal concerning scenario for Accident Tolerant Fuel studies (P. Gandrille); - A Simplified Accident Scenario (L. Hallstadius); - Accident Scenarios for ATF Performance Evaluation of BWR and PWR in Japan (H. Ohta, CRIEPI); 1b - Related NEA activities: - Working Party on Multi-scale Modelling of Fuels and Structural Materials for Nuclear Systems - WPMM, Expert

Genome-wide association study identifies 74 loci associated with educational attainment

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Okbay, Aysu; P. Beauchamp, Jonathan; Alan Fontana, Mark

2016-01-01

-nucleotide polymorphisms associated with educational attainment are disproportionately found in genomic regions regulating gene expression in the fetal brain. Candidate genes are preferentially expressed in neural tissue, especially during the prenatal period, and enriched for biological pathways involved in neural......Educational attainment is strongly influenced by social and other environmental factors, but genetic factors are estimated to account for at least 20% of the variation across individuals1. Here we report the results of a genome-wide association study (GWAS) for educational attainment that extends...... development. Our findings demonstrate that, even for a behavioural phenotype that is mostly environmentally determined, a well-powered GWAS identifies replicable associated genetic variants that suggest biologically relevant pathways. Because educational attainment is measured in large numbers of individuals...

OECD/NEA Study on the Economics of Long Term Operation of NPP

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Lokhov, Alexey; Cameron, Ron

2012-01-01

The OECD Nuclear Energy Agency (NEA) established the Ad Hoc expert group on the Economics of Long-term Operation (LTO) of Nuclear Power Plants. The primary aim of this group is to collect and analyse technical and economic data on the upgrade and lifetime extension experience in OECD countries, and to assess the likely applications for future extensions. This paper describes the key elements of the methodology of economic assessment of LTO and initial findings for selected NEA member countries. (author)

El pensamiento crítico en la teoría educativa contemporánea

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Luis Carlos Morales Zúñiga

2014-05-01

Full Text Available En este ensayo se reflexiona sobre el lugar que ocupa el pensamiento crítico en la teoría educativa contemporánea. Para lograrlo, se parte de establecer una definición sobre la noción de pensamiento crítico, con el fin de analizar hasta qué punto las corrientes de la teoría educativa crítica y la pedagogía crítica incorporan esta forma particular de razonamiento. Finalmente se plantean algunas limitaciones que poseen el pensamiento crítico y a la educación crítica, con el fin de contribuir al debate contemporáneo sobre esta forma de razonamiento This essay presents a discussion about the place of the critical thought within the contemporary educational theory. It states a definition on the category known as critical thought, in order to analyze how critical educational theory and critical pedagogy, fit in the critical thought concept. Finally, it argues on the limits and critics to the critical thought and critical education, with the purpose of give a contribution to the contemporary debates on this particular way of thinking.

Dactilosis espontánea o ainhum Spontaneous dactilosysis or ainhum

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Juan Carlos Wolff

1992-02-01

Full Text Available La dactilolisis espontánea o ainhum es una enfermedad rara de la raza negra que lleva a la amputación espontánea de los dedos del pie. Se informa el hallazgo de dos casos, uno de ellos bilateral, en dos pacientes del municipio del Alto Baudó (Chocó.

Spontaneous dactilolysis, also known as ainhum, is an infrequent disease of black people, that leads to spontaneous toe amputation. We report on the finding of two cases, one of them bilateral, in residentes of Alto Baudó (Chocó, Colombia.

Towards the renewal of the NEA Thermochemical Database

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Ragoussi, Maria-Eleni; Costa, Davide; Bossant, Manuel

2015-01-01

The Thermochemical Database (TDB) Project was created three decades ago as a joint undertaking of the NEA Radioactive Waste Management Committee and the NEA Data Bank. The project involves the collection of high-quality and traceable thermochemical data for a set of elements (mainly minor actinides and fission products) relevant to geophysical modelling of deep geological repositories. Funding comes from 15 participating organisations, primarily national nuclear waste authorities and research institutions. The quantities that are stored in the TDB database are: the standard molar Gibbs energy and enthalpy of formation, the standard molar entropy and, when available, the heat capacity at constant pressure, together with their uncertainty intervals. Reaction data are also provided: equilibrium constant of reaction, molar Gibbs energy of reaction, molar enthalpy of reaction and molar entropy of reaction. Data assessment is carried out by teams of expert reviewers through an in-depth analysis of the available scientific literature, following strict guidelines defined by the NEA to ensure the accuracy and self-consistency of the adopted datasets. Thermochemical data that has been evaluated and selected over the years have been published in the 13 volumes of the Chemical Thermodynamics series. They are also stored in a database that is updated each time the study of a new element is completed. The TDB selected data are made available to external third parties through the NEA web site where data extracted from the database can be displayed and downloaded as plain text files. Following recent recommendations of the Task Force on the Future Programme of the NEA Data Bank to enhance scientific expertise and user services, a renewal of the software managing the TDB database is being undertaken. The software currently used was designed 20 years ago and is becoming obsolete. Redesigning the application will provide an opportunity to correct current shortcomings and to develop

Dieta Mediterránea, una historia de sabor, salud y sostenibilidad

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Carbajal Azcona, Ángeles

2015-01-01

Existe abundante evidencia científica del papel de la Dieta Mediterránea tradicional y de sus componentes en la Salud y la Sostenibiliad. La Dieta Mediterránea es un dieta sana, nutritiva y palatable, relacionada con la prevención de las enfermedades crónicas y con una menor morbi-mortalidad y mayor esperanza y calidad de vida. Pero no sólo es un modelo de alimentación sana para el hombre sino también para el medio ambiente. Por estar basada fundamentalmente en el consumo de alimentos de orig...

Complicaciones cutáneas de la terapia inmunosupresora: estudio en trasplantados renales

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Diego E. Jaramillo

1988-01-01

Full Text Available Se presenta la experiencia dermatológica obtenida durante el seguimiento prospectivo de 114 pacientes con trasplante renal, atendidos en el Hospital Universitario San Vicente de Paúl, de Medellín; su evolución post-trasplante fluctuaba entre 2 meses y 13 anos y el seguimiento dermatológico fue por dos anos. Se encontró un número elevado de manifestaciones cutáneas (promedio 4,8 por paciente; las más frecuentes fueron: acné, micosis, hirsutismo y xerosis; no se hallaron lesiones malignas. No hubo asociación de las manifestaciones cutáneas con la edad del paciente, el tipo de donante o el esquema Inmunosupresor. Dada la alta frecuencia de patología cutánea se sugiere que estos pacientes sean educados adecuadamente sobre este aspecto y examinados periódicamente con el fin de detectar y manejar a tiempo sus problemas dermatológicos benignos O potencialmente malignos.

Opening Session - Introductory remarks for Workshop on Accident Tolerant Fuel. OECD/NEA Workshop on Accident Tolerant Fuels, Workshop Expectations

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Dujardin, Thierry; Gulliford, Jim; Massara, Simone; Pasamehmetoglu, K.

2013-01-01

The workshop opened with the welcome address from Th. Dujardin (OECD/NEA), NEA Deputy Director. Th. Dujardin recalled the integrated NEA response to the dramatic Fukushima-Daiichi events performed by three standing technical committees: the Committee on Nuclear Regulatory Activities (CNRA), the Committee on the Safety of Nuclear Installations (CSNI) and the Committee on Radiation Protection and Public Health (CRPPH). J. Gulliford (OECD/NEA) placed the workshop in the context of the activities of the Nuclear Science Committee within the framework of the NEA response to Fukushima- Daiichi. K. Pasamehmetoglu (INL, US) explained the main goals of the workshop oriented towards defining requirements for selection among various options during the feasibility phase of the development process, and not towards identifying and proposing design solutions

Automatización de una línea para procesado de pescado

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Ortega Carrasco, Abel

2007-01-01

Este proyecto surge de una necesidad industrial por parte de una empresa dedicada al procesado y envasado de pescado fresco y congelado (Elaborados Freiremar S.A). Para satisfacer esta necesidad, se decidió colocar una línea de proceso totalmente automatizada. Dicha automatización, consta de 3 partes totalmente diferenciales pero relacionadas entre ellas, puesto que sin alguna de estas partes la línea no podría funcionar correctamente. El software de control (PLC) se encarga de controlar y ac...

Vaz Ferreira y la filosofía del derecho contemporánea: encuentros y desencuentros

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Oscar Sarlo

2014-01-01

Full Text Available Entiendo por filosofía del derecho contemporánea la que va consolidándose después de la II Guerra Mundial, a través de diversas líneas de investigación que van configurando una nueva fisonomía de la materia.Si hay una nota caracterizante del período, es la consolidación del método analítico para la construcción de las teorías; más allá de divergencias a veces importantes, el rigor analítico pasó a ser una exigencia generalizada en la elaboración teórica.Por la misma razón, podemos identificar otra gran línea de desarrollo que caracteriza a la teoría del derecho contemporánea, y es su apertura a la interdisciplinariedad: la comprensión del derecho se ve iluminada desde los más diversos campos disciplinarios, cosa que no había sucedidonunca antes, al menos en esa medida.Así es que, llegados a este momento, podemos distinguir perfectamente tres grandes líneas de investigación que apuntan a la concreción de una teorización completa del campo jurídico.La filosofía del derecho contemporánea. Vaz Ferreira y el Derecho. Desencuentros de Vaz con la moderna teoría del Derecho. Encuentros de Vaz con la moderna teoría del Derecho. Teoría de la justicia social en Vaz Ferreira

Education evolution: a historical perspective of associate degree nursing.

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Orsolini-Hain, Liana; Waters, Verle

2009-05-01

Exploring the inception and growth of associate degree nursing education informs our understanding of what led to such explosive growth so that most of the nursing workforce is currently educated at the associate degree level. The success of associate degree nursing programs led to many divisive years in nursing education of differentiation of practice debates that were hardly productive. Work world practices and patient needs are creating pressures on community colleges to join forces with universities to increase the percentage of baccalaureate-educated nurses. Associate degree nursing education continues to evolve to meet the demands of a higher educated nursing workforce.

NEA activities in 1983. 12. Activity report

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1984-01-01

This report describes the main features of the Agency's work during 1983 and discusses the state and prospects of the nuclear industry in OECD countries. Trends in nuclear power, nuclear development and the fuel cycles nuclear safety technology and licensing, radiological and environmental impacts of nuclear fuel cycle activities, legal affairs, nuclear science, joint undertakings and other NEA joint projects, organisation and administration are reviewed

REGULAÇÃO DE FLORESTAS INEQUIÂNEAS SOB MANEJO FLORESTAL COMUNITÁRIO

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SILVA, D. A. S.

2014-01-01

SILVA, D. A. S. Regulação em florestas inequiâneas sob regime de manejo florestal comunitário. 2014. Dissertação (Mestrado em Ciências Florestais) Universidade Federal do Espírito Santo, Jerônimo Monteiro, ES. Orientador: Prof. Dr. Gilson Fernandes da Silva. Coorientador: Prof. Dr. José Franklim Chichorro. O planejamento de exploração madeireira em florestas inequiâneas, é determinado de tal forma que uma parcela da floresta seja dividida em Unidade de Produção Anual (UPA), e estas, por s...

Avaliação da sensibilidade ao contraste em pacientes com migrânea

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Liana Chaves Mendes

2011-01-01

Full Text Available O objetivo foi medir a Função de Sensibilidade ao Contraste (FSC de pacientes com migrânea e de voluntários saudáveis sem a patologia. Participaram dos testes 12 voluntários do sexo feminino, seis com migrânea e seis sem migrânea na faixa etária de 20 a 37 anos. As medidas de FSC foram realizadas utilizando estímulos visuais estáticos de grades senoidais angulares com frequências espaciais de 2, 3, 4, 24 e 64 ciclos/360º Foi utilizado o método psicofísico da escolha forçada entre duas alternativas temporais, condições de luminância fotópica (luminância média da tela de 41 cd/m² e visão binocular com pupila natural. Os resultados demonstram que a percepção visual de contraste dos voluntários com migrânea foi menor nas frequências de 2, 3, 4 e 64 ciclos/360º. Esses achados preliminares sugerem alterações na FSC relacionadas a essa patologia.

The coming crisis in nuclear skills and education

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Magwood, William D. IV; )

2017-01-01

In the early 1990's, nuclear engineering programs in universities across the United States began to collapse. Whereas at the beginning of the decade, there were nearly 2000 nuclear engineering students studying in US colleges and universities, the perception that there was no future career in nuclear technology led to a drop in enrolments to less than 800 by 1998. At the same time, entire programs were closing and university research reactors were being shut down at a rate of almost one each year. A governmental decision was made to reverse this trend. Impactful investments in university research, scholarships and fellowships, and infrastructure - along with vocal support for this field of study from senior government officials and members of Congress - had an immediate impact. Enrolments grew quickly and later accelerated as industry began hiring aggressively. Today, there are around 5000 nuclear engineering students in US schools, many focused on medical applications, non-proliferation, fusion and other areas - including, of course, advanced nuclear energy technologies. The nuclear specialists emerging from these education programs arrived at just the right time, as governmental agencies, industry and scientific organisations rushed to prepare for retirements in the ranks of experienced nuclear engineers. The foresight to support nuclear education in the late 1990's averted what might have been a crisis in human resources by 2010. However today, as we review the situation globally, the potential for a crisis over the next decade in the availability of trained nuclear specialists seems extraordinarily high. In many NEA countries, training of nuclear engineers and scientists is on a steadily declining path. Once highly lauded programs have been significantly diminished or already eliminated. In some fields, such as nuclear chemistry - which is essential in the application of radioactive materials to support advanced medical applications and explore advanced

TIC360. Concepto, Conclusiones y Líneas Abiertas.

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Prado, Andrés

2015-01-01

TIC360. Concepto, conclusiones y líneas abiertas derivadas de las jornadas de la sectorial TIC de CRUE celebradas en el campus de Toledo de la UCLM. En estas jornadas se trazó una visión 360º de las TIC en la Universidad, contando con todos los agentes implicados

Larva migrans cutánea en Lima. Reporte de 3 casos.

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Legua, Pedro; Guerra, Jorge; Bussalleu, Alejandro

2014-01-01

Larva migrans cutánea o “erupción reptante” es una erupción cutánea causada por la migración de la larva de un nemátodo en forma errática en la piel. Ocurre usualmente como resultado de la exposición de la piel a las larvas filariformes infectantes de uncinarias propias de felinos y cánidos, que están presentes en suelos húmedos y arenosos en los que estos animales defecan (playas, jardines, parques, etc.).La larvainfectante no puede completar su ciclo vital en el hospedero humano y entonces ...

NEA perspectives on timescales and criteria in post-closure safety of geological disposal

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Preter, P. de; Smith, P.; Pescatore, C.; Forinash, B.

2006-01-01

A key challenge in the development of safety cases for geological repositories is associated with the long periods of time over which radioactive wastes that are disposed of in repositories remain hazardous. The OECD Nuclear Energy Agency (NEA) has recently examined issues related to timescales in the context of two projects under the auspices of the Radioactive Waste Management Committee (RWMC): the Timescales Initiative and the Long-Term Safety Criteria (LTSC) Initiative. These projects examine, respectively, the treatment of timescales in actual safety cases and in the development of radiological protection criteria for geological disposal. They treat different aspects of timescales but have some overlap and have shown some convergence of the results achieved to date. Based on these projects, this paper examines general considerations in the handling of timescales, including ethical principles, evolution of the hazards of radioactive waste over time, and uncertainty in the evolution of repository systems (including geological features). The implications of these considerations are examined in terms of repository siting; levels of protection in regulations; planning for pre-closure and post-closure actions; and development and presentation of safety cases. A comparison is made with previous NEA work related to timescales, in order to show evolutions in current understanding. (authors)

NEA perspectives on timescales and criteria in post-closure safety of geological disposal

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Preter, P. de [ONDRAF/NIRAS, Brussels (Belgium); Smith, P. [Safety Assessment Management Ltd, SAM Ltd. (United Kingdom); Pescatore, C.; Forinash, B. [OECD/NEA, Nuclear Energy Agency, 92 - Issy les Moulineaux (France)

2006-07-01

A key challenge in the development of safety cases for geological repositories is associated with the long periods of time over which radioactive wastes that are disposed of in repositories remain hazardous. The OECD Nuclear Energy Agency (NEA) has recently examined issues related to timescales in the context of two projects under the auspices of the Radioactive Waste Management Committee (RWMC): the Timescales Initiative and the Long-Term Safety Criteria (LTSC) Initiative. These projects examine, respectively, the treatment of timescales in actual safety cases and in the development of radiological protection criteria for geological disposal. They treat different aspects of timescales but have some overlap and have shown some convergence of the results achieved to date. Based on these projects, this paper examines general considerations in the handling of timescales, including ethical principles, evolution of the hazards of radioactive waste over time, and uncertainty in the evolution of repository systems (including geological features). The implications of these considerations are examined in terms of repository siting; levels of protection in regulations; planning for pre-closure and post-closure actions; and development and presentation of safety cases. A comparison is made with previous NEA work related to timescales, in order to show evolutions in current understanding. (authors)

Overview of work at the OECD/Nea data bank for the TDB project

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Mompean, F.

2002-01-01

The NEA TDB Project aims at making available a comprehensive, internally consistent and quality-assured chemical thermodynamic database of selected chemical elements in order to meet the specialized modelling requirements for safety assessments of radioactive waste disposal systems. The project was initiated by the NEA in 1984 and reorganized in 1998. During the period 1984-1998 (TDB Project Phase I, TDB-I), reviews on the chemical thermodynamics for the following elements were completed: U, Am and Tc. A further review originating from TDB-I and dealing with data for Np and Pu appeared in print in May 2001. Although not strictly a part of TDB-I, a further collective publication of OECD/NEA [5] is a much-cited reference in the field of aquatic chemistry. The second phase of the TDB Project (TDB Project Phase II, TDB-II) was started in 1998 following an agreement between the following Participating Organisations. (author)

Correistas, estafetas y líneas postales en Antioquia entre 1859 y 1919

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Gustavo Adolfo Hernandez Rojas

2016-06-01

Full Text Available El presente artículo es uno de los resultados del proceso de investigación que se llevó a cabo en la tesis de Maestría en Historia: “El sistema de correos en Antioquia 1859-1919”. Este producto, titulado “Correistas, estafetas y líneas postales en Antioquia entre 1859 y 1919”, es una reconstrucción de carácter histórico, donde se plasmó la estructura de la institución y el funcionamiento del ramo postal de la época en el territorio antioqueño. En él, se aborda la dinámica institucional, su distribución y cobertura a través de las líneas  establecidas y las demás técnicas administrativas de control que se implementaron para su operatividad en Antioquia. El presente artículo títulado “Correistas, estafetas y líneas postales en Antioquia entre 1859 y 1919”, es una reconstrucción de carácter histórico, que trata sobre el funcionamiento y la estructura del Ramo Postal de la época, en el territorio antioqueño. En él, se aborda la dinámica institucional, su distribución y cobertura a través de las líneas establecidas y las técnicas administrativas de control que se implementaron para su operatividad. Así, las estafetas, los empleados, las líneas, los tipos de correos y los itinerarios de circulación, sonelementos que evidencian el accionar del correo como institución y servicio.

Diclofenaco intramuscular no tratamento agudo da migrânea: um estudo duplo cego placebo controlado Intramuscular diclofenac in the acute treatment of migraine: a double-blind placebo controlled study

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Marcelo E. Bigal

2002-06-01

Full Text Available O objetivo do presente estudo é avaliar, com mascaramento duplo, o efeito do diclofenaco sobre a dor e sintomas associados em pacientes com crise de migrânea. Sessenta pacientes com migrânea com aura e sessenta pacientes com migrânea sem aura foram randomizados para receber diclofenaco intramuscular, na dose de 75 mg, associado com injeção intravenosa de solução salina, 10 ml, ou para receber solução salina isoladamente. Três parâmetros de avaliação analgésica e uma escala analógica para avaliar os sintomas associados foram usados. Aferimos ainda os percentuais de recorrência e de utilização de medicação de resgate. Pacientes que receberam diclofenaco apresentaram redução na intensidade da dor estatisticamente significativa, 60 minutos após a administração, em dois dos três parâmetros utilizados (migrânea sem aura e nos três parâmetros utilizados (migrânea com aura. Não observamos diferença, comparado com o placebo, na intensidade dos sintomas associados. Houve redução da recorrência e da utilização de medicação de resgate. A despeito de ser uma opção no tratamento das migrâneas em unidades de emergência, o diclofenaco apresenta início de ação lento e nenhum efeito nos sintomas associados.The aim of this study is to assess, in a double blind fashion, the effect of diclofenac on the pain and associated symptoms in patients with acute migraine. 60 patients with migraine with aura and 60 patients with migraine without aura were assigned at random to receiving intramuscular diclofenac, 75 mg associated to intravenous physiological saline, 10 ml, or physiological saline alone. We used 3 parameters of analgesic evaluation and an analogical scale to asses associated symptoms. We also observed the recurrence and rescue medication percentiles. Patients receiving diclofenac showed a statistically significant improvement of pain 60 minutes after the administration in two of the three parameters

NEA impactors: what direction to they come from?

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Harris, Alan

2018-04-01

One might expect, if Earth-crossing NEAs are "thermalized" by prior close scattering encounters with the Earth, that final impact trajectories would be isotropic in direction. But orbital perturbations and other sources of entry and exit to the Earth-crossing zone are faster acting that thermalization, so the actual distribution of impacting orbits is quite anisotropic. I have studied impactor directions by adjusting the orbits of known Earth-crossing PHAs slightly to put them on intersecting orbits and then computed the direction of approach to the Earth. This arguably suffers from "looking under the lamp post", since NEAs are mostly discovered close to the opposition direction, so I also took the distribution of NEA orbits recently derived by Granvik and others and extracted, from a set of 100,000 synthetic orbits they provided, a subset of Earth-crossing PHAs and similarly adjusted them to be intersecting orbits. This should represent an unbiased set of orbits. I then weighted the impact directions by the individual Opik impact probability to obtain a distribution of impact directions weighted by actual impact probabilities. The result was that more than 40% of incoming trajectories clustered within 60 degrees of the opposition direction, and a similar fraction come from within 60 degrees of the solar direction. Thus ~80% of impactors come from only about 1/3 of the sky area, with almost none coming from 60-120 degrees solar elongation. The message is that existing ground-based surveys can hardly be improved upon by greater sky coverage with respect to detecting "death plunge" objects, and even space-based instruments offer very little improvement due to the very low solar elongation of most objects approaching from the solar direction.

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Mynor Fernández Morales

2015-01-01

Full Text Available Este ensayo trata sobre la importancia que tiene la existencia de un portal del conocimiento como una herramienta para la gestión sistemática y el crecimiento armónico de una organización, ya que constituye un instrumento técnico y administrativo, con el cual deberían contar las organizaciones contemporáneas para competir mejor en un mundo cada vez más globalizado inserto en la sociedad postindustrial donde la principal ventaja competitiva la constituye sin duda el conocimiento. Se da énfasis a los aspectos de índole administrativo más que a los de orden técnico, para implementar el portal como una herramienta gerencial que facilite la gestión del conocimiento. Por último, se plantea que su consolidación y buen suceso depende de la existencia de un ambiente colaborativo de los profesionales de la información en la gestión sistemática del conocimiento organizaci

A comunidade: da sociologia clássica à sociologia contemporânea

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Alan Delazeri Mocellim

2010-12-01

Full Text Available A comunidade é um dos conceitos de maior importância, desde o nascimento da Sociologia. Sua relevância permanece tal que o debate em torno de sua definição é contínuo, adentrando a teoria social contemporânea. Recorrente nesse debate é a dicotomia entre comunidade e sociedade e entre a forma de vida tradicional e a moderna. Neste artigo, debatem-se algumas das principais teorizações clássicas e contemporâneas sobre a ideia de comunidade, enfocando principalmente as teorias que contrapõem as relações sociais comunitárias e a individualização característica da vida moderna. Entre os “clássicos” da Sociologia, optou-se por debater as teorias de Émile Durkheim e Ferdinand Tönnies, e, entre as teorias contemporâneas, optou-se pelas de Michel Maffesoli e Zygmunt Bauman. O objetivo aqui é demarcar divergências e similitudes entre suas diferentes abordagens.

El aprendizaje en línea Online learning: Serving the needs of diverse students’ populations

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Paquienséguy Françoise

2010-01-01

Full Text Available Este trabajo reporta resultados de un proyecto de investigación que analiza el uso de las tecnologías de la Información y de la Comunicación (TIC en los cursos en línea universitarios en Francia y en México. El marco teórico del estudio se deriva de la perspectiva francófona sobre los usos sociales de las TIC. Desde este enfoque, la apropiación del usuario de las tecnologías y servicios en línea es crucial para entender su desempeño académico porque las TIC se consideran construcciones sociales con diferentes significados, dependiendo de sus usuarios y contextos de uso. Este documento presenta los resultados de 25 entrevistas semiestructuradas con estudiantes de dos universidades mexicanas: la UdG Virtual y la UABC. Los resultados sugieren que el aprendizaje en línea atiende una variedad de necesidades de los estudiantes, incluyendo ayudarles a comprender la lógica de uso de la computadora y software básico, como fue el caso de algunos estudiantes de nuevo ingreso en la UABC, hasta el reconocimiento y validación de habilidades profesionales en el caso de los estudiantes adultos de la UdG Virtual. En general, los discursos de los alumnos mostraron diferentes niveles de apropiación y diferentes formas de utilización de los programas en línea disponibles, pero para la mayoría de los estudiantes, el aprendizaje en línea significó una oportunidad para avanzar académicamente, lo que no hubiera sido posible de otra manera. This paper reports results from a research project that analyzes the use of Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs in online higher education courses in France and Mexico. The francophone perspective on the development of the social uses of ICTs informs the theoretical approach. Within this view, the user’s appropriation of technologies and online services is crucial to understanding their academic performance, because ICTs are considered social constructions with different meanings according to

NEA activities in safety and regulation

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Stadie, K.B.

1983-01-01

The NEA programme on Safety and Regulations is briefly reviewed. It encompasses four main areas - nuclear safety technology; nuclear licensing; radiation protection; and waste management - with three principal objectives: to promote exchanges of technical information in order to enlarge the data base for national decision making; to improve co-ordination of national R and D activities with emphasis on international standard problem exercises, and to promote international projects; to develop common technical, administrative and legal approaches to improve compatibility of safety and regulatory practices

Error Analysis Of Students Working About Word Problem Of Linear Program With NEA Procedure

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Santoso, D. A.; Farid, A.; Ulum, B.

2017-06-01

Evaluation and assessment is an important part of learning. In evaluation process of learning, written test is still commonly used. However, the tests usually do not following-up by further evaluation. The process only up to grading stage not to evaluate the process and errors which done by students. Whereas if the student has a pattern error and process error, actions taken can be more focused on the fault and why is that happen. NEA procedure provides a way for educators to evaluate student progress more comprehensively. In this study, students’ mistakes in working on some word problem about linear programming have been analyzed. As a result, mistakes are often made students exist in the modeling phase (transformation) and process skills (process skill) with the overall percentage distribution respectively 20% and 15%. According to the observations, these errors occur most commonly due to lack of precision of students in modeling and in hastiness calculation. Error analysis with students on this matter, it is expected educators can determine or use the right way to solve it in the next lesson.

Human health and performance considerations for near earth asteroids (NEA)

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Steinberg, Susan; Kundrot, Craig; Charles, John

2013-11-01

Humans are considered as a system in the design of any deep space exploration mission. The addition of many potential near asteroid (NEA) destinations to the existing multiple mission architecture for Lunar and Mars missions increases the complexity of human health and performance issues that are anticipated for exploration of space. We suggest that risks to human health and performance be analyzed in terms of the 4 major parameters related to multiple mission architecture: destination, duration, distance and vehicle design. Geological properties of the NEA will influence design of exploration tasks related to sample handling and containment, and extravehicular activity (EVA) capabilities including suit ports and tools. A robotic precursor mission that collects basic information on NEA surface properties would reduce uncertainty about these aspects of the mission as well as aid in mission architecture and exploration task design. Key mission parameters are strongly impacted by duration and distance. The most critical of these is deep-space radiation exposure without even the temporary shielding of a nearby large planetary body. The current space radiation permissible exposure limits (PEL) limits mission duration to 3-10 months depending on age, gender and stage of the solar cycle. Duration also impacts mission architectures including countermeasures for bone, muscle, and cardiovascular atrophy during continuous weightlessness; and behavioral and psychological issues resulting from isolation and confinement. Distance affects communications and limits abort and return options for a NEA mission. These factors are anticipated to have important effects on crew function and autonomous operations, as well as influence medical capability, supplies and training requirements of the crew. The design of a habitat volume that can maintain the physical and psychological health of the crew and support mission operations with limited intervention from earth will require an

Mezclas de Alfalfa y Gramíneas en la Serie Sabana de Bogotá Tipo Franco Arcilloso.

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Chaverra Gil. Hernán

1960-06-01

Full Text Available En el Centro Nacional de Investigaciones Agrícolas, Tibaitatá, y en la serie de suelos Sabana de Bogotá, tipo frnaco arcilloso, se llevaron a cabo dos experimentos con mezclas de alfalfa y gramíneas. En el primer ensayo, se sembraron simultáneamente con la alfalfa, ryegrass inglés, rygrass anual y orchoso. Los métodos de siembra utilizados fueron: a alfalfa y gramíneas sembradas al voleo, b alfalfa y gramíneas en el mismo surco, c alfalfa y gramíneas en surcos alternos, d alfalfa en surcos y gramíneas al voleo y e alfalfa en surcos y trébol blanco al voleo. En el segundo experimento se sembró la alfalfa en surcos separados 25 cm. Después de establecida la alfalfa e inmediatamente después del 4° corte se sembraron al voleo las siguientes gramíneas: ryegrass inglés, rygrass anual, orchoro, festuca media, pasto cinta y pasto rescate. Las finalidades del estudio fueron las de valorar el comportamiento de las gramíneas en mezcla con la alfalfa, mediante la determinación progresiva de la composición botánica y el rendimiento de forraje seco de las mezclas. La siembra simultánea de ryegrass inglés y ryegrass anual con la alfalfa dio como resultado una mala población de la leguminosa, especialmente en los dos primeros cortes. La competencia ejercida por estas dos gramíneas a la alfalfa, se redujo casi completamente, cuando se sembraron en surcos alternos o en la alfalfa establecida. Sea cual fuere el pasto sembrado, la siembra de gramíneas en alfalfa establecida, redujo la competencia entre los pastos asociados. En este ensayo el factor más importante en el establecimiento de las gramíneas, fue el agua disponible en el suelo. Bajo las condiciones del primer experimento el orchoro fue la gramínea que mejor creció en asocio de la alfalfa en todos los métodos de siembra estudiado. La producción promedia de la mezcla varió entre 2600 y 3145 Kg/hect. De forreje seco por corte y la proporción de orchoro entre

Fatores desencadeantes de crises de migrânea em pacientes com migrânea sem aura Precipitating factors of migraine attacks in patients with migraine without aura

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Ricardo Ierusalimschy

2002-09-01

Full Text Available Com o objetivo de estudar a distribuição de fatores desencadeantes de migrânea em uma população determinada, foram avaliados, através de entrevista pessoal, 100 pacientes que preenchiam os critérios diagnósticos para migrânea sem aura propostos pela Sociedade Internacional de Cefaléia. O estresse foi o desencadeante mais citado, respondendo pelo surgimento de crises de migrânea em 76% dos pacientes. Em seguida, em ordem de frequência decrescente, foram citados: estímulos sensoriais (75%, privação do sono (49%, jejum (48%, fatores ambientais (47%, alimentos (46%, menstruação (39%, fadiga (35%, bebidas alcoólicas (28%, sono prolongado (27%, cafeína (22%, esforço físico (20%, trauma craniano (20%, viagens (4%, atividade sexual (3%, medicamentos (2%, os movimentos do pescoço (2%, tabagismo (1% e uso de travesseiro baixo (1%. Conclui-se que determinados fatores parecem desempenhar papel importante na precipitação da migrânea.To study the distribution of triggers of migraine in a selected population, 100 patients who fulfilled the diagnostic criteria for migraine without aura as proposed by the International Headache Societywere evaluated by means of a personal interview. Stress was the most cited trigger, triggering migraine in 76%. Afterwards, in descending order of frequency, were cited sensorial stimuli (75%, sleep deprivation (49%, hunger (48%, environmental factors (47%, food (46%, menses (39%, fatigue (35%, alcohol (28%, sleep excess (27%, cafeine (22%, physical exertion (20%, head trauma (20%, trips (4%, sexual activity (3%, medications (2%, neck movements (2%, smoking (1% and the use of a low pillow (1%. It is concluded that certain factors seem to play an important role in the triggering of migraine.

NEA Workshop on Stakeholder Involvement in Nuclear Decision Making. Summary Report

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Haage, Monica; Henderson, David; Mays, Claire

2017-01-01

The present report summarises the NEA workshop proceedings. Chapter 1 recalls the setting in which the 2017 workshop was organised, the development of the workshop and the audience it gathered. Subsequent chapters are based on rapporteurs' accounts of the plenary and keynote talks (Chapter 2) and topical presentations (Chapter 3), as well as the dialogues among attendees which were then reported in plenary (Chapter 4). Quotes highlighted throughout the report were drawn from speakers' material or from the dialogues. In this way the publication reports the kaleidoscope of views and practices brought by NEA member countries and their experts from almost all nuclear areas as well as from some other energy technology sectors. It documents best practice and lessons learnt. Furthermore, Chapter 5 singles out the commonalities and differences found across the countries and sectors, as well as tangible take-away from the workshop. The reader will find that certain major messages are repeated in different parts of the report, as a sign of the convergence between different contexts, experts, sessions and discussions. Chapter 6 reports the attendees' evaluation of the workshop and the actions requested to progress. The annexes provide further resources: other NEA publications of interest; instructions for facilitating dialogue; and the list of participants

Accomplishing the objectives of NEA in radioactive waste management

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Olivier, J.P.; Stadie, K.B.

1984-01-01

The objectives of the Nuclear Energy Agency of the OECD in the area of radioactive waste management are to promote studies and improve the data available to support national programmes, to co-ordinate national activities, to promote international projects, and to improve the general level of understanding of waste management issues. The NEA programme concentrates on the disposal of waste and responds to objectives at three levels: sharing of information and organization of joint analytical studies through expert meetings, preparation of technical reports and analysis and dissemination of data; establishment of joint research and development projects designed to support national programmes; and discussion of current issues and strategies, particularly through the Radioactive Waste Management Committee acting as a specialized internatonal forum. The paper discusses, through various specific examples, how the objectives are met. In addition, the paper describes current NEA activities which have not been reported in other papers during the Conference. (author)

Cokrigagem colocada aplicada ao mapeamento do nível de água subterrânea

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Boezio,Maria Noel Morales; Costa,João Felipe C. L.; Koppe,Jair C.

2006-01-01

A mineração subterrânea pode afetar o ciclo hidrológico, especialmente a circulação da água de infiltração de uma dada região. Em particular, o nível de água pode ser modificado, refletindo-se no meio ambiente circundante. Em programas de monitoramento de água subterrânea, o mapeamento do nível de água é parte fundamental. O mesmo ajuda na determinação da direção de fluxo da água subterrânea, identificação de zonas de recarga e avaliação da dispersão de contaminantes. A posição do nível de ág...

Evaluación de líneas de frijol negro, en Veracruz y Chiapas, México

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2001-01-01

Full Text Available Evaluación de líneas de frijol negro, en Veracruz y Chiapas, México. El presente estudio se llevó a cabo durante los ciclos agrícolas de 1999-2000 y 2000-2001; se evaluó la adaptación y rendimiento de 15 líneas avanzadas de frijol negro, así como un testigo local. Dichos genotipos forman parte al Ensayo Centroamericano de Adaptación y Rendimiento (ECAR. La evaluación se realizó en 11 localidades, cinco en el estado de Chiapas y seis en Veracruz, los experimentos se establecieron bajo condiciones de riego, temporal y humedad residual. Las líneas ICTA-Ju 97-1, ICTA-Ju II- 307, DOR-678 y Cut-45, resultaron sobresalientes por su rendimiento, amplia adaptación y estabilidad. En el ciclo agrícola de otoño-invierno 1999-2000, se evaluó la respuesta de las líneas a las siguientes enfermedades: mosaico dorado (BGMV, mancha angular (Phaseoisariopsis griseola, roya (Uromyces appendiculatus y la antracnosis (Colletotrichum lindemuthianum. Las líneas que resultaron tolerantes fueron ICTA Ju 97-1 y Cut-45. Ambas serán validadas en campos de agricultores para su posible liberación como nuevas variedades para algunas regiones productoras de Veracruz y Chiapas, México

The NEA and the IAEA: partnering for progress

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Marcus, G.H.

2005-01-01

This presentation aims to answer the following question: What is the difference between the OECD Nuclear Energy Agency (NEA) and the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)? Or, to put it bluntly, why are two international intergovernmental agencies needed in the nuclear field? This careful analysis shows that each agency has different areas of emphasis and different strengths. (A.L.B.)

NEAs: Phase Angle Dependence of Asteroid Class and Diameter from Observational Studies

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Wooden, Diane H.; Lederer, Susan M.; Bus, Schlete; Tokunaga, Alan; Jehin, Emmanuel; Howell, Ellen S.; Nolan, Michael C.; Ryan, Erin; Fernandez, Yan; Harker, David;

Proyecto de construcción de la línea de Metro Ligero: tramo Monterrozas-Las Rozas

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Cabañas Pellicer, Darío

2015-01-01

El presente Proyecto Constructivo define las obras necesarias para la construcción de la infraestructura de la línea de Metro Ligero Monterrozas- Las Rozas. La línea comienza discurriendo por el bulevar central de la Calle Camilo José Cela, donde efectúa dos paradas. La primera se encuentra a la altura de la Biblioteca Leon Tolstoi, mientras que la segunda se sitúa entre el Heron City y Las Rozas Village. Se diseña así la línea de transporte guiado urbano tipo metro ligero, y la definición al...

Mastocitosis cutáneas : a propósito de tres casos de urticaria pigmentosa

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Suso, Leticia; Merino, Avelina; Parra, Viviana Gladys; Innocenti, Carolina

2015-01-01

Las mastocitosis son un grupo de enfermedades que tienen en común la proliferación y acumulación de mastocitos en la piel y tejidos extracutáneos. El 65% de ellas se inicia en la infancia. Se pueden clasificar según la afectación tisular en mastocitosis sistémicas y mastocitosis cutáneas. Éstas últimas incluyen el mastocitoma solitario, la telangiectasia macular eruptiva perstans, la mastocitosis cutánea...

Estudo dos índices operacionais da lavra subterrânea no Brasil.

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Alvarenga, Josmar de Freitas

2012-01-01

Programa de Pós-Graduação em Engenharia Mineral. Departamento de Engenharia de Minas, Universidade Federal de Ouro Preto. O principal objetivo deste trabalho é analisar a situação dos índices principais da lavra subterrânea e verificar ações das empresas brasileiras em busca de melhorias de tais índices. Considerando o aumento do número de minas subterrâneas e da taxa de produção, faz-se necessário estudar o estágio dessa modalidade no país, envolvendo produtividade, recuperação e diluição...

Shopping Association Of Government Education Development In East Java

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Muhamamd Guzali Tafalas; Deddy T. Tikson; Baharuddin; Hj. Hasniati

2017-01-01

The purpose of this study is to explain and analyze in detail The positive association Government spending in education PP with a Gross Enrolment Ratio GER and net enrollment ratio NER in East Java Province. Government spending on education is less associated significantly to the gross enrollment ratio at primary education. gross enrollment GER especially at the level of elementary education. As for the middle and high school level of education government spending on education was significant...

Sleep terrors antecedent is common in adolescents with migraine O antecedente de terror noturno é frequente em adolescentes com migrânea

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Libânia Melo Nunes Fialho

2013-02-01

Full Text Available Migraines and sleep terrors (STs are highly prevalent disorders with striking similarities. The aim of this study was to evaluate the effect of the antecedent of STs by comparing adolescents suffering from migraines with healthy controls in a large consecutive series. METHODS: All patients were subjected to a detailed headache questionnaire and were instructed to keep a headache diary during a two-month period. The age range was 10 to 19 years. The diagnosis of STs was defined according to the International Classification of Sleep Disorders. RESULTS: A total of 158 participants were evaluated. Of these participants, 50 suffered from episodic migraines (EMs, 57 had chronic migraines (CMs and 51 were control subjects (CG. Participants who had a history of STs had significantly more migraines than participants who did not. CONCLUSIONS: Migraine is strongly associated with a history of STs in the adolescent population independent of demographics and pain intensity.Migrânea e terror noturno (TN são transtornos de alta prevalência que compartilham muitas similaridades. O objetivo desse estudo foi avaliar a ocorrência do antecedente de TN, comparando adolescentes com migrânea e adolescentes saudáveis. Métodos: Todos os pacientes foram submetidos a um questionário detalhado sobre sua cefaleia e foram instruídos a preencher um diário durante um período de dois meses. A idade dos sujeitos variou entre 10 e 19 anos. O diagnóstico de TN foi definido de acordo com a Classificação Internacional dos Transtornos do Sono. Resultados: Foram avaliados 158 sujeitos. Desses indivíduos, 50 apresentavam migrânea episódica, 57 migrânea crônica e 51 eram controles. Participantes que tinham o antecedente de TN apresentavam significativamente mais crises de migrânea do que aqueles que não tinham. Conclusões: Migrânea esteve fortemente associada ao antecedente de TN na população de adolescentes independentemente de variáveis demográficas e

Sleep terrors antecedent is common in adolescents with migraine O antecedente de terror noturno é frequente em adolescentes com migrânea

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Libânia Melo Nunes Fialho

2013-01-01

Full Text Available Migraines and sleep terrors (STs are highly prevalent disorders with striking similarities. The aim of this study was to evaluate the effect of the antecedent of STs by comparing adolescents suffering from migraines with healthy controls in a large consecutive series. METHODS: All patients were subjected to a detailed headache questionnaire and were instructed to keep a headache diary during a two-month period. The age range was 10 to 19 years. The diagnosis of STs was defined according to the International Classification of Sleep Disorders. RESULTS: A total of 158 participants were evaluated. Of these participants, 50 suffered from episodic migraines (EMs, 57 had chronic migraines (CMs and 51 were control subjects (CG. Participants who had a history of STs had significantly more migraines than participants who did not. CONCLUSIONS: Migraine is strongly associated with a history of STs in the adolescent population independent of demographics and pain intensity.Migrânea e terror noturno (TN são transtornos de alta prevalência que compartilham muitas similaridades. O objetivo desse estudo foi avaliar a ocorrência do antecedente de TN, comparando adolescentes com migrânea e adolescentes saudáveis. Métodos: Todos os pacientes foram submetidos a um questionário detalhado sobre sua cefaleia e foram instruídos a preencher um diário durante um período de dois meses. A idade dos sujeitos variou entre 10 e 19 anos. O diagnóstico de TN foi definido de acordo com a Classificação Internacional dos Transtornos do Sono. Resultados: Foram avaliados 158 sujeitos. Desses indivíduos, 50 apresentavam migrânea episódica, 57 migrânea crônica e 51 eram controles. Participantes que tinham o antecedente de TN apresentavam significativamente mais crises de migrânea do que aqueles que não tinham. Conclusões: Migrânea esteve fortemente associada ao antecedente de TN na população de adolescentes independentemente de variáveis demográficas e

Análisis inmunohistopatológico comparativo de la reacción a la prueba cutánea de Montenegro en infección asintomática y en leishmaniasis cutánea aguda y crónica

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Nora Guarín

2006-10-01

Full Text Available Introducción. La reacción a la prueba cutánea de Montenegro (a leishmanina y la lesión de leishmaniasis comparten características fundamentales de la reacción de hipersensibilidad de tipo retardado. Objetivos. Determinar si la respuesta cutánea a leishmanina se aproxima y podría modelar la respuesta inflamatoria e inmune temprana a la infección por Leishmania. Materiales y métodos. Este estudio comparó la respuesta inflamatoria de biopsias de lesiones agudas (tiempo de evolución £1 mes y lesiones crónicas (tiempo de evolución ³6 meses con su respectiva reacción a la prueba cutánea de Montenegro, y con la reacción a la prueba de Montenegro de individuos infectados asintomáticos. Resultados. La proporción de linfocitos T CD4+ y CD8+, células fagocíticas mononucleares y granulocitos fue similar entre lesiones agudas y sus reacciones a la prueba cutánea a leishmanina. En contraste, los linfocitos CD4+ (32,6% representaron una proporción significativamente mas baja, y los linfocitos B (20% y macrófagos (27% una proporción significativamente más alta del infiltrado celular en lesiones crónicas que en sus correspondientes reacciones a la prueba cutánea de Montenegro (CD4+: 43,7%, linfocitos B: 0.9%; macrófagos: 17,5%. Se encontró una asociación positiva entre linfocitos T CD8+ y macrófagos ( P=0,038 en la reacción a la prueba cutánea de Montenegro de los individuos con infección asintomática, mientras que los linfocitos T CD8+ y CD4+ estuvieron asociados positivamente en las reacciones a la prueba cutánea de Montenegro de pacientes crónicos ( P=0,002. Adicionalmente, la proporción de linfocitos B en lesiones crónicas (20% fue más alta que en lesiones agudas (5,3% ( P=0,002. Conclusión. La reacción cutánea de Montenegro permitió diferenciar la respuesta celular inmune entre infección asintomática y enfermedad crónica, y simula la respuesta temprana a la infección.

Línea difusa. El dilema del espacio expositivo

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Salgado de la Rosa, María Asunción

2002-01-01

Como debate al estado de simbiosis interdisciplinar en el que se mueve la arquitectura y las especulaciones acerca del carácter interdisciplinar de la misma, a caballo entre arte y técnica, se aborda la cuestión desde el ámbito de la arquitectura con cuatro puntos de partida que aciertan a definir el problema de la línea difusa.

European Nuclear Education Network (ENEN) Association Initiative

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Comsa, Olivia; Meglea, Claudia; Banutoiu, Marina; Paraschiva, M. V.; Meglea, S.

2003-01-01

The main objective of the ENEN Association is the preservation and further development of a higher nuclear education and expertise. This objective should be achieved through the co-operation between European universities involved in education and research in the nuclear engineering field, research centers and the nuclear industry. To reach this objective, the ENEN Association has to: Promote and develop the collaboration in nuclear engineering education of engineers and researchers required by the nuclear industry and the regulatory bodies; Ensure the quality of nuclear academic engineering education and training; Increase the attractiveness for engagement in the nuclear field for students and young academics. The basic objectives of the ENEN Association shall be to: Deliver an European Master of Science Degree in Nuclear Engineering and promote PhD studies; Promote exchange of students and teachers participating in the frame of this network; Increase the number of students by providing incentives; Establish a framework for mutual recognition; Foster and strengthen the relationship with research laboratories and networks, industry and regulatory bodies, by involving them in (or association them with) nuclear academic education and by offering continuous training. The aims of the ENEN Association shall be achieved by: Discussion on educational objectives, methods and course contents among the members and with external partners, particularly national European industries; Organization of internal audits on the quality of nuclear engineering curricula; Awarding the label of 'European Master degree of Science in Nuclear Engineering' to the curricula satisfying the criteria set up by the ENEN Association; Cooperation between the members, and with the research centers and the nuclear industry for enhancement of mobility of teachers and students, organization of training and advanced courses, use of large research and teaching facilities or infrastructures; Cooperation

Bursite iliopectínea: relato de caso Iliopectineal bursitis: case report

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Eduardo Amaral Gomes

2010-10-01

Full Text Available A bursite iliopectínea, embora não tenha muitos relatos na literatura, apresenta-se clinicamente com sinais e sintomas frequentemente encontrados nos ambulatórios e consultórios. Sua clínica é de dor na parte anterior do quadril que piora à extensão, abdução e rotação interna do mesmo. O diagnóstico é confirmado pelo ultrassom ou ressonância nuclear magnética do quadril. A bursite iliopectínea responde bem ao tratamento conservador com anti-inflamatório não hormonal e repouso. Devido a esta boa evolução, não raro, pode-se tratar uma bursite iliopectínea com sucesso sem se saber o que está tratando.Although there are not many reports in literature, iliopectineal bursitis presents clinically with signs and symptoms frequently found in outpatient services and practice. Its clinical presentation is anterior hip pain that worsens with the extension, abduction and internal rotation of the hip. The diagnosis is confirmed by ultrasound or magnetic nuclear resonance imaging of the hip. The iliopectineal bursitis responds well to conservative treatment with non-hormonal anti-inflammatory drugs and rest. Due to its good evolution, it is not rare to treat iliopectineal bursitis successfully without even knowing what is being treated.

Association of education level with dialysis outcome.

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Khattak, Muhammad; Sandhu, Gurprataap S; Desilva, Ranil; Goldfarb-Rumyantzev, Alexander S

2012-01-01

The impact of education on health care outcome has been studied in the past, but its role in the dialysis population is unclear. In this report, we evaluated this association. We used the United States Renal Data System data of end-stage renal disease patients aged 18 years. Education level at the time of end-stage renal disease onset was the primary variable of interest. The outcome of the study was patient mortality. We used four categories of education level: 0 = less than 12 years of education; 1 = high school graduate; 2 = some college; 3 = college graduate. Subgroups based on age, race, sex, donor type, and diabetic status were also analyzed. After adjustments for covariates in the Cox model, using individuals with less than 12 years of education as a reference, patients with college education showed decreased mortality with hazard ratio of 0.81 (95% confidence interval 0.69–0.95), P = 0.010. In conclusion, we showed that higher education level is associated with improved survival of patients on dialysis.

NEA Data Bank progress report to the nuclear reaction data centres

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1988-01-01

The report presents shortly the activities of the NEA Data Bank concerning neutron data compilation, the Joint Evaluated File, computer program services, validation of nuclear model codes, nuclear waste management and reactor safety

EDUCATIONAL ACHIEVEMENT IN NORTHEASTERN ARGENTINA RECENT AND CURRENT STRUCTURE

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Rodrigo A., Fernández

2011-01-01

Full Text Available This paper estimates the private returns on investment in education. Annual rates of return were estimated for the conglomerates in northeastern Argentina (NEA between the third term of 2003 and third term of 2009, using the basis of micro-data from the Permanent Household Survey (EPH. In yield estimation were proposed models for men and women to correct the sample bias problems evidenced in their low participation in the Economically Active Population (PEA. The results show a higher return to education for men than for women, a different yield in the agglomerate Posadas above average of NEA, a high penalty function in the informal economy sector (black work a direct relationship between company size and yields of men at the same time would bring report less volatility in its temporal evolution.

Dieta mediterránea y enfermedad cardiovascular

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Carasa López, Irene

2016-01-01

La Enfermedad cardiovascular es uno de los grandes problemas sanitarios de la sociedad, puesto que es la principal causa de mortalidad en el mundo. De ahí la importancia de estudiar que la desencadena y, sobre todo, como prevenir su aparición. Numerosos estudios han demostrado que la Dieta Mediterránea tiene un efecto cardioprotector. Como alimentos propios de ella, aceite de oliva (ácido oleico), frutos secos, legumbres, cereales, pescado, vegetales, hortalizas, frutas y vino tinto, contr...

EL TEATRO COMO HERRAMIENTA DIDÁCTICA EN LA ENSEÑANZA DE LA HISTORIA DE LA EDUCACIÓN CONTEMPORÁNEA / THEATER AS A PEDAGOGICAL TOOL TO TEACH HISTORY OF CONTEMPORARY EDUCATION

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Pablo Álvarez Domínguez

2016-06-01

Full Text Available RESUMEN: Si la Universidad actual está demandando una educación que capacite al individuo para afrontar los cambios del futuro, hoy estamos retados a educar para el cambio. La innovación, la creatividad y el teatro como arte, son pilares fundamentales para una construcción más reveladora del conocimiento histórico educativo. Desde este planteamiento, justificamos una enseñanza de la Historia de la Educación más práctica y significativa, amparada en el uso de recursos pedagógicos más atractivos para el estudiante. Este trabajo recoge el desarrollo de una innovación docente en la asignatura Historia de la Educación Contemporánea del Grado en Pedagogía de la Universidad de Sevilla, que se concreta en la aplicación y uso de una pedagogía teatral como recurso didáctico para el conocimiento del pasado educativo. ABSTRACT: If current universities demand an education that trains individuals to face future changes, now we face the challenge to educate for change. Innovation, creativity and theater as art are fundamental pillars for a more revealing construction of historical and educational knowledge. From this approach, we can provide justification for a more practical and significant teaching of History of Education, based on the use of pedagogical resources that are more attractive for students. This paper presents the development of a teaching innovation in the History of Contemporary Education subject of the Degree Course on Pedagogy at the University of Seville, which results in the application and use of theater pedagogy as a teaching resource to learn about education in the past.

Overview of the burnup credit activities at OECD/NEA/NSC

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Brady Raap, M.C.; Nomura, Y.; Sartori, E.

2001-01-01

This article summarizes activities of the OECD/NEA Burnup Credit Expert Panel, a subordinate group to the Working Party on Nuclear Criticality Safety (WPNCS). The WPNCS of the OECD/NEA coordinates and carries out work in the domain of criticality safety at the international level. Particular attention is devoted to establishing sound databases required in this area and to addressing issues of high relevance such as burnup credit. The activities of the expert panel are aimed toward improving safety and identifying economic solutions to issues concerning the back-end of the fuel cycle. The main objective of the activities of the OECD/NEA Burnup Credit Expert Panel is to demonstrate that the available criticality safety calculational tools are appropriate for application to burned fuel systems and that a reasonable safety margin can be established. The method established by the expert panel for investigating the physics and predictability of burnup credit is based on the specification and comparison of calculational benchmark problems. A wide range of fuel types, including PWR, BWR, MOX, and VVER fuels, has been or are being addressed by the expert panel. The objective and status of each of these benchmark problems is reviewed in this article. It is important to note that the focus of the expert panel is the comparison of the results submitted by each participant to assess the capability of commonly used code systems, not to quantify the physical phenomena investigated in the comparisons or to make recommendations for licensing action. (author)

A Content Analysis of College Reading Association/Association of Literacy Educators and Researchers Teacher Education Publications: Past, Present, and Future

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Schumm, Jeanne Shay; Lewis-Spector, Jill; Price, Debra; Doorn, Kristen

2014-01-01

The purpose of this investigation was to conduct a content analysis of the publications of the Association of Literacy Educators and Researchers (ALER), previously known as College Reading Association (CRA), in the area of preservice teacher education in literacy. As a service to the organization, 71 articles published in ALER's flagship…

Espectro clínico de tuberculosis cutánea Clinic spectrum of cutaneous tuberculosis

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G Pizzariello; P Fernández Pardal; G D´Atri; V Novac; A Uranga

2008-01-01

La Tuberculosis (TBC) es producida por el Mycobacterium tuberculosis o bacilo de Koch, y se ha observado en las últimas décadas, una reemergencia de casos pulmonares y extrapulmonares. La TBC cutánea es infrecuente, y presenta un amplio espectro clínico dependiendo del interjuego existente entre el agente, el huésped y el ambiente. TBC cutánea, ilustrándola con casos clínicos de pacientes que concurrieron a nuestro servicio.Tuberculosis (TBC) is caused by Mycobacterium tuberculosis or Koch's ...

Negative Emotional Arousal Impairs Associative Memory Performance for Emotionally Neutral Content in Healthy Participants.

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Jonathan Guez

Full Text Available The effect of emotional arousal on memory presents a complex pattern with previous studies reporting conflicting results of both improved and reduced memory performance following arousal manipulations. In this study we further tested the effect of negative emotional arousal (NEA on individual-item recognition and associative recognition of neutral stimuli in healthy participants, and hypothesized that NEA will particularly impair associative memory performance. The current study consists of two experiments; in both, participants studied a list of word-pairs and were then tested for items (items recognition test, and for associations (associative recognition test. In the first experiment, the arousal manipulation was induced by flashing emotionally-negative or neutral pictures between study-pairs while in the second experiment arousal was induced by presenting emotionally-negative or neutral pictures between lists. The results of the two experiments converged and supported an associative memory deficit observed under NEA conditions. We suggest that NEA is associated with an altered ability to bind one stimulus to another as a result of impaired recollection, resulting in poorer associative memory performance. The current study findings may contribute to the understanding of the mechanism underlying memory impairments reported in disorders associated with traumatic stress.

Análisis de estabilidad de una línea de transmisión con carga no lineal

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Rodríguez Lozoya, Rito Javier

2006-01-01

El propósito de este trabajo es presentar un estudio sobre la estabilidad de una línea de transmisión con carga no lineal, en dos modalidades, la primera como una línea con parámetros concentrados y la segunda como una línea con parámetros distribuidos. Para ambos casos se utiliza la misma carga, un diodo tunel, ya que por sus características de ser un oscilador no lineal con múltiples puntos de equilibrio, representa un buen ejemplo para simular una carga no lineal en un...

Agreement between the Board of Control of Ferris State College and the Ferris College Faculty Association (MEA/NEA), November 12, 1984-June 30, 1987.

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The collective bargaining agreement between the Board of Ferris State College and Ferris Faculty Association Chapter (507 members), an affiliate of the National Education Association and the Michigan Education Association, covering the period November 12, 1984-June 30, 1987 is presented. Items covered in the agreement include: unit recognition,…

Genome-wide association study identifies 74 loci associated with educational attainment

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textabstractEducational attainment is strongly influenced by social and other environmental factors, but genetic factors are estimated to account for at least 20% of the variation across individuals. Here we report the results of a genome-wide association study (GWAS) for educational attainment that

Genome-wide association study identifies 74 loci associated with educational attainment

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Okbay, A.; Beauchamp, J.; Fontana, M.A.; Lee, J.J.; Pers, T.H.; Rietveld, C.A.; Turley, P.; Chen, G.B.; Emilsson, V.; Meddens, S.F.W.; de Vlaming, R.; Abdellaoui, A.; Peyrot, W.; Vinkhuyzen, A.A.E.; Hottenga, J.J.; Willemsen, G.; Boomsma, D.I.; Penninx, B.W.J.H.; Laibson, D.; Medland, S.E.; Meyer, M.N.; Yang, J.; Johannesson, M.; Visscher, P.M.; Esko, T.; Koellinger, P.D.; Cesarini, D.; Benjamin, D.J.

2016-01-01

Educational attainment is strongly influenced by social and other environmental factors, but genetic factors are estimated to account for at least 20% of the variation across individuals. Here we report the results of a genome-wide association study (GWAS) for educational attainment that extends our

Genome-wide association study identifies 74 loci associated with educational attainment

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Okbay, Aysu; Beauchamp, Jonathan P.; Fontana, Mark Alan; Lee, James J.; Pers, Tune H.; Rietveld, Cornelius A.; Turley, Patrick; Chen, Guo-Bo; Emilsson, Valur; Meddens, S. Fleur W.; Oskarsson, Sven; Pickrell, Joseph K.; Thom, Kevin; Timshel, Pascal; de Vlaming, Ronald; Abdellaoui, Abdel; Ahluwalia, Tarunveer S.; Bacelis, Jonas; Baumbach, Clemens; Bjornsdottir, Gyda; Brandsma, Johannes H.; Concas, Maria Pina; Derringer, Jaime; Furlotte, Nicholas A.; Galesloot, Tessel E.; Girotto, Giorgia; Gupta, Richa; Hall, Leanne M.; Harris, Sarah E.; Hofer, Edith; Horikoshi, Momoko; Huffman, Jennifer E.; Kaasik, Kadri; Kalafati, Ioanna P.; Karlsson, Robert; Kong, Augustine; Lahti, Jari; van der Lee, Sven J.; de Leeuw, Christiaan; Lind, Penelope A.; Lindgren, Karl-Oskar; Liu, Tian; van der Most, Peter J.; Verweij, Niek; Alizadeh, Behrooz Z.; Vonk, Judith M.; Bultmann, Ute; Franke, Lude; van der Harst, Pim; Penninx, Brenda W. J. H.

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Educational attainment is strongly influenced by social and other environmental factors, but genetic factors are estimated to account for at least 20% of the variation across individuals(1). Here we report the results of a genome-wide association study (GWAS) for educational attainment that extends

Reactor physics activities in NEA member countries October 1990-September 1991

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1991-01-01

This document is a compilation of National Activity Reports presented at the Thirty-Fourth Meeting of the NEA Committee on Reactor Physics, held at the Paul Scherrer Institute, Wuerenlingen, Switzerland, from 3rd-5th September 1991

Associação de sintomas depressivos e ansiosos com gravidade da migrânea

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Paula de Siqueira Ramos

2015-06-01

Full Text Available Objetivo O objetivo do presente estudo foi avaliar a associação do sono, depressão e ansiedade em pacientes com migrânea. Métodos Cinquenta pacientes do sexo feminino, provenientes de um centro terciário de tratamento de cefaleias, com o diagnóstico de migrânea segundo os critérios da International Headache Society, foram incluídas neste estudo. As pacientes foram avaliadas com os seguintes instrumentos: Migraine Disability Assessment test (MIDAS, Headache Impact Test (HIT, Hospital Anxiety (HADS-A and Depression Scale (HAD-D, Índice de Qualidade do Sono de Pittsburgh (IQSP e Escala de Sonolência de Epworth (ESE. Resultados As pacientes apresentaram alta prevalência de sintomas de ansiedade (60% e de depressão (42%, má qualidade do sono (80% e sonolência diurna (36%. Foi demonstrada correlação positiva entre a gravidade dos sintomas de ansiedade e HIT (p = 0,018; ρ = 0,334, ESE (p = 0,002; ρ = 0,426 e IQSP (p = 0,002; ρ = 0,426. Correlação positiva também foi demonstrada entre a gravidade dos sintomas depressivos e HIT (p < 0,001; ρ = 0,532, ESE (p = 0,035; ρ = 0,299 e IQSP (p = 0,016, ρ = 0,34. Não houve associação entre a qualidade do sono, a sonolência diurna e a gravidade da migrânea. A pontuação na HAD-D foi o principal preditor de impacto grave da migrânea. Conclusão Apesar da alta frequência de distúrbios do sono, o principal fator relacionado ao impacto da migrânea foi a gravidade dos sintomas depressivos.

NEA incident reporting system: Three years' experience

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Otsuka, Y.; Haeussermann, W.

1984-01-01

The paper presents an overview of the NEA Incident Reporting System (IRS) which was set up to collect, assess and disseminate on safety-related incidents in nuclear power plants. The IRS information exchange is significant in two senses. First, it enables regulatory authorities and utilities in participating countries to take appropriate action to prevent the reported mishaps occurring again elsewhere. Secondly, the continuous collection and systematic analysis of such information allows identification of areas of concern where safety research should be strengthened. There are two stages in the IRS information exchange. First, the national IRS Co-ordinator selects information on significant incidents, in accordance with a common reporting threshold, from the abnormal occurrences reported to the regulatory body, to be distributed through the NEA Secretariat. This screening is intended to exclude minor events, so that only significant information is sent to participating countries. Secondly, a group of experts periodically reviews the incidents reported during the preceding twelve months to identify major areas of concern. To assist this process, a computer-based data retrieval system is being developed for IRS incident reports. The paper gives some details of the IRS mechanism and discusses reporting criteria and the information included in a report. Areas of concern derived from reported incidents, an outline of the data retrieval system, and examples of feedback of lessons learned and possibilities for international co-operation are also discussed. (author)

Crescimento e acúmulo de nutrientes por plantas espontâneas e por leguminosas utilizadas para adubação verde

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C. Favero

2000-03-01

Full Text Available As espécies vegetais espontâneas, nas áreas de cultivo agrícola, têm sido tratadas como "plantas daninhas", "ervas invasoras", "inços" e outras denominações, do ponto de vista dos prejuízos que podem acarretar às espécies cultivadas. No entanto, as espontâneas podem promover os mesmos efeitos de proteção do solo e ciclagem de nutrientes que espécies cultivadas ou introduzidas para adubação verde. O crescimento e o acúmulo de nutrientes pela parte aérea de espontâneas e de leguminosas utilizadas como adubos verdes foram medidos em um experimento de campo em Sete Lagoas (MG, na Embrapa Milho e Sorgo. O experimento consistiu de cinco espécies de leguminosas (feijão-de-porco, feijão-bravo do Ceará, mucuna-preta, lab-lab e guandu, submetidas a duas condições de manejo (com e sem capina, e uma testemunha (somente espontâneas. No florescimento das leguminosas, foram obtidos a massa da matéria seca e o teor de nutrientes da parte aérea de cada espécie de leguminosa e das espontâneas presentes nas parcelas. O sistema com apenas as espontâneas produziu menos biomassa e acumulou menos nutrientes que os sistemas com leguminosas. Foram poucas as espontâneas que apresentaram teores de carbono, cálcio e nitrogênio próximos ou superiores aos das leguminosas. No entanto, para potássio, magnésio e fósforo, ocorreu o inverso. A maioria das espontâneas apresentou teores de potássio, magnésio e de fósforo superiores aos das leguminosas, destacando-se: Portulaca oleracea, Euphorbia heterophylla, Bidens pilosa, Commelina benghalensis e Melanpodium perfoliatum.

Escritas contemporâneas: tecnologias e subjetividades

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Cecilia Palmeiro

2010-01-01

Baseado na leitura dos textos escritos por jovens na Argentina do 2000, esse trabalho analisa as condições de possibilidade da literatura contemporânea na era de produção digital da realidade. Atraves do conceito de post-autonomia, essas escritas são pensadas nas suas relações com as politicas da identidade e da diferença, e com as novas formulações escritas do Eu na internet, para refletir na capacidade de intervenção social da literatura, orientada à mutação da subjetividade.

OECD/NEA study on the economics of the long-term operation of nuclear power plants

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Lokhov, A.; Cameron, R. [OECD Nuclear Energy Agency, 12, boulevard des Iles, 92130 Issy-les-Moulineaux (France)

2012-07-01

The OECD Nuclear Energy Agency (NEA) established the Ad hoc expert group on the Economics of Long-term Operation (LTO) of Nuclear Power Plants. The primary aim of this group is to collect and analyse technical and economic data on the upgrade and lifetime extension experience in OECD countries, and to assess the likely applications for future extensions. This paper describes the key elements of the methodology of economic assessment of LTO and initial findings for selected NEA member countries. (authors)

Incorporación de Riesgos Ergonómicos en el Balanceo de Líneas de Ensamble en U

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Jairo R. Coronado-Hernandez

2013-09-01

Full Text Available En este trabajo se presenta un modelo de optimización en el balanceo de línea en U considerando riesgos ergonómicos de las tareas dentro de las estaciones de trabajo. El documento, explora diferentes métodos ergonómicos, los cuales pueden ser involucrados dentro de una línea de ensamble. Por medio de un ejemplo, se evidencia como se balancea las tareas en diferentes estaciones de trabajo, respetando el nivel aceptable ergonómico en actividades repetitivas, valorado por medio del método Check List OCRA para una línea de ensamble en U.

Why the NEA and AFT Sought To Merge--and Failed.

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Fusarelli, Lance D.; Cooper, Bruce S.

1999-01-01

Four key reasons underlie the push for teacher union solidarity in 1998: desire to fulfill Al Shanker's dream of a unified mission, to end union competition, to bolster Democratic Party weaknesses, and to stop privatization. The NEA/AFT merger failed because of conflicting organizational cultures and teachers' gradualist, localist, and…

Human Health and Performance Considerations for Exploration of Near-Earth Asteroids (NEA)

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Steinberg, Susan L.; Kundrot, Craig; Charles, John B.

2011-01-01

This poster paper reviews the Astronaut health and performance issues for a Near Earth Asteroid (NEA) mission. Risks and other considerations are grouped into four categories and they are characterized for criticality.

Links with NEA activities: Nuclear Data services and WPs

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Cabellos, O.

2016-01-01

During the last three years a significant number of international activities have been undertaken on Primary Radiation Damage (PRD): the Expert Group on Primary Radiation Damage belonging to the Working Party on Multi-scale Modelling of Fuels and Structural Materials for Nuclear Systems (WPMM- OECD/NEA/NSC), Coordinated Research Project (CRP) on “Primary Radiation Damage Cross Sections” (IAEA/NDS) and the activities of the European Consortium on Nuclear Data Development and Analysis for Fusion within the Fusion for Energy (F4E) Program. NEA activities related to fuels and structural materials are coordinated by the Working Party on Multi-scale Modelling of Fuels and Structural Materials for Nuclear Systems, WPMM. In May 2015, the Expert Group on “Primary Radiation Damage” reviewed the limitation of the NRT-dpa standard, and recommended a new improved standard of primary damage characteristics, the arc-dpa. Recently, the new Expert Group on Structural Materials Modelling (SMM) has been created to enhance efforts on the multiscale modelling approach applied to structural materials, in order to investigate phenomena that can not be studied experimentally, predicting how the nanostructure and the microchemistry changes under irradiation

LA PRESENCIA DE LA SUBJETIVIDAD EN LA METAÉTICA CONTEMPORÁNEA

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Guilhermo Lariguet

2013-09-01

Full Text Available En este breve trabajo intento mostrarcuál es la presencia que ha tenido lacuestión de la subjetividad en lametaética contemporánea. Sugieroque la misma ha experimentadodistintas fases desde Ayer hastaautores como Blackburn o Gibbard.

Evaluación de la modalidad híbrida, presencial/en línea por estudiantes de posgrado en educación

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Organista Sandoval, Javier

2006-04-01

Full Text Available Resumen: Durante septiembre de 2002 y enero de 2004, la Maestría en Ciencias Educativas del Instituto de Investigación y Desarrollo Educativo (IIDE de la Universidad Autónoma de Baja California (UABC se transformó gradualmente, de una modalidad presencial a una modalidad híbrida (Presencial/En línea. La nueva versión se evaluó en dos ocasiones con la participación de los estudiantes mediante cuestionarios y grupos de discusión. Esta evaluación muestra que el modelo híbrido adoptado, presencial/en línea, fue adecuado. El discurso de los estudiantes muestra que se comprometieron por las bondades de la modalidad, sin embargo siguieron presente problemas tanto didácticos como pedagógicos comunes en los procesos de enseñanza-aprendizaje, además de los problemas inherentes a la modalidad, como el de la tutoría a distancia. Abstract: In between September of 2002 and January of 2004, the Instituto de Investigación y Desarrollo Educativo (IIDE – Universidad Autónoma de Baja California’s (UABC Master in Educational Sciences was put on-line gradually, trimester by trimester. This new version was evaluated twice with the students, through questionnaires and focus groups. The results of this evaluation are presented in this paper; it shows that the hybrid face-to-face/on-line pattern used was appropriate. However the students’ discourse shows they involved themselves mainly for practical reasons; it seems clear for them that the usual problems associated with the teaching-learning process, such as didactical and pedagogical one, were not solved by the on-line formula, which moreover displayed new ones, such as tutoring.

NEA Activities in Preserving, Evaluating and Applying Data from Fast Reactor Experiments

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Gulliford, N.T.; Cornet, S.M.; Hill, I.; Yamaji, A.

2015-01-01

The goal of the OECD Nuclear Energy Agency (NEA) in the area of nuclear science is to help member countries identify, collate, develop and disseminate the basic scientific and technical knowledge required to ensure safe and reliable operation of current nuclear systems and to develop next generation technologies. Within these general goals, the current nuclear science programme has three key objectives: (i) to help advance the existing scientific knowledge needed to enhance the performance and safety of current nuclear systems, (ii) to contribute to building a solid scientific and technical basis for the development of future generation nuclear systems and (iii) to support the preservation of essential knowledge in the field of nuclear science. As part of the second and third of these objectives, an extensive programme of work to preserve and evaluate data from integral experiments has been established, including reactor physics, shielding and criticality safety experiments on fast reactor systems. Data from experimental facilities are reviewed and, if necessary, archives of information are made safe. This may typically involve the indexing and scanning of key documents and archiving of logbooks, for example. Selected experiments go through a detailed evaluation process and where deemed appropriate, a benchmark description is created in a standardized format for inclusion in one of the NEA Data Bank international databases. This information is used extensively by the international nuclear science community to validate their modelling and simulation tools. The process can be viewed as part of a broader knowledge management function, where information is gathered, evaluated, linked and made accessible to a wide range of users. The presentation gives details of the main databases maintained and developed by the NEA, focusing on those related to fast reactor applications. The status of recent preservation activities for fast reactor archives in the United Kingdom is

The NEA computer program library: a possible GDMS application

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Schuler, W.

1978-01-01

NEA Computer Program library maintains a series of eleven sequential computer files, used for linked applications in managing their stock of computer codes for nuclear reactor calculations, storing index and program abstract information, and administering their service to requesters. The high data redundancy beween the files suggests that a data base approach would be valid and this paper suggests a possible 'schema' for an CODASYL GDMS

Efecto de cihalofop-butilo en el control de malezas gramíneas anuales en arroz de temporal

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2004-01-01

Full Text Available Efecto de cihalofop-butilo para el control de malezas gramíneas anuales en arroz de temporal. Con objeto de evaluar la efectividad del herbicida cihalofop-butilo en el control de malezas gramíneas anuales en el arroz de temporal cv Milagro Filipino, durante 2002, se condujeron dos experimentos en el municipio de Tres Valles, Ver., México. En ambos experimentos se utilizó el diseño experimental de bloques al azar con siete tratamientos y cuatro repeticiones: cihalofop-butilo a 180, 225, 270, 315 y 360 g/ha, propanil a 4.320 g/ha y un testigo sin aplicar. Los tratamientos se aplicaron cuando el arroz tenía una altura de aproximadamente 25 cm. Las malezas gram íneas presentes fueron el zacate de agua y el zacate frente de toro [Digitaria ciliaris (Retz. Koeler]. El control de malezas gramíneas anuales y la toxicidad del herbicida al arroz se evaluaron a los 15, 30 y 45 días después de la aplicación. Los mejores controles de los zacates de agua y frente de toro se obtuvieron cuando cihalofop-butilo se aplicó a 315 y 360 g/ha. Las diferentes dosis de este herbicida, no ocasionaron toxicidad al arroz. El efecto en el control de las malezas gramíneas por el propanil fue similar al de cihalofop-butilo en dosis de 360 g/ha durante los primeros 15 días después de su aplicación.

Nea study on the impact of advanced fuel cycles on waste management policies

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Cavedon, J.M.

2007-01-01

This study was carried out by the ad hoc Expert Group on the Impact of Advanced Fuel Cycles on Waste Management Policies convened under the auspices of the NEA Committee for Technical and Economic Studies on Nuclear Energy Development and the Fuel Cycle (NDC); the Integrated Group on Safety Case from the Radioactive Waste Management Committee provided support in the field of waste repository issues; the Nuclear Science Committee Working Group on Flowsheet Studies also provided some input data. The full report on this study is published as the NEA Report number 5990 - OECD 2006 by OECD Publications - ISBN 92-64-02296-1. The following text is extracted from the Executive Summary of the report. (author)

NEA activities in 1993. 22. Annual Report of the OECD Nuclear Energy Agency

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1994-01-01

The titles and themes of the ten chapters of this report on NEA activities are: trends in nuclear energy; nuclear development and the fuel cycle (potential contribution of nuclear energy, policy alternatives, maintaining the nuclear option, prospective); reactor safety and regulation (safety research, regulatory approach, safety assessment, accident phenomenology and management, human factors, international standards); radiation protection (revision of the standards, assessment of the protection, international emergency exercises); radioactive waste management (long term safety assessment, in situ evaluation, other radioactive wastes); nuclear science (role, nuclear data, use of supercomputers, actinide transmutation, NEA Data Bank); joint projects (Three Mile Island vessel investigation, Halden reactor project...); legal affairs (liability aspects...); information programme; relations with non-member countries. 28 figs

NEA support to Fukushima Daiichi decommissioning strategy planning

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Weber, Inge; Otsuka, Ichiro; ); Sandberg, Nils; ); Funaki, Kentaro

2017-01-01

Six years after the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant accident, the Japanese government and Tokyo Electric Power Holdings, Inc. (TEPCO) are shifting their focus to strategy planning for long-term challenges related to the decommissioning of the damaged reactors. The international community has been helping to address the unprecedented challenges of managing the accident facilities. The NEA is playing a key supporting and coordinating role in the international community, in particular in the area of radioactive waste management and the evaluation of the conditions and location of fuel debris. In the first half of 2017, a series of visual investigations using remotely controlled equipment and robots were performed to identify the condition of vessels inside, as well as the distribution of fuel debris in all three units. In the summer of 2017, as stated in the government road-map, policies for fuel debris retrieval from each unit would be presented, and would result in a discussion on which unit should be the first to undergo fuel debris retrieval in 2018. In addition, the basic policy for the processing and disposal of radioactive material arising from the accident would be conceptualised in the year 2017. This article highlights ongoing international joint activities within the NEA framework, corresponding to the challenges that have been identified in the Fukushima Daiichi decommissioning strategy planning

The European Nuclear Education Network Association - ENEN

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De Regge, P.P.

2005-01-01

The temporary network, established through the European 5 th Framework Programme project ENEN, was given a more permanent character by the foundation of the European Nuclear Education Network Association, a non-profit-making association according to the French law of 1901, pursuing a pedagogic and scientific aim. Its main objective is the preservation and the further development of higher nuclear education and expertise. This objective is realized through the co-operation between the European universities, involved in education and research in the nuclear engineering field, the nuclear research centres and the nuclear industry. The membership of the ENEN Association now consists of 35 universities members and 6 research centres. The paper briefly describes the history and structure of the ENEN Association and elaborates on the objectives and activities of its five committees during its first two years of operation. Supported by the 5 th and 6 th Framework Programme of the European Community, the ENEN Association established the delivery of the European Master of Science in Nuclear Engineering certificate. In particular, education and training courses have been developed and offered to materialise the core curricula and optional fields of study in a European exchange structure. Pilot editions of those courses and try-outs of training programmes have been successfully organised with a satisfying interest, attendance and performance by the students and the support of nuclear industries and international organisations. The involvement of ENEN in the 6 th EC Framework project EUROTRANS will further enlarge its field of activities into a realm of nuclear disciplines. The ENEN Association further contributes to the management of nuclear knowledge within the European Union as well as on a world-wide level, through contacts with its sister Network ANENT in Asia, and by its participation to activities of the World Nuclear University. (author)

The European Nuclear Education Network Association - ENEN

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Gentile, D.

2006-01-01

The temporary network, established through the European 5. Framework Programme project ENEN, was given a more permanent character by the foundation of the European Nuclear Education Network Association, a non-profit-making association according to the French law of 1901, pursuing a pedagogic and scientific aim. Its main objective is the preservation and the further development of higher nuclear education and expertise. This objective is realized through the co-operation between the European universities, involved in education and research in the nuclear engineering field, the nuclear research centres and the nuclear industry. The membership of the ENEN Association now consists of 35 universities members and 6 research centres. The paper briefly describes the history and structure of the ENEN Association and elaborates on the objectives and activities of its five committees during its first two years of operation. Supported by the 5. and 6. Framework Programme of the European Community, the ENEN Association established the delivery of the European Master of Science in Nuclear Engineering certificate. In particular, education and training courses have been developed and offered to materialize the core curricula and optional fields of study in a European exchange structure. Pilot editions of those courses and try-outs of training programmes have been successfully organised with a satisfying interest, attendance and performance by the students and the support of nuclear industries and international organisations. The involvement of ENEN in the 6. EC Framework project EUROTRANS will further enlarge its field of activities into a realm of nuclear disciplines. The ENEN Association further contributes to the management of nuclear knowledge within the European Union as well as on a world-wide level, through contacts with its sister Network ANENT in Asia, and by its participation to activities of the World Nuclear University. (author)

The European Nuclear Education Network Association - ENEN

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Gentile, D. [Institut des Sciences et Techniques Nucleaires, CEA - Centre de Saclay, Bat. 395, F-91191 Gif-sur-Yvette (France)

2006-07-01

The temporary network, established through the European 5. Framework Programme project ENEN, was given a more permanent character by the foundation of the European Nuclear Education Network Association, a non-profit-making association according to the French law of 1901, pursuing a pedagogic and scientific aim. Its main objective is the preservation and the further development of higher nuclear education and expertise. This objective is realized through the co-operation between the European universities, involved in education and research in the nuclear engineering field, the nuclear research centres and the nuclear industry. The membership of the ENEN Association now consists of 35 universities members and 6 research centres. The paper briefly describes the history and structure of the ENEN Association and elaborates on the objectives and activities of its five committees during its first two years of operation. Supported by the 5. and 6. Framework Programme of the European Community, the ENEN Association established the delivery of the European Master of Science in Nuclear Engineering certificate. In particular, education and training courses have been developed and offered to materialize the core curricula and optional fields of study in a European exchange structure. Pilot editions of those courses and try-outs of training programmes have been successfully organised with a satisfying interest, attendance and performance by the students and the support of nuclear industries and international organisations. The involvement of ENEN in the 6. EC Framework project EUROTRANS will further enlarge its field of activities into a realm of nuclear disciplines. The ENEN Association further contributes to the management of nuclear knowledge within the European Union as well as on a world-wide level, through contacts with its sister Network ANENT in Asia, and by its participation to activities of the World Nuclear University. (author)

Líneas de ratones originales como modelos experimentales en genética y mejoramiento animal

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Oyarzabal, M. I.

2011-01-01

Los experimentos de selección a largo plazo permiten estudiar los límites de la respuesta a la selección artificial y las modificaciones que se pueden producir en otros caracteres no seleccionados. En este tipo de experimentos se utilizan, generalmente, líneas seleccionadas con Ne>40 originadas a partir de poblaciones exocriadas con una amplia base genética. Sin embargo, en 1986, en la Facultad de Ciencias Veterinarias (U. N. R.), se fundaron dos pares de líneas de selección divergente de pes...

Nuclear education and training: assuring a competent workforce

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Urso, M.E.; Murphy, B.P.; Giot, M.

2011-01-01

Over the years the NEA has been instrumental in raising awareness on issues related to education and training (E and T) in nuclear science and technology. Ten years ago the OECD/NEA report 'Nuclear Education and Training: Cause for Concern?' [Ref. 1] highlighted that core competencies in nuclear technology were suffering a significant decline, becoming increasingly difficult to sustain. The study acted as a wake-up call, urging prompt and decisive actions by governments and other stakeholders to avert the risk of irreversible consequences. Combined with more recent studies and activities subsequently undertaken by OECD/NEA [Ref. 2 and 3] and following a policy debate on 'Nuclear Research' [Ref. 4], a statement on the need for qualified human resources in the nuclear field was unanimously adopted by the NEA Steering Committee [Ref. 5], underlying the prime responsibilities of governments. After 10 years, awareness has generally grown on the gravity and urgency of the issue, triggering, in some cases, significant initiatives. However, in a much altered context of growing nuclear reactor fleets, concerns still prevail regarding the availability of sufficient, skilled manpower and the adequacy of infrastructures. Strains in the human resources capacity still remain high and any potential increase in use of nuclear power might be hampered by a dearth of qualified personnel. The current NEA project has thus been undertaken to revise and update the 2000 OECD/NEA publication [Ref. 1]. The study provides a qualitative characterisation of human resource needs, distinguishing among nuclear professionals, technical staff and crafts: categories which require different types and degrees of E and T. Instruments to address such needs, already available, underway or planned are appraised. An assessment on the current and future uses of nuclear research facilities for E and T purposes was also undertaken, based on the factual foundation of data gathered through quantitative surveys

Escritas contemporâneas: tecnologias e subjetividades

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Cecilia Palmeiro

2010-07-01

Full Text Available Baseado na leitura dos textos escritos por jovens na Argentina do 2000, esse trabalho analisa as condições de possibilidade da literatura contemporânea na era de produção digital da realidade. Atraves do conceito de post-autonomia, essas escritas são pensadas nas suas relações com as politicas da identidade e da diferença, e com as novas formulações escritas do Eu na internet, para refletir na capacidade de intervenção social da literatura, orientada à mutação da subjetividade.

Association of African Universities : Education and Research ...

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Association of African Universities : Education and Research Networking Unit. The Association of African Universities (AAU), headquartered in Accra, Ghana, is an international nongovernmental organization (NGO) that promotes cooperation between African universities and with the international community.

Valvuloplastia mitral percutánea de emergencia en un paciente con edema pulmonar refractario

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Alejandra I. de Zubiría

2018-01-01

Full Text Available La estenosis mitral usualmente es causada por fiebre reumática. A pesar de ser una patología poco frecuente en los países desarrollados, es prevalente en los países en vía de desarrollo, donde aproximadamente dos tercios de la población mundial vive, haciendo de esta condición, una enfermedad valvular común. Es importante considerar la estenosis mitral en el diagnóstico diferencial de los pacientes con edema agudo de pulmón cardiogénico refractario y la valvuloplastia mitral percutánea de emergencia como el tratamiento definitivo. Se presenta el caso de un paciente femenino de 21 años, con edema agudo de pulmón cardiogénico refractario, secundario a estenosis mitral muy severa de origen reumático, tratado con valvuloplastia percutánea con balón de urgencia. Se realiza una revisión sobre la estenosis mitral y se examina el tratamiento con especial énfasis en los casos publicados en la literatura de valvuloplastia mitral percutánea de emergencia.

IRS Guidelines: Joint IAEA/NEA International Reporting System for Operating Experience

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2010-01-01

The International Reporting System for Operating Experience (IRS) is an international system jointly operated by the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) and the OECD Nuclear Energy Agency (OECD/NEA). The fundamental objective of the IRS is to contribute to improving the safety of commercial nuclear power plants which are operated worldwide. This objective can be achieved by providing timely and detailed information on lessons learned from operating and construction experience at the international level. This information could be related to issues and events that are related to safety. The purpose of these guidelines is to describe the system and to give users the necessary background and guidance to enable them to produce IRS reports meeting a high standard of quality while retaining the effectiveness of the system expected by all Member States operating nuclear power plants. As this system is owned by the Member States, the IRS Guidelines have been developed and approved by the IRS National Co-ordinators with the assistance of both Secretariats (IAEA/NEA).

OECD/NEA expert group on assay data of spent nuclear fuel

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Rugama, Y.; Gauld, I.; Suyama, Kenya

2009-01-01

In the area of criticality safety, management of spent nuclear fuel is a key issue for many NEA member countries. The importance of measured isotopic assay data from Post-Irradiation Examination (PIE) experiments to validate computer code predictions of spent fuel composition used in safety-related studies has long been recognized by members of the OECD/NEA/NSC/WPNCS (Working Party on Nuclear Criticality Safety). These data are particularly important in criticality analyses related to any application of burnup credit as well as to evaluation of criticality and safety in geologic repositories and fuel cycle applications such as reprocessing. Under the auspices of the WPNCS, an Expert Group on assay data has been formed to share best-practice radiochemical analysis methods, computational analysis procedures and data needs, and isotopic validation data. Through member country collaboration, the database of publicly available spent fuel measurements is being revised and expanded to include more recent measurements, with findings to be documented in a state-of-the-art report. (author)

El carácter fronterizo de las identidades contemporáneas. El caso de Chiapas

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Moisés Esteban Guitart

2010-01-01

Full Text Available La tesis o hipótesis que se sostiene en el artículo es que la puesta en relación de formas explícitas e implícitas de vida compartida en las sociedades contemporáneas conlleva el auge de identidades híbridas, múltiples o complejas. Entendiendo por identidades híbridas la confluencia de múltiples identificaciones en la biografía personal. Siendo la globalización y la pluralización cultural las formas fundamentales de la sociedad contemporánea, la movilidad se convierte en su principal ingrediente. Se describe la presencia de distintos elementos culturales conformadores de identidad en Chiapas. Internet, la emigración a Estados Unidos o el Tratado de Libre Comercio entre México, Estados Unidos y Canadá se hibrida con la heterogeneidad identitaria (religiosa, étnica, lingüística existente en el territorio. Se discute el carácter híbrido de las sociedades contemporáneas y las consecuencias sociales y políticas que conlleva.

Educational Assessment Knowledge and Skills for Teachers

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Brookhart, Susan M.

2011-01-01

The 1990 Standards for Teacher Competence in Educational Assessment of Students (AFT, NCME, & NEA, 1990) made a documentable contribution to the field. However, the Standards have become a bit dated, most notably in two ways: (1) the Standards do not consider current conceptions of formative assessment knowledge and skills, and (2) the Standards…

Ecuaciones simultáneas con aplicaciones en Gretl

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Regúlez Castillo, Marta

2008-01-01

Es un manual de utilidad tanto para alumnos de último año de licenciatura en especialidades de Cuantitativa, Macroeconomía, Economía del Trabajo, Economía Internacional, como para alumnos de master o doctorado con perfil cuantitativo. 1.El modelo de ecuaciones simultáneas. Forma estructural y forma reducida. 2.Identificación: Condiciones de orden y rango. 3.Estimación con información limitada. Estimación por MCO. Problemas en la forma estructural. Mínimos Cuadrados Indirectos (MC...

OECD/NEA International Benchmark exercises: Validation of CFD codes applied nuclear industry; OECD/NEA internatiion Benchmark exercices: La validacion de los codigos CFD aplicados a la industria nuclear

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Pena-Monferrer, C.; Miquel veyrat, A.; Munoz-Cobo, J. L.; Chiva Vicent, S.

2016-08-01

In the recent years, due, among others, the slowing down of the nuclear industry, investment in the development and validation of CFD codes, applied specifically to the problems of the nuclear industry has been seriously hampered. Thus the International Benchmark Exercise (IBE) sponsored by the OECD/NEA have been fundamental to analyze the use of CFD codes in the nuclear industry, because although these codes are mature in many fields, still exist doubts about them in critical aspects of thermohydraulic calculations, even in single-phase scenarios. The Polytechnic University of Valencia (UPV) and the Universitat Jaume I (UJI), sponsored by the Nuclear Safety Council (CSN), have actively participated in all benchmark's proposed by NEA, as in the expert meetings,. In this paper, a summary of participation in the various IBE will be held, describing the benchmark itself, the CFD model created for it, and the main conclusions. (Author)

Association between Nurses' Education about Research and Their Research Use.

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McCleary, Lynn; Brown, G. Ted

2003-01-01

Responses from 178 of 528 pediatric nurses showed that higher education levels or courses in research design and use were associated with positive attitudes toward research. Higher education levels were associated with self-reported research use; completing research-related courses was not independently associated with higher research use.…

Método de Agrupamiento en Línea para la Identificación de Modelos Borrosos Takagi-Sugeno

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Boris Martínez

2008-07-01

Full Text Available Resumen: En este trabajo se presenta un método de obtención de modelos borrosos Takagi-Sugeno. Este método actualiza en línea tanto la estructura como los parámetros del modelo mediante la combinación de un nuevo algoritmo de agrupamiento en línea con técnicas de mínimos cuadrados. El algoritmo de agrupamiento propuesto se utiliza para la identificación de la estructura del modelo borroso, generando las clases de las cuales se obtienen los antecedentes de las reglas. La actualización de los parámetros del consecuente se logra mediante estimadores de mínimos cuadrados. Palabras clave: identificación en línea, modelo borroso Takagi–Sugeno, agrupamiento en línea, adaptación del modelo

A DFT study on NEA GaN photocathode with an ultrathin n-type Si-doped GaN cap layer

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Xia, Sihao; Liu, Lei; Kong, Yike; Diao, Yu

2016-10-01

Due to the drawbacks of conventional negative electron affinity (NEA) GaN photocathodes activated by Cs or Cs/O, a new-type NEA GaN photocathodes with heterojunction surface dispense with Cs activation are proposed. This structure can be obtained through the coverage of an ultrathin n-type Si-doped GaN cap layer on the p-type Mg-doped GaN emission layer. The influences of the cap layer on the photocathode are calculated using DFT. This study indicates that the n-type cap layer can promote the photoemission characteristics of GaN photocathode and demonstrates the probability of the preparation of a NEA GaN photocathode with an n-type cap layer.

OECD/NEA multi-lateral cooperation in the area of structural integrity & aging management

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Breest, A. [Nuclear Energy Agency, Issy-les-Moulineaux (France); Gott, K. [MATSAFE AB, Stockholm (Sweden); Lydell, B. [SIGMA-PHASE Inc., Vail, AZ (United States); Riznic, J. [Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission, Ottawa, ON (Canada)

2014-07-01

Several OECD Member Countries have agreed to establish the OECD/NEA 'Component Operational Experience, Degradation & Ageing Programme' (CODAP) to encourage multilateral co-operation in the collection and analysis of data relating to degradation and failure of metallic piping and non-piping metallic passive components in commercial nuclear power plants. The scope of the data collection includes service-induced wall thinning, part through-wall cracks, through-wall cracks with and without active leakage, and instances of significant degradation of metallic passive components, including piping pressure boundary integrity. The OECD/NEA Committee on the Safety of Nuclear Installations (CSNI) acts as an umbrella committee of the Project. CODAP is the continuation of the 2002-2011 'OECD/NEA Pipe Failure Data Exchange Project' (OPDE) and the Stress Corrosion Cracking Working Group of the 2006-2010 'OECD/NEA SCC and Cable Ageing project' (SCAP). OPDE was formally launched in May 2002. Upon completion of the 3rd Term (May 2011), the OPDE project was officially closed to be succeeded by CODAP. SCAP was enabled by a voluntary contribution from Japan. It was formally launched in June 2006 and officially closed with an international workshop held in Tokyo in May 2010. Majority of the Member Organizations of the two projects were the same, often being represented by the same person. In May 2011, thirteen countries signed the CODAP 1st Term agreement (Canada, Chinese Taipei, Czech Republic, Finland, France, Germany, Korea (Republic of), Japan, Slovak Republic, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland and United States of America). The 1st Term (2011-2014) work plan includes the preparation of Topical Reports to foster technical cooperation and to deepen the understanding of national differences in ageing management. The Topical Reports constitute CODAP Event Database and Knowledge Base insights reports and as such act as portals for future in-depth studies of

práticas culturais contemporâneas

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Mara Ambrosina Vargas

2006-01-01

Full Text Available El ensayo reflexivo trata sobre la muerte cerebral y la donación de órganos situándolas como prácticas culturales contemporáneas, cuyo soporte está en las teorizaciones que problematizan el cuerpo y el sujeto en la post-modernidad, en especial los estudios post-estructuralistas. Se destacan las relaciones entre las dimensiones culturales, científicas, filosóficas y jurídicas, quienes constituyen un campo de contestaciones y negociaciones, en donde ocurren las decisiones, las normas y los aparatos tecnológicos respecto a la muerte, donación y el trasplante de órganos.

Design and Development of NEA Scout Solar Sail Deployer Mechanism

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Sobey, Alexander R.; Lockett, Tiffany Russell

2016-01-01

The 6U (approx.10 cm x 20 cm x 30 cm) cubesat Near Earth Asteroid (NEA) Scout1, projected for launch in September 2018 aboard the maiden voyage of the Space Launch System, will utilize a solar sail as its main method of propulsion throughout its approx.3-year mission to a Near Earth Asteroid. Due to the extreme volume constraints levied onto the mission, an acutely compact solar sail deployment mechanism has been designed to meet the volume and mass constraints, as well as provide enough propulsive solar sail area and quality in order to achieve mission success. The design of such a compact system required the development of approximately half a dozen prototypes in order to identify unforeseen problems, advance solutions, and build confidence in the final design product. This paper focuses on the obstacles of developing a solar sail deployment mechanism for such an application and the lessons learned from a thorough development process. The lessons presented will have significant applications beyond the NEA Scout mission, such as the development of other deployable boom mechanisms and uses for gossamer-thin films in space.

Gender & Education Association: A Case Study in Feminist Education?

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David, Miriam E.

2015-01-01

This article focuses on feminist activist academics who were instrumental in creating the UK Gender & Education Association at the turn of the twenty-first century. Drawing on my own intellectual biography (David, M. E. 2003. "Personal and Political: Feminisms, Sociology and Family Lives" Stoke-on-Trent. Trentham Books.) linked to…

CSNI collective statement on support facilities for existing and advanced reactors. The function of OECD/Nea joint projects Nea committee on the safety of nuclear installations (CSNI)

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2008-01-01

The NEA Committee on the Safety of Nuclear Installations (CSNI) has recently completed a study on the availability and utilisation of facilities supporting safety studies for current and advanced nuclear power reactors. The study showed that significant steps had been undertaken in the past several years in support of safety test facilities, mainly by conducting multinational joint projects centered on the capability of unique test facilities worldwide. Given the positive experience of the safety research projects, it has been recommended that efforts be made to prioritize technical issues associated with advanced (Generation IV) reactor designs and to develop options on how to efficiently obtain the necessary data through internationally co-ordinated research, preparing a gradual extension of safety research beyond the needs set by currently operating reactors. This statement constitutes a reference for future CSNI activities and for safety authorities, R and D centres and industry for internationally co-ordinated research initiatives in the nuclear safety research area. (author)

Um estudo do processo de desenvolvimento de produto no vestuário de moda na malharia retilínea no Brasil

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Laura Piccinini

2015-01-01

Esse estudo contempla uma pesquisa bibliográfica sobre a malharia retilínea, seu processo produtivo, tecnologia, versatilidade criativa e processo de desenvolvimento de produto. Inclui uma pesquisa de campo no Polo Industrial do Sul de Minas Gerais (regiões de Monte Sião e Águas de Lindóia), cidades de alta concentração de indústrias de Malharia retilínea. O objetivo dessa dissertação é explorar o desenvolvimento de produto em Vestuário de Moda da Malharia Retilínea (VMMR), captando as variáv...

MÉTODO MATRICIAL FHER EN UN SISTEMA DE COSTOS POR PROCESOS, O EN LÍNEA

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Fernando Villarreal Vásquez

2009-01-01

Full Text Available La investigación centra su atención en el diseño de una herramienta de costos que permite manipular y entregar resultados de los costos por procesos o en línea en una matriz de manera sencilla y entendible, esta matriz ha sido desarrollada y probada por los autores del artículo,  con estudiantes  de contaduría pública en varias mypimes  y ha demostrado su facilidad para que el estudiante comprenda y el empresario lo manipule dentro de su información financiera. El método matricial  FHER (forma horizontal de establecer resultados en un sistema de costos por  procesos, es una forma metodológica innovadora y fácil  de realizar el cálculo de los costos unitarios por producto, en el sistema de costos por procesos o en línea.   Este modelo  matricial, facilita a los estudiantes el aprendizaje de los costos por proceso o en línea, pues las matrices tradicionales muestran el modelo por proceso de manera compleja.

10. national workshop of the NEA Forum on Stakeholder Confidence

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Martin, Kamishan; )

2017-01-01

The Forum on Stakeholder Confidence (FSC) was established by the NEA Radioactive Waste Management Committee (RWMC) in the year 2000. It fosters learning about stakeholder dialogue and ways to develop shared confidence, informed consent and acceptance of radioactive waste (RW) management solutions. A 'stakeholder' is defined as anyone with a role to play or an interest in the process of deciding about RW management. The FSC provides a setting for direct stakeholder exchange in an atmosphere of mutual respect and learning. Participating in this forum are government policy and regulatory officials, R and D specialists, implementers, and industry representatives from NEA member countries. Together they analyse, document and provide recommendations on today's and tomorrow's processes for embedding waste management programs into a socio-political decision-making context. The FSC convenes annually for a regular meeting and is often complemented by an FSC national workshop. The regular meetings include lectures and topical case study sessions to share experiences. FSC national workshops are organised in volunteer NEA member countries to bring together all the national stakeholders to provide a neutral ground for discussion, dialogue and advancement of knowledge on long-term radioactive waste management. FSC members and other international actors involved in RW management are invited to learn about the host country's waste management program and provide support by giving an external reflection built up on their own experience. They are often supplemented by a half a day devoted to a community visit (potential or selected site for a repository) or open event (public meeting or debate). 2016 marked the 10. national workshop of the FSC which took place in Switzerland. It focused on 'Bridging Gaps - Developing Sustainable Inter-generational Decision-making in Radioactive Waste Management'. The workshop provided a forum for the participants from around the world to learn from

MITIGACIÓN DE CAMPO MAGNÉTICO DE LÍNEAS DE TRANSMISIÓN UTILIZANDO BUCLES PASIVOS

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Cadavid, Diego Raúl; Ramírez, David Alejandro; Lopera, Freddy; Correa, Andrés Felipe

2010-01-01

En este artículo se presenta un método simple para determinar el campo magnético generado por líneas de transmisión. El cálculo del campo magnético tiene en cuenta los efectos de mitigación de bucles pasivos, incluyendo su ubicación óptima en la línea mediante la aplicación de algoritmos genéticos. Los resultados de los cálculos son validados mediante reportes de casos publicados en el IEEE, software de análisis de campo electromagnético y datos experimentales arrojados de una implementación ...

Design de joias a partir de aspectos plásticos da dança conteporânea

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Eliana Paula Calegari

2011-12-01

Full Text Available Este estudo consiste em mostrar de maneira objetiva e clara as etapas de desenvolvimento do projeto de uma coleção de joias a partir de aspectos plásticos da dança contemporânea. Para alcançar esse objetivo, foram realizadas pesquisas em torno do design de joias e a dança contemporânea, sendo utilizada como referência no processo criativo durante a projetação das peças. Desenvolveram-se alternativas de solução através de desenhos e traços de composição de referenciais plásticos da dança onde se procurou seguir uma linguagem visual uniforme nos esboços, a fim de materializá-los em modelos artesanais, com as características dos valores estéticos simbólicos da dança contemporânea.

Obtención de líneas de trigo resistentes a Mayetiola destructor Say en la Campiña Sur de Extremadura

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Del Moral, J.; Delibes de Castro, Ángeles; Martín Sánchez, Juan Antonio; Mejías, A.; López-Braña, Isidoro; Sin Casas, Esther; Montes, Mª J.; Pérez-Rojas, F.; Espinal, F. J.; Senero, M.

2002-01-01

La línea H-93-33, homocigota para el gen H27, que confiere resistencia a Mayetiola destructor Say, ha sido cruzada con variedades comerciales de trigo seleccionadas por su calidad harinera y sus características agronómicas. Esos cruzamientos han producido numerosas líneas avanzadas. La línea Ma8, que contiene el gen H27, ha demostrado su resistencia al parásito en condiciones controladas de cámara y campo, y muestra mejores características agronómicas que las variedades comerciales con las...

Diferencias sociodemográficas en la adhesión al patrón de dieta mediterránea en poblaciones de España Sociodemographic differences in adherence to the Mediterranean dietary pattern in Spanish populations

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C.A. González

2002-06-01

compare adherence to the Mediterranean dietary pattern among different demographic and social groups in the adult population. Methods: A cross-sectional study was performed in southern and northern regions of Spain in healthy volunteers (15,634 men and 25,812 women, aged 29-69 years, who were members of the European Prospective Investigation on Cancer cohort in Spain. Nine groups of food were included in the definition of the Mediterranean diet: vegetables and garden products, fruits, pulses, cereals, red meat, fish, olive oil, milk and milk products, and wine. Two techniques were used in the analysis: comparison of the mean daily intake of each group and calculation of an overall score for all the foods according to educational level ang original social class. Results: Groups with the lowest educational levels consumed more cereals and pulses and lower quantities of vegetables, olive oil (women, milk and milk products (men. Wine consumption was positively associated with education in women and was negatively associated in men. Calculation of a score to measure overall adherence to the Mediterranean dietary pattern eliminated differences according to each food category. No variations were found according to educational level, but small differences were found in original social class. The adherence score was lowest in young adults and women and was slightly higher in the south than in the north of Spain. Conclusions: The results suggest that the Mediterranean dietary pattern is fairly uniform, at least in the adult population of the regions included in this study.

Manual for IRS Coding. Joint IAEA/NEA International Reporting System for Operating Experience

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2011-01-01

The International Reporting System for Operating Experience (IRS) is jointly operated by the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) and the Nuclear Energy Agency of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD/NEA). In early 2010, the IAEA and OECD/NEA jointly issued the IRS Guidelines, which described the reporting system and process and gave users the necessary elements to enable them to produce IRS reports to a high standard of quality while retaining the effectiveness of the system expected by all Member States operating nuclear power plants. The purpose of the present Manual for IRS Coding is to provide supplementary guidance specifically on the coding element of IRS reports to ensure uniform coding of events that are reported through IRS. This Coding Manual does not supersede the IRS Guidelines, but rather, supports users and preparers in achieving a consistent and high level of quality in their IRS reports. Consistency and high quality in the IRS reports allow stakeholders to search and retrieve specific event information with ease. In addition, well-structured reports also enhance the efficient management of the IRS database. This Coding Manual will give specific guidance on the application of each section of the IRS codes, with examples where necessary, of when and how these codes are to be applied. As this reporting system is owned by the Member States, this manual has been developed and approved by the IRS National Coordinators with the assistance of the IAEA and NEA secretariats

Activities of the OECD-NEA in the field of fast reactors

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Royen, J.

1977-01-01

The OECD-NEA is performing the following activities in the field of fast reactors: Held ad hoc meetings of senior experts on safety, development and economics of LMFBR type reactors; publishing a Nuclear Safety Research Index (the index is now expanded to cover fast reactors) and distribution; collect test computer programmes, as well as neutron data

Barreira cutânea na dermatite atópica Skin barrier in atopic dermatitis

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Flavia Alvim Sant'Anna Addor

2010-04-01

Full Text Available O estudo da barreira cutânea e de suas propriedades ganhou impulso a partir da década de 60, com estudos que apontaram sua resistência de forma isolada e suas propriedades com relação à permeação cutânea. Paralelamente, a descrição dos corpos de Odland auxiliou a compreensão da manutenção da estabilidade da camada córnea. O modelo brick & mortar, em que os corneócitos são os tijolos e o cimento são os lipídeos intercelulares, é o mais aceito, até o momento. Atualmente, há evidências consistentes de que o estrato córneo é uma estrutura metabolicamente ativa e exerce funções adaptativas. A barreira cutânea também tem um papel na resposta inflamatória, com ativação de melanócitos, angiogênese e fibroplasia, cuja intensidade depende, basicamente, da intensidade da agressão. As anormalidades da barreira cutânea da dermatite atópica são clinicamente observáveis pela presença de pele seca, achado muito frequente e significativo, que constitui parâmetro iagnóstico e de acompanhamento. O grau de hidratação da camada córnea, assim como a perda de água transepidérmica (transepidermal water loss - TEWL, estão relacionados com o grau de dano à barreira, constituindo parâmetros biofísicos que permitem acompanhar os pacientes de maneira não invasiva e com maior grau de sensibilidade.Research about the skin barrier and its properties has increased significantly since the 60s, with studies that indicated its resistance when isolated, as well as its particularities in relation to skin permeability. At the same time, description of Odland bodies helped to understand how stratum corneum stability is maintained. The “brick and mortarâ€� model is the most accepted so far. In this analogy, the corneocytes are the bricks and the intercellular lipids are the mortar. Currently, there is concrete evidence that the stratum corneum is an active metabolic structure that holds adaptive functions, interacting

Genome-wide association study identifies 74 loci associated with educational attainment

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Okbay, Aysu; Beauchamp, Jonathan; Fontana, M.A. (Mark Alan); Lee, James J.; Pers, Tune; Rietveld, C.A. (Cornelius A.); Turley, Patrick; Chen, G.-B. (Guo-Bo); Emilsson, Valur; Meddens, S.F.W. (S. Fleur W.); Oskarsson, S. (Sven); Pickrell, J.K. (Joseph K.); Thom, K. (Kevin); Timshel, P. (Pascal); Vlaming, Ronald

2016-01-01

textabstractEducational attainment is strongly influenced by social and other environmental factors, but genetic factors are estimated to account for at least 20% of the variation across individuals. Here we report the results of a genome-wide association study (GWAS) for educational attainment that extends our earlier discovery sample of 101,069 individuals to 293,723 individuals, and a replication study in an independent sample of 111,349 individuals from the UK Biobank. We identify 74 geno...

Modelos de líneas de espera

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Carro, Roberto; González Gómez, Daniel A.

2012-01-01

Cualquiera que haya tenido que esperar frente a un semáforo, en la cola de un banco o de un restaurante de comidas rápidas, ha vivido la dinámica de las filas de espera. El análisis de líneas de espera es de interés para los gerentes porque afecta el diseño, la planificación de la capacidad, la planificación de la distribución de espacios, la administración de inventarios y la programación. Aquí discutiremos por qué se forman colas y filas, las aplicaciones de los métodos de la administración...

Micorrizas en gramíneas nativas: efecto de la fertilización fosfatada a largo plazo

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García, Silvina; Pezzani, Fabiana; Rodríguez, Andrea; del Pino, Amabelia

2016-01-01

En Uruguay el campo natural (CN) es el ecosistema dominante, relevante para la producción ganadera extensiva. Está constituido principalmente por gramíneas, especies que muestran alta micorrización. Los contenidos de fósforo (P) del CN son bajos, por lo que se llevan a cabo prácticas de fertilización fosfatada. El impacto de esta práctica sobre la comunidad vegetal difiere entre especies. El objetivo del trabajo fue estudiar el efecto del P sobre la colonización micorrícica en dos gramíneas n...

On-going and some future safety related activities of the OECD/NEA

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Frescura, G.

2001-01-01

The CSNI and CNRA structures and current activities of direct relevance to WWERs are presented. The nuclear regulatory challenges arising from economic deregulation like: direct safety challenges, infrastructure issues, increased pressure on regulatory bodies etc. are given. The OECD/NEA initiatives on assuring nuclear safety competence are mentioned

Genome-wide association study identifies 74 loci associated with educational attainment

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Summary Educational attainment (EA) is strongly influenced by social and other environmental factors, but genetic factors are also estimated to account for at least 20% of the variation across individuals1. We report the results of a genome-wide association study (GWAS) for EA that extends our earlier discovery sample1,2 of 101,069 individuals to 293,723 individuals, and a replication in an independent sample of 111,349 individuals from the UK Biobank. We now identify 74 genome-wide significant loci associated with number of years of schooling completed. Single-nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) associated with educational attainment are disproportionately found in genomic regions regulating gene expression in the fetal brain. Candidate genes are preferentially expressed in neural tissue, especially during the prenatal period, and enriched for biological pathways involved in neural development. Our findings demonstrate that, even for a behavioral phenotype that is mostly environmentally determined, a well-powered GWAS identifies replicable associated genetic variants that suggest biologically relevant pathways. Because EA is measured in large numbers of individuals, it will continue to be useful as a proxy phenotype in efforts to characterize the genetic influences of related phenotypes, including cognition and neuropsychiatric disease. PMID:27225129

NIOSH y RULA: líneas de especiales

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Cruz Solis, Carolina

2014-01-01

La introducción de nuevas tecnologías para el desarrimado de botellas en la empresa, ha dado lugar a la realización de una evaluación específica de riesgos laborales en los puestos de trabajo de la sección de la LÍNEA DE ESPECIALES. Se ha identificado un posible riesgo por factores ergonómicos en la manipulación manual de cargas, por lo que he planificado esta valoración específica, en el presente TFM, con la finalidad de determinar eficazmente las recomendaciones para la disminución de posib...

Leishmaniosis cutánea en un adulto mayor

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Jorge Luis Pérez León

2015-09-01

Full Text Available Se presenta el caso clínico de un paciente de 62 años de edad con antecedente de hipertensión arterial, quien asistió al puesto de salud de Socorro, municipio Itamarandiba del estado de Minas Gerais, Brasil, por presentar una lesión única en la cara, de forma circular, con bordes definidos, tejido necrótico, ulcerada e indolora. Estos síntomas se correspondían con una leishmaniasis cutánea; por tanto, se decidió remitirlo al Hospital Municipal de Itamarandiba para ingreso, estudio y tratamiento

Estrategias de ideación y producción contemporáneas en las artes del fuego

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Grassi, María Celia

2014-01-01

Este proyecto continua con la línea de investigación iniciada en el proyecto «Alternativas de tratamiento en la cerámica contemporánea. Serigrafía y fotocerámica. Mixes procedimentales». El asunto tratado es el desarrollo los mixes procedimentales en cerámica para ampliar los recursos estéticos y/o tecnológicos de los realizadores creativos en este campo. La nueva propuesta pretende dar un salto cualitativo centrado en las estrategias de ideación y de producción de los desarrollos espaciales ...

Complicación mucosa de la leishmaniasis cutánea

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Diego Fernando Zea

2009-03-01

Debido a las enfermedades concomitantes del paciente, el tratamiento con antimoniales (Glucantime® estaba contraindicado. Se administró tratamiento supervisado intrahospitalario con miltefosine (Impávido®, cápsulas de 50 mg a una dosis diaria de 1,8 mg/kg por 28 días, de acuerdo con las guías nacionales. Se realizó control clínico y de laboratorio durante el tratamiento y después de finalizado, sin evidencia de ningún tipo de complicación. El paciente asistió a controles médicos hasta la octava semana después del tratamiento, en los cuales presentó mejoría clínica de las lesiones (figura 3. Se remitió para continuar el manejo complementario por medicina interna, oftalmología y cirugía plástica. La leishmaniasis mucocutánea es una grave complicación evitable de la leishmaniasis cutánea. Este caso muestra fallas en el diagnóstico y tratamiento oportunos y, en general, en el programa de control de esta enfermedad. Por otra parte, el miltefosine surge como una opción terapéutica a los antimoniales para el tratamiento de pacientes en quienes estén contraindicados o presenten alto riesgo de toxicidad.

CIDADES CONTEMPORÂNEAS: "LÓCUS" DO CAPITALISMO PÓS-MODERNO

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Ubiratan Francisco de Oliveira

2011-08-01

Full Text Available As cidades da/na sociedade contemporânea expressam, das mais variadas formas e dimensões, a organização social de seus sujeitos. Mais que isso, elas expressam a estrutura do sistema produtivo ao qual elas estão inseridas como sedes burocráticas desse sistema, o lugar do comando e da organização da produção capitalista. Se há uma rede mundial que organiza o sistema capitalista, essa rede só é possível por conta das cidades. Elas são os nós da rede produtiva contemporânea, donas de uma estrutura de transmissão de informações e produção de conhecimentos jamais tidos na história da humanidade. Contudo, a velocidade com a qual evolui esse sistema, as cidades proporcionam uma imensidão de problemas relacionados com espaço, tempo e sujeitos. Contraditórios e multifacetados, eles proporcionam várias formas de territorialização nas cidades dos guetos, dos recantos, do trabalho, da arte, da cultura e, sobretudo, da hegemônica força da economia sobre essas dimensões sociais.

Same Old, Same Old

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Seebach, Linda

2009-01-01

In July, the two major teachers unions, the National Education Association (NEA) and the American Federation of Teachers (AFT) chose new presidents at their national conventions held barely a week apart. At the NEA, Dennis Van Roekel moved up to the top rung of the officers' ladder after serving two terms as vice president. Randi Weingarten added…

Líneas de desarrollo y fundamentación en el campo de la deontologia de las profesiones educativas

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Gonzalo JOVER OLMEDA

2009-11-01

Full Text Available RESUMEN: A la vista del interés que están suscitando las cuestiones y regulaciones deontológicas en nuestro país, y que ha llevado a algunas instituciones y organizaciones profesionales a proponer códigos deontológicos para los profesores, este artículo pretende hacer de la deontologia en el campo de las profesiones educativas un objeto de investigación pedagógica. En primer lugar, se expone la tradición normativa en las áreas de la enseñanza, administración educativa, intervención psicopedagógica, educación social e investigación. Más tarde se establecen las líneas principales para una fundamentación de la deontologia profesional desde un triple plano: sociológico, ético-jurídico y pedagógico. Finalmente, se sugiere la posibilidad de entender los Códigos deontológicos como elementos de proyectos educativos.SUMMARY: Nowadays professional ethics is generating great attention and expectancy. Institutions and professional organizations in Spain have recently proposed. Codes of Ethics in teaching. According to that new interest, this paper tries to make professional ethics in the field of education a subject of educational research. First, the paper focuses in the normative tradition in the areas of teaching, educational administration, counselling and special education, social education, and research. Secondly, a framework is proposed allowing a foundation of professional ethics from the point of view of sociology, ethics and law, and pedagogy. Finally the author suggests to understand codes of ethics as elements of educational projects.

Cartografías contemporáneas de la investigación Cartografias contemporâneas da pesquisa Contemporary Cartographies of Research

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Etna Castaño-Giraldo

2009-03-01

Full Text Available El presente artículo expone, desde una aproximación singular y estética, algunos rasgos para comprender los procesos de formación. Por otra parte, explora ciertas cartografías contemporáneas de la investigación. Articula pensamientos filosóficos del arte, desde donde se va componiendo una relación entre la perspectiva vital y problemática respecto a la composición de las subjetividades y a los modos de relación con el mundo. Teje relaciones entre las prácticas artísticas y pedagógicas, y busca acentuar, en la dimensión existencial y humana, aspectos que creemos que están al margen de los debates actuales educativos y pedagógicos.Neste artigo expõem-se, com uma abordagem singular e estética, alguns aspectos que permitem compreender os processos de formação. Também se exploram algumas cartografias de pesquisa; articulam-se pensamentos filosóficos da arte, desde onde se compõe uma relação entre a perspectiva vital e problemática respeito da composição das subjetividades e os modos de relacionar-se com o mundo; tece relações entre as práticas artísticas e pedagógicas; e procura enfatizar, na dimensão existencial e humana, aspectos que estão à margem dos debates educativos e pedagógicos atuais.This article takes a singular and esthetic look at a variety of features to understand educational processes, in addition to exploring certain contemporary cartographies of research. It articulates philosophical ideas about art, ranging from the development of a relationship between the vital and problematic perspective in terms of the composition of subjectivities, to the ways of relating to the world. It weaves ties between artistic and teaching practices and seeks to emphasize, in the existential and human dimension, the aspects we believe are still at the sidelines of the current debate on education and teaching.

The Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant Accident: OECD/NEA Nuclear Safety Response and Lessons Learnt

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2013-01-01

Following the March 2011 accident at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant, all NEA member countries took early action to ensure and confirm the continued safety of their nuclear power plants and the protection of the public. After these preliminary safety reviews, all countries with nuclear facilities carried out comprehensive safety reviews, often referred to as 'stress tests', which reassessed safety margins of nuclear facilities with a primary focus on challenges related to conditions experienced at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant, for example extreme external events and the loss of safety functions, or capabilities to cope with severe accidents. As appropriate, improvements are being made to safety and emergency response systems to ensure that nuclear power plants are capable of withstanding events that lead to loss of electrical power and/or cooling capability. In the weeks following the accident, the NEA immediately began establishing expert groups in the nuclear safety and radiological protection areas, as well as contributing to information exchange with the Japanese authorities and other international organisations. It promptly provided a forum for high-level decision makers and regulators within the G8-G20 frameworks. The NEA actions taken at the international level in response to the accident have been carried out primarily by the three NEA standing technical committees concerned with nuclear and radiation safety issues - the Committee on Nuclear Regulatory Activities (CNRA), the Committee on the Safety of Nuclear Installations (CSNI) and the Committee on Radiation Protection and Public Health (CRPPH) - under the leadership of the CNRA. More than two years following the accident, the NEA continues to assist the Japanese authorities in dealing with their nuclear safety and recovery efforts as well as to facilitate international co-operation on nuclear safety and radiological protection matters. It is strongly supporting the establishment of

Fundamentals of the NEA Thermochemical Database and its influence over national nuclear programs on the performance assessment of deep geological repositories.

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Ragoussi, Maria-Eleni; Costa, Davide

2017-03-14

For the last 30 years, the NEA Thermochemical Database (TDB) Project (www.oecd-nea.org/dbtdb/) has been developing a chemical thermodynamic database for elements relevant to the safety of radioactive waste repositories, providing data that are vital to support the geochemical modeling of such systems. The recommended data are selected on the basis of strict review procedures and are characterized by their consistency. The results of these efforts are freely available, and have become an international point of reference in the field. As a result, a number of important national initiatives with regard to waste management programs have used the NEA TDB as their basis, both in terms of recommended data and guidelines. In this article we describe the fundamentals and achievements of the project together with the characteristics of some databases developed in national nuclear waste disposal programs that have been influenced by the NEA TDB. We also give some insights on how this work could be seen as an approach to be used in broader areas of environmental interest. Copyright © 2017 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.

Association between low education and higher global cardiovascular risk.

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Di Chiara, Tiziana; Scaglione, Alessandra; Corrao, Salvatore; Argano, Christiano; Pinto, Antonio; Scaglione, Rosario

2015-05-01

This study was designed to evaluate the impact of educational status on global cardiovascular risk in a southern Italian urban population. The study population consisted of 488 consecutive outpatients aged 18 years and older. Educational status was categorized according to the number of years of formal education as follows: (1) low education group (education group (10-15 years). In both groups, cardiometabolic comorbidities (obesity, visceral obesity, diabetes, dyslipidemia, metabolic syndrome, microalbuminuria, left ventricular hypertrophy) and global cardiovascular risk, according to international guidelines, were analyzed. Left ventricular mass index and ejection fraction by echocardiography and E/A ratio, by pulsed-wave Doppler, were calculated. The low education group was characterized by a significantly higher prevalence of patients with visceral obesity (P=.021), hypertension (P=.010), metabolic syndrome (P=.000), and microalbuminuria (P=.000) and greater global cardiovascular risk (P=.000). Significantly increased levels of microalbuminuria (P=.000) and significantly decreased values of E/A ratio (P=.000) were also detected in the low education group. Global cardiovascular risk correlated directly with waist-to-hip ratio (P=.010), microalbuminuria (P=.015), and the metabolic syndrome (P>.012) and inversely with educational status (P=.000). Education was independently (P=.000) associated with global cardiovascular risk. These data indicate a strong association between low education and cardiometabolic comorbidities suitable to influence the evolution of chronic degenerative diseases. Preventive strategies need to be more efficient and more effective in this patient population. ©2015 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.

IAEA/NEA incident reporting system (IRS). Reporting guidelines. Feedback from safety related operating experience for nuclear power plants

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1998-01-01

The Incident Reporting System (IRS) is an international system jointly operated by the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) and the Nuclear Energy Agency of the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD/NEA). The fundamental objective of the IRS is to contribute to improving the safety of commercial nuclear power plants (NPPs) which are operated worldwide. This objective can be achieved by providing timely and detailed information on both technical and human factors related to events of safety significance which occur at these plants. The purpose of these guidelines, which supersede the previous IAEA Safety Series No. 93 (Part II) and the NEA IRS guidelines, is to describe the system and to give users the necessary background and guidance to enable them to produce IRS reports meeting a high standard of quality while retaining the high efficiency of the system expected by all Member States operating nuclear power plants. These guidelines have been jointly developed and approved by the NEA/IAEA

The Association between Education and Mortality for Adults with Intellectual Disability.

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Landes, Scott D

2017-03-01

Although the relationship between education and mortality is well documented in the general population, it has not been examined for adults with intellectual disability. Informed by fundamental cause theory, I explore the association between education and mortality in a sample of 4,241 adults with intellectual disability from the 1986-2009 National Health Interview Survey with Linked Mortality Files through 2011. Cox regression models were utilized to analyze the predictive effect of education on mortality risk while taking into account birth cohort differences. Increased education was associated with lower mortality risk for adults with intellectual disability, and this relationship strengthened in later birth cohorts who had greater access to the public education system. Comparison with a sample of 21,205 adults without intellectual disability demonstrates that the association between education and mortality risk was not as robust for adults with intellectual disability and highlights the ongoing socioeconomic challenges faced by this population.

LÍNEA BASE DE INDICADORES DE COMPETITIVIDAD TURÍSTICA COMO HERRAMIENTA PARA LA GESTIÓN DE DESTINOS

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Beatriz Helena Díaz-Solano

2016-06-01

Full Text Available El objetivo de esta investigación fue construir una línea base de indicadores de competitividad turística para la Región Caribe de Colombia a fin de monitorear el estado competitivo de sus destinos turísticos y de generar un boletín de publicación anual y circulación abierta que brinde a los actores y gestores del turismo, información para la toma de decisiones y la gestión de los destinos de la región. Como resultado de la investigación, se creó una línea base compuesta de 66 indicadores que reconocen las fuentes de información secundaria y la necesidad de crear instrumentos para recolectar más información primaria. El principal aporte fue la construcción colectiva de esta línea base con la participación de entes gubernamentales, actores y gestores del turismo de la región.

Expressões da Antiguidade na Arte e Literatura Modernas e Contemporâneas. Livro de resumos

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Caramelo, Francisco

2017-01-01

Livro de resumos do colóquio internacional «Expressões da Antiguidade na Arte e Literatura Modernas e Contemporâneas», organizado pelo grupo de investigação «A Antiguidade e a sua Recepção», do CHAM. Este encontro pretende impulsionar o debate científico no âmbito dos estudos da recepção da Antiguidade, no que respeita às épocas moderna e contemporânea do mundo ocidental, já que estas foram marcadas por um renovado interesse pelo mundo antigo. Da recuperação dos cânones clássicos, no século X...

Emily Dickinson: instantáneas del abismo

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Magda Consuelo Pinilla Monroy

2015-01-01

Full Text Available Capturar a la poeta en instantáneas hechas de palabras es el objetivo de este texto. El presente artículo corresponde al primer capítulo del proyecto en investigación-creación “Emily o la invención del abismo”. Esta colección intenta asir a Emily Dickinson a partir de la lectura de su obra, y en diálogo con las versiones que de ella han observado algunos de sus biógrafos o lectores. Recolectar las migajas de pan, reconstruir, moldear cada fotograma de Emily, y dotar de vida a pequeños fragmentos de su existencia nos ayuda comprender el misterio palpitante, el abismo sin fondo en el que nunca terminamos de caer.

Desempenho de seis gramíneas solteiras ou consorciadas com o Stylosanthes guianensis cv. Mineirão e eucalipto em sistema silvipastoril Performance of six tropical grasses alone or associated with Stylosanthes guianensis cv. Mineirão and eucalypt in silvopastoral system

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Carlos Mauricio Soares de Andrade

2003-12-01

Full Text Available Conduziu-se este estudo na região dos Cerrados de Minas Gerais, visando avaliar o desempenho de seis gramíneas forrageiras (Brachiaria brizantha cv. Marandu, B. brizantha cv. MG-4, B. decumbens cv. Basilisk, Panicum maximum cv. Mombaça, Melinis minutiflora e Hyparrhenia rufa, consorciadas ou não com a leguminosa Stylosanthes guianensis cv. Mineirão e Eucalyptus sp., em um sistema silvipastoril. As forrageiras foram estabelecidas em parcelas medindo 12 x 10 m, nas entrelinhas do eucalipto, em um delineamento experimental de blocos ao acaso, com três repetições, e avaliadas quanto ao grau de cobertura do solo, % de leguminosa e disponibilidade de matéria seca total no sub-bosque, um ano após o estabelecimento, submetidas a pastejos de curta duração. Após dois ciclos de pastejo, houve redução da proporção da leguminosa no consórcio com todas as gramíneas, sendo mais evidente com as mais agressivas (B. brizantha cv. Marandu e B. decumbens, onde ela quase desapareceu. Entretanto, a presença do estilosantes Mineirão favoreceu a produtividade do sub-bosque, quando consorciado com as demais gramíneas. O melhor desempenho produtivo foi obtido pelas gramíneas B. brizantha cv. Marandu, B. decumbens e P. maximum cv. Mombaça; a última principalmente quando consorciada com o estilosantes Mineirão.A study was conducted in the Brazilian Cerrados to evaluate the performance of six tropical forage grasses (Brachiaria brizantha cv. Marandu, B. brizantha cv. MG-4, B. decumbens cv. Basilisk, Panicum maximum cv. Mombaça, Melinis minutiflora and Hyparrhenia rufa, associated or not with the tropical forage legume Stylosanthes guianensis cv. Mineirão, in a silvopastoral system with a clone of Eucalyptus sp. The forages were established in plots of 12 x 10 m, in the interrows of eucalypts, in a randomized block design with three replications. Ground cover, proportion of the legume and total dry matter availability in the understorey were

Cultura literária contemporânea no Brasil: Notas sobre a Internet, Poesia e Resistência.

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Sandro Ornellas

2014-07-01

Full Text Available RESUMO: O objetivo deste artigo é apresentar algumas das mudanças em curso na cultura literária brasileira, a partir dos novos cenários e das novas experiências (artísticas e de sociabilidade propiciadas pela cultura digital contemporânea. Parte-se inicialmente de uma discussão metodológica sobre as articulações que seriam mais apropriadas para se pensar a cultura literária em tempos cada vez mais complexos como os da cultura digital, com suas implicações em ondas sobre outros campos, como o econômico, o político, o educacional e o artístico. Em seguida, apresenta-se alguns exemplos de produtivas contaminações entre o texto literário tradicional e o ambiente digital, a partir de poetas brasileiros que escrevem no século XXI, movidos de certa forma pelo calor das transformações tecnoculturais. Na terceira parte, discute-se algumas experiências contemporâneas de um retorno diferenciado a certas formas de edição artesanal como resultado justamente das mutações digitais do mundo contemporâneo, mas também como forma de resistência às novas modos de controle que daí também advém muito fortemente. PALAVRAS-CHAVE: Internet; texto poético; edição; cultura literária; literatura brasileira contemporânea.   ABSTRACT: The purpose of this essay is to present some of the on-going changes in Brazilian literary culture departing from new scenarios and from the new (artistic and sociability experiences proposed by contemporary digital culture. It starts with a methodological discussion about the most suitable joints to the literary culture in times increasingly complex as the digital era, with all its waveform implications on other fields, like the economic, the political, the educational and the artistic. Then, the essay presents examples of productive contamination between traditional literary text and digital environment from the XXI century Brazilian poets, moved in some way by the heat of tecnoculturals

Dissecção coronariana espontânea: relato de caso

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Couto,Gustavo J. Ventura; Deslandes,Alexandre de O.; Santos,Paulo César de Souza; Cruz,Alexandre de Araújo; Saraiva,Roberto Santos

2007-01-01

O objetivo do trabalho é demonstrar o caso de um homem de 62 anos, com quadro de dissecção coronariana espontânea, localizada em 1/3 inicial de coronária circunflexa esquerda, tratado cirurgicamente com revascularização miocárdica. A operação realizada com sucesso demonstra, nesse caso, ser o único meio possível de cura.

Comparación del perfil lipídico en dos líneas de pollos de engorde

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Osorio, José Henry; Flórez Ochoa, Jancy Darly; Uribe Velásquez, Luis Fernando

2012-01-01

El objetivo del presente estudio fue comparar el perfil lipídico en las líneas de pollo de engorde Ross 308 y Cobb 500, así como observar la relación entre los niveles lipídicos del suero en cada línea. Se obtuvo suero en ayunas de 89 pollos de engorde de 36 días de edad (44 Ross 308 y 45 Cobb 500). Se determinaron las concentraciones de triacilglicéridos, colesterol total y el colesterol de las lipoproteínas de alta densidad (HDL) usando un kit enzimático, el colesterol ...

Cultura visual contemporánea, subjetividad y psicoanálisis freudo-lacaniano: de las sensaciones al pensamiento

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Hernández García Rebollo, Enrique

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Se abordan los temas de algunos elementos de la cultura visual contemporánea, subjetividad y sus relaciones con el discurso psicoanalítico, partiendo de una crítica que va de los conceptos de sensación y percepción, desde un enfoque positivista(fisiologista), para llegar a analizar las profundas implicaciones que las lógicas de las imágenes tienen en la sociedad y la cultura contemporáneas, en donde disciplinas como el psicoanálisis y los estudios visuales pueden jugar un papel rector en la c...

Evaluación agronómica de líneas mutantes de arroz con tolerancia a Pyricularia grisea (ING

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Jorge Madriz Muñoz

2016-03-01

Full Text Available Utilizando el procedimiento de mutagénesis inducida con rayos Gamma Co60, seguida de selección individual, CRUZ et al. (1992 lograron obtener 53 plantas de arroz con resistencia parcial a Pyricularia grisea (Cooke Sacc. provenientes de una variedad comercial (CR-1113 originalmente susceptible a esta enfermedad. La primera etapa del presente trabajo consistió en la evaluación de 52 líneas obtenidas por los autores mencionados. De ellas se seleccionaron 14, siete por su buen comportamiento agronómico, buen rendimiento y resistencia parcial a la enfermedad, y siete por su precocidad y buenas características agronómicas. Posteriormente estas líneas fueron reproducidas y evaluadas en ensayos de campo. Los resultados obtenidos confirmaron que las líneas escogidas mantenían las características ventajosas por las que fueron seleccionadas.

Fuentes orales e historia contemporánea : un archivo en formación

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Teresa Pereira Rodríguez

1990-01-01

Full Text Available Las páginas siguientes intentan ofrecer una primera visión del pequeño archivo sonoro del Departamento de Historia Contemporánea de la UNED. Este repositorio se lia constituido al filo de una doble procedencia: el Curso Monográfico de Doctorado dedicado entre' 1984 y 1988 a «Fuentes Orales», y especialmente orientado desde 1988 a la «inmigración extranjera en España a partir de 1945»; y el Curso de «Fuentes Orales e Historia Contemporánea (Iniciación a su metodología», introducido en el Programa de «Matrícula Abierta a Distancia» desde 1987-88. Ambos impartidos por el Profesor Víctor Morales Lezcano en esta Universidad. A los fondos generados por sendos cursos se añaden otros documentos sonoros debidos a donaciones de diversa procedencia, realizadas entre 1984-89, que comprenden el algunos casos grabaciones de fecha anterior.

IEA-NEA Nuclear Technology Road-map Update - Asia Stakeholder Engagement Workshop

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Tam, Cecilia; ); Paillere, Henri; ); Guoxing, Gu; Tianmin, Xin; Autebert, Remy; Murphy, Paul; Barkatullah, Nadira; Nkong-Njock, Vincent; Dubinsky, Melissa; Cordero, Didier

2014-01-01

In 2010, the International Energy Agency (IEA) and the Nuclear Energy Agency (NEA) released a Nuclear Energy Technology Road-map which outlined the steps needed to accelerate the development of nuclear power and its role in achieve deep greenhouse-gas emissions reduction. Both the global energy sector and the outlook for nuclear have changed significantly since then and an update of this Road-map is currently underway. The IEA and NEA held a stakeholder dialogue meeting focused on nuclear develop in Asia on 25 February 2014 in Hong Kong. The meeting brought together key stakeholders from industry, government, finance and other relevant organisations from Asia and beyond to help define and prioritise key items to be discussed in the IEA/NEA's Nuclear Road-map Update. One of the expected outcomes of this intensive brainstorming and Road-map development session was to discus key targets, milestones, policy measures and other actions needed to support the development and deployment of nuclear power. The workshop was organized in 3 sessions dealing with: Session 1 - Technology development needs for nuclear (Reactor technology, Fuel cycle and decommissioning); Session 2 - Breakout Discussion: - Group I: Financing nuclear. This session focussed on today's reality for financing nuclear and the current economics of nuclear. Mechanisms such as government loan guarantees, vendor financing and role of export credit agencies were discussed. Participants were asked to share lessons learnt and current practices on financing nuclear as well as recommendations (if needed) for additional policy support or changes in technology development (e.g. SMR) which would facilitate greater deployment of nuclear technologies. - Group II: Nuclear regulation and safety. This session focussed on regulatory needs for enhanced security and regulation for new build programmes, institutional development requirements for new nuclear countries. Safety research following the Fukushima Daiichi accident

The Role of the Inspector during an Emergency. Addendum to the Inspection of Emergency Arrangements [NEA/CNRA/R(2013)2

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Veyret, Olivier; Kupila, Jukka

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A fundamental goal in a regulatory authority's oversight of nuclear facilities is to establish confidence that adequate arrangements are in place for emergency preparedness and response. The CNRA published a report in 1998 on the inspection of licensee activities in emergency planning [NEA/CNRA/R(98)2]. Significant changes have occurred in the interim period, including early lessons learnt from the Fukushima accident. Therefore, the WGIP determined that it would be prudent for member countries to share good inspection practices associated with emergency arrangements (preparedness and response) in an updated report. In December 2013, the WGIP therefore presented the report entitled Inspection of Emergency Arrangements [NEA/CNRA/R(2013)2] for CNRA approval. While the report was approved at the December 2013 CNRA meeting, members requested that a short addendum be developed to compile member countries experiences of the role of the inspector during an emergency. The present addendum to NEA/CNRA/R(2013)2 identifies six additional commendable practices. The WGIP generated a questionnaire to address aspects of the role of the inspector during an emergency. Details of the questions posed to WGIP members are set out in Section 3 of this report. The following twenty countries responded to the questionnaire: Belgium, Canada, Czech Republic, Finland, France, Germany, India, Italy, Japan, Korea, Mexico, the Netherlands, Russia, Slovak Republic, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, United Kingdom and United States. The WGIP members were requested to response concisely to the two main questions in the questionnaire. Appendix A provides the detailed responses to the questions. Appendix B includes supplementary information provided by several countries. An analysis of WGIP members' responses is presented in Section 4 of this report and conclusions are presented in Section 5

Nuclear model codes available at the Nuclear Energy Agency Computer Program Library (NEA-CPL)

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Sartori, E.; Garcia Viedma, L. de

1976-01-01

This paper briefly outlines the objectives of the NEA-CPL and its activities in the field of Nuclear Model Computer Codes. A short description of the computer codes available from the CPL in this field is also presented. (author)

NEA contributions to the worldwide collection, compilation and dissemination of nuclear reaction data

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Dupont, E.

2012-01-01

The NEA Data Bank is an international centre of reference for basic nuclear tools used in the analysis and prediction of phenomena in different nuclear applications. The Data Bank collects and compiles computer codes and scientific data and contributes to their improvement for the benefit of scientists in its member countries. In line with this mission, the Data Bank is a core centre of the International Network of Nuclear Reaction Data Centres (NRDC), which co-ordinates the worldwide collection, compilation and dissemination of nuclear reaction data. The NRDC network was established in 1976 from the earlier Four-Centres' Network created in 1966 by the United States, the NEA, the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) and the former Soviet Union. Today, the NRDC is a worldwide co-operation network under the auspices of the IAEA, with 14 nuclear data centres from 8 countries and 2 international organisations belonging to the network. The main objective of the NRDC is to preserve, update and disseminate experimental nuclear reaction data that have been compiled for more than 40 years in a shared database (EXFOR). The EXFOR database contains basic nuclear data on low- to medium-energy experiments for incident neutron, photon and various charged-particle-induced reactions on a wide range of isotopes, natural elements and compounds. Today, with more than 140 000 data sets from approximately 20 000 experiments, EXFOR is by far the most important and complete experimental nuclear reaction database in the world and is widely used in the field of nuclear science and technology. The Data Bank is responsible for the collection and compilation of nuclear reaction data measured in its geographical area. Since 1966, the Data Bank has contributed around 5 000 experiments to the EXFOR database, and it continues to compile new data while maintaining the highest level of quality throughout the database. NRDC co-ordination meetings are held on a biennial basis. Recent meetings

ENFERMEDADES Y COMPONENTES DE RENDIMIENTO EN LÍNEAS DE FRÉJOL BAJO TRES DENSIDADES DE SIEMBRA

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Full Text Available El objetivo fue evaluar las enfermedades, el rendimiento y sus componen - tes en líneas de fréjol bajo tres distanciamientos de siembra. El trabajo se realizó durante la época seca del año 2011, en la Universidad Técnica Estatal de Quevedo (UTEQ, Quevedo, Ecuador. Se determinó la incidencia y severidad de la roya ( Uromyces appendiculatus y mustia hilachosa ( Rizoctonia solani en los estadíos R7 (formación en legumbres y R8 (llenado de legumbres, y después de la cosecha la incidencia de las pudriciones radiculares ( Macrophomina phaseolina y R. solani . Los componentes de rendimiento (número de nudos, legumbres, granos, granos por legumbre, legumbres estériles y granos por planta y peso de granos. Se empleó un Diseño de Bloques Completos al Azar (DBCA con doce tratamientos y tres repeticiones, con arreglo factorial de 4 (líneas promisorias x 3 (planta/m. Para la comparación entre las medias de los tratamientos se empleó la prueba de Tukey al 5% de probabilidad del error. Las líneas promisorias de fréjol EVG 06-103 y SER-03 presentaron menor intensidad de enfermedades. Un aumento en la densidad poblacional causó un acrecentamiento en la intensidad de la roya. Las líneas SER-08 y SER-03 obtuvieron la mayor productividad según la mayoría de componentes de rendimiento y peso de granos. Finalmente, el incremento de la densidad de plantas promovió reducción significativa en el número de legumbres, granos y granos por legumbre por planta, contrario al aumento observado en el peso de granos

MONITOREO PEDAGÓGICO DE CURSOS EN LÍNEA, UNA PRÁCTICA PARA PROMOVER LA CALIDAD EN LA UNED

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Mora-Vicarioli, Francisco; Castro-Granados, Alejandra

2017-01-01

La Universidad Estatal a Distancia (UNED) de Costa Rica es una institución de educación superior que, actualmente hace uso intensivo de algunos medios tecnológicos, en particular, las plataformas de aprendizaje en línea. La implementación de dicha herramienta amerita la creación de mecanismos que promuevan y eleven la calidad de los cursos en línea, prestando atención a criterios específicos previamente definidos. Una estrategia importante para velar por el cumplimiento de dichos criterios es...

GRAMÍNEAS TROPICALES EN EL ENGORDE DE CUYES MEJORADOS SEXADOS (Cavia porcellus Linnaeus EN LA ZONA DE LA MANÁ

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Adolfo Sánchez Laiño

2009-06-01

Full Text Available La investigación de gramíneas tropicales en el engorde de cuyes en la zona de La Maná. La misma que persiguió los siguientes objetivos: Incrementar los índices productivos en cuyes (Cavia porcellus Linnaeus peruanos mejorados bajo el efecto del consumo del pasto saboya (Panicum maximun Jack, hojas de maíz (Zea mays y caña de azúcar (Saccharum officinarum L en la zona de La Maná, y determinar la rentabilidad de los tratamientos. Se utilizaron 48 cuyes peruanos mejorados sexados de 35 días de edad con un peso promedio de 305 g. Se aplicó un arreglo factorial 2 (sexo x 3 (gramíneas con cuatro repeticiones, dentro de un (DBCA. Para las comparaciones entre medidas se utilizó la prueba de Tukey al 0.05% de probabilidad. Para obtener la rentabilidad de los tratamientos se utilizó la Relación Beneficio–Costo. Se evaluó el: consumo de gramíneas (g, consumo de alimento (g, ganancia de peso (g, conversión alimenticia, peso vivo (g y rendimiento a la canal (%. Los cuyes machos presentaron el mayor (P0.05 no se vio afectado por el efecto del consumo de gramíneas. La mayor rentabilidad la registraron los cuyes machos alimentados con hoja de maíz + balanceado (52.4%.

Agentes promotores de la permeación percutánea

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Ileana Rodríguez Orjales

1998-04-01

Full Text Available Se presenta una panorámica sobre la diversidad de agentes potenciadores de la permeación que son utilizados en la actualidad, así como los procedimientos más frecuentemente empleados para conocer el mecanismo de acción de estas sustancias; además de realizar un recorrido por aspectos teóricos concernientes a la fisiología de la piel y la absorción percutánea. También se hace referencia a los posibles modos de acción en que estos potenciadores actúan y para concluir se mencionan algunas de las técnicas más novedosas para el mejoramiento de la difusión de sustancias activas a través de la barrera cutánea.It is presented a panorama on the diversity of those agents that enhance permeation and are used at present, as well as on the procedures most frequently used to know the mechanism of action of these substances. The theoretical aspects concerning the skin physiology and the percutaneous absorption are also approached. Reference is made to the possible modes of action in which these enhancers act. To conclude, some of the newest techniques used to improve the diffusion of active substances through the skin barrier are mentioned.

Educational and Relational Stressors Associated with Burnout in Korean Medical Students.

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Seo, Ji-Hyun; Kim, Hye Jung; Kim, Bong-Jo; Lee, So-Jin; Bae, Hwa-Ok

2015-10-01

This study aimed to examine whether educational stressors and relational stressors are associated with burnout in medical students and to test social support as a moderator between stressors and burnout. A total of 263 medical students attending Gyeongsang National University composed the study sample. A standardized questionnaire was used to investigate educational and relational stressors, three dimensions of burnout, and social support of medical students. The findings showed that overall burnout is very high among Korean medical students, with 9.9% totally burned out. Educational and relational stressors were significantly associated with the risk of burnout in medical students after controlling for socio-demographics and health behaviors. Social support moderated educational and relational stressors on personal accomplishment, but did not moderate stressors on emotional exhaustion and depersonalization. Burnout level is substantially high among Korean medical students. Educational and relational stressors are significantly associated with burnout risk in Korean medical students. Social support had moderated educational and relational stressors on personal accomplishment. The results suggest that more social support for medical students is needed to buffer stressors on and burnout.

Summary of OECD survey of education in the nuclear energy field in Finland

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Kalli, H.

1999-01-01

This summary is a part of the work in the OECD/NEA/NDC expert group on the survey and analysis of education in the nuclear field. The text will later be published as a country report in the final report by expert group. (author)

Recent progress of the NEA Stripa project on in situ experiments in granite associated with the disposal of radioactive waste

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Carlyle, S.G.; Carlsson, H.S.

1987-01-01

The NEA Stripa project has devoted considerable effort to the measurement and assessment of the hydrogeology, hydrogeochemistry and migration phenomena of the stripa granite and to the simulation of conditions likely to be found within an engineered repository in granitic rock. These include refining existing, and developing new, geophysical and hydraulic techniques for the mapping and characterization of fractures in crystalline rocks; conducting field experiments to assess the migration of tracers in single-and multiple-fracture systems; and studying the behaviour of bentonite clay as the back-filling and sealing material in a granitic environment. This paper summarizes the most important findings and outlines the main aims of possible future research under any phase 3 of the project. The latter may include making mathematical predictions of the hydrogeological behavior of the Stripa granite and their subsequent validation by field measurements

Gestión de cursos en línea

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María Gloria Ortiz Ortiz

2015-10-01

Full Text Available La creación de un modelo para la gestión de cursos en línea supone la combinación de una serie de principios teóricometodológicos que se traducen en una organización articulada y estructurada a partir de las interrelaciones entre cada uno de los elementos del modelo; siempre respondiendo a teorías específicas que explican el aprendizaje y que se traducen en ambientes que permiten la interacción y la producción de conocimiento de manera colaborativa y cooperativa. El diseño de cursos en línea considera los principios del trabajo colaborativo y transdisciplinarios en el que se combinan distintas disciplinas aportando, como ya se mencionó, elementos teórico-metodológicos en cada uno de los momentos del diseño.SummaryThe creation of a model for online courses management supposes the combination of a series of methodological and theoretical principles that are translated into an organization articulated and structured from the interrelations among each one of the elements of the model. This is to respond to specific learning theories translated into environments that permit the interaction and the knowledge production in a collaborative and cooperative way. The design of online courses considers the principles of the collaborative and transdisciplinary work, in which different disciplines are combined. As already it was mentioned, it is a contribution to theoretical-methodological elements in every moment of the design.

Proceedings of the Second OECD/NEA Organisation Meeting on Increased Accident Tolerance of Fuels for LWRs

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Massara, Simone; ); Bragg-Sitton, Shannon; Braase, Lori; Merrill, Brad; Teague, Melissa; Stanek, Chris R.; Montgomery, Robert H.; Ott, Larry J.; Robb, Kevin; Snead, Lance; Farmer, Mitch; Billone, Michael C.; Todosow, Michael; Brown, Nicholas; Brachet, J.C.; Le Flem, M.; Sauder, C.; Idarraga-Trujillo, I.; Michaux, A.; Lorrette, C.; Le Saux, M.; Blanpain, P.; Park, Jeong-Yong; Yang, Jae-Ho; Kim, Weon-Ju; Koo, Yang-Hyun; Liu, T.; Hallstadius, Lars; Lahoda, Ed; Waeckel, N.; Bonnet, J.M.; Vitanza, Carlo; Ohta, Hirokazu; Ogata, Takanari; Nakamura, Kinya; Dyck, Gary; Inozemtsev, Victor; )

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Under the guidance of the OECD-NEA Nuclear Science Committee, the expert group acts as a forum for scientific and technical information exchange on advanced light water reactor (LWR) fuels with enhanced accident tolerance. The expert group focusses on the fundamental properties and behaviour under normal operations and accident conditions for advanced core materials and components (fuels, cladding, control rods, etc.). The materials considered are applicable to Gen II and Gen III Light Water Reactors, as well as Gen III+ reactors under construction. The objective of the expert group is to define and coordinate a programme of work to help advance the scientific knowledge needed to provide the technical underpinning for the development of advanced LWR fuels with enhanced accident tolerance compared to currently used zircaloy/UO 2 fuel systems, as well as other non-fuel core components with important roles in LWR performance under accident conditions. This document brings together the available presentations (slides) given at the 2. Meeting on Increased Accident Tolerance of Fuels for LWRs. Content: 1 - Overview of the exchanges after the December-2012 Workshop through the discussion forum established at the OECD-NEA (S. Massara, NEA); 2 - Metrics Development for Enhanced Accident Tolerant LWR Fuels (S. Bragg-Sitton, INL); 3 - Candidate ATF Clad Technologies and Key Feasibility Issues (L. Snead, ORNL); 4 - CEA studies on nuclear fuel claddings for LWRs enhanced accident tolerant fuel. Some recent results, pending issues and prospects (J.C. Brachet, CEA); 5 - Current status on the accident tolerant fuel development in the Republic of Korea (J.Y. Park, J.H. Chang, KAERI); 6 - The current status of fuel R and D in the P.R. of China (T. Liu, CGN). Session 2: Key elements for a work programme on ATF: 7 - Beneficial characteristics of ATF (metrics) (L. Hallstadius, Westinghouse); 8 - Reactor types of interest (applicability) (L. Ott, ORNL); 9 - Impact on normal operations

Design de joias a partir de aspectos plásticos da dança conteporânea

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Eliana Paula Calegari; Carlos Gustavo Hoelzel

2011-01-01

Este estudo consiste em mostrar de maneira objetiva e clara as etapas de desenvolvimento do projeto de uma coleção de joias a partir de aspectos plásticos da dança contemporânea. Para alcançar esse objetivo, foram realizadas pesquisas em torno do design de joias e a dança contemporânea, sendo utilizada como referência no processo criativo durante a projetação das peças. Desenvolveram-se alternativas de solução através de desenhos e traços de composição de referenciais plásticos da dança onde ...

Espectro clínico de tuberculosis cutánea Clinic spectrum of cutaneous tuberculosis

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2008-09-01

Full Text Available La Tuberculosis (TBC es producida por el Mycobacterium tuberculosis o bacilo de Koch, y se ha observado en las últimas décadas, una reemergencia de casos pulmonares y extrapulmonares. La TBC cutánea es infrecuente, y presenta un amplio espectro clínico dependiendo del interjuego existente entre el agente, el huésped y el ambiente. TBC cutánea, ilustrándola con casos clínicos de pacientes que concurrieron a nuestro servicio.Tuberculosis (TBC is caused by Mycobacterium tuberculosis or Koch's bacillus, and there was a re-emergence of pulmonary and extrapulmonary cases in the last decades. Cutaneous TBC is uncommon, there is a broad clinical spectrum and an interrelationship between the agent, the guest and the environment. A description of each form of cutaneous TBC was made, illustrating it with clinical cases of patients who were attended in our service.

Human Health and Performance Considerations for Exploration of Near Earth Asteroids (NEA)

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Kundrot, Craig E.; Charles, John B.; Steinberg, Susan L.

2011-01-01

This slide presentation reviews some of the health and performance issues for an manned exploration mission to some of the Near Earth Asteroids (NEA). The issues that NASA is reviewing are: 1. Radiation exposure 2. Inadequate food and nutrition 3. Challenges to behavioral health 4. Muscle, cardiovascular, bone atrophy 5. Dust and volatiles 6. Remote medical care 7. Decompression sickness.

Review of fast reactor activities at OECD (NEA)

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Stephens, M.

1981-01-01

The Committee on the Safety of Nuclear Installations initiated several reports in 1979. Status reports are published on: the role of fission gas release in case of fuel element failure; reactivity monitoring in a LMFBR at shutdown; increasing the reliability of fast reactor shutdown systems. A report is planned on the interactions between sodium and concrete. LMFBR safety issue that were studied are concerned with containment R and D; natural circulation cooling; and fuel failure modelling. Nuclear Development Division was concerned with Gas cooled fast reactors technology. Nuclear Science Division dealt with fast reactor physics and nuclear data for fast reactors. NEA Data Bank provides technical support and acts as a computer code library and nuclear data centre

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1995-01-01

The OECD/NEA data Bank collects, tests and distributes computer programs and numerical data in the field of nuclear energy applications. These codes cover: cross section and resonance integral calculations, spectrum calculations, generations of group constants and cell problems, static design studies, depletion, fuel management, cost analysis, and power plants economics, radiological safety, hazard and accident analysis, heat transfer and fluid flow, deformation and stress distributions, structural analysis and engineering design studies, gamma heating and shield design, reactor systems analysis, data preparation, processing and management, general mathematical and computing system routines, materials, environmental and earth sciences, electronics, engineering equipment and energy systems studies, chemistry, particles accelerators and high voltage machines, physics, magnetic fusion research

The role of partners' educational attainment in the association between HIV and education amongst women in seven sub-Saharan African countries.

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Harling, Guy; Bärnighausen, Till

2016-01-01

Individuals' educational attainment has long been considered as a risk factor for HIV. However, little attention has been paid to the association between partner educational attainment and HIV infection. We conducted cross-sectional analysis of young women (aged 15-34) in 14 Demographic and Health Surveys from seven sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) countries with generalized HIV epidemics. We measured the degree of similarity in educational attainment (partner homophily) in 75,373 partnerships and evaluated the correlation between homophily and female HIV prevalence at the survey cluster level. We then used logistic regression to assess whether own and partner educational attainment was associated with HIV serostatus amongst 38,791 women. Educational attainment was positively correlated within partnerships in both urban and rural areas of every survey (Newman assortativity coefficients between 0.09 and 0.44), but this correlation was not ecologically associated with HIV prevalence. At the individual level, larger absolute differences between own and partner educational attainment were associated with significantly higher HIV prevalence amongst women. This association was heterogeneous across countries, but not between survey waves. In contrast to other women, for those aged 25-34 who had secondary or higher education, a more-educated partner was associated with lower HIV prevalence. HIV prevalence amongst women in SSA is associated not only with one's own education but also with that of one's partner. These findings highlight the importance of understanding how partners place individuals at risk of infection and suggest that HIV prevention efforts may benefit from considering partner characteristics.

The role of partners’ educational attainment in the association between HIV and education amongst women in seven sub-Saharan African countries

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Harling, Guy; Bärnighausen, Till

2016-01-01

Introduction Individuals’ educational attainment has long been considered as a risk factor for HIV. However, little attention has been paid to the association between partner educational attainment and HIV infection. Methods We conducted cross-sectional analysis of young women (aged 15–34) in 14 Demographic and Health Surveys from seven sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) countries with generalized HIV epidemics. We measured the degree of similarity in educational attainment (partner homophily) in 75,373 partnerships and evaluated the correlation between homophily and female HIV prevalence at the survey cluster level. We then used logistic regression to assess whether own and partner educational attainment was associated with HIV serostatus amongst 38,791 women. Results Educational attainment was positively correlated within partnerships in both urban and rural areas of every survey (Newman assortativity coefficients between 0.09 and 0.44), but this correlation was not ecologically associated with HIV prevalence. At the individual level, larger absolute differences between own and partner educational attainment were associated with significantly higher HIV prevalence amongst women. This association was heterogeneous across countries, but not between survey waves. In contrast to other women, for those aged 25–34 who had secondary or higher education, a more-educated partner was associated with lower HIV prevalence. Conclusions HIV prevalence amongst women in SSA is associated not only with one's own education but also with that of one's partner. These findings highlight the importance of understanding how partners place individuals at risk of infection and suggest that HIV prevention efforts may benefit from considering partner characteristics. PMID:26902392

Desarrollo del capital social de los estudiantes universitarios a través de las redes sociales en línea

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Gabriel Valerio

2013-12-01

Full Text Available Objeto: Comprender cómo las redes sociales en línea promueven el desarrollo del capital social de los estudiantes universitarios. Diseño/metodología: Cualitativa y de corte etnográfico, estudió durante un semestre académico (5 meses el caso de un grupo de 21 universitarios de la carrera de Licenciatura en Administración de Tecnologías de Información de una escuela privada en México. Se utilizó la observación participativa, a través de Facebook, y la entrevista como herramientas de recolección de datos. Aportaciones y resultados: Las redes sociales en línea tienen potencial de favorecer el desarrollo del capital social, ya que promueven, en distinta medida, las dimensiones relacionales del capital social: el desarrollo de la confianza, la identificación, la compartición de normas y la adquisición de expectativas y obligaciones. Las tres principales características que poseen  las redes sociales en línea para propiciar el desarrollo del capital social son: la posibilidad de compartir recursos de información, la posibilidad de comunicarse de manera pública y privada y la posibilidad de incrementar la red de contactos. Limitaciones: A No se pudo observar las actividades que se realizan de forma privada. B Aunque existen muchas herramientas de redes sociales en línea, sólo se analizó el comportamiento de los participantes a través de Facebook. C El perfil de los participantes de la comunidad bajo estudio es bastante homogéneo. Por ello, al momento de interpretar los resultados, el nivel de generalización se reduce a comunidades que tengan características similares. Valor añadido: Investigaciones previas han demostrado que las redes sociales en línea pueden favorecer el desarrollo del capital social en los estudiantes universitarios. Sin embargo, este trabajo identifica las características particulares de las redes sociales en línea, y los comportamientos de los estudiantes universitarios, que permiten que se de

Nuevos autores en política. La sociabilidad en la España contemporánea

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Luis P. MARTÍN

2010-02-01

Full Text Available RESUMEN: El interés que ha despertado el estudio de la sociabilidad desde hace algunos años, nos ha llevado a preocuparnos por una sistematización sobre los componentes políticos en algunos modelos de asociaciones. Nuestro trabajo delimita las tipologías que configuran unas prácticas políticas innovadoras que derivan de la aparición de nuevos comportamientos sociales y del establecimiento de relaciones inter-personales más ágiles. Estos nuevos códigos son, en suma, la manifestación de un profundo cambio cultural de los universos políticos en la España contemporánea. Partiendo de estas nuevas bases, nos acercaremos a la formación de los partidos políticos modernos en tanto que elementos receptores de esta nueva cultura política. Palabras Clave. Sociabilidad, cultura política, redes y partidos, España contemporánea. ABSTRACT: Our study of sociability for several years, has led us to adopt a systématisation approach to the political aspects of certain forms of association. This work focuses on the typologies of new social behaviours and changing interpersonal relations. All in all, these new codes express the deep cultural change in the political spheres in present-day Spain. In light of these facts, we investigate the formation of sociability networks as well as the origins of modern political parties, viewed as receptive elements of n ew political culture. Key Words: Sociability^ political cultures, networks and political parties, Contemporary Spain.

Modelo de Excelencia de Programas Formativos en Línea (MEPFL)

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Olga María ALEGRE DE LA ROSA; Luis Miguel VILLAR ANGULO

2006-01-01

La mejora de la calidad de la docencia universitaria requiere el desarrollo profesional y docente del profesorado. Este artículo ilustra el Modelo de Excelencia de Programas Formativos en Línea (MEPFL) basado en el modelo europeo de aseguramiento de la calidad para la mejora de criterios, estándares e indicadores de un programa formativo. Los resultados de la aplicación del MEPFL indican la necesidad de políticas de calidad que apoyen las competencias de los evaluadores para mejorar los prog...

NEA activities in 1996. Twenty-fifth annual report of the OECD Nuclear Energy Agency

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1997-01-01

The activity of NEA in 1996 is briefly summarised. The following issues are concerned: trends in nuclear power, nuclear development, reactor safety and regulations, radiation protection, waste management, nuclear science, legal affairs, co-operative projects, relation with non-member countries. (K.A.) (K.A.)

BWR stability analysis: methodology of the stability analysis and results of PSI for the NEA/NCR benchmark task; SWR Stabilitaetsanalyse: Methodik der Stabilitaetsanalyse und PSI-Ergebnisse zur NEA/NCR Benchmarkaufgabe

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Hennig, D.; Nechvatal, L. [Paul Scherrer Inst. (PSI), Villigen (Switzerland)

1996-09-01

The report describes the PSI stability analysis methodology and the validation of this methodology based on the international OECD/NEA BWR stability benchmark task. In the frame of this work, the stability properties of some operation points of the NPP Ringhals 1 have been analysed and compared with the experimental results. (author) figs., tabs., 45 refs.

Actividad citotóxica del extracto etanólico de gnaphalium spicatum "keto keto" en cultivos de líneas celulares tumorales humanas

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David Callacondo-Riva

2008-10-01

Full Text Available Objetivos. Evaluar la actividad citotóxica de extractos etanólicos de raíces, tallos, hojas y flores de Gnaphalium spicatum sobre algunas líneas celulares tumorales humanas. Materiales y métodos. Las líneas celulares HT-29, H-460, MCF-7, M-14, PC-3, DU-145, K-562, y 3T3, fueron expuestas a cuatro concentraciones de extractos etanólicos de raíces, tallos, hojas y flores de Gnaphalim spicatum, asimismo, a diferentes concentraciones de cisplatino, que se usó como control positivo. Se halló los porcentajes de crecimiento en 48 horas. Luego se determinó la concentración inhibitoria 50 (CI50 mediante análisis de regresión lineal, el índice de selectividad de cada muestra y finalmente, la relación dosis-respuesta entre las concentraciones de los extractos y cisplatino, con los porcentajes de crecimiento. Resultados. El extracto etanólico de las raíces de Gnaphalium spicatum mostró mayor actividad citotóxica en la líneas celulares MCF-7 y K-562. Los CI50 en μg/mL fueron de 98 (r= -0,98 p a 0,250 mg/mL en todas la líneas celulares evaluadas. Conclusiones. Los extractos etanólicos de tallos, hojas y flores de Gnaphalium spicatum no mostraron actividad citotóxica en este bioensayo. Los extractos de raíces mostraron citotoxicidad en las todas las líneas celulares tumorales, excepto en M-14. Además fueron menos citotóxicos en relación al cisplatino en la línea celular 3T3.

A strategic view on nuclear data needs. Report by the NEA Secretariat

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1993-09-01

At its third meeting in October 1992, the NEA Nuclear Science Committee (NSC) discussed an interim report from a Working Party on scientific data requirements for the 1990s. Discussions covered: - the need for more accurate or new scientific nuclear data, - the continuing availability of data measurement facilities, - the risk of losing expertise with the retirement of experienced scientists, the role of national and international data centres. It was agreed to initiate a strategic review of these questions and to produce a synthesis document where the recommendations could be presented to Member countries as a proposal for action. A small group of NSC members was formed to draft a first version of such a report. The group met at the end of January 1993 to discuss the layout and content of the document and started to write the different chapters. A draft version of the report was then discussed at a NEA Think Tank meeting at the end of May 1993, followed by an in-depth discussion at the Nuclear Science Committee meeting in early June 1993. The comments and suggestions from these meetings have been incorporated in the present report. 6 annexes

The OECD/NEA Data Bank, its computer program services and benchmarking activities

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Sartori, E.; Galan, J.M.

1998-01-01

The OECD/NEA Data Bank collects, tests and distributes computer programs and numerical data in the field of nuclear energy applications. This activity is coordinated with several similar centres in the United States (ESTSC, NNDC, RSIC) and outside the OECD area through an arrangement with the IAEA. This information is shared worldwide for the benefit of scientists and engineers working on the safe and economic use of nuclear energy. The OECD/NEA Nuclear Science Committee the supervising body of the Data Bank has conducted a series of international computer code benchmark exercises with the aim of verifying the correctness of codes, of building confidence in models used for predicting macroscopic behaviour of nuclear systems and to drive towards refinement of models where necessary. Exercises involving nuclear cross section predictions, in-core reactor physics issues, such as pin cells for different type of reactors, plutonium recycling, reconstruction of pin power within assemblies, core transients, reactor shielding and dosimetry, away from reactor issues such as criticality safety for transport and storage of spent fuel, shielding of radioactive material packages and other problems connected with the back end of the fuel cycle, are listed and the relevant references provided. (author)

COMPORTAMENTO DE HERBICIDA EM SOLO DE VÁRZEA COM DRENAGEM SUBTERRÂNEA

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CRUCIANI D.E.

1996-01-01

Full Text Available O conhecimento do comportamento de herbicidas é fundamental na avaliação de sua eficácia na agricultura e na compreensão do impacto ambiental causado por estes produtos químicos. A drenagem do solo pode influir no comportamento do herbicida pois pode atuar como fator modificador de sua mobilidade, transporte, arraste superficial e infiltração no solo e consequentemente, da contaminação de águas subterrâneas. A presente pesquisa teve por objetivo verificar o efeito de um sistema de drenagem subterrâneo sobre o arraste lateral, lixiviação e contaminação do lençol freático pelo herbicida trifluralina aplicado em pré-emergência na cultura do milho. Os resultados obtidos das avaliações efetuadas na superfície do solo, na profundidade de 0 - 15 cm e na água de drenagem permitiram concluir, principalmente, que a drenagem subterrânea funciona como redutor da lixiviação superficial do herbicida, diminuindo assim os riscos de contaminação ambiental.

NEA activities in preserving, evaluating and applying data from fast reactor experiments

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Gulliford, Jim; Cornet, S.M.; Hill, I.; Yamaji, A.

2013-01-01

Conclusions: Progress to date: • Extensive programme of work to preserve and evaluate data from integral experiments has been established since the mid 1990s. • NEA Data Bank maintains and distributes several databases of these integral experiments, notably through the ICSBEP and IRPhE projects. • More recently programmes of work have been established to help preserve data from the UK Fast Reactor Programme and from various experiments related to minor actinide management. • Data obtained from these programmes are made available to the nuclear science community to provide high quality benchmarks against which modelling methods can be validated. • Involvement of younger scientists and engineers to work alongside well-established experts in the process of evaluating the information is a highly efficient means of transmitting tacit knowledge to the new generation of nuclear specialists. Conclusions: Looking ahead - • Further development of Databases and Database tools, e.g. – improved coverage of fast reactor experiments, MAs; – improved treatment of correlations in uncertainties between experiments; – production of sensitivities to facilitate identification of similar experiments. • Continuation securing UK archives and creating framework for information: – Start identifying suitable integral experiments for inclusion in NEA databases

A musealização da arte contemporânea como um processo discursivo e reflexivo de reinvenção do museu

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Elisa Noronha Nascimento

2014-06-01

Full Text Available Este artigo apresenta sucintamente um estudo desenvolvido sobre museus de arte contemporânea, mais especificamente sobre a musealização da arte contemporânea como um processo de atualização, adesão, rutura, afirmação, reorientação de discursos e práticas institucionais. Centra-se na construção do enquadramento teórico utilizado para explorar como os museus ao musealizarem a arte contemporânea realizam os paradigmas, as discussões, as funções que os justificam e os fundamentam; e quais são as transformações por eles sofridas ao longo deste processo. Essencialmente, insere-se na discussão sobre a constituição da identidade dos museus e procura compreender e refletir criticamente acerca das ideias atuais, do conceito implícito do que vem a ser um museu de arte contemporânea quando uma determinada instituição se manifesta como tal.

Correlación entre bilirrubina serica y bilirrubinometría transcutánea en neonatos estratificados por edad gestacional

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Furzán, Jaime A; Expósito, Mercedes; Luchón, Consuelo

2007-01-01

Introducción: La ictericia neonatal es un dilema diagnóstico y terapéutico muy común. Las decisiones basadas en mediciones seriadas de bilirrubina sérica se asocian con dolor en el niño, tiempo de espera y ansiedad por los resultados. La bilirrubinometría transcutánea puede ser una alternativa confiable si se demuestra su validez para poblaciones e instituciones particulares. Objetivos: Establecer el grado de correlación entre bilirrubina sérica total (BST) y bilirrubina transcutánea (BTC) en...

Contribution of the Nea data bank in the field of calculation codes in radiation protection, radio physics and dosimetry

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Kodeli, I.; Sartori, E.

2003-01-01

The Nuclear energy agency is a specialised agency of OECD (organization economic co-operation and development). These missions are to help its members to keep and improve by international cooperation, the scientific, technological and legal bases necessary to a peaceful use of nuclear energy. Nea includes twenty eight countries. Nea works in collaboration with IAEA. The field of activities concerns the acquisition, validation and distribution of nuclear data, calculation codes and experiments. To help users, it organises conferences and training about the calculation codes that it shares out. (N.C.)

Variaciones hematológicas y de presión sanguínea en perros después de una picadura de abejas

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Jorge Muñoz G.

2013-03-01

Full Text Available Objetivo. El objetivo de este estudio fue determinar los cambios hematológicos y de presión arterial en perros después de una picadura cutánea de abejas. Material y métodos. Se utilizaron 10 perros adultos, a los cuales se les inoculó veneno de abeja mediante una picadura cutánea controlada. De cada animal se extrajo una muestra de sangre previa y los 15 y 300 minutos post inoculación. Se registró la presión arterial sistólica (PAS, diastólica (PAD, media (PAM y de pulso (PP desde 15 minutos previos hasta 45 minutos posteriores a la inoculación. Resultados. El recuento de eritrocitos, el hematocrito y la concentración de hemoglobina se redujeron a los 15 minutos post-inoculación (p0.05. Conclusiones. La picadura cutánea de abejas produce un descenso transitorio del recuento de eritrocitos, hematocrito y concentración de hemoglobina, junto con una disminución en el recuento de reticulocitos y del recuento relativo de eosinófilos, sin alterar mayormente la presión sanguínea.

Report from the NEA Data Bank to the NRDC meeting in Paris, France

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2002-01-01

This paper is the status report of the NEA Data Bank. It describes the organisational structure, the numerical and bibliographic data collections, other nuclear data activities and the data from the integral data experiments. The thermochemical database (TDB) in described, as well as the computer program services and the in-house computer configuration. (a.n.)

Estéticas no design de joias contemporâneas

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Erika Yamamoto Lee

2015-06-01

Full Text Available O presente artigo refere-se à ação de produzir joias, na contemporaneidade, considerando o pensamento, o conhecimento e o sentimento do autor joalheiro. A história da joalheria e a da estética são relacionadas, ressaltando as mudanças sociológicas das principais rupturas escolásticas nas artes e na filosofia das formas. A atividade do designer de joias está atrelada aos estudos do mercado, da trajetória do belo, na sociedade, com o objetivo de encarnar na forma e sua essência no objeto estético. O conhecimento em profundidade sobre o belo e suas categorias estéticas seguem o seu tempo e mercado, permitindo ao designer liberar o caminho para o juízo crítico, a faculdade de pensar a forma, na fronteira entre teoria e prática, emoção e cálculo. A joia contemporânea reluz o belo, a técnica, a ideia, o imaginário. A estética contemporânea pondera a escassez de matéria-prima e os vários pensamentos que refletem na criação da forma. O conteúdo deste texto pincela brevemente a importância do conhecimento do designer no desenvolvimento de novas formas para atender às exigências do mercado.

Líneas de fuga: transformación y cambio social

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Sebastián Alejandro González Montero

2014-12-01

Full Text Available La idea central del artículo es que la hipótesis de las líneas de fuga sencillamente orienta el problema general de las resistencias difusas. Se sostiene que abordar la cuestión de cómo cambian y se transforman las sociedades depende de acotar el terreno de la investigación más allá de los fenómenos de rechazo, inconformidad y divergencia colectiva. Desde ese punto de vista, se intenta diferenciar entre: i las campañas cuyo esfuerzo colectivo se traslada a la reivindicación política; ii las coaliciones en las reuniones públicas, los mítines, las manifestaciones, peticiones o declaraciones, procesiones solemnes y vigilias; y iii los fenómenos de innovación social. Se trata de mostrar que se puede considerar a los movimientos sociales en el contexto de situaciones decisivas de la transformación radical de la experiencia social ganando en una definición que excede la cuestión del activismo popular y la lucha por la transformación política del Estado. La naturaleza de la investigación es teórica, luego su metodología tiene que ver con el planteamiento general de la hipótesis filosófica de las líneas de fuga, en su compresión como orientación sociológica general.

El agua subterránea en la Costa de Hermosillo

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José Luis Moreno Vázquez

2000-01-01

Full Text Available En este trabajo se analiza el papel que desempeñó la evolución del conocimiento científico en materia de agua subterránea en el desarrollo de una región agrícola del noroeste del país. En la introducción, se aborda el contexto económico y la visión dominante que existía sobre la disponibilidad y aprovechamiento del agua que hicieron posible el nacimiento de la Costa de Hermosillo a mediados de los años 40. En el primer apartado, se describe el conocimiento que había sobre el agua del subsuelo en ciertas zonas del país y del estado de Sonora antes de dicho nacimiento. En el segundo, se muestran las diferentes estimaciones realizadas acerca del potencial de agua subterránea a nivel nacional y estatal, así como los métodos empleados para tal efecto. En el tercer apartado, se discuten las diversas estimaciones efectuadas sobre la recarga natural del acuífero de la Costa a lo largo de la década de los años 60. Por último, en el cuarto se ofrece un resumen de las conclusiones derivadas de este análisis y los riesgos de la falta de conocimiento actualizado sobre este acuífero ante la posible puesta en práctica de nuevos proyectos de aprovechamiento de agua.

European Nuclear Education Network Association - Support for nuclear education, training and knowledge management

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Ghitescu, Petre

2009-01-01

Developed in 2002-2003 the FP5 EURATOM project 'European Nuclear Engineering Network - ENEN' aimed to establish the basis for conserving nuclear knowledge and expertise, to create an European Higher Education Area for nuclear disciplines and to facilitate the implementation of the Bologna declaration in the nuclear disciplines. In order to ensure the continuity of the achievements and results of the ENEN project, on 22 September 2003, the European Nuclear Higher Education Area was formalized by creating the European Nuclear Education Network Association. ENEN Association goals are oriented towards universities by developing a more harmonized approach for education in the nuclear sciences and engineering in Europe, integrating European education and training in nuclear safety and radiation protection and achieving a better cooperation and sharing of resources and capabilities at the national and international level. At the same time it is oriented towards the end-users (industries, regulatory bodies, research centers, universities) by creating a secure basis of knowledge and skills of value to the EU. It maintains an adequate supply of qualified human resources for design, construction, operation and maintenance of nuclear infrastructures and plants. Also it maintains the necessary competence and expertise for the continued safe use of nuclear energy and applications of radiation in industry and medicine. In 2004-2005, 35 partners continued and expanded the started in FP 5 ENEN Association activities with the FP6 project 'NEPTUNO- Nuclear Education Platform for Training and Universities Organizations'. Thus ENEN established and implemented the European Master of Science in Nuclear Engineering, expanded its activities from education to training, organized and coordinated training sessions and pilot courses and included in its activities the Knowledge Management. At present, the ENEN Association gathers 45 universities, 7 research centers and one multinational company

Waste management and radiation protection overview of the practices in the NEA member countries

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Takahashi, M.; Riotte, H.; Ruegger, B.

2000-01-01

For many years the NEA has been reviewing waste management practices in Member States. Measures applied in the nuclear fuel cycle to reduce waste generation are outlined and characteristics of waste management in all steps of the nuclear fuel cycle are described. Views gained are discussed. (author)

Fixação pedicular percutânea de fraturas vertebrais toracolombares sem compromisso neurológico

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Luís Miguel Pinheiro da Silva

2013-01-01

Full Text Available OBJETIVO: Avaliar a eficácia e a segurança da fixação pedicular percutânea em fraturas toraco-lombares, sem compromisso neurológico. MÉTODOS: Foram incluídos no estudo os pacientes com idade compreendida entre os 18 e 70 anos com fratura toracolombar AO tipo (A.3, cifose> 30º ou redução da altura do corpo vertebral> 50% ou compressão do canal vertebral >50% que foram submetidos a tratamento cirúrgico com fixação pedicular percutânea. Foram avaliados os parâmetros radiológicos: ângulo de Cobb, colapso vertebral, acunhamento anterior e compressão do canal vertebral no pré-operatório, pós-operatório e no fim do seguimento. O resultado funcional e clínico foi avaliado pelo Oswestry Disability Index (ODI. RESULTADOS: O tempo operatório médio foi de 81 minutos (Mín. 69, Máx. 95 min. O volume médio de perda sanguínea intraoperatória foi de 85 ml (Mín. 75 e Máx. 155 ml. O seguimento médio foi de sete meses (Min. três meses, Máx. 14 meses. Apresentaram um ODI médio final de 18% (excelente. CONCLUSÕES: Os resultados clínicos sugerem que a fixação pedicular percutânea pode ser uma técnica cirúrgica alternativa para o tratamento das fraturas toracolombares AO tipo (A.3, sem défices neurológicos. Esta técnica demonstrou ser eficaz e segura, apresentando as vantagens de uma abordagem minimamente invasiva.

NEA's analysis of the needs in innovation and research in the domain of dismantling

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Laurent, G.

2014-01-01

Today's approach of the dismantling of nuclear facilities is labour intensive and consequently very expensive. NEA's study suggests that research works should be done to find more efficient technologies for decontamination and dismantling. 5 lines of research have been identified by NEA. First, new technologies must be found to get a more accurate spatial distribution of contaminants. Secondly, the different cutting methods must be assessed in terms of efficiency, dosimetry and secondary waste generation. Thirdly, a better understanding of the chemical and physical processes that may be used for the decontamination of metals, concretes, underground water and soil. Fourthly, the management of radioactive waste implies to know the interaction between wastes and packages over a very long period. Fifthly, an accurate characterization of a complex site housing various contaminating sources and different hydro-geological conditions implies the development of 3-dimensional radiation transport codes and the use of innovative means like satellite monitoring. (A.C.)

Finding Near-Earth Asteroid (NEA) Destinations for Human Exploration: Implications for Astrobiology

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Landis, Rob; Abell, Paul; Barbee, Brent; Johnson, Lindley

2012-01-01

The current number of known potential NEA targets for HSF is limited to those objects whose orbital characteristics are similar to that of the Earth. This is due to the projected capabilities of the exploration systems currently under consideration and development at NASA. However, NEAs with such orbital characteristics often have viewing geometries that place them at low solar elongations and thus are difficult to detect from the vicinity of Earth. While ongoing ground-based surveys and data archives maintained by the NEO Program Observation Program Office and the Minor Planet Center (MPC) have provided a solid basis upon which to build, a more complete catalog of the NEO population is required to inform a robust and sustainable HSF exploration program. Since all the present NEO observing assets are currently confined to the vicinity of the Earth, additional effort must be made to provide capabilities for detection of additional HSF targets via assets beyond Earth orbit. A space-based NEO survey telescope located beyond the vicinity of the Earth, has considerable implications for planetary science and astrobiology. Such a telescope will provide foundational knowledge of our Solar System small body population and detect targets of interest for both the HSF and scientific communities. Data from this asset will yield basic characterization data on the NEOs observed (i.e., albedo, size determination, potential for volatiles and organics, etc.) and help down select targets for future HSF missions. Ideally, the most attractive targets from both HSF and astrobiology perspectives are those NEAs that may contain organic and volatile materials, and which could be effectively sampled at a variety of locations and depths. Presented here is an overview of four space-based survey concepts; any one of which after just a few years of operation will discover many highly accessible NEO targets suitable for robotic and human exploration. Such a space-based survey mission will reveal

The Canadian Association of Gastroenterology Education Committee Report

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Ronald J Bridges

2004-01-01

Full Text Available I am pleased to provide an update regarding the activities and future directions of the Canadian Association of Gastroenterology (CAG Education Committee. The mandate of the CAG Education Committee is to facilitate, develop and promote excellence as it pertains to educational initiatives for the Canadian gastroenterology community. Professional education has long remained a priority of the CAG - a fact well recognized by the membership. The 2002 CAG Strategic Planning Survey showed that members rate Canadian Digestive Diseases Week (CDDW as the most important CAG service, on par with Digestive Diseases Week regarding its usefulness (1. CDDW 2004 offered delegates a variety of basic science and clinical symposia, the popular and well received 'Breakfast with the Expert' sessions and a comprehensive Postgraduate Course reviewing key developments in gastroenterology, nutrition and hepatology.

Heurística para el balance de líneas de ensamble con consideraciones ergonómicas

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Emilsy Medina Chacón; Ruth Illada García

2015-01-01

El presente artículo expone el diseño de un método heurístico para el Balance de líneas de ensamble con consideraciones ergonómicas, el cual está basado en la combinación de las teorías de balance de líneas tradicionales y dos métodos de evaluación ergonómica, el Método REBA y la evaluación multitarea de carga física, lográndose que con una única herramienta, se alcance un equilibrio de las variables de tiempo y  biomecánicas. El valor agregado del planteamiento radica en el tratamiento simul...

Heurística para el balance de líneas de ensamble con consideraciones ergonómicas

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Emilsy Medina Chacón; Ruth Illada García

2015-01-01

El presente artículo expone el diseño de un método heurístico para el Balance de líneas de ensamble con consideraciones ergonómicas, el cual está basado en la combinación de las teorías de balance de líneas tradicionales y dos métodos de evaluación ergonómica, el Método REBA y la evaluación multitarea de carga física, lográndose que con una única herramienta, se alcance un equilibrio de las variables de tiempo y biomecánicas. El valor agregado del planteamiento radica en el tratamiento simul...

Reacciones cutáneas severas a medicamentos Dress y sulfasalazina

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Patiño, Adulkarin; Echeverry, Tatiana; de la Cruz, Giovanni; Guerra, Nelcy Teresa; Murcia, Lina María; Aldana, Carlos; de Zubiría, Alberto

2012-01-01

Las reacciones cutáneas severas son una de las manifestaciones adversas de los medicamentos que llegan a poner en peligro la vida. El objetivo del presente artículo es presentar el caso de una paciente con este tipo de reacciones atendido en el Hospital Universitario de La samaritana. Se trata de una mujer con síntomas cutáneos en quien se documenta reacción severa medicamentosa por sulfasalazina asociado a compromiso hepático y gastrointestinal que responde a la terapia con esteroides y la s...

El deporte: fiel cronista de la cultura contemporánea

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Olivera Betrán, Javier

2005-01-01

El deporte, nacido en la sociedad liberal inglesa, surge como práctica agonística contemporánea en los albores de la revolución industrial, al socaire de la apuesta y el espectáculo, supera todos los particularismos culturales o sociales a los que está inicialmente sometido por su adscripción primera, y se convierte, conjuntamente con la ciencia, en un eficaz lenguaje universal aceptado por todos los estratos sociales y la gran mayoría de las comunidades existentes. Pronto se emancipa de toda...

Control de calidad en los cursos en línea de un programa en Ingeniería Informática

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Gabriela Garita González

2012-04-01

Full Text Available Este artículo explica la experiencia obtenida, mediante el Programa Ingeniería informática de la Universidad Estatal a Distancia (Costa Rica, en la implementación de un proceso de control de calidad para evaluar y dar seguimiento a la mediación docente, el soporte técnico y al apoyo en los cursos en línea, que se ofrecen en los niveles de diplomado, bachillerato y licenciatura. Como elemento significativo del documento se pretende introducir modelos, estándares y mejores prácticas que ofrece el mercado como referencia para seleccionar y justificar los criterios de calidad que se desean alcanzar en los cursos de formación en línea. Se le ofrece al lector una serie de herramientas de implementación para un proceso de mejora en la calidad de los cursos en línea que se brinda al estudiante.

Avaliação do potencial de biorremediação de solos e de águas subterrâneas contaminados com óleo diesel

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Mariano, Adriano Pinto [UNESP

2006-01-01

Nesta pesquisa foram temas de estudo diversos aspectos relacionados à técnica de biorremediação de solos e águas subterrâneas contaminados com hidrocarbonetos. A partir de amostras de solo e água subterrânea coletadas em diferentes postos de combustíveis, avaliouse a biorremediação natural da água subterrânea em local onde ocorreu vazamento de óleo diesel, mediante o monitoramento de indicadores geoquímicos durante 2 anos. Diferentes técnicas de biorremediação (bioestimulação com a adição de ...

77 FR 11130 - Medicare Program; Application by the American Association of Diabetes Educators (AADE) for...

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2012-02-24

...] Medicare Program; Application by the American Association of Diabetes Educators (AADE) for Continued... American Association of Diabetes Educators' (AADE) request for the Secretary's approval of its... Association of Diabetes Educators for continued recognition as a national accreditation program for...

Migrânea hemiplégica esporádica

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João Roberto Sala Domingues

2007-05-01

Full Text Available Desde seu primeiro relato em 1879, poucos casos de Migrânea Hemiplégica Esporádica foram descritos. Esta doença consiste em uma rara enxaqueca acompanhada de aura e paresia, totalmente reversível, além de disfasia em alguns casos. A prevalência dos casos com agregação familiar é similar aos casos esporádicos, e mulheres são três vezes mais acometidas do que os homens. Estudos genéticos apresentaram genes relacionados à doença, e também existem evidencias de alterações nos canais de cálcio.

Desarrollo y aplicación de lecciones de estadística en-línea con objetos de aprendizaje en un ambiente universitario

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Lavigne, Gilles

2006-12-01

Full Text Available Resumen: Se presentan resultados preliminares de una investigación-desarrollo que tuvo el propósito de desarrollar lecciones de Estadística en línea con inserción de objetos de aprendizaje y estimar el efecto sobre el aprendizaje de los alumnos participantes en un ambiente natural universitario. Se utilizaron señalamientos teóricos constructivistas para el desarrollo de las lecciones, para conformarle al estudiante un ambiente en línea propicio para la construcción activa de su conocimiento.La aplicación de las lecciones se realizó con 92 alumnos universitarios (tres grupos. Se aplicó una encuesta de datos generales previo a la intervención educativa. Al final, se entrevistaron a los docentes responsables y se conformaron tres grupos de discusión con los alumnos. Los resultados mostraron un mejor aprendizaje en Estadística en 6 de las 7 comparaciones hechas para los subgrupos que tuvieron la mayor actividad en el web. La opinión de alumnos y docentes fue favorable a este tipo de innovación educativa. Finalmente, es conveniente puntualizar las bondades de incorporar este tipo de innovaciones en cursos universitarios y asi transitar hacia una mejora integral del proceso educativo.Abstract: This communication is presenting the preliminary results of a research-development project aiming to evaluate the pedagogical impact of constructivist based learning objects integrated into online Statistic lessons within a live university environment. The experiment was performed with 92 students distributed into three course groups. A survey of the students' general profile was applied previous to the educative intervention and, thereafter, the three participating teachers were interviewed and the students invited to participate to three discussion groups.The results show that, with the exception of one subgroup, the students with a greater online activity obtained a better mark. The overall opinion of the teachers and of the students was

Evaluación socioformativa y rendimiento académico en un programa de posgrado en línea

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Hernández, José S; Tobón, Sergio; González, Lourdes; Guzmán, Clara

2015-01-01

Propósito: determinar la relación entre un conjunto de variables de la evaluación socioformativa y el desempeño académico en un postgrado en línea. Metodología: se realizó un estudio descriptivo correlacional con una muestra de 56 participantes de una maestría en línea. La evaluación socioformativa se basó en problemas del contexto y en el empleo de las rúbricas. Resultados: la realización de análisis de saberes previos, análisis de casos y la coevaluación de las evidencias presentaron una co...

The association of parental education with childhood undernutrition in low- and middle-income countries: comparing the role of paternal and maternal education.

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Vollmer, Sebastian; Bommer, Christian; Krishna, Aditi; Harttgen, Kenneth; Subramanian, S V

2017-02-01

Most existing research on the association of parental education with childhood undernutrition focuses on maternal education and often ignores paternal education. We systematically investigate differences in maternal and paternal education and their association with childhood undernutrition. One hundred and eighty Demographic and Health Surveys from 62 countries performed between 1990 and 2014 were analysed. We used linear-probability models to predict childhood undernutrition prevalences, measured as stunting, underweight and wasting, for all combinations of maternal and paternal attainment in school. Models were adjusted for demographic and socio-economic covariates for the child, mother and household, country-level fixed effects and clustering. Additional specifications adjust for local area characteristics instead of country fixed effects. Both higher maternal and paternal education levels are associated with lower childhood undernutrition. In regressions adjusted for child age and sex as well as country-level fixed effects, the association is stronger for maternal education than for paternal education when their combined level of education is held constant. In the fully adjusted models, the observed differences in predicted undernutrition prevalences are strongly attenuated, suggesting a similar importance of maternal and paternal education. These findings are confirmed by the analysis of composite schooling indicators. We find that paternal education is similarly important for reducing childhood undernutrition as maternal education and should therefore receive increased attention in the literature. © The Author 2016; all rights reserved. Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the International Epidemiological Association

SCAP: the Nea project on stress corrosion cracking and cable ageing

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Yamamoto, A.; Huerta, A.; Gott, K.; Koshy, T.

2007-01-01

Two subjects - stress corrosion cracking (SCC) and degradation of cable insulation - were selected as the focus of the SCC and Cable Ageing Project (SCAP) due to their relevance for plant ageing assessments and their implication on inspection practices. Fourteen NEA member countries agreed to contribute to the project. The main SCAP objectives are to: establish a complete database with regard to major ageing phenomena for SCC and degradation of cable insulation through collective efforts by OECD/NEA members; establish a knowledge base in these areas by compiling and evaluating the collected data and information systematically; perform an assessment of the data and identify the basis for commendable practices which would help regulators and operators to enhance ageing management. The aim of the knowledge base is to provide a state-of-the-art description of the degradation mechanisms, the main influencing factors, the most susceptible materials and locations, and common strategies available for mitigation and repair. The SCAP project is currently in the development phase, defining and refining the database performance requirements, data format and coding guidelines. The project is scheduled to last four years. It is anticipated that the database definition and the collection of data from member countries will take approximately two years. The subsequent assessment and the commendable practices report are expected to take one year each

Perspectives on Early Childhood Education: Growing with Young Children toward the 21st Century. NEA Early Childhood Education Series.

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Elkind, David, Ed.

The introductory chapter in this book provides a historical overview of the family and schools in the premodern, modern, and postmodern eras in the United States. The introduction also reviews the contributions of several important figures in early childhood education and suggests that the battle in early childhood education in the postmodern…

Association between breakfast consumption and educational outcomes in 9-11-year-old children.

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Littlecott, Hannah J; Moore, Graham F; Moore, Laurence; Lyons, Ronan A; Murphy, Simon

2016-06-01

Breakfast consumption has been consistently associated with health outcomes and cognitive functioning in schoolchildren. Evidence of direct links with educational outcomes remains equivocal. We aimed to examine the link between breakfast consumption in 9-11-year-old children and educational outcomes obtained 6-18 months later. Data on individual-level free school meal entitlement and educational outcomes (Statutory Assessment Tests (SATs) at Key Stage 2) were obtained via the SAIL databank and linked to earlier data collected on breakfast consumption. Multilevel modelling assessed associations between breakfast consumption and SATs. Trial of the Primary School Free Breakfast Initiative in Wales. Year 5 and 6 students, n 3093 (baseline) and n 3055 (follow-up). Significant associations were found between all dietary behaviours and better performance in SATs, adjusted for gender and individual- and school-level free school meal entitlement (OR=1·95; CI 1·58, 2·40 for breakfast, OR=1·08; CI 1·04, 1·13 for healthy breakfast items). No association was observed between number of unhealthy breakfast items consumed and educational performance. Association of breakfast consumption with educational performance was stronger where the measure of breakfast consumption was more proximal to SATs tests (OR=2·02 measured 6 months prior to SATs, OR=1·61 measured 18 months prior). Significant positive associations between self-reported breakfast consumption and educational outcomes were observed. Future research should aim to explore the mechanisms by which breakfast consumption and educational outcomes are linked, and understand how to promote breakfast consumption among schoolchildren. Communicating findings of educational benefits to schools may help to enhance buy-in to efforts to improve health behaviours of pupils.

Patología, escritura y género en el fin de siglo: Alma contemporánea y Manual del perfecto enfermo

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Alba del Pozo García

2015-11-01

Full Text Available Este artículo aborda dos ensayos españoles sobre la enfermedad publicados en el cambio de siglo XIX-XX, de José María Llanas Aguilaniedo (Alma contemporánea, 1899 y de Rafael Urbano (Manual del perfecto enfermo, 1911. Se examina el modo en el que asumen la neurosis masculina como una manifestación positiva e inevitable de la vida moderna, en línea con el ambiente cultural de un fin de siglo marcado por los discursos médicos y la correlación que establecen entre el genio, la producción artística y las patologías psiquiátricas. Ambos textos se identifican con la retórica clínica y plantean un propósito curativo explícito. Sin embargo, en lugar de limitarse a reproducir el binomio enfermo/sano, lo van a problematizar, puesto que la categoría de enfermedad que desarrollan se va a desligar del modelo médico para desplazarse al terreno de la subjetividad, la escritura y la identidad. This paper analyses two Spanish essays on illness published during the fin de siècle: José María Llanas Aguilaniedo’s 1899 Alma contemporánea and Rafael Urbano’s 1911 Manual del perfecto enfermo. The focus lies on how masculine neurosis is read as a sign of modern struggles in a fin de siècle culture characterized by the hegemony of medical discourses and the relationship between genius, artistic production, and psychiatric pathologies. Both texts are associated to medical discourses and suggest healing strategies. In this scope, the typical ill/health opposition undergoes a critical turn. In fact, these texts depict a notion of illness that undermines medical rhetoric, placing illness in the field of subjectivity, writing and identity.

Is maternal education level associated with diet in 10-year-old children?

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Cribb, Victoria L; Jones, Louise R; Rogers, Imogen S; Ness, Andrew R; Emmett, Pauline M

2011-11-01

To examine the associations between maternal education level and diet in 10-year-old children. Three-day diet diaries (child completed with parental help) were collected. Height and weight were measured in research clinics. Maternal education level was derived from a questionnaire completed during pregnancy and classified into low, medium or high. One-way ANOVA was undertaken to compare maternal education groups for nutrient intakes and the Kruskal-Wallis test used for food consumption. Avon Longitudinal Study of Parents and Children (ALSPAC), Bristol, UK. Children (n 7474) who provided dietary data at age 10 years. A large proportion (60 %) of the sample was classified as plausible reporters, with under-reporting accounting for 36 %. No clear differences were found for intakes of energy or macronutrients between maternal education groups for plausible reporters. However, there were marked differences in micronutrient intakes especially for vitamin C, retinol equivalents and folate, highlighting lower diet quality with lower maternal education level. Intakes of fruit and vegetables showed a positive gradient with increasing maternal education (57 % v. 79 % consumed fresh fruit in low and high educational groups, respectively). A trend towards higher intake in the lower educated group was shown for less healthy foods (meat pies P children's diet at 10 years was related to maternal education level. Lower maternal education was associated with less healthy food choices that could be detrimental to health. Further research is needed to establish if these associations can be explained by other socio-economic factors.

Barriers to diabetes education in urban patients: perceptions, patterns, and associated factors.

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Rhee, Mary K; Cook, Curtiss B; El-Kebbi, Imad; Lyles, Robert H; Dunbar, Virginia G; Panayioto, Rita M; Berkowitz, Kathy J; Boyd, Barbara; Broussard, Sandra; George, Christopher D

2005-01-01

This study explored patients' perceptions of barriers to diabetes education among a mostly African American population of adults with diabetes. A survey was conducted among 605 new patients attending an urban outpatient diabetes clinic. The questionnaire gathered information on issues patients believed would adversely affect their ability to learn about diabetes. The type and frequency of education barriers were evaluated, and variables associated with reporting an obstacle were analyzed. Average patient age was 50 years, diabetes duration was 5.6 years, body mass index was 32 kg/m2, and hemoglobin A1C was 9.1%. The majority (56%) were women, 89% were African American, and 95% had type 2 diabetes. Most respondents (96%) had received some prior instruction in diabetes care; however, 53% anticipated future difficulties learning about diabetes. The most commonly cited concerns were poor vision (74%) and reading problems (29%). Patients with a perceived barrier to diabetes education were older (P barrier, and they differed in both employment and educational status (both P education or less were associated with a significantly increased likelihood of having a barrier to diabetes education, whereas having a college education decreased the odds. Higher hemoglobin A1C levels also tended to be associated with a greater chance of reporting an education barrier (P = .05). A substantial number of persons anticipated a barrier to diabetes education. Interventions at multiple levels that address the demographic and socioeconomic obstacles to diabetes education are needed to ensure successful self-management training.

Bodegas sobresuelo y estabilidad térmica interior: análisis de envolventes tradicionales y contemporáneas en Mendoza, Argentina

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Carolina Ganem Karlen

2013-06-01

Full Text Available El control en el intercambio de flujos energéticos interior-exterior y la inercia térmica de los materiales constructivos son características claves de la envolvente de los edificios de bodegas. Esta situación es particularmente importante en el caso de los edificios construidos sobresuelo en climas con temperaturas diarias y estacionales muy variables. En el caso de que la arquitectura no provea la respuesta adecuada, indefectiblemente se recurre al consumo de energía auxiliar. La bodega S.A., ubicada en Mendoza, Argentina, consume energía auxiliar equivalente a 2.500 kW por año. Dicha bodega sobresuelo presenta dos tipos de envolvente vertical: una tradicional en adobe (λ = 0.81W/mK y otra contemporánea en chapa galvanizada sin aislación (λ = 45 W/mK. El objetivo de este trabajo es analizar los aspectos de materialidad, inercia térmica e intercambio de flujos energéticos de envolventes tradicionales y contemporáneas y, comparar los resultados obtenidos con un caso teórico de bodega subterránea. Entre los resultados obtenidos se observa que la envolvente tradicional mantiene las temperaturas interiores entre 8,5 ºC y 10 ºC por debajo de las temperaturas exteriores, mientras que los nuevos espacios con envolventes contemporáneas lo hacen solamente 3 ºC a 5 ºC por debajo de las temperaturas exteriores. En el caso de una bodega subterránea, las temperaturas estarían estables durante el año en 16,5 ºC; esto es, en verano, 20 ºC por debajo de las temperaturas exteriores.

Exploring Ethical Issues Associated with Using Online Surveys in Educational Research

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Roberts, Lynne D.; Allen, Peter J.

2015-01-01

Online surveys are increasingly used in educational research, yet little attention has focused on ethical issues associated with their use in educational settings. Here, we draw on the broader literature to discuss 5 key ethical issues in the context of educational survey research: dual teacher/researcher roles; informed consent; use of…

Estudio de factibilidad para la creación de un restaurante de cocina mediterránea fusión

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Cobos Yánez, Julia Paulina

2014-01-01

101 hojas : ilustraciones, 29 x 21 cm + CD- ROM 1891 Pese al auge en el mercado de los restaurantes, no encontramos un lugar en el que el cliente pueda acceder a la nueva tendencia de la cocina, la Cocina Mediterránea Fusión un concepto que fusiona las cocinas de las dos orillas del Mediterráneo y da origen a la nueva cocina mediterránea. El presente trabajo muestra un análisis de la factibilidad para instalar un restaurante en la ciudad de Quito, para atender la demanda de consumidores in...

Teachers’ and Education Support Professionals’ Perspectives on Bullying and Prevention: Findings From a National Education Association Study

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Bradshaw, Catherine P.; Waasdorp, Tracy E.; O'Brennan, Lindsey M.; Gulemetova, Michaela

2014-01-01

Given growing concerns regarding the prevalence and seriousness of bullying, the National Education Association recently drew upon its membership to launch a national study of teachers’ and education support professionals’ perceptions of bullying, and need for additional training on bullying prevention efforts and school-wide policies. The data were collected from a representative sample of 5,064 National Education Association members (2,163 teachers and 2,901 education support professionals). Analyses indicated that compared to education support professionals, teachers were more likely to witness students being bullied, more likely to view bullying as a significant problem at their school, and were more likely to have students report bullying to them. Teachers were more likely to be involved in bullying policies at their school, yet both groups reported wanting more training related to cyberbullying and bullying related to students’ sexual orientation, gender issues, and racial issues. Implications for school psychologists and the development of school-wide bullying prevention efforts are discussed. PMID:25414539

¿Cuánto cuesta el personal según el tipo de aerolínea y su ubicación geográfica en Europa? Un análisis comparativo

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Matías Ginieis

2017-07-01

Full Text Available El objetivo principal de este estudio es establecer la relación entre el coste por empleado, los diversos tipos de aerolíneas y las diferentes zonas geográficas de Europa donde estas están ubicadas. Por tipo de aerolínea, se analizan empresas tradicionales de líneas aéreas (las principales operadoras, aerolíneas regionales y chárteres y las aerolíneas de bajo coste. Por zona geográfica, distinguimos entre cuatro regiones diferentes (Europa occidental, Europa del este, Reino Unido y países nórdicos. Con este fin, se aplicaron tres pruebas estadísticas (chi-cuadrado, anova y el test de Haberman para verificar si existe asociación y relación entre las variables seleccionadas. Se trabajó con una muestra de 152 compañías aéreas para el periodo 2008-2013. Los resultados del estudio muestran la relación entre la zona geográfica y el coste de los empleados. Sin embargo, no se ha detectado una asociación entre el tipo de aerolínea y el coste de los empleados.

Trigger factors mainly from the environmental type are reported by adolescents with migraine Fatores desencadeantes de migrânea relatados por adolescentes

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Marcela Dalla Bernardina Fraga

2013-05-01

Full Text Available Migraine can be triggered by many factors such as stress, sleep, fasting and environmental causes. There are few studies that evaluated migraine trigger factors in the adolescent population. Methods: A total of 100 participants from 10 to 19 years were subjected to a detailed headache questionnaire, with demographic and clinical data, and a headache diary including trigger factors during a two-month period was asked. Results: Fifty of the participants exhibited chronic migraine and the other 50 participants demonstrated episodic migraine. The most common group of trigger factors reported was the environmental one, mainly sun/clarity, followed by hot weather and the smell of perfume. Conclusions: Ninety-one percent of children and adolescents with migraine reported a trigger factor precipitating the migraine attack.Crises de migrânea podem ser desencadeadas por muitos fatores, como estresse, sono, jejum e causas ambientais. Poucos estudos avaliaram os fatores desencadeantes de migrânea em adolescentes. Métodos: Cem pacientes, de 10 a 19 anos, foram submetidos a um questionário detalhado sobre sua cefaleia, com dados demográficos e clínicos e um diário da cefaleia, incluindo perguntas sobre os fatores desencadeantes, por um período de dois meses. Resultados: Cinquenta pacientes apresentavam migrânea episódica e 50, migrânea crônica. O grupo de fatores desencadeantes mais frequentemente relatado foi o ambiental, principalmente sol ou claridade, seguido pelo clima quente e pelo cheiro de perfume. Conclusões: Noventa e um por cento dos adolescentes com migrânea relataram pelo menos um fator desencadeante de crises álgicas.

Modelo econométrico del consumo urbano e industrial de agua subterránea en Guanajuato, México: 1980-2011

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Eugenio Guzmán-Soria

2013-01-01

En este trabajo fue estimado un modelo de ecuaciones simultáneas, conformado por dos ecuaciones de demanda y dos identidades, alimentado con información estadística de 1980 a 2011, con el fin de determinar las variables que afectan el consumo de agua subterránea en los sectores industrial y urbano en el estado de Guanajuato. Los resultados muestran que la cantidad consumida de agua responde de manera inelástica a cambios en el precio, con elasticidades de -0.086 y -0.012 para el sector indust...

Teaching Children with Disabilities: Preparation through State Music Educators Association Conferences

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VanWeelden, Kimberly; Meehan, Laura

2016-01-01

The purpose of this study was to determine the types and frequency of music and special education workshops held at state music educators association (MEA) conferences. Specifically, the researchers sought to determine the following within the past 10 years: (a) states that offered music and special education workshops at their MEA conferences,…

Una experiencia de conocimiento situado: la línea de Jóvenes y Culturas Juveniles del DIUC

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José Fernando Serrano A.

2009-04-01

Full Text Available El artículo presenta una mirada retrospectiva a la línea de Investigación en Jóvenes y Culturas Juveniles del IESCO (DIUC entre 1998-2004. Para ello, se observan las preguntas de partida, los ejes de la reflexión y sus resultados. A lo largo del período observado se produce una pérdida de seguridad en la comprensión de los sujetos jóvenes desde lógicas descriptivas, y se pasa más bien a observar los procesos de subjetivación juvenil. Con base en ello, se caracteriza el conocimiento producido por la línea como una experiencia parcial, localizada, corporeizada y crítica de los estudios de juventud.

Association of Educational Level and Marital Status With Obesity: A Study of Chinese Twins.

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Liao, Chunxiao; Gao, Wenjing; Cao, Weihua; Lv, Jun; Yu, Canqing; Wang, Shengfeng; Li, Chunxiao; Pang, Zengchang; Cong, Liming; Dong, Zhong; Wu, Fan; Wang, Hua; Wu, Xianping; Jiang, Guohong; Wang, Xiaojie; Wang, Binyou; Li, Liming

2018-04-01

The prevalence of overweight and obesity is growing rapidly in many countries. Socioeconomic inequalities might be important for this increase. The aim of this study was to determine associations of body mass index (BMI), overweight and obesity with educational level and marital status in Chinese twins. Participants were adult twins recruited through the Chinese National Twin Registry (CNTR), aged 18 to 79 years, and the sample comprised 10,448 same-sex twin pairs. Current height, weight, educational attainment, and marital status were self-reported. Regression analyses and structural equation models were conducted to evaluate BMI, overweight, and obesity associated with educational level and marital status in both sexes. At an individual level, both educational level and marital status were associated with higher BMI and higher risk of being overweight and obesity in men, while in women the effects of educational level on BMI were in the opposite direction. In within-Monozygotic (MZ) twin-pair analyses, the effects of educational level on BMI disappeared in females. Bivariate structural equation models showed that genetic factors and shared environmental confounded the relationship between education and BMI in females, whereas marital status was associated with BMI on account of significant positive unique environmental correlation apart in both sexes. The present data suggested that marital status and BMI were associated, independent of familiar factors, for both sexes of this study population, while common genetic and shared environmental factors contributed to education-associated disparities in BMI in females.

OECD/NEA benchmark for time-dependent neutron transport calculations without spatial homogenization

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Hou, Jason, E-mail: jason.hou@ncsu.edu [Department of Nuclear Engineering, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC 27695 (United States); Ivanov, Kostadin N. [Department of Nuclear Engineering, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC 27695 (United States); Boyarinov, Victor F.; Fomichenko, Peter A. [National Research Centre “Kurchatov Institute”, Kurchatov Sq. 1, Moscow (Russian Federation)

2017-06-15

Highlights: • A time-dependent homogenization-free neutron transport benchmark was created. • The first phase, known as the kinetics phase, was described in this work. • Preliminary results for selected 2-D transient exercises were presented. - Abstract: A Nuclear Energy Agency (NEA), Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) benchmark for the time-dependent neutron transport calculations without spatial homogenization has been established in order to facilitate the development and assessment of numerical methods for solving the space-time neutron kinetics equations. The benchmark has been named the OECD/NEA C5G7-TD benchmark, and later extended with three consecutive phases each corresponding to one modelling stage of the multi-physics transient analysis of the nuclear reactor core. This paper provides a detailed introduction of the benchmark specification of Phase I, known as the “kinetics phase”, including the geometry description, supporting neutron transport data, transient scenarios in both two-dimensional (2-D) and three-dimensional (3-D) configurations, as well as the expected output parameters from the participants. Also presented are the preliminary results for the initial state 2-D core and selected transient exercises that have been obtained using the Monte Carlo method and the Surface Harmonic Method (SHM), respectively.

Internal PR for Education Associations. PR Bookshelf No. 4.

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This booklet contains discussion of internal public relations for a local education association with suggestions for enhancing the association's image with its members and potential members. The five sections are (1) "Start with Analysis and Evaluation"--a listing of steps in planning an internal public relations program; (2) "Orientation: A Key…

Profile of the National Association of Early Childhood Educators.

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Renard, Rosamunde

This profile describes various facets of Saint Lucia's National Association of Early Childhood Educators (NAECE), whose mission is "to stand up for the rights of children." The profile first presents the association's 5-year action plan, which includes goals for: (1) technical assistance, for example scholarships for the poor to attend…

Proceedings of the Start-up Meeting of the OECD-NEA Expert Group on Accident Tolerant Fuels for LWRs, 28-29 April 2014, OECD-NEA HQ

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Kurata, Masaki; Bragg-Sitton, Shannon; Pasamehmetoglu, K.; Sowder, Andrew; Koo, Yang-Hyun; Yang, Jae-Ho; Kim, Hyun-Gil; Zhou, Y.; Forgeron, T.; Guedeney, Ph.; Brachet, J.C.; Michaux, A.; Chauvin, Nathalie; Waeckel, N.; Ambard, A.; Blanpain, P.; Bischoff, J.; Zvonarev, Yu.; Verwerft, M.; Weber, M.; Lambrinou, K.; Koonen, E.; Van Dyck, S.; PETIT, Marc; Cornet, Stephanie; ); YAMAJI, Akifumi; ); Inozemtsev, V.; )

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Under the guidance of the OECD-NEA Nuclear Science Committee, the expert group acts as a forum for scientific and technical information exchange on advanced light water reactor (LWR) fuels with enhanced accident tolerance. The expert group focusses on the fundamental properties and behaviour under normal operations and accident conditions for advanced core materials and components (fuels, cladding, control rods, etc.). The materials considered are applicable to Gen II and Gen III Light Water Reactors, as well as Gen III+ reactors under construction. The objective of the expert group is to define and coordinate a programme of work to help advance the scientific knowledge needed to provide the technical underpinning for the development of advanced LWR fuels with enhanced accident tolerance compared to currently used zircaloy/UO 2 fuel systems, as well as other non-fuel core components with important roles in LWR performance under accident conditions. This document brings together the available presentations (slides) given at the Start-up Meeting of the OECD-NEA Expert Group on Accident Tolerant Fuels for LWRs. Content: 1 - Final Agenda; 2 - Draft mandate of EGATFL: Discussion of Scope and Objectives (K. Pasamehmetoglu, INL); 3 - Technical updates since the 2. meeting on ATF (28-29 October 2013): - Overview on ATF R and D in Japan (M. Kurata, JAEA); - Update on Development of Enhanced Accident Tolerant Fuel for Light Water Reactors in the United States (S. Bragg-Sitton, INL); - EPRI Update Since the 2. OECD/NEA Meeting on ATF - 28-29 October 2013 (A. Sowder, EPRI); - Accident Tolerant Fuel (ATF) Development: KAERI's R and D Status (Y.H. Koo, KAERI); - Accident Tolerant Fuel Research Activities in China General Nuclear Power Corporation - CGN (Y. Zhou, CGN); - ATF R and D Status and Perspectives (Th. Forgeron, CEA); - Proposals of NRC 'Kurchatov Institute' on Contributions to Collaborative Framework on ATF Activity (Y. Zvonarev, NRC KI); - Input to the

Epidemiologia das pregas cutâneas triciptal e subescapular elevadas em adolescentes Epidemiology of elevated triciptal and subscapular skinfolds in adolescents

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Rodrigo Pereira Duquia

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Full Text Available O objetivo deste estudo foi descrever e comparar as pregas cutâneas triciptal (PCT e subescapular (PCS de acordo com características demográficas, sócio-econômicas, comportamentais e biológicas em adolescentes de Pelotas, Rio Grande do Sul, Brasil. Realizou-se um estudo transversal aninhado a uma coorte de nascimentos (N = 4.452; média de idade = 11 anos. Os desfechos foram apresentar prega cutânea maior ou igual ao percentil 90 da curva de referência do National Center for Health Statistics. A prevalência de PCT e PCS elevada foi, respectivamente, de 20,2% e 17,3% nos meninos e de 14,2% e 10,5% nas meninas. O fator mais fortemente associado com adiposidade nos meninos foi o nível econômico (p The objective of this study was to describe and compare the tricipital (TSF and subscapular skinfold (SSF thickness according to demographic, socioeconomic, behavioral, and biological characteristics in adolescents from Pelotas, Rio Grande do Sul State, Brazil. A cross-sectional study nested in a birth cohort (n = 4,452; mean age = 11 years was conducted. The outcomes were defined as skinfold thickness > 90th percentile of the National Center for Health Statistics reference curve. The prevalence rates for elevated TSF and SSF were 20.2% and 17.3%, respectively, in boys and 14.2% and 10.5% in girls. The strongest factor associated with adiposity in boys was socioeconomic status (p < 0.001, whereas among girls it was maternal body mass index (p < 0.001. Low physical activity (< 300 minutes/week was associated with elevated SSF only among girls, while schooling was associated with increased TSF and SSF only among boys. Diet, skin color, and sedentary behavior were not associated with any of the outcomes. We concluded that the main predictors of adiposity were maternal and socioeconomic characteristics. We recommend that further studies on this issue apply other methods to estimate body composition in order to confirm our results.

Internet e historia contemporánea de España

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Ángel Martínez de Velasco Farinós

1995-01-01

Full Text Available Internet es un término de origen informático del que poco se sabe aunque mucho se habla; tanto que ha llegado a ser un auténtico mito sociocultural. En este artículo se intenta explicar la joven historia de Internet como medio para llegar a la descripción de los servicios que pueden ser útiles para los historiadores. Posteriormente se muestra la aplicación de Internet hecha para el Departamento de Historia Contemporánea de la UNED y finaliza con un breve comentario bibliográfico.

Política y secularización en la Europa contemporánea

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Manuel ÁLVAREZ TARDÍO

2010-02-01

Full Text Available RESUMEN: Este trabajo se ocupa de la relación entre la política y los procesos de secularización en la Europa contemporánea, estudia sus variantes y opciones ideológicas, así como sus diferentes tradiciones y situaciones nacionales, poniendo de relieve la existencia de dos grandes modelos. El primero —el de Gran Bretaaña, Bélgica y Holanda— se caracterizó por su gradualismo, tras la renuncia por parte del bloque político secular a apropiarse del Estado y su aceptación de la idea de que éste debía limitarse a proteger la libertad inherente al individuo. En cambio, el modelo de laicismo estatista —vigente en Francia, Italia y, en su versión más extrema, en la España de la II República—, partía de la idea de que el Estado era intérprete absoluto de un poder que no puede fragmentarse sin dejar de ser democrático, y se tradujo en el intento de contrarrestar la presencia católica mediante la imposición de políticas laicas, especialmente en el ámbito de la educación. Palabras Clave: Historia Contemporánea de Europa, Religión, Política, Secularización, Laicismo. ABSTRACT: This study deals with the relationship between politics and secularization processes in contemporary Europe, and studies its ideological variants and options as well as its different national traditions and situations, emphasizing the existence of two large models. The first, that of Great Britain, Belgium and Holland, is characterized by its gradualism, after the secular political block renounced appropriation of the State and accepted the idea that the State should be limited to protecting the inherent freedom of the individual. However, the model of state laicism, prevailing in France, Italy and in its most extreme versión in the Spain of the Second Republic, was based on the idea that the State was the absolute interpreter of a power that could not be fragmented without becoming undemocratic, and was expressed in the attempt to counter Catholic

Associate in science degree education programs: organization, structure, and curriculum.

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Galvin, William F

2005-09-01

After years of discussion, debate, and study, the respiratory care curriculum has evolved to a minimum of an associate degree for entry into practice. Although programs are at liberty to offer the entry-level or advanced level associate degree, most are at the advanced level. The most popular site for sponsorship of the associate degree in respiratory care is the community college. The basis for community college sponsorship seems to be its comprehensive curriculum, which focuses on a strong academic foundation in writing, communication, and the basic sciences as well as supporting a career-directed focus in respiratory care. Issues facing the community college are tied to literacy, outcomes, assessment, placement,cooperation with the community, partnerships with industry, and articulation arrangements with granting institutions granting baccalaureate degrees. Community colleges must produce a literate graduate capable of thriving in an information-saturated society. Assessment and placement will intensify as the laissez-faire attitudes toward attendance and allowing students to select courses without any accountability and evaluation of outcome become less acceptable. Students will be required to demonstrate steady progress toward established outcomes. Maintaining relations and cooperation with the local community and the health care industry will continue to be a prominent role for the community college. The challenge facing associate degree education in respiratory care at the community college level is the ability to continue to meet the needs of an expanding professional scope of practice and to provide a strong liberal arts or general education core curriculum. The needs for a more demanding and expanding respiratory care curriculum and for a rich general education core curriculum have led to increased interest in baccalaureate and graduate degree education. The value of associate degree education at the community college level is well established. It is

Grupos funcionais de gramíneas forrageiras tropicais Functional clusters of tropical forage grasses

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Carlindo Santos Rodrigues

2012-06-01

Full Text Available Foram avaliadas as características morfogênicas e estruturais de gramíneas forrageiras com o objetivo de agrupá-las, de acordo com seu padrão de desenvolvimento, em seus respectivos grupos funcionais. As gramíneas foram plantadas em parcelas de 1,0 m² com 24 plantas, em delineamento de blocos completos casualizados com três repetições. Os dados foram submetidos à análise de fatores, reduzindo as variáveis em quatro fatores: desenvolvimento de massa, mortalidade de perfilhos, estádio de desenvolvimento e longevidade foliar. Os dados foram submetidos à análise de agrupamento por otimização de Tocher adotando-se a distância euclidiana média como medida básica de dissimilaridade. As gramíneas foram agrupadas da seguinte forma: Verão - grupo I (Xaraés, Massai, Mombaça e Marandu; grupo II (Gordura e Aruana; e grupo III (Jaraguá. Outono - grupo I (Mombaça, Massai, Xaraés, Marandu e Gordura; grupo II - (Jaraguá; e grupo III (Aruana. Possivelmente a maior participação do fator mortalidade de perfilhos na formação dos grupos no período de outono influenciou na reorganização dos grupos. Os padrões de desenvolvimento de massa dos diferentes grupos de gramíneas diferiram entre si quanto à forma de utilização dos recursos disponíveis. Houve mudança nos escores de todos os fatores com a mudança do período do verão para o outono. O agrupamento funcional comprova que gramíneas de gêneros e/ou espécies diferentes podem ser enquadradas em um mesmo grupo.Morphogenetic and structural characteristics of forage grasses were evaluated in order to group them according to their pattern of development in their respective functional groups. Grasses were planted in plots of 1.0 m² with 24 plants in a completely randomized block design with three replications. Data were submitted to factor analysis, reducing the variables to four factors: mass development, tiller mortality, developmental stage and leaf longevity. The data

A Collaborative Educational Association Rule Mining Tool

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Garcia, Enrique; Romero, Cristobal; Ventura, Sebastian; de Castro, Carlos

2011-01-01

This paper describes a collaborative educational data mining tool based on association rule mining for the ongoing improvement of e-learning courses and allowing teachers with similar course profiles to share and score the discovered information. The mining tool is oriented to be used by non-expert instructors in data mining so its internal…

Factors Associated with Staff Perceptions towards Inclusive Education in Singapore

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Poon, Kenneth K.; Ng, Zijia; Wong, Meng Ee; Kaur, Sarinajit

2016-01-01

In this study, we sought to examine the perceptions of teachers and other school professionals towards the inclusion of secondary school students with special educational needs (SEN), and the associated factors. The Sentiments, Attitudes and Concerns about Inclusive Education Revised scale (SACIE-R) was completed by 131 teachers and school…

The Barriers to Achieving the Wider Goals of General Education and Their Implications for the British Educational Research Association.

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Raven, John

1990-01-01

Advocates revamping the British educational system from technical-rational content model to student-centered process programs designed to promote critical thinking, individual initiative, and communication skills. Discusses obstacles to this educational reform, emphasizing research orientation. Urges the British Educational Research Association to…

NEA and its Role in Enhancing the Implementation of Defence in Depth (DiD) in Light of the Fukushima Dai-ichi Accident

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Shimomura, K., E-mail: Kazuo.SHIMOMURA@oecd.org [OECD Nuclear Energy Agency (NEA), Issy-Les-Moulineaux (France)

2014-10-15

Full text: This keynote speech will give an overview of NEA Activities to Enhance Global Nuclear Safety both those core to its work and those that have been initiated after the Fukushima Accident. In particular it will highlight the outcomes of the recently published “NEA report on the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant Accident”. The speech will specifically point out those lessons learnt related to Defence in Depth, and how those were fed into the NEA’s one day workshop on “Challenges and Enhancements to DiD in light of the Fukushima Dai-ichi Accident”, that took place on 5th June 2013. A workshop that brought together the member countries represented on the NEA’s three major standing committees for safety to not only discuss the lessons learnt from the accident but also what the NEA members considered could be done to enhance the understanding and implementation of defence in depth within nuclear safety. Members of these three standing committees, the Committee for Nuclear Regulatory Activities (CNRA), The Committee for Safety of Nuclear Installations (CSNI) and the Committee on Radiation Protection and Public Health (CRPPH) represent a considerable body of knowledge on the application of DiD within the countries using nuclear energy. The outcome of the workshop was the identification of a number of key tasks that NEA would take forward to assist in harmonising and enhancing globally the implementation of the DiD philosophy. The speech will in addition detail how the discussions ranged across the whole of the nuclear safety framework, what conclusions were derived and the process the NEA followed to incorporate those tasks within its future programme of work either by enhancing current activities or creating new ones. (author)

Mitigación de campo magnético de líneas de transmisión utilizando bucles pasivos

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Cadavid, D. R. (Diego Raúl); Ramírez, D. A. (Diego Alejandro); Lopera, F. (Freddy); Correa, A. F. (Andrés Felipe)

2009-01-01

En este artículo se presenta un método simple para determinar el campo magnético generado por líneas de transmisión. El cálculo del campo magnético tiene en cuenta los efectos de mitigación de bucles pasivos, incluyendo su ubicación óptima en la línea mediante la aplicación de algoritmos genéticos. Los resultados de los cálculos son validados mediante reportes de casos publicados en el IEEE, software de análisis de campo electromagnético y datos experimentales arrojados de una implementación ...

The association of iron status with educational performance and intelligence among adolescents.

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Dissanayake, D S; Kumarasiri, P V R; Nugegoda, D B; Dissanayake, D M

2009-09-01

The aim was to identify the association of iron status with educational performance and intelligence of adolescents. This was a cross sectional comparative study among adolescents aged 13-15 years. Each iron deficient student was matched with an iron sufficient student from the same school, class and sex. Iron status was based on haemoglobin and serum ferritin levels. The marks for mathematics, science, Sinhala language and social science were considered to assess educational performance. Intelligence was measured by Raven's Standard progressive matrices. All the possible confounders and effect modifiers were considered. Home visits to a sub-sample checked the quality of data. The final analysis included 188 students (94 matched pairs). Neither educational performance nor intelligence showed significant associations with the iron status. The severity of the iron deficiency did not relate to these cognitive variables either. Twenty-three and 8 co-variables showed statistically significant associations with educational performance and intelligence respectively. Following a multiple regression analysis intelligence, the enthusiasm of the student towards learning, occupational ambition, household possession, problems at home and private tuition for mathematics were key factors predicting educational performance. Stunting and educational level of the mother were important factors influencing intelligence. Iron status does not play a major role in educational performance and intelligence of school going adolescents. Several factors affect educational performance and intelligence. This study highlights the difficulty in extrapolating the findings of similar studies to different ecological settings.

Factors associated with educational mobility in mid-age Australian women.

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Tooth, Leigh R; Mishra, Gita D

2017-02-01

The educational mobility of mid-age women is rarely studied. We analysed the baseline socio-economic position (SEP) and health factors associated with obtaining further education in 4117 mid-age Australian women between 1996 and 2010 (aged 45-50 at baseline, 62-67 at follow-up) from a population-based study. Women either unemployed or working part-time at baseline had higher odds of a stable low and middle education over time (ORs ranging from 1.61 to 3.86) versus educational mobility. Apart from obesity, characteristics that may signal an unhealthy lifestyle in early mid-life were not useful indicators of women's future educational mobility. Copyright © 2016 Elsevier Ireland Ltd. All rights reserved.

Association between education and quality of diabetes care in Switzerland.

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Flatz, Aline; Casillas, Alejandra; Stringhini, Silvia; Zuercher, Emilie; Burnand, Bernard; Peytremann-Bridevaux, Isabelle

2015-01-01

Low socioeconomic status is associated with higher prevalence of diabetes, worse outcomes, and worse quality of care. We explored the relationship between education, as a measure of socioeconomic status, and quality of care in the Swiss context. Data were drawn from a population-based survey of 519 adults with diabetes during fall 2011 and summer 2012 in a canton of Switzerland. We assessed patients and diabetes characteristics. Eleven indicators of quality of care were considered (six of process and five of outcomes of care). After bivariate analyses, regression analyses adjusted for age, sex, and diabetic complications were performed to assess the relationship between education and quality of care. Of 11 quality-of-care indicators, three were significantly associated with education: funduscopy (patients with tertiary versus primary education were more likely to get the exam: odds ratio, 1.8; 95% confidence interval [CI], 1.004-3.3) and two indicators of health-related quality of life (patients with tertiary versus primary education reported better health-related quality of life: Audit of Diabetes-Dependent Quality of Life: β=0.6 [95% CI, 0.2-0.97]; SF-12 mean physical component summary score: β=3.6 [95% CI, 0.9-6.4]). Our results suggest the presence of educational inequalities in quality of diabetes care. These findings may help health professionals focus on individuals with increased needs to decrease health inequalities.

Selected Food Consumption Mediates the Association between Education Level and Metabolic Syndrome in Korean Adults.

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Kim, Oh Yoen; Kwak, So-Young; Kim, Boeun; Kim, Young-Sun; Kim, Hye Young; Shin, Min-Jeong

2017-01-01

Low socioeconomic status (SES) is linked to higher incidence/mortality of cardiovascular disease, but emerging evidence inconsistently reported that education level, a proxy for SES, is related to cardiovascular risk and metabolic syndrome (MetS) in Koreans. Furthermore, limited information is available on whether dietary components would mediate the relationship between education level and cardiovascular risk. We hypothesized that selected food consumption mediates the association between education level and MetS prevalence. Data from the Korea National Health and Nutritional Examination Survey (2008-2011) were included in cross-sectional analyses (n = 11,029, 30-64 years). The possible mediating effect of selected food groups (fruits, raw vegetables, red meat, milk, and soft drinks) on the association between education level and MetS was tested using a multiple mediation model. Education level was negatively associated with MetS prevalence. The association between lower education level and higher MetS prevalence was partially mediated by selected food consumption (lower intakes of fruit, red meat and milk; higher intakes of vegetable and soft drink) after adjusted for covariates. Gender also modified the association between education level and MetS prevalence that was more prominent in women than in men. Selected food consumption substantially contributes to the association between education level and MetS in Korean adults, especially among women. © 2017 S. Karger AG, Basel.

Longitudinal Associations between Physical Activity and Educational Outcomes.

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Kari, Jaana T; Pehkonen, Jaakko; Hutri-Kähönen, Nina; Raitakari, Olli T; Tammelin, Tuija H

2017-11-01

This longitudinal study examined the role of leisure-time physical activity in academic achievement at the end of compulsory basic education and educational attainment in adulthood. The data were drawn from the ongoing longitudinal Cardiovascular Risk in Young Finns Study, which was combined with register-based data from Statistics Finland. The study consisted of children who were 12 yr (n = 1723, 49% boys) and 15 yr (n = 2445, 48% boys) of age at the time when physical activity was measured. The children were followed up until 2010, when their mean age was 40 yr. Physical activity was self-reported and included several measurements: overall leisure-time physical activity outside school hours, participation in sports club training sessions, and participation in sports competitions. Individuals' educational outcomes were measured with the self-reported grade point average at age 15 yr and register-based information on the years of completed postcompulsory education in adulthood. Ordinary least squares models and the instrumental variable approach were used to analyze the relationship between physical activity and educational outcomes. Physical activity in adolescence was positively associated with educational outcomes. Both the physical activity level at age 15 yr and an increase in the physical activity level between the ages of 12 and 15 yr were positively related to the grade point average at age 15 yr and the years of postcompulsory education in adulthood. The results were robust to the inclusion of several individual and family background factors, including health endowments, family income, and parents' education. The results provide evidence that physical activity in adolescence may not only predict academic success during compulsory basic education but also boost educational outcomes later in life.

Una nueva gramínea colombiana de importancia económica

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García Barriga Hernando

1960-12-01

Full Text Available En el año de 1934 se coleccionó una gramínea que provisionalmente Entonces colocamos como Axonopus scoparius pero que mediante un estudio prolongado fundado en colecciones y en comparaciones realizadas en el campo, se ha comprobado que se trata de una especie indescrita.  Por sugerencias del autor en publicaciones de divulgación científica se ha citado para el pasto en cuestión el binomio Axonopusmicay, pero hasta la fecha la especie no ha sido formalmente descrita.

Standards for Academic and Professional Instruction in Foundations of Education, Educational Studies, and Educational Policy Studies Third Edition, 2012, Draft Presented to the Educational Community by the American Educational Studies Association's Committee on Academic Standards and Accreditation

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Tutwiler, Sandra Winn; deMarrais, Kathleen; Gabbard, David; Hyde, Andrea; Konkol, Pamela; Li, Huey-li; Medina, Yolanda; Rayle, Joseph; Swain, Amy

2013-01-01

This third edition of the "Standards for Academic and Professional Instruction in Foundations of Education, Educational Studies, and Educational Policy Studies" is presented to the educational community by the American Educational Studies Association's Committee on Academic Standards and Accreditation. The Standards were first developed and…

Study on the survey and analysis of education in the nuclear field

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Minguez, E.

1998-01-01

It has been identified on many occasions that human resources is one of the most important elements for nuclear energy deployment. Major activities include attracting sufficient number of bright and interested students to the field, and maintaining research activities for both current and future nuclear power utilisation, associated with the successful transfer of knowledge and know-how to the next generation. Even if some countries are not now developing additional nuclear power, there is a need for expertise in operating and then decommissioning existing plants and in radioactive waste management. Universities and in-house training which is provided by nuclear research institutes and companies, have both played significant roles in the history of nuclear development by educating and training young qualified people. It has been observed, however, that universities, nuclear programmes and courses are being merged with other subjects, or in the worst cases, simply closed down. The main reasons for this trend are that universities cannot maintain nuclear-related courses because of lack of students and budget cuts. Research institutes as well as private companies are facing similar budgetary constraints and they are also considerably diversifying into non-nuclear research fields. This loss of educational possibilities needs to be quantified so that governments can take a considered view as to need to remedy the situation. It would also be helpful to review actions already undertaken by governments, universities and research institutes to improve this situation. It should be noted that qualified manpower is a resource available for use on the global scale, even if supply tends to be matter for national decisions. An Expert Group has been created under the auspices of the Committee for Technical and Economic Studies on Nuclear Energy Development and Fuel Cycle (NDC) of the Nuclear Energy Agency (NEA) of the OECD. The Group consists of 24 experts from 17 Member countries

Qualidade de vida em pessoas com leishmaniose cutânea

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Isabel de Melo Honório

2016-09-01

Full Text Available Objetivo: Avaliar a qualidade de vida (QV de pessoas com leishmaniose cutânea. Métodos: Estudo observacional transversal e descritivo realizado em Brasília, DF, Brasil em 2013 com 44 pacientes portadores de leishmaniose cutânea, por meio da aplicação de um questionário sociodemográfico e clínico e do WHOQOL-bref. Os dados sofreram análises descritivas de frequência, tendência central e dispersão e análise inferencial de comparação entre domínios. Resultados: Os participantes eram em sua maioria do sexo feminino (n=24; 54,5%, com idade média de 51,80, casados (n=23; 52,3%, com primeiro grau incompleto (n=22; 50%, do lar (n=11; 25% e procedentes do Distrito Federal (n=30; 68,2%. Um total de 27 (61,4% não possuíam queixas, embora 10 (22,7% queixaram-se das feridas e 6 (13,6% de dor. A QV de 36 (81,82% foi positiva, 30 (68,18% satisfeitos com a própria saúde, melhores escores observados no domínio relações sociais cujas facetas relações pessoais, apoio social e vida sexual obtiveram mediana 4. Os escores mais baixos foram obtidos no domínio meio ambiente, nas facetas transporte, recursos financeiros e atividade de lazer, com mediana 3. Conclusão: A satisfação no domínio relações sociais representou uma estratégia para o enfrentamento da doença, contribuindo positivamente para a QV dos entrevistados.

Evaluación del ribósido de alopurinol contra la leishmaniasis cutánea ecuatoriana

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Martha Chico

1995-09-01

Full Text Available Se realizó un estudio randomizado de 75 pacientes con leishmaniasis cutánea ecuatoriana con el fin de determinar el índice terapéutico de una nueva droga oral antileishmania, el ribósido de alopurinol más probenecid. Este agente fue evaluado comparándolo con controles positivos que se trataron con pentostam y con testigos no tratados. Las medidas de las lesiones disminuyeron rápidamente durante la terapia, lo que permitió determinar el porcentaje de cicatrización en los diferentes grupos. En el día 70 se realizó la evaluación de la curación de los pacientes en los diferentes grupos, obteniéndose: alopurinol (1.500 mg/6 h más probenecid (500 mgI6 h por 28 días, dió una curación con lesiones cicatrizadas en 10 (45,5% de los 22 pacientes. Con pentostam (20 mg Sblkgtdía, IM por 20 días se obtuvo una curación en 28 pacientes siendo esto el 100% de cicatrización. El grupo de no tratamiento presentó un porcentaje muy elevado de curación espontánea en 9 (75,0% de los 12 pacientes. Todos los pacientes con tratamiento fallido o recidivas recibieron posteriormente tratamiento con pentostam. Este estudio sugiere que el ribósido de alopurinol más probenecid no es una droga con mayor eficacia contra la leishmaniasis cutánea ecuatoriana.

Calidad del agua subterránea para usos agropecuarios en el departamento Villaguay, Entre Ríos

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Eduardo Pedro Vivot

2010-12-01

Full Text Available El agua subterránea constituye una fuente relevante de agua dulce necesaria para la vida, el medio ambiente y el desarrollo de los pueblos. Este recurso se caracteriza tanto por su finitud como por su vulnerabilidad, aspectos aparentemente ignorados por el hombre que continúa contaminándolo y alterando sus aptitudes. La demanda mundial de agua dulce ha crecido en correlación con la población mundial, pero el sector agropecuario ha aumentado sensiblemente la explotación de los acuíferos, en particular para riego de cultivos, que insumen el 70 % del total. El objetivo de este trabajo consistió en realizar la caracterización hidroquímica del agua subterránea rural del departamento Villaguay (Entre Ríos y determinar la calidad para los usos rurales, utilizando para ello metodologías estandarizadas para analizarlas y aceptados criterios de evaluación. Los resultados muestran que las aguas se caracterizan como bicarbonatadas en los distritos al este del río Gualeguay, y como sulfatadas al oeste del mismo. La evaluación del agua para bebida animal indica que poseen aptitud buena a regular. En cuanto a calidad del agua para riego, presenta en general ligeras restricciones de uso. Las aguas para las aplicaciones de pesticidas muestran limitantes que requieren la corrección particular del pH y la dureza. Palabras clave: agua subterránea rural; caracterización hidroquímica; calidad para usos agropecuarios.

Literatura en guerra: la narrativa contemporánea en Centroamérica

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Margarita Rojas G.

2013-08-01

Full Text Available El estudio analiza el panorama de la narrativa centroamericana contemporánea, escrita por autores nacidos entre 1950 y 1964. Se trata de una generación que ha optado por una estética narrativa novedosa, claramente distinguible de grupos anteriores. Dos rasgos se destacan en sus perspectivas literarias: por un lado, la temática urbana contemporánea con una compleja red de condiciones materiales e interacciones sociales; por otro, el particular tratamiento del tiempo histórico, con sus específicas alusiones a acontecimientos de la historia social y poética. Se muestra que en todos los casos, estas son manifestaciones de una «literatura» de guerra, no de la posguerra. This study analyzes the panorama of contemporary Central American narrative, written by authors born between 1950 and 1964. It is a generation that has opted for innovative narrative esthetics, which is clearly distinguishable from that used by previous groups. Two characteristics stand out in their literary perspectives: 1. contemporary urban themes with a complex network of material conditions and social interactions; 2. the particular treatment of the historical period with its allusions to events of social and poetic history. In all cases, it is clear that they are manifestations of war, rather than postwar, literature.

Acesso radial em intervenções coronarianas percutâneas: panorama atual brasileiro Acceso radial en intervenciones coronarias percutáneas: panorama actual brasileño Radial approach in percutaneous coronary interventions: current status in Brazil

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Pedro Beraldo de Andrade

2011-04-01

Full Text Available FUNDAMENTO: Embora a técnica radial exiba resultados incontestáveis na redução de complicações vasculares e ocorrência de sangramento grave quando comparada à técnica femoral, seu emprego permanece restrito a poucos centros que a elegeram como via de acesso preferencial. OBJETIVO: Avaliar o cenário atual das intervenções coronarianas percutâneas no Brasil quanto à utilização da via de acesso radial. MÉTODOS: Análise dos dados cadastrados de forma espontânea na Central Nacional de Intervenções Cardiovasculares (CENIC durante o quadriênio de 2005-2008, o que totaliza 83.376 procedimentos. RESULTADOS: A técnica radial foi utilizada em 12,6% dos procedimentos efetivados, e a técnica femoral, em 84,3%. Os 3,1% restantes foram representados pela dissecção ou punção braquial. Com uma taxa de sucesso de 97,5%, a opção pelo acesso radial associou-se à redução significativa de complicações vasculares quando comparado ao femoral (2,5% versus 3,6%, p FUNDAMENTO: Aunque la técnica radial exhiba resultados incontestables en la reducción de complicaciones vasculares y ocurrencia de sangrado grave cuando es comparada a la técnica femoral, su empleo permanece restringido a pocos centros que la eligieron como vía de acceso preferencial. OBJETIVO:Evaluar el escenario actual de las intervenciones coronarias percutáneas en el Brasil en cuanto a la utilización de la vía de acceso radial. MÉTODOS:Análisis de los datos registrados de forma espontánea en la Central Nacional de Intervenciones Cardiovasculares (CENIC durante el cuatrienio de 2005-2008, lo que totaliza 83.376 procedimientos. RESULTADOS:La técnica radial fue utilizada en 12,6% de los procedimientos efectuados, y la técnica femoral, en 84,3%. Los 3,1% restantes fueron representados por la disección o punción braquial. Con una tasa de éxito de 97,5%, la opción por el acceso radial se asoció a la reducción significativa de complicaciones vasculares cuando

El agua subterránea en la Costa de Hermosillo

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José Luis Moreno Vázquez

2000-01-01

En este trabajo se analiza el papel que desempeñó la evolución del conocimiento científico en materia de agua subterránea en el desarrollo de una región agrícola del noroeste del país. En la introducción, se aborda el contexto económico y la visión dominante que existía sobre la disponibilidad y aprovechamiento del agua que hicieron posible el nacimiento de la Costa de Hermosillo a mediados de los años 40. En el primer apartado, se describe el conocimiento que había sobre el agua del subsuelo...

Nuclear power plant operating experiences from the IAEA / Nea incident reporting system 2002-2005

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2006-01-01

The Incident Reporting System (IRS) is an essential element of the international operating experience feedback system for nuclear power plants. The IRS is jointly operated and managed by the Nuclear Energy Agency (NEA), a semi-autonomous body within the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), and the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), a specialized agency within the United Nations System. (author)

Leishmaniasis cutánea en España Cutaneous leishmaniasis in Spain

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F Pulgar

2011-09-01

Full Text Available Comunicamos un caso de Leishmaniasis cutánea localizada en miembros inferiores, la respuesta terapéutica al antimonial fue buena, observándose solo una cicatriz residual. La entidad no es frecuente en España.An 84-years-old woman from Spain with papules-nodules, some ulcerated in the lower limbs is reported. The therapeutic response to the meglumine was satisfactory with a residual scar as only secuelae. The Cutaneous Leishmaniasis is infrequent in Spain.

Higher weight, lower education: a longitudinal association between adolescents' body mass index and their subsequent educational achievement level?

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Larsen, Junilla K; Kleinjan, Marloes; Engels, Rutger C M E; Fisher, Jennifer O; Hermans, Roel C J

2014-12-01

The purpose of this study was to examine the association between adolescents' body mass index (BMI) z-scores and their subsequent level of schooling, extending previous longitudinal research by using objectively measured weight and height data. A longitudinal study with 3 study waves (1-year intervals) involving 1248 Dutch adolescents (49% girls; mean age = 13.7 years) at schools providing different educational levels was used to determine adolescents who moved and did not move to a lower educational level in the first year, or in the second year, and to examine whether this movement could be predicted by BMI z-scores (zBMI), after controlling for a large range of potential confounding factors. A total of 1164 Dutch adolescents continued in the same level of education, whereas 84 adolescents moved to a lower educational level (43 moved in the first and 41 in the second year). A higher zBMI significantly increased the risk of a general transition to a lower educational level, and of a transition in the first year, but not in the second year, after controlling for potential demographic, behavioral, and psychological confounds. Findings suggest that a higher zBMI during adolescence immediately lowers educational achievement level during general secondary education. © 2014, American School Health Association.

Alopecia: manifestação cutânea rara de sarcoidose Alopecia: an uncommon cutaneous manifestation of sarcoidosis

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Fabiane Mulinari Brenner

2008-10-01

Full Text Available A sarcoidose é doença granulomatosa multissistêmica que geralmente compromete o trato respiratório e os linfonodos hilares. A pele é comumente afetada, mas raramente o couro cabeludo. Dois casos de sarcoidose com lesões no couro cabeludo são relatados: o primeiro, em paciente negra apresentando áreas de alopecia no couro cabeludo associada a outras lesões cutâneas; e o segundo, em paciente branca, portadora de sarcoidose pulmonar, com alopecia como manifestação cutânea isolada. A sarcoidose de couro cabeludo merece especial atenção, pois nos pacientes com essa forma de lesão cutânea existe alta incidência de acometimento sistêmico.Sarcoidosis is a multi-system granulomatous disease that generally affects the respiratory tract and hilar lymph nodes. The skin is also commonly involved, although cutaneous sarcoidosis on the scalp is rare. Two cases of scalp sarcoidosis are reported: the first presented with patchy alopecia, cutaneous sarcoidosis and also systemic disease in a black patient; the second case is related to an uncommon presentation with alopecia as the single cutaneous manifestation in a Caucasian patient with pulmonary sarcoidosis. Scalp sarcoidosis deserves special attention because there is a high incidence of other systemic lesions with this cutaneous manifestation, thus a careful investigation should be performed in these patients.

Thermal-hydraulics associated with nuclear education and research

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Yokobori, Seiichi

2011-01-01

This article was the rerecording of the author's lecture at the fourth 'Future Energy Forum' (aiming at improving nuclear safety and economics) held in December 2010. The lecture focused on (1) importance of thermal hydraulics associated with nuclear education and research (critical heat flux, two-phase flow and multiphase flow), (2) emerging trend of maintenance engineering (fluid induced vibration, flow accelerated corrosion and stress corrosion cracks), (3) fostering sensible nuclear engineer with common engineering sense, (4) balanced curriculum of basics and advanced research, (5) computerized simulation and fluid mechanics, (6) crucial point of thermo hydraulics education (viscosity, flux, steam and power generation), (7) safety education and human resources development (indispensable technologies such as defence in depth) and (8) topics of thermo hydraulics research (vortices of curbed pipes and visualization of two-phase flow). (T. Tanaka)

Análisis acústico de los sonidos laterales en el habla espontánea del español

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Belén Andrés Edo

2014-11-01

Full Text Available En este trabajo de investigación descriptivo e instrumental se presentan los resultados del análisis acústico de los sonidos laterales que producen los hablantes nativos de español en habla espontánea. El objetivo de este trabajo es proponer una visión distinta a la que ofrece el sistema fonético y fonológico español actual al utilizar sonidos de habla espontánea en lugar de sonidos producidos de forma aislada. Para llevar a cabo la investigación, se realiza el análisis acústico de los sonidos laterales de nuestro corpus, que está compuesto por grabaciones de programas de televisión. Dicho análisis se realiza mediante el programa Praat, especializado en análisis espectrográficos y los resultados que se obtienen sirven para clasificar los sonidos según sus características principales. A continuación, extraemos los datos acústicos de los sonidos laterales que presenten estructura de formantes. De esta manera, comparamos si el mismo tipo de sonido varía según se produzca en habla espontánea o en habla de laboratorio.

Compuestos de Paladio soportados en distintos materiales. Aplicación en Catálisis heterogénea

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2011-01-01

Leyva Perez, A. (2005). Compuestos de Paladio soportados en distintos materiales. Aplicación en Catálisis heterogénea [Tesis doctoral no publicada]. Universitat Politècnica de València. doi:10.4995/Thesis/10251/1839.

Papel protector de la dieta Mediterránea sobre el Índice de Hígado Graso. Estudio PREDIMED-Málaga

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Cueto Galán, Raquel

2016-01-01

ANTECEDENTES La dieta Mediterránea está asociada con una disminución en la prevalencia del síndrome metabólico donde el hígado graso es el componente hepático. No obstante, los efectos de esta dieta sobre las enzimas hepáticas y el hígado graso apenas están explorados, es más, los mecanismos subyacentes en relación con el hígado graso y una dieta Mediterránea enriquecida con aceite de oliva o frutos secos no han sido aún estudiados. El Índice de Hígado Graso (FLI, Fatty Liver Index), ha si...

Estudio de los trastornos postabdominoplastia de la sensibilidad cutánea superficial

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2013-09-01

Full Text Available La abdominoplastia es una de las intervenciones quirúrgicas de mayor solicitud por parte de los pacientes dentro de la Cirugía Plástica. Uno de los inconvenientes que pueden presentarse después de su realización es la disminución o pérdida de sensibilidad cutánea de la pared abdominal como consecuencia de la disección de los nervios tóraco-abdominales al elevar el colgajo cutáneo, que se presenta hasta en un 57-72 % de los pacientes. Nuestro objetivo es determinar los trastornos de la sensibilidad cutánea superficial que se producen en el abdomen tras una abdominoplastia y el tiempo necesario para recuperar esa sensibilidad. Realizamos un estudio observacional, prospectivo, de cohorte, en el cual se incluyen 50 pacientes de sexo femenino, en dos grupos: un grupo control, al cual no se le realizó abdominoplastia, constituido por 20 mujeres con edades entre 24-40 años (promedio de 29.6 años y sin cirugías abdominales previas, comorbilidades cutáneas ni sistémicas, y un grupo de estudio compuesto por 30 pacientes de edades comprendidas entre los 22-57 años (promedio de 36.2 años, con características similares a las del grupo control, a las cuales se les realizó abdominoplastia. La evaluación de la pared abdominal se realizó para los diferentes parámetros de la sensibilidad cutánea superficial usando un sistema de división del abdomen en 12 áreas; se examinó el tacto, el dolor, la temperatura (calor y frío y la discriminación de dos puntos antes de la cirugía, a los 3 y a los 6 meses después de la abdominoplastia. Todas nuestras pacientes sometidas a abdominoplastia presentaron alguna alteración de la sensibilidad en comparación con las pacientes del grupo control. Las modalidades de la sensibilidad evaluadas a los 3 y 6 meses en el área 8 presentaron ausencia de respuesta al estímulo excepto para el tacto superficial, que estuvo presente en un 33.3 % a los 6 meses; el área 5 presentó mejoría ante los est

DE PAULO LEMINSKI A PEDRO ANTÔNIO GABRIEL: DIÁLOGOS ATEMPORAIS NA LITERATURA BRASILEIRA CONTEMPORÂNEA

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Jennifer da Silva Gramiani Celeste (CES/JF

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O presente artigo objetiva estabelecer diálogo entre poemas da autoria de Paulo Leminski e Pedro Antônio Gabriel. Os estudos relativos à Cibercultura, à Literatura e à Modernidade serão os norteadores deste trabalho. A realização deste estudo é justificada com base na relevância em compreender os diálogos contemplados pela Literatura Brasileira Contemporânea; ademais, a dinâmica que demarca a atual produção poética no Brasil, influenciada pelo advento da internet. É possível afirmar que os autores dialogam entre si, seja via jogos de natureza sonora ou visual, seja via temáticas contempladas. As conversas são atemporais, pois transcendem crenças e perspectivas inerentes a uma dada época.

Palavras-chave: Poesia. Literatura Brasileira Contemporânea. Paulo Leminski. Pedro Antônio Gabriel.

NEA activities in 1991. 20. Annual report of the OECD Nuclear Energy Agency

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1992-01-01

This annual report gives informations on OECD Nuclear Energy Agency activities in 1991. This report is divided into ten chapters: 1 Trends in nuclear power. 2 Nuclear development and the fuel cycle. 3 Nuclear safety and regulation. 4 Radiation protection. 5 Radioactive waste management and disposal. 6 Nuclear science: Reactor physics, nuclear data, NEA data bank. 7 Joint projects and coordinated research programs. 8 Legal affairs. 9 informations programs. 10 relations with non-member countries

77 FR 44255 - Medicare Program; Application by the American Association of Diabetes Educators (AADE) for...

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2012-07-27

...] Medicare Program; Application by the American Association of Diabetes Educators (AADE) for Continued... Register (77 FR 11130) entitled, ``Application by the American Association of Diabetes Educators (AADE) for... Notice. SUMMARY: This final notice announces the approval of an application from the American Association...

Avaliação da utilização do placebo nas crises agudas de migrânea sem aura, migrânea com aura e cefaléia do tipo tensional episódica Evaluation of placebo use in migraine without aura, migraine with aura and episodic tension-type headache acute attacks

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Marcelo Eduardo Bigal

2001-09-01

Full Text Available O presente estudo apresenta a avaliação do efeito placebo no tratamento agudo da migrânea sem aura, migrânea com aura e cefaléia do tipo tensional episódica. Foram estudados pacientes que deram entrada entre 1 de março de 1997 a 31 de novembro de 1999 em dois pronto-socorros. Definiram-se três grupos, cada um com 30 pacientes: 1 - migrânea sem aura (MSA; 2 -- migrânea com aura (MCO; 3 -- cefaléia do tipo tensional episódica (CTTE. Os pacientes participavam de estudo randomizado para avaliar a eficácia de 4 drogas; aqueles randomizados para o placebo foram incluídos também. Os parâmetros avaliados foram: 1 -- dor; 2 - sintomas associados. Avaliados uma hora após a administração do placebo, 50% dos pacientes do grupo MSA, 23,3% dos pacientes do grupo MCA e 26,7% dos pacientes do grupo CTTE apresentavam melhora da dor. A melhora, avaliada pela escala numérica da dor foi, em média, de 41,6%, 23,1% e 36%, respectivamente. Houve também redução significativa de todos os sintomas associados. A utilização do placebo é, portanto, essencial na avaliação de drogas utilizadas no tratamento de cefaléias agudas.This study presents an evaluation of placebo response in the acute treatment of migraine with or without aura and episodic tension type headache. We studied patients admitted between March 1st,1997 and November 31st,1999 in two Emergency Room Units. Three groups had been defined, each one with 30 participants: migraine without aura (MWOA, migraine with aura (MWA and episodic tension-type headache (ETTH. Patients were participating of a randomized study to evaluate efficacy of 4 different drugs; those randomized to receive placebo were included. We evaluated pain and associated symptoms. After one hour of placebo administration, 50% of MWOA patients, 23.3% of MWA and 26.7% of ETTH had presented pain relief. The mean of this relief, evaluated by the numerical pain scale, was 41.6%, 23.1% and 36%, respectively. Use of placebo

Varietas Indiana: le cas de la Miscelánea Antártica de Miguel Cabello Valboa

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2001-01-01

Full Text Available La notion de varietas est reprise par la culture de l’Humanisme et érigée en principe générateur de formes de pensée et d’écriture. Compte tenu de ceci, il y a lieu de se demander quel fut son rôle dans l’appréhension intellectuelle du Nouveau Monde et dans les divers discours sur celui-ci, aussi bien ceux qui furent élaborés depuis l’Europe que ceux qui le furent depuis les Indes Occidentales. Il s'agit ici de réfléchir sur un cas particulier, celui de la fonction de la varietas dans la Miscelánea Antártica de Miguel Cabello Valboa, pour essayer de démontrer comment l’auteur se sert doublement de ce principe pour insérer le lecteur, aussi bien local que peninsulaire, au sein de la matière américaine et, en même temps, assimiler celle-ci au fonds commun du savoir, rattachant l’histoire indigène à l’Histoire universelle. VARIETAS INDIANA: EL CASO DE LA MISCELÁNEA ANTÁRTICA DE MIGUEL CABELLO VALBOA La noción de varietas se erige como principio generador de formas de pensamiento y de escritura y, en un sentido general, como eje de la cultura del Humanismo. Teniendo en cuenta lo anterior, cabe preguntarse sobre la función que ésta cumplió en la aprensión intelectual de los territorios ultamarinos dentro del imaginario europeo y en la formación de un imaginario local. En el presente artículo hemos examinado esta cuestión en un caso particular, el de la Miscelánea Antártica de Miguel Cabello Valboa, intentando mostrar cómo el autor se sirve doblemente del principio de la varietas para insertar al lector, tanto local como peninsular, en el ámbito de la materia americana y de la historia indígena, pero sobre todo para asimilarlas al fondo común del saber y engarzarlas, en un plano de igualdad, dentro de la historia universal. VARIETAS INDIANA: THE CASE OF MISCELÁNEA ANTÁRTICA DE MIGUEL CABELLO VALBOA The age of Humanism revived the notion of varietas and established it as a generating force of thought and

Organizational Climate of the Association of Leadership Educators

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Moore, Lori; McKim, Billy; Bruce, Jackie

2013-01-01

Without feedback from members and former members, professional organizations run the risk of being stalemated. This study sought to explore perceptions of current and former members of the Association of Leadership Educators (ALE) related to the organization and the climate within the organization. No statistical differences were found in the…

Caracterización de la comunidad vegetal en una asociación de gramíneas mejoradas y Leucaena leucocephala cv.: Cunningham Characterization of the plant community in an association of improved grasses and Leucaena leucocephala cv.: Cunningham

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Tania Sánchez

2007-11-01

Full Text Available En una vaquería de la Empresa Genética de Matanzas se realizó un estudio durante cinco años, con el objetivo de caracterizar el comportamiento de la comunidad vegetal en una asociación de gramíneas mejoradas y Leucaena leucocephala cv. Cunningham en condiciones comerciales. Se determinó la composición botánica del pastizal, la densidad de arbóreas, la disponibilidad de materia seca y los contenidos de MS, PB, Ca y P de las especies presentes en el sistema. La composición botánica del pastizal se caracterizó por un porcentaje de pastos mejorados superior al 50%, con predominio de Cynodon nlemfuensis cv. Jamaicano y Panicum maximum cv. Likoni; mientras que la leucaena mantuvo la densidad de plantas, como una adaptación a las condiciones del sistema. La disponibilidad de materia seca total fue superior a las 3 t/ha/rotación durante la etapa experimental. Se concluye que en la asociación de gramíneas mejoradas y L. leucocephala cv. Cunningham se presentó una alta disponibilidad de materia seca y persistencia del pastizal durante los cinco años del estudio, con valores de PB en las gramíneas mejoradas de 9,6-9,8% y en la leucaena de 25%, sin la aplicación de riego ni fertilizantes químicos, lo cual permitió atenuar las diferencias entre los períodos lluvioso y poco lluvioso.In a dairy of the Genetic Enterprise of Matanzas, a work was carried out for five years, with the objective of characterizing the performance of the plant community in an association of improved grasses and Leucaena leucocephala cv Cunningham under commercial conditions. The botanical composition of the pastureland, tree density, dry matter availability and DM, CP, Ca and P contents of the species present in the system were determined. The botanical composition of the pastureland was characterized by a percentage of improved pastures higher than 50%, with predominance of Cynodon nlemfuensis cv. Jamaicano and Panicum maximum cv. Likoni; while leucaena

Caminhos comoventes: Concretismo, neoconcretismo e arte contemporânea no Brasil

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Otavio Leonidio

2013-10-01

Full Text Available O artigo problematiza os nexos existentes entre modernismo, concretismo, neoconcretismo e arte contemporânea no Brasil, abordados aqui a partir da análise de uma obra específica – a performance Symbebeko, da artista Juliana Notari, ocorrida em março de 2011 no vão-livre do Museu de Arte Moderna do Rio de Janeiro/MAM. Defende-se a tese de que, em contraste com narrativas mais ou menos canônicas, a passagem do moderno ao contemporâneo é marcada, no Brasil, por compromissos e contradições inusitadas e por vezes surpreendentes.

Activities of the OECD/NEA Data Bank and its computer program service

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Sartori, E.

1991-01-01

The OECD/NEA Data Bank collects, tests and distributes computer programs and numerical data in the field of nuclear energy applications. This activity is coordinated with several similar centres in the United States (NESC, NNDC, RSIC) and outside the OECD are through an arrangement with the IAEA. This valuable information is shared worldwide for the benefit of scientists and engineers working on the safe and economic use of nuclear energy for peaceful applications. This article covers mainly the activities of the computer program service. (author). 4 figs

PRODUCTIVIDAD DE PASTURAS Y PRODUCCIÓN DE LECHE BOVINA BAJO PASTOREO DE GRAMÍNEA Y GRAMÍNEA + LOTUSULIGINOSUS EN MOSQUERA, CUNDINAMARCA

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2008-01-01

Full Text Available en el presente estudio se determinó y evaluó la producción de biomasa aérea (g Ms/m2, composición botánica, calidad nutricional, y producción y calidad de leche en dos tipos de pasturas para clima frío. el ensayo se realizó en el centro agropecuario Marengo de la Universidad nacional en Mosquera, Cundinamarca, donde se evaluaron dos pasturas, una de mezcla de kikuyo (Pennisetum clandestinum y festuca alta (Festuca arundinacea la segunda, una mezcla de festuca alta y la leguminosa trébol pata de pájaro (Lotus uligino-sus con un área de 1 ha cada una. se empleó un diseño al azar con la vaca como unidad experimental y la pastura como tratamiento. se usaron 5 vacas Holstein (Pv 580 kg entre 2 y 4 partos de segundo tercio de lactancia para cada tratamiento durante un periodo experi-mental de 14 días, 7 de acostumbramiento y 7 de mediciones. en cada pastura se determinó la producción de biomasa aérea (g Ms/m2, composición botánica (%, calidad nutricional (PC, Fdn, Fda, divMs, y se evaluó la producción (lt/día y calidad de leche (porcentaje de grasa, proteína, caseína, sólidos. aunque no se realizó comparación estadística para la producción de biomasa, la mayor producción fue observada en la pastura asociada; también en cuanto a la calidad nutricional la principal diferencia se observó en el contenido de pro-teína, siendo mayor en la pastura asociada. se observaron mayores valores en producción de leche, caseína y proteína en la pastura de gramínea más leguminosa (P 0,05. se puede concluir que las pasturas asociadas de gramínea más leguminosa mejoran los valores de producción y proteína en la leche.

Fourth National NEA/PR&R Conference on Civil and Human Rights in Education.

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National Education Association, Washington, DC. Commission on Professional Rights and Responsibilities.

The fourth conference dedicated itself to the topic "The Treatment of Minorities in Textbooks," intending to give educators, publishers, civil rights leaders, and government officials an unbiased understanding of textbook problems. Participants learned from each other and gained insight into differing points of view, stimulating cooperative team…

Líneas de pobreza subjetiva en el cálculo del potencial de calidad de vida (QLP en España. Aplicación a partir de la EPF de 1990-91

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Rafael Pinilla Pallejà

2004-01-01

Full Text Available El Potencial de Calidad de Vida (Quality Life Potential, QLP, presentado en Pinilla y Goerlich (2004, es una propuesta innovadora de medida de bienestar social que combina las rentas estimadas por encima de la línea de pobreza con esperanzas de vida a la edad actual a partir de una función de calidad de vida. Para calcular el QLP necesitamos elegir una línea de pobreza. La mejor elección sería probablemente una línea de pobreza subjetiva (SPL pero eso no siempre es posible. El objetivo de este trabajo es valorar la relevancia de la línea de pobreza elegida para estimar el QLP. Se calculará el QLP a partir de la línea subjetiva de pobreza y a partir de una línea de pobreza relativa convencional para los datos de la Encuesta de Presupuestos Familiares (EPF de 1990-91. Además, compararemos el QLP estimado con las medidas convencionales de rentas como la renta per cápita. En general los indicadores de pobreza son bastante diferentes dependiendo del método elegido, pero el QLP presenta sólo pequeñas diferencias. Al menos para los datos de España en 1990-91 los QLP que se obtienen con ambas líneas de pobreza son similares. Se necesita más investigación para comprobar si esta semejanza se mantiene válida a lo largo del tiempo.

Fluoruro en el agua subterránea: niveles, origen y control natural en la región de Tenextepango, Morelos, México

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Rafael Huízar Álvarez

2016-08-01

Full Text Available El agua subterránea que consume la población en la región de Tenextepango, Morelos, contiene fluoruro en concentración que varía de 0.5 a 1.9 mg/L, causando problema de fluororis dental a la población. El objetivo de este trabajo es conocer los niveles de fluoruro en el agua subterránea, su distribución y su procedencia en la región de Tenexpenango, Morelos, México. Para esto se elaboró el modelo hidrogeológico soportado con análisis químicos del agua obtenida en 17 pozos y cinco manantiales; el pH, alcalinidad, CE y temperatura del agua se registraron en campo. La concentración de cationes, aniones y elementos traza se determinó por ICP-MS. Los resultados indican que la concentración de fluoruro, y temperatura del agua subterránea, son mayores en los pozos que extraen agua sin interrupción y menor en aquéllos que bombean solo nueve horas-día. La variación de estos parámetros sugiere que los primeros extraen agua de un flujo con mayor profundidad de recorrido con respecto al agua de otros pozos, indicando que el incremento en el tiempo de extracción induce un flujo vertical de agua (ascendente permitiendo que en tales pozos se descargue un sistema de flujo más profundo, cuyo contenido de fluoruro y valor de temperatura son sensiblemente mayores al resto de los demás pozos. Como conclusión, la fuente del fluoruro al agua subterránea en esta región está en las rocas que conforman del relieve que rodea la planicie y principalmente en aquel ubicado fuera de la planicie hacia el noreste (Sierra Nevada. El fluoruro es liberado al agua subterránea por el proceso del intemperismo químico de rocas ígneas intermedias y félsicas.

Reações cutâneas desencadeadas por drogas Skin reactions to drugs

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Maria Regina Cavariani Silvares

2008-06-01

Full Text Available FUNDAMENTOS: Drogas podem desencadear reações adversas. As manifestações cutâneas são as mais comuns. OBJETIVO: Analisar as farmacodermias e relacionar as drogas envolvidas e os tipos de reações cutâneas mais freqüentes. MÉTODOS: Estudo retrospectivo e descritivo. Avaliados pacientes com diagnóstico inicial de farmacodermia internados na Enfermaria de Dermatologia, no período de janeiro de 1999 a junho de 2004. Incluídos no estudo os pacientes que confirmaram o diagnóstico de farmacodermia, com base em critérios clínicos e histopatológicos, após a análise dos prontuários. RESULTADOS: Tiveram diagnóstico inicial de farmacodermia 121 pacientes. Incluídos 43 pacientes, dos quais 51,2% eram do sexo feminino, e 86% da raça branca. Destes, 48,8% faziam uso de apenas uma medicação, sendo o grupo dos antibióticos o mais utilizado (20,9% e o principal responsável pela farmacodermia(33,3%. O segundo grupo de drogas mais envolvido foi o dos antiinflamatórios (16,7%, seguido pelo dos anticonvulsivantes (13%, e analgésicos/antipiréticos (13%. A forma clínica da erupção cutânea foi exantema maculopapular em 41,9% dos pacientes, eritrodermia em 25,6% e urticária em 23,3%. CONCLUSÃO: O exantema maculopapular foi a principal forma de reação cutânea desencadeada por drogas, e os antibióticos, os medicamentos que mais freqüentemente desencadearam essas reações.BACKGROUND: Drugs may trigger adverse reactions and skin manifestations are the most frequent ones. OBJECTIVE: To assess drug reactions and report the drugs involved and the most frequent types of skin reactions. METHODS: A retrospective and descriptive study. Data of inpatients at the Dermatology Ward with initial diagnosis of adverse drug reactions were evaluated from January 1999 to June 2004. Patients with confirmed diagnosis were included in the study based on clinical and histopathological criteria, after analysis of medical charts. RESULTS: Initial diagnosis

Education attainment is associated with patient-reported outcomes: findings from the Swedish Hip Arthroplasty Register.

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Greene, Meridith E; Rolfson, Ola; Nemes, Szilard; Gordon, Max; Malchau, Henrik; Garellick, Göran

2014-06-01

Age, sex, and medical comorbidities may be associated with differences in patient-reported outcome scores after THA. Highest level of education may be a surrogate for socioeconomic status, but the degree to which this is associated with patient-reported outcomes after THA is not known. We investigated the national Swedish Hip Arthroplasty Register for the association of education attainment on patient-reported outcomes 1 year after THA; specifically, we evaluated level of education attainment against health-related quality of life (HRQoL), pain reduction, and satisfaction with treatment 1 year after THA. All THAs for osteoarthritis performed from 2005 through 2007 with complete patient-reported outcome measures (representing 49% of the THAs performed for this diagnosis) were selected from the Swedish Hip Arthroplasty Register. These cases were merged with national databases containing education attainment, marital status, and comorbidities (n = 11,464; mean age of patients, 64 years). The patient-reported outcome measure protocol included the HRQoL measure EuroQol five-dimension scale (EQ-5D), a VAS for pain, the Charnley classification survey, and a VAS addressing THA satisfaction. Linear regression analyses determined the association of preoperative patient factors with patient-reported outcomes. High education attainment was associated with higher HRQoL (EQ-5D index ß(high) = 0.03 ± 0.01; EQ VAS ß(high) = 2.6 ± 0.5) after THA, whereas those with low and medium education were at risk for lower HRQoL. High education was associated with less pain after treatment (ß(high) = -3.3 ± 0.05). Individuals with low or medium education were at risk for less satisfaction with THA (p education to a greater extent. Identification of patients who will benefit most from THA and educating those at risk for poorer outcomes, like patients with low and medium education, ultimately may improve patient satisfaction, HRQoL, pain, and the cost utility of THA. Level III

Surto de pitiose cutânea em bovinos Outbreak of cutaneous pythiosis in cattle

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Adriane L. Gabriel

2008-12-01

Full Text Available Setenta e seis bovinos, sem raça definida, jovens, de ambos os sexos, apresentaram lesões cutâneas multifocais nodulares, ulceradas e crostosas nas faces medial e lateral dos membros anteriores e posteriores, região ventral do pescoço, esterno e cauda. A doença ocorreu no verão e as lesões foram observadas nas regiões do corpo que ficavam grande tempo em contato com a água em canais de irrigação. Histologicamente observaram-se múltiplos granulomas e piogranulomas contendo escassas imagens negativas de hifas na área central, as quais foram melhor evidenciadas através da técnica de metenamina nitrato de prata de Grocott. O diagnóstico etiológico definitivo foi baseado na técnica de imuno-histoquímica com anticorpo policlonal anti-Pythium insidiosum. Adicionalmente, foi realizado o teste de ELISA indireto. Surtos de pitiose cutânea bovina são incomuns e, particularmente neste relato, todos os animais afetados tiveram cura espontânea das lesões dentro de duas a três semanas.Seventy-six young mixed breed cattle of both sexes, presented multifocal ulcerated nodular cutaneous lesions localized in the medial and lateral aspects of fore and hindlimbs, ventral neck, sternum, and tail. The disease occurred during summer and lesions were observed on areas of the body which were in contact with water of irrigation channels for long periods. Histologically, there were multiple granulomas and pyogranulomas with few negative profiles of hyphae, which were better visualized throughout Grocott methenamine silver stain. Definitive etiologic diagnosis was based on immuno-histochemistry with anti-Pythium insidiosum polyclonal antibody. Additionally, an indirect ELISA test was performed. Bovine cutaneous pythiosis outbreaks are uncommon and, particularly as occurred in the cattle of this report, all affected animals had spontaneous healing within two to three weeks.

LÍNEAS DE PROFUNDIZACIÓN. UNA PROPUESTA DIDÁCTICA EN BÚSQUEDA DEL DESARROLLO DE COMPETENCIAS

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Análida Elizabeth Pinilla Roa

2008-10-01

Full Text Available Una línea de profundización es una estrategia didáctica de trabajo en grupo de docentes y estudiantes de diferentes niveles de formación, que facilita los procesos de enseñanza, aprendizaje, investigación y evaluación en un currículo contextualizado. Esta metodología, fundamentada en el seminario investigativo, y enriquecida con otras estrategias didácticas, brinda un espacio para la creatividad porque permite la integración de docencia, investigación y extensión; es semillero de investigadores al traducir científicamente los hechos cotidianos y es medio para la investigación formativa. Sirve para generar una línea de investigación o puede ocurrir el proceso inverso cuando una línea de profundización surge desde ésta. Esta estrategia es propia del currículo flexible que permite la producción social de conocimiento en el contexto nacional e internacional con metodologías intensivas para fomentar el trabajo autónomo del estudiante y el profesor. Tiene diversidad de ventajas como aprender a traducir científicamente los problemas cotidianos, favorece el desarrollo de competencias, permite trabajar en equipo para cuestionar el conocimiento y solucionar problemas, liga la docencia con la investigación. Como posibles dificultades la permanencia por un periodo corto de algunos estudiantes de pregrado lo que implica mayor esfuerzo del docente, por tanto se sugiere ofrecerla a estudiantes de posgrado que están por períodos más largos.

Propuesta de líneas de mejora de la experiencia operística desde el ocio creativo

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Amigo, M. Luisa

2012-04-01

Full Text Available This work is framed in an investigation area of creative leisure, which is carried out in the Institute for Leisure Studies of the University of Deusto. Educational programs have, traditionally, been considered a tool to bring opera to new audiences. This article explores the educational initiatives from ten European opera organizations using the content analysis method. We will start from some fundamental principles of the leisure theory and the aesthetic theory, whose mission is to promote more satisfying aesthetic experiences. After evaluating whether these principles are reflected in reality, we will propose some actions that can contribute to furthering the reception process of opera and, thus, improve the operatic experience of the participants in the educational programs.

Este trabajo se enmarca en un área de investigación de ocio creativo, que se lleva a cabo en el Instituto de Estudios de Ocio de la Universidad de Deusto. Los programas didácticos han constituido, tradicionalmente, una herramienta para acercar la ópera a nuevos colectivos. En este artículo analizaremos las iniciativas didácticas de una decena de organizaciones operísticas europeas utilizando la técnica de análisis de contenidos. Para ello, partiremos de unos principios teóricos procedentes de la teoría del ocio y la teoría de la estética, cuya misión es favorecer experiencias de ocio estético más satisfactorias. Tras evaluar si dichos principios tienen su reflejo en la realidad, propondremos algunas líneas de intervención que puedan contribuir a favorecer el proceso de recepción de la ópera y que, de esta manera, mejoren la experiencia operística de los participantes en los programas didácticos.

INNOVATION IN BRAZILIAN TERRITORIAL ASSOCIATION: THE EDUCATIONAL DEVELOPMENT ARRANGEMENTS

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Eduardo José Grin

2017-09-01

Full Text Available The article analyzes the Development Educational Arrangements as ways of territorial association which, in Brasil, since the 2000s, have been one more alternative for municipal consortia. The object of analysis is formed by two cases: the Corredor da Vale (Maranhão and the Chapada Diamantina (Bahia. The research was implemented based on secondary data and a field investigation that interviewed educational municipal managers and representatives from state governments. The selected cases were based on the diverse case methodology that analyzes, controlling variables, different effects of independent variable over dependent variable. The central argument tested is that Educational Arrangements are the independent variables that produce effect on educational territorial governance like dependent variable. We concluded that the larger success in baiano case it was due to factor like regional leadership, social control, path and context of its construction, what didn't happen in the maranhense case.

Tertiary education and its association with mental health indicators and educational factors among Arctic young adults: the NAAHS cohort study

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Elisabeth Valmyr Bania

2016-09-01

Full Text Available Background: Completed tertiary education is closely associated with employment and influences income, health and personal well-being. Objective: The purpose of the study is to explore predictors for completed tertiary education among indigenous Sami and non-indigenous young people in relation to mental health indicators and educational factors in sociocultural rural and urban contexts across the Arctic part of Norway. Design: The Norwegian Arctic Adolescent Health Study (NAAHS is a cross-sectional, school-based survey that was conducted in 2003–2005. Of all 5,877 10th graders (aged 15–16 years in north Norway, 83% from all 87 municipalities participated; 450 (9.2% reported indigenous Sami ethnicity, and 304 (6.2% reported Laestadian affiliation. Data from NAAHS were merged with registry data from the National Education Database and Norwegian Patient Register for 3,987 adolescents who gave their consent for follow-up studies. Results: Completion of upper secondary school is the only common predictor of a completed tertiary education degree for both genders. Among females, conduct problems was a significant predictor of lower level education, typically vocational professions, while among males severe mental health problems requiring treatment by the specialist health care system reduced the opportunity to complete tertiary education at intermediate and higher level. Parental higher educational level was associated with less lower education among females and less higher education among males. Men residing in the northernmost and remote areas were less likely to complete education on higher level. Males’ completion of higher level education was strongly but not significantly associated (p=0.057 with higher average marks in lower secondary school. Conclusions: The gender differences found in this study emphasize the need for gender-specific interventions to encourage, support and empower young people to attend and complete tertiary education

Tertiary education and its association with mental health indicators and educational factors among Arctic young adults: the NAAHS cohort study.

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Bania, Elisabeth Valmyr; Kvernmo, Siv Eli

2016-01-01

Background Completed tertiary education is closely associated with employment and influences income, health and personal well-being. Objective The purpose of the study is to explore predictors for completed tertiary education among indigenous Sami and non-indigenous young people in relation to mental health indicators and educational factors in sociocultural rural and urban contexts across the Arctic part of Norway. Design The Norwegian Arctic Adolescent Health Study (NAAHS) is a cross-sectional, school-based survey that was conducted in 2003-2005. Of all 5,877 10th graders (aged 15-16 years) in north Norway, 83% from all 87 municipalities participated; 450 (9.2%) reported indigenous Sami ethnicity, and 304 (6.2%) reported Laestadian affiliation. Data from NAAHS were merged with registry data from the National Education Database and Norwegian Patient Register for 3,987 adolescents who gave their consent for follow-up studies. Results Completion of upper secondary school is the only common predictor of a completed tertiary education degree for both genders. Among females, conduct problems was a significant predictor of lower level education, typically vocational professions, while among males severe mental health problems requiring treatment by the specialist health care system reduced the opportunity to complete tertiary education at intermediate and higher level. Parental higher educational level was associated with less lower education among females and less higher education among males. Men residing in the northernmost and remote areas were less likely to complete education on higher level. Males' completion of higher level education was strongly but not significantly associated (p=0.057) with higher average marks in lower secondary school. Conclusions The gender differences found in this study emphasize the need for gender-specific interventions to encourage, support and empower young people to attend and complete tertiary education. Young females with conduct

Tertiary education and its association with mental health indicators and educational factors among Arctic young adults: the NAAHS cohort study

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Bania, Elisabeth Valmyr; Kvernmo, Siv Eli

2016-01-01

Background Completed tertiary education is closely associated with employment and influences income, health and personal well-being. Objective The purpose of the study is to explore predictors for completed tertiary education among indigenous Sami and non-indigenous young people in relation to mental health indicators and educational factors in sociocultural rural and urban contexts across the Arctic part of Norway. Design The Norwegian Arctic Adolescent Health Study (NAAHS) is a cross-sectional, school-based survey that was conducted in 2003–2005. Of all 5,877 10th graders (aged 15–16 years) in north Norway, 83% from all 87 municipalities participated; 450 (9.2%) reported indigenous Sami ethnicity, and 304 (6.2%) reported Laestadian affiliation. Data from NAAHS were merged with registry data from the National Education Database and Norwegian Patient Register for 3,987 adolescents who gave their consent for follow-up studies. Results Completion of upper secondary school is the only common predictor of a completed tertiary education degree for both genders. Among females, conduct problems was a significant predictor of lower level education, typically vocational professions, while among males severe mental health problems requiring treatment by the specialist health care system reduced the opportunity to complete tertiary education at intermediate and higher level. Parental higher educational level was associated with less lower education among females and less higher education among males. Men residing in the northernmost and remote areas were less likely to complete education on higher level. Males’ completion of higher level education was strongly but not significantly associated (p=0.057) with higher average marks in lower secondary school. Conclusions The gender differences found in this study emphasize the need for gender-specific interventions to encourage, support and empower young people to attend and complete tertiary education. Young females with

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Association (NPTA) & National Education Association (NEA), 2008). This is similar to Cooper's (1989) ..... Single parentage, especially the divorced or widowed, may experience more financial stress to take care of ... the revelation that majority of the parents are either self-employed or are farmers, both accounting for 56.22.

BIOFEEDBACK Y DEPORTES: POTENCIALES L͍NEAS DE ACTUACIÓN

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J. F. Godoy

2010-07-01

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En este trabajo se presentan potenciales líneas de integración del biofeedback en el área de la actividad física y deportiva, revisando tres posibles áreas de actuación en el deporte utilizando procedimientos o técnicas de biofeedback: a mejora en el entrenamiento deportivo u optimización del proceso de preparación física del deportista, b mejora de la actuación deportiva u optimización del rendimiento del deportista y c prevención y rehabilitación de lesiones generadas por la práctica deportiva.

Results of an OECD/NEA comparison of minimum critical values

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Weber, Wolf; Mennerdahl, Dennis

2003-01-01

An OECD/NEA expert group has compiled international data on existing minimum critical values for UO 2 -, PuO 2 -, UNH- and PuNH-systems to identify any significant discrepancies in the data and to propose explanations. The paper examines the spread of the compiled data and the influence of the time of generation of the data on the spread. It turns out, that the remarkable spread reduces by omitting values older than five years. Considering only data generated in the last three years, the spread further reduces. The number of cases with a large spread in the reported minimum critical values falls from 28 to four cases, and the smallest and largest data values converge. (author)

Genetic variation associated with differential educational attainment in adults has anticipated associations with school performance in children

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Ward, M.E.; McMahon, G.; St. Pourcain, B.; Evans, D.M.; Rietveld, C.A.; Benjamin, D.J.; Koellinger, P.D.; Cesarini, D.; Davey Smith, G.; Timpson, N.J.

2014-01-01

Genome-wide association study results have yielded evidence for the association of common genetic variants with crude measures of completed educational attainment in adults. Whilst informative, these results do not inform as to the mechanism of these effects or their presence at earlier ages and

The NEA International FEP Database and its use in support of regulatory review

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Sumerling, T.

1999-01-01

A working group of the Nuclear Energy Agency has developed a database of features, events and processes (FEPs) relevant to the assessment of the long-term safety of radioactive waste disposal facilities. The Environment Agency participated in this work as described in a previous report, R and D Technical Report P97. This report describes work done in order to (i) provide an electronic version of the NEA International FEP Database in a convenient form suited to the Agency's needs; (ii) determine procedures for use of the Database in support of the Agency's review of an applicant's safety case for solid radioactive disposal, and in other appropriate Agency activities. Section 1 of the report outlines the objectives and work done. Section 2 gives an overview of the current status, development and international use of the NEA FEP Database. Alternative uses of the Database by the Agency, and procedures for use, are discussed in Section 3. Two alternative procedures for use of the Database in scientific and technical review of an applicant's safety case are outlined and compared; these provide a framework for orderly identification and discussion of technical issues within the review. It is concluded that the way in which the Database is used will depend on the circumstances and also the aims and preferences of the Agency. Detailed procedures for the use of the Database are best defined for the specific circumstances, taking account of the level of information available from the applicant, and the time and resources which the Agency may wish to devote to a given phase of review. The NEA FEP Database has been developed as a tool to assist in performing or reviewing safety assessments of radioactive waste disposal facilities. The principle of the Database, and also the software framework, may be equally applicable to other technical or scientific assessments, e.g. of landfill facilities or river catchment pollution studies. Since the Database is now available to the Agency

Tópicos de física contemporânea no ensino médio : um texto para professores sobre supercondutividade

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Ostermann, Fernanda; Ferreira, Leticie Mendonca; Cavalcanti, Claudio Jose de Holanda

1998-01-01

Este artigo é dirigido a professores de Física do ensino médio com o objetivo de tratar um tópico de Física Contemporânea - supercondutividade - não só no contexto dos conteúdos trabalhados na escola média, mas também a partir de temas não abordados nesse nível de ensino: conceitos básicos de Mecânica Quântica e Física do Estado Sólido. Existe consenso, em nível nacional e internacional, quanto à necessidade de introduzir, já no ensino médio, conteúdos de Física Contemporânea no currículo. No...

Percutaneous endoscopic cervical discectomy: 16 years of experience and literature review Discectomía endoscópica percutánea cervical: 16 años de experiência y revisión de la literatura Discectomia endoscópica percutânea cervical: 16 anos de experiência e revisão da literatura

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Gun Choi

2009-09-01

Full Text Available The advancement of the percutaneous endoscopic lumbar discectomy (PECD and its clinical success have led to similar minimally invasive approaches to the cervical spine. The goal of PECD is the decompression of the cervical nerve root through a direct endoscopic visualization, removing the herniated mass and shrinking the nucleous pulposus with the use of microforceps and holmium: yttrium-aluminum-garnet (Ho:YAG laser. The senior author have performed PECD with cervical laser assisted endoscopy since 1993. The PECD is indicate to patients with constrained or unconstrained soft herniated cervical disc, positive provocative test, and no bony spur larger than 2 mm, regardless of the herniation size. The authors described the surgical technique of PECD and report their 16 years of experience in the endoscopic treatment of the herniated cervical disc.El avance en la discectomía endoscópica percutánea lumbar y su triunfo clínico llevaron a abordajes mínimamente invasivos en la columna cervical. El objetivo de la discectomía endoscópica percutánea cervical es descomprimir la raíz del nervio cervical, por una visualización endoscópica directa, eliminando el fragmento herniado y disminuyendo el núcleo pulposo, con el uso de fórceps y micro Holmio: itrio-aluminio-granada (Ho:YAG laser. La discectomía endoscópica percutánea cervical con laser ha sido utilizada desde 1993. Esta es indicada en pacientes con hernia discal contenida o no, test provocativo positivo, ausencia de osteofitos mayores que 2 mm, independientemente del tamaño de la hernia. Los autores describen la técnica quirúrgica de discectomía endoscópica percutánea cervical y relatan 16 años de experiencia en el tratamiento endoscópico de disco cervical herniado.O avanço da discectomia endoscópica percutânea lombar e seu sucesso clínico levaram a abordagens minimamente invasivas para a coluna cervical. O objetivo da discectomia endoscópica percutânea cervical é o de

Patrón pipeline aplicado a arquitecturas heterogéneas big.LITTLE

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Vilches, Antonio; Rodriguez, Andres; Navarro, Ángeles; Corbera, Francisco; Asenjo-Plaza, Rafael

2015-01-01

En este trabajo, proponemos una solución para permitir la ejecución de aplicaciones de tipo streaming, que constan de una serie de etapas, sobre arquitecturas heterogéneas con un multicore y una GPU integrada. Para ello, presentamos una API que permite especificar el nivel de paralelismo explotado en el multicore, la asignación de las etapas del pipeline a los procesadores (CPU y GPU), y el número de threads. Usando una aplicación real de tipo streaming como caso de estudio, evalu...

Algunos comentarios recibidos en línea en estos últimos seis meses

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Veterinaria.org

2008-01-01

ResumenLos artículos científicos publicados en REDVET y en RECVET durante 2007 conforman una parte del portal Veterinaria.org pero lo son igualmente los artículos breves de opinión, los intercambios en las diferentes foros y listas profesionales y los comentarios dejados en línea por los miembros usuarios de la Comunidad Virtual Veterinaria pues todos en su conjunto hacen de este Portal Veterinario un lugar de integración. Hacemos aquí, en el primer número de REDVET de 2008, recopilación de ...

Topografía subterránea para minería y obras

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Estruch Serra, Miguel; Tapia Gómez, Ana M.

2003-01-01

Descripció del recurs: 4 de març de 2013 Reimpressions: 2006, 2010 El presente libro ofrece una descripción exhaustiva de los instrumentos y métodos propios de los levantamientos planimétricos y altimétricos en galerías, explotaciones mineras, túneles y todo tipo de obras a realizar en el subsuelo, con lo que viene a cubrir una laguna existente en publicaciones relacionadas con la topografía propiamente subterránea. Su objetivo principal es proporcionar a los estudiantes y técnicos prof...

Ocurrencia simultánea de neurofibromatosis y esclerosis tuberosa, adquiridas como neomutaciones

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Janeiro, P; Cunha, M; Cordeiro, I; Santos, H; Antunes, N

2008-01-01

Introducción. La neurofibromatosis tipo 1 y la esclerosis tuberosa son dos síndromes neurocutáneos distintos, resultado de la mutación de genes supresores tumorales, que aumentan la propensión a la génesis tumoral. Ambas tienen una herencia autosómica dominante y la mitad de los casos corresponden a nuevas mutaciones. Estas enfermedades raramente se presentan asociadas. Caso clínico. Niño sin antecedentes familiares de enfermedades neurocutáneas, que presenta características de neurofibrom...

Políticas sobre Sexualidad: Reportes desde las Líneas del Frente

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Petchesky, Rosalind; Vianna, Adriana R. B.; Carrara, Sergio

2008-01-01

Políticas sobre sexualidad: reportes desde las líneas del frente, es un estudio comparativo de las políticas de sexualidad, la salud sexual y los derechos sexuales en ochos países y en dos instituciones mundiales. El trabajo contenido en Políticas sobre sexualidad ha sido desarrollado bajo el auspicio del Sexual Policy Watch [Observatorio de Políticas Sexuales] (SPW), un foro mundial compuesto por investigadores y activistas de una amplia gama de países y regiones del mundo. Inspirado en inic...

E-sports: um fenómeno da cultura digital contemporânea

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Saraiva, Pedro André Cardoso

2013-01-01

Mestrado em Comunicação, Cultura e Tecnologias de Informação A competição entre dois jogadores está na génese dos jogos digitais e é esse o fator que está no centro deste trabalho, que explora o fenómeno do desporto eletrónico, os e-sports. Este conceito representa a prática competitiva e profissionalmente organizada nos videojogos. Situado conceptualmente entre o gaming e o desporto, os e-sports apresentam-se como um fenómeno da cultura digital contemporânea, partic...

Presentación de la Línea 3 de Calidad de Rebiun

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García Reche, Gregorio

2010-01-01

Se muestra la importancia que tiene para REBIUN la cooperación como base para la mejora de la calidad de las bibliotecas y, en consecuencia, del sistema universitario. Se indica el planteamiento estratégico de la Red en cuanto a este asunto, y la repercusión que ha tenido la definición de una Línea específica en su II Plan Estratégico. Se destaca especialmente de qué manera puede Rebiun jugar un papel importante como foro para compartir experiencias, debatir sobre asuntos de calidad y p...

The Expansion of Higher Education. Papers of the International Association of Universities. No. 6.

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Papers are presented from a conference of the International Association of Universities concerning the expansion of higher education. The contents are as follows: Foreword by J. Baugniet, International Association of Universities; "The Expansion of Higher Education in Brazil," by Rev. A. Alonso, Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de…

Diseño, Automatización y Simulación de una línea para Fabricación de pinturas

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Parra Mena, Juan Carlos; Sotomayor Torres, Ángel Rosalino

2015-01-01

El proyecto consiste en el diseño de una línea para fabricación de pintura en base agua para la empresa PRODUTEKN cuya meta es la de producir 2000 galones/día. Se destacan los componentes y tipos de pinturas que existen y se distribuyen en el mercado local, así como los fabricantes y la demanda de pinturas según su tipo en Ecuador, sin descuidar las líneas estándar de producción de pinturas y la situación actual de la empresa solicitante. Luego se realiza el planteamiento y selección de las ...

Pharyngocutaneous fistulae after total laryngectomy: a systematic review Fístula faringocutánea posterior a la laringectomía total: revisión sistemática Fístula faringocutânea após laringectomia total: revisão sistemática

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Mary Elizabeth de Santana

2008-08-01

Full Text Available Nursing care to patients after total laryngectomy should be based on scientific knowledge. Evidence-based practice is a type of approach that stimulates the use of research results in clinical practice. This study presents a systematic review that aimed to identify the main treatments for pharyngocutaneous fistulae after total laryngectomy. Articles were selected from five databases: Pubmed, Cinahl, Biomednet Research Tools, Cochrane Library and Lilacs. The review sample consisted of 37 articles. After analyzing the articles included in the review, results showed that conservative treatment is commonly used for pharyngocutaneous fistulae, recommending intensive hygiene and wound treatment. The use of research results in clinical practice will grant greater consistency to nurses' actions in care for patients with pharyngocutaneous fistulae.La atención de enfermería brindada al paciente con laringotomía total debe estar basada en el conocimiento científico. La práctica basada en evidencias es un enfoque que incentiva la utilización de resultados de investigaciones en la práctica clínica. Esta investigación es una revisión sistémica, con el objetivo de identificar los principales tratamientos de la fístula faríngeo-cutánea posterior a la laringotomía total. Para la selección de los artículos, se utilizaron cinco bases de datos: Pubmed, Cinahl, Biomednet Research Tools, Cochrane Library y Lilacs. La muestra fue conformada por 37 artículos. Posterior al análisis de los artículos incluidos en esta revisión, los resultados evidenciaron que el tratamiento para la fístula faringo-cutánea es de tipo conservador, el cual es basado en cuidados intensos de higiene y tratamiento de la herida. La utilización de estos resultados en la práctica clínica brindará mayor consistencia al trabajo de la enfermera para el cuidado del paciente con fístula faringo-cutánea.A assistência de enfermagem prestada ao paciente laringectomizado total

American Nurses Association Position Statement on guidelines for commercial support of continuing nursing education.

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1999-01-01

The attached guidelines on "Commercial Support of Continuing Nursing Education" have been developed by the American Nurses Association (ANA) to assist/guide nursing continuing educators who wish to utilize the resources of corporations to provide continuing education programs. These guidelines enable the provider to maintain a balance between the need for industry-supported dissemination of scientific information and promotional activities which meet the requirements of law, as well as professional standards of the American Nurses Association.

Desinserción espontánea y bilateral del tendón cuadricipital.

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Jesuan Zordan

2016-02-01

Full Text Available La ruptura espontánea bilateral del tendón cuadricipital es una patología infrecuente (<5% de todas las rupturas cuadricipitales. El mayor número de casos reportados, se asocia a insuficiencia renal crónica,  obesidad, diabetes, lupus eritematoso sistémico, vasculitis e hiperparatiroidismo. Nuestro paciente, de 41 años de edad presenta insuficiencia renal crónica en tratamiento con hemodiálisis desde hace 8 años, asociada a hiperparatiroidismo secundario. Ingresa a nuestro servicio por incapacidad a la extensión de ambos miembros inferiores, tras incorporarse desde una silla, destacando en el examen físico una depresión palpable suprarrotuliana. Se realizan radiografías de ambas rodillas frente y perfil, ecografía de zona suprarrotuliana y resonancia magnética nuclear. Al  constatar lesión bilateral a nivel del tendón cuadricipital, se programa su reparación quirúrgica, la cual se realizó por cuestiones ajenas a nuestro servicio a los 30 días del diagnóstico. Se intervinieron de manera simultánea ambas rodillas utilizando como técnica, tunelización patelar y empleando suturas no reabsorbible. Se obtuvo un resultado excelente en ambos miembros inferiores según el Score Knee Society (S.N.S..

Readability assessment of patient education materials on major otolaryngology association websites.

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Eloy, Jean Anderson; Li, Shawn; Kasabwala, Khushabu; Agarwal, Nitin; Hansberry, David R; Baredes, Soly; Setzen, Michael

2012-11-01

Various otolaryngology associations provide Internet-based patient education material (IPEM) to the general public. However, this information may be written above the fourth- to sixth-grade reading level recommended by the American Medical Association (AMA) and National Institutes of Health (NIH). The purpose of this study was to assess the readability of otolaryngology-related IPEMs on various otolaryngology association websites and to determine whether they are above the recommended reading level for patient education materials. Analysis of patient education materials from 9 major otolaryngology association websites. The readability of 262 otolaryngology-related IPEMs was assessed with 8 numerical and 2 graphical readability tools. Averages were evaluated against national recommendations and between each source using analysis of variance (ANOVA) with post hoc Tukey's honestly significant difference (HSD) analysis. Mean readability scores for each otolaryngology association website were compared. Mean website readability scores using Flesch Reading Ease test, Flesch-Kincaid Grade Level, Coleman-Liau Index, SMOG grading, Gunning Fog Index, New Dale-Chall Readability Formula, FORCAST Formula, New Fog Count Test, Raygor Readability Estimate, and the Fry Readability Graph ranged from 20.0 to 57.8, 9.7 to 17.1, 10.7 to 15.9, 11.6 to 18.2, 10.9 to 15.0, 8.6 to 16.0, 10.4 to 12.1, 8.5 to 11.8, 10.5 to 17.0, and 10.0 to 17.0, respectively. ANOVA results indicate a significant difference (P < .05) between the websites for each individual assessment. The IPEMs found on all otolaryngology association websites exceed the recommended fourth- to sixth-grade reading level.

Does educating nurses with ventilator-associated pneumonia prevention guidelines improve their compliance?

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Aloush, Sami M

2017-09-01

This study aimed to compare the compliance with ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP)-prevention guidelines between nurses who underwent an intensive educational program and those who did not, and to investigate other factors that influence nurses' compliance. A 2-group posttest design was used to examine the effect of the VAP-prevention guidelines education on nurses' compliance. Participants were randomly assigned to experimental and control groups. The overall nurses' compliance scores were moderate. There was no statistically significant difference in compliance between the nurses who received VAP education and those who did not (t[100] = -1.43; P = .15). The number of beds in the unit and the nurse-patient ratio were found to influence nurses' compliance. Education in VAP-prevention guidelines will not improve nurses' compliance unless other confounding factors, such as their workload, are controlled. It is imperative to reduce nurses' workload to improve their compliance and enhance the effectiveness of education. Copyright © 2017 Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology, Inc. Published by Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.

National Catholic Educational Association: 90 Years, 1904-1994. Meeting Crisis with Confidence (1967-1974).

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Koob, C. Albert

1994-01-01

Describes the author's experiences and challenges as president of the National Catholic Educational Association between 1967-74, including the challenges of Vatican II and new developments in education. Indicates that the period, which began in financial and educational crisis, was a period of professional improvement in Catholic education. (MAB)

Acercamiento al Modelo Pedagógico Integrado para la enseñanza de hidrología subterránea

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María Fernanda Serrano-Guzmán

2014-01-01

Full Text Available El sistema educativo de la Universidad Pontificia Bolivariana se ha apoyado de la investigación, básica y aplicada, para la implementación de un Modelo Pedagógico Integrado (MPI en el que el discente es el responsable de su proceso de formación íntegral. El objetivo de este artículo es compartir las lecciones aprendidas en la experiencia de trabajo de investigación colectiva docente- discente producto de la cual se diseñó y construyó un modelo a escala reducida bidimensional de un acuífero con el cual el estudiante aborda la temática de la distribución del agua, y de manera específica, del uso del agua subterránea. El modelo a escala reducida del acuífero desarrollado, de dimensiones 1 m * 1m * 0.10 m, funciona a escala bidimensional incluyendo un acuífero confinado por una capa confinante (de arcilla y un acuífero no confinado que finaliza con una superficie arenosa (expuesta a la atmósfera. La estructura y dimensiones del modelo a escala reducida permiten la planeación de actividades docentes para la transmisión de conocimiento sobre la hidráulica que rige la movilidad de fluidos en el suelo; la comprensión por parte de los estudiantes sobre la interrelación entre los niveles de agua subterránea y los de agua superficial y la simulación de derrames en la parte superficial, así como también la visualización de la movilidad de estos en la parte subterránea. Finalmente, este modelo a escala reducida se convierte en una estrategia pedagógica para la compresión de los procesos asociados a la hidrología subterránea.

BMI mediates the association between low educational level and higher blood pressure during pregnancy in Japan.

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Jwa, Seung Chik; Fujiwara, Takeo; Hata, Akira; Arata, Naoko; Sago, Haruhiko; Ohya, Yukihiro

2013-04-25

Research investigating the association between socioeconomic status (SES) and blood pressure (BP) during pregnancy is limited and its underlying pathway is unknown. The aim of this study was to investigate the mediators of the association between educational level as an indicator of the SES and BP in early and mid-pregnancy among Japanese women. Nine hundred and twenty-three pregnant women in whom BP was measured before 16 weeks and at 20 weeks of gestation were enrolled in this study. Maternal educational levels were categorized into three groups: high (university or higher), mid (junior college), and low (junior high school, high school, or vocational training school). The low educational group had higher systolic (low vs. high, difference = 2.39 mmHg, 95% confidence interval [CI]: 0.59 to 4.19) and diastolic BP levels (low vs. high, difference = 0.74 mmHg, 95% CI: -0.52 to 1.99) in early pregnancy. However, the same associations were not found after adjustment for pre-pregnancy body mass index (BMI). BP reduction was observed in mid-pregnancy in all three educational groups and there was no association between educational level and pregnancy-induced hypertension. In Japanese women, the low educational group showed higher BP during pregnancy than the mid or high educational groups. Pre-pregnancy BMI mediates the association between educational level and BP.

Elaboración de una nueva línea de negocio a través del modelo CANVAS para una empresa dedicada a la agricultura de precisión

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2018-01-01

Para el presente trabajo de fin de grado se elaborará una nueva línea de negocio para la empresa Bynse, dedicada a la agricultura de precisión aplicando tecnología big data. Esta nueva línea de negocio consistirá en aplicar la información obtenida a través de la tecnología de la empresa a seguros agrarios. Fernández Sanz, E. (2017). Elaboración de una nueva línea de negocio a través del modelo CANVAS para una empresa dedicada a la agricultura de precisión. http://hdl.handle.net/10251/98536...

Identidade psicossocial e pessoal como questão contemporânea

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Paiva, Geraldo José de

2007-01-01

Full Text Available Expõem-se algumas teorias contemporâneas da identidade psicossocial, derivadas do interacionismo simbólico, da categorização/prototipicalidade grupal e da perspectiva hegeliana da transformação; aponta-se a necessária complementação da identidade social pela dimensão pessoal da identidade analisada com os conceitos de imaginário e de simbólico. E ilustra-se, mediante a discussão de alguns casos de constituição da identidade religiosa, a convergência entre categorização/prototipicalidade grupal e elaboração do simbólico

Potencial forrageiro de gramíneas em condições de baixas temperaturas e altitude elevada

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Botrel Milton de Andrade

2002-01-01

Full Text Available O experimento foi conduzido no Município de Santo Antônio do Pinhal, localizado na Serra da Mantiqueira na região do Vale do Paraíba, SP, com o objetivo de estudar o potencial de gramíneas forrageiras, para identificar as espécies mais tolerantes ao frio e capazes de proporcionar boa cobertura vegetal ao solo. O delineamento experimental foi o de blocos ao acaso, em três repetições, com parcelas de 5 x 5 m. Os tratamentos consistiram de 16 gramíneas forrageiras. As espécies Hemarthria altissima e Setaria anceps se destacaram quanto à taxa mensal de produção de matéria seca, teor de proteína bruta, cobertura vegetal do solo e tolerância a geadas. Portanto, entre as espécies avaliadas, são estas as mais indicadas para a formação de pastagens nas áreas montanhosas da região do Vale do Paraíba.

IMPACTO AMBIENTAL DE LOS CONTAMINANTES PROVENIENTES DE AGUAS RESIDUALES DE FEED-LOT SOBRE AGUAS SUBTERRÁNEAS

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Walter M. Glessi

2012-01-01

Full Text Available En este trabajo se investigó el impacto de los contaminantes de efluentes líquidos generados por doce feedlot del sudeste de la Provincia de Buenos Aires, Argentina, con el objeto de determinar los aspectos significativos sobre la vulnerabilidad de las aguas subterráneas. Se utilizó la Guía metodológica de Evaluación de Impacto Ambiental propuesta por Conesa (2010 partiendo de do ce Estudios de Impacto Ambiental y analizando como influye la actividad sobre el agua subterránea. Se analizó la dimensión de los establecimientos partiendo del número de animales, el tipo de suelo, profundidad freática y tipo de práctica (estacional o continua, así como las doce matrices de impacto en la emisión de contaminantes sobre el medio físico agua. Se obtuvo que los parámetros de mayor incidencia son: el grado de Destrucción, el área de influencia, el momento de manifestación del efecto y la regularidad de la manifestación.

The association between education and work stress: does the policy context matter?

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Thorsten Lunau

Full Text Available Several studies report socioeconomic differences in work stress, where people in lower socioeconomic positions (SEP are more likely to experience this burden. In the current study, we analyse associations between education and work stress in a large sample of workers from 16 European countries. In addition we explore whether distinct national labour market policies are related to smaller inequalities in work stress according to educational attainment.We use data collected in 2010/11 in two comparative studies ('Survey of Health, Ageing and Retirement in Europe' and the 'English Longitudinal Study of Ageing'; N = 13695, with samples of men and women aged 50 to 64 from 16 European countries. We measure highest educational degree according to the international standard classification of education (ISCED and assess work stress in terms of the demand-control and the effort-reward imbalance model. National labour market policies are measured on the basis of policy indicators which are divided into (1 'protective' policies offering financial compensation to those excluded from the labour market (e.g. replacement rate, and (2 'integrative' policies supporting disadvantaged individuals on the labour market (e.g. investments into active labour market policies or possibilities for further qualification in later life. In addition to country-specific analyses, we estimate multilevel models and test for interactions between the indicators of national policies and individual education.Main findings demonstrate consistent associations between lower education and higher levels of work stress in all countries. The strength of this association, however, varies across countries and is comparatively small in countries offering pronounced 'integrative' policies, in terms of high investments into measures of an active labor market policy and high participation rates in lifelong learning activities.Our results point to different types of policies that may help to

The association between education and work stress: does the policy context matter?

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Lunau, Thorsten; Siegrist, Johannes; Dragano, Nico; Wahrendorf, Morten

2015-01-01

Several studies report socioeconomic differences in work stress, where people in lower socioeconomic positions (SEP) are more likely to experience this burden. In the current study, we analyse associations between education and work stress in a large sample of workers from 16 European countries. In addition we explore whether distinct national labour market policies are related to smaller inequalities in work stress according to educational attainment. We use data collected in 2010/11 in two comparative studies ('Survey of Health, Ageing and Retirement in Europe' and the 'English Longitudinal Study of Ageing'; N = 13695), with samples of men and women aged 50 to 64 from 16 European countries. We measure highest educational degree according to the international standard classification of education (ISCED) and assess work stress in terms of the demand-control and the effort-reward imbalance model. National labour market policies are measured on the basis of policy indicators which are divided into (1) 'protective' policies offering financial compensation to those excluded from the labour market (e.g. replacement rate), and (2) 'integrative' policies supporting disadvantaged individuals on the labour market (e.g. investments into active labour market policies or possibilities for further qualification in later life). In addition to country-specific analyses, we estimate multilevel models and test for interactions between the indicators of national policies and individual education. Main findings demonstrate consistent associations between lower education and higher levels of work stress in all countries. The strength of this association, however, varies across countries and is comparatively small in countries offering pronounced 'integrative' policies, in terms of high investments into measures of an active labor market policy and high participation rates in lifelong learning activities. Our results point to different types of policies that may help to reduce

Control neuronal predictivo por linealización instantánea

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Rosalba Lamanna

2007-04-01

Full Text Available Resumen: Se desarrolla un esquema de Control Predictivo Generalizado (GPC basado en un modelo neuronal del proceso, y se aplica en un reactor de neutralización de laboratorio. El modelo neuronal se obtiene previamente por identificación, y se linealiza en cada iteración del algoritmo de control. De esta manera se combina la capacidad de ajuste de la redes neuronales con la eficiencia de cálculo del GPC, consiguiéndose un sistema con las ventajas del control predictivo pero extendido a sistemas no lineales, que se comporta con precisión y rapidez ante perturbaciones. Palabras clave: Control Neuronal, Control Predictivo, Redes Neuronales, Linealización Instantánea, Control de pH

Un programa innovador de desarrollo del profesorado universitario principiante en línea

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Olga María ALEGRE DE LA ROSA

2009-11-01

Full Text Available RESUMEN: Este estudio examina si dos cursos en línea que ofrecen apoyo educativo al profesorado universitario principiante tienen un efecto positivo en sus actitudes y en el aprendizaje de capacidades curriculares y didácticas (CCD. Los ciatos usados en este análisis procecien de dos cursos de entrenamiento universitario en línea de la Universidad de Jaén (UJA. Las tareas propuestas al profesorado de los dos cursos en línea, los recursos curriculares proporcionados, el ambiente de aprendizaje creado y las conversaciones mantenidas han sido consecuentes con el modelado de actitudes del profesorado. Los resultados también han indicado que el profesorado universitario principiante que participó realizando actividades de desarrollo profesional en línea de carácter individual y colectivo, como la construcción de episodios docentes y la comunicación con otros colegas, consiguió una mejor comprensión de cómo se enseñan las materias de una titulación.ABSTRACT: This study examines whether two online courses offering educatio nal support for júnior faaalty have a positive effect on their attitudes and curriculum and teaching capacities (CCD learning. The data used in the analysis are from two online University training courses at the University of Jaén (UJA. The tasks the online courses assign to faculty, the resources they provide, the learning environment they créate, and the conversations they provoke proved to be consequential in shaping the faculty's attitudes. The results also indicate that júnior faculty who participate in individual and collective online developing activities, such as constructing teaching episodes and communicating with other colleagues, are more likely to gain a better understanding of how to teach their scientific disciplines.RÉSUMÉ: Cette étude vise a déterminer si deux cours proposés en ligne -offrant un support éducatif aux professeurs universitaires débutants- ont des effets positifs sur leurs

Estudo comparativo entre a medida plasmática e transcutânea de bilirrubina em recém-nascidos Factores asociados a la hipotermia durante transporte intrahospitalario en pacientes internados en una unidad de terapia intensiva neonatal Comparative study between plasma and transcutaneous bilirubin measurements in newborns

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Patrícia Povaluk

2011-03-01

postnatal y presencia de factores de riesgo para hiperbilirrubinemia significativa. RESULTADOS: La asociación entre bilirrubina plasmática y transcutánea, en el momento de la indicación y después de 24 horas de fototerapia en las regiones frontal y esternal fue muy homogénea, debido a la fuerte correlación y los intervalos de confianza estrechos, tanto a 95% como a 99%. Se observó, además, respecto a la medida transcutánea en el área cubierta, 24 horas después del inicio de la fototerapia, la medida en el área esternal presentó correlación más fuerte con la plasmática (r=0,8599; p=0,0001. Las variables del RN analizadas no interfirieron significativamente en las medidas de bilirrubina. CONCLUSIÓN: Las dosificaciones transcutánea y plasmática presentan correlación fuerte antes de la fototerapia en las regiones frontal y esternal. Tras 24 horas de la fototerapia, la medida transcutánea esternal en área cubierta presentó mejor correlación.OBJECTIVE: To compare transcutaneous and plasma bilirubin measurements before and during phototerapy, on exposed and covered body areas, and to verify the association of the obtained levels with neonatal characteristics. METHODS: This cross-sectional study enrolled 44 newborn infants from April to October 2008. Simultaneous plasmatic and transcutaneous (frontal and sternal regions bilirubin assays were performed before and 24 hours after the beginning of phototerapy. On frontal and sternal regions, a small cover was placed and transcutaneous measurement was obtained from covered and exposed adjacent areas. The association between the measurements and neonatal weigh, sex, race, gestational and postnatal ages and risk factors for severe hyperbilirubinemia was calculated. RESULTS: There was a strong correlation between plasma and transcutaneous bilirubin assays measured in the frontal and sternal regions before the phototerapy, with narrow 95 and 99% confidence intervals. The covered sternal area presented the strongest

Corredor Mediterráneo. Línea de alta velocidad Valencia-Castellón. Tramo: Sagunto-La Llosa

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Labrador Caba, María Victoria

2012-01-01

El proyecto que se va a abordar consistirá en la definición completa de todas las actividades necesarias para la construcción de un tramo de ferrocarril del Corredor del Mediterráneo, dentro de la Línea de Alta Velocidad Valencia-Castellón.

State-of-art technology of fuels for burning minor actinides. An OECD/NEA study

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Ogawa, Toru; Konings, R.J.M.; Pillon, S.; Schram, R.P.C.; Verwerft, M.; Wallenius, J.

2005-01-01

At OECD/NEA, Working Party on Scientific Issues in Partitioning and Transmutation was formed for 2000-2004, which studied the status and trends of scientific issues in Partitioning and Transmutation (P and T). The study included the scientific and technical issues of fuels and materials, which are related to dedicated systems for transmutation. This paper summarizes the state-of-art technology of the fuels for burning minor actinides (neptunium, americium and curium). (author)

Association between gap in spousal education and domestic violence in India and Bangladesh.

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Rapp, Daniel; Zoch, Beate; Khan, M Mobarak H; Pollmann, Thorsten; Krämer, Alexander

2012-06-21

Domestic violence (DV) against women is a serious human rights abuse and well recognised global public health concern. The occurrence of DV is negatively associated with the educational level of spouses but studies dealing with educational discrepancies of spouses show contradicting results: Wives with higher education than their husbands were more likely to ever experience DV as compared to equally educated couples. The purpose of this study was to investigate the association between spousal education gap (SEG) and the prevalence and severity of DV in India and Bangladesh. Nationally representative data collected through the 2005/2006 Indian National Family Health Survey (NFHS-3) and 2007 Bangladesh Demographic and Health Survey (BDHS) were used. In total, we analysed data of 69,805 women aged 15-49 years (Bangladesh: 4,195 women, India: 65,610 women). In addition to univariate and bivariable analyses, a multinomial logistic regression model was used to quantify the association between education gap and less severe as well as severe domestic violence. Adjustment was made for age, religion, and family structure. Wives with higher education than their husbands were less likely to experience less severe (OR = 0.83, 95% CI: 0.77-0.89) and severe (OR = 0.79, 95% CI: 0.72-0.87) DV as compared to equally low-educated spouses (reference group). Equally high-educated couples revealed the lowest likelihood of experiencing DV (severe violence: OR 0.43, CI 0.39-0.48; less severe violence: OR 0.59, CI 0.55-0.63). The model's goodness of fit was low (Nagelkerke's R2 = 0.152). Our analysis revealed no increased DV among wives with a higher educational level than their husbands. Moreover, the results point towards a decrease of severe violence with an increase in education levels among spouses. However, the model did not explain a satisfying amount of DV. Therefore, further research should be done to reveal unknown determinants so that suitable interventions to reduce DV can be

Delirium in elderly patients: association with educational attainment.

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Martins, Sónia; Paiva, José Artur; Simões, Mário R; Fernandes, Lia

2017-04-01

Among cognitive reserve markers, educational attainment is the most widely studied, with several studies establishing a strong association with risk of dementia. However, it has not yet been fully examined in delirium. This study aims to analyse the relationship between educational attainment and delirium. The study included elderly hospitalised patients admitted (≥48 h) into an intermediate care unit (IMCU) of Intensive Care Medicine Service. Exclusion criteria were as follows: Glasgow Coma Scale (total≤11), blindness/deafness, inability to communicate or to speak Portuguese. The European Portuguese Version of the Confusion Assessment Method (CAM) was used for delirium assessment. The final sample (n=157) had a mean age of 78.8 (SD=7.6) the majority being female (52.2%), married (51.5%) and with low educational level (49%). According to CAM, 21% of the patients had delirium. The delirium group presented the fewest years of education (median 1 vs. 4), with statistical significance (p=0.003). Delirium was more frequent among male patients [odds ratio (OR) 0.32; 95% confidence interval (CI) 0.12-0.86; p=0.023], as well as those patients with lower education (OR 0.76; 95% CI 0.62-0.95; p=0.016), and with respiratory disease (OR 3.35; 95% CI 1.20-9.33; p=0.020), after controlling for age and medication. Similar to previous studies, these findings point to a negative correlation between education and delirium. This study appears as an attempt to contribute to the knowledge about the role of cognitive reserve in risk of delirium, particularly because is the first one that has been carried out in an IMCU, with lower educated elderly patients. Further studies are needed to clarify this relationship considering other markers (e.g. cognitive activities), which can contribute to the definition of preventive strategies.

Reparacion espontánea de fractura radicular horizontal

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Jorge Elias Dancur Turizo

2013-10-01

Full Text Available Resumen Se reporta un caso clínico de una fractura radicular horizontal en un central superior izquierdo, que reparó espontáneamente sin tratamiento dental alguno. La fractura se diagnosticó catorce años después de recibir el trauma, en un examen radiográfico rutinario de la consulta endodóntica, ya que el diente sin ninguna sintomatología presentaba al examen clínico cambio de color y al examen radiográfico se observaba zona radiolúcida en la zona apical, por lo que fue remitida del posgrado de ortodoncia al posgrado de endodoncia de la facultad de odontología de la Universidad de Cartagena. Al examen radiográfico realizado en el posgrado de endodoncia se observa línea de fractura radicular horizontal a nivel de la unión del tercio cervical con el tercio medio de la raíz y además se encuentra un defecto óseo al mismo nivel de la fractura radicular. Se realiza el tratamiento de conducto radicular sin complicación alguna. Este caso es sorprendente por realizarse una reparación espontánea sin tratamiento odontológico alguno y más aún sin emitirse un diagnóstico de fractura radicular con anterioridad. (DUAZARY 2010, 79 - 83AbstractIs reported a clinical case of a horizontal root fracture in a maxillary left central incisor that was spontaneously repaired without any dental treatment is reported. The root fracture was diagnosed in an x-ray endodontic examination routine fourteen years after receiving the trauma due to changes in the color of the tooth and asymptomatic, x-ray examination showed a radiolucent zone apically, reason why the patient was sent from orthodontic service to endodontic service at Dentistry School of Cartagena University. Radiographs examination showed a line of horizontal fracture between the union of the cervical third with the middle third and in addition there is a bone defect at the same level of the root fracture. Root canal treatment is done without any complication. This case is surprising

A Primer in Publicity for Education Associations. PR Bookshelf No. 6.

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This booklet is designed to help local education associations utilize existing publicity techniques and develop others to provide visibility for the associations and their teachers. Discussion covers the role of publicity and its relationship to public relations (examples and guidelines are given), the development of a news-gathering network…

Narcisismo, biossociabilidade e escola contemporânea

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Adriano Machado Oliveira

2014-04-01

Full Text Available Nos últimos anos tornaram-se recorrentes as queixas de docentes em relação a situações de desrespeito e agressividade nas escolas brasileiras. No presente ensaio teórico, as vicissitudes da sala de aula contemporânea são exploradas com o objetivo de formular interpretações acerca dos possíveis determinantes dos conflitos relacionais atualmente vivenciados entre professores e alunos na educação básica. A partir de extensiva discussão teórica em torno das perspectivas psicanalíticas de Joel Birman e Jurandir Freire Costa, assim como dos apontamentos conceituais do filósofo Francisco Ortega, o autor propõe que, no cenário cultural hegem™nico, a agressividade adolescente para com seus professores responde às demandas de uma sociedade que desprestigia o outro e a vida pública como critérios importantes para a construção da sociabilidade, ao mesmo tempo em que fragiliza os investimentos afetivos para com aqueles que necessitam dos cuidados parentais na infância e adolescência.

The Role of Higher Education Associations in Shaping Policy that Connects Immigration to Educational Opportunity: A Social Capital Framework

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Ortega, Noe

2011-01-01

This study utilizes social capital theory to examine the collective agency available to national higher education associations and better understand the power of the collectivity to influence policy. The analysis draws on a specific issue, the Development, Relief, and Education for Alien Minors Act, and investigates letters and statements…

La ciudad contemporánea y la experiencia del paisaje cíborg

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Juan Milton Aragon Palacios

2017-01-01

Full Text Available Se define el paisaje cíborg como aquel que representa la intersección entre la Naturaleza y la tecnociencia. Elementos de los cuales obtienen los esquemas desde donde se construye y significa a partir del magma que lo dota del aura e imaginario. Por lo tanto, es posible que en este correlato es donde fragua el magma del que emergen las significaciones primarias y secundarias que nos permiten ubicar la fantasmagoría de las ciudades contemporáneas.

Néstor Ponce, Memorias y cicatrices. Estudios sobre literatura latinoamericana contemporánea

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Perdomo, Leticia Mora

2012-01-01

Memorias y cicatrices. Estudios sobre literatura latinoamericana contemporánea del argentino radicado en Francia, Néstor Ponce, editado por la Universidad Veracruzana en su prestigiada colección Biblioteca, es una importante contribución a ese constante diálogo que la literatura guarda con su pensamiento crítico, pues Ponce no sólo identifica nuevos contornos de la literatura latinoamericana que, naturalmente, se traducen en nuevos territorios críticos, sino que se acerca a textos canónicos c...

Modelo multidimensional para la evaluación de cursos en línea desde la perspectiva del estudiante

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María Alicia Rodríguez Hernández

2010-10-01

Full Text Available Los cursos en línea son una estrategia empleada por las instituciones de educación superior para incorporar las tecnologías de la información y la comunicación en los procesos de enseñanza-aprendizaje, contribuyendo, a su vez, a desarrollar las competencias tecnológicas y de autogestión del aprendizaje que los estudiantes requieren para su ejercicio profesional y para la vida; sin embargo, para que esta estrategia tenga el éxito esperado, es necesario evaluar su desarrollo y medir su aceptación en los usuarios finales. El presente trabajo muestra los resultados de una investigación cuantitativa de alcance correlacional realizada en el Centro Universitario del Sur (CUSur de la Universidad de Guadalajara, la cual propone y prueba un modelo de evaluación de los cursos en línea desde la perspectiva del estudiante. La importancia de este estudio radica en que define e identifica de una forma sistemática las fortalezas y debilidades de los cursos en línea desde la perspectiva de los estudiantes, lo que permite enfocarse en las áreas que muestran mayor debilidad para fortalecerlas y, de esta manera, lograr una mayor aceptación de los usuarios de esta modalidad. Los resultados muestran que las dimensiones de Gestión y Apoyos fueron las mejor evaluadas y que, si bien todas las dimensiones influyen en su conjunto significativamente en el modelo, las dimensiones Pedagógica y de Evaluación son las de mayor influencia.

Las organizaciones contemporáneas tipo mp3 y su influencia cultural

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Hugo Macías Cardona

2011-06-01

Full Text Available En este artículo se hace una reflexión sobre la influencia cultural de organizaciones contemporáneas con estructuras des-jerarquizadas y procesos internos no secuenciales, que el profesor Richard Sennet ha llamado organizaciones MP3. A partir de las estructuras organizacionales descritas por Álvaro Zapata, la distinción entre trabajo y labor de Hannah Arendt, los mecanismos de vigilancia foucaultianos y una contextualización en Colombia, se analiza la baja lealtad institucional, la disminución de la confianza informal entre quienes laboran y el debilitamiento del conocimiento institucional.

Role of Educational Exposure in the Association Between Myopia and Birth Order.

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Guggenheim, Jeremy A; Williams, Cathy

2015-12-01

Visual impairment due to myopia is an important public health issue. A prior analysis of population-based cohorts aged 15 to 22 years recruited from the United Kingdom and Israel suggested myopia and high myopia were approximately 10% more common in first-born compared with later-born children. To examine whether myopia was associated with birth order in an earlier generation than studied previously and, if so, whether the association was attenuated after adjusting for education exposure, as predicted by the hypothesis that the education of children with later birth orders is less intense. Cross-sectional study of UK Biobank participants recruited from 2006 to 2010. Analysis was restricted to participants aged 40 to 69 years who had a vision assessment, self-reported white ethnicity, and no history of eye disorders (N = 89,120). Myopia and high myopia were defined as autorefraction of -0.75 diopters (D) or less and -6.00 D or less, respectively. Birth order and information on potential confounders including highest educational qualification ascertained using a structured questionnaire. Odds ratios (ORs) for myopia and high myopia by birth order, using logistic regression and adjusting for age and sex (model 1) or age, sex, and highest educational qualification (model 2). In model 1 (no adjustment for education), birth order was associated with both myopia and high myopia (eg, comparing first- vs second-born individuals; OR, 1.12; 95% CI, 1.08-1.16; P = 1.40E-11 and OR, 1.21; 95% CI, 1.11-1.30; P = 3.60E-06 for myopia and high myopia, respectively). The risk for myopia became progressively lower for later birth orders, suggesting a dose response. In model 2 (after adjusting for education), the effect sizes were attenuated by approximately 25% (OR, 1.09; 95% CI, 1.05-1.12; P = 1.30E-06 and OR, 1.15; 95% CI, 1.06-1.25; P = 4.60E-04 for myopia and high myopia, respectively) and the apparent dose response was abolished. These data suggest that the

The NEA sorption data base (SDB)

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Ruegger, B.; Ticknor, K.

1992-01-01

The current NEA Sorption Data Base is developed to replace the former International Sorption Information Retrieval System (ISIRS) initiated at Pacific Northwest Laboratory and contains about 11,000 distribution coefficients with corresponding experimental condition parameters describing sorption of key nuclides for a large variety of solid and liquid phases. The SDB is designed to run on a micro-computer using the commercially available database software dBASE III Plus. For each recorded sorption experiment, the SDB provides a bibliographical reference, the most complete characterization of the solid and liquid phases available, a description of the experimental conditions and the distribution coefficient or retardation factor for each element studied. When available, parameters such as temperature, initial radionuclide concentration, pH, Eh, contact time, solid to solution ratio, sample origin, oxidation state and type of solution are included. The SDB provides information for a wide variety of rocks or geological materials, buffer backfill candidates, concretes/cements, elements (Am, Cs, Co, I, Np, Pu, Ra, Sr, Se, Tc, U and, to a lesser extent, Ag, Ba, C, Ce, Eu, Fe, Mn, Mo, Na, Nb, Ni, Pd, Pm, Ru, Sb, Sn, Y, Zn, and Zr), or radioisotopes. A compilation of sorption data like SDB provide a readily available source of data for radioactive waste repository performance assessments when site specific data are not available or essential, for example, during a site selection phase. 2 appendices

Nuclear Legislation in OECD and NEA Countries. Regulatory and Institutional Framework for Nuclear Activities. Japan

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2017-01-01

The NEA has updated, in coordination with the Permanent Delegation of Japan to the OECD, the report on the Regulatory and Institutional Framework for Nuclear Activities in Japan. This country report provides comprehensive information on the regulatory and institutional framework governing nuclear activities in Japan. It provides a detailed review of a full range of nuclear law topics, including: mining regime; radioactive substances; nuclear installations; trade in nuclear materials and equipment; radiation protection; radioactive waste management; non-proliferation and physical protection; transport; and nuclear third party liability. Content: I - General Regulatory Regime: Introduction; Mining regime; Radioactive substances and equipment; Nuclear installations (Reactor Regulation, Emergency response); Trade in nuclear materials and equipment; Radiological protection; Radioactive waste management; Nuclear safeguards and nuclear security; Transport; Nuclear third party liability. II - Institutional Framework: Regulatory and supervisory authorities (Cabinet Office, Nuclear Regulation Authority (NRA), Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI), The Agency for Natural Resources and Energy (ANRE), Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism (MLIT), Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (MEXT)); Advisory bodies (Atomic Energy Commission (AEC), Reactor Safety Examination Committee, Nuclear Fuel Safety Examination Committee, Radiation Council, Other advisory bodies); Public and semi-public agencies (Japan Atomic Energy Agency (JAEA), National Institutes for Quantum and Radiological Science and Technology (QST), Nuclear Damage Compensation and Decommissioning Facilitation Corporation (NDF), Nuclear Waste Management Organisation (NUMO))

A review of the IEA/NEA Projected Costs of Electricity – 2015 edition

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Khatib, Hisham

2016-01-01

The IEA/NEA recently issued their eighth edition of the Study on the “Projected Costs of Generating Electricity” – 2015 edition. The Study is mainly concerned with calculating the levelised cost of electricity (LCOE). The LCOE calculations are based on a levelised average life time cost approach using the discounted cash flow (DCF) method. The analysis was this year, and for the first time, performed using three discount rates (3%, 7%, and 10%). The LCOE can serve as a tool for calculating the cost of different generation technologies. However the Study's usefulness is affected by its narrow base of a limited set of countries that are not necessarily representative. It ignored the negative role of subsidies and did not provide a methodology for selective application of the discount rates and costing of carbon. The global power generation scene is changing. Generation growth in OECD countries has become very limited; simultaneously there is rapid growth of varying renewables (VRE) generation which needs special criteria for assessing its system cost. All this demands a rethinking of the application and usefulness of the LCOE in future generation planning. - Highlights: • LCOE is a useful tool for economics of generation technologies. • The IEA/NEA study did not cover fully the required criteria for assessment. • It ignored interpretation of: the discount rate, carbon costing and subsidies. • The world energy scene is changing, this requires reassessment of LCOE.

Position of the American Dietetic Association, School Nutrition Association, and Society for Nutrition Education: Comprehensive School Nutrition Services

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Briggs, Marilyn; Mueller, Constance G.; Fleischhacker, Sheila

2010-01-01

It is the position of the American Dietetic Association (ADA), School Nutrition Association (SNA), and Society for Nutrition Education (SNE) that comprehensive, integrated nutrition services in schools, kindergarten through grade 12, are an essential component of coordinated school health programs and will improve the nutritional status, health,…

Continuing education for psychiatrists: report on Canadian Psychiatric Association questionnaire.

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Thompson, M G; Toews, J; Lundgren, J M

1981-08-01

This report on the CPA Questionnaire on Continuing Education represents the answers of a sample of 485 of the 1,360 certified psychiatrists belonging to the Association. A total of 72.6% of the sample lived in urban centres with populations greater than 200,000; 28.9% worked in solo practice, but only 7.4% worked in settings where no other psychiatrists were present. The amount of time spent in continuing education activities was found to vary inversely with the distance that had to be travelled to major educational centres. Nevertheless, there were no psychiatrists that did not partake in some continuing education activities. Ninety-three percent read journals, 99% went to meetings, and 96% used consultation with other psychiatrists; 99% stated that these activities were useful. The favourite methods were reading and consultation. Eighty percent of the sample spent more than 41 hours per month in continuing education activities. Sixty-five percent stated that they would like a voluntary credit award system instituted. It is concluded that Canadian psychiatrists do spend a great deal of time in continuing education activities and believe that this is of value to their professional work.

Tendencias en la evaluación del aprendizaje en cursos en línea masivos y abiertos

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Gallego Arrufat, María Jesús; Gámiz Sánchez, Vanesa; Gutiérrez Santiuste, Elba

2015-01-01

La evaluación del aprendizaje es una característica central en el diseño pedagógico de cursos en línea masivos y abiertos (MOOC) (Sandeen, 2013). Aunque el fenómeno MOOC es nuevo, la literatura sobre evaluación electrónica (e-assessment) proporcio

La inclusión de la línea de tres puntos en minibasket. (Three-point line’s inclusion in mini-basketball.

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José Ignacio Alonso Roque

2008-10-01

Full Text Available Resumen El reglamento de Minibasket no ha sufrido modificaciones significativas desde sus inicios. Para la temporada 2005/2006 la Federación Española de Baloncesto propuso unas modificaciones al reglamento, de las cuales destaca una línea de tres puntos con forma rectangular. El objetivo de este trabajo fue analizar la bibliografía con respecto a las modificaciones reglamentarias y a la línea de tres puntos en Minibasket, desde un enfoque formativo para el jugador. Las reglas de los deportes de iniciación y en concreto de Minibasket deben responder a las demandas de los sujetos, sus necesidades y motivaciones con el fin de lograr un aprendizaje óptimo. En este sentido, tras revisar la bibliografía, no se encuentran estudios científicos que se centren en analizar la inclusión de la línea de tres puntos, ni que analicen la posición y distancia a la que se debe situar dicha línea para mejorar el juego en Minibasket. Sin embargo, la inclusión de la línea de tres puntos, en las competiciones de las cuales se ha encontrado referencias, fue todo un éxito. Por lo que son necesarias investigaciones que ayuden a esclarecer las limitaciones que existen a la hora de proponer una línea de tres puntos, adaptada a las necesidades formativas y a las características de los jugadores de Minibasket, para favorecer el lanzamiento y obtener éxito desde posiciones alejadas. Abstract Mini-basketball rules do not have been changed in a significant way regarding the original idea. For the season 2005-2006, the Spanish Federation of Basketball proposed some changes in its rules, from which a rectangular three-point line stands out. The aim of this study was to examine the bibliography with respect to the rule modifications and to the three-point line in Mini-basketball from a formative point of view. In sport initiation and in Mini-basketball, rules must improve the skill efficiency, performance, enjoyment and satisfaction to the learners. After review

Certified Health Education Specialists' Participation in Professional Associations: Implications for Marketing and Membership

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Thackeray, Rosemary; Neiger, Brad L.; Roe, Kathleen M.

2005-01-01

A number of health education professional associations exist to advance the profession through research, practice, and professional development. Benefits of individual membership may include continuing education, networking, leadership, professional recognition, advocacy, professional mobility, access to research findings, advances in the…

Criterios generales de evaluación en la línea engeniería de software

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Luz Amparo Acosta Salas

2001-07-01

Full Text Available Con el propósito de fortalecer el desarrollo de una cultura de autoevaluación, este artículo ofrece un modelo de construcción de indicadores de gestión para la línea de ingenieria de software de la EAN, que puede ser aplicado más adelante al programa de ingenieria de sistemas...

Tema 1. Introducción a la geoquímica de las aguas subterráneas

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Boluda Botella, Nuria

2010-01-01

Tema 1. Introducción a la geoquímica de las aguas subterráneas. Se presenta una introducción de la asignatura. Se manejan conceptos sobre calidad de aguas, muestreo y análisis químico de las aguas, procesos de contaminación, con énfasis en la geoquímica de la intrusión marina.

Exploring associations between state education initiatives and teachers' sleep: A social-ecological approach.

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Fujishiro, Kaori; Farley, Amy N; Kellemen, Marie; Swoboda, Christopher M

2017-10-01

Social policies that are not specifically aimed at impacting health can still have health consequences. State education reforms, such as standardized testing and stringent accountability for schools and teachers, may affect teacher health by changing their working conditions. This study explores associations between state education initiatives and teachers' sleep, an important predictor of productivity and chronic health conditions. The Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System 2013 and 2014 data sets provided sleep and demographic data for 7836 teachers in 29 states in the United States. We linked the teacher data to state education reform data from the U.S. Department of Education. Logistic regression was used to estimate odds ratios (ORs) of reporting inadequate sleep (i.e., state education policies after adjusting for demographic characteristics. Teachers had significantly higher odds of reporting inadequate sleep if their state financed professional development, sanctioned or rewarded schools based on student performance, and regulated classroom materials for state-wide common core standards (ORs ranging from 1.25 to 1.84). More strictly defined inadequate sleep (states to implement reforms through regulations and legislations, was also associated with inadequate sleep (OR = 1.41, p state education policies may have impacts on teacher sleep. Consequences of education reform for teacher health deserve more attention. Published by Elsevier Ltd.

DESENVOLVIMENTO DE REDES DE CANAIS E PIRATARIA DE ÁGUA SUBTERRÂNEA: BACIA DO RIO DO BANANAL (RJ/SP

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Paulo Jorge Vaitsman Leal

2015-03-01

Full Text Available Desde 1982, a bacia do rio do Bananal (512 km2, que drena o reverso da escarpa Atlântica da serra do Mar (localmente denominada serra da Bocaina, constituiu-se em área-laboratório de pesquisas de campo de natureza hidro-geomorfológica e geoecológica, fornecendo subsídios para a modelagem funcional e histórica da expansão de redes de canais em vales de cabeceiras de drenagem. Ao longo das últimas três décadas foram conduzidas mensurações do crescimento de um caso típico de canal inciso (tipo voçoroca resultante da erosão por exfiltração de água subterrânea. Enquanto o canal-tronco permaneceu relativamente estável nesse período, observou-se o crescimento de dois canais-dígitos, um dos quais bifurcou próximo à cabeça do canal-tronco, mostrando aceleração das taxas de recuo com a aproximação do divisor. Este último fato contrariou o esperado na medida em que a literatura apontava que a redução da área de contribuição a montante da cabeça de canal tenderia a desacelerar a atividade erosiva até sua estabilização final. Isto abriu a hipótese de que estaria ocorrendo migração de fluxo do vale de cabeceira vizinho, o que foi traduzido como “pirataria” de água subterrânea. Neste trabalho buscou-se testar tal possibilidade, visando compreender melhor a relação entre a expansão da rede de canais e o comportamento da rede de fluxos d’água subterrânea local. Para tanto, utilizou-se a modelagem numérica de fluxos subterrâneos, arbitrando-se uma profundidade limite da rocha impermeável em 25 m por aproximação aos dados de campo. Alguns cenários foram reproduzidos a partir do conhecimento sobre a evolução geomorfológica da região. Os resultados da modelagem mostraram que o crescimento da rede de canais promove mudanças na orientação da rede de fluxos d’água subterrânea, podendo concentrar parte da rede de fluxos dos vales de cabeceiras vizinhas, configurando-se uma “pirataria de �

Modelo de Excelencia de Programas Formativos en Línea (MEPFL

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Olga María ALEGRE DE LA ROSA

2006-01-01

Full Text Available La mejora de la calidad de la docencia universitaria requiere el desarrollo profesional y docente del profesorado. Este artículo ilustra el Modelo de Excelencia de Programas Formativos en Línea (MEPFL basado en el modelo europeo de aseguramiento de la calidad para la mejora de criterios, estándares e indicadores de un programa formativo. Los resultados de la aplicación del MEPFL indican la necesidad de políticas de calidad que apoyen las competencias de los evaluadores para mejorar los programas formativos. El estudio concluye esquematizando cómo el profesorado y el personal de las agencias de acreditación y evaluación de la calidad universitaria pueden usar MEPFL para el aseguramiento de la calidad interna y externa de los programas formativos.

Tratamento de candidiases muco-cutâneas rebeldes pelo Ketoconazol

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Leila Dagher

1983-11-01

Full Text Available Results with orally administered ketoconazole in patients with mucocutaneous candidosis are encouraging, considering the recalcitrant nature of the disease. Thirty-two patients with mucocutaneous candidosis were treated with a dayle dose of 200 to 400mg of ketoconazole administered with a meal. Evaluation was based on clinical and parasitological responses. Clinical and parasitological cure was obtained in 28 (87,50% patients and improvement in 2(6,25%. No undesirable and effects were observed in the treatment.Experimentação terapêutico-laboratorial com o Ketoconazol nas candidíases mucocutâneas rebeldes, obtendo-se os seguintes resultados: - CURADOS: - 28 (87,50% pacientes; melhorados: - 2 (6,25% pacientes; inalterados: - 2 (6,25% pacientes. Laboratorialmente, houve negativação dos exames micológicos em 100% dos casos.

Panorama de la filosofía francesa contemporánea

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Alain Badiou

2005-10-01

Full Text Available El artículo sustenta la tesis de que durante la segunda mitad del siglo XX se presentó un momento de la filosofía francesa contemporánea, comparable a los momentos griego clásico y al del idealismo alemán. Emergió entonces un programa filosófico constituido por la articulación del movimiento del concepto a la existencia, la inscripción de la filosofía con la vida moderna y las luchas políticas, la superación de la oposición entre conocimiento, acción y creación, el abandono del modelo reflexivo del sujeto y la formación de un estilo filosófico cercano al de la producción literaria.

Nuclear model codes and related software distributed by the OECD/NEA Data Bank

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Sartori, E.

1993-01-01

Software and data for nuclear energy applications is acquired, tested and distributed by several information centres; in particular, relevant computer codes are distributed internationally by the OECD/NEA Data Bank (France) and by ESTSC and EPIC/RSIC (United States). This activity is coordinated among the centres and is extended outside the OECD area through an arrangement with the IAEA. This article covers more specifically the availability of nuclear model codes and also those codes which further process their results into data sets needed for specific nuclear application projects. (author). 2 figs

Valoracion hidroquímica de las aguas subterráneas del norte de Granma con fines de riego

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Danicer Sánchez-González

2014-12-01

Full Text Available El propósito de la investigación fue evaluar en el norte de la provincia de Granma las características hidroquímicas de las aguas subterráneas para su utilización en el riego agrícola. A partir de una base de datos del Instituto Nacional de Recursos Hidráulicos, compuesta de 303 pozos, se generaron mediante el programa Surfer (vers. 9.0 y a escala 1:250 000 mapas hidroquímicos de mineralización, contenido de cloruro, clase química del agua, coeficiente de irrigación e índice de salinidad marina. El análisis integrado de estos mapas permitió zonificar la calidad hidroquímica de las aguas subterráneas, resultando las de mayor calidad para el uso en regadíos las pertenecientes a la zona sureste del área investigada

Theoretical study for heterojunction surface of NEA GaN photocathode dispensed with Cs activation

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Xia, Sihao; Liu, Lei; Wang, Honggang; Wang, Meishan; Kong, Yike

2016-09-01

For the disadvantages of conventional negative electron affinity (NEA) GaN photocathodes activated by Cs or Cs/O, new-type NEA GaN photocathodes with heterojunction surface dispensed with Cs activation are investigated based on first-principle study with density functional theory. Through the growth of an ultrathin n-type GaN cap layer on p-type GaN emission layer, a p-n heterojunction is formed on the surface. According to the calculation results, it is found that Si atoms tend to replace Ga atoms to result in an n-type doped cap layer which contributes to the decreasing of work function. After the growth of n-type GaN cap layer, the atom structure near the p-type emission layer is changed while that away from the surface has no obvious variations. By analyzing the E-Mulliken charge distribution of emission surface with and without cap layer, it is found that the positive charge of Ga and Mg atoms in the emission layer decrease caused by the cap layer, while the negative charge of N atom increases. The conduction band moves downwards after the growth of cap layer. Si atom produces donor levels around the valence band maximum. The absorption coefficient of GaN emission layer decreases and the reflectivity increases caused by n-type GaN cap layer.

The International Experimental Thermal Hydraulic Systems database – TIETHYS: A new NEA validation tool

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Rohatgi, Upendra S.

2018-07-22

Nuclear reactor codes require validation with appropriate data representing the plant for specific scenarios. The thermal-hydraulic data is scattered in different locations and in different formats. Some of the data is in danger of being lost. A relational database is being developed to organize the international thermal hydraulic test data for various reactor concepts and different scenarios. At the reactor system level, that data is organized to include separate effect tests and integral effect tests for specific scenarios and corresponding phenomena. The database relies on the phenomena identification sections of expert developed PIRTs. The database will provide a summary of appropriate data, review of facility information, test description, instrumentation, references for the experimental data and some examples of application of the data for validation. The current database platform includes scenarios for PWR, BWR, VVER, and specific benchmarks for CFD modelling data and is to be expanded to include references for molten salt reactors. There are place holders for high temperature gas cooled reactors, CANDU and liquid metal reactors. This relational database is called The International Experimental Thermal Hydraulic Systems (TIETHYS) database and currently resides at Nuclear Energy Agency (NEA) of the OECD and is freely open to public access. Going forward the database will be extended to include additional links and data as they become available. https://www.oecd-nea.org/tiethysweb/

Does perceived neighborhood walkability and safety mediate the association between education and meeting physical activity guidelines?

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Pratt, Michael; Yin, Shaoman; Soler, Robin; Njai, Rashid; Siegel, Paul Z; Liao, Youlian

2015-04-09

The role of neighborhood walkability and safety in mediating the association between education and physical activity has not been quantified. We used data from the 2010 and 2012 Communities Putting Prevention to Work Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System and structural equation modeling to estimate how much of the effect of education level on physical activity was mediated by perceived neighborhood walkability and safety. Neighborhood walkability accounts for 11.3% and neighborhood safety accounts for 6.8% of the effect. A modest proportion of the important association between education and physical activity is mediated by perceived neighborhood walkability and safety, suggesting that interventions focused on enhancing walkability and safety could reduce the disparity in physical activity associated with education level.

Miscelánea de pintura decimonónica

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Arias Anglés, Enrique

2003-12-01

Full Text Available El objeto de estas líneas es el de dar a conocer una serie de obras de diversos pintores del siglo XIX, que nos han ido llegando a lo largo de cierto tiempo y por diferentes conductos, y que, por no prestarse a ser publicadas individualmente, queremos hacerlo ahora en conjunto, ya que hemos reunido las suficientes para conformar un pequeño trabajo que pensamos tendrá, aunque sea al menos, el valor de aportar su existencia y conocimiento. Presentándolas por orden cronológico de sus autores, la primera de ellas, procedente de colección particular, es un hermoso dibujo acuarelado de 0,18 x 0,24 m. del pintor romántico español Jenaro Pérez Villaamil, y que por su asunto podríamos titular Contrabando de tabaco con el norte de África (Fig. 1. Se halla firmada en el ángulo inferior derecho «G. P. de Villaamil», con inconfundible caligrafía del artista; y, en el lateral derecho de la obra…

The impact of level of education on age-related deficits in associative memory: Behavioral and neuropsychological perspectives.

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Peterson, Dwight J; Gargya, Sanchita; Kopeikin, Ksenia S; Naveh-Benjamin, Moshe

2017-06-01

Older adults have difficulty forming associations and binding distinct item components despite mostly preserved item memory potentially because they rely on more automatic, rather than strategic, processing when attempting to form, store, and retrieve associations from memory. An intriguing possibility is that older adults with greater access to strategic processes (e.g., those with a high level of education) may be less susceptible to age-related associative memory deficits. Two experiments assessed the degree to which a high level of education provides an effective dose of cognitive reserve (CR), potentially preserving associative memory. Standard younger and older adults' item and associative memory performance was compared to older adults who had attained a high level of education (mostly doctoral degrees). In both experiments (Experiment 1: person-action pairs; Experiment 2: unrelated word pairs), consistent evidence was found that older adults, regardless of the level of education, exhibited an age-related associative memory deficit relative to younger adults. Interestingly, neuropsychological assessment of both older adult groups revealed greater frontal lobe, but not enhanced medial temporal lobe, functioning in the highly educated. As such, although the highly educated older adults exhibited greater frontal lobe functioning than the standard older adults, this did not aid in the reduction of the age-related associative memory deficit. Copyright © 2017 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.

Tratamiento de lesiones cutáneas con un copolímero modificado: estudio clínico observacional

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Full Text Available Resumen: Objetivo: Evaluar la efectividad en términos de cicatrización de un copolímero acrílico con un grupo amino modificado para el tratamiento de heridas cutáneas de diferente etiología en el ámbito de la atención primaria de salud. Metodología: Se llevó a cabo un estudio prospectivo observacional, abierto, de medidas repetidas en una cohorte de pacientes que presentaban heridas cutáneas de diferente etiología. Se realizó un seguimiento de 4 semanas o hasta la cicatrización. Se estableció un procedimiento de curas cada 3 días, y contempló: limpieza, aplicación del producto de evaluación, cobertura con un tul graso, aplicación de gasa hidrófila y fijación con adhesivo de tejido no tejido. Resultados: Se incluyeron 16 lesiones y hubo tres pérdidas, por lo que se obtuvo una muestra final de 13 lesiones (5 lesiones por quemaduras de grado II, 3 lesiones traumáticas y 5 lesiones de evolución crónica. El 35,7% eran mujeres y la edad media de los pacientes era de 64,71 ± 19,37 (DE años. De las 13 lesiones, 11 cicatrizaron en menos de 4 semanas, con una tasa de cicatrización del 99,4%, y 2 lesiones cicatrizaron a los 32 días. El tiempo medio hasta la cicatrización fue de 16 ± 22,03 (DE días. Conclusiones: A pesar de disponer de una muestra muy reducida y lesiones heterogéneas por la etiología, los resultados han mostrado una elevada tasa de cicatrización y un buen comportamiento en el manejo del dolor.

Comunidades de aprendizaje en línea. Análisis de las interacciones cognitivas, docentes y afectivas

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Siria Padilla Partida

2015-04-01

Full Text Available Esta investigación aborda el desarrollo de las interacciones de una comunidad en línea. Sigue el modelo propuesto por Garrison, Anderson y Archer (2000, quienes consideran que la presencia social, cognitiva y docente son factores fundamentales para el desarrollo de aprendizajes efectivos en una comunicación mediada por computadora. El artículo analiza el peso que tiene la presencia docente y social en el desarrollo de la presencia cognitiva, entendida ésta como el grado en el cual los participantes de una comunidad en línea son hábiles para construir significado a través de una comunicación sostenida. Se examinaron seis foros de una asignatura del Centro Universitario de los Valles, de la Universidad de Guadalajara, que trabaja desde su creación con un modelo académico apoyado en las tecnologías de la información y la comunicación. Como método se utilizó el análisis cuantitativo de contenido y se aplicó el modelo de codificación para una comunidad de indagación propuesto por Garrison, Anderson y Archer, mediante el cual se codifican los mensajes generados en los foros y se identifica la frecuencia de cada uno de los elementos y sus categorías. Los resultados señalan que la presencia social es la más recurrente, al encontrarse ésta en 92% de los mensajes analizados, pero no es suficiente para el éxito de una comunidad en línea; es sólo la base; se requiere la intervención y guía del docente para favorecer la presencia cognitiva y, con ello, la construcción social del conocimiento.

The Association between Education and Work Stress: Does the Policy Context Matter?

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Lunau, Thorsten; Siegrist, Johannes; Dragano, Nico; Wahrendorf, Morten

2015-01-01

Objectives Several studies report socioeconomic differences in work stress, where people in lower socioeconomic positions (SEP) are more likely to experience this burden. In the current study, we analyse associations between education and work stress in a large sample of workers from 16 European countries. In addition we explore whether distinct national labour market policies are related to smaller inequalities in work stress according to educational attainment. Methods We use data collected in 2010/11 in two comparative studies (‘Survey of Health, Ageing and Retirement in Europe’ and the ‘English Longitudinal Study of Ageing’; N = 13695), with samples of men and women aged 50 to 64 from 16 European countries. We measure highest educational degree according to the international standard classification of education (ISCED) and assess work stress in terms of the demand-control and the effort-reward imbalance model. National labour market policies are measured on the basis of policy indicators which are divided into (1) ‘protective’ policies offering financial compensation to those excluded from the labour market (e.g. replacement rate), and (2) ‘integrative’ policies supporting disadvantaged individuals on the labour market (e.g. investments into active labour market policies or possibilities for further qualification in later life). In addition to country-specific analyses, we estimate multilevel models and test for interactions between the indicators of national policies and individual education. Results Main findings demonstrate consistent associations between lower education and higher levels of work stress in all countries. The strength of this association, however, varies across countries and is comparatively small in countries offering pronounced ‘integrative’ policies, in terms of high investments into measures of an active labor market policy and high participation rates in lifelong learning activities. Conclusions Our results point to

Gains in Life Expectancy Associated with Higher Education in Men.

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Bijwaard, Govert E; van Poppel, Frans; Ekamper, Peter; Lumey, L H

2015-01-01

Many studies show large differences in life expectancy across the range of education, intelligence, and socio-economic status. As educational attainment, intelligence, and socio-economic status are highly interrelated, appropriate methods are required to disentangle their separate effects. The aim of this paper is to present a novel method to estimate gains in life expectancy specifically associated with increased education. Our analysis is based on a structural model in which education level, IQ at age 18 and mortality all depend on (latent) intelligence. The model allows for (selective) educational choices based on observed factors and on an unobserved factor capturing intelligence. Our estimates are based on information from health examinations of military conscripts born in 1944-1947 in The Netherlands and their vital status through age 66 (n = 39,798). Our empirical results show that men with higher education have lower mortality. Using structural models to account for education choice, the estimated gain in life expectancy for men moving up one educational level ranges from 0.3 to 2 years. The estimated gain in months alive over the observational period ranges from -1.2 to 5.7 months. The selection effect is positive and amounts to a gain of one to two months. Decomposition of the selection effect shows that the gain from selection on (latent) intelligence is larger than the gain from selection on observed factors and amounts to 1.0 to 1.7 additional months alive. Our findings confirm the strong selection into education based on socio-economic status and intelligence. They also show significant higher life expectancy among individuals with higher education after the selectivity of education choice has been taken into account. Based on these estimates, it is plausible therefore that increases in education could lead to increases in life expectancy.

The U-shaped association of body mass index with mortality: Influence of the traits height, intelligence, and education.

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Jørgensen, Terese Sara Høj; Osler, Merete; Ängquist, Lars Henrik; Zimmermann, Esther; Christensen, Gunhild Tidemann; Sørensen, Thorkild I A

2016-10-01

The U-shaped association between body mass index (BMI) and mortality may depend on other traits with permanent health effects. Whether the association between BMI and mortality depends on levels of health-related traits known to be inversely associated with mortality throughout adult life such as height, intelligence, and education was investigated. The study was based on a cohort of young men with data on weight, height, intelligence test score, and education from the Danish Conscription Database. In total, 346,500 men born 1939 to 1959 were followed until December 2013. The association between BMI and mortality was analyzed using Cox-regression models including interactions between BMI and height, intelligence, and education, respectively. BMI and mortality showed the U-shaped association from the start of the follow-up period, and it persisted through the subsequent 56 years. As expected, the mortality was inversely associated with height, intelligence, and education, but the U shape of the association between BMI and mortality was unaffected by the levels of these traits except at higher BMI values, where the slopes were steeper for men with higher levels of height, intelligence, and education. High and low BMI was associated with higher mortality throughout life regardless of the levels of height, intelligence, and education. © 2016 The Obesity Society.

Comparativa de diferentes tipos de efemérides GNSS en cálculo de grandes líneas base con Magnet Office.

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Pou Peña, Guillermo

2016-01-01

El objetivo de este Trabajo de Fin de Grado es hallar la influencia de cada tipo de efeméride en la precisión a posteriori de las coordenadas de un punto de la línea base. Para ello, se plantea una comparativa entre líneas base en función de la longitud, la duración de la sesión, la constelación y el tipo de efemérides. Todo ello, eligiendo puntos de control en la Península Ibérica y contrastando las soluciones sobre el marco de referencia ETRS89. No se pretende buscar la máxima precisión ...

A representação na arquivística contemporânea

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Natália Bolfarini Tognoli

2013-03-01

Full Text Available O arranjo e a descrição dos documentos de arquivo podem ser considerados os dois processos nucleares da teoria e da prática arquivística que compartilham o mesmo objetivo: representar o conhecimento arquivístico. Esta representação está baseada fundamentalmente na aplicação do princípio da proveniência e no conceito de fundo documental. O presente artigo busca discutir especificamente a descrição arquivística, em face das mudanças e propostas de uma abordagem pós-moderna da disciplina que propõe o conceito de fundo e o princípio da proveniência como norteadores conceituais e não como entidades físicas – como até o momento se supunha – no processo de representação. Para tanto, são apresentadas as perspectivas teóricas dos estudos canadenses e australianos que se apresentam na vanguarda do movimento pós-moderno, discutindo as bases teóricas da Arquivística Moderna, face à realidade dinâmica da produção documental contemporânea. Ao final, concluí-se que a abordagem pós-moderna parece ser a mais capacitada para lidar com as questões contemporâneas, uma vez que vai mais fundo nas questões sobre a representação arquivística e sua relação entre o arquivista, o contexto de criação dos documentos e o usuário. Normal 0 false false false EN-US X-NONE X-NONE

Línea de base para evaluar el impacto de una planta de celulosa en el Río Uruguay

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Carlos Saizar

2011-05-01

Full Text Available Como parte del proceso de evaluación del impacto ambiental ante la puesta en funcionamiento de la planta de pulpa de celulosa Kraft Botnia (actual UPM, se realizaron estudios de línea de base entre los años 2005 y 2007. El diseño de muestreo incluyó tres transectas perpendiculares a la línea de costa, en tres sitios: Nuevo Berlín, Fray Bentos y Las Cañas. Se realizaron estudios de parámetros físico-químicos del agua (nutrientes, sustancias orgánicas, metales, compuestos orgánicos adsorbibles (AOX, dioxinas y furanos, materia orgánica y granulometría del sedimento, estudios biológicos de las comunidades planctónicas, zoobentónicas e ícticas y bioacumulación de dioxinas en peces. El fósforo en la columna de agua presentó en promedio valores por encima de lo recomendado por la normativa nacional, mientras los contaminantes orgánicos (AOX, clorofenoles, ácidos resínicos, fitosteroles, dioxinas y furanos se mantuvieron por debajo de los valores guía recomendados a nivel internacional. Las comunidades planctónicas variaron significativamente entre muestreos, la de peces entre sitios y muestreos, mientras que la de bentos no presentó variaciones significativas espaciales ni temporales. El bagre trompudo (Iheringichthys labrosus es propuesto como especie a sermonitoreada debido a su ubicuidad y abundancia. Este trabajo ofrece una visión general de los estudios de línea de base, destacando la multiplicidad y la periodicidad de los parámetros en dos años de estudio.

Nadando contra corriente: práctica artística y homosexualidad en la Cuba contemporánea

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Carlos Tejo Veloso

2018-03-01

Full Text Available Nuestro estudio propone un recorrido que muestre la compleja y desaventajada situación del sujeto homosexual en la Cuba del siglo XXI. Como interesante contrapunto, pondremos en valor la importancia de determinadas manifestaciones artísticas contemporáneas a la hora de visibilizar la homosexualidad en la Isla fuera del estigma y la desigualdad.

Diálogos: discusiones en la psicología contemporánea

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Trujillo García, Sergio; Escobar Melo, Hugo; Montoya, Luz Mary; Reyes, Jesús; López Hoyos, Martha Lucía; Sánchez, Yalile; Uribe, Miguel; Sierra Mejía, Hernán; Hewitt, Noelia; Rozo, Margarita; Guerrero, Juan; Barreto, Marisel; García, Diana; Velásquez, María Teresa

2006-01-01

Este nuevo número de la serie Diálogos. Discusiones en la Psicología Contemporánea,presenta un conjunto de trabajos que reflejan la labor académica que se viene desarrollando no sólo en el Departamento de Psicología de la Universidad Nacional de Colombia, sino también en otros programas de Psicología. / Contenido. Preliminares; Capítulo 1 - Psicología; Capítulo 2 - Psicología social; Capítulo 3 - Psicología del desarrollo; Capítulo 4 - Psicología cognitiva; Capítulo 5 - Psicología clínica;...

Línea de atención para el cuidador principal de pacientes oncológicos con soporte social

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María Mercedes Ramírez Ordoñez,

2012-06-01

Full Text Available La presente investigación buscó evaluar el soporte social con el uso de Tecnologías de Información y Comunicación (Tics y las líneas telefónicas como mecanismo de satisfacción de los cuidadores principales de pacientes oncológicos asistentes a tratamiento en la Institución Prestadora de Salud (IPS Oncomedical. Corresponde a un estudio cuantitativo con 112 cuidadores de pacientes oncológicos entre los meses de mayo y diciembre de 2010. Para la recolección de los datos se utilizó el instrumento de caracterización de los cuidadores y otro para medir el soporte social. El instrumento “inventario de soporte social en enfermedad crónica”, utilizado para medir el soporte social antes y después de la intervención de enfermería, consta de 34 ítems divididos en 4 subescalas que son: interacción personal, guía, retroalimentación e interacción social. Como características del cuidador principal se destaca: el rol de cuidador principal es asumido por las mujeres, con edad promedio entre los 36 y 59 años, con una secundaria incompleta, se encuentran dedicadas al hogar y pertenecen al estrato 2 y 3. La utilización de las Tecnologías de Información y Comunicación (Tics y el uso de las líneas telefónicas son medios eficientes para brindar soporte social a los cuidadores de pacientes oncológicos. Los resultados demuestran que el grado de satisfacción percibida por el cuidador incrementa de un 24% a un 77.67% cuando se le brinda información de soporte social y educativo por medio de las líneas telefónicas y en forma escrita incrementa de un 18.7% a un 33.9%, la retroalimentación el nivel de satisfacción aumentó a un 83%. El uso de las líneas telefónicas y las Tecnologías de Información y Comunicación (Tics como mecanismos dinámicos de cuidado demostraron efectividad a nivel emocional y educativo permitiéndoles sentir a los cuidadores una compañía y soporte social.

Educational strategies associated with development of problem-solving, critical thinking, and self-directed learning.

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Hendricson, William D; Andrieu, Sandra C; Chadwick, D Gregory; Chmar, Jacqueline E; Cole, James R; George, Mary C; Glickman, Gerald N; Glover, Joel F; Goldberg, Jerold S; Haden, N Karl; Meyerowitz, Cyril; Neumann, Laura; Pyle, Marsha; Tedesco, Lisa A; Valachovic, Richard W; Weaver, Richard G; Winder, Ronald L; Young, Stephen K; Kalkwarf, Kenneth L

2006-09-01

This article was developed for the Commission on Change and Innovation in Dental Education (CCI), established by the American Dental Education Association. CCI was created because numerous organizations within organized dentistry and the educational community have initiated studies or proposed modifications to the process of dental education, often working to achieve positive and desirable goals but without coordination or communication. The fundamental mission of CCI is to serve as a focal meeting place where dental educators and administrators, representatives from organized dentistry, the dental licensure community, the Commission on Dental Accreditation, the ADA Council on Dental Education and Licensure, and the Joint Commission on National Dental Examinations can meet and coordinate efforts to improve dental education and the nation's oral health. One of the objectives of the CCI is to provide guidance to dental schools related to curriculum design. In pursuit of that objective, this article summarizes the evidence related to this question: What are educational best practices for helping dental students acquire the capacity to function as an entry-level general dentist or to be a better candidate to begin advanced studies? Three issues are addressed, with special emphasis on the third: 1) What constitutes expertise, and when does an individual become an expert? 2) What are the differences between novice and expert thinking? and 3) What educational best practices can help our students acquire mental capacities associated with expert function, including critical thinking and self-directed learning? The purpose of this review is to provide a benchmark that faculty and academic planners can use to assess the degree to which their curricula include learning experiences associated with development of problem-solving, critical thinking, self-directed learning, and other cognitive skills necessary for dental school graduates to ultimately become expert performers as

Analysis of an OECD/NEA high-temperature reactor benchmark

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Hosking, J. G.; Newton, T. D.; Koeberl, O.; Morris, P.; Goluoglu, S.; Tombakoglu, T.; Colak, U.; Sartori, E.

2006-01-01

This paper describes analyses of the OECD/NEA HTR benchmark organized by the 'Working Party on the Scientific Issues of Reactor Systems (WPRS)', formerly the 'Working Party on the Physics of Plutonium Fuels and Innovative Fuel Cycles'. The benchmark was specifically designed to provide inter-comparisons for plutonium and thorium fuels when used in HTR systems. Calculations considering uranium fuel have also been included in the benchmark, in order to identify any increased uncertainties when using plutonium or thorium fuels. The benchmark consists of five phases, which include cell and whole-core calculations. Analysis of the benchmark has been performed by a number of international participants, who have used a range of deterministic and Monte Carlo code schemes. For each of the benchmark phases, neutronics parameters have been evaluated. Comparisons are made between the results of the benchmark participants, as well as comparisons between the predictions of the deterministic calculations and those from detailed Monte Carlo calculations. (authors)

Improving nuclear regulation. Compilation of Nea regulatory guidance booklets

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2009-01-01

A common theme throughout the series of NEA regulatory guidance reports, or 'green booklets', is the premise that the fundamental objective of all nuclear safety regulatory bodies is to ensure that nuclear facilities are operated at all times and later decommissioned in an acceptably safe manner. In meeting this objective the regulator must keep in mind that it is the operator that has responsibility for safely operating a nuclear facility; the role of the regulator is to oversee the operator's activities as related to assuming that responsibility. For the first time, the full series of these reports have been brought together in one edition. As such, it is intended to serve as a knowledge management tool both for current regulators and the younger generation of nuclear experts entering the regulatory field. While the audience for this publication is primarily nuclear regulators, the information and ideas may also be of interest to nuclear operators, other nuclear industry organisations and the general public. (author)

Is Education Associated with Improvements in General Cognitive Ability, or in Specific Skills?

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Ritchie, Stuart J.; Bates, Timothy C.; Deary, Ian J.

2015-01-01

Previous research has indicated that education influences cognitive development, but it is unclear what, precisely, is being improved. Here, we tested whether education is associated with cognitive test score improvements via domain-general effects on general cognitive ability ("g"), or via domain-specific effects on particular cognitive…

O CAMINHO DA NEGATIVIDADE ENTRE OCIDENTE E ORIENTE: A RECEPÇÃO CONTEMPORÂNEA DE MESTRE ECKHART EM KEIJI NISHITANI

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Luiz Fernando Fontes-Teixeira

2015-07-01

Full Text Available O diálogo entre Ocidente e Oriente faz parte da mais recente história da filosofia contemporânea. Frente aos esforços de apresentar o Budismo japonês aos ocidentais, Teitarō Suzuki, chamado Daisetsu, comentou que, dentre os pensadores da filosofia ocidental, “Eckhart é aquele que está guiando o Zen para dentro do Ocidente”. O interesse da filosofia japonesa contemporânea por Mestre Eckhart, sobretudo dentre os autores da chamada Escola de Kyōto, representa não apenas uma mera aproximação por empatia, mas uma profunda introspecção da mística medieval como possibilidade de manifestar filosoficamente as bases do Zen Budismo, abrindo caminho para uma interculturalidade filosófica inédita no século XX. A despeito de sua presença constante (por vezes explícita, por vezes implícitas em diversos filósofos japoneses contemporâneos, foi Keiji Nishitani o pensador que com maior devoção refletiu sobre a obra de Eckhart. A partir desse diálogo, talvez seja possível investigar até que ponto uma recepção contemporânea de Mestre Eckhart possa porventura reverberar uma meditação pertinente aos problemas cotidianos do século XXI e este é, sem embargo, o intuito deste trabalho.

Construyendo creatividad a través de foros de discusión en línea

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Martha Lucía Lara Freire

2018-04-01

Full Text Available El objetivo de este estudio fue motivar a los estudiantes a desarrollar habilidades de pensamiento de orden superior, específicamente "crear" a través de foros de discusión en línea. Para este propósito se presentó una propuesta, siendo el primer paso fue crear un Aula Virtual para que los estudiantes interactuaran activamente en los foros de discusión. La propuesta duró 15 semanas y durante la intervención los estudiantes tuvieron que publicar y participar en 5 los foros de discusión sobre diferentes temas relacionados con el plan de estudios del Centro de Inglés para el Nivel Cuatro. La muestra estuvo compuesta por 30 estudiantes del Centro de Idiomas, de la Escuela Superior Politécnica de Chimborazo a quienes se les aplicó una encuesta inicial y una encuesta de satisfacción, así como un examen al inicio y uno al final de la intervención. Se manejaron dos grupos de investigación, el experimental y el de control. Una vez que concluyó la intervención, se analizaron las puntuaciones del grupo experimental en la prueba inicial y en la prueba final, al mismo tiempo, se compararon los resultados de las pruebas del grupo de control y el grupo experimental. La participación de los estudiantes en los foros de discusión en línea fueron evaluados por medio de una rúbrica. Para la comprobación de la hipótesis se utilizó el estadístico Chi-cuadrado. La retroalimentación efectiva del docente, el tiempo que los estudiantes tuvieron para participar en los foros de discusión y el entorno (virtual jugaron un papel importante en esta investigación. Se concluyó que la interacción de los estudiantes en los foros de discusión en línea influye positivamente en el desarrollo de la habilidad de pensamiento creativo.

Prevalence of body image dissatisfaction and associated factors among physical education students

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Elisa Pinheiro Ferrari; Edio Luiz Petroski; Diego Augusto Santos Silva

2013-01-01

OBJECTIVE: To determine the prevalence of and factors associated with body image dissatisfaction among physical education students enrolled in a public university. METHODS: This study evaluated 236 students and assessed body image perception (silhouette scale), sociodemographic variables (sex, age, parental education, marital status, university course, work, living arrangement, study shift, and income), physical activity level (International Physical Activity Questionnaire - Short Version), d...

Establishment of data base files of thermodynamic data developed by OECD/NEA. Pt. 1. Thermodynamic data of Np and Pu

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Yoshida, Yasushi; Sasamoto, Hiroshi

2004-01-01

Thermodynamic data base for compounds and complexes of actinides and fission products specialized in modeling requirements for safety assessments of radioactive waste disposal systems are being developed by NEA TDB project of OECD/NEA. In this project, relevant data bases for compounds and complexes of Np and Pu were published in 2001. JNC established the data base files available for geochemical calculation codes using these Np and Pu published data. And this procedure for establishment and contents of data base files are described in this report. These data base files were prepared as the formats of major geochemical codes PHREEQE, PHREEQC, EQ3/6 and Geochemist's workbench. Additionally modification for data in the thermodynamic data base files which had been already published by JNC was also done. This procedure and revised data bases are shown in the appendix of this report. (author)

Nuclear Site Remediation and Restoration during Decommissioning of Nuclear Installations. A Report by the NEA Co-operative Programme on Decommissioning

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Orr, Peter; Mitchell, Nick; Mobbs, Shelly; Bennest, Terry; Abu-Eid, Rateb-Boby; Berton, Marie-Anne; Dehaye, Catherine Ollivier; Pellenz, Gilles; Cruikshank, Julian; Diaz Arocas, Paloma; Garcia Tapias, Ester; Hess, Norbert; Hong, Sam-Bung; Miller, Susan; Monken-Fernandes, Horst; ); Morse, John; Nitzsche, Olaf; Ooms, Bart; Osimani, Celso; Stuart Walker

2014-01-01

Decommissioning of nuclear facilities and related remedial actions are currently being undertaken around the world to enable sites or parts of sites to be reused for other purposes. Remediation has generally been considered as the last step in a sequence of decommissioning steps, but the values of prevention, long-term planning and parallel remediation are increasingly being recognised as important steps in the process. This report, prepared by the Task Group on Nuclear Site Restoration of the NEA Co-operative Programme on Decommissioning, highlights lessons learnt from remediation experiences of NEA member countries that may be particularly helpful to practitioners of nuclear site remediation, regulators and site operators. It provides observations and recommendations to consider in the development of strategies and plans for efficient nuclear site remediation that ensures protection of workers and the environment. (authors)

Lesões desportivas e cutâneas em adeptos de corrida de rua

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Kátia Sheylla Malta Purim

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Full Text Available INTRODUÇÃO: A corrida de rua é uma modalidade em expansão e tem sido utilizada como lazer, esporte ou prática competitiva. OBJETIVO: Verificar frequência de lesões desportivas e cutâneas em atletas de corrida de rua. Material e MÉTODOS: Estudo transversal de 220 atletas de corrida de rua com questionário e observação clínica. Análise pelos testes t, Mann-Whitney, Qui-quadrado e correlação de Spearman. RESULTADOS: Predominaram atletas do sexo masculino, adultos, praticantes de corrida de longa distância, que treinam em média 45 a 60 minutos com frequência de 2 e 3 vezes por semana e têm participação variável em competições. As principais lesões relatadas foram dor no joelho (30,4%, distensão/estiramento muscular (16,7%, tendinites (10,1%, dor nos quadris (7,3% e dor na coluna (7%, sem diferenças estatísticas entre os gêneros. Houve associação significativa entre quilômetros percorridos em treino e lesões musculares nos homens (p = 0,0477, x = 9,60. O calçado esportivo teve relação com presença de unhas encravadas e perdas ungueais nas mulheres. CONCLUSÃO: Os homens apresentaram maior frequência de lesões musculares e as mulheres, de afecções cutâneas e ungueais.

Caracterización geomecánica de los macizos rocosos en minas subterráneas de la región oriental del país

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Roberto Blanco-Torrens

2000-03-01

Full Text Available Comprende un análisis de las características geológicas y geomecánicas de los macizos rocosos en las minas subterráneas Merceditas, Amores y "El Cobre" que explotan yacimientos de cromo y cobre, en la región oriental del país. Este análisis permite definir los modelos geomecánicos que caracterizan en forma representativa el macizo en estas minas. Se proponen para cada mina subterránea los modelos de interacción macizo-fortificación, factibles a utilizar para el diseño de la fortificación; se recomiendan en cada caso expresiones para el cálculo de la presión actuante en correspondencia con el modelo asumido. Estos resultados hacen más confiable cualquier evaluación o pronóstico de estabilidad, campo tensional, riesgos, presión minera y otros que se realice, todos de gran importancia para la actividad de proyecto, construcción y explotación de obras subterráneas.

La escritura académica en la formación en línea de docentes de escuelas públicas mexicanas

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Sergio Reyes-Angona

2015-04-01

Full Text Available What is the possible role played by academic literacy skills in the consolidation of educational reforms in Mexico? This article analyzes the case of a continuous professional development online course aimed to develop skills for preventing and reducing school violence. These skills were collaboratively developed through the production of academic texts in a virtual platform. A sample of essays and IMRD reports authored by twenty-six participants were analyzed, and ten participants were interviewed in depth about the texts and their experience in this course. La escritura académica en la formación en línea de docentes de una escuela pública mexicana Sergio Reyes-Angona y Juan Manuel Fernández-Cárdenas Revista Electrónica de Investigación Educativa, Vol. 17, Núm. 2 / IIDE-UABC 2 Although the texts reveal teachers possess underdeveloped skills needed to fully participate in academic communities, the interviews reveal a great potential for dialogue within their own professional communities in order to produce change in their schools.

Inteligencia estratégica contemporánea: perspectivas desde la región suramericana.

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Figueroa, Jyefferson

2017-01-01

Esta publicación está dirigida a las personas interesadas en aumentar su conocimiento sobre inteligencia estratégica (I.E.), tomadores de decisiones o investigadores que buscan revisar una mirada contemporánea y ajustada al contexto suramericano, en temas como la seguridad, la cooperación, la estrategia militar y la inteligencia. Hablar de I.E. implica reunir diferentes aspectos que hasta hace poco tiempo habían estado en manos exclusivamente de personal militar y policial, generando una míni...

Association between breakfast consumption and educational outcomes in 9?11-year-old children

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Littlecott, Hannah J; Moore, Graham F; Moore, Laurence; Lyons, Ronan A; Murphy, Simon

2015-01-01

Objective Breakfast consumption has been consistently associated with health outcomes and cognitive functioning in schoolchildren. Evidence of direct links with educational outcomes remains equivocal. We aimed to examine the link between breakfast consumption in 9–11-year-old children and educational outcomes obtained 6–18 months later.\\ud Design Data on individual-level free school meal entitlement and educational outcomes (Statutory Assessment Tests (SATs) at Key Stage 2) were obtained via ...

Design and Assessment of an Associate Degree-Level Plant Operations Technical Education Program

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Selwitz, Jason Lawrence

Research was undertaken to develop and evaluate an associate degree-level technical education program in Plant Operations oriented towards training students in applied science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) skills and knowledge relevant to a spectrum of processing industries. This work focuses on four aspects of the curriculum and course development and evaluation research. First, the context of, and impetus for, what was formerly called vocational education, now referred to as technical or workforce education, is provided. Second, the research that was undertaken to design and evaluate an associate degree-level STEM workforce education program is described. Third, the adaptation of a student self-assessment of learning gains instrument is reviewed, and an analysis of the resulting data using an adapted logic model is provided, to evaluate the extent to which instructional approaches, in two process control/improvement-focused courses, were effective in meeting course-level intended learning outcomes. Finally, eight integrative multiscale exercises were designed from two example process systems, wastewater treatment and fast pyrolysis. The integrative exercises are intended for use as tools to accelerate the formation of an operator-technician's multiscale vision of systems, unit operations, underlying processes, and fundamental reactions relevant to multiple industries. Community and technical colleges serve a vital function in STEM education by training workers for medium- and high-skilled technical careers and providing employers the labor necessary to operate and maintain thriving business ventures. Through development of the curricular, course, and assessment-related instruments and tools, this research helps ensure associate degree-level technical education programs can engage in a continual process of program evaluation and improvement.

Localización de faltas en líneas de tres terminales a partir de las medidas de los relés de una protección diferencial de línea

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Sánchez Gómez, Juan Ángel

2016-01-01

El presente trabajo se enmarca dentro de un área de gran importancia dentro de la Ingeniería Eléctrica como es el de los sistemas de protecciones eléctricas. Los sistemas de protección eléctricos protegen los elementos que forman parte de los sistemas de energía eléctrica, como las líneas de transmisión de electricidad o las subestaciones, frente a perturbaciones, tanto internas como externas, que pueden producirse en dichos sistemas. Entre las perturbaciones que pueden producirse en un si...

Entre Corpos Reais e Virtuais: Reflexões da Dança Contemporânea para Pensar o Corpo na Educação Física Between Real and Virtual Bodies: Contemporary Dance’s Reflexions to Think the Body on Physical Education Entre Cuerpos Reais y Virtuais: Reflexión de la Danza Conteporánea para Pensar el Cuerpo na Educación Física

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2007-09-01

Full Text Available Esta pesquisa objetiva identificar as novas configurações de corpo advindas da interconexão entre Dança e Tecnologia, bem como compreender de que maneiras essas configurações se aproximam e contribuem para a compreensão de corpo na Educação Física. O recurso metodológico é a análise de imagens dos vídeos de dança: Digital Brazuca e Corpo Aberto. Os vídeos analisados apontam para um repertório de saberes, que podem ser problematizados na área, e contribuem para reconfigurar a relação homem/ambiente. Nesse sentido, promovem a plasticidade e a polissemia de relações entre o carbono e o silício, e desenham outras formas de compressão do corpo que incluem a complexidade, a incerteza, a reversibilidade e a descoberta.
PALAVRAS-CHAVE: corpo – dança contemporânea – Educação Física. This research work aims at identifying the new configurations of the body that come from the interconnection between Dance and Technology, as well as understanding in which ways these configurations converge and contribute to the perceiving of the body in Physical Education. The methodologic tool used is image analysis from two dance videos, “Digital Brazuca” (Digital Brazilian and “Corpo Aberto” (Open Body. The analyzed videos point to a repertoire of knowledge that can be problematized in the field and contribute to reconfiguring the relation between man and the environment. In this sense, they promote plasticity and polisemics in the relations between carbon and sylicon, and they draw other forms of understanding the body that include complexity, uncertainty, reversibility, and discovery.
KEYWORDS: body – contemporary dance – Physical Education. Esta investigación tiene por objetivo identificar las nuevas configuraciones del cuerpo generadas por la interconexión entre Danza y Tecnología, bien como comprender de qué manera esas configuraciones se acercan y contribuyen para la comprensión del cuerpo en La Educaci

Race- and sex-specific associations of parental education with insulin resistance in middle-aged participants: the CARDIA study.

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Tamayo, Teresa; Jacobs, David R; Strassburger, Klaus; Giani, Guido; Seeman, Teresa E; Matthews, Karen; Roseman, Jeffrey M; Rathmann, Wolfgang

2012-05-01

Low childhood socioeconomic status (SES) has been linked with insulin resistance (HOMA-IR) in adulthood. Our aim was to examine if maternal and paternal education, as indicators of childhood SES, equally contributed to increased HOMA-IR in later life. Of 5,115 adults from the Coronary Artery Disease Risk Development in Young Adults (CARDIA) Study aged 18-30 years in 1985-1986, data on 1,370 females and 1,060 males with baseline and 20 year follow-up data were used to estimate associations of maternal and paternal education with HOMA-IR, adjusting for personal education, BMI, lipids, blood pressure, and lifestyle factors. Parental education was determined as high with ≥ 12 years of schooling and classified as both high, only mother high, only father high, both low education. Distinct combinations of maternal and paternal education were associated with HOMA-IR across race and sex groups. Lowest year 20 HOMA-IR in European American (EA) females occurred when both parents were better educated, but was highest when only the father had better education. HOMA-IR was lowest in African American (AA) participants when the mother was better educated but the father had less education, but was highest when both parents were better educated. Parental education was unrelated to HOMA-IR in EA males. Associations of parental education with HOMA-IR are seen in AA females, AA males, and EA females but not in EA males. The distinct combinations of parental education and their associations with HOMA-IR especially in AA participants need to be addressed in further research on health disparities.

Racial discrepancies in the association between paternal vs. maternal educational level and risk of low birthweight in Washington State.

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Nicolaidis, Christina; Ko, Cynthia W; Saha, Somnath; Koepsell, Thomas D

2004-06-17

BACKGROUND: The role of paternal factors in determining the risk of adverse pregnancy outcomes has received less attention than maternal factors. Similarly, the interaction between the effects of race and socioeconomic status (SES) on pregnancy outcomes is not well known. Our objective was to assess the relative importance of paternal vs. maternal education in relation to risk of low birth weight (LBW) across different racial groups. METHODS: We conducted a retrospective population-based cohort study using Washington state birth certificate data from 1992 to 1996 (n = 264,789). We assessed the associations between maternal or paternal education and LBW, adjusting for demographic variables, health services factors, and maternal behavioral and obstetrical factors. RESULTS: Paternal educational level was independently associated with LBW after adjustment for race, maternal education, demographic characteristics, health services factors; and other maternal factors. We found an interaction between the race and maternal education on risk of LBW. In whites, maternal education was independently associated with LBW. However, in the remainder of the sample, maternal education had a minimal effect on LBW. CONCLUSIONS: The degree of association between maternal education and LBW delivery was different in whites than in members of other racial groups. Paternal education was associated with LBW in both whites and non-whites. Further studies are needed to understand why maternal education may impact pregnancy outcomes differently depending on race and why paternal education may play a more important role than maternal education in some racial categories.

Racial discrepancies in the association between paternal vs. maternal educational level and risk of low birthweight in Washington State

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Ko Cynthia W

2004-06-01

Full Text Available Abstract Background The role of paternal factors in determining the risk of adverse pregnancy outcomes has received less attention than maternal factors. Similarly, the interaction between the effects of race and socioeconomic status (SES on pregnancy outcomes is not well known. Our objective was to assess the relative importance of paternal vs. maternal education in relation to risk of low birth weight (LBW across different racial groups. Methods We conducted a retrospective population-based cohort study using Washington state birth certificate data from 1992 to 1996 (n = 264,789. We assessed the associations between maternal or paternal education and LBW, adjusting for demographic variables, health services factors, and maternal behavioral and obstetrical factors. Results Paternal educational level was independently associated with LBW after adjustment for race, maternal education, demographic characteristics, health services factors; and other maternal factors. We found an interaction between the race and maternal education on risk of LBW. In whites, maternal education was independently associated with LBW. However, in the remainder of the sample, maternal education had a minimal effect on LBW. Conclusions The degree of association between maternal education and LBW delivery was different in whites than in members of other racial groups. Paternal education was associated with LBW in both whites and non-whites. Further studies are needed to understand why maternal education may impact pregnancy outcomes differently depending on race and why paternal education may play a more important role than maternal education in some racial categories.

Analyses and results of the OECD/NEA WPNCS EGUNF benchmark phase II. Technical report; Analysen und Ergebnisse zum OECD/NEA WPNCS EGUNF Benchmark Phase II. Technischer Bericht

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Hannstein, Volker; Sommer, Fabian

2017-05-15

The report summarizes the performed studies and results in the frame of the phase II benchmarks of the expert group of used nuclear fuel (EGUNF) of the working party of nuclear criticality safety (WPNCS) of the nuclear energy agency (NEA) of the organization for economic co-operation and development (OECD). The studies specified within the benchmarks have been realized to the full extent. The scope of the benchmarks was the comparison of a generic BWR fuel element with gadolinium containing fuel rods with several computer codes and cross section libraries of different international working groups and institutions. The used computational model allows the evaluation of the accuracy of fuel rod and their influence of the inventory calculations and the respective influence on BWR burnout credit calculations.

: Posturas de apreensão sensível da cidade contemporânea

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Thomas , Rachel

2012-01-01

International audience; Como apreender a cidade contemporânea? Quais metodologias utilizar? Em qual filiação teórica e segundo quais noções conceituais ancorar esta apreensão? O tema é ambicioso. Ele também é bastante vasto, muito complexo e oferece de fato múltiplas pistas de reflexão. Eu escolherei três que não são nem dogmas, nem uma metodologia a se seguir às cegas, mas sobretudo caminhos de pensamento a compartilhar. O primeiro diz respeito a necessidade hoje de construir e de desenvolve...

Desplazamientos del terreno producidos por una mina metálica subterránea