Angels or demons? You decide!

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2009-01-01

The new film Angels & Demons starring Tom Hanks and directed by Ron Howard is being premiered worldwide on 15 May, but you could see it 10 days earlier at a special preview screening as the CERN Press Office has a limited number of tickets to give away. Preview of the new CERN website to be published on 5 May. Opinion is split among CERNois when talking about Dan Brown’s book Angels & Demons. Should he be praised for bringing particle physics into the spotlight or should he be demonised for the ‘creative liberties’ he took - for example, although it would be useful for the international collaborations, CERN doesn’t actually have its own private airport and supersonic jet. But love it or hate it, with the upcoming release of the multi-million dollar Hollywood film adaptation, Angels & Demons will introduce a huge new audience to CERN. "Guess what? – CERN really exists!" said...

Social transformation of two students in an El Sistema-inspired orchestra program

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Christine D’Alexander

2016-07-01

Full Text Available In recent years there has been a substantial increase in El Sistema-inspired programs for young musicians. An overwhelming majority of these programs across the USA are centered in underserved communities where access to instrumental music training would otherwise be sparse. Most often, this is due to budget cuts partially or completely being wiped off from school curricula, or the financial cost associated with instrumental lessons. These programs, often free of cost to families, consist of musical training several days a week in small and large group classes, and claim to promote social change amongst these children’s lives. It is of importance to carefully study if, and how, these young musicians believe their lives are transforming through participation in these El Sistema-inspired programs, and if in fact, social change is occurring. This article reports on a multiple case study which sought to dive deeper into the lives of two children taking part in one El Sistema-inspired orchestral program located in Los Angeles, California. The study focused on the influence and impact this program has had on the lives of students, the exploration and formation of their beliefs surrounding musical learning, as well as experiences they share both as individuals and members of the orchestra.

75 FR 3981 - National Angel Island Day, 2010

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2010-01-26

...--from Chinese, Japanese, and Korean to Russian, German, and Urdu. These etchings remain on Angel Island... learn more about the history of Angel Island and to observe this anniversary with appropriate ceremonies...

Intelligent support system online for the operation of fossil fuel units; Sistema inteligente de ayuda en linea para la operacion de unidades termoelectricas

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Quintero R, Agustin; Suarez C, Dionisio A; Sanchez L, Jose Alfredo [Instituto de Investigaciones Electricas, Cuernavaca, Morelos (Mexico)

2006-07-01

The purpose of this publication is to present a support system online for the operation (SAO) of fossil fuel units, having as objective to support the operator of fossil fuel units when handling guidelines and essential information to carry out the starting and shutdown in a safe and efficient way, reducing the consumption of the useful life of the steam generator and the turbine, as well as the operational cost. Here are presented the intelligent systems for the support of the operation and are described the main characteristics in the dominion of application for the support system, its architecture and functionality, as well as the results obtained in the system assessment performed with the aid of total reach simulator of a fossil fuel unit and a pilot unit. [Spanish] Es motivo de esta publicacion, la presentacion de un sistema de ayuda en linea para la operacion (SAO) de unidades termoelectricas que tiene como objetivo asistir al operador de una unidad termoelectrica con guias de manejo e informacion esencial para llevar a cabo el arranque o paro en forma segura y eficiente, reducir el consumo de vida util del generador de vapor y la turbina, asi como el costo de operacion. Aqui se presentan los sistemas inteligentes de ayuda a la operacion y se describen las caracteristicas principales del dominio de aplicacion para el sistema de ayuda, su arquitectura y funcionalidad, asi como los resultados obtenidos de la evaluacion del sistema realizada con la ayuda de un simulador de alcance total de una unidad termoelectrica y una unidad piloto.

Conceptions of warlike angels in literature of the late Second Temple period

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Michalak, Aleksander Roman

2011-01-01

The work begins with a chapter that presents the various traditions concerning "angelic" warriors in the Hebrew Bible. In this context, we have investigated the two main biblical traditions: the council of gods and the Angel of Yahweh. It can be demonstrated that both these traditions were connected with martiality, which might have influenced later speculations about warlike angels. The second chapter deals with the various Second Temple beliefs concerning the principal angels, angelic hiera...

Trouble Brewing in Los Angeles. Policy Brief

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Buck, Stuart

2010-01-01

The city of Los Angeles will face enormous budgetary pressures from the growing deficits in public pensions, both at a state and local level. In this policy brief, the author estimates that Los Angeles faces a total $152.6 billion liability for pensions that are underfunded--including $49.1 billion for the city pension systems, $2.4 billion for…

Sistema paraconsistente LBPc¬I Sistema paraconsistente LBPc¬I

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Manuel Sierra A

2006-12-01

Full Text Available El lenguaje del sistema LBPc¬I extiende el lenguaje de la lógica clásica positiva al incluir un operador de negación débil y un operador de incompatibilidad, además, permite definir un operador de negación fuerte; este último tiene todas las características de la negación clásica. El sistema es caracterizado por una semántica de valuaciones tradicionales con la cual se prueba que, respecto al operador de negación débil, el sistema es paraconsistente. Como es de esperarse, cuando las fórmulas involucradas en un argumento se comportan clásicamente, es decir, son incompatibles con su negación débil, entonces la negación débil se comporta como la negación clásica, pero este requisito no siempre es necesario, la negación débil puede ser puntualmente tan potente como la clásica, aunque las fórmulas involucradas no se comporten clásicamente.The language of the LBPc¬I system extends the language of the classical positive logic when including an operator of weak negation and an operator of incompatibility, and permit to define an operator of strong negation; this last one has all the characteristics of the classical negation. The system is characterized by a traditional semantics with which test that, with respect to the operator of weak negation, the system is paraconsistent. When the formulas involved in an argument behave classically, that is to say, are incompatible with his weak negation, then the weak negation behaves like the classical negation, but this requirement not always is necessary, the weak negation can precise be as powerful as the classical negation although the involved formulas do not behave classically.

The Charismatic Entrepreneur - Personal behaviors in entrepreneurs for attracting angel investment

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Roaldsnes, Tomas

2017-01-01

Does the entrepreneur’s personal behavior play a major role when attracting angel investment? To answer this question, the opinions and experiences of two angel investors, a business developer for an angel investor network and a successful entrepreneur are gathered and analyzed. The thesis builds on theories from leadership, behavioral psychology and studies on angel investment to give the reader an understanding of the different personal behaviors and their effect. The findings indicate that...

Designing an Innovative Data Architecture for the Los Angeles Data Resource (LADR).

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Mukherjee, Sukrit; Jenders, Robert A; Delta, Sebastien

2015-01-01

The Los Angeles Data Resource (LADR) is a joint project of major Los Angeles health care provider organizations. The LADR helps clinical investigators to explore the size of potential research study cohorts using operational clinical data across all participating institutions. The Charles R. Drew University of Medicine and Science (CDU) LADR team sought to develop an innovative data architecture that would aggregate de-identified clinical data from safety-net providers in the community into CDU LADR node. This in turn would be federated with the other nodes of LADR for a shared view in a way that was never available before. This led to a self-service system to assess patients matching study criteria at each medical center and to search patients by demographics, ICD-9 codes, lab results and medications.

Business Angels - A Subspecies of the homo oeconomicus ludens.

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Hüsler, Laurenz; Platzer, Erich M

2014-12-01

Business Angels invest in start-up companies in their early stage. This type of investor usually has a good knowledge of the start-up's industry sector, and in addition to the funds he invests, his management experience and his network can be useful for start-ups. Business Angel involvement has shown to improve the success rate and the profitability of start-ups. The article depicts the relationship between entrepreneurs and Business Angels in four case examples.

Angels and Demons in the Book of Jubilees

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Ruiten, Jacques van; Reiterer, F.V.; Nicklas, T.; Schöpflin, K.

2007-01-01

Jacques van Ruiten, “Angels and Demons in the Book of Jubilees,” in Angels: The Concept of Celestial Beings – Origins, Development and Reception (ed. Friedrich V. Reiterer, Tobias Nicklas, and Karin Schöpflin; Deuterocanonical and Cognate Literature Yearbook 2007; Berlin and New York: de Gruyter,

Risks of the ionizing radiations for the anesthesia personnel in operating room in Hospital Dr. Rafael Angel Calderon Guardia

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Moro Alujas, Yassell N.

2005-01-01

The extent of the problem on the radiological exposure of anesthesiologists in the operating rooms was identified in the Hospital Rafael Angel Calderon Guardia, San Jose, Costa Rica. It was necessary to establish the risks in the professional disciplines more exposed to ionizing radiations, including Anesthesiology. Provides information on the radiations received by the anesthesia personnel as a risk factor of labor during professional practice. Within the findings were met dose ionizing radiation received by the participating subjects. It was determined that the monthly doses do not reach the limits of permissible dose average. Besides, no relationship was found between the number of procedures that were used ionizing radiations and the values of dosimetric measurements personal; but, if the type of procedure. In this way was showed that in some radiointerventional procedures there is a higher risk of irradiation [es

40 CFR 81.17 - Metropolitan Los Angeles Air Quality Control Region.

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2010-07-01

... Quality Control Regions § 81.17 Metropolitan Los Angeles Air Quality Control Region. The Metropolitan Los Angeles Air Quality Control Region consists of the following territorial area (including the territorial... 40 Protection of Environment 17 2010-07-01 2010-07-01 false Metropolitan Los Angeles Air Quality...

Should government support business angel networks? The tale of Danish business angels network

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Christensen, Jesper Lindgaard

2011-01-01

. This article discusses the possible rationale for governments to support BANs and what criteria to apply when evaluating such networks. The article is based on an in-depth observation study of the whole life cycle of a national BAN – the Danish Business Angel Network (DBAN) – and a comparison with a similar......Policies promoting informal venture capital generally and business angel networks (BANs) in particular have gained increased attention in recent years. As a consequence, BANs are now widespread across Europe. However, there continues to be a debate whether BANs should be supported with public money...... whether to provide continuing support to BANs they should evaluate not only their immediate effectiveness but also whether BANs should be considered a part of the general small business support infrastructure....

Angels and Demons in the Book of Jubilees

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Ruiten, Jacques van; Reiterer, F.V.; Nicklas, T.; Schöpflin, K.

2007-01-01

Jacques van Ruiten, “Angels and Demons in the Book of Jubilees,” in Angels: The Concept of Celestial Beings – Origins, Development and Reception (ed. Friedrich V. Reiterer, Tobias Nicklas, and Karin Schöpflin; Deuterocanonical and Cognate Literature Yearbook 2007; Berlin and New York: de Gruyter, 2007), 585-609.

Angels or demons?

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2008-06-01

A fringe meeting at this year's RCN congress, 'Angels and demons… dignity at the heart of nursing', debated the issue of the media portrayal of nurses. Nurses are often depicted at polarised ends of the continuum and the event generated ideas and discussion about how nurses can influence the media portrayal of the profession.

The Los Angeles basin

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Rintoul, W.

1991-01-01

In the early 1890s, Edward L Doheny, a mining prospector down on his luck, observed residents of Los Angeles gathering brea from the area's tar pits for use as fuel in coal-scarce California. Realizing that this crude tar was petroleum that had congealed upon contact with the open air, Doheny explored the residential neighborhood near Westlake Park, pooled resources with Charles A Canfield, an old mining crony, and purchased a city lot for $400. This paper reports that drilling wells in the Los Angeles City field posed the problem of making oil production compatible with urban living. Residents had to deal with noise, dirt, traffic, odors, and waste disposal. At least one solution to the waste disposal problem proved unique. A homeowner with a rig in his backyard had no place for a sump in which to run waste water and mud. However, his house had a basement, and that's where the mud went

Coca-Cola Hispanic Education Fund: Los Angeles Program Description.

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The Coca-Cola Hispanic Education Fund was created in response to the high school dropout problem in Los Angeles. The Fund enables the Coca-Cola Bottling Company of Los Angeles to build upon the successful relationship it has developed in the Hispanic community and maximizes the effectiveness of existing student support programs by directing needy…

Avaliação eletroforética, cromatográfica e molecular da Hb D Los Angeles no Brasil Electrophoretical, chromatographic and molecular valuations of Hb D Los Angeles in Brazil

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Ana R. Chinelato-Fernandes

2003-01-01

Full Text Available A variante de hemoglobina (Hb D mais comum, Hb D Los Angeles ou D Punjab, é originada de uma transversão GAA->CAA no códon 121 da globina beta; essa mutação resulta na substituição do ácido glutâmico por glutamina na proteína. É a terceira variante de hemoglobina mais freqüente da população brasileira. Como as hemoglobinas D apresentam migração similar à hemoglobina S em pH alcalino, e com a hemoglobina A em pH ácido, são necessários vários testes para o correto diagnóstico. No presente estudo objetivou-se relacionar os diferentes procedimentos laboratoriais de rotina diagnóstica, além da análise molecular, para estabelecer o perfil de Hb D Los Angeles no Brasil. Foram analisados 47 indivíduos da população brasileira com provável Hb D Los Angeles, por vários procedimentos eletroforéticos em diferentes condições de pH, além da cromatografia líquida de alta pressão, e testes moleculares para confirmação da mutação. Foram encontrados quatro tipos de combinações de hemoglobinas: 42 indivíduos portadores de hemoglobina AD Los Angeles, dois indivíduos com doença de Hb S/D Los Angeles, dois indivíduos com Hb D Los Angeles e talassemia beta e um indivíduo com Hb D Los Angeles e Hb Lepore. Os indivíduos heterozigotos para D Los Angeles são assintomáticos, entretanto, em associação com outras variantes e talassemias podem apresentar graus variáveis de manifestações clínicas. Os resultados apresentados enfatizaram a necessidade da associação de várias metodologias para a identificação da Hb D Los Angeles, além de auxiliar na elucidação de combinações raras.The most common Hb D variant, the Hb D-Los Angeles, also know as Hb D-Punjab, originates through a GAA->CAA change at the 121 codon of the beta globin gene; this mutation results in the replacement of glutamic acid for glutamine in the protein. It is the third most common hemoglobin variant in the Brazilian population. This variant has

Professional Identity at Los Angeles College of Chiropractic.

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Kimura, Melissa Nagare; Russell, Robb; Scaringe, John

2016-12-01

The objective of this article is to describe chiropractic professional identity as espoused by the Los Angeles College of Chiropractic. Professional identity is a construct that begins formation prior to career selection, can be considered the backbone of health care education, and has been linked to career success. Los Angeles College of Chiropractic's professional identity is shaped by a philosophy of health care that is focused on vitalism, holism, naturalism, therapeutic conservatism, critical rationalism, phenomenology, humanism, and interprofessionalism. Other distinguishing aspects include portal-of-entry professionals with broad diagnostic skills; a focus on spine care; promotion of public-health; and delivery of manual treatments. The chiropractic professional identity at the Los Angeles College of Chiropractic focuses on serving the needs of the people who entrust their health to its graduates and will continue to evolve on the basis of many factors, such as politics, social perceptions, and economic conditions.

Cancer risk among Los Angeles women with cosmetic breast implants.

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Deapen, Dennis M; Hirsch, Elliot M; Brody, Garry S

2007-06-01

As the first generation of women who received cosmetic breast implants ages, questions remain about cancer risk. This study is an update of the Los Angeles Augmentation Mammaplasty Study and examines cancer risk among women with long-term exposure to breast implants. The authors conducted a record linkage cohort study of patients with cosmetic breast implants by abstracting from records of the private practices of 35 board-certified plastic surgeons in Los Angeles County, California. They included 3139 Caucasian women who received cosmetic breast implants between 1953 and 1980. Spanish-surnamed women, nonresidents of Los Angeles County, and patients with prior subcutaneous mastectomy or breast cancer were excluded. Cancer outcomes through 1994 were ascertained through record linkage with the Los Angeles County Cancer Surveillance Program. With a mean follow-up period of 15.5 years, 43 cases of breast cancer were observed, compared with 62.6 expected, based on Los Angeles County population-based incidence rates (standardized incidence ratio, 0.69; 95% CI, 0.50 to 0.93). Significant increases were observed for cancer of the lung and bronchus (standardized incidence ratio, 2.14; 95% CI, 1.42 to 3.09) and vulvar cancer (standardized incidence ratio, 3.47; 95% CI, 1.39 to 7.16). The breast cancer results of this study are consistent with the previous reports of the Los Angeles study as well as with several other long-term cohort studies. Lung cancer has previously been found to be increased in this cohort and also in some, but not most, other studies. The increased risk of vulva cancer has previously been observed in this cohort and just one other.

Million trees Los Angeles canopy cover and benefit assessment

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E.G. McPherson; J.R. Simpson; Q. Xiao; C. Wu

2011-01-01

The Million Trees LA initiative intends to improve Los Angeles’s environment through planting and stewardship of 1 million trees. The purpose of this study was to measure Los Angeles’s existing tree canopy cover (TCC), determine if space exists for 1 million additional trees, and estimate future benefits from the planting. High-resolution QuickBird remote sensing data...

Tohoku Women's Hurdling Project: Science Angels (abstract)

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Mizuki, Kotoe; Watanabe, Mayuko

2009-04-01

Tohoku University was the first National University to admit three women students in Japan in 1913. To support the university's traditional ``open-door'' policy, various projects have been promoted throughout the university since its foundation. A government plan, the Third-Stage Basic Plan for Science and Technology, aims to increase the women scientist ratio up to 25% nationwide. In order to achieve this goal, the Tohoku Women's Hurdling Project, funded by the Japanese Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (MEXT), was adopted in 2006. This project is threefold: support for child/family, improvement of facilities, and support for the next generation, which includes our Science Angels program. ``Science Angels'' are women PhD students appointed by the university president, with the mission to form a strong support system among each other and to become role-models to inspire younger students who want to become researchers. Currently, 50 women graduate students of the natural sciences are Science Angels and are encouraged to design and deliver lectures in their areas of specialty at their alma maters. Up to now, 12 lectures have been delivered and science events for children in our community have been held-all with great success.

Sistema de Reconocimiento de Caracteres Orientado a Sistemas Android

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Segura Morales, Oriol; Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Escola d'Enginyeria

2014-01-01

Este proyecto trata sobre un sistema de reconocimiento de caracteres que se implementa para sistemas Android en forma de aplicación para móvil y Tablet. La aplicación está orientada para que los niños aprendan a escribir de una forma más amena. El sistema utiliza el patrón de diseño Modelo-Vista-Controlador para separar la lógica del sistema de la interfaz visual. En la interfaz, el sistema pide que se escriba un carácter utilizando la pantalla táctil y una vez el usuario lo ha escrito el sis...

Análise operacional de um sistema fotovoltaico de bombeamento de água Operational analysis of a photovoltaic water pumping (PV system

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Evandro M. Kolling

2004-12-01

Full Text Available O bombeamento de água é uma das atividades mais difundidas quanto ao emprego da energia solar fotovoltaica. Porém, apesar de se apresentar como alternativa interessante, o alto custo, a baixa eficiência dos sistemas e os projetos inadequados restringem sua aplicação. O uso racional, baseado na utilização mais eficiente de seus equipamentos, está vinculado ao conhecimento do comportamento operacional desses sistemas. No presente trabalho, teve-se o objetivo de avaliar o comportamento de um sistema fotovoltaico de bombeamento de água diretamente acoplado, sob diferentes condições de irradiância solar, por meio da montagem de uma bancada de testes, submetendo-o a diferentes alturas manométricas e determinando-se a vazão fornecida. A análise dos resultados permitiu estabelecer um modelo de regressão para estimativa de vazão do sistema em função da irradiância e altura manométrica. Concluiu-se que a potência gerada pelo painel e a vazão fornecida pela motobomba estão diretamente relacionadas à irradiância solar e à altura manométrica e influenciam na eficiência do sistema. A máxima eficiência do painel foi de 8%, 39% para a motobomba e 2,3% na interação dos componentes.The pumping of water is one of the activities most diffused to the employment of the photovoltaic solar energy, in spite of coming as an interesting alternative, the high cost and it lowers efficiency of the systems with the inadequate projects, still restricts its application. The rational use, based on the most efficient use of its equipments is linked to the knowledge of the operational behavior of these systems. The present work objectified to evaluate the operational behavior of a photovoltaic water pumping directly coupled operating in different conditions of solar irradiance, by means of the assembly of supported tests, submitting to different manometer elevation and determining the supplied rate flux of water. The analysis of the results

Los Angeles Area Permit Holder Estimated Trash Load Reduction, Los Angeles CA, 2012, US EPA Region 9

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U.S. Environmental Protection Agency — The Los Angeles River has been designated as an impaired waterbody due to the large volume of trash it receives from the watershed. To address this problem a Total...

A tale of two cities: residential context and risky behavior among adolescents in Los Angeles and Chicago.

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Frank, Reanne; Bjornstrom, Eileen

2011-01-01

This article evaluates whether the at-risk behavior of adolescents is differentially influenced by community context across two metropolitan areas. Our focus is on Latino youth in particular. The data come from the Los Angeles Family and Neighborhood Survey (L.A.FANS) and the Project on Human Development in Chicago Neighborhoods (PHDCN). Multi-level models are employed to estimate the effects of community-level influences on adolescent risky behavior in Los Angeles and Chicago. Neighborhood-level influences on the at-risk behavior of youth are found to operate similarly across the two cities, such that native-born children of Latino immigrants are at greatest risk of problem behavior in co-ethnic highly segregated neighborhoods in both Los Angeles and Chicago. Similar patterns are observed for African-Americans, particularly in Chicago and Non-Latino Whites in both cities. We argue that the findings are best interpreted through a segregation framework. Members of each racial/ethnic group appear to exhibit negative health risk behaviors when they reside in areas that are disproportionately populated with their co-ethnic peers. Copyright © 2010 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.

Assessing urban forest effects and values, Los Angeles' urban forest

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David J. Nowak; Robert E. III Hoehn; Daniel E. Crane; Lorraine Weller; Antonio. Davila

2011-01-01

An analysis of trees in Los Angeles, CA, reveals that this area has about 6 million trees with tree and shrub canopies that cover 24.9 percent of the city. The most common tree species are Italian cypress, scrub oak, laurel sumac, Mexican fan palm, and Indian laurel, Trees in Los Angeles currently store about 1.3 million tons of carbon (4.7 million tons CO2...

Statistics of the thyroid pathology operated in the ORL-CCC service of the Hospital Rafael Angel Calderon Guardia, between 2008-2012

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Ramos Castro, Paula

2013-01-01

The statistics of the Servicio de Otorrinolaringologia y Cirugia de Cabeza y Cuello de Hospital Rafael Angel Calderon Guardia were described, in terms of thyroid surgery; in the period from January 1, 2008 to December 31, 2012, compiling 200 cases of operated patients. Due to the increase in the diagnosis of these diseases in the Costa Rican hospital environment and the lack of an instrument to evaluate the therapeutic action, the need to perform an evaluation of the surgical management given to thyroid pathology is born. Through a table of data complications and the systematic review of the records of the population, the presentation of the results obtained was made using the inclusion criteria such as: patients older than 12 years, diagnosis of benign or malignant thyroid pathology with need of surgical resolution, presence of BAAF reported in medical record, case report of patient in interdisciplinary thyroid session, with surgery or surgeries performed in the period between January 2008 and December 2012, with a written report of surgery and biopsy defined with medical record. The exclusion criteria were: patients without reports of FNAB, operative sheet and/or defined biopsy with medical record, patients whose medical record will not be located in the hospital center to collect the information. (author) [es

Enhancement of Pork Jerky Using Co-cultures of Lactobacillus bulgaricus and Angel Yeast.

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Zhao, Changqing; Lu, Ziyang; Huang, Jing; He, Sha; Tan, Hui; Wang, Gang; Liu, Dayu; Li, Yubin

2016-09-01

Strains of Lactobacillus bulgaricus and Angel Yeast were combined to ferment raw pork and make pork jerky. After fermentation, the jerky was dried and then tested for sensory evaluation, pH and free amino acid content. The results showed that the optimal conditions for fermentation using L. bulgaricus and Angel Yeast were: a pH of 6.5, a 1:1 (v/v) ratio of L. bulgaricus to Angel Yeast, a fermentation time of 42 h and temperature of 25 °C. The results showed that the pork jerky fermented with the combined strains was not very sour which was close to the pH of 7.0 and had a higher free amino acid content which was more than 68.3 mg/100 g compared with the pork jerky fermented by either L. bulgaricus or Angel Yeast alone. Overall, the results demonstrate that fermentation of raw pork with combined strains of L. bulgaricus and Angel Yeast improves the quality and flavor of pork jerky.

Dante o anjeloch (Dante on Angels

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Jozef Žilinek

2007-03-01

Full Text Available Dante’s eternal Love was Bice Portinari who died in 1290. Dante saw her in Florence in 1274. She was his muse and her death was the reason to write Divine Comedy. We meet her in part of Divine Comedy calledParadise as a guide into Celestial Empire. I have ever been interested in structure of Celestial Empire and mesmerised by Dante. That was the reason to write this paper. I try to re-construct and complete Dante’s interpretation of the hierarchy of Celestial Empire with focusing on angels. Angels are also called Intellects or forms of the Heaven or substances between the Earth and Heaven or blissful Beings. I also try to find out the answer what happened to souls of people who died, especially to souls of innocent children. In memory of Michalka Režnáková (1984-1995.

Hangar con alas, Los Angeles

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Editorial, Equipo

1961-04-01

Full Text Available Formando parte de su programa, la TWA ha construido recientemente un hangar para servicio y reparaciones de su flota aérea de naves ordinarias y de aviones de reacción en el aeropuerto internacional de Los Angeles (Estados Unidos. El proyecto de esta obra se encargó a la empresa constructora Holmes & Narver, Inc.

Expert system based on cases for a diagnosis system in real time; Sistema experto basado en casos para un sistema de diagnostico en tiempo real

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Espinosa R, Alfredo; Quintero R, Agustin; Zambrano D, S Venecia [Instituto de Investigaciones Electricas, Cuernavaca, Morelos (Mexico)

2006-07-01

This article presents the development of an Expert System based in the Reasoning Based on Cases methodology. Such system was performed with the purpose of creating an information system in charge of supervising and diagnosing the status of the main equipment of fossil fuel power plants for electricity generation. Here is presented the reasons why this methodology was used for the expert system and why Induce-It -the specialized tool that implements it- was also chosen, as well as the analysis made for the disposition of the operative architecture of the Expert System, the very development of this software architecture and, finally, the validation of the correct operation of this system by means of a simulator that simultaneously puts to the test the error handling of the Expert System. [Spanish] Este articulo presenta el procedimiento que siguio el desarrollo de un Sistema Experto asentado en la metodologia de Razonamiento Basado en Casos; realizado con el fin de crear un sistema de informacion encargado de supervisar y diagnosticar el estado de los equipos principales de centrales de generacion termoelectrica. Se expone justificadamente la seleccion de la metodologia del sistema experto y de la herramienta especializada que lo implementa (Induce-It), asi como el analisis realizado para la disposicion de la arquitectura operativa del Sistema Experto, el desarrollo mismo de esta arquitectura del software y, finalmente, la validacion del correcto funcionamiento de este sistema mediante un simulador que a la vez pone a prueba el manejo de errores del Sistema Experto.

Los Angeles-Long Beach Harbor Areas Cultural Resource Survey, Los Angeles County, California,

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1978-04-01

into nettles and stung by red ants while the adult the Panes or White-heded Eagle Maiden. hunters danced to deerbone flute music. Intriguing sand... combat excepting those in the Philippine Islands (Fort Mills, Fort Hughes, Fort Drum and Fort Frank). It was during the World War II conflict, the...Junior Pest President, Californ a History and Landmarks Club of Los Angeles, Inglewod, February, 1941). Statoments of Mr. Ralph Bandinl, Palo Verdes. Mrs

[Failed transcatheter creation of fenestration in a Fontan patient with original fenestration closed by AngelWings septal occluder: a case report].

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Ohno, Atsuko; Hirotaka, Ishido; Kobayashi, Toshiki; Asano, Haruhiko; Kyo, Shunei; Senzaki, Hideaki

2007-10-01

The fenestrated Fontan procedure has helped to reduce the mortality and morbidity of pediatric patients who underwent the Fontan operation. We treated a patient (7-year-old, female) who had developed heart failure 1 year after fenestration closure using an AngelWings device, although the patient met the proposed criteria for test occlusion. Hemodynamic evaluation using the ventricular pressure-area relationship revealed that the patient had both systolic and diastolic dysfunction, which were difficult to recognize by conventional hemodynamic indices. We then tried to percutaneously create a fenestration using a Brockenbrough needle, but this procedure failed. The AngelWings device, which may have been covered by pseudointima (composed of fibroelastic tissue), was hard enough to break the Brockenbrough needle. Re-creating a fenestration after device closure in patients after the fenestrated Fontan operation appears to be difficult, so more accurate methods to predict Fontan physiology after fenestration closure are needed.

Psiconeuroinmunología: Conexiones entre sistema nervioso y sistema inmune

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García López, Luis Joaquín

2008-09-01

Full Text Available La psiconeuroinmunología es una nueva parcela de la ciencia que apenas lleva tres décadas, pero que en los últimos años ha sido objeto de una enorme atención por diversos grupos de investigación. El articulo pretende exponer brevemente cómo están organizados los sistemas inmune y neuroendocrino, para después presentar los hallazgos que hasta el momento intentan dar explicación de las relaciones entre ambos con el sistema nervioso, así como las influencias de unos sobre otros, más concretamente expresar la relación entre los tres sistemas responsables de la defensa del organismo y, más ampliamente, de su mantenimiento homeostático. Cuando se trata de amenazas, el sistema nervioso central tiene que decidir qué sistema se pone en marcha, el sistema de estrés como energía para el ataque o la huida (un animal que nos quiere atacar, el sistema inmune para neutralizar el antígeno (un virus que nos quiere atacar o ambos (la energía es necesaria también para el sistema inmune. Como parece ser que en muchas ocasiones la depresión aparece tras los esfuerzos infructuosos de puesta en marcha de estrategias de afrontamiento, también hemos repasado sucintamente algunas investigaciones que relacionan al sistema inmune con la depresión, así como con los trastornos del sueño. Se finaliza con las aportaciones que la psicología puede ofrecer a nivel terapéutico.

El Proyecto Sismico "LARSE" - Trabajando Hacia un Futuro con Mas Seguridad para Los Angeles

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Henyey, Thomas L.; Fuis, Gary S.; Benthien, Mark L.; Burdette, Thomas R.; Christofferson, Shari A.; Clayton, Robert W.; Criley, Edward E.; Davis, Paul M.; Hendley, James W.; Kohler, Monica D.; Lutter, William J.; McRaney, John K.; Murphy, Janice M.; Okaya, David A.; Ryberg, Trond; Simila, Gerald W.; Stauffer, Peter H.

1999-01-01

La region de Los Angeles contiene una red de fallas activas, incluyendo muchas fallas por empuje que son profundas y no rompen la superficie de la tierra. Estas fallas ocultas incluyen la falla anteriormente desconocida que fue responsable por la devastacion que ocurrio durante el terremoto de Northridge en enero de 1994, el terremoto mas costoso en la historia de los Estados Unidos. El Experimento Sismico en la Region de Los Angeles (Los Angeles Region Seismic Experiment, LARSE), esta localizando los peligros ocultos de los terremotos debajo de la region de Los Angeles para mejorar la construccion de las estructuras que pueden apoyar terremotos que son inevitables en el futuro, y que ayudaran a los cientificos determinar donde occurira el sacudimento mas fuerte y poderoso.

Carotenoids of Sea Angels Clione limacina and Paedoclione doliiformis from the Perspective of the Food Chain

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Takashi Maoka

2014-03-01

Full Text Available Sea angels, Clione limacina and Paedoclione doliiformis, are small, floating sea slugs belonging to Gastropoda, and their gonads are a bright orange-red color. Sea angels feed exclusively on a small herbivorous sea snail, Limacina helicina. Carotenoids in C. limacina, P. doliiformis, and L. helicina were investigated for comparative biochemical points of view. β-Carotene, zeaxanthin, and diatoxanthin were found to be major carotenoids in L. helicina. L. helicina accumulated dietary algal carotenoids without modification. On the other hand, keto-carotenoids, such as pectenolone, 7,8-didehydroastaxanthin, and adonixanthin were identified as major carotenoids in the sea angels C. limacina and P. doliiformis. Sea angels oxidatively metabolize dietary carotenoids and accumulate them in their gonads. Carotenoids in the gonads of sea angels might protect against oxidative stress and enhance reproduction.

Carotenoids of Sea Angels Clione limacina and Paedoclione doliiformis from the Perspective of the Food Chain

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Maoka, Takashi; Kuwahara, Takashi; Narita, Masanao

2014-01-01

Sea angels, Clione limacina and Paedoclione doliiformis, are small, floating sea slugs belonging to Gastropoda, and their gonads are a bright orange-red color. Sea angels feed exclusively on a small herbivorous sea snail, Limacina helicina. Carotenoids in C. limacina, P. doliiformis, and L. helicina were investigated for comparative biochemical points of view. β-Carotene, zeaxanthin, and diatoxanthin were found to be major carotenoids in L. helicina. L. helicina accumulated dietary algal carotenoids without modification. On the other hand, keto-carotenoids, such as pectenolone, 7,8-didehydroastaxanthin, and adonixanthin were identified as major carotenoids in the sea angels C. limacina and P. doliiformis. Sea angels oxidatively metabolize dietary carotenoids and accumulate them in their gonads. Carotenoids in the gonads of sea angels might protect against oxidative stress and enhance reproduction. PMID:24633249

Los Angeles and Its Influence on Professional and Popular Astronomy - A Hollywood Love Story, by Lewis Chilton, Past President, Optical Shop Director and Historian, Los Angeles Astronomical Society

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Chilton, Lew

2013-01-01

The purpose of this presentation is to show through visualizations how the Los Angeles, California milieu of the early 20th century benefited the advancement of astronomy and captured the public consciousness through popular press accounts of these advancements and of the scientists who made them. The thesis of this presentation purports that a symbiosis developed between astronomers of Los Angeles-area scientific and educational institutions and a local community of interested laypersons, and was the catalyst that sparked future generations to enter the fields of astronomy, the allied sciences, education and technology. This presentation attempts to highlight the importance of continued public outreach by the professional astronomical community, for the ultimate benefit to itself, in Los Angeles and beyond.

Immigrant incorporation in the garment industry of Los Angeles.

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Light, I; Bernard, R B; Kim, R

1999-01-01

This study expands immigrant social network theory and examined employment patterns in the garment industry in Los Angeles, California, among Latino workers employed by Asian immigrant entrepreneurs. The study determined that a large percentage of immigrant employees found their jobs through the immigrant economy. Entrepreneurship increased the supply of local jobs and expanded the economy at destination at no expense to natives. Immigrant entrepreneurs bought firms from nonimmigrant owners or started new ones with an immigrant labor supply. Massey's index is flawed due to its exclusion of the role of entrepreneurs. Migration networks facilitate entrepreneurship, but some ethnic groups have fewer entrepreneurs, such as Mexicans and Central Americans. A 1993 Los Angeles survey identified 3642 garment factories in its county. Mean employment was 27.1 persons. The garment industry was the 4th largest industry in the area in 1996, with 98,700 employees. It represented 6% of all wage and salary employees in the City and 5.5% of the immigrant labor force in the County in 1990. 93% of garment workers in 1990 were immigrants. It is estimated that 51% of garment factory owners were Asians; most employees were Latinos. Census figures on sewing machine operators indicated 47.3% of owners were Whites and 42.45 were Asians. 53.3% of employees were other ethnic groups, 14.5% were Asians, and 32.2% were Whites. It is estimated that 47.2% of total employment was due to the immigration economy. 71.5% of the total employment in the garment industry was in the immigrant sector.

"Angels & Demons" - Distinguishing truth from fiction

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2005-01-01

Dan Brown's best-selling novel "Angels & Demons" was published in French on 2 March. A web page on CERN's public site is dedicated to separating truth from fiction in this novel. After the extraordinary success of Dan Brown's "Da Vinci Code", one of his earlier novels "Angels & Demons", published in 2000, has now become a best seller and has generated a flood of questions about CERN. This detective story is about a secret society, the Illuminati, who wish to destroy the Vatican with an antimatter bomb stolen from - wait for it - CERN! Inevitably, CERN has been bombarded with calls about the technologies described in the novel that are supposed to be under development in the Laboratory. The Press Office has always explained that, even if the novel appears to be very informative, it is in fact a mixture of fact and fiction. For instance, according to the novel CERN is supposed to own a plane that can cover the distance between Massachusetts in the United States and Switzerland in just over an hour! ...

Shortening and Thickening of Metropolitan Los Angeles Measured and Inferred Using Geodesy

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Argus, D.; Heflin, M.; Donnellan, A.; Webb, F.; Dong, D.; Hurst, K.; Jefferson, D.; Lyzenga, G.; Watkins, M.; Zumberge, J.

1999-01-01

Geodetic measurements using the Global Positioning System and other techniques show north-south shortening near Los Angeles to be fastest across the northern part of the metropolitan area, where an ESE-striking, 5- to 40-km-wide belt lying to the south of San Gabriel Mountains and to the north of downtown and West Los Angeles is shortening at 5 mm/yr.

Due Diligence and the Evaluation of Teachers: A Review of the Value-Added Analysis Underlying the Effectiveness Rankings of Los Angeles Unified School District Teachers by the "Los Angeles Times"

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Briggs, Derek; Domingue, Ben

2011-01-01

On August 14, 2010, the "Los Angeles Times" published the results of a statistical analysis of student test data to provide information about elementary schools and teachers in the Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD). The analysis, covering the period from 2003 to 2009, was put forward as an evaluation of the effects of schools…

Radioisotope measurement system; Sistema de medicion de radioisotopos

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Villanueva Ruibal, Jose [Comision Nacional de Energia Atomica, Ezeiza (Argentina).Centro Atomico Ezeiza

2007-07-01

A radioisotope measurement system installed at L.M.R. (Ezeiza Atomic Center of CNEA) allows the measurement of nuclear activity from a wide range of radioisotopes. It permits to characterize a broad range of radioisotopes at several activity levels. The measurement hardware as well as the driving software have been developed and constructed at the Dept. of Instrumentation and Control. The work outlines the system's conformation and its operating concept, describes design characteristics, construction and the error treatment, comments assay results and supplies use advices. Measuring tests carried out employing different radionuclides confirmed the system performing satisfactorily and with friendly operation. (author) [Spanish] Un sistema de instrumentacion instalado en el L.M.R. (Centro Atomico Ezeiza de la CNEA) mide en amplio rango la actividad del decaimiento nuclear de radioisotopos. Permite caracterizar una amplia gama de radioistopos de variados niveles de actividad. Tanto el hardware de medicion como el software de operacion han sido desarrollados y construidos en el Dept. Instrumentacion y Control. El trabajo esboza la conformacion del sistema y su concepto de operacion, describe caracteristicas de disenio, construccion y del tratamiento del error, comenta resultados de ensayos y provee recomendaciones de uso. Pruebas de medicion realizadas empleando diversos nucleidos comprobaron que el sistema funciona en forma satisfactoria y su operacion es amigable. (autor)

ASSESSING ANGELS IN THE NURSERY: A PILOT STUDY OF CHILDHOOD MEMORIES OF BENEVOLENT CAREGIVING AS PROTECTIVE INFLUENCES.

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Narayan, Angela J; Ippen, Chandra Ghosh; Harris, William W; Lieberman, Alicia F

2017-07-01

This pilot study provides the first empirical test of the concept of "Angels in the Nursery" by examining whether childhood memories of benevolent caregiving experiences protect against heightened levels of psychopathology in high-risk mothers. The study hypothesized that (a) elaborated childhood memories of feeling loved by a caregiver ("angel memories") would moderate adulthood posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) symptoms in mothers with childhood maltreatment histories, and (b) spontaneous traumatic intrusions ("ghost memories") would mediate childhood maltreatment and adulthood PTSD symptoms. Participants were 54 mothers (M = 32.79 years, SD = 8.91; 59.2% African American, 13.0% Caucasian, 5.6% Latina, 22.2% biracial/multiracial) who completed standardized assessments of childhood maltreatment and adulthood PTSD symptoms, and a novel instrument, the Angels in the Nursery Interview ("Angels Interview," Van Horn, Lieberman, & Harris, 2008). Results showed that angel memories significantly moderated childhood maltreatment and adulthood PTSD symptoms, consistent with a protective effect. Higher levels of ghost memories during the Angels Interview were significantly associated with more extensive childhood maltreatment, but did not mediate maltreatment and PTSD symptoms. Findings indicate that the Angels Interview can identify pathogenic intrusions rooted in childhood maltreatment and protective factors to promote maternal mental health and buffer the intergenerational transmission of trauma. © 2017 Michigan Association for Infant Mental Health.

User survey of Nanny Angel Network, a free childcare service for mothers with cancer.

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Cohen, L; Schwartz, N; Guth, A; Kiss, A; Warner, E

2017-08-01

The purpose of the present study was to determine user satisfaction with Nanny Angel Network (nan), a free childcare service for mothers undergoing cancer treatment. All 243 living mothers who had used the nan service were invited by telephone to participate in an online research survey; 197 mothers (81%) consented to participate. The survey, sent by e-mail, consisted of 39 items divided into these categories: demographics, supports, use, satisfaction, and general comments. Of the 197 mothers who consented to receive the e-mailed survey, 104 (53%) completed it. More than 90% of the mothers were very satisfied with the help and support from their Nanny Angel. Many mothers mentioned that the Nanny Angel was most helpful during treatment and medical appointments, with 75% also mentioning that their Nanny Angel helped them to adhere to their scheduled medical appointments. However, 64% felt that they had not received enough visits from their Nanny Angel. Satisfaction with the nan childcare provider was high, but mothers wished the service had been available to them more often. Our study highlights the importance of providing childcare to mothers with inadequate support systems, so as to allow for greater adherence to treatment and medical appointments, and for more time to recover.

An Analysis Of Symbols In Dan Brown’s Novel Angels And Demons

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Savrizal, Muhammad

2014-01-01

Skripsi ini yang berjudul An Analysis Of Symbols In Dan Brown’s Novel Angels And Demons merupakan sebuah analisis mengenai simbol-simbol dalam novel “Angels and Demons” dan pembagian simbol kedalam bagian-bagian tertentu serta mengidentifikasi makna makna simbol tersebut. Beberapa simbol dalam novel ini merupakan simbol Illuminati yang merupakan bagian dari proses komunikasi yang dilakukan setiap anggota didalam Illuminati untuk sesama anggota. Tujuan penulis menganalisis si...

en tres sistemas agroforestales

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Javier Monge Meza

2006-01-01

Full Text Available Se estudió el desarrollo inicial (30 meses del duraznillo (Prunus annularis en tres sistemas agroforestales: duraznillo-maíz (Zea mays, duraznillomenta (Satureja viminea y duraznillo-naranjilla (Solanum quitoense, en un sitio en la zona de vida Bosque muy húmedo Montano Bajo, en Costa Rica. Se utilizaron cuatro parcelas de cada sistema agroforestal, con una densidad de 722 árboles/ ha, y un sistema de siembra de árboles en forma de triángulo equilátero, entre los que se intercaló el componente agrícola respectivo de cada sistema agroforestal. La altura media alcanzada por los árboles de duraznillo fue de 226,2, 221,4 y 164,3 cm, para el sistema agroforestal duraznillo-maíz, duraznillo- menta y duraznillo-naranjilla, respectivamente. En cuanto a los volúmenes, éstos variaron entre 0,58 y 1,30 m3/ha. Hubo una diferencia significativa en altura media entre el sistema agroforestal duraznillo-maíz y duraznillo-menta con respecto al de duraznillo-naranjilla. No hubo diferencias con respecto al volumen entre los sistemas de producción

Port Angeles, Washington Tsunami Forecast Grids for MOST Model

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National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce — The Port Angeles, Washington Forecast Model Grids provides bathymetric data strictly for tsunami inundation modeling with the Method of Splitting Tsunami (MOST)...

Los Angeles, California Tsunami Forecast Grids for MOST Model

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National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce — The Los Angeles, California Forecast Model Grids provides bathymetric data strictly for tsunami inundation modeling with the Method of Splitting Tsunami (MOST)...

Los Angeles - Long Beach Harbors, California. Los Angeles Harbor Deepening Project. Final Phase 2. General Design Memorandum.

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1980-01-01

land- marks are the San Pedro Breakwater and Angels Gate Lighthouse, the Termial Island Schoolhouse, and the Municipal Fish Market. Descriptions of...MILES, Chairman Navigation and Ocean Development Commission I, Marty Mercado , Secretary of the Navigation and Ocean Development Commission, do hereby...officials who have authority or responsibility in this area. STAN1&’.~LIMCara NAVIGATION AND OCEAN DEVELOPMENT COIISSION I, Marty Mercado , Secretary

"USA Today": Comparative Analysis with Two National and Two Los Angeles Daily Newspapers. Research Bulletin.

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Ames, Steve; And Others

Sections of the newspaper "USA Today" were compared with corresponding sections of four major newspapers--the "New York Times," the "Wall Street Journal," the "Los Angeles Herald Examiner," and the "Los Angeles Times"--to determine what editorial components made "USA Today" different and…

Perceptions of neighborhood safety and asthma among children and adolescents in Los Angeles: a multilevel analysis.

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Marlene Camacho-Rivera

Full Text Available Research examining the impact of neighborhoods on asthma has shown an increased interest in the role of the psychosocial environment. We examined the associations between various measures of neighborhood safety, individual and family characteristics, and asthma outcomes among children in Los Angeles.Multilevel logistic regression models were used to analyze data on 3,114 children across 65 neighborhoods from Wave 1 of the Los Angeles Family and Neighborhood Survey (2000 to 2002. Primary caregivers reported asthma outcome and all individual covariates; home environmental characteristics were observed by the interviewer.In fully adjusted models, parents who reported their neighborhood fairly safe or somewhat dangerous had lower odds of reported lifetime asthma compared to those who reported their neighborhood completely safe (OR 0.71; 95% CI 0.52-0.96 and OR 0.60; 95% CI 0.42-0.88 respectively. Conversely, parents who reported they could not trust their neighbors to keep their children safe had a nearly 40% increase in lifetime asthma compared to those who reported they could trust their neighbors to keep their children safe (OR 1.39; 95% CI 1.07-1.81.The study demonstrates a complex pattern between various measures of neighborhood safety and asthma and suggests that these relationships may operate differently in Los Angeles. As an increasing proportion of children are growing up in newer Western and Southwestern cities, which have different physical layouts and residential segregation patterns compared to Northeast and Midwestern cities, future studies should continue to examine neighborhood psychosocial stressors and asthma in diverse contexts.

Sistema Concacero I. Una solución para construcciones docentes

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Peña, Jose A

1986-12-01

Full Text Available A prefabricated building system is presented, the CONCACERO SISTEM I, for the construction of educational and service buildings, developed and put into operation in Venezuela by the professional team which wrote this work. The fundamental concepts which determine the system are outlined and the aspects concerning the design and production of components are described in detail, along with the buildings assembly process. Through a group of laminas with photographs the system's details and its applications are illustrated. As a conclusion to the work, those aspects are set forth which, in the judgment of the authors, are the most significant in developing and putting into operation new technologies, from of the experience obtained with the CONCACERO SISTEM I in the construction of educational buildings.Se presenta un sistema constructivo prefabricado, el SISTEMA CONCACERO I, para la construcción de edificaciones docentes y de servicios, desarrollado y puesto en marcha en Venezuela por el equipo profesional autor del presente trabajo. Se plantean los conceptos fundamentales que determinan el Sistema y se describen en forma detallada los aspectos de diseño y producción de los componentes, así como el proceso de montaje de las edificaciones. A través de un conjunto de láminas con fotografías se ilustran los detalles del Sistema y sus aplicaciones. Como conclusión del trabajo se plantean los aspectos que, a juicio de los autores, son los más significativos en los procesos de desarrollo y puesta en marcha de nuevas tecnologías, a la luz de la experiencia obtenida con el SISTEMA CONCACERO I, en la construcción de edificaciones educacionales.

Angelic and Crepuscular in Alexandru Sever’s Drama

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Elena IANCU

2014-12-01

Full Text Available The illustration of a world, apparently drifting, the (demystification of the transcendent and of the act of creation, as idea and textual strategy, seem to Alexandru Sever (1921-2010 a means for another beginning. The impossibility of action in Înger bătrîn/ The Old Angel (1977 and the pact-making in Îngerul slut/ The Miscreated Angel (1982, imply metamorphosis in essence, supported by the dialogue with the great texts of the world, by intertextuality (the biblical text, Shakespeare's texts -Hamlet -Yorick, texts written by Göethe, Beckett, Marlowe, Dostoevsky, J. P. Sartre, Mikhail Bulgakov and others. The projection of Auschwitz, as a Siberia of the spirit, and that of Faustianism, result in a detailed analysis of the human, both as individuality and as community, in an attempt to illustrate the (inintelligible inaction, death involving catharsis in the mundane and the theatre alike.

Aeropuerto internacional de Los Angeles: Edificio "Theme"

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Editorial, Equipo

1961-10-01

Full Text Available Recientemente, se ha terminado un nuevo edificio en el aeropuerto de Los Angeles, que constituye una estación aérea, moderna por su forma y servicios de que está dotada, en la que se ha dado cabida a todas las necesidades actuales que el servicio de aeronaves reactores requiere.

75 FR 57857 - Safety Zone; Blue Angels at Kaneohe Bay Air Show, Oahu, HI

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2010-09-23

... DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY Coast Guard 33 CFR Part 165 [Docket No. USCG-2010-0705] RIN 1625-AA00 Safety Zone; Blue Angels at Kaneohe Bay Air Show, Oahu, HI AGENCY: Coast Guard, DHS. ACTION...; Blue Angels at Kaneohe Bay Air Show, Oahu, HI in the Federal Register (75 FR 159). We received no...

UCLA's outreach program of science education in the Los Angeles schools.

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Palacio-Cayetano, J; Kanowith-Klein, S; Stevens, R

1999-04-01

The UCLA School of Medicine's Interactive Multi-media Exercises (IMMEX) Project began its outreach into pre-college education in the Los Angeles area in 1993. The project provides a model in which software and technology are effectively intertwined with teaching, learning, and assessment (of both students' and teachers' performances) in the classroom. The project has evolved into a special collaboration between the medical school and Los Angeles teachers. UCLA faculty and staff work with science teachers and administrators from elementary, middle, and high schools. The program benefits ethnically and racially diverse groups of students in schools ranging from the inner city to the suburbs. The project's primary goal is to use technology to increase students' achievement and interest in science, including medicine, and thus move more students into the medical school pipeline. Evaluations from outside project evaluators (West Ed) as well as from teachers and IMMEX staff show that the project has already had a significant effect on teachers' professional development, classroom practice, and students' achievement in the Los Angeles area.

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Diego Alejandro Muñoz Gaviria

2006-01-01

Full Text Available El texto presentado a continuación, plantea en términos generales las principales posturas conceptuales del sociólogo alemán Niklas Luhmann sobre las ideas de Max Weber y su teoría de la acción social, y de Talcott Parsons y sus planteamientos en torno a la teoría de los sistemas sociales. Al final del escrito se hace especial énfasis en el rol protagónico que para Luhmann tienen las ciencias sociales y humanas en la autorreferencia del sistema social.

Intentional, Inadvertent, or Inevitable? James Burrill Angell and Secularization at the University of Michigan.

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Bouman, Jeffrey Paul

The history of James Burrill Angell as the president of the University of Michigan presents a case study of the role of 19th century liberal Protestant university builders in the eventual marginalization of religion from the mainstream of U.S. higher education. Angell's tenure, which began in 1871, encompassed the period in which the modern…

Angels and IPOs: Policies for Sustainable Equity Financing of Irish Small Businesses

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Mulcahy, Diane

2005-01-01

Angels and IPOs: Policies for Sustainable Equity Financing of Irish Small Businesses explores the rationale for the Irish government?s investments of more than 300 million Euro in Irish companies and the domestic venture capital industry. It challenges the conventional wisdom that there is an `equity gap? of early stage risk capital in Ireland. In the context of the equity financing cycle, it discusses the limited supply of angel capital available to Irish firms as well as the `exit gap? resu...

Modeling smog along the Los Angeles-Palm Springs trajectory

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Hanna, S.R.

1976-01-01

Observations of smog concentrations and wind patterns during the summer of 1973 in Los Angeles, Pomona, Riverside, Banning, and Palm Springs, California are presented which show that high oxidant concentrations at Banning and Palm Springs are often due to advection of smog from source regions in the more densely populated western part of the Los Angeles basin. At Pomona and Riverside, advection from upwind source regions combines with the effects of local emissions to cause long durations of high oxidant concentrations with peak times in the mid afternoon. An empirical model for the diurnal oxidant variation is suggested which satisfactorily simulates observed concentrations. More complex models which include chemical kinetics systems do not perform very satisfactorily at the rural stations of Banning and Palm Springs, especially at night when observed oxidant concentrations remain high

Sistema de seguridad en redes locales utilizando sistemas multiagentes distribuidos. Net-Mass

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Daniel Horfan Álvarez

2005-01-01

Full Text Available La seguridad en las redes de datos es uno de los elementos neurálgicos dentro de una organización, ya que requiere de diferentes estrategias de protección para salvaguardar puntos vulnerables, y de la coordinación y distribución de esfuerzos para cercar todas las posibles formas de ataques informáticos. En este artículo se propone un sistema multiagente distribuido como herramienta de protección para redes con diferentes sistemas operativos y susceptibilidad de diversos ataques.El sistema propuesto está conformado por un grupo de agentes autónomos heterogéneos con características particulares en cuanto a sus estrategias de detección de intrusos y protección de los sistemas primordiales de la red, se tiene planeado que estos agentes basen sus decisiones en la aplicación de diferentes técnicas de inteligencia artificial como heurística de sistemas expertos, algoritmos evolutivos y redes neuronales.

Informe científico de investigador: Mayosky, Miguel Angel (2011-2012)

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Mayosky, Miguel Angel

2012-01-01

Las tareas desarrolladas durante el período pueden enmarcarse dentro de las siguientes líneas: • Estrategias de Inteligencia computacional en sistemas de control: Se trabajó en la utilización de esquemas conexionistas, en particular sistemas evolutivos basados en la analogía del sistema inmune, para la el control y guiado de robots móviles. En estos temas se realizaron las publicaciones [3] y [7]. • Arquitectura de sistemas de tiempo real: Se continuó trabajando en sistema...

33 CFR 165.1319 - Safety Zone Regulations, Seafair Blue Angels Air Show Performance, Seattle, WA.

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2010-07-01

... Blue Angels Air Show Performance, Seattle, WA. 165.1319 Section 165.1319 Navigation and Navigable... Thirteenth Coast Guard District § 165.1319 Safety Zone Regulations, Seafair Blue Angels Air Show Performance... Peninsula; thence northerly along the shore of Mercer Island to the point of origin. [Datum: NAD 1983] (c...

The development of musical skills of underprivileged children over the course of one year: A study in the context of an El Sistema-inspired program

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Beatriz Senoi Ilari

2016-02-01

Full Text Available Developmental research in music has typically centered on the study of single musical skills (e.g., singing, listening and has been conducted with middle class children who learn music in schools and conservatories. Information on the musical development of children from different social strata, who are enrolled in community-based music programs remains elusive. This study examined the development of musical skills in underprivileged children who were attending an El Sistema-inspired program in Los Angeles. We investigated how children, predominantly of Latino ethnicity, developed musically with respect to the following musical skills – pitch and rhythmic discrimination, pitch matching, singing a song from memory, and rhythmic entrainment – over the course of one year. Results suggested that participation in an El Sistema-inspired program affects children’s musical development in distinct ways; with pitch perception and production skills developing faster than rhythmic skills. Furthermore, children from the same ethnic and social background, who did not participate in the El Sistema-inspired music program, showed a decline in singing and pitch discrimination skills over the course of one year. Taken together, these results are consistent with the idea of musical development as a complex, spiraling and recursive process that is influenced by several factors including type of musical training. Implications for future research are outlined.

The Development of Musical Skills of Underprivileged Children Over the Course of 1 Year: A Study in the Context of an El Sistema-Inspired Program

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Ilari, Beatriz S.; Keller, Patrick; Damasio, Hanna; Habibi, Assal

2016-01-01

Developmental research in music has typically centered on the study of single musical skills (e.g., singing, listening) and has been conducted with middle class children who learn music in schools and conservatories. Information on the musical development of children from different social strata, who are enrolled in community-based music programs, remains elusive. This study examined the development of musical skills in underprivileged children who were attending an El Sistema-inspired program in Los Angeles. We investigated how children, predominantly of Latino ethnicity, developed musically with respect to the following musical skills – pitch and rhythmic discrimination, pitch matching, singing a song from memory, and rhythmic entrainment – over the course of 1 year. Results suggested that participation in an El Sistema-inspired program affects children’s musical development in distinct ways; with pitch perception and production skills developing faster than rhythmic skills. Furthermore, children from the same ethnic and social background, who did not participate in the El Sistema-inspired music program, showed a decline in singing and pitch discrimination skills over the course of 1 year. Taken together, these results are consistent with the idea of musical development as a complex, spiraling and recursive process that is influenced by several factors including type of musical training. Implications for future research are outlined. PMID:26869964

Predicting Los Angeles abrasion loss of rock aggregates from ...

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For this reason, to investigate the possibility of predicting the Los Angeles ... Different rocks have extensively been used as an aggregate .... men weight to the specimen volume. .... thesis is rejected and that there is a real relation between.

Glyoxal contribution to aerosols over Los Angeles

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Balcerak, Ernie

2012-01-01

Laboratory and field studies have indicated that glyoxal (chemical formula OCHCHO), an atmospheric oxidation product of isoprene and aromatic compounds, may contribute to secondary organic aerosols in the atmosphere, which can block sunlight and affect atmospheric chemistry. Some aerosols are primary aerosols, emitted directly into the atmosphere, while others are secondary, formed through chemical reactions in the atmosphere. Washenfelder et al. describe in situ glyoxal measurements from Pasadena, Calif., near Los Angeles, made during summer 2010. They used three different methods to calculate the contribution of glyoxal to secondary atmospheric aerosol and found that it is responsible for 0-0.2 microgram per cubic meter, or 0-4%, of the secondary organic aerosol mass. The researchers also compared their results to those of a previous study that calculated the glyoxal contribution to aerosol for Mexico City. Mexico City had higher levels of organic aerosol mass from glyoxal. They suggest that the lower contribution of glyoxal to aerosol concentrations for Los Angeles may be due to differences in the composition or water content of the aerosols above the two cities. (Journal of Geophysical Research-Atmospheres, doi:10.1029/2011JD016314, 2011)

77 FR 25128 - Amended Land Management Plans for the Angeles, Cleveland, Los Padres, and San Bernardino National...

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2012-04-27

..., Los Padres, and San Bernardino National Forests, California AGENCY: Forest Service, USDA. ACTION... amendment of the Land Management Plans for the Angeles, Cleveland, Los Padres, and San Bernardino National... Angeles, Cleveland, Los Padres, and San Bernardino National Forests, collectively, ``four forests...

Sistemas roboticos teleoperados

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Alexander Ceron Correa

2005-01-01

Full Text Available En el presente artículo se realiza una revisión general sobre los sistemas robóticos teleoperados, su estructura, componentes principales, clasificación, tipos de sensores, sistemas de locomoción y aplicaciones; como ejemplo se mencionan algunos trabajos realizados Colombia y en el mundo

Experiencia, identidad y complejidad social: notas para una perspectiva constructivista del sistema de los media

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Juan Miguel Aguado

2010-01-01

Full Text Available El texto considera los puntos débiles de la descripción luhmanniana del sistema de los media a la luz de la intersección entre estudios culturales y pensamiento sistémico y argumenta la relevancia del código interés/no-interés en los acoplamientos operacionales del sistema de los media con el sistema económico (consumo, así como su relevancia a la hora de definir el papel de los media en la constitución de co-dependencias operacionales entre individuos y sistema social, en términos de gestión de experiencias y construcción de la identidad. This paper considers the weak points of Luhmann’s description of the mass media system, in the light of the intersection between cultural studies and systemic thinking, as well as showing the relevance of the interest/non-interest code in the operational interlocking of the media system with the economic system (consumption, as well as its relevance when defining the role of media in weaving operational co-dependences between individuals and the social system in terms of experiential management and identity construction.

[Bedside implantation of a new temporary vena cava inferior filter : German results from the European ANGEL registry].

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Baumann, S; Becher, T; Giannakopoulos, K; Jabbour, C; Fastner, C; El-Battrawy, I; Ansari, U; Lossnitzer, D; Behnes, M; Alonso, A; Kirschning, T; Dissmann, R; Kueck, O; Stern, D; Michels, G; Borggrefe, M; Akin, I

2018-04-01

Pulmonary embolism (PE) is a frequently occurring complication in critically ill patients, and the simultaneous occurrence of PE and life-threatening bleeding is a therapeutic dilemma. Inferior vena cava filters (IVCF) may represent an important therapeutic alternative in these cases. The Angel® catheter (Bio2 Medical Inc., San Antonio, TX, USA) is a novel IVCF that provides temporary protection from PE and is implanted at bedside without fluoroscopy. The European Angel® Catheter Registry is an observational, multicenter study. In our German substudy, we investigated patients from three German hospitals and four intensive care units, who underwent Angel® catheter implantation between February 2016 and December 2016. A total of 23 critically ill patients (68 ± 9 years, 43% male) were included. The main indication for implantation was a high risk for or an established PE, combined with contraindications for prophylactic or therapeutic anticoagulation due to either an increased risk of bleeding (81%) or active bleeding (13%). The Angel® catheter was successfully inserted in all patients at bedside. No PE occurred in patients with an indwelling Angel® catheter. Clots with a diameter larger the 20 mm, indicating clot migration, were detected in 5% of the patients by cavography before filter retrieval. Filter retrieval was uneventful in all of our cases, while filter dislocation occurred in 3% of the patients. The German data from the multicenter European Angel® Catheter Registry show that the Angel® catheter is a safe and effective approach for critically ill patients with a high risk for the development of PE or an established PE, when an anticoagulation therapy is contraindicated.

Los Angeles 1-Million tree canopy cover assessment

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Gregory E. McPherson; James R. Simpson; Qingfu Xiao; Wu Chunxia

2008-01-01

The Million Trees LA initiative intends to chart a course for sustainable growth through planting and stewardship of trees. The purpose of this study was to measure Los Angeles's existing tree canopy cover (TCC), determine if space exists for 1 million additional trees, and estimate future benefits from the planting. High resolution QuickBird remote sensing data,...

Regulación neuroendocrina del sistema inmune

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Caballero Hernández, Diana; Tamez Guerra, Reyes S.; Rodríguez Padilla, Cristina; Tamez Guerra, Patricia; Weber, Richard J.; Gómez Flores, Ricardo

2001-01-01

El sistema inmune recibe señales del sistema nervioso central (cerebro) vía el sistema nervioso autónomo y el sistema endocrino. El sistema inmune, a su vez, envía información al cerebro vía citocinas. Este sistema de retroalimentación es vital para el funcionamiento adecuado del organismo en situaciones normales, y en aquellas en las que la homeostasis se ve perturbada, como en casos de estrés, consumo de drogas (terapéuticas o de abuso), enfermedades infecciosas y...

The research of the style of angel lobster eye x-ray optical system

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Cheng, HuaQi; Liu, YuJiao; Zhang, ShaoWei; Hou, LinBao; Li, XingLong

2018-01-01

This paper has developed the theory research of wide field Angel lobster eye X-ray optical system based on the principle of entirely incidence. Combine the configuration characteristic of lobster eye, recommend the conclusion of beam of light focus on the half of radius whether point or parallel light. Designed the microchannel through the principle of real ray trace and got the relationship among different parameters about it using numerical value emulation. Got pixels and illumination pictures validated the wide field focus characteristic of Angel lobster eye by simulating the optical system.

Neighborhood Food Environment, Diet, and Obesity Among Los Angeles County Adults, 2011.

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Mejia, Nelly; Lightstone, Amy S; Basurto-Davila, Ricardo; Morales, Douglas M; Sturm, Roland

2015-09-03

The objective of this study was to examine whether an association exists between the number and type of food outlets in a neighborhood and dietary intake and body mass index (BMI) among adults in Los Angeles County. We also assessed whether this association depends on the geographic size of the food environment. We analyzed data from the 2011 Los Angeles County Health Survey. We created buffers (from 0.25 to 3.0 miles in radius) centered in respondents' residential addresses and counted the number of food outlets by type in each buffer. Dependent variables were weekly intake of fruits and vegetables, sugar-sweetened beverages, and fast food; BMI; and being overweight (BMI ≥25.0 kg/m(2)) or obese (BMI ≥30.0 kg/m(2)). Explanatory variables were the number of outlets classified as fast-food outlets, convenience stores, small food stores, grocery stores, and supermarkets. Regressions were estimated for all sets of explanatory variables and buffer size combinations (150 total effects). Only 2 of 150 effects were significant after being adjusted for multiple comparisons. The number of fast-food restaurants in nonwalkable areas (in a 3.0-mile radius) was positively associated with fast-food consumption, and the number of convenience stores in a walkable distance (in a 0.25-mile radius) was negatively associated with obesity. Little evidence was found for associations between proximity of respondents' homes to food outlets and dietary intake or BMI among adults in Los Angeles County. A possible explanation for the null finding is that shopping patterns are weakly related to neighborhoods in Los Angeles County because of motorized transportation.

Intermittent water discharges for family orchards using photovoltaic energy and a system self-operating for a TDF; Riego intermitente para huertos familiares usando energia fotovoltaica y un sistema auto-operante para un TDF

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Millan Diaz, Candido; Garcia Villanueva, Nahun H [Instituto Mexicano de Tecnologia del Agua, Jiutepec, Morelos (Mexico); Sanchez Juarez, Aaron [Centro de Investigacion en Energia, UNAM, Temixco, Morelos (Mexico)

2000-07-01

This work present the design of a system for automatic opening and closing of a Discharge Bottom Tank (DBT) to produce intermittent water discharges. In order to modernize and increase the production in the family orchards, the application of a integral system built with a self-operating opening and closing valve, a DBT and a PV water pumping system, is suggested. The results obtained from this integral system, is suggested. The results obtained from this integral system applied in a family experimental farm of 144 m{sup 2} are shown below. The PV system size for pumping the required water per day for that family prototype farm was of 106 W-p. Comparing the yield obtained for green tomato, red tomato, and squash in existing technical irrigation process against our integral system, it is shown that our production is almost the same. [Spanish] En este trabajo se presenta el diseno de un sistema de apertura y cierre automatico para producir descargas de agua intermitentes en un Tanque de Descarga de Fondo (TDF). Con el objeto de aumentar la produccion agricola en los huertos familiares, se sugiere la aplicacion de un sistema integral, para riego intermitente en ellos, formado por: el sistema auto operante disenado, un TDF y un sistema de bombeo fotovoltaico, como una alternativa para modernizar y mejorar las eficiencias del riego por gravedad en ellos. Se dan a conocer los resultados obtenidos de este sistema integral en un huerto familiar experimental de 144 m{sup 2}. El tamano del sistema de bombeo fotovoltaico para extraer el agua requerida por dia-cultivo para ese huerto familiar prototipo fue de 106 W-p. El rendimiento por hectarea obtenido para cultivos de jitomate, tomate y calabacita muestra que nuestra produccion, usando el sistema integral, es comparable con los rendimientos por hectarea que se obtienen con metodologias de riego tecnificadas.

Sistemas de gestión ambiental normalizados

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Fronti de García, Luisa; Pahlen, Ricardo José María; D’Onofrio, Paula Alejandra

2004-01-01

La contabilidad ambiental presupone la existencia de un sistema de gestión ambiental. Dentro del sistema integral de la organización, el sistema de gestión ambiental permite la obtención de información oportuna y segura. Podríamos definir el sistema de gestión ambiental de un ente como el conjunto de medidas destinadas a prevenir el impacto negativo de las actividades del ente sobre el medio ambiente. El sistema de gestión ambiental (SGA) es aquella parte del sistema de gestión total que incl...

Opinion about difficulties of RA reactor operation under conditions of high activity of the heavy water system - Annex 2; Prilog 2 - Misljenje o teskocama eksploatacije reaktora RA u uslovima visoke aktivnosti teskovodnog sistema

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Nikolic, M [Institute of Nuclear Sciences Boris Kidric, Vinca, Beograd (Serbia and Montenegro)

1963-12-15

It was concluded that reactor the reactor operation is very dangerous for the reactor installation as well as safety of the staff under conditions of heavy water increased activity. Two fundamental arguments in favour of this conclusion are: insufficient possibility of reactor components inspection during maintenance and operation in the future period; difficulties in prevention of accidents that could occur is equally dangerous for the reactor facility and the environment. Cleaning and decontamination of the complete heavy water system is needed before the reactor operation starts in order to avoid possible failures or accidental events. [Serbo-Croat] Zakljuceno je da je eksploatacija reakora u uslovima postojece aktivnosti teskovodnog sistema veoma opasna po sam reaktor i po personal. Dva osnovna razloga u prilog ovog zakljucka su: nedovoljna mogucnost kontrole ispravnosti svih elemenata reaktora u toku remonta i ekspolatacije u predstojecem periodu; teskoca borbe sa udesima, koji bi se eventualno dogodili podjednako je opasna po instalaciju i okolinu. Pre no sto se nastavi sa daljom ekspolatacijom reaktora potrebno ciscenje, dekontaminacija sistema teske vode kako bi se izbegla moguca ostecenja ili akcidentalne situacije.

PM 10 and ozone control strategy to improve visibility in the los angeles basin

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Farber, Robert J.; Welsing, Peter R.; Rozzi, Carlo

The greater Los Angeles metropolitan area is in violation of the United States Environmental Protection Agency (USEPA) ambient standards for both ozone and PM 10. Accompanying these violations are hazy summer conditions, with current annual median visibility in the inland portions of Los Angeles running about 13 km, and visibilities decreasing to about 3 km on the 90th percentile days (worst days). The USEPA has given the local air pollution control agency until 2010 to bring the area into compliance with these standards. Because of continued population growth, accompanying light industry, dependence on private motor vehicles, and adverse natural meteorological conditions, emission reductions costing billions of dollars will be needed between now and 2010. The combination of emission reductions which will result in the fastest ozone and PM 10 cleanup at the lowest cost are presented. Substantial emission reductions in NO x, reactive hydrocarbons, SO x, ammonia, soot and fugitive dust will result in visibility improvements in the Los Angeles area. However, enactment of this comprehensive control strategy will only improve the annual median visibility to about 20 km and the 90th percentile days to 6.5 km. Significant changes in fine mass will result in relatively small changes in perceived visibility since the human eye is unable to differentiate visual range changes even as large as 40% in an urban landscape typical of Los Angeles.

Environmental Assessment. Proposed Air Force Space Division Housing Project, White Point, Los Angeles, California

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1984-07-01

render any potential impactsnegligible. 5 E. Diking, Dredging and Shoreline Structures The project would have no effect on these areas of concern; see3...San Juan Capistrano Indians of Southern California [1812-1826]") and Hugo Reid’s letters I printed in the Los Angeles Star in the 1800’s ( Heizer 1968...California5 n.d. A Brief History of Fort MacArthur. Heizer , R. F. (ed.) 1968 The Indians of Los Angeles County: Hugo Reid’s Letters of 1852

Electromagnetic Transient Response Analysis of DFIG under Cascading Grid Faults Considering Phase Angel Jumps

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Wang, Yun; Wu, Qiuwei

2014-01-01

This paper analysis the electromagnetic transient response characteristics of DFIG under symmetrical and asymmetrical cascading grid fault conditions considering phaseangel jump of grid. On deriving the dynamic equations of the DFIG with considering multiple constraints on balanced and unbalanced...... conditions, phase angel jumps, interval of cascading fault, electromagnetic transient characteristics, the principle of the DFIG response under cascading voltage fault can be extract. The influence of grid angel jump on the transient characteristic of DFIG is analyzed and electromagnetic response...

Operation planning of electrical power systems; Planeacion de operacion de sistemas electricos de potencia

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Rivas, Elena [ed.; Instituto de Investigaciones Electricas, Temixco, Morelos (Mexico)

1999-07-01

The development of a software that has facilitated and improved considerably the planning tasks, besides diminishing the production costs is presented. The software denominated Hydrothermal Coordination (HTC)(Coordinacion Hidrotermica (CHT)), was developed in the Instituto de Investigaciones Electricas (IIE), with this software the plan of short term operation of the generating units is determined. The software analyzes mathematically a great number of options regarding to the allocation of generation units and selects very close solutions, in cost, to the optimal one. It constitutes in addition an information system that stores the relevant data of each unit, useful for decision making. [Spanish] Se presenta el desarrollo de un software que ha facilitado y mejorado considerablemente las tareas de planeacion, ademas de disminuir los costos de produccion. El paquete denominado Coordinacion Hidrotermica (CHT), fue desarrollado en el Instituto de Investigaciones Electricas (IIE); con el se determina el plan de operacion a corto plazo de las unidades generadoras. El paquete analiza matematicamente un gran numero de opciones en lo que se refiere a la asignacion de unidades de generacion y selecciona soluciones muy cercanas, en costo, a la optima. Constituye ademas un sistema de informacion que almacena los datos relevantes de cada unidad, utiles para la toma de decisiones.

Angels as Mirrors of the Human: The Anthropologies of Rilke and Bonaventure through the Lenses of Hans Urs von Balthasar

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Yves De Maeseneer

2016-07-01

Full Text Available In this article we present a theological-anthropological exploration, interpreting the figure of the angel as a mirror of our human condition. The point of departure is an analysis of Hans Urs von Balthasar’s approach to two major sources of our imagination of the angel: Bonaventure (1221−1274 and Maria Rainer Rilke (1875−1926. A comparison of his accounts of the Franciscan theologian and the Modern poet, respectively, reveals remarkable parallels in discourse, clustered around the tensions between vulnerability and openness, immanence and transcendence, and love and loss. Both Rilke and Bonaventure reject the classical angel figure as a human ideal, as it cannot integrate the paradoxes of human existence. Their alternative visions of what it means to be human, have many terms in common: heart, vulnerability, mortality, openness, abyss, suspension, transparency, receptivity, descent (kenosis, humility, poverty, etc. However, their meaning is different because Rilke does not recognize an absolute transcendence as the source of love and the vis-a-vis of the human. This immanentism leaves him no other option than the vain attempt to exorcize the angel figure altogether, while Bonaventure’s vision preserves the angel as an anthropological mirror, albeit an angel radically transfigured by God’s wounded love.

Letting Los Angeles Go: Lessons from Feral Landscapes

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Joan Woodward

2004-06-01

Full Text Available Los Angeles is home to numerous feral landscapes: designed gardens no longer receiving intentional care. These are cultivated gardens, usually composed of plants from myriad global climate types, which have been abandoned or neglected and have adapted to native rainfall or unintentional water sources such as broken irrigation systems. They are found in canyons and ridges swept by fire, along rights-of-way where properties were condemned for freeways, in once-glorious neighbourhoods fallen on hard times, and in places where speculation places properties on hold. They are found in all regions and are particularly vivid in Los Angeles, proclaimed as "Lurch City" by Cuff (2000, where disruptive urban convulsions are frequent. These sites are rich with information pertinent to conceivable futures in which supplemental resources and care may not be reliable. This article portrays selected feral landscapes, briefly describes their responses to pervasive urban forces over time, and extracts design attributes to consider when creating future resilient landscapes. Scrutiny of these landscapes' decline and tenacity reveals a telling view of a region's volatility and global context and reminds us to take into account probable neglect when shaping future landscapes.

The Criminalization of Black Angeleno Women: Institutionalized Racism and Sexism in Los Angeles, 1928-1938

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Boyd, Kaitlin Therese

2012-01-01

"The Criminalization of Black Angeleno Women" illuminates what happened in early 20th century Los Angeles when African American women, particularly working poor females, came into contact with the Los Angeles Police Department, the court system and the local, mainstream media. Individually, but especially collaboratively, these institutions lead to the overrepresentation of Black, statistically and in the public mind, in the local sex trade. Essentially, this thesis traces the biases of the...

PORTRAIT IN LITERATURE AND GRAPHIC ART: THE CASE OF THE FIERY ANGEL

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Natalia A. Drovaleva

2017-06-01

Full Text Available This essay analyzes portraits in several editions of The Fiery Angel published during This essay analyzes portraits in several editions of The Fiery Angel published during Bryusov’s lifetime and claims that the portrait was as a universal point of convergence for verbal and visual arts. The dialogue between literature and graphics in the context of the synthesis of arts sheds new light on the possibilities for interdisciplinary research. The time of the “beautiful book” was a time of great artists and illustrators who introduced the peculiarities of their own style and the manner of their artistic schools into their art. Books were commonly decorated with vignettes and famous paintings. Portraits, as well as plates in general, were of the highest quality. They were ornamental and illusory, with every minute detail finely drawn out. Yet, in the second edition of the novel Bryusov deliberately included medieval engravings and portraits. A comparative analysis of the verbal portraits in The Fiery Angel and engraved portraits in the book (Ruprecht, Heinrich, Faust, Mephistopheles, Renata, and Madiel demonstrates that both the main and the secondary characters of the novel are picturesque and multidimensional whereas the xylographic portraits rather reveal conventionality and simplicity of the medieval time. This way Bryusov was seeking to debase clichе’s, especially as regards Agrippa von Nettesheim and Faust: according to Bryusov, the character of Agrippa had already become a clichе’d image and so was the popular engraving of the scientist that he reproduced in the middle of the sixth chapter of the 1909 edition. Juxtaposing the verbal and the graphic portraits in The Fiery Angel helps us better understand the function of the verbal portrait in a Symbolist text that was determined by the author’s design, on the one hand, and by various “instruments” of different arts, on the other.

Implementação de um sistema SIP para o sistema operacional Linux

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Davison Gonzaga da Silva

2003-01-01

Resumo: Este trabalho apresenta a implementação de um Sistema de VoIP usando o Protocolo SIP. Este Sistema SIP foi desenvolvido para o Linux, usando-se a linguagem C++ em conjunto com a biblioteca QT. O Sistema SIP é composto de três entidades básicas: o Terminal SIP, o Proxy e o Servidor de Registros. O Terminal SIP é a entidade responsável por estabelecer sessões SIP com outros Terminais SIP. Para o Terminal SIP, foi desenvolvida uma biblioteca de acesso à placa de áudio, que permite a modi...

Can acceptable quality angel food cakes be made using pasteurized shell eggs? The effects of processing factors on functional properties of angel food cakes

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Due to recent incidences of Salmonella contamination, the market for pasteurized shell eggs is rapidly growing. One objection to using pasteurized shell eggs is the belief that they will produce unacceptable baked product (e.g., angel food cakes). In the present study, shell eggs were pasteurized us...

El sistema deportivo. Amenazas y oportunidades

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Javier Olivera Betrán

2006-06-01

Full Text Available Aplicando la teoría de sistemas de Ludwig von Bertalanffy, el deporte es un sistema. En un sistema se da un conjunto de unidades interrelacionadas de tal manera que el comportamiento de cada parte depende del estado de todas las otras, pues todas se encuentran en una estructura que las interconecta. En el enfoque sistémico, el concepto tradicional de energía es reemplazado por el de información, y el de causa-efecto por el de estructura y realimentación. El deporte es una realidad social total, por lo que participa de manera implícita y/o explícita en los procesos humanos más diversos a través de los distintos procedimientos que corresponden a nuestra organización sociocultural. El deporte se configura en estructuras de alta complejidad, las cuales están constituidas por sistemas de sistemas cuya comprensión y estudio representan un formidable reto. El estudio del deporte como sistema debe efectuarse desde la lógica estructural y sistémica a través de la cual nos permita indagar con éxito su configuración esencial, sus elementos fundamentales y el proceso de interactuación con los subsistemas que pertenecen al sistema deporte y con los otros del sistema sociocultural dominante. El deporte es un sistema dinámico que interactúa continuamente mediante un doble proceso, intrínseco a través de una constante metamorfosis entre los distintos subsistemas que lo integran y extrínseco por medio de un ajuste permanente con el contexto social, cultural y medioambiental.

Sistemas de serviços de saúde: principais tipologias e suas relações com os sistema de saúde brasileiro

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José Patrício Bispo Júnior; Kelly Leite Maia de Messias

2005-01-01

O presente artigo discute as principais características dos Sistemas de Serviços de Saúde e relaciona o Sistema de Saúde Brasileiro com os três principais tipos de Sistemas de Serviços de Saúde. Conceitua e diferencia Sistema de Saúde de Sistemas de Serviços de Saúde. Apresenta a conformação, objetivos, componentes, características e funções dos Sistemas de Serviços de Saúde. Apresenta e discute os três principais tipos de Sistemas de Serviços de Saúde: Sistema de Saúde de Dominância de Me...

Sistemas de tiempo real y sistemas distribuidos de tiempo real

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Pesado, Patricia Mabel; Ramón, Hugo Dionisio; Boracchia, Marcos; Pasini, Ariel C.; De Vito, María Cecilia; Osella Massa, Germán Leandro; Estrebou, César Armando

2006-01-01

El proyecto de investigación y desarrollo en Sistemas de Software Distribuido, abarca aspectos que van desde los fundamentos del desarrollo (Técnicas de Ingeniería de Requerimientos, Metodologías de Gestión y Desarrollo de Proyectos, Técnicas de Planificación, Métricas, Normas de Calidad, Web-Systems) hasta la concepción de aplicaciones específicas orientadas a los procesos industriales (Sistemas de Planeamiento de Producción, Control Industrial en tiempo real), procesos de E-government (Voto...

Sistema de radiació solar via USB

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Villanueva López, José Vicente

2008-01-01

L’objectiu d’aquest projecte és implementar un sistema de mesura de la irradiació solar a la Terra basat en una placa solar fotovoltaica. S’ha dissenyat i construït un sistema de mesura de la radiació solar que pot ser útil per aquells que instal·len sistemes fotovoltaics, que pot permetre l’estudi pràctic de les variables energètiques i econòmiques que ens poden indicar quin sistema és mes rentable construir, si un sistema de pannell solar fix, un sistema de pannell solar o...

Alcohol outlet density and alcohol consumption in Los Angeles county and southern Louisiana

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Matthias Schonlau

2008-11-01

Full Text Available The objective of this study was to assess the relationship between alcohol availability, as measured by the density of off-premise alcohol outlets, and alcohol consumption in Los Angeles county and southern Louisiana, USA. Consumption information was collected through a telephone survey of 2,881 households in Los Angeles county and pre-Katrina southern Louisiana, nested within 220 census tracts. Respondents’ addresses were geo-coded and both neighbourhood (census tracts and buffers of varying sizes and individual (network distance to the closest alcohol outlet estimates of off-sale alcohol outlet density were computed. Alcohol outlet density was not associated with the percentage of people who were drinkers in either site. Alcohol outlet density was associated with the quantity of consumption among drinkers in Louisiana but not in Los Angeles. Outlet density within a one-mile buffer of the respondent’s home was more strongly associated with alcohol consumption than outlet density in the respondent’s census tract. The conclusion is that the relationship between neighbourhood alcohol outlet density and alcohol consumption is complex and may vary due to differences in neighbourhood design and travel patterns.

DOS SISTEMAS AMBIENTAIS AO SISTEMA FLUVIAL – UMA REVISÃO DE CONCEITOS

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Jonas Otaviano Praça de Souza

2013-10-01

Full Text Available Tentando consolidar as noções de totalidade, a geografia física passa a utilizar a noção de sistemas dinâmicos, não lineares e de comportamento caótico. Deste modo, a abordagem sistêmica/complexa apresenta-se como meio de compreensão do mundo natural, assim possibilitando a previsão de mudanças, avaliação dos sistemas ambientais, distúrbios e limiares do sistema. Nota-se, assim, a importância dos estudos processuais para o gerenciamento de recursos hídricos, tornando imprescindíveis estudos sistêmicos que analisem os diversos elementos importantes para a análise dos recursos hídricos, dentre eles as questões processuais. Deste modo, a necessidade de se trabalhar o gerenciamento integrado de recursos hídricos, enquadrado na perspectiva sistêmica, solidificou a bacia hidrográfica e/ou bacia de drenagem como recorte espacial sistêmico. Delimitada a área pode-se compreender a bacia hidrográfica como um Sistema Fluvial, conceituado por Schumm (1977, que é analisado a partir da zona fonte de sedimentos, da rede de transporte e dos sítios de deposição. Esses elementos não são espacialmente excludentes, interagindo entre si, além de apresentar escalas diferenciadas. Para o estudo do sistema fluvial é necessário levar em consideração quatro conceitos: uniformidade dos processos, limiares de mudança, evolução da paisagem e respostas complexas.

Sistema Automatizado de Emailing Marketing

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Martínez López, Javier

2010-01-01

Projecte final de carrera realitzat en col.laboració amb E-xpertel S.A El presente proyecto describe el diseño e implementación de un sistema de automatización de campañas de marketing a través de email hacia clientes y/o clientes potenciales. Este sistema tiene como objetivos principales adquirir nuevos clientes y conseguir la delización de los mismos. El sistema se complementa con una plataforma CRM (Customer Relationship Management) para el mantenimiento de datos de empresa...

Stratigraphic controls on saltwater intrusion in the Dominguez Gap area of coastal Los Angeles

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Edwards, B.D.; Ehman, K.D.; Ponti, D.J.; Reichard, E.G.; Tinsley, J.C.; Rosenbauer, R.J.; Land, M.

2009-01-01

The Los Angeles Basin is a densely populated coastal area that significantly depends on groundwater. A part of this groundwater supply is at risk from saltwater intrusion-the impetus for this study. High-resolution seismic-reflection data collected from the Los Angeles-Long Beach Harbor Complex have been combined with borehole geophysical and descriptive geological data from four nearby ??400-m-deep continuously cored wells and with borehole geophysical data from adjacent water and oil wells to characterize the Pliocene to Holocene stratigraphy of the Dominguez Gap coastal aquifer system. The new data are shown as a north-south, two- dimensional, sequence-stratigraphic model that is compared to existing lithostratigraphic models of the Los Angeles Basin in an attempt to better understand pathways of saltwater intrusion into coastal aquifers. Intrusion of saltwater into the coastal aquifer system generally is attributed to over-pumping that caused the hydraulic gradient to reverse during the mid-1920s. Local water managers have used the existing lithostratigraphic model to site closely spaced injection wells of freshwater (barrier projects) attempting to hydraulically control the saltwater intrusion. Improved understanding of the stratigraphic relationships can guide modifications to barrier design that will allow more efficient operation. Allostratigraphic nomenclature is used to define a new sequence-stratigraphic model for the area because the existing lithostratigraphic correlations that have been used to define aquifer systems are shown not to be time-correlative. The youngest sequence, the Holocene Dominguez sequence, contains the Gaspur aquifer at its base. The Gaspur aquifer is intruded with saltwater and consists of essentially flat-lying gravelly sands deposited by the ancestral Los Angeles River as broad channels that occupied a paleovalley incised into the coastal plain during the last glacio-eustatic highstand. The underlying sequences are deformed into

DEMON/ANGEL - A SUITE OF PROGRAMS TO CARRY OUT DENSITY MODIFICATION

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VELLIEUX, FMDAP; HUNT, JF; ROY, S; READ, RJ

1995-01-01

The DEMON/ANGEL suite of computer programs has been developed to carry out density modification by non-crystallographic symmetry-averaging, solvent-flattening and histogram-mapping techniques. This suite consists of programs that allow molecular envelopes to be defined and modified,

Energy transition or incremental change? Green policy agendas and the adaptability of the urban energy regime in Los Angeles

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Monstadt, Jochen; Wolff, Annika

2015-01-01

Drawing on recent research in urban policy studies and social studies of technology, this paper examines the capability of urban energy regimes in adapting to environmental policy pressures. Focusing on the case of the City of Los Angeles, we critically analyze the transformative capacity of the city's recent energy and climate policies and the innovation patterns of its urban infrastructure regime. This case study suggests that despite considerable success in switching from coal to renewable energies, the patterns of sociotechnical change in Los Angeles still tend to supplement and sustain the existing regime. Sociotechnical change in Los Angeles tends to unfold incrementally through adjustments within the established patterns of the existing regime. - Highlights: • Theory-guided case study on the transition of the urban energy regime in Los Angeles. • Evaluation of the transformative capacity of environmental policies. • Assessment of the adaptability and innovation patterns of urban infrastructure regimes. • The policy changes have sustained the existing regime and unfold incrementally

Sexual and Gender Minority Youth in Foster Care: Assessing Disproportionality and Disparities in Los Angeles

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Wilson, Bianca DM; Cooper, Khush; Kastanis, Angeliki; Nezhad, Sheila

2014-01-01

LGBTQ foster youth are twice as likely to report poor treatment and more likely to live in group homes and to have more foster care placements. Approximately 1 in 5, or 1,400 foster youth in Los Angeles County, home to the nation’s largest population of foster youth, identify as LGBTQ. The finding is twice the estimated percentage of youth not in foster care who are LGBTQ. Generally, LGBTQ foster youth mirror the racial/ethnic demographic of all foster youth in Los Angeles County. The majorit...

Diversity and Educational Challenges in Oslo and Los Angeles - A Metropolitan Perspective nr 2

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Kamil ÖZERK

2014-07-01

Full Text Available Receiving, accommodation and education of children with immigrant background is one of the challenging issues in almost all the metropolitan areas in many countries. In our study we are exploring the impact of demographic changes on political agendas, legal frames, educational approaches, research findings and student achievement in the field of education of linguistic minorities in Oslo, Norway and Los Angeles, USA. Although there are significant historical and socio economical differences between Los Angeles and Oslo, many of the educational challenges facing the educational policy makers and the linguistic minority students are quite similar.

Importancia del manual de los sistemas contables en el sistema de control interno.

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Nicolás Valdés Rodríguez

2007-01-01

Full Text Available La dirección administrativa del país en los últimos 3 años ha insistido en la necesidad de profundizar en los mecanismos de control económico –financiero de las entidades, el presente trabajo va dirigido a contribuir en alguna medida a lograr ese propósito. El sistema contable de una Entidad forma parte indisoluble del Sistema de Control Interno de la misma, por la vinculación tan estrecha que existe entre los mismos. El objetivo fundamental del trabajo ”Importancia del Manual de los Sistemas Contables en el Sistema de Control Interno”, es destacar la utilidad práctica, técnica y organizativa que tiene el Manual para elevar la eficiencia del trabajo contable de las Entidades y su repercusión positiva en la eficiencia el sistema de Control Interno establecido. Los beneficios que aporta el Manual radican en que crea una base normativa contable adecuada a las características de cada entidad. Como se sabe en las transformaciones económicas realizadas en el país, la existencia de dos monedas en el trabajo económico-contable de muchas entidades, la puntualización del objeto social y la cartera de productos y servicios han complejizado el trabajo contable, requiriendo una mayor adecuación a las características propias de cada entidad, lo cual se logra con la realización del Manual.

Sistema de inferencia difusa basado en relaciones Booleanas

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Helbert Eduardo Espitia Cuchango

2010-09-01

Full Text Available Este documento describe la estructura de un sistema de inferencia difusa basado en relaciones booleanas. La teoría relacionada con lógica y conjuntos booleanos es una buena herramienta para el diseño de automatismos y sistemas digitales. Una variación con la cual se busca mejorar los sistemas basados en automatismos consiste en emplear conjuntos difusos en lugar de booleanos. Lo anterior se realiza con el objetivo de tener una acción continua en el actuador del automatismo. Al realizar esta variación y al aplicar la metodología de diseño de los sistemas de automatismos, aparecen los sistemas de inferencia difusa basados en relaciones booleanas.Aunque inicialmente esta propuesta se realizó considerando sistemas de automatismos, se observa que es posible extenderla a sistemas de inferencia difusa.

Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority climate change adaptation pilot project report.

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2013-08-01

This Climate Change Adaptation Pilot Project Report details the project background of the recently-completed Los Angeles County : Metropolitan Transportation Authority (Metro) Transit Climate Change Adaptation Pilot Project as well as the various wor...

Unauthorized Mexican workers in the 1990 Los Angeles County labour force.

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Marcelli, E A; Heer, D M

1997-01-01

"By analysing how unauthorized Mexicans compare with seven other ethno-racial groups in Los Angeles County, separately and collectively, by educational attainment and time spent in the U.S., we find that unauthorized Mexicans had relatively fewer years of formal education (either in the U.S. or in Mexico) and had been in the U.S. a relatively fewer number of years than in-migrants of other ethno-racial backgrounds in 1990. These findings are then used as proxies to compare the human capital endowments of different ethno-racial groups. We next estimate the number of unauthorized Mexicans by occupation, industry and class of worker, and compare these distributions with the total labour force and with the other ethno-racial groups in Los Angeles County.... Results show that amounts of human capital are positively related to the kinds of occupations filled." (SUMMARY IN FRE AND SPA) excerpt

Sistemas híbrido de produção de energia para sistema de comunicações rádio

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Carreiras, José Manuel Patrício

2014-01-01

Mestrado em Sistemas de Energias Renováveis na Escola Superior de Tecnologia e Gestão do Instituto Politécnico de Viana do Castelo Este trabalho de projeto incidiu sobre o dimensionamento de cinco sistemas Autónomos de produção de energia para alimentação de Pontos repetidores do sistema de comunicação e sua implementação. O presente trabalho iniciou-se em 2006 quando por motivos profissionais foi necessário construir um sistema de comunicação de suporte ao sistema de telegestã...

Rikaste klubi hindab Eesti reformikogemust / Angel Gurria ; interv. Sirje Rank

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Gurria, Angel, 1950-

2008-01-01

Majandusliku Koostöö ja Arengu Organisatsiooni (OECD) peasekretär Angel Gurria ütleb intervjuus Äripäevale, et Eesti on oodatud rikaste riikide klubisse eelkõige oma reformikogemuse tõttu, ette heitis ta aga Eesti tööturu jäikust. Kommenteerib välisminister Urmas Paet. Lisa: Taust

Um modelo de enfermagem como sistema complexo adaptativo

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Mariana Vieira

2009-01-01

Full Text Available El surgimiento y el uso de los sistemas complejos adaptativos suplieron la necesidad de contar con una nueva alternativa, recurriendo a los paradigmas existentes. En cuanto al sistema de salud y de enfermería, ambos pueden verse como sistemas complejos adaptativos al aplicar un modelo visual que debe ser explorado para potenciar la complejidad de la ciencia de enfermería y de cuidados de salud. Desde esta perspectiva, el/la enfermero/a es un sistema complejo adaptativo, dinámico que interactúa, pero también es agente de un sistema complejo adaptativo en una unidad de enfermería, que a la vez es un sistema complejo adaptativo en una organización de la salud. Hoy en día la/el profesional de enfermería busca actualizarse y cualificarse en diversas especialidades, que van desde enfermería neonatal hasta cuidados geriátricos, para ejecutar sus actividades y visualizar su ambiente laboral desde la perspectiva de un sistema complejo. En consecuencia, la organización del sistema de cuidados permite, mediante los sistemas complejos, apoyarse en el saber compartido de los diversos profesionales y en el trabajo en equipo para disfrutar la complicidad de la cadena cliente-usuario-profesionales.

Del Actual Sistema de Enfermedad a un verdadero Sistema de Salud

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Lidice Alvarez-Miño

2018-01-01

Full Text Available Esta editorial tiene como objetivo generar una reflexión y abrir el debate sobre el sistema actual de salud que se refleja en prácticas naturalizadas  que se contradicen con la esencia del significado de la salud. Se trata de la costumbre de acudir al sistema de salud únicamente cuando se considera que se está enfermo, o peor aún, la equivalencia reduccionista y casi automática del concepto de salud como sinónimo de medicina.

Prokofiev: The Fiery Angel.Gösta Ohlin Vocal Ensemble / David J. Fanning

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Fanning, David J.

1991-01-01

Uuest heliplaadist "Prokofiev: The Fiery Angel.Gösta Ohlin Vocal Ensemble, Gothenburg Pro Musica Chamber Choir and Symphony Orchestra, Neeme Järvi" DG CD 431 669-2 GH2 (two discs, nas:118 minutes:DDD)

Between Gods and Humans: Angels, demons and others

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Piffzmann, Fabien; Römer, Thomas

2015-01-01

The interdisciplinary symposium “Between Gods and Humans: Angels, Demons and Others” was held on 19 and 20 May 2014, within the framework of the Chair of the Hebrew Bible and its Contexts’ seminar. Astaroth, illustration by Louis Breton This symposium was an opportunity once again to bring together Biblicists, Assyriologists, Egyptologists, Hellenists, an Iranologist, and a Medievalist, who were invited by Prof. Römer to examine the question of the intermediaries that inhabit the spaces betw...

O sistema social da saúde: conceito, limites e possibilidades

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Sandra Regina Martini Vial

2014-06-01

Full Text Available Discutem-se as possibilidades de definir o sistema da saúde como um sistema social, diferenciado funcionalmente, a partir da ótica da Teoria dos Sistemas Sociais, utilizando os pressupostos gerais da Teoria e a estrutura apresentada por Niklas Luhmann sobre o sistema médico. Apresentam-se alguns “desassossegos” provocados pela Teoria; as possíveis relações entre o sistema da saúde e o que Luhmann chamou de sistema médico e como esse sistema, atualmente, pode ser considerado sistema da saúde; e, por fim, a nossa concepção do sistema da saúde na atualidade.

Intelligent tutorial system for selftraining in tuning of control systems; Sistema tutorial inteligente para el autoentrenamiento en sintonizacion de sistemas de control

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Romero Jimenez, Guillermo; Perez Ocampo, Maria Concepcion [Instituto de Investigaciones Electricas, Temixco, Morelos (Mexico)

1999-07-01

In this paper the design, development and validation of an intelligent tutorial system oriented to the instruction of techniques of tuning of control systems is described. This system is based on systems previously developed in the Simulation Unit of the Instituto de Investigaciones Electricas (IIE). The designed system accounts with four modules: of knowledge, the student model, of tutor and of interface, basic characteristics that allows to locate this system in the context of the intelligent tutorial systems. In this system in particular, the knowledge module was only modified, because advantage is taken of the existing structure to incorporate a new dominion of application: the one of the techniques of tuning of control systems. The system maintains the characteristic that it can also be used as a consultation system. In addition to the design and validation of the tutorial system, when following the methodology of processing the degree of generality of the developed system, was evaluated, taking into account the evaluation and quantification of metrics that the engineering software proposes. [Spanish] En este trabajo se describen el diseno, el desarrollo y la validacion de un sistema tutorial inteligente orientado a la instruccion de tecnicas de sintonizacion de sistemas de control. Este sistema esta basado en sistemas desarrollados anteriormente en la Unidad de Simulacion del Instituto de Investigaciones Electricas (IIE). El sistema disenado cuenta con cuatro modulos: de conocimiento, del modelo del estudiante, de tutor y de interfaz, caracteristica principal que permite ubicar a este sistema en el contexto de los sistemas tutoriales inteligentes. En este sistema en particular solo se modifica el modulo de conocimiento, pues se aprovecha la estructura existente para incorporar un nuevo dominio de aplicacion: el de las tecnicas de sintonizacion de sistemas de control. El sistema mantiene la caracteristica de que tambien puede utilizarse como un sistema de

Evolución estelar en sistemas binarios

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De Vito, M. A.; Benvenuto, O.

Definición y clasificación de sistemas binarios; descripción del comportamiento del sistema frente a la variación de su masa; binarias de rayos X; transferencia de masa en sistemas binarios masivos aplicado al posible esclarecimiento del progenitor azul de la supernova SN 1987A; comentario acerca de la evolución de enanas blancas de helio de baja masa y su conexión con los sistemas binarios; reseña del trabajo de Kippenhahn y Weigert sobre el cual está basado el código evolutivo desarrollado en la FCAG por el Dr. Benvenuto y sobre el cual se trabajará para poder incluir la evolución de una estrella con pérdida de masa perteneciente a un sistema binario.

Control integral systems; Sistemas integrales de control

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Burgos, Estrella [Instituto de Investigaciones Electricas, Cuernavaca (Mexico)

1999-12-31

Almost two third of the electric power generation in Mexico are obtained from hydrocarbons, for that reasons Comision Federal de Electricidad (CFE) dedicated special commitment in modernizing the operation of fossil fuel central stations. In attaining this objective the control systems play a fundamental roll, from them depend a good share of the reliability and the efficiency of the electric power generation process, as well as the extension of the equipment useful life. Since 1984 the Instituto de Investigaciones Electricas (IIE) has been working, upon the request of CFE, on the development of digital control systems. To date it has designed and implemented a logic control system for gas burners, which controls 32 burners of the Unit 4 boiler of the Generation Central of Valle de Mexico and two systems for distributed control for two combined cycle central stations, which are: Dos Bocas, Veracruz Combined cycle central, and Gomez Palacio, Durango combined cycle central. With these two developments the IIE enters the World tendency of implementing distributed control systems for the fossil fuel power central update [Espanol] Casi las dos terceras partes de la generacion electrica en Mexico se obtienen a partir de hidrocarburos, es por eso que la Comision Federal de Electricidad (CFE) puso especial empeno en modernizar la operacion de las centrales termoelectricas de combustibles fosiles. En el logro de este objetivo los sistemas de control desempenan un papel fundamental, de ellos depende una buena parte la confiabilidad y la eficiencia en el proceso de generacion de energia electrica, asi como la prolongacion de la vida util de los equipos. Desde 1984 el Instituto de Investigaciones Electricas (IIE) ha trabajado, a solicitud de la CFE, en el desarrollo de sistemas digitales de control. A la fecha se han disenado e implantado un sistema de control logico de quemadores de gas, el cual controla 32 quemadores de la caldera de la unidad 4 de la central de generacion

Control integral systems; Sistemas integrales de control

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Burgos, Estrella [Instituto de Investigaciones Electricas, Cuernavaca (Mexico)

1998-12-31

Almost two third of the electric power generation in Mexico are obtained from hydrocarbons, for that reasons Comision Federal de Electricidad (CFE) dedicated special commitment in modernizing the operation of fossil fuel central stations. In attaining this objective the control systems play a fundamental roll, from them depend a good share of the reliability and the efficiency of the electric power generation process, as well as the extension of the equipment useful life. Since 1984 the Instituto de Investigaciones Electricas (IIE) has been working, upon the request of CFE, on the development of digital control systems. To date it has designed and implemented a logic control system for gas burners, which controls 32 burners of the Unit 4 boiler of the Generation Central of Valle de Mexico and two systems for distributed control for two combined cycle central stations, which are: Dos Bocas, Veracruz Combined cycle central, and Gomez Palacio, Durango combined cycle central. With these two developments the IIE enters the World tendency of implementing distributed control systems for the fossil fuel power central update [Espanol] Casi las dos terceras partes de la generacion electrica en Mexico se obtienen a partir de hidrocarburos, es por eso que la Comision Federal de Electricidad (CFE) puso especial empeno en modernizar la operacion de las centrales termoelectricas de combustibles fosiles. En el logro de este objetivo los sistemas de control desempenan un papel fundamental, de ellos depende una buena parte la confiabilidad y la eficiencia en el proceso de generacion de energia electrica, asi como la prolongacion de la vida util de los equipos. Desde 1984 el Instituto de Investigaciones Electricas (IIE) ha trabajado, a solicitud de la CFE, en el desarrollo de sistemas digitales de control. A la fecha se han disenado e implantado un sistema de control logico de quemadores de gas, el cual controla 32 quemadores de la caldera de la unidad 4 de la central de generacion

Sistema inteligente de detección de intrusiones

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Martínez Puentes, Javier

2011-01-01

El sistema diseñado es un sistema de detección de intrusiones mediante el análisis del payload del tráfico de la red en busca de algún tipo de malware. Este sistema implementa su algoritmo de detección como “preprocesador dinámico” de Snort. Mediante el trabajo conjunto de Snort y del Sistema diseñado puede afirmarse que se obtiene un sistema altamente eficaz ante ataques conocidos (mediante el paso de reglas de Snort) e igualmente eficaz ante ataques nuevos o desconocidos (que era el obj...

Introducción al estudio de los sistemas económicos

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García Nossa, Antonio

2010-01-01

Interdependencia de los sistemas; Coexistencia de los sistemas; Sucesión y coexistencia; Sistemas históricos y sistemas geopolíticos; Factores cuantitativos y cualitativos de los sistemas; Principios generales de los sistemas.

Los Angeles International Airport Runway Incursion Studies: Phase III--Center-Taxiway Simulation

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Madson, Michael D.

2004-01-01

Phase III of the Los Angeles International Airport Runway Incursion Studies was conducted, under an agreement with HNTB Corporation, at the NASA Ames FutureFlight Central (FFC) facility in June 2003. The objective of the study was the evaluation of a new center-taxiway concept at LAX. This study is an extension of the Phase I and Phase II studies previously conducted at FFC. This report presents results from Phase III of the study, in which a center-taxiway concept between runways 25L and 25R was simulated and evaluated. Phase III data were compared objectively against the Baseline data. Subjective evaluations by participating LAX controllers were obtained with regard to workload, efficiency, and safety criteria. To facilitate a valid comparison between Baseline and Phase III data, the same scenarios were used for Phase III that were tested during Phases I and II. This required briefing participating controllers on differences in airport and airline operations between 2001 and today.

El Sistema inspirerede projekter

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Holst, Finn; Chemi, Tatiana

Rapporten er resultat af pilotprojektet ”Forundersøgelse El Sistema DK” gennemført af Ph.D. Finn Holst (DPU, Aarhus Universitet) og Ph.D. Tatiana Chemi (Aalborg Universitet) i 2015. I rapporten indgår desuden bidrag fra Sofie Holm, Sara Fink Søndergaard og Stine Møgelbjerg Johansen. Pilotprojektet...... er gennemført for DMKLs El Sistema-udvalg med støtte fra Statens Kunstfond, Projektstøtteudvalget for Musik....

Sistema fotovoltaico de iluminación solar

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Víctor Hugo Benítez Baltazar; Guadalupe Araceli Torres Valverde; Luis Armando Gámez Valdéz; Jesús Horacio Pacheco Ramírez

2013-01-01

El artículo es el resultado de un trabajo de investigación enfocado al uso de sistemas fotovoltaicos para la iluminación por medio de diodos emisores de luz tipo LED. Se busca reducir el consumo energético mediante la implementación de un sistema de iluminación basado en LED hasta en un 80%, donde la fuente primaria de energía es el Sol. Se demuestra la viabilidad de los sistemas solares de iluminación LED mediante la construcción de un prototipo. Los sistemas de iluminación fotovoltaicos son...

The rhetorical function of references to angels in the Main Letters of ...

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2011-06-07

Jun 7, 2011 ... (1984:245–247), Morland (1995:148–149), Kremendahl (2000:83) and ..... gender-related roles that he links to creation (cf. dia; tou`to ..... Carr, W., 1981, Angels and principalities: The background, meaning and development.

33 CFR 110.214 - Los Angeles and Long Beach harbors, California.

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2010-07-01

... Angeles Harbor). A circular area with a radius of 400 yards (approximately 366 meters), centered in... 400 Transportation Corridor. (C) Outer Harbor: The western boundary of Commercial Anchorage B. (2... Thence along a line described as an arc, radius of 460 meters (approximately 1509 feet) centered on 33...

Immanuel Wallerstein e o moderno sistema mundial

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José Jobson de Andrade Arruda

1983-12-01

Full Text Available (primeiro parágrafo do texto Immanuel Wallerstein é diretor do Centro Fernand Braudel para o Estudo de Economias, Sistemas Históricos e Civilizacionais (Binghamton, N.Y. e editor da revista trimestral Review. Seu projeto mais amplo é a busca dos elementos determinantes do sistema mundial moderno. Para tanto, dividiu o seu trabalho em quatro partes principais, às quais con-sidera as quatro épocas fundamentais apresentadas pelo dito sistema até hoje. O primeiro volume, objeto desta resenha crítica, cobre o período de 1450 a 1640, correspondendo ao estudo das origens e condições primitivas do sistema mundial até então exclusivamente um sistema europeu. O segundo volume, já publicado, ocupar-se-ia da consolidação do sis-tema entre 1640 e 1815. O terceiro volume, referente ao período de 1815 a 1917, estará centrado na recriação do sistema decorrente das vertiginosas transformações resultantes do dinamismo tecnológico e do avanço do industrialismo no século XIX. O quarto volume cuidará da consolidação da economia — mundo capitalista, a partir de 1917 até a atualidade, e das tensões "revolucionárias" particulares que esta conso lidação tem provocado.

Diet and Obesity in Los Angeles County 2007–2012: Is there a measurable effect of the 2008 “Fast-Food Ban”?

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Sturm, Roland; Hattori, Aiko

2015-01-01

We evaluate the impact of “Los Angeles Fast-Food Ban”, a zoning regulation that restricts opening/remodeling of standalone fast-food restaurants in South Los Angeles since 2008. Food retail permits issued after the ban are more often for small food/convenience stores and less often for larger restaurants not part of a chain in South Los Angeles compared to other areas; there are no significant differences in the share of new fast-food chain outlets, other chain restaurants, or large food mark...

Programación de un sistema de adquisición de datos utilizando el sistema embebido DNP/1110; Programming of a data acquisition system using the embedded system dil/netpc DNP/1110

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Josnier Ramos Guardarrama

2011-06-01

Full Text Available En el trabajo se presenta una alternativa económica de un sistema de adquisición de datos (SAD basado en el kit dedesarrollo DIL/NetPC DNP/1110, el cual esta formado por un microcontrolador de INTEL SA-1110 StrongARM quetrabaja a 206 MHz y que tiene incorporado un controlador de Ethernet que permite desarrollar aplicaciones con el usode la red. El sistema embebido dispone de un sistema operativo Linux, kernel versión 2.4.18. Como parte del diseñose incorporan de forma compacta los elementos necesarios para que el SAD sea capaz de muestrear ocho señalescapturadas simultáneamente. De particular interés resulta la programación, presentándose dos variantes de solución:cuando se ejecuta la aplicación con un software que corre en el área de usuario y cuando el control se logra con unmódulo del sistema operativo específico para el trabajo del SAD. El sistema está soportado por la integración desoftware libre y propietario.  This work focuses on an economic alternative for developing a data acquisition system (DAS which is made up forThe DIL/NetPC DNP/1110, which provides a very compact Intel 206 MHz SA-1110 StrongARM-based low powerembedded controller with TCP/IP stack and web server for high-speed embedded networking applications. Theembedded system has an operating system Linux, kernel version 2.4.18. The built data acquisition system has thenecessary elements to take charge of governing the sampling process of eight signals. Of particular interest it is theprogramming, being presented two solution variants: when the application is executed with software that it runs inuser's area and when the control is achieved with a specific build module of the operating system for the work of theDAS.. The system is supported by the integration of free software and property software.

Programación de un sistema de adquisición de datos utilizando el sistema embebido DNP/1110;Programming of a data acquisition system using the embedded system dil/netpc DNP/1110

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Josnier Ramos - Guardarrama,et al.

2011-06-01

Full Text Available En el trabajo se presenta una alternativa económica de un sistema de adquisición de datos (SAD basado en el kit de desarrollo DIL/NetPC DNP/1110, el cual esta formado por un microcontrolador de INTEL SA-1110 StrongARM que trabaja a 206 MHz y que tiene incorporado un controlador de Ethernet que permite desarrollar aplicaciones con el uso de la red. El sistema embebido dispone de un sistema operativo Linux, kernel versión 2.4.18. Como parte del diseño se incorporan de forma compacta los elementos necesarios para que el SAD sea capaz de muestrear ocho señales capturadas simultáneamente. De particular interés resulta la programación, presentándose dos variantes de solución: cuando se ejecuta la aplicación con un software que corre en el área de usuario y cuando el control se logra con un módulo del sistema operativo específico para el trabajo del SAD. El sistema está soportado por la integración de software libre y propietario.This work focuses on an economic alternative for developing a data acquisition system (DAS which is made up for The DIL/NetPC DNP/1110, which provides a very compact Intel 206 MHz SA-1110 StrongARM-based low power embedded controller with TCP/IP stack and web server for high-speed embedded networking applications. The embedded system has an operating system Linux, kernel version 2.4.18. The built data acquisition system has the necessary elements to take charge of governing the sampling process of eight signals. Of particular interest it is the programming, being presented two solution variants: when the application is executed with software that it runs in user's area and when the control is achieved with a specific build module of the operating system for the work of the DAS.. The system is supported by the integration of free software and property software.

Control óptimo y robusto H∞ de sistemas no lineales aplicaciones a sistemas electromecánicos

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Vivas Venegas, Carlos

2004-01-01

La teoría de control automático ha experimentado un notable desarrollo en los últimos tiempos especialmente en el campo de los sistemas no lineales. Son aportaciones relativamente recientes los paradigmas de control basados en pasividad, teoría de sistema

Estabilización robusta de sistemas lineales

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Horacio Leyva Castellanos

2013-12-01

Full Text Available En este trabajo se muestra un conjunto de resultados que permiten abordar el problema de la estabilización robusta de una familia de sistemas lineales positivos. Se describen dos nuevas aplicaciones en la teoría de control positivo para sistemas compartimentales y se muestra la aplicación de un teorema de robustez para tales sistemas

The largest subsea hot tap (future tap flange) at Angel Field, Australia

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Lad, Deepak; Drysdale, Colin [T.D. Williamson (United States); Naidoo, Sashie [T.D. Williamson (Australia)

2008-07-01

A subsea hot tap was conducted near the gas production platforms in Angel Field, Australia in September 2007 and verified as the largest no. 900 subsea hot tap by Australian authorities. This paper outlines the subsea tapping process, risks and safety issues in deep water environment, including the need to ensure 100% system accuracy and that the machine fluids used to operate the subsea tapping machines were environmentally friendly. The testing phase included land and water testing. In the land tests, issues relating to metal hardness, temperature, pressure and ocean currents that affected machine stability, torque and cutting rate were considered. All preliminary design and testing focused on being able to mount the tapping machine to a pre-existing hot-tap flange and conduct the tapping operation, start to finish, preferably without changing the cutter. The water depth tests took place inside a pressurized, underwater hyperbaric chamber. The equipment repeated the land testing process in conditions duplicating that of the actual project site. Timing was also measured in multiple climatic conditions (except water depth) to obtain an estimation of various scenarios. The field tapping process was conducted without problems in over six hours with a single cutter and without any stalls. (author)

Public Perceptions of Tsunamis and the NOAA TsunamiReady Program in Los Angeles

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Rosati, A.

2010-12-01

After the devastating December 2004 Indian Ocean Tsunami, California and other coastal states began installing "Tsunami Warning Zone" and "Evacuation Route" signs at beaches and major access roads. The geography of the Los Angeles area may not be conducive to signage alone for communication of the tsunami risk and safety precautions. Over a year after installation, most people surveyed did not know about or recognize the tsunami signs. More alarming is that many did not believe a tsunami could occur in the area even though earthquake generated waves have reached nearby beaches as recently as September 2009! UPDATE: FEB. 2010. Fifty two percent of the 147 people surveyed did not believe they would survive a natural disaster in Los Angeles. Given the unique geography of Los Angeles, how can the city and county improve the mental health of its citizens before and after a natural disaster? This poster begins to address the issues of community self-efficacy and resiliency in the face of tsunamis. Of note for future research, the data from this survey showed that most people believed climate change would increase the occurrence of tsunamis. Also, the public understanding of water inundation was disturbingly low. As scientists, it is important to understand the big picture of our research - how it is ultimately communicated, understood, and used by the public.

Automating the Technical Library at Los Angeles' Department of Information Systems.

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Gillette, Robert

1992-01-01

Description of the automation of the technical library of the City of Los Angeles Department of Information Services provides background information on the department and its library; lists the automation project goals and objectives; and describes the two software programs--ObjectVision and Paradox Engine--used as applications development tools…

Starting school healthy and ready to learn: using social indicators to improve school readiness in Los Angeles County.

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Wold, Cheryl; Nicholas, Will

2007-10-01

School readiness is an important public health outcome, determined by a set of interdependent health and developmental trajectories and influenced by a child's family, school, and community environments. The same factors that influence school readiness also influence educational success and health throughout life. A California cigarette tax ballot initiative (Proposition 10) created new resources for children aged 0 to 5 years and their families statewide through county-level First 5 commissions, including First 5 LA in Los Angeles County. An opportunity to define and promote school readiness indicators was facilitated by collaborative relationships with a strong emphasis on data among First 5 LA, the Children's Planning Council, and the Los Angeles County Public Health Department, and other child-serving organizations. A workgroup developed school readiness goals and indicators based on recommendations of the National Education Goals Panel and five key domains of child well-being: 1) good health, 2) safety and survival, 3) economic well-being, 4) social and emotional well-being, and 5) education/workforce readiness. The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors and First 5 LA Commission adopted the school readiness indicators. First 5 LA incorporated the indicators into the results-based accountability framework for its strategic plan and developed a community-oriented report designed to educate and spur school readiness-oriented action. The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors approved a countywide consensus-building plan designed to engage key stakeholders in the use of the indicators for planning, evaluation, and community-building activities. School readiness indicators in Los Angeles County represent an important step forward for public health practice, namely, the successful blending of an expanded role for assessment with the ecological model.

Remote Sensing of Spatial Distributions of Greenhouse Gases in the Los Angeles Basin

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Fu, Dejian; Sander, Stanley P.; Pongetti, Thomas J.; Cheung, Ross; Stutz, Jochen

2010-01-01

The Los Angeles air basin is a significant anthropogenic source of greenhouse gasses and pollutants including CO2, CH4, N2O, and CO, contributing significantly to regional and global climate change. Recent legislation in California, the California Global Warning Solutions Act (AB32), established a statewide cap for greenhouse gas emissions for 2020 based on 1990 emissions. Verifying the effectiveness of regional greenhouse gas emissions controls requires high-precision, regional-scale measurement methods combined with models that capture the principal anthropogenic and biogenic sources and sinks. We present a novel approach for monitoring the spatial distribution of greenhouse gases in the Los Angeles basin using high resolution remote sensing spectroscopy. We participated in the CalNex 2010 campaign to provide greenhouse gas distributions for comparison between top-down and bottom-up emission estimates.

Optimizing integrated airport surface and terminal airspace operations under uncertainty

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Bosson, Christabelle S.

In airports and surrounding terminal airspaces, the integration of surface, arrival and departure scheduling and routing have the potential to improve the operations efficiency. Moreover, because both the airport surface and the terminal airspace are often altered by random perturbations, the consideration of uncertainty in flight schedules is crucial to improve the design of robust flight schedules. Previous research mainly focused on independently solving arrival scheduling problems, departure scheduling problems and surface management scheduling problems and most of the developed models are deterministic. This dissertation presents an alternate method to model the integrated operations by using a machine job-shop scheduling formulation. A multistage stochastic programming approach is chosen to formulate the problem in the presence of uncertainty and candidate solutions are obtained by solving sample average approximation problems with finite sample size. The developed mixed-integer-linear-programming algorithm-based scheduler is capable of computing optimal aircraft schedules and routings that reflect the integration of air and ground operations. The assembled methodology is applied to a Los Angeles case study. To show the benefits of integrated operations over First-Come-First-Served, a preliminary proof-of-concept is conducted for a set of fourteen aircraft evolving under deterministic conditions in a model of the Los Angeles International Airport surface and surrounding terminal areas. Using historical data, a representative 30-minute traffic schedule and aircraft mix scenario is constructed. The results of the Los Angeles application show that the integration of air and ground operations and the use of a time-based separation strategy enable both significant surface and air time savings. The solution computed by the optimization provides a more efficient routing and scheduling than the First-Come-First-Served solution. Additionally, a data driven analysis is

Preventing the repetition: Or, what Los Angeles' experience in water management can teach Atlanta about urban water disputes

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Feldman, David L.

2009-04-01

Southern California's water history is an epic story with larger-than-life characters and ambitions and abundant hubris. Students of water policy might reasonably ask: Does this story, while unique to greater Los Angeles, hold lessons for other metropolises experiencing water conflict caused by explosive growth? We examine this question by considering similarities between the challenges facing Atlanta, Georgia, one of the nation's fastest growing cities in the 21st century, with those of Los Angeles. We focus on junctures where important decisions regarding water were made and how these decisions continue to challenge both cities' futures. Atlanta's financial, cultural, and environmental imprint on its surrounding region share remarkable similarities with Los Angeles' influence trajectory: it is the largest city in the southeast, a principal transportation and business hub, and it is embroiled in water conflict with nearby communities and adjoining states.

Transaction Costs: Valuation Disputes, Bi-Lateral Monopoly Bargaining and Third-Party Effects in Water Rights Exchanges. The Owens Valley Transfer to Los Angeles

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Gary D. Libecap

2004-01-01

Between 1905 and 1934 over 869 farmers in Owens Valley, California sold their land and associated water rights to Los Angeles, 250 miles to the southwest. This agriculture-to-urban water transfer increased Los Angeles' water supply by over 4 times, making the subsequent dramatic growth of the semi-arid city possible, generating large economic returns. The exchange took water from a marginal agricultural area and transferred it via the Los Angeles Aqueduct. No other sources of water became ava...

The unauthorized Mexican immigrant population and welfare in Los Angeles County: a comparative statistical analysis.

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Marcelli, E A; Heer, D M

1998-01-01

"Using a unique 1994 Los Angeles County Household Survey of foreign-born Mexicans and the March 1994 and 1995 Current Population Surveys, we estimate the number of unauthorized Mexican immigrants (UMIs) residing in Los Angeles County, and compare their use of seven welfare programs with that of other non-U.S. citizens and U.S. citizens. Non-U.S. citizens were found to be no more likely than U.S. citizens to have used welfare, and UMIs were 11% (14%) less likely than other non-citizens (U.S.-born citizens).... We demonstrate how results differ depending on the unit of analysis employed, and on which programs constitute ¿welfare'." excerpt

Heavy Metals (Cu, Pb and Cd) in Water and Angel Fish (Chelmon rostractus) from Batam Coastal, Indonesia

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Ismarti Ismarti; Ramses Ramses; Suheryanto Suheryanto; Fitrah Amelia

2017-01-01

Fish play an important role in human nutrition and therefore need to be carefully and routinely monitored to ensure that there are no high levels of heavy metals being transferred to human through their consumption. This study has been carried out to determine level of heavy metals (Cu, Pb, and Cd) in water and angel fish, Chelmon rostractus collected from coast of Batam. We report levels of Cu, Cd and Pb in water and angel fish from Coast Batam using Atomic Absorption Spectroscopy (AAS). Lev...

The Work Experience of Undocumented Mexican Women Migrants in Los Angeles.

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Simon, Rita J.; DeLey, Margo

1984-01-01

Undocumented Mexican women workers in Los Angeles were interviewed about their work experience in the United States. Most of them work in factories, not in domestic service. Most earn a salary above minimum wage but below that earned by documented women, and 80 percent believe their treatment at work equals that of other workers. (KH)

Gestión de Procesos en los Sistemas Operativos

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Serrano Castaño, Francisco Javier

2011-01-01

Comparación de los sistemas operativos Windows 7 Profesional, Ubuntu 10.10 Desktop y Mac OS X Snow Leopard Desktop respecto al rendimiento que ofrecen sobre el servidor web Apache instalado en cada uno de ellos. Comparació dels sistemes operatius Windows 7 Professional, Ubuntu 10.10 Desktop i Mac OS X Snow Leopard Desktop respecte al rendiment que ofereixen sobre el servidor web Apache instal lat en cada un d'ells. Comparison of Windows 7 Professional operating systems, Ubuntu 10.10 ...

Consideraciones para la selección de sistemas de información contables y administrativos en la Pyme colombiana

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Marco Tulio Astudillo Cerón

2008-01-01

mostrando el flujo de información derivado de los procesos organizacionales. 2. El aspecto técnico se encuentra relacionado con la operación del sistema, directamente con la capacidad de mantener disponible el servicio en todo momento que sea requerido, la posibilidad de acceder a la aplicación de forma distribuida, sobre Internet; todos los aspectos de seguridad de información y mecanismos de recuperación de información ante contingencias, con los cuales debe contar el sistema.3. La metodología de implementación, es un aspecto generalmente asociado al proveedor del Sistema. Su importancia radica en que asegura el éxito, mediante el desarrollo de procesos de parametrización en donde se involucran todas las personas a las cuales afecta el Sistema, y que pueden incidir directa e indirectamente en el registro de datos contables. El tema de los costos asociados a la tecnología que el Sistema de Información Contable y Administrativo utiliza para su operación, se toca de manera tangencial, en la medida en que se describe cada uno de los componentes necesarios para que el Sistema de Información opere correctamente, basado en soluciones de uso libre, las cuales no tienen costo por licenciamiento.

Hydrologic-agronomic-economic model for the optimal operation of the Yaqui river reservoir system using genetic algorithms; Modelo hidrologico-agronomico-economico para la operacion optima del sistema de presas del rio Yaqui, usando algoritmos geneticos

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Minjares-Lugo, Jose Luis; Salmon-Castelo, Roberto Fernando; Oroz-Ramos, Lucas Antonio [Comision Nacional del Agua (Mexico); Cruz-Medina, Isidro Roberto [Instituto Tecnologico de Sonora (Mexico)

2008-07-15

The objective of this study is to develop an integrated hydrologic-agronomic-economic annual model for the optimal operation of the Yaqui River reservoir system to support irrigation and urban water supply in the watershed. The model solves for each year's water allocations by crop, maximizing annual agricultural income for a specified risk of reservoir shortages and spills. It accounts for adjustments in water supply arising from changes in precipitation and runoff uncertainty and from changes in water demand arising from variations in crop prices and production costs. Model predictions for the agricultural year 2000-2001 are compared with observed results to test the model's predictive ability. Results demonstrate that the model can be used to optimize and analyze reservoir system operation and for water resources management in the Irrigation District No. 041, providing a framework for improving the operation of a reservoir system, selecting an optimal cropping pattern according to its maximum economic benefits, and in the optimal monthly water releases from the reservoir system. The model considers the simultaneous operation of three dams and it is applied to the Irrigation District No. 041, Rio Yaqui. [Spanish] El objetivo de este estudio es desarrollar un modelo integral de optimizacion anual para definir la operacion del sistema de presas del rio Yaqui y la asignacion del volumen mensual de agua para la irrigacion de diferentes cultivos, asi como para satisfacer los requerimientos de uso urbano basado en las condiciones hidrologicas, agronomicas y economicas en la cuenca. El modelo maximiza los beneficios anuales netos del sector agricola, minimizando el riesgo de deficit o derrames en el sistema de presas; incluye cambios en el suministro de agua debido a la incertidumbre de las precipitaciones y del escurrimiento del rio y cambios en la demanda de agua provocados por la incertidumbre de los precios y costos de los cultivos. Se utilizaron datos del

Diet and obesity in Los Angeles County 2007-2012: Is there a measurable effect of the 2008 "Fast-Food Ban"?

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Sturm, Roland; Hattori, Aiko

2015-05-01

We evaluate the impact of the "Los Angeles Fast-Food Ban", a zoning regulation that has restricted opening/remodeling of standalone fast-food restaurants in South Los Angeles since 2008. Food retail permits issued after the ban are more often for small food/convenience stores and less often for larger restaurants not part of a chain in South Los Angeles compared to other areas; there are no significant differences in the share of new fast-food chain outlets, other chain restaurants, or large food markets. About 10% of food outlets are new since the regulation, but there is little evidence that the composition has changed differentially across areas. Data from the California Health Interview Survey show that fast-food consumption and overweight/obesity rates have increased from 2007 to 2011/2012 in all areas. The increase in the combined prevalence of overweight and obesity since the ban has been significantly larger in South Los Angeles than elsewhere. A positive development has been a drop in soft drink consumption since 2007, but that drop is of similar magnitude in all areas. Copyright © 2015 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.

SUSTENTABILIDADE EM SISTEMAS AGROFLORESTAIS: INDICADORES SOCIOECONÔMICOS

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Omar Daniel

2000-03-01

Full Text Available É ampla a discussão que envolve a importância do enquadramento das atividades de produção em geral, ao conceito de desenvolvimento sustentável. Dentre as atividades agropecuárias, os sistemas agroflorestais (SAF têm sido considerados como sustentáveis, apresentando-se como alternativas aos sistemas intensivos de produção. Para monitorar a sustentabilidade de atividades agropecuárias em geral, incluindo os SAF, diferentes autores enfatizam os indicadores biofísicos, em detrimento dos socioeconômicos. Com o objetivo de definir um rol de indicadores socioeconômicos adaptáveis aos diversos modelos de SAF, desenvolveu-se um estudo consolidado por recomendações de especialistas e ampla revisão de literatura. Concluiu-se que: as categorias relacionadas com a operação dos sistemas comportaram o maior número de indicadores no componente socioeconômico, com maior concentração nas operações endógenas ao sistema, seguidas, de longe, pelos recursos endógenos e exógenos; o maior número de indicadores, sugeridos na categoria operação do sistema, deu-se nos descritores saúde e nutrição, empregos, habitação e saneamento básico e análise econômica; na categoria operação de sistemas exógenos, determinou-se maior número de indicadores para os descritores comercialização e infra-estrutura rural; praticamente, não houve diferença entre o número de indicadores obtidos para os sistemas agroflorestais com e sem o componente animal.

Sistemas integrados de gestão empresarial: estudos de casos de implementação de sistemas ERP.

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Cesar Alexandre de Souza

2000-01-01

Este trabalho é um estudo das características dos sistemas ERP (Enterprise Resource Planning), de seus processos de escolha, implementação e utilização, de seus benefícios, suas desvantagens e de seus possíveis impactos nas organizações. No levantamento bibliográfico, são apresentados conceitos relacionados aos sistemas ERP, bem como uma proposta de modelo de ciclo para estes sistemas, com a finalidade de estudar suas diferentes etapas na empresa, procurando estabelecer em cada uma delas qua...

Contested Campuses: Politics, race, and the battles over public education in the Greater Los Angeles Area, 1949-1972

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Kovalesky, Brian Robert

2017-01-01

In the late 1950s and early 1960s, during the height of protests and actions by civil rights activists against de facto school segregation in the Los Angeles area, the residents of a group of small cities fought to break away from the Los Angeles City Schools and create a new, independent school district. If established, the district would serve white pupils nearly exclusively, preserving and reinforcing racially segregated schools in the area. Proponents of the plan were residents of the maj...

Sistemas integrados de gestión (SIG)

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García Pantigozo, Manuel; Quispe Atúncar, Carlos; Ráez Guevara, Luis

2014-01-01

La cultura de la normalización es necesaria para competir globalmente, y para esto la ISO ha elaborado una serie de sistemas de gestión orientados a las calidad, medio ambiente, seguridad en el trabajo y recursos humanos, esto significa la necesidad de integrar sistemas mediante el Sistema integrado de Gestión - SIG The culture of standardization is necessary to compete globally, and to this ISO has developed a number of management systems geared to quality, environment, occupational safe...

Importancia del manual de los sistemas contables en el sistema de control interno.

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Nicolás Valdés Rodríguez

2007-01-01

La dirección administrativa del país en los últimos 3 años ha insistido en la necesidad de profundizar en los mecanismos de control económico –financiero de las entidades, el presente trabajo va dirigido a contribuir en alguna medida a lograr ese propósito. El sistema contable de una Entidad forma parte indisoluble del Sistema de Control Interno de la misma, por la vinculación tan estrecha que existe entre los mismos. El objetivo fundamental del trabajo ”Importancia del Manual de ...

PRESENTACIÓN DE LA CARRERA DE INGENIERÍA DE SISTEMAS

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EDGAR SERNA MONTOYA

2009-06-01

Full Text Available En el año 2009 la Facultad cuenta con los siguientes programas activos:* Pregrado en Ingeniería de Sistemas Presencial Registro Calificado Código SNIES 11846 Resolución No. 2293 del 03 de octubre de 2002. Título que otorga: Doble titulación, Ingeniero de Sistemas y Tecnólogo en Sistemas.* Ciclo de Profesionalización para Tecnólogos en Sistemas Presencial Título que otorga: Ingeniero de Sistemas.* Tecnología en Sistemas de Información Presencial Registro Calificado Código SNIES 11850 Título que otorga: Tecnólogo en Sistemas de Información.* Especialización en Gerencia de la Tecnología Presencial Registro Calificado Código SNIES 53168 Título que otorga: Especialista en gerencia de la Tecnología.

Seeking solace in West Hollywood: sexual orientation-based hate crimes in Los Angeles County.

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Stotzer, Rebecca L

2010-01-01

Many thriving "gay communities" across the United States report high levels of sexual orientation-based hate crimes every year, raising questions about the level of safety in these gay communities and neighborhoods. This study examines hate crime data from 2002-2006 in Los Angeles County and the relationship those hate crimes have to West Hollywood, the best known gay community of Los Angeles County. Results suggest that although West Hollywood does consistently report high numbers of hate crimes, this does not reflect a greatly increased risk to any one lesbian, gay, or bisexual person. Results suggest that we need to consider other variables as predictors (such as poverty, business density, and population density) in determining safe versus unsafe space, rather than just the percentage of lesbians, gay, and bisexuals in a population.

Construindo um modelo de sistema de cuidados Construyendo un modelo de sistema de cuidados Developing an explanatory theoretical model of system of care

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Alacoque Lorenzini Erdmann

2007-06-01

Full Text Available OBJETIVO: Construir um modelo teórico explicativo de Sistema de Cuidados. METODO: Estudo exploratório qualitativo apoiado nos pressupostos da Grounded Theory. Participaram do estudo 15 profissionais e os dados foram coletados por entrevista aberta. RESULTADOS: O Modelo teórico foi delimitado a partir do fenômeno Construindo o Sistema Complexo de Cuidados determinado pelas categorias: Convivendo com a dinamicidade do sistema de cuidados e Organizando o sistema de cuidados a partir de múltiplas interações. CONCLUSÃO: O modelo de sistema de cuidados apresentou-se como sistema vital e dinâmico construído a partir de redes interacionais de vários saberes do agir humano expresso pelo trabalho compartilhado, multidisciplinar e em equipe.OBJETIVO: Construir un modelo teórico explicativo de Sistema de Cuidados. MÉTODO: Se trata de un estudio cualitativo exploratorio apoyado en las premisas de la Teoría Fundamentada en los Datos. Participaron del estudio 15 profesionales. Los datos fueron recolectados por medio de una entrevista abierta. RESULTADOS: El modelo teórico se delimitó al fenómeno Construyendo el Sistema Complejo de Cuidados determinado por las categorías: Viviendo junto con la dinamicidad del sistema de cuidados y Organizando el sistema de cuidados a partir de interacciones múltiples. CONCLUSIÓN: El modelo de sistema de cuidados se presenta como un sistema vital y dinámico construido a partir de redes de interacción de conocimientos del actuar humano expresado en el trabajo conjunto, multidisciplinario y en equipo.OBJECTIVE: To develop an explanatory theoretical model of the system of care. METHOD: Grounded theory served as the conceptual framework to conduct this qualitative exploratory study. Unstructured interviews were conducted among 15 care professionals. RESULTS: The theoretical model was delimited from the phenomenon "building complex system of care" as determined by the following categories: "dealing with a

La seguridad eléctrica y los sistemaLa sistemas eléctricos; Some considerations about electric security and electric systems working.

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Miguel Castro Fernández

2011-02-01

Full Text Available El tema de la seguridad, visto con un enfoque integral y sistémico, no por estudiado deja de ser un temade importancia vital no sólo desde el punto de vista del funcionamiento como tal de un sistema dado apartir del uso de las nuevas tecnologías, sino también en la influencia que esas nuevas tecnologías tienensobre la vida humana. Si se parte de definir seguridad como el estado de riesgo aceptable o la actitudmental de las personas en una instalación, edificación o sistema dados, puede comprobarse lo dicho en elpárrafo anterior.El presente trabajo pretende abordar, de una forma general, los problemas relacionadoscon la seguridad de las personas, sean actores directos o no, en el marco de un entorno que puedeabarcar un sistema completo, una parte de él o una parte de una instalación o edificación: el entorno de laelectricidad. The security, it seen from the point of view of integral and systemic focus, do not be a real theme with highimportance both operation and use of new technologies and the influence of this technologies over humanbeen. If we start from to qualify security like acceptable risk or mental aptitude of people inside utilities,buildings or systems, it is possible to probe this consideration.The present paper, at general, pretend toexpose some problems related with the people security, they are been direct actors or not, inside oneenvironment which made incorporate one complete system, part of them or utility: electricity environments.

Age and isotopic systematics of Cretaceous borehole and surface samples from the greater Los Angeles Basin region: Implications for the types of crust that might underlie Los Angeles and their distribution along late Cenozoic fault systems

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Premo, Wayne R.; Morton, Douglas M.; Kistler, Ronald W.

2014-01-01

Nine U-Pb zircon ages were determined on plutonic rocks sampled from surface outcrops and rock chips of drill core from boreholes within the greater Los Angeles Basin region. In addition, lead-strontium-neodymium (Pb-Sr-Nd) whole-rock isotopic data were obtained for eight of these samples. These results help to characterize the crystalline basement rocks hidden in the subsurface and provide information that bears on the tectonic history of the myriad of fault systems that have dissected the Los Angeles region over the past 15 m.y. Seven of the nine samples have U-Pb ages ranging from 115 to 103 Ma and whole-rock Pb-Sr-Nd isotopic characteristics that indicate the crystalline basement underneath the greater Los Angeles Basin region is mostly part of the Peninsular Ranges batholith. Furthermore, these data are interpreted as evidence for (1) the juxtaposition of mid-Cretaceous, northern Peninsular Ranges batholith plutonic rocks against Late Cretaceous plutonic rocks of the Transverse Ranges in the San Fernando Valley, probably along the Verdugo fault; (2) the juxtaposition of older northwestern Peninsular Ranges batholith rocks against younger northeastern Peninsular Ranges batholith rocks in the northern Puente Hills, implying transposition of northeastern Peninsular Ranges batholith rocks to the west along unrecognized faults beneath the Chino Basin; and (3) juxtaposition of northern Peninsular Ranges batholith plutonic rocks against Late Cretaceous plutonic rocks of the Transverse Ranges along the San Jose fault in the northern San Jose Hills at Ganesha Park. These mainly left-lateral strike-slip faults of the eastern part of the greater Los Angeles Basin region could be the result of block rotation within the adjacent orthogonal, right-lateral, Elsinore-Whittier fault zone to the west and the subparallel San Jacinto fault zone to the east. The San Andreas fault system is the larger, subparallel, driving force further to the east.

The Slow-Growing Orange, A Demographer’s Look at Future Los Angeles,

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1984-04-01

and even some downtown Los Angeles neighborhoods, through " gentrification "--will grow rapidly at the expense of others. A second dramatic aspect of...shores. Modern developments in commuaications and transportation, which have enabled us to expand trade with Asia and Latin America, have also

Does Sodium Knowledge Affect Dietary Choices and Health Behaviors? Results From a Survey of Los Angeles County Residents.

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Dewey, George; Wickramasekaran, Ranjana N; Kuo, Tony; Robles, Brenda

2017-11-22

In 2010, the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health launched a local sodium-reduction initiative to address the rising prevalence of high blood pressure (hypertension) and related cardiovascular conditions in the population. To inform this effort, we evaluated self-reported knowledge and health behaviors related to sodium intake among Los Angeles County residents. We administered 3 cross-sectional Internet panel surveys on knowledge about dietary sodium to a sample of Los Angeles County adults, at intervals from December 2014 through August 2016. Multinomial and logistic regression models were constructed to describe associations between sodium knowledge and self-reported health behaviors. A total of 7,067 panel subjects clicked into the online survey, and 2,862 completed the survey (adjusted response rate = 40.5%). Only 102 respondents (3.6%) were able to accurately report the recommended milligrams of sodium that an average adult should consume daily (1,500 mg to 2300 mg). Knowing about daily sodium intake recommendations was associated with increased odds of using Nutrition Facts labels to make food purchase decisions (adjusted odds ratio [AOR], 3.48; 95% confidence interval [CI], 1.59-7.60) and with decreased odds of taking measures to prevent hypertension (AOR, 0.38; 95% CI, 0.19-0.74). Los Angeles County residents had a limited knowledge of recommended daily sodium intake. Efforts to increase understanding of these recommendations may encourage wider engagement in healthy behaviors. Health agencies should integrate sodium reduction messages in their diet and nutrition educational efforts.

Teoría de sistemas (2008/09)

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Pla López, Rafael

2008-01-01

Conceptos fundamentales de la Teoría general de sistemas. Nociones básicas de estadística. Modelos cibernéticos. Sistemas caóticos.Asignatura optativa de Ciencias Ambientales. Primer ciclo. Segundo curso. Cuatrimestral: 6 créditos.

Risk Factors for Dog Relinquishment to a Los Angeles Municipal Animal Shelter

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Dolan, Emily D.; Scotto, Jamie; Slater, Margaret; Weiss, Emily

2015-01-01

Simple Summary Low income has been reported to be a risk factor for dog relinquishment to shelters in the U.S. The majority of people with lower incomes, however, do not relinquish. Risk factors for relinquishment in a low socioeconomic region of Los Angeles were examined. Cost was associated with relinquishment, and most people were not aware of available assistance. Those who relinquished reported emotional attachment to the dog and higher perceived stress than a comparison group. The majority of reasons for relinquishment were likely solvable with assistance, highlighting an opportunity to provide community-specific alternatives to relinquishment. Abstract Dog relinquishment is a large component of shelter intake in the United States. Research has shown traits of the dog are associated with relinquishment as well as general characteristics of those relinquishing. Low income is often cited as a risk factor for relinquishment. The majority of people with lower incomes, however, do not relinquish. A group of people accessing a shelter in a low socioeconomic region of Los Angeles to relinquish their dogs was surveyed. This study examined risk factors for relinquishment, controlling for household income, compared to a group utilizing low cost spay/neuter services. A total of 76.9% of those relinquishing noted cost as a reason for relinquishment. Of participants in the relinquishment group, 80.7% reported not being aware of any services available to them. Most notable in the findings was that the odds of relinquishment were generally higher as the amount of perceived stress in the home in the past three months increased. The majority of people in both groups reported being emotionally attached to the dog. In this sample from a South Los Angeles community, the majority of reasons for relinquishment were likely solvable with assistance. These findings highlight an opportunity to assess community needs and provide community specific alternatives to relinquishment. PMID

Los Angeles OneSource System Youth Participant Customer Satisfaction Survey, 2010-2011

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Heisley, Deborah D.; Moore, Richard W.; Patch, Robin N.

2012-01-01

As part of the Workforce Investment Act of 1998, Los Angeles OneSource Centers offer low-income youth ages 14-21 services aimed at improving educational achievement, enhancing job skills, and preparing for college. The primary purpose of this study was to evaluate the youths' satisfaction with services received at 14 OneSource Centers throughout…

Sistema de videovigilancia utilizando recursos de LAN

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Fernández García, David

2007-01-01

El objetivo principal de este proyecto es realizar un sistema de información que sea capaz de efectuar video vigilancia. Este sistema de información está formado por un servidor y un número, en principio, limitado de clientes

Caos en sistemas clásico-cuánticos

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Dirani, L. D.; Núñez, J. A.

Una de las formas de estudiar la existencia de caos en el comportamiento de un sistema clásico-cuántico, es truncando el espacio de Hilbert del sistema cuántico. El objetivo de este trabajo es analizar como afecta dicho truncamiento en la dinámica del sistema. Para tal fin se propone un Hamiltoniano integrable, cuyos valores de expectación asociados a coordenadas y momentos cuánticos responden, por el teorema de Ehrenfest, a un sistema de dos osciladores clásicos con acoplamiento lineal.

Sistema de iluminación inteligente inalámbrico

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Nicolás Jaro, Jesús

2014-01-01

Este proyecto crea un sistema de iluminación inteligente compuesto por múltiples dispositivos que, de forma inalámbrica, se sincronizan entre si, para encenderse, apagarse y cambiar el color de la luz ambiente. El sistema se ha diseñado para conectar hasta 8 dispositivos basados en el sistema embebido LPC1769 y S.O. FreeRTOS, integrando un sensor acelerómetro, varios leds de distinto color y un módulo WiFly RN-XV que los interconecta de forma inalámbrica. Aquest projecte crea un sistema d'...

Sistemas adhesivos en Odontología Restauradora

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María Natalia Mandri

Full Text Available Los sistemas adhesivos actuales han permitido mejorar los procedimientos clínicos tanto en la evolución de los componentes y su mecanismo de acción, como en la disminución del tiempo operatorio de aplicación de cada uno de ellos, brindando una eficacia clínica aceptable y predecible. Esta demanda de efectividad, ha dado lugar a una gran variedad de sistemas adhesivos, que en muchas ocasiones, no se emplean en la práctica profesional. El propósito de este trabajo es realizar una revisión de los sistemas adhesivos a fin de brindar la información necesaria y secuencia de aplicación, que permita al odontólogo realizar una adecuada selección y utilización del sistema, de acuerdo a la situación clínica

First case of synophthalmia and albinism in the Pacific angel shark Squatina californica.

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Escobar-Sánchez, O; Moreno-Sánchez, X G; Aguilar-Cruz, C A; Abitia-Cárdenas, L A

2014-08-01

The first record in Mexican waters of albinism and synophthalmia (partial cyclopia) in the Pacific angel shark, Squatina californica is presented. Albinism is not lethal, but synophthalmia may cause the death of the individual immediately after birth. © 2014 The Fisheries Society of the British Isles.

SISTEMAS DE AUTOMAÇÃO RESIDENCIAL DE BAIXO CUSTO: UMA REALIDADE POSSÍVEL

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Antonio Luiz P. S. Campos

2009-03-01

Full Text Available RESUMO O presente trabalho apresenta uma introdução à automação residencial e apresenta dois sistemas de baixo custo para serem usados com esse propósito. O primeiro sistema foi implementado para controle liga/desliga de uma bomba d’água para reservatórios. O segundo foi projetado para auxiliar pessoas com necessidades especiais ou para ser usado em auditórios, auxiliando no início e fim das apresentações, ligando e desligando as lâmpadas. Ambos os sistemas são de baixo custo e têm boa funcionalidade. Foi analisado o funcionamento dos dois sistemas, vendo suas principais características. PALAVRAS-CHAVE: Automação residencial, Controle liga/desliga, Baixo custo. LOW COST HOME AUTOMATION SYSTEMS: A POSSIBLE REALITY ABSTRACT This paper presents an introduction to home automation and two low cost automation systems to be used for that purpose. The first system was implemented to on/off control to switch a water pump to a tank. The second was designed to help people with special needs or to be used in auditoriums, helping at the beginning and the end of the presentations and turn on or turn off the lights. Both systems are low cost and have good functionality. It examined the operation of the two systems, seeing their main features. KEY-WORDS: Home automation, ON/OFF Control, Low Cost.

Remote sensing of trend and seasonal variability of greenhouse gas emissions from the Los Angeles basin using an FTS on Mount Wilson

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Wong, C.; Fu, D.; Pongetti, T. J.; Newman, S.; Yung, Y. L.; Sander, S. P.

2013-12-01

Cities, such as Los Angeles, are significant sources of anthropogenic greenhouse gases (GHGs). With the growth of populations in cities worldwide, GHG emissions will increase, and monitoring the temporal trends will provide crucial data for global climate models as well as assessments of the effectiveness of control policies. Currently, continuous GHG observations in the Los Angeles basin are limited to a few in situ measurements, which are shown to be sensitive to local emissions and do not represent the Los Angeles basin well. To quantify GHG emissions from the metropolitan area, which tend to have heterogeneous characteristics, it is important to perform measurements which provide both continuous temporal and spatial coverage of the domain. Here we present observations of the major greenhouse gases, CO2 and CH4, using a spectroscopic remote sensing technique from the California Laboratory for Atmospheric Remote Sensing (CLARS) at Mount Wilson, California (1.7 km elevation). A Fourier Transform Spectrometer (FTS) deployed at the CLARS site points downward at 28 selected land surfaces in the Los Angeles basin to measure the slant column abundances of CO2, CH4, N2O, CO and O2 using reflected sunlight in the near-infrared and shortwave infrared regions. This remote sensing technique provides continuous temporal and spatial measurements in the Los Angeles basin to achieve the goal of quantifying emissions of GHGs and CO. It also serves as a test-bed for future geostationary satellite missions to measure GHGs from space such as JPL's Geostationary Carbon Process Investigation (GCPI). The path-averaged dry-air mixing ratio, XCO2 and XCH4, observed by the CLARS FTS, show significant diurnal variability that arises from emissions in the Los Angeles basin and atmospheric transport processes. High-precision data have been collected since August 2011. Here we analyze the annual and seasonal trend of the ratio XCH4:XCO2 in the Los Angeles basin observed by the CLARS FTS from

Sistema Solar

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Federación de Asociaciones de Astronomía Cielo de Comellas

2011-01-01

Lección sobre el Sistema Solar. Curso de Astronomía Básica, segunda edición, impartido por los miembros de la Federación de Asociaciones de Astronomía Cielo de Comellas. Casa de la Ciencia, sábados, del 24 de septiembre al 22 de octubre de 2011

Strategic Plan for Sustainable Energy Management and Environmental Stewardship for Los Angeles Unified School District

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Walker, A.; Beattie, D.; Thomas, K.; Davis, K.; Sim, M.; Jhaveri, A.

2007-11-01

This Strategic Plan for Sustainable Energy Management and Environmental Stewardship states goals, measures progress toward goals and how actions are monitored to achieve continuous improvement for the Los Angeles Unified School District.

The conundrum of police officer-involved homicides: Counter-data in Los Angeles County

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Morgan Currie

2016-08-01

Full Text Available This paper draws from critical data studies and related fields to investigate police officer-involved homicide data for Los Angeles County. We frame police officer-involved homicide data as a rhetorical tool that can reify certain assumptions about the world and extend regimes of power. We highlight the possibility that this type of sensitive civic data can be investigated and employed within local communities through creative practice. Community involvement with data can create a countervailing force to powerful dominant narratives and supplement activist projects that hold local officials accountable for their actions. Our analysis examines four Los Angeles County police officer-involved homicide data sets. First, we provide accounts of the semantics, granularity, scale and transparency of this local data. Then, we describe a “counter data action,” an event that invited members of the community to identify the limits and challenges present in police officer-involved homicide data and to propose new methods for deriving meaning from these indicators and statistics.

Fuzzy control for the operation of an electrical energy generation system based on standard fuel cells PEM; Control difuso para la operacion de un sistema de generacion de energia electrica basado en celdas de combustible tipo PEM

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Vazquez R, Miguel; Gutierrez A, Ruben [Instituto de Investigaciones Electricas, Cuernavaca, Morelos (Mexico); Rodriguez P, Alejandro [Centro Nacional de Investigacion y Desarrollo Tecnologico (Cenidet), Cuernavaca, Morelos (Mexico)

2005-07-01

Fuel cells, as totally clean power plants, have many applications in the industry in general, in the transport system, in the electricity generation for domestic consumption and in the communication systems, among others. When developing new forms of generation with renewable energy sources, it must be considered that petroleum will stop in being an available power resource. The interest in the study of the fuel cells has been increased in the last years because it is considered a solution to the supply of distributed energy problem. Therefore, already exist research institutions that are developing work on this technology. A generation of electrical energy system based on fuel cells is a nonlinear system where the control of the variables of the process, such as the temperature of the system and the pressurization of the reactants, are an important aspect for its proper operation, since it influences in the water balance and therefore in the global efficiency of the system. [Spanish] Las celdas de combustible, como fuente de energia totalmente limpia, tienen muchas aplicaciones en la industria en general: en el sistema de transporte, en la generacion de electricidad para consumo domestico y en los sistemas de comunicacion, entre otros. Al desarrollar nuevas formas de generacion con fuentes de energia renovables, se debe considerar que el petroleo dejara de ser un recurso energetico disponible. El interes en el estudio de las celdas de combustible se ha incrementado en los ultimos anos debido a que se le considera una solucion al problema de abasto de energia distribuida. Por lo tanto, ya existen instituciones de investigacion que estan desarrollando trabajos sobre esta tecnologia. Un sistema de generacion de energia electrica basado en celdas de combustible es un sistema no lineal en donde el control de las variables del proceso, tales como la temperatura del sistema y la presurizacion de los reactantes, es un aspecto importante para su buen funcionamiento, ya que

Angels and Demons: The Science Behind the Scenes

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Graf, Norman

2009-05-12

Does antimatter really exist? How and why do scientists produce and use it? Does CERN exist and is there an underground complex deep beneath the Swiss/French border? Is truth stranger than fiction? Find out at the coming public lecture. On Tuesday, May 12, SLAC physicist Norman Graf will discuss the real science behind Angels & Demons, Dan Brown's blockbuster novel and the basis of an upcoming Tom Hanks movie. Graf's' talk is one in a series of public lectures across the U.S., Canada and Puerto Rico to share the science of antimatter and the Large Hadron Collider, and the excitement of particle physics research.

Giordano da Pisa and the language of angels

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Alessia Francone

2012-06-01

Full Text Available Among the issues about the angels considered by the Dominican preacher Giordano da Pisa, this essay studies the problem of their language. The question of the locutio angelica had become quite relevant in the scholastic thought from the XIIIth century and had been widely discussed by Thomas Aquinas and Giles of Rome; the study of this argument in Giordano da Pisa’s sermons shows the transition in the homiletic texts of a highly speculative theme and we can see how the preacher, who combines rather freely the positions of Thomas and Giles, filters the question for his lay public, simplifying the more difficult passages.

Angels and Demons: The Science Behind the Scenes

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Graf, Norman

2009-01-01

Does antimatter really exist? How and why do scientists produce and use it? Does CERN exist and is there an underground complex deep beneath the Swiss/French border? Is truth stranger than fiction? Find out at the coming public lecture. On Tuesday, May 12, SLAC physicist Norman Graf will discuss the real science behind Angels and Demons, Dan Brown's blockbuster novel and the basis of an upcoming Tom Hanks movie. Graf's' talk is one in a series of public lectures across the U.S., Canada and Puerto Rico to share the science of antimatter and the Large Hadron Collider, and the excitement of particle physics research.

The undergraduate physics tutorial program at CSU Los Angeles assessment of utility and areas of interest

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Avetyan, Smbat

The Physics Education Research (PER) group at the University of Washington have researched traditional teaching methods and found that students in introductory physics are lacking a conceptual understanding of the physics material. The solution they put forth is an interactive tutorial program designed to meet the lack of conceptual understanding. Since the tutorial programs inception at CSU Los Angeles in Fall 2006 no evaluation has been successfully undertaken therefore the effect of the tutorial program in the physics 200 series is deeply obscure to the department. The research has shed light on the tutorial program and brought into context its effectiveness on the overall physics 200 series courses at CSU Los Angeles. The researcher has addressed the following research questions, what overall effect does the tutorial program have on the Physics 200 series curriculum? What is the size and significance of gains attributable to the undergraduate calculus based Physics 200 series tutorial program at CSU Los Angeles? What can we learn from gains about individual weekly lessons from the Physics 200 series tutorial courses? What is the correlation of tutorial gains with student final course grades? Are the gains from the tutorial program different for genders? Is there a difference in gains based on the different students' colleges?

The Walking Renaissance: A Longitudinal Analysis of Walking Travel in the Greater Los Angeles Area, USA

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Kenneth Joh

2015-07-01

Full Text Available Promoting walking travel is considered important for reducing automobile use and improving public health. Recent U.S. transportation policy has incentivized investments in alternative, more sustainable transportation modes such as walking, bicycling and transit in auto-oriented cities such as Los Angeles. Although many past studies have analyzed changes in walking travel across the U.S., there is little clarity on the drivers of change. We address this gap by conducting a longitudinal analysis of walking travel in the greater Los Angeles area from 2001 to 2009. We use travel diary and household data from regional and national surveys to analyze changes in walking trip shares and rates across our study area. Results show that walking has significantly increased across most of Los Angeles, and that increases in walking trips generally correspond with increases in population, employment, and transit service densities. Estimates from fixed-effects regression analysis generally suggest a positive association between population density and walking, and that higher increases in transit stop density are correlated with increased walking trips to and from transit stops. These findings illustrate how regional planning efforts to pursue a coordinated land use-transit planning strategy can help promote walking in auto-oriented or vehicle adopting cities.

Edificio de archivos en Los Angeles

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Neutra & Alexander, Arquitectos

1963-07-01

Full Text Available The 80th birthday of Richard Neutra coincides with the completion of this building, a special feature of which is that it has 13 half-floor levels, thus saving space and making it easier to reach the documents. Besides housing the Territorial Archives Office, it accommodates the Territorial Testing Dept., Regional Planning Committee and Territorial Library. 40 ms high rotary sun shields are fitted, made of aluminium. They are controlled automatically by electronic devices, motivated by the solar action, and are thus correctly orientated at any time to provide protection against sun glare. They close altogether when the wind speed is such that they might be damaged. On the main facade looking towards Temple Street, the plastic arts organisation has contributed a large mosaic by Joseph Young, showing a map of the district. This archives building in Los Angeles is a fine exponent of what technology can do for man, and it is a characteristic example of contemporary organic architecture at its best.El principio de la octava década de Neutra coincide con la terminación del edificio, cuya sección nos ofrece trece medias plantas, para economizar espacio y facilitar el alcance de los documentos. Aloja, además de la Oficina Territorial de Archivos, otras varias: Departamento Territorial de Pruebas, Comisión de Planificación Regional y Biblioteca Territorial. Unos «brise-soleils» giratorios, de aluminio, de 40 m de altura, que funcionan automáticamente —controlados por un cerebro electrónico— bajo la acción solar, proporcionan la orientación «adecuada» en cada momento y protegen del brillo lateral, cerrándose cuando el viento sopla con una velocidad que puede serles perjudicial. Como aportación de las Artes Plásticas aparece en la fachada principal, que da a la calle Temple, un gran mosaico, de Joseph Young, del mapa del territorio. Este edificio de archivos en Los Angeles constituye un claro exponente en el que la, técnica est

Teaching case studies on earthquake preparedness efforts in the transportation sector, Los Angeles metropolitan area.

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2013-01-01

Through the development of a Harvard Kennedy School case study (intended for : use as curriculum in graduate-level and executive education programs), this project : examines earthquake preparedness and planning processes in the Los Angeles : metropol...

MODELADO Y SIMULACIÓN DE SISTEMAS MECATRÓNICOS

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Mauricio Castillo Effen

2004-01-01

Full Text Available En este artículo se introduce el campo de la mecatrónica, su importancia y relación con los sistemas embebidos, procediendo luego a mostrar algunos retos que representa la tarea de modelar y simular sistemas mecatrónicos. Se presentan también algunos paradigmas de modelación y simulación de sistemas de éste tipo así como alternativas prácticas de cómo encarar los retos mencionados.

'Dear diary I saw an angel, she looked like heaven on earth': Sex ...

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'Dear diary I saw an angel, she looked like heaven on earth': Sex talk and sex ... gender, sexuality and HIV/AIDS education' and was conducted in Botswana, Kenya, ... problematising them, and without reproducing stereotypes of boys as subjects ... themselves and talk about sexual desire and the opposite sex in different

Supervisory fussy control for an electric generating hybrid system; Control supervisorio difuso para un sistema hibrido de generacion electrica

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Lagunas Mendoza, Javier

2004-11-15

the fuzzy supervisory controller were compared with a conventional controller. The results shows that the supervisory controller fulfills the three main objectives of the system operation: I) to reduce the fuel consumption of the back-up system, II) to reduce the depth of the discharge of the battery bank, and III) to keep fully charged the battery bank as much as possible in order to make a better use of the available free renewable energy sources. [Spanish] En este trabajo se presenta el desarrollo de un controlador supervisorio difuso para un sistema hibrido de generacion electrica (SHGE). En este trabajo se definio la configuracion y los elementos que componen el SHGE a utilizar, producto de la revision de configuraciones de sistemas hibridos propuestas actualmente. La configuracion del SHGE incluye: arreglos fotovoltaicos y aerogeneradores como fuentes de generacion renovable, una maquina de combustion interna como sistema de respaldo, un banco de baterias como medio de almacenamiento de energia, cargas electricas en corriente alterna y un inversor CD/CA para poder alimentarlas. Tambien a partir de la configuracion propuesta se buscaron y seleccionaron los modelos matematicos de los diferentes elementos del sistema. Se llevo a cabo la validacion de los modelos a traves de la comparacion de la salida contra datos reales obtenidos en un SHGE instalado en Pachuca. Con los modelos se llevo a cabo el desarrollo de un programa de simulacion para un SHGE en Matlab. Se determino la funcion principal del controlador supervisorio dentro del SHGE. La funcion es satisfacer el o los objetivos de operacion del sistema. La filosofia de operacion del controlador supervisorio se definio a partir de la configuracion electrica propuesta y de los objetivos de operacion del sistema. Por lo que respecta al desarrollo del controlador supervisorio, se llevo a cabo una revision de los controladores supervisorios actuales que utilizan alguna tecnica de control inteligente. A partir de

Impact of restaurant hygiene grade cards on foodborne-disease hospitalizations in Los Angeles County.

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Simon, Paul A; Leslie, Phillip; Run, Grace; Jin, Ginger Zhe; Reporter, Roshan; Aguirre, Arturo; Fielding, Jonathan E

2005-03-01

Although health departments routinely inspect restaurants to assess compliance with established hygienic standards, few data are available on the effectiveness of these efforts in preventing foodborne disease. The study reported here assessed the impact on foodborne-disease hospitalizations in Los Angeles County of a restaurant hygiene grading system that utilized publicly posted grade cards. The grading systm was introduced in January 1998. Hospital discharge data on foodborne-disease hospitalizations were analyzed for Los Angeles County and, as a control, for the rest of California during the period 1993-2000. Ordinary least-squares regression analysis was done to measure the effect of the grading progam on these hospitalizations. After baseline temporal and geographic trends were adjusted for, the restaurant hygiene grading program was associated with a 13.1 percent decrease (p restaurant hygiene grading with public posting of results is an effective intervention for reducing the burden of foodborne disease.

sistemas de producción tipo kanban: Descripción, componentes, diseño del sistema, y bibliografía relacionada

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Oscar Javier Parra Ortega

2013-06-01

Full Text Available El presente artículo tiene como objeto de estudio, los sistemas de producción tipo ensamble (tree structure tipo Kanban, mono-producto, con tiempos de procesamiento aleatorios para las estaciones que lo conforman, y con capacidad limitada de producción para cada estación. Adicionalmente, se restringe el análisis de dichos sistemas, para horizontes finitos de producción. Después de una descripción del mecanismo de operación de un sistema Kanban simple, de los elementos que los componen, y del estado del arte en sistemas de producción tipo Kanban, se propone e implementa un modelo heurístico para determinar el número de kanbans, minimizando el costo promedio del inventario en proceso.

Sistemas Silvipastoris Silvipastoral Systems

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Fernando Salgado Bernardino

2010-02-01

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Apesar das pesquisas com sistemas silvipastoris terem sido iniciadas no final da década de 1970, as informações geradas até hoje não são em grande número. As vantagens advindas de um sistema silvipastoril são inúmeras e devidamente reconhecidas. Pelo fato de ser uma técnica de uso da terra capaz de recuperar ecossistemas alterados pelo mau manejo, estes sistemas, pela integração de atividades agrícolas, pecuárias e silviculturais, passam a representar uma tecnologia que confere maior sustentabilidade que os sistemas tradicionais, nos quais os monocultivos são predominantes. Nos últimos anos, instituições de ensino, pesquisa e extensão do País têm se voltado para o desenvolvimento de tais sistemas. O governo de Minas Gerais, por meio de sua Secretaria de Estado de Agricultura e de órgãos vinculados, vem promovendo a condução de modelos agrossilvipastoris num processo integrado de ocupação do solo, denominado lavoura-pecuária-silvicultura. Apesar dos grandes avanços no conhecimento de culturas anuais e dos componentes arbóreos, principalmente o eucalipto, e de gramíneas forrageiras tolerantes à diminuição da intensidade luminosa, ainda é necessário se comnhecer melhor o manejo do sub-bosque sob os efeitos do pastejo.

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Contexto General de los Sistemas Agrarios

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Vélez Escobar Norberto

1989-12-01

Full Text Available Esta ponencia introdujo y delimitó el campo de trabajo para el panel: Formas o Sistemas de Producción Agraria. En ella se presentó y discutió la definición del concepto de FORMA DE PRODUCCION e igualmente planteó la taxonomía más general o "agrupamientos" de los sistemas de producción agraria en Colombia. Se identificaron cinco grupos de formas, en proceso de estructuración, empresariales, campesinas, de economía natural y experimentales; y a continuación se caracterizó y explicó cada uno de los cinco agrupamientos. La ponencia terminó sustentando la validez del trabajo académico basado en el enfoque de sistemas y presentó la evolución reciente de esta forma de trabajo en la Universidad Nacional, Seccional Medellín.

Nuevos sistemas de frecuencia intermedia para el IAR

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Olalde, J. C.; Perilli, D.; Larrarte, J. J.

Se presenta el diagrama en bloques de los nuevos sistemas de Frecuencia Intermedia para los dos radiómetros instalados en el IAR. Entre las características más importantes del sistema podemos mencionar la posibilidad de conectar cualquiera de las dos antenas a los ``backend" disponibles: analizador espectral de alta resolución (META II) de 0,05 Hz, autocorrelador de 1008 canales y contínuo. Se incorporan al sistema nuevos sintetizadores de frecuencia implementados con PLL y la moderna técnica de síntesis digital directa. Por último, el conjunto del sistema es susceptible de ser configurado por las computadoras de adquisición de datos, supervisadas por otra, que entrega el estado de funcionamiento actual y evita la selección de configuraciones incorrectas por parte del usuario.

76 FR 14103 - The Jewelry Stream; Los Angeles, CA, Notice of Negative Determination on Reconsideration

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2011-03-15

... DEPARTMENT OF LABOR Employment and Training Administration [TA-W-73,145] The Jewelry Stream; Los Angeles, CA, Notice of Negative Determination on Reconsideration On November 10, 2010, the Department of... threatened with total or partial separation. [[Page 14104

Sistemas multi–modales de profundidad restringida Multi-modal systems of restricted depth

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Manuel Sierra A.

2008-01-01

Se presentan como extensiones del cálculo proposicional clásico, la jerarquíade sistemas deductivos SMM–n con n > 1. SMM–n es el sistema multi–modalde profundidad–n. El sistema SMM–1 es el cálculo proposicional clásico. Elsistema SMM–(n + 1) puede ser visto como el resultado de aplicar la regla denecesariedad, asociada a los razonadores con suficiente capacidad de razona-miento, una vez a los teoremas del sistema SMM–n. El sistema SMM resultade la reunión de los sistemas de la jerarquía, y pu...

Elementos del sistema electoral del Congreso Mexicano

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Aldo Medina García

2013-08-01

Full Text Available El presente artículo es un estudio de los componentes del sistema electoral, diseñado por el legislador mexicano para integrar al parlamento federal. Estudio desarrollado a sabiendas de la importancia que reviste el sistema electoral como un medio que permite a los ciudadanos convertir su voto expresado en las urnas en escaños a favor de determinado candidato o partido. En dicho análisis tomamos en cuenta la evolución constitucional del sistema electoral mexicano, la participación de las fuerzas minoritarias en la integración del Senado y de la Cámara de Diputados, la división que se hace del territorio en circunscripciones electorales, la barrera electoral que se fija a los partidos políticos para acceder a la representación en el Parlamento, la fórmula de asignación que se aplica a la votación obtenida, para finalmente concluir que el sistema electoral mexicano es esencialmente mayoritario aun cuando se vista de proporcional.

Sistemas de tiempo real en situaciones de sobrecarga

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Pérez Almansa, Jordi

2005-01-01

En el proyecto presentado en esta memoria se estudia el análisis de sistemas de tiempo real en los que se debe verificar el cumplimiento de ciertos requerimientos temporales, principalmente referidos a plazos máximos de ejecución. El análisis de estos requerimientos se basa en el estudio de la Calidad de Control del sistema, es decir, observar como responde el sistema cuando tiene situaciones de sobrecarga. El análisis y diseño en tiempo real se trata de una tarea compleja, que requiere la...

Shanghai Alleys, Theatrical Practice, and Cinematic Spectatorship: From Street Angel (1937 to Fifth Generation Film

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Alexander Des Forges

2010-01-01

Full Text Available This article argues that a certain type of Shanghai film of the Republican period, exemplified by 1937’s Street Angel (馬路天使, Malu tianshi, makes use of a specific mode of spatial organization, modelled on the theatre, to represent the urban environment. In the case of Street Angel, and later on in 1964’s Stage Sisters (舞台姐妹, Wutai jiemei, the interaction between performers and audiences characteristic of the Shanghai theatre experience serves as a crucial ground on which to base calls to political action. For a variety of related reasons, both the city of Shanghai and this mode of spatial organization so closely associated with it vanish from the big screen in the 1980s and 1990s, and begin to make a return only at the turn of the new century.

76 FR 70051 - Establishment of Class D and Amendment of Class E Airspace; Los Angeles, CA

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2011-11-10

... approach instructions currently require this communication. Also of concern was that the FAA pursues a full... Los Angeles Class B airspace area may provide a unified airspace utilization solution in the Los...

Analysis tools for simulation of hybrid systems; Herramientas de analisis para simulacion de sistemas hibridos

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Guillen S, Omar; Mejia N, Fortino [Instituto de Investigaciones Electricas, Cuernavaca, Morelos (Mexico)

2005-07-01

In order to facilitate and to simplify the development and analysis of a Hybrid System in reference to its design, construction, operation and maintenance, it turns out optimal to carry out the simulation of this one by means of software, with which a significant reduction in the investment costs is obtained. Given the mix of technology of electrical generation which is involved in a hybrid system, it is very important to have a tool integrated with specialized packages of calculation (software), that allow to carry out the simulation tasks of the operational functioning of these systems. Combined with the former, one must not fail to consider the operation characteristics, the facilities of the user, the clarity in the obtained results and the possibility of its validation with respect to prototypes orchestrated in field. Equally, it is necessary to consider the identification of tasks involved in relation to the place of installation of this electrification technology. At the moment, the hybrid systems technology still is in a stage of development in the international level, and exist important limitations as far as the methodology availability and engineering tools for the optimum design of these systems. With the development of this paper, it is intended to contribute to the advance of the technology and to count on own tools to solve the described series of problems. In this article are described the activities that more impact have in the design and development of hybrid systems, as well as the identification of variables, basic characteristics and form of validation of tools in the integration of a methodology for the simulation of these systems, facilitating their design and development. [Spanish] Para facilitar y simplificar el desarrollo y analisis de un Sistema Hibrido en lo que refiere a su diseno, construccion, operacion y mantenimiento, resulta optimo efectuar la simulacion de este por medio de un software, con lo que se obtiene una reduccien

LA INGENIERÍA DE SISTEMAS Y SU EVOLUCIÓN HACIA LA ARQUITECTURA DE SISTEMAS

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EDGAR SERNA MONTOYA

2009-12-01

Full Text Available Muchas de las empresas modernas entendieron que sus antiguas unidades de sistemas ya no son funcionales, y comienzan a subdividirlas en dos grupos de trabajo diferenciadores: el encargado de la infraestructura y el de los denominados “arquitectos de Sistemas”. Esta decisión lógica la inspira la actual evolución de la Ingeniería de Sistemas que, como área de conocimiento, genera los mismos subgrupos como agentes para formación. Además, la evolución y complejidad de lossistemas de información en medio de la sociedad del conocimiento, con exigencias y expectativas muy complejas, también determinan la necesidad de esta especialización. En este documento, una traducción casi literal de un white paper que publicó la empresa Quidnunc -www.quidnunc.com consultado en abril del año 2000- especializada en gestión de configuración, se detalla la importancia de esta división y las pautas a seguir a la hora de diseñar la arquitectura de sistemas de una empresa

Sistemas de control en estructuras

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José Luis Ahumada Villafañe

2010-01-01

Full Text Available En el diseño estructural, la capacidad de disipación de energía en elementos que conforman los sistemas resistentes a fuerzas dinámicas, como las impartidas por la actividad sísmica y eólica, es suministrada por un minucioso detallado del acero de refuerzo y dimensiones en las secciones transversales de los elementos. Esta práctica es realizada bajo muchas suposiciones que en algunas ocasiones no corresponden a la realidad, y como es de esperarse, producen resultados inexactos y un desconocimiento del desempeño de la estructura. Por lo anterior es riesgoso confiar el 100% de la capacidad estructural a los elementos sobre todo cuando conforman sistemas estructurales diseñados en zonas de amenaza sísmica alta. En este artículo se presentan los sistemas de control, los cuales son una serie de dispositivos adaptados a las estructuras que absorben gran parte de la energía sísmica y liberan los elementos estructurales en gran porcentaje de la acción sísmica, logrando disminuir en ellas las solicitaciones (fuerzas internas y las respuestas (derivas con el objetivo de conseguir un buen desempeño, limitar el daño y abaratar los costos de reparación de fallas localizadas. Los sistemas de control que se analizarán en el presente artículo se dividen en control pasivo, control activo, control semiactivo y control híbrido.

Electric power conservation while using pumping systems; Conservacion de Energia Electrica en Sistemas de Bombeo

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Nambiar, P

2007-01-15

The pumping systems provide about 20 to 25 percent of energy which is necessary worldwide: it is fruitful to understand how to use electric power efficiently, to achieve the reduction regarding expenses a pumping system implies.It is essential to possess a better knowledge about the pumping system and its applications, in order to be able to use energy responsibly. If people do not how to operate this kind of systems properly, they will use inadequate equipment that will cause an energy waste. In addition it is important to know: alternative methods to meet variable demands, an adapted system to pump water requirements in order to ensure the pump work in its pumping point, and the life cycle system cost for the energy saving in the long term. [Spanish] En promedio del 20 al 25% de la energia necesaria en el mundo proviene de los sistemas de bombeo, por tal razon es importante saber como utilizar la energia electrica con eficiencia para asi lograr reducir los gastos que este tipo de sistemas implican. Para poder hacer un buen uso de la energia, es necesario que se tenga un conocimiento mayor del sistema de bombeo y aplicacion, ya que la ignorancia sobre esto exige el uso de aparatos que contribuyen al desperdicio de la energia; por otro lado tambien es esencial conocer metodos alternos para demandas variables, tener un sistema que se adapte a las necesidades de bombeo del agua para asegurarse de que cada bomba trabaje cerca de su punto de bombeo y finalmente conocer el costo del ciclo de vida del sistema para el ahorro de energia a largo plazo.

Constraining the kinematics of metropolitan Los Angeles faults with a slip-partitioning model.

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Daout, S; Barbot, S; Peltzer, G; Doin, M-P; Liu, Z; Jolivet, R

2016-11-16

Due to the limited resolution at depth of geodetic and other geophysical data, the geometry and the loading rate of the ramp-décollement faults below the metropolitan Los Angeles are poorly understood. Here we complement these data by assuming conservation of motion across the Big Bend of the San Andreas Fault. Using a Bayesian approach, we constrain the geometry of the ramp-décollement system from the Mojave block to Los Angeles and propose a partitioning of the convergence with 25.5 ± 0.5 mm/yr and 3.1 ± 0.6 mm/yr of strike-slip motion along the San Andreas Fault and the Whittier Fault, with 2.7 ± 0.9 mm/yr and 2.5 ± 1.0 mm/yr of updip movement along the Sierra Madre and the Puente Hills thrusts. Incorporating conservation of motion in geodetic models of strain accumulation reduces the number of free parameters and constitutes a useful methodology to estimate the tectonic loading and seismic potential of buried fault networks.

Evaluación y Medida de Sistemas de Aprendizaje en Ambientes Colaborativos

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Vega Rodríguez, Pamela M.; Aguilar Carranza, Kathia M.; Paredes Velasco, Maximiliano

2011-01-01

La evaluación del sistema de aprendizaje se realiza en base a ciertos criterios y variables que permiten cuantificar, obtener resultados y determinar ventajas y desventajas frente a otro sistema. La evaluación permite verificar que un sistema colaborativo de aprendizaje cumple con los objetivos deseados. En este informe se presenta una revisión de estudios sobre los sistemas de aprendizaje colaborativo y posteriormente una propuesta de evaluación. Lenguajes y Sistemas Inform...

Investigating Bidirectional Reflectance in the Los Angeles Megacity Using CLARS Multiangle and Hyperspectral Measurements

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Zeng, Z. C.; Natraj, V.; Pongetti, T.; Shia, R. L.; Sander, S. P.; Yung, Y. L.

2017-12-01

The surface reflectance is a key ingredient in the remote sensing of surface and atmospheric properties from space. The determination of atmospheric composition, including greenhouse gas (GHG) and aerosol concentrations, from reflected sunlight requires accurate knowledge of the contribution from the underlying surface. Over megacity areas, such as the Los Angeles (LA) basin, which are major sources of GHGs and anthropogenic aerosols, the quantification of surface reflectance is challenging due to the associated complex land use types. In this study, we investigate the bidirectional reflectance in the Los Angeles megacity area using multiangle and hyperspectral radiance measurements from the California Laboratory for Atmospheric Remote Sensing (CLARS). The CLARS facility is located near the top of Mt. Wilson, at an altitude of 1670 m a.s.l., overlooking the LA megacity area with an FTS operating since 2011 to continuously monitor the GHGs and near-surface aerosols in the basin. The CLARS-FTS offers continuous high-resolution spectral measurements in the visible, near infrared and shortwave infrared spectral regions. The CLARS measurements mimic the off-nadir viewing of a low-Earth orbiting instrument, such as GOSAT and OCO-2, but with daily viewing capability. Eight surface targets with different land use types, including urban parks, industrial and residential areas, are selected in this study. The surface reflectance for specific solar incident and viewing angles is calculated by dividing, for non-absorbing spectral channels on clear days (such that gas and aerosol extinction can be ignored), the observed radiance reflected from surface targets by the observed irradiance. The non-linear Rahman-Pinty-Verstraete (RPV) model is used to model the Bidirectional Reflectance Distribution Function (BRDF) by fitting the multiangle and hyperspectral measurements. By evaluating the retrieved RPV parameters, we find that the RPV model provides a good representation of the

Spatial analysis of fuel treatment options for chaparral on the Angeles national forest

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G. Jones; J. Chew; R. Silverstein; C. Stalling; J. Sullivan; J. Troutwine; D. Weise; D. Garwood

2008-01-01

Spatial fuel treatment schedules were developed for the chaparral vegetation type on the Angeles National Forest using the Multi-resource Analysis and Geographic Information System (MAGIS). Schedules varied by the priority given to various wildland urban interface areas and the general forest, as well as by the number of acres treated per decade. The effectiveness of...

A life cycle carbon dioxide inventory of the Million Trees Los Angeles Program

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E. Gregory McPherson; Alissa Kendall

2014-01-01

PurposeThis study seeks to answer the question, “Will the Million Trees LA (Million Trees Los Angeles, MTLA) program be a carbon dioxide (CO2) sink or source?” Because there has never been a full accounting of CO2 emissions, it is unclear if urban tree planting initiatives (TPIs) are likely to be...

Self-Discovery through Character Connections: Opening up to Gayness in "Angels in America"

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Blazar, David

2009-01-01

In this article, the author describes how he uses performance pedagogy to open students' minds to sexuality and gender issues. The author uses Tony Kushner's "Angels in America: A Gay Fantasia on National Themes"--an epic play about the AIDS epidemic and its impact on the gay community in the 1980s. Through the possibilities of drama available in…

Revisiting "Rodriguez v. Los Angeles Unified School District": A Case of Intra-District Inequities

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Espinosa, Ruben W.

2010-01-01

The educational community and the courts continue to struggle with the challenges of intra-district resource inequality revealed by the California Supreme Court landmark case "Rodriguez v. Los Angeles Unified School District" (1992). Intra-district school resource inequality is one of the remaining bastions of major inequalities in the…

De sistema mecánico a sistema tecnológico complejo. El caso de los automóviles

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Arturo Ángel Lara Rivero

2014-01-01

Full Text Available La mayoría de los trabajos de investigación relacionados con el sector automotriz se ha concentrado en el análisis de la naturaleza mecánica de los vehículos y, de una manera muy escasa, al estudio de su naturaleza electrónica. Para dar cuenta de las transformaciones profundas ocurridas en las últimas cuatro décadas es necesario integrar en la explicación la manera en que los componentes y los sistemas electrónicos han transformado la naturaleza de los vehículos automotores. El objetivo de este trabajo es analizar la naturaleza de los procesos evolutivos implicados en la transición del vehículo automotor: de un sistema complejo a un sistema complejo adaptable.

Estudio de un sistema RFID para el control de inventarios y seguridad de libros en bibliotecas

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Marlón Altamirano

2016-11-01

Full Text Available El estudio del sistema Identificación por radiofrecuencia (RFID en bibliotecas da a conocer los aspectos técnicos y el funcionamiento de la tecnología, para lo cual se analizó y realizó los estudios necesarios para determinar la factibilidad  de este sistema en los establecimientos bibliotecarios, con esto facilitar la gestión bibliotecaria, además de evitar la constante pérdida de los textos. Se detalla los principales usos, ventajas y desventajas que se tiene en este sistema, además de mostrar las características técnicas que deben de tener los equipos RFID. Abstract   The study system Radio Frequency Identification (RFID in libraries disclosed the technical aspects and operation of the technology, which was analyzed and conducted the necessary studies to determine the feasibility of this system in library facilities, with this easy library management , and avoid the constant loss of texts. the main uses , advantages and disadvantages have in this system , besides the technical features that must have detailed the RFID equipment .

SISTEMA DE MONITORAMENTO AUTOMATIZADO

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Raiane viana Souza

2016-11-01

Full Text Available Atualmente existe uma grande necessidade de ter sistemas que auxiliem no monitoramento de ambientes, por exemplo: uma residência; permitindo assim que o usuário possa controlar e ter acesso a tudo que acontece quando o mesmo estiver ausente. Este projeto propõe realizar o desenvolvimento de um sistema de monitoramento automatizado, cujo objetivo é identificar a presença de pessoas e capturar temperaturas de um ambiente. O sistema é composto por um microcontrolador Arduíno, no qual estará acoplado: uma Webcam, sensores de presença e temperatura e um módulo wifi, que possibilitará o envio dos dados capturados ao servidor web. No protótipo desenvolvido foram implantados todos os recursos definidos com base nos requisitos do usuário, dentre os quais podem-se destacar: permitir detectar a presença de pessoas em ambiente, capturar imagens, capturar temperatura em um intervalo de tempo específico e enviar todos os dados para o servidor; permitir que o usuário visualize as informações capturadas através de um site; gerar relatórios e gráficos com as informações capturadas e permitir que o usuário exporte as informações em formato de arquivo.

Sistemas de reconocimiento basados en la imagen facial

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Arguello Fuentes, Henry

2012-01-01

Este artículo sintetiza las principales investigaciones que se están llevando a cabo en el área de los sistemas de reconocimiento a través de la imagen facial. Se realiza la descripción de las principales líneas de trabajo en los sistema de identificación de personas por medio de la imagen del rostro. Además, se realiza una síntesis de las últimas técnicas matemáticas para realizar la extracción de características dentro de estos sistemas de identificación.

SCODA para el Desarrollo de Sistemas Multiagente

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Jesús A. Román

2011-12-01

Full Text Available El planteamiento de implementar sistemas multiagente de forma que puedan reutilizarse con distintos objetivos, dota a los desarrolladores de una metodología más eficaz en sus fines. Este artículo presenta SCODA, una arquitectura basada en cinco principios: estandaridad, especialización, facilidad de implementación, reutilización y computación distribuida. SCODA pretende facilitar el desarrollo de sistemas multiagente, basándose en el concepto de pequeños grupos de agentes denominados Comunidades Inteligentes Especializadas (CIE. Las CIE cuentan con funcionalidades específicas que permiten llevar a cabo la implementación de sistemas multiagente de forma escalable, dentro del marco de SCODA, pudiendo ser reutilizadas en diversos desarrollos.

Supervisory control for hybrid systems of electrical generation based on fuzzy logic; Control supervisorio para sistemas hibridos de generacion electrica basado en logica difusa

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Lagunas M, Javier; Ortega S, Cesar [Instituto de Investigaciones Electricas, Cuernavaca, Morelos (Mexico); Caratozzolo M, Patricia [Instituto Tecnologico de Estudios Superiores de Monterrey, campus Cd. de Mexico (Mexico)

2005-07-01

The development and integration of hybrid systems of electrical generation (SHGE) of small capacity: The intention of these developments is its implementation in isolated or far away communities from conventional electric networks, that contribute in the own productive processes of these towns. As part of these work a system of control for their hybrid system wind-photovoltaic- internal combustion machine was developed that operates nowadays in a system installed in Pachuca, Hidalgo, Mexico. However, in the two past years, the GENC has worked, altogether with the Management of Control and Instrumentation of the Instituto de Investigaciones Electricas (IIE) and the Centro Nacional de Investigacion y Desarrollo Tecnologico (CENIDET) (National Center of Research and Technological Development), to incorporate an intelligent control technique in the regulation of the hybrid systems of wind-photovoltaic-machine of internal combustion type. Lemos de Pereira rises that the main problems of the present technology of the SHGE are related to the control and supervision of the power systems. The system that is in charge of the actions of load control and dispatch is denominated supervisory control. This controller supervises the operation of all the components, regulates the entry or exiting of operation of the generation systems, as well as the loads. [Spanish] El desarrollo e integracion de sistemas hibridos de generacion electrica (SHGE) de pequena capacidad. El proposito de estos desarrollos es su implementacion en comunidades aisladas o alejadas de la red electrica convencional, las cuales contribuyan en los procesos productivos propios de estos poblados. Como parte de dichos trabajos se desarrollo un sistema de control para su sistema hibrido eolico-fotovoltaico-maquina de combustion interna que opera actualmente en un sistema instalado en Pachuca, Hidalgo, Mexico. Ahora bien, en los dos ultimos anos, la GENC ha trabajado, en conjunto con la Gerencia de Control e

Visión panorámica del sistema inmune

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Paola, Toche P.

2012-01-01

El sistema inmune media numerosas patologías, por lo que es importante conocer su estructura y funcionamiento. Se clasifica en innato y adquirido. El sistema inmune innato brinda una temprana e inespecífica respuesta contra los microorganismos. El sistema inmune adquirido humoral y celular nos brinda una respuesta específica para diferentes moléculas, posee memoria frente a los antígenos y diversidad para reaccionar a una gran variedad de antígenos.

El sistema constructivo

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Leser S., Heinz; Gómez Lerou, Luis; Salomone R., Vanessa

2003-01-01

Se describe el sistema constructivo de entramado en madera, “plataforma” (platform frame) utilizado preferentemente en las construcciones de varios pisos en el campamento minero de Sewell, Chile./The following is a description of the platform frame used in several stories buildings in the mining settlement Sewell, in Chile.

Sistemas farmacêuticos gastrorretentivos flutuantes Pharmaceutical gastro-retentive systems

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Pedro Miguel da Costa Barrocas

2007-09-01

Full Text Available Freqüentemente recorre-se à produção de sistemas gastrorretentivos para modular a liberação de fármacos a partir de sistemas farmacêuticos com vistas ao aumento do tempo de permanência do fármaco no trato gastrointestinal. Umas das estratégias mais interessantes passa pela produção de sistemas flutuantes. Estes podem ser classificados em dois grupos: sistemas flutuantes efervescentes e sistemas flutuantes não-efervecentes. Neste artigo apresenta-se uma revisão bibliográfica do que tem sido produzido nesta área nos últimos anos.Gastro-retentive systems are often produced in order to modulate drugs release from pharmaceutical forms and in this way to increase drug residence time in the gastrointestinal tract. One of the most interesting strategies consists in the preparation of floating devices. These can be classified into two groups: effervescent systems and non-effervescent systems. A review of what has been done in the last years is presented in this article.

Sistemas de control push-pull. Un estudio comparativo.

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Ruiz Usano, Rafael; Muñoz Pérez, Miguel Ángel

2001-01-01

Un aspecto fundamental a nivel operacional en los sistemas de producción es la obtención de la cantidad deseada de unidades a producir con la mínima cantidad de inventario en proceso. Para conseguirlo podemos optar por distintos sistemas de control de l

experiencias en el sistema

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B. Fernández Manjón

2005-01-01

Full Text Available En este trabajo se presenta la experiencia de aplicación e implementación del modelo de objetos educativos en el sistema . Se describe una visión práctica de la aplicación de las tecnologías de marcado tanto en la estructuración de los cursos como en el desarrollo de contenidos que pueden ser adaptados al usuario. En se han seguido las especificaciones de IMS, desarrollándose un soporte completo del empaquetamiento de cursos (content packaging reflejado en un sistema de autoría de cursos y una herramienta de importación. Además se ha particularizado un perfil específico de cursos y de objetos educativos que permiten su adaptación al usuario.

Visión panorámica del sistema inmune

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Toche P. Paola, Dra.

2012-07-01

Full Text Available El sistema inmune media numerosas patologías, por lo que es importante conocer su estructura y funcionamiento. Se clasifica en innato y adquirido. El sistema inmune innato brinda una temprana e inespecífica respuesta contra los microorganismos. El sistema inmune adquirido humoral y celular nos brinda una respuesta específica para diferentes moléculas, posee memoria frente a los antígenos y diversidad para reaccionar a una gran variedad de antígenos.

The Fossil Fueled Metropolis: Los Angeles and the Emergence of Oil-Based Energy in North America, 1865--1930

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Cooke, Jason Arthur

Beginning with coal in the nineteenth century, the mass production and intensive consumption of fossil fuel energy fundamentally changed patterns of urban and industrial development in North America. Focusing on the metropolitan development of Los Angeles, this dissertation examines how the emergence of oil-based capitalism in the first three decades of the twentieth century was sustained and made increasingly resilient through the production of urban and industrial space. In a region where coal was scarce, the development of oil-based energy was predicated on long-term investments into conversion technologies, storage systems and distribution networks that facilitated the efficient and economical flow of liquefied fossil fuel. In this dissertation, I argue that the historical and geographical significance of the Southern California petroleum industry is derived from how its distinctive market expansion in the first three decades of the twentieth century helped establish the dominance of oil-based energy as the primary fuel for transportation in capitalist society. In North America, the origins of oil-based capitalism can be traced to the turn of the twentieth century when California was the largest oil-producing economy in the United States and Los Angeles was the fastest growing metropolitan region. This dissertation traces how Los Angeles became the first city in North America where oil became a formative element of urban and industrial development: not only as fuel for transportation, but also in the infrastructures, landscapes and networks that sustain a critical dependence on oil-based energy. With a distinctive metropolitan geography, decentralized and automobile-dependent, Los Angeles became the first oil-based city in North America and thus provides an ideal case study for examining the regional dynamics of energy transition, establishment and dependence. Interwoven with the production of urban and industrial space, oil remains the primary fuel that

77 FR 56549 - Safety Zone; Blue Angels at Kaneohe Bay Air Show, Oahu, HI

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2012-09-13

... DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY Coast Guard 33 CFR Part 165 [Docket Number USCG-2012-0739] RIN 1625-AA00 Safety Zone; Blue Angels at Kaneohe Bay Air Show, Oahu, HI AGENCY: Coast Guard, DHS. ACTION: Temporary final rule. SUMMARY: The Coast Guard is establishing a temporary safety zone while the U.S. Navy...

75 FR 50952 - Safety Zone; Blue Angels at Kaneohe Bay Air Show, Oahu, HI

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2010-08-18

... DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY Coast Guard 33 CFR Part 165 [Docket No. USCG-2010-0705] RIN 1625-AA00 Safety Zone; Blue Angels at Kaneohe Bay Air Show, Oahu, HI AGENCY: Coast Guard, DHS. ACTION: Notice of proposed rulemaking. SUMMARY: The Coast Guard proposes two temporary safety zones while the U.S...

El sistema constructivo

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Leser S., Heinz

2003-06-01

Full Text Available Se describe el sistema constructivo de entramado en madera, “plataforma” (platform frame utilizado preferentemente en las construcciones de varios pisos en el campamento minero de Sewell, Chile./The following is a description of the platform frame used in several stories buildings in the mining settlement Sewell, in Chile.

Programación y Control de Sistemas de Fabricación Flexibles: un Enfoque Holónico

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J.A. Araúzo

2015-01-01

, and robust production management systems. In this paper we propose a holonic system for scheduling and control of flexible manufacturing systems. The system is based on a new architecture that integrates two decision levels: a level of auction-based scheduling, where each holon performs its own local schedule, and another level of dispatching and control that coordinate holons activities. Unlike other studies in which local schedules are integrated into a global schedule that centralizes the system, the proposed system is not so. The dispatching and control mechanism is responsible to integrate the local programs. In addition, the developed prototype can operate with different degrees of decentralization, which allows evaluating the advantages that our approach provides by means of simulation. Palabras clave: Control de la producción, sistemas de producción, algoritmos de programación, sistemas de fabricación flexibles, sistemas de fabricación inteligentes., Keywords: Production control, production systems, scheduling algorithms, flexible manufacturing systems, intelligent manufacturing systems.

Origin of methane and sources of high concentrations in Los Angeles groundwater

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Kulongoski, Justin; McMahon, Peter B.; Land, Michael; Wright, Michael; Johnson, Theodore; Landon, Matthew K.

2018-01-01

In 2014, samples from 37 monitoring wells at 17 locations, within or near oil fields, and one site >5 km from oil fields, in the Los Angeles Basin, California, were analyzed for dissolved hydrocarbon gas isotopes and abundances. The wells sample a variety of depths of an aquifer system composed of unconsolidated and semiconsolidated sediments under various conditions of confinement. Concentrations of methane in groundwater samples ranged from 0.002 to 150 mg/L—some of the highest concentrations reported in a densely populated urban area. The δ13C and δ2H of the methane ranged from −80.8 to −45.5 per mil (‰) and −249.8 to −134.9‰, respectively, and, along with oxidation‐reduction processes, helped to identify the origin of methane as microbial methanogenesis and CO2 reduction as its main formation pathway. The distribution of methane concentrations and isotopes is consistent with the high concentrations of methane in Los Angeles Basin groundwater originating from relatively shallow microbial production in anoxic or suboxic conditions. Source of the methane is the aquifer sediments rather than the upward migration or leakage of thermogenic methane associated with oil fields in the basin.

Risk Factors for Dog Relinquishment to a Los Angeles Municipal Animal Shelter

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Emily D. Dolan

2015-12-01

Full Text Available Dog relinquishment is a large component of shelter intake in the United States. Research has shown traits of the dog are associated with relinquishment as well as general characteristics of those relinquishing. Low income is often cited as a risk factor for relinquishment. The majority of people with lower incomes, however, do not relinquish. A group of people accessing a shelter in a low socioeconomic region of Los Angeles to relinquish their dogs was surveyed. This study examined risk factors for relinquishment, controlling for household income, compared to a group utilizing low cost spay/neuter services. A total of 76.9% of those relinquishing noted cost as a reason for relinquishment. Of participants in the relinquishment group, 80.7% reported not being aware of any services available to them. Most notable in the findings was that the odds of relinquishment were generally higher as the amount of perceived stress in the home in the past three months increased. The majority of people in both groups reported being emotionally attached to the dog. In this sample from a South Los Angeles community, the majority of reasons for relinquishment were likely solvable with assistance. These findings highlight an opportunity to assess community needs and provide community specific alternatives to relinquishment.

Sistema de información sobre categorías farmacológicas

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Daisy Pérez-Velasco Rodríguez

2001-08-01

Full Text Available Se presenta un sistema de información sobre categorías farmacológicas, el cual brinda la definición de las acciones farmacológicas y la clasificación anatómica--terapéutica-química (ATC u ordenamiento farmacoterapéutico-químico que la identifica, aspecto este recomendado por la OMS. Este sistema, cuya información está disponible en español e inglés, permite la impresión de listados de categorías en ambos idiomas con sus correspondientes códigos. Dicho sistema que funciona como diccionario farmacológico, constituye una importante herramienta de consulta ya que define científicamente cada una de las acciones con que cuenta y constituye un material de apoyo para todo aquel que de una forma u otra se relacione con la temática médico-farmacéutica, donde se puede obtener una información actualizada la cual resulta beneficiosa social y económicamente. El sistema se elaboró mediante el lenguaje de programación Borland Delphi Versión 3.0, el cual presenta un entorno agradable e interactivo para el usuario final del sistema.This paper presents an information system on pharmacological categories that provides the definition of the pharmacological actions and the anatomic-therapeutic-chemical classification or pharmaco-therapeutic-chemical arrangement that identifies a pharmacological category; it is recommended by WHO. This system with information available in Spanish and English facilitates the printing of the category listings in both languages with their respective codes. It operates in a way similar to a pharmacological dictionary, is an important consulting tool since it scientifically defines each of the actions that it avails of, and is also a back-up material for everyone who in one way or another is linked to the medical-pharmaceutical field because socially and economically advantageous updated information can be obtained from it. This system was prepared with Borland Delphi 3.0 programming language, which presents a

Sistema de apoio a decisão com modelo aditivo para priorização de sistemas de informação

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Marina Duarte

2005-07-01

Full Text Available As organizações estão inseridas em um ambiente dinâmico, tornando cada vez mais relevante a utilização de Sistemas de Informação que as permitam gerir eficazmente seus processos e tomar decisões. Os Sistemas de Informação, dessa forma, exercem grande impacto na competitividade das empresas e, portanto, devem estar alinhados com a estratégia do negócio da organização. A maior dificuldade, todavia, reside na priorização dos módulos de Sistemas de Informação, que deve ser feita em função das limitações de recursos. Esse artigo propõe a utilização de um Sistema de Apoio a Decisão para essa etapa do planejamento de SI, baseado num modelo aditivo.

LA INFORMACIÓN DOCUMENTAL PARA LA IMPLEMENTACIÓN DE SISTEMAS DE GESTIÓN DE CALIDAD APLICANDO LA METODOLOGÍA DE SISTEMAS BLANDOS

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Juan Miguel Castillo Fonseca

2011-03-01

Full Text Available Las necesidades de las organizaciones para conseguir eficacia, eficiencia y mejora continua en todas sus funciones y actividades que requieren el uso de documentos, conlleva a replantear las estrategias de acción e implementar sistemas de gestión de calidad que les ayuden a entender su comportamiento, su entorno y necesidades de información, tendientes a la calidad de sus procesos, productos y servicios. El presente trabajo plantea y describe, desde la concepción teórica de los sistemas y de la metodología de sistemas blandos (Soft Systems Methodology, SSM, las bases teóricas así como las ventajas y beneficios al utilizar este tipo de metodologías, que involucran a los archivos como la entidad vital que permite documentar y evidenciar todos los procesos de implementación, mantenimiento y evaluación de dichos sistemas.

75 FR 71455 - The Jewelry Stream, Los Angeles, CA; Notice of Affirmation Determination Regarding Application...

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... DEPARTMENT OF LABOR Employment and Training Administration [TA-W-73,145] The Jewelry Stream, Los... Manufacturing, Inc. and The Jewelry Stream, Los Angeles, California. The termination notice was signed on August... identified in the Trade Adjustment Assistance (TAA) petition--M&L Manufacturing, Inc. and The Jewelry Stream...

Gobierno y administración de sistemas de riego

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Jacinta Palerm-Viqueira

2005-01-01

Full Text Available La propuesta es diferenciar gobierno y administración en los sistemas de riego, argumentando que el análisis que permite la caracterización de esta última no se puede realizar observando únicamente el locus de autoridad. Desde la perspectiva de la administración, hay casos de autogobierno en que los regantes mismos realizan todas las tareas con base en sistemas de conocimiento local, otros en que toda la administración se encuentra a cargo de personal contratado. Hay casos de administración burocrática y tecnocrática en sistemas con distinto locus de autoridad (Estado/regantes. Además, se propone que mientras el autogobierno de sistemas de riego no parece tener límites de tamaño, la administración sin burocracia ni persona l especializado parece estar acotada a sistemas de riego de una extensión determinada. No obstante, se argumenta que el gobierno influye sobre el carácter de la administración, dado que su descentralización disminuye o evita que sea burocrática/tecnocrática.

ESFER computer tool for the evaluation of photovoltaic systems used in rural electrification; ESFER herramienta de computadora para evaluar sistemas fotovoltaicos utilizados en electrificacion rural

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Villasenor, Francisco; Perez, Miguel; Huacuz, Jorge M [Instituto de Investigaciones Electricas, Cuernavaca (Mexico)

1996-12-31

ESFER (Evaluacion de Sistemas Fotovoltaicos para Electrificacion Rural) Photovoltaic Systems Evaluation for Rural Electrification is a computerized calculation tool for the analysis of information and evaluation of photovoltaic systems for rural electrification. This article describes such a tool, as well as the parameters that are taken into account for analyzing the systems, the methodology to qualify and the computer program operation. The graphic results of a typical case are presented. ESFER pretends to be a program of general use for the evaluation of photovoltaic systems for rural electrification. [Espanol] ESFER, Evaluacion de Sistemas Fotovoltaicos para Electrificacion Rural, es una herramienta de calculo computarizada para el analisis de informacion y evaluacion de sistemas fotovoltaicos para electrificacion rural. En el presente articulo se describe dicha herramienta, asi como los parametros que se toman en cuenta para analizar los sistemas, la metodologia de calificacion y la operacion del programa de computadora. Se presentan los resultados graficos de un caso tipico. ESFER pretende ser un programa de uso generalizado para la evaluacion de sistemas fotovoltaicos de electrificacion rural.

ESFER computer tool for the evaluation of photovoltaic systems used in rural electrification; ESFER herramienta de computadora para evaluar sistemas fotovoltaicos utilizados en electrificacion rural

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Villasenor, Francisco; Perez, Miguel; Huacuz, Jorge M. [Instituto de Investigaciones Electricas, Cuernavaca (Mexico)

1995-12-31

ESFER (Evaluacion de Sistemas Fotovoltaicos para Electrificacion Rural) Photovoltaic Systems Evaluation for Rural Electrification is a computerized calculation tool for the analysis of information and evaluation of photovoltaic systems for rural electrification. This article describes such a tool, as well as the parameters that are taken into account for analyzing the systems, the methodology to qualify and the computer program operation. The graphic results of a typical case are presented. ESFER pretends to be a program of general use for the evaluation of photovoltaic systems for rural electrification. [Espanol] ESFER, Evaluacion de Sistemas Fotovoltaicos para Electrificacion Rural, es una herramienta de calculo computarizada para el analisis de informacion y evaluacion de sistemas fotovoltaicos para electrificacion rural. En el presente articulo se describe dicha herramienta, asi como los parametros que se toman en cuenta para analizar los sistemas, la metodologia de calificacion y la operacion del programa de computadora. Se presentan los resultados graficos de un caso tipico. ESFER pretende ser un programa de uso generalizado para la evaluacion de sistemas fotovoltaicos de electrificacion rural.

Community-Based Health and Exposure Study around Urban Oil Developments in South Los Angeles

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Bhavna Shamasunder

2018-01-01

Full Text Available Oilfield-adjacent communities often report symptoms such as headaches and/or asthma. Yet, little data exists on health experiences and exposures in urban environments with oil and gas development. In partnership with Promotoras de Salud (community health workers, we gathered household surveys nearby two oil production sites in Los Angeles. We tested the capacity of low-cost sensors for localized exposure estimates. Bilingual surveys of 205 randomly sampled residences were collected within two 1500 ft. buffer areas (West Adams and University Park surrounding oil development sites. We used a one-sample proportion test, comparing overall rates from the California Health Interview Survey (CHIS of Service Planning Area 6 (SPA6 and Los Angeles County for variables of interest such as asthma. Field calibrated low-cost sensors recorded methane emissions. Physician diagnosed asthma rates were reported to be higher within both buffers than in SPA6 or LA County. Asthma prevalence in West Adams but not University Park was significantly higher than in Los Angeles County. Respondents with diagnosed asthma reported rates of emergency room visits in the previous 12 months similar to SPA6. 45% of respondents were unaware of oil development; 63% of residents would not know how to contact local regulatory authorities. Residents often seek information about their health and site-related activities. Low-cost sensors may be useful in highlighting differences between sites or recording larger emission events and can provide localized data alongside resident-reported symptoms. Regulatory officials should help clarify information to the community on methods for reporting health symptoms. Our community-based participatory research (CBPR partnership supports efforts to answer community questions as residents seek a safety buffer between sensitive land uses and active oil development.

Seguridad social y sistemas previsionales en América Latina

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Solano-Brenes, Ana Isable

2016-01-01

Este artículo pretende comunicar el resultado de una investigación sobre la Seguridad Social y los sistemas previsiones, desde sus orígenes en la edad media, su transformación en la Revolución Industrial, así como los diversos sistemas que se desarrollan hasta dar paso a los llamados Sistemas Previsionales como uno de los aspectos más importantes de la Seguridad Social.

Sistema de salud de Perú The health system of Peru

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Jacqueline Elizabeth Alcalde-Rabanal

2011-01-01

Full Text Available En este trabajo se describen las condiciones generales de salud de la población peruana y, con mayor detalle, el sistema peruano de salud: su estructura y cobertura, sus fuentes de financiamiento, los recursos físicos, materiales y humanos con los que cuenta, y las actividades de rectoría que en él se desarrollan. Asimismo se discute el estado en el que se encuentran la generación de información y la investigación, y la participación de los ciudadanos en la gestión y evaluación del sistema. El artículo concluye con una discusión de las innovaciones más recientes, dentro de las que destacan el Seguro Integral de Salud, el sistema de Empresas Prestadoras de Salud, el proceso de descentralización y los Comités Locales de Administración de Salud. El reto principal que enfrenta este sistema es ampliar la atención a la salud a poco más de 10% de la población que todavía no recibe servicios básicos.This paper describes the health conditions in Peru and, with greater detail, the Peruvian health system, including its structure and coverage, its financial sources, its physical, material and human resources, and its stewardship functions. It also discusses the activities developed in the information and research areas, as well as the participation of citizens in the operation and evaluation of the health system. The article concludes with a discussion of the most recent innovations, including the Comprehensive Health Insurance, the Health Care Enterprises system, the decentralization process and the Local Committees for Health Administration. The main challenge confronted by the Peruvian health system is the extension of coverage to more than I0% of the population presently lacking access to basic health care.

Cumplimiento de la normativa en el sistema de tratamiento de aguas residuales del Instituto Tecnológico de Costa Rica

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Alma Deloya Martínez

2009-01-01

Full Text Available El presente trabajo es el resultado de la evaluación del funcionamiento de las lagunas del Instituto Tecnológico de Costa Rica, para determinar el cumplimiento de la normativa vigente en Costa Rica para el vertido y reuso de aguas residuales. Se obtuvo la situación preliminar del funcionamiento del sistema desde el año 2000 y hasta el año 2005. Se evaluó y operó sistemáticamente el sistema durante el periodo comprendido entre febrero 2006 y enero 2007. Los caudales horarios diarios y mensuales se analizaron para determinar si se encontraban dentro del caudal de diseño del sistema de lagunas. Los parámetros de control y operación del sistema de lagunas (demanda bioquímica de oxígeno o DBO, demanda química de oxígeno o DQO, grasas, sólidos, pH y temperatura indican que el desempeño de las lagunas es acorde con la normativa para el vertido de aguas residuales, pero las mediciones de caudales máximos mensuales revelaron que el sistema de lagunas superó el caudal máximo de diseño en el 73% de las mediciones realizadas. Se concluye que es necesario ampliar el sistema de lagunas en por lo menos un 60%, para aumentar su vida útil.

Risks for abuse against pregnant Hispanic women: Morelos, Mexico and Los Angeles County, California.

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Castro, Roberto; Peek-Asa, Corinne; García, Lorena; Ruiz, Agustín; Kraus, Jess F

2003-11-01

Although violence against women is gaining international attention as a prevention priority, little is known about how risks differ across countries. A comparative study of violence against pregnant Mexican women in Morelos, Mexico, and Latina women in Los Angeles County, California, United States. In 1998 and 1999, women in prenatal clinics were interviewed about psychological abuse and sexual and physical violence by their partner, during and the 1 year prior to the index pregnancy. The overall response rate for Morelos was 99%, with a sample size of 914; Los Angeles County had a response rate of 96.9%, with a sample size of 219. Women in Morelos reported a higher prevalence of violence compared to women in the California (14.8% v 11.9%, respectively). A partner aged child were more than 25 times more likely to be abused during pregnancy than women not reporting this type of abuse. The identification of factors associated with violence against women, especially as they differ by culture and ethnicity, will help clinicians to better identify victims and to design and implement culturally appropriate prevention programs.

Rocketdyne Propulsion & Power DOE Operations Annual Site Environmental Report 1996

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Tuttle, R. J. [The Boeing Company, Canoga Park, CA (United States)

1997-11-10

This annual report discusses environmental monitoring at two manufacturing and test operations sites operated in the Los Angeles area by Rocketdyne Propulsion & Power of Boeing North American. Inc. (formerly Rockwell International Corporation). These are identified as the Santa Susana Field Laboratory (SSFL and the De Soto site. The sites have been used for manufacturing; R&D, engineering, and testing in a broad range of technical fields, primarily rocket engine propulsion and nuclear reactor technology. The De Soto site essentially comprises office space and light industry with no remaining radiological operations, and has little potential impact on the environment. The SSFL site, because of its large size (2.668 acres), warrants comprehensive monitoring to ensure protection of the environment.

Tecnologias e sistemas de tratamento para os dejetos da suinocultura

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Leandro D. dos Santos

2015-03-01

Full Text Available A suinocultura caracteriza-se como uma atividade de alto impacto ambiental, devido a grande quantidade de dejetos com alta carga de poluentes, lançados no meio ambiente. No entanto, existem diversas tecnologias, e sistemas de tratamento, com a capacidade de reduzir o poder poluente dos dejetos da suinocultura. O presente trabalho tem como objetivo analisar as principais tecnologias e sistemas de tratamentos para os dejetos da suinocultura, presentes em publicações brasileiras. Os resultados obtidos nestas publicações apresentaram-se de certa forma satisfatórios em relação à redução da carga de poluentes dos efluentes da suinocultura. Entretanto, pouco se sabe sobre o comportamento da redução dos poluentes em função de parâmetros dimensionais e temporais das tecnologias ou dos sistemas de tratamento. Tal desconhecimento dificulta o dimensionamento de sistemas de tratamento, desconsiderando a relação existente entre investimento e redução do poder poluente dos dejetos. Dentro deste contexto, a modelagem e otimização de sistemas pode ser uma ferramenta muito útil para o dimensionamento de tecnologias e sistemas de tratamento de dejetos de suínos.

La Liberalización (extrema del Sistema de Protección Social Mexicano

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Ilán Bizberg

2016-12-01

Full Text Available Resumen En este trabajo analizamos la transformación del sistema de protección social mexicano del corporativismo al asistencialismo, de un sistema construido sobre la base de un intercambio corporativo con las organizaciones sociales que eran la fundamento del PRI a otro en el que los pobres se han convertido en la fuente del poder político. Por otra parte, se pasó de un sistema de seguridad social basado en derechos adquiridos a otro en el que el sistema de seguridad social depende cada vez más de decisiones de política pública. Está dividido en cuatro partes: en la primera, hacemos un breve recuento histórico del sistema corporativo; en la segunda, analizamos las reformas al sistema de pensiones; en la tercera, las reformas al sistema de asistencia a los pobres; y en la cuarta, las reformas al sistema de salud. Palabras clave: Sistema de seguridad social; corporativismo; asistencia; salud, pensiones, México  *** The (extreme Liberalization of the Mexican Social Protection System. Abstract In this paper we analyze the transformation of the Mexican social protection system from corporatism to assistance, from a system built on the basis of a corporatist exchange with the social organizations that were the foundation of the PRI to another in which the poor have become the source of political power. On the other hand, it has moved from a social security system based on acquired rights to another one in which the social security system increasingly depends on public policy decisions. It is divided into four parts: in the first, we make a brief historical account of the corporatist social protection system; In the second, we analyze the reforms to the pension system; In the third, the shift form corporatism to assistance to the poor; And in the fourth, the reforms of the health system. Keywords: Social security system, corporatism, assistance; health, pensions, Mexico.  *** A Liberalização (extremo do Sistema de Proteção Social

76 FR 77528 - Proposed CERCLA Administrative Cost Recovery Settlement; North Hollywood Operable Unit of the San...

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2011-12-13

...In accordance with Section 122(i) of the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act, as amended (``CERCLA''), 42 U.S.C. 9622(i), notice is hereby given of a proposed administrative settlement for recovery of response costs concerning the North Hollywood Operable Unit of the San Fernando Valley Area 1 Superfund Site, located in the vicinity of Los Angeles, California, with the following settling parties: Pick-Your-Part Auto Wrecking; Hayward Associates, LLC; and PNM Properties, LLC. The settlement requires the settling parties to pay a total of $102,161 to the North Hollywood Operable Unit Special Account within the Hazardous Substance Superfund. The settlement also includes a covenant not to sue the settling parties pursuant to Section 107(a) of CERCLA, 42 U.S.C. 9607(a). For thirty (30) days following the date of publication of this notice, the Agency will receive written comments relating to the settlement. The Agency will consider all comments received and may modify or withdraw its consent to the settlement if comments received disclose facts or considerations which indicate that the settlement is inappropriate, improper, or inadequate. The Agency's response to any comments received will be available for public inspection at the City of Los Angeles Central Library, Science and Technology Department, 630 West 5th Street, Los Angeles, CA 90071 and at the EPA Region 9 Superfund Records Center, Mail Stop SFD-7C, 95 Hawthorne Street, Room 403, San Francisco, CA 94105.

76 FR 79678 - Proposed CERCLA Administrative Cost Recovery Settlement; North Hollywood Operable Unit of the San...

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2011-12-22

...In accordance with Section 122(i) of the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act, as amended (``CERCLA''), 42 U.S.C. 9622(i), notice is hereby given of a proposed administrative settlement for recovery of response costs concerning the North Hollywood Operable Unit of the San Fernando Valley Area 1 Superfund Site, located in the vicinity of Los Angeles, California, with the following settling parties: Pick-Your-Part Auto Wrecking; Hayward Associates, LLC; and PNM Properties, LLC. The settlement requires the settling parties to pay a total of $102,161 to the North Hollywood Operable Unit Special Account within the Hazardous Substance Superfund. The settlement also includes a covenant not to sue the settling parties pursuant to Section 107(a) of CERCLA, 42 U.S.C. 9607(a). For thirty (30) days following the date of publication of this notice, the Agency will receive written comments relating to the settlement. The Agency will consider all comments received and may modify or withdraw its consent to the settlement if comments received disclose facts or considerations which indicate that the settlement is inappropriate, improper, or inadequate. The Agency's response to any comments received will be available for public inspection at the City of Los Angeles Central Library, Science and Technology Department, 630 West 5th Street, Los Angeles, CA 90071 and at the EPA Region 9 Superfund Records Center, Mail Stop SFD-7C, 95 Hawthorne Street, Room 403, San Francisco, CA 94105.

77 FR 123 - Proposed CERCLA Administrative Cost Recovery Settlement; North Hollywood Operable Unit of the San...

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...In accordance with Section 122(i) of the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act, as amended (``CERCLA''), 42 U.S.C. 9622(i), notice is hereby given of a proposed administrative settlement for recovery of response costs concerning the North Hollywood Operable Unit of the San Fernando Valley Area 1 Superfund Site, located in the vicinity of Los Angeles, California, with the following settling party: Waste Management Recycling & Disposal Services of California, Inc., dba Bradley Landfill & Recycling Center. The settlement requires the settling party to pay a total of $185,734 to the North Hollywood Operable Unit Special Account within the Hazardous Substance Superfund. The settlement also includes a covenant not to sue the settling party pursuant to Section 107(a) of CERCLA, 42 U.S.C. 9607(a). For thirty (30) days following the date of publication of this notice, the Agency will receive written comments relating to the settlement. The Agency will consider all comments received and may modify or withdraw its consent to the settlement if comments received disclose facts or considerations which indicate that the settlement is inappropriate, improper, or inadequate. The Agency's response to any comments received will be available for public inspection at the City of Los Angeles Central Library, Science and Technology Department, 630 West 5th Street, Los Angeles CA 90071 and at the EPA Region 9 Superfund Records Center, Mail Stop SFD-7C, 95 Hawthorne Street, Room 403, San Francisco, CA 94105.

En búsqueda del ADN y las influencias en algunos sistemas presidenciales y parlamentarios

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Jorge Carpizo

2009-05-01

Full Text Available El trabajo examina las recíprocas influencias entre las Constituciones de seis países: tres con sistema presidencial, dos con sistema parlamentario y uno con sistema semipresidencial. Los tres últimos pertenecen a Europa. Los sistemas presidenciales de América Latina se inspiraron en la Constitución Americana, tanto como en alguna europea, especialmente la española de 1812. Los enormes poderes presidenciales en América Latina llevaron a introducir en el sistema presidencial controles propios del sistema parlamentario

Smart: sistemas multi-agente robótico

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JOVANI ALBERTO JIMÉNEZ BUILES

2008-01-01

Full Text Available El siguiente artículo busca dar una visión global de los Sistemas Multi-Agentes Robóticos (MARS mediante una explicación de las áreas relacionadas con el tema para luego presentar el Sistema Multi-Agente Robótico (SMART. SMART es un enjambre inteligente conformado por un robot nodriza y tres robot tipo baliza (guías que navegan de manera colaborativa un escenario estructurado.

Integrating sodium reduction strategies in the procurement process and contracting of food venues in the County of Los Angeles government, 2010-2012.

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Cummings, Patricia L; Kuo, Tony; Gase, Lauren N; Mugavero, Kristy

2014-01-01

Since sodium is ubiquitous in the food supply, recent approaches to sodium reduction have focused on increasing the availability of lower-sodium products through system-level and environmental changes. This article reviews integrated efforts by the Los Angeles County Sodium Reduction Initiative to implement these strategies at food venues in the County of Los Angeles government. The review used mixed methods, including a scan of the literature, key informant interviews, and lessons learned during 2010-2012 to assess program progress. Leveraging technical expertise and shared resources, the initiative strategically incorporated sodium reduction strategies into the overall work plan of a multipartnership food procurement program in Los Angeles County. To date, 3 County departments have incorporated new or updated nutrition requirements that included sodium limits and other strategies. The strategic coupling of sodium reduction to food procurement and general health promotion allowed for simultaneous advancement and acceleration of the County's sodium reduction agenda.

Sistema de salud de Chile The health system of Chile

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Víctor Becerril-Montekio

2011-01-01

Full Text Available En este trabajo se describe el sistema de salud de Chile, incluyendo su estructura, financiamiento, beneficiarios y recursos físicos, materiales y humanos de los que dispone. Este sistema está compuesto por dos sectores, público y privado. El sector público está formado por todos los organismos que constituyen el Sistema Nacional de Servicios de Salud y cubre aproximadamente a 70% de la población, incluyendo a los pobres del campo y las ciudades, la clase media baja y los jubilados, así como los profesionales y técnicos. El sector privado cubre aproximadamente a 17.5% de la población perteneciente a los grupos sociales de mayores ingresos. Un pequeño sector de la población, perteneciente a la clase alta, realiza pagos directos de bolsillo a proveedores privados de servicios de atención a la salud. Alrededor de 10% de la población está cubierta por otras agencias públicas, fundamentalmente los Servicios de Salud de las Fuerzas Armadas. Recientemente el sistema se reformó creando el Régimen General de Garantías en Salud, que establece un Sistema Universal con Garantías Explícitas que se tradujo, en 2005, en el Plan de Acceso Universal con Garantías Explícitas (AUGE, que garantiza el acceso oportuno a servicios de calidad para 56 problemas de salud, incluyendo cáncer en niños, cáncer de mama, trastornos isquémicos del corazón, VIH/SIDA y diabetes.This paper describes the Chilean health system, including its structure, financing, beneficiaries, and its physical, material and human resources. This system has two sectors, public and private. The public sector comprises all the organisms that constitute the National System of Health Services, which covers 70% of the population, including the rural and urban poor, the low middle-class, the retired, and the self-employed professionals and technicians.The private sector covers 17.5% of the population, mostly the upper middle-class and the high-income population. A small

Aircraft Ship Operations (Le Couple Aeronef-Navire dan les Operations)

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1991-11-01

The Netherlands Patuxent Riser Ml) 20670-530)4 United States HOST NATION COORDINATOR Prof. 3.1.. Lopez Ruiz SENER. Ingeniera & Sistemas S.A. C Raimundo...transports. The companion unmanned air vehicle for the LAMPS 2030 The CLO will need an air superiority aircraft that will might be the Tipjet concept...desired, the wing may be swept, as in the oblique wing A possible companion UAV for the ASTOVL fighter/attack concept, allowing operation at much higher

The Demon-Angel method in systematic safety assessment

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Vassakis, A.G.

1999-01-01

Since 'design for safety' of large engineering systems with a high level of innovation requires an exhaustive safety analysis and since a subsequent corrective action may become a very large bottleneck in improving such a system, fundamental knowledge in designing safe systems is essential. The lack of any 'rule of thumb' makes such knowledge a matter of personal experience rather than the subject of an academic course. This paper proposes a new method for the theoretical safety study of different system configurations independently of any particular application. This method aims to help the construction of a 'rule of thumb' for what is a safe system and what is not. The Demon and Angel ideas are explained and the schematic presentation of these elements is introduced. Four representative case studies demonstrate the use of this method

Alternativas eficientes para procesamiento y comunicaciones en sistemas de tiempo real

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Romero, Fernando; Méndez, Mariano; Encinas, Diego; De Giusti, Armando Eduardo; Tinetti, Fernando Gustavo; Medina, Santiago; Pi Puig, Martín; Paniego, Juan Manuel; Dell'Oso, Matías

2017-01-01

El objetivo de esta línea de investigación es el estudio y desarrollo de Sistemas de Tiempo Real (STR), en particular, la planificación de tareas y la comunicación en Sistemas Distribuidos de Tiempo Real (SDTR), experimentando con microcontroladores y simulaciones para la adquisición y control de las variables del sistema.

Arquitectura para sistemas de memoria organizacional en instituciones de educación superior

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Quilca Condori, Alexander Edwin

2014-01-01

El presente trabajo de investigación tiene como objetivo definir una arquitectura para sistemas de Memoria Organizacional en Instituciones de Educación Superior. El objetivo surge del problema identificado, en el cual la construcción de sistemas de gestión del conocimiento es tratada como construcción de sistemas típicos, aplicando métodos iterativos que si bien proporcionan versiones tempranas del sistema, no permiten predecir y gestionar adecuadamente el desarrollo del sistema. Además, d...

Sistemas de Geolocalización y Monitoreo de pacientes médicos en alto riesgo

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Femny Javier Díaz Jiménez

2011-07-01

Full Text Available Resumen:La posibilidad de geolocalizar a pacientes en situaciones de emergencia (por ejemplo en caso de un ataque cardiaco otorgaría a los servicios de emergencia minutos valiosos que podrían significar la diferencia entre la vida y la muerte. La miniaturización y portabilidad de sensores y transmisores GPS facilitan esta tarea. El sistema en funcionamiento debe generar en caso de emergencia una alarma a través del dispositivo portado por el paciente ya sea por voluntad del mismo al accionar un botón de pánico o automáticamente al detectar variaciones anormales en sus signos vitales. El paper aborda tanto el estado del arte de los sistemas de geolocalización de pacientes como el de los sistemas de monitoreo automático de signos vitales para determinar el grado de viabilidad del proyecto.Palabras Clave:Georreferenciación de pacientes, monitoreo de pacientes, GPS, Telemedicina.Abstract:The ability to georeference patients in emergency situations (eg in case of a heart attack would give emergency services valuable minutes that could mean the difference between life and death. Miniaturization and portability of sensors and GPS transmitters facilitate this task. The operating system must generate an emergency alarm through the device worn by the patient either by his wishes to operate a panic button or automatically by detecting abnormal changes in vital signs. The paper addresses both the state of the art geolocation systems such as patient monitoring systems, automated vital signs to determine the degree of viability.Key words:Georeferencing of patients, patient monitoring, GPS, Telemedicine.

Sistemas de acceso a la información telemática

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Merlo Vega, José Antonio

1998-01-01

Internet ofrece distintos sistemas para acceder a la información. Se exponen los diferentes tipos de documentos que pueden ser localizados en Internet, así como las distintas fuentes de información de Internet. Se ofrece una clasificación de los sistemas de acceso a la información telemática a partir del tratamiento y el análisis que recibe la información, dividiéndose estos sistemas en tratamiento intelectual y automático y sistemas con o sin análisis documental. Se estudian los distintos as...

Componentes Principales (C.P. de los sistemas de calculo del IPC base 92 y sistema IPC base 2001

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Julio Pallas González

2002-01-01

Full Text Available Nueve años después de que se adoptara un cambio de base en el cálculo del IPC para el Estado Español, asistimos a un cambio de sistema en el cálculo del mismo, naciendo el sistema de índices de precios, base 2001. A lo largo de este trabajo y utilizando el programa estadístico SPSS, se tratará de realizar un análisis multivariante, sobre las distintas variables que componen el IPC base 92, del estado español, y las del índice, atendiendo al nuevo sistema base 2001, que entró en vigor en enero de 2002. De todas las técnicas multivariantes susceptibles de ser aplicadas en este trabajo, se utilizaran el análisis de componentes principales y el análisis factorial, con el fin de obtener factores no observables que permitan explicar, perdiendo la mínima información, las variables originales que representan.

The SISTEMA Project contribution in the implementation of the GEO Geohazards Supersite initiative

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Vilardo, Giuseppe; Sangianantoni, Agata; Borgstrom, Sven; D'Auria, Luca; De Martino, Prospero; Dolce, Mario; Isaia, Roberto; Marotta, Enrica; Martini, Marcello; Obrizzo, Francesco; Peluso, Rosario; Sansivero, Fabio; Scarpato, Giovanni; Siniscalchi, Valeria; Tammaro, Umberto; Tulino, Sabrina; Castellano, Mario; Bianco, Francesca

2017-04-01

SISTEMA Project has been funded by the PO FESR 2007-2013 action, supported by the Campania Region (Italy). The project fosters the integrated use of multidisciplinary data in order to improve the understanding of the volcanic processes at Campi Flegrei and Ischia and to progress in science and surveillance of the territory according to the rationale of Supersite GEO initiative to Campi Flegrei, currently identified as Permanent Supersite. The mission of SISTEMA is to upgrade the existing monitoring and surveillance systems through the design, purchase and installation of new instrumentation, equipment, technology and methods addressing the need of delivering, with improved rapidity, scientific information for decision makers and end-users. The redundancy of monitoring systems is an important issue to guarantee the full operability during emergencies. The Monitoring Centre of INGV-Osservatorio Vesuviano is currently located within the red zone (potentially at risk of invasion by pyroclastic flows in case of eruption) of Campi Flegrei volcano. Its position offers various logistic benefits but at the onset of a volcanic crisis, of course it will be required to shift this Center in a safer area. For this reason, within the SISTEMA project, we envisioned a backup system which, when needed, could guarantee a shift of the Center in a virtually zero time. This can be achieved by fully duplicating the processing system and the data storage. In case of emergency, it would be required only to switch on the visualization systems in the new Center and transferring the personnel involved in the surveillance activities. SISTEMA project has also enabled the development of a permanent GPS and CRs (Corner Reflectors) networks, the latter supporting SAR Interferometry, by helping to improve knowledge of the Campi Flegrei deformation field, both on local and wide scale. In addition, in order to enhance the heat flux measurements from ground based thermal camera observations, the

Sistema Político Internacional e Globalização: Continuidade ou Rotura?

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Abreu Varanda, Artur Jorge

2016-01-01

O presente trabalho realizado no âmbito da unidade currucular - Teoria da relações internacionais - 4º Ano procura identificar os efeitos das Globalização no Sistema Político Internacional. Para tal, é primeiro definido o conceito de Sistema Político Internacional, partindo do conceito de Sistema para chegar à definição de Kenneth Waltz, inserida no Realismo Estruesturalista, sendo ainda explorada a complexidade do sistema. Em seguida, é caracterizada a evolução do Sistema Político Internacio...

Sistema de adquisición y procesamiento de audio

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Pérez Segurado, Rubén

2015-01-01

El objetivo de este proyecto es el diseño y la implementación de una plataforma para un sistema de procesamiento de audio. El sistema recibirá una señal de audio analógica desde una fuente de audio, permitirá realizar un tratamiento digital de dicha señal y generará una señal procesada que se enviará a unos altavoces externos. Para la realización del sistema de procesamiento se empleará: - Un dispositivo FPGA de Lattice, modelo MachX02-7000-HE, en la cual estarán todas la...

MODELOS DE SISTEMAS MRP CERRADOS INTEGRANDO INCERTIDUMBRE MODELOS DE SISTEMAS MRP FECHADOS INTEGRANDO INCERTEZA CLOSED MODELS OF MRP SYSTEMS CONSIDERING UNCERTAINTIES

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Martín Dario Arango

2012-12-01

Full Text Available En este artículo se muestran cuatro modelos de los sistemas MRP cerrados con incertidumbre en los componentes de producción, como son: la capacidad necesaria de fabricación de cada producto, el tiempo de entrega y la disponibilidad del inventario. Dichos parámetros se tratan mediante la lógica difusa modelizando un sistema MRP cerrado determinista. Por tanto, se presentan inicialmente tres modelos de sistema MRP cerrado, donde cada uno considera de forma independiente la incertidumbre en capacidad, tiempo de entrega y disponibilidad de inventario. Igualmente, se presenta un cuarto modelo de sistema MRP cerrado que de forma conjunta analiza la incertidumbre en los tres parámetros mencionados. Cada uno de estos modelos es validado con información de una empresa del sector eléctrico colombiano, evaluando el costo total del plan de producción, nivel de inventarios, nivel de servicio y complejidad computacional.Neste artigo mostram-se quatro modelos dos sistemas MRP fechados com incerteza nos componentes de produção, como são: a capacidade necessária de fabricação da cada produto, o tempo de entrega e a disponibilidade do inventario. Ditos parâmetros tratam-se mediante a lógica difusa modelando um sistema MRP fechado determinista. Por tanto, apresentam-se inicialmente três modelos de sistema MRP fechado, onde a cada um considera de forma independente a incerteza em capacidade, tempo de entrega e disponibilidade de inventario. Igualmente, apresenta-se um quarto modelo de sistema MRP fechado que de forma conjunta analisa a incerteza nos três parâmetros mencionados. A cada um destes modelos é validado com informação de uma empresa do setor elétrico colombiano, avaliando o custo total do plano de produção, nível de estoques, nível de serviço e complexidade computacional.In this paper, we present four models of uncertainty in the MRP closed systems in the production components, such as: manufacturing capacity of each product

Sistema de gestión documental

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Fernández Gómez, Javier

2015-01-01

Esta memoria expone la planificación, el análisis, el diseño y el desarrollo de un sistema de gestión documental, en adelante SGD, configurable, es decir, adaptable a un ámbito determinado. El SGD consta de dos grupos de interfaces o funcionalidades claramente diferenciadas: administración y gestión documental. Aquesta memòria exposa la planificació, l'anàlisi, el disseny i el desenvolupament d'un sistema de gestió documental, d'ara endavant SGA, configurable, és a dir, adaptable a un àmbi...

O Direito à Saúde no Sistema Prisional

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Gabrielle Jacobi KOLLING

2013-04-01

Full Text Available O direito à saúde é objeto de constante análise e, a cada momento, visualiza-se a necessidade de enfrentar diferentes interfaces desse direito fundamental. A complexidade inerente ao sistema social, e, por conseguinte, ao da saúde também, demanda-nos romper com a classificação de cidadãos de primeira e de segunda classe; isso não é republicano, tampouco democrático. A lógica dos desumanizados e excluídos (esquecidos e negligenciados deve ser cambiada pela lógica da inclusão. A análise enfocará a saúde no sistema prisional. Para isso, é condição de possibilidade analisarmos os condicionantes de saúde e os seus efeitos no panorama prisional-sanitário brasileiro. Observaremos, ainda, as ações governamentais para efetivar o direito à saúde no sistema prisional, em especial a Política Pública de Saúde “Plano Nacional de Saúde no Sistema Penitenciário”, que se apresenta como uma tentativa concreta de romper com a negligência do Estado em relação aos integrantes do sistema prisional, aos esquecidos, aos sem voz. ABSTRACT The right to health is matter of constant analysis and, at each moment the need to challenge the different interfaces of this basic right is visible. The innate complexity of the social system and, by consequence to the health system as well, demands that we break with the concept of first and second class citizens; this is not republican or even democratic. The de-humanized and excluded logic (forgotten and neglected must be traded for the inclusion logic. The analysis will focus the prison system’s health. For this is condition of possibility to analyze the health conditions and its effects in the Brazilian prison-sanitary scope. We will also observe the government’s actions to make the right to heath effective in the prison system, in special the Public Health Policy “Nacional Health Plan in the Prison System”, which is presented as a real attempt to break with the state’s negligence

El sistema de partidos de cataluña

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Gema Sánchez Medero

2011-07-01

Full Text Available : El artículo realiza una radiografía del sistema de partidos políticos de Cataluña, fijando las características sobre el que gira el mismo. Inicialmente presenta un análisis de la evolución del sistema de partidos desde las primeras elecciones autonómicas hasta las últimas celebradas en noviembre de 2010. En una segunda parte estudia el peso que ha tenido cada una de las fuerzas catalanes en cada uno de los comicios que se han celebrado desde 1980 hasta 2010, fijando una serie de variables presentes en el sistema de partidos: predomino del eje centro-derecha y de los partidos nacionalistas, el voto dual y los niveles de abstención.

Interface: Sistema orientado à visualização

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Alexandre Braga

2015-06-01

Full Text Available A criação de ambientes interativos para multiplataformas implica necessariamente o design de interface. Este artigo está dedicado às questões relativas à interface humano-computador cujas funções são definidas como sistema. Este apresenta atributos específicos que, neste caso, são tratados no contexto dos sistemas humano-máquina. Para que ambos os elementos possam interagir, é preciso haver um objetivo, ou seja, uma tarefa comum. Em função disso, as interfaces de usuário são observadas pela perspectiva do sistema humano-tarefa-computador, cujas interações são fundamentais para a compreensão da interface computacional.  

Sistema de diagnóstico para la estimación de secciones en fallo en sistemas eléctricos de potencia; A Diagnostic Systems to Estimate Faulty Sections in Power Electric Systems

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Marta Bravo de las Casas

2011-02-01

Full Text Available El sistema de diagnóstico para la estimación de secciones en fallo (SDESF para sistemas eléctricos depotencia (SEP expuesto en el trabajo, usa la información procedente de los relés operados e interruptoresdisparados. Está escrito en Prolog, lenguaje de inteligencia artificial e implementado en una computadorapersonal. La tarea básica de este sistema es entrenar a los despachadores y utilizarlo como una herramientade apoyo a la toma de decisiones del despachador ante situaciones de emergencias complejas con unambiente computacional de usuario amigable. Este sistema ha sido verificado prácticamente por pruebasrealizadas en el SEP del territorio central de Cuba y los resultados preliminares de las pruebas sugieren quepuede ser implementado para el entrenamiento de despachadores. Se ha demostrado la efectividad delsistema para identificar la localización del fallo muy eficientemente, por lo tanto, puede servir como uninstrumento valioso de ayuda para la localización de fallos, y puede ser usado en las universidades comomedio de enseñanza. El sistema en un futuro pudiera ser ampliado para conectarse al sistema Scada(Sircre-2 a tiempo real para la estimación de secciones en fallo on-line.  The diagnostic system to estimate faulty sections (DSEFS in power electric systems (PES shown in thework it uses the information coming from the relays and breakers operated. It is written in Prolog Language ofartificial Intelligence and implemented in a personal computer. The basic task of this system is to train thedispatchers and to use it like a support tool to the taking of the dispatcher's decisions before situations ofcomplex emergencies with an ambient computacional of friendly user. This system has been verified practicallyby tests carried out in the PES of the central territory of Cuba and the preliminary results of the tests suggestthat  it  can  be  implemented  for  the  training  of  dispatchers.  The  effectiveness  of  the

PERSPECTIVAS DO SISTEMA DE TRANSPORTE URBANO DE LONDRINA - PARANÁ

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Mirian Vizintim Fernandes Barros

2014-03-01

Full Text Available O artigo propõe indicar os problemas encontrados no atual sistema de transporte urbano na cidade de Londrina - Paraná, marcado pela predominância do uso do transporte individual e do coletivo ineficiente e de alto custo. Para tanto, utilizou-se ferramenta dos Sistemas de Informação Geográfica (SIG para, por meio da manipulação dos dados, confirmar a ideia da intrínseca e necessária integração entre o planejamento do uso e ocupação do solo (sobretudo da densidade demográfica e do transporte urbano, essencial para delinear diretrizes de melhorias no sistema coletivo de deslocamento. Identificado os principais problemas, propostas são traçadas e, algumas perspectivas são discutidas objetivando, além da melhoria no sistema de transporte urbano de Londrina, a reflexão sobre o ideal de uma cidade inclusiva, do ponto de vista dos transportes.

Considerations over the effects caused by a heat recovery system for exhaust gases, adapted to gas turbines originally designed for the operation in a simple cycle; Consideraciones sobre los efectos causados por un sistema de recuperacion de calor de gases de escape, adaptado a turbinas de gas disenadas originalmente para operar bajo un ciclo simple

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Cuesta Escobar, Cesar A [Instituto Mexicano del Petroleo, Mexico, D. F. (Mexico)

1994-12-31

This article sets out the considerations on what a heat recovery system from exhaust gases, to already installed and in operation gas turbines, and that were not originally designed to operate with this system, can cause. The potential effects are set forth on the control systems, on the combustion chambers, and in the gas turbine blades, utilized for natural gas pumping or power generation in land installations or in offshore platforms in trying to adapt to them a regenerative cycle or a heating system. Observed effects, fundamentally in the flame stability loop, flow velocity, thermal intensity coefficient, air/fuel relationships and mass flow. Also are presented the consequences that primary production system would suffer, mainly due to the natural gas pumping reduction, the space availability, the fuel consumption, and the maximum amount of heat susceptible to be recovered, comparing the requirements of this in the system. [Espanol] En este articulo se plantean las consideraciones sobre lo que puede provocar un sistema de recuperacion de calor de gases de escape adaptado a turbinas de gas ya instaladas, operando y que no fueron disenadas originalmente para operar con este sistema. Se plantean los probables efectos en los sistemas de control, en las camaras de combustion y en los empaletados de las turbinas de gas usadas para bombeo de gas natural o generacion electrica en instalaciones de tierra o plataformas marinas, al tratar de adaptarseles un ciclo regenerativo o un sistema para calentamiento. Efectos observados, fundamentalmente, en el LOOP de estabilidad de flama, velocidad del flujo, coeficiente de intensidad termica, relaciones aire-combustible y flujo masico. Tambien se presentan las consecuencias que sufriria el sistema primario de produccion debido, principalmente, a la reduccion del bombeo de gas natural, a la disponibilidad de espacio, al consumo de combustible y a la cantidad maxima de calor susceptible de recuperarse, comparada con los

Methodology for the location diagnosis of electrical faults in electric power systems; Metodologia para el diagnostico de ubicacion de fallas en sistema electricos de potencia

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Rosas Molina, Ricardo

2008-08-15

The constant growth of the Electric Power Systems derived from the increase in the world-wide demand of energy, has brought as a consequence a greater complexity in the operation and control of the power nets. One of the most affected tasks by this situation is the operation of electrical systems against the presence of faults, where the first task to realize is, on the part of the operational personnel of the network, the rapid fault site location within the system. In the present paper the problem of the diagnose location of electrical faults in power systems is approached, from the point of view of the operators of the energy control centers of an electric company. The objective of this thesis work is to describe a methodology of operational analysis of protections, as a bases for the development of a system of diagnosis systems for faults location, that allows to consider the possible fault sites within the system as well as a justification of the operation of protections in face of a disturbance as a support to the operators of the Energy Control centers. The methodology is designed to use different information types, discreet, continuous and controls. Nevertheless, in the development of the present stage of the proposed methodology use is made exclusively of the discreet information of the conditions of breakers and operation of relays, as well as of the connectivity of the network elements. The analysis methodology consists in determining the network elements where the fault could have occurred, using the protections coverage areas associated to the operated circuit breakers. Later, these fault alternatives become ordained in descendent form of possibility using classification indexes and analyses based on fuzzy logic. [Spanish] El constante crecimiento de los Sistemas Electricos de Potencia derivado del incremento en la demanda energetica mundial, ha traido como consecuencia una mayor complejidad en la operacion y control de las redes electricas. Una de las

Sistema Endocanabinóide e Manifestações Neuropsiquiátricas

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Moscoso, A

2011-01-01

Resumo: O sistema endocanabinóide caracteriza-se por ser um sistema neuromodulatório lipídico, que está envolvido em vários processos fisiológicos (sensação de apetite, dor, humor e memória). É constituído pelos seus receptores (CB1 e CB2), ligandos endógenos (AEA e 2-AG) e um sistema enzimáticos que sintetiza e degrada os endocanabinóides. Os receptores CB1, com maior expressão no sistema nervoso central, são responsáveis pelos efeitos psicotrópicos do cannabis (THC), têm a su...

Remaining recoverable petroleum in giant oil fields of the Los Angeles Basin, southern California

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Gautier, Donald L.; Tennyson, Marilyn E.; Cook, Troy A.; Charpentier, Ronald R.; Klett, Timothy R.

2012-01-01

Using a probabilistic geology-based methodology, a team of U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) scientists recently assessed the remaining recoverable oil in 10 oil fields of the Los Angeles Basin in southern California. The results of the assessment suggest that between 1.4 and 5.6 billion barrels of additional oil could be recovered from those fields with existing technology.

Sistema de salud de Ecuador The health system of Ecuador

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Ruth Lucio

2011-01-01

Full Text Available En este trabajo se describen las condiciones de salud en Ecuador y, con mayor detalle, las características del sistema ecuatoriano de salud, incluyendo su estructura y cobertura, sus fuentes de financiamiento, los recursos físicos, materiales y humanos de los que dispone, las tareas de rectoría que desarrolla el Ministerio de Salud Pública, la generación de información en salud, las tareas de investigación, y la participación de los ciudadanos en la operación y evaluación del sistema. También se discuten las innovaciones más recientes que se han implantado en el sistema ecuatoriano de salud dentro de las que destaca la incorporación de un capítulo específico sobre salud a la nueva Constitución que reconoce a la protección de la salud como un derecho humano y la construcción de la Red Pública Integral de Salud.This paper describes the health conditions in Ecuador and, in more detail, the characteristics of the Ecuadorian health system, including its structure and coverage, its financial sources, the physical, material and human resources available, and the stewardship activities developed by the Ministry of Public Health. It also describes the structure and content of its health information system, and the participation of citizens in the operation and evaluation of the health system. The paper ends with a discussion of the most recent policy innovations implemented in the Ecuadorian system, including the incorporation of a chapter on health into the new Constitution which recognizes the protection of health as a human right, and the construction of the Comprehensive Public Health Network.

SCODA para el Desarrollo de Sistemas Multiagente

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Román Gallego, Jesús Ángel; Tapia Martínez, Dante I.; Corchado Rodríguez, Juan M.

2017-01-01

El planteamiento de implementar sistemas multiagente de forma que puedan reutilizarse con distintos objetivos, dota a los desarrolladores de una metodología más eficaz en sus fines. Este artículo presenta SCODA, una arquitectura basada en cinco principios: estandaridad, especialización, facilidad de implementación, reutilización y computación distribuida. SCODA pretende facilitar el desarrollo de sistemas multiagente, basándose en el concepto de pequeños grupos de agentes denominados Comunida...

Expresión y actividad de posibles polimorfismos provenientes de individuos normales en la proteína de 67 kd del sistema NADPH oxidasa utilizando el sistema COSphox.

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Andrés Augusto Arias

2004-09-01

Full Text Available El sistema NADPH oxidasa de las células fagocíticas cumple una función importante durante la respuesta antimicrobiana del organismo. La activación de este sistema está precedida por la translocación de las proteínas citosólicas p67phox, p47phox y p40phox hacia la membrana para ponerse en contacto con el flavocitocromo b558, lo que induce la generación del anión superóxido, un precursor de agentes microbicidas oxidantes. El presente trabajo presenta un análisis funcional del sistema NADPH oxidasa basado en los hallazgos de polimorfismos encontrados en el gen de p67phox de individuos sanos. Para esto se generaron mutaciones en el cADN que codifica la p67phox y se expresaron en el sistema de células COSphox. Los datos obtenidos en el presente trabajo indican que los cambios Val166?Ile, Pro329?Ser y His389?Gln no generan alteraciones en el funcionamiento de la p67phox cuando su función se analizó en el sistema transgénico basado en células COS-7. Por lo tanto, estos polimorfismos no generan ningún riesgo genético de producir deficiencias en la activación del sistema NADPH oxidasa. Además, se demuestra que el modelo de células COSphox representa un nuevo sistema celular, fácilmente transfectable que permite estudiar la función del sistema NADPH oxidasa de las células fagocíticas y sus particularidades genéticas. Finalmente, los hallazgos con estos polimorfismos nos permiten avanzar en el conocimiento sobre los mecanismos moleculares involucrados en la activación del sistema NADPH oxidasa células fagocíticas.

En búsqueda del ADN y las influencias en algunos sistemas presidenciales y parlamentarios

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Carpizo, Jorge

2009-01-01

El trabajo examina las recíprocas influencias entre las Constituciones de seis países: tres con sistema presidencial, dos con sistema parlamentario y uno con sistema semipresidencial. Los tres últimos pertenecen a Europa. Los sistemas presidenciales de América Latina se inspiraron en la Constitución Americana, tanto como en alguna europea, especialmente la española de 1812. Los enormes poderes presidenciales en América Latina llevaron a introducir en el sistema preside...

Estratégias para luz natural: sistemas inovadores.

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Juliana Saiter Garrocho

2007-07-01

Full Text Available Diversos sistemas, estratégias e componentesinovadores de alta tecnologia paraa otimização do uso da luz natural noprojeto de arquitetura têm se desenvolvidoatualmente, principalmente na EuropaCentral, nos Estados Unidos e na Austrália.Este artigo apresenta algumas dessasestratégias descrevendo suas principaiscaracterísticas. Palavras-chave: luz natural, estratégias deprojeto, sistemas inovadores de alta tecnologia.

75 FR 65512 - Raleigh Film and Television Studios, LLC, Los Angeles, CA; Notice of Affirmative Determination...

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2010-10-25

... DEPARTMENT OF LABOR Employment and Training Administration [TA-W-72,587] Raleigh Film and... (TAA) applicable to workers and former workers of Raleigh Film and Television Studios, LLC, Los Angeles... alleges that the subject firm ``is actively building large film studios in both Budapest, Hungary and...

Integrating Sodium Reduction Strategies in the Procurement Process and Contracting of Food Venues in the County of Los Angeles Government, 2010–2012

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Cummings, Patricia L.; Kuo, Tony; Gase, Lauren N.; Mugavero, Kristy

2015-01-01

Since sodium is ubiquitous in the food supply, recent approaches to sodium reduction have focused on increasing the availability of lower-sodium products through system-level and environmental changes. This article reviews integrated efforts by the Los Angeles County Sodium Reduction Initiative to implement these strategies at food venues in the County of Los Angeles government. The review used mixed methods, including a scan of the literature, key informant interviews, and lessons learned during 2010–2012 to assess program progress. Leveraging technical expertise and shared resources, the initiative strategically incorporated sodium reduction strategies into the overall work plan of a multipartnership food procurement program in Los Angeles County. To date, 3 County departments have incorporated new or updated nutrition requirements that included sodium limits and other strategies. The strategic coupling of sodium reduction to food procurement and general health promotion allowed for simultaneous advancement and acceleration of the County’s sodium reduction agenda. PMID:24322811

Gestão operacional da coleta seletiva de resíduos sólidos urbanos: abordagem utilizando um sistema de apoio à decisão Operational management of solid waste selective collection: an approach using decision support system

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Eugênio de Oliveira Simonetto

2006-12-01

Full Text Available O trabalho apresenta a concepção, modelagem e implementação de um sistema de apoio à decisão aplicado ao planejamento operacional da coleta seletiva de resíduos sólidos (SCOLDSS, o qual tem por funcionalidade principal a geração de alternativas ao processo decisório no que se refere à: a alocação de veículos para a coleta seletiva, bem como determinação do roteiro a ser percorrido; e b determinação da quantidade diária de resíduos sólidos a ser enviada a cada unidade de triagem, de modo a evitar o desperdício de mão-de-obra e reduzir a quantidade de resíduos enviada aos aterros sanitários. Para seu desenvolvimento, foi utilizada a combinação de técnicas advindas da Pesquisa Operacional, quais sejam: a simulação de eventos discretos e algoritmos/heurísticas para o problema da alocação e roteamento de veículos. Para a validação do SCOLDSS, foram utilizados dados da coleta seletiva de um município do Rio Grande do Sul. É também apresentado um estudo de caso utilizando dados reais da coleta seletiva, no qual são apresentados os resultados gerados pelo sistema, bem como resultados comparados ao sistema atualmente utilizado no processo de coleta seletiva do município.A decision support system (DSS for modeling and solving the recyclable waste collection operational planning is presented. The computer system has the following objectives: a to define the vehicles' allocation and routing; b to determine the quantity of solid waste to be sent to each waste recyclable trial unit; and c to generate operational scenarios to be taken into account in the decision process. To accomplish such objectives the DSS employs two well-known operation research techniques, namely simulation and assignment/VRP algorithms. We also present a computational study with real-life data from the solid waste collection in Porto Alegre, Brazil, in which we show that the results provided by the computational system outperforms the operation

Entertainment-Retail Centers in Hong Kong and Los Angeles: Trends and Lessons

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Clara Irazabal; Surajit Chakravarty

2007-01-01

This paper seeks to answer the question of why Entertainment Retail Centers (ERCs) develop as they do and what we can expect from these centers of consumption in the near future. Beginning with a "network" view of cities, where cities are nodes in an integrated economic system, the paper examines the evolution of and recent trends in the design of Entertainment Retail Centers (ERCs) in Los Angeles and Hong Kong. The analysis is organized along four related themes - land use, transportation, u...

Implementación de los Servicios Terminal Server en un Sistema Corporativo

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PUCHALT RODRÍGUEZ, ANA ELVIRA; GÓMEZ GARCÍA, PABLO JOSÉ

2014-01-01

Este proyecto final de carrera presenta el diseño e implementación de los sistemas de acceso a la red y de los servicios de Terminal Server en un sistema corporativo basado en Windows Server 2008 R2. Dado que no hay posibilidad de realizar el proyecto en un sistema corporativo real, se establecerá un sistema corporativo ficticio, donde cada uno de los trabajadores obtendrá acceso a su propia sesión con sus credenciales identificadoras. En esta sesión, se tendrá acceso a determi...

Measurements and predictors of on-road ultrafine particle concentrations and associated pollutants in Los Angeles

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Fruin, S. [California Air Resources Board, Sacramento (United States); University of Southern California, Los Angeles (United States). Keck School of Medicine, Department of Preventive Medicine; Westerdahl, D.; Sax, T. [California Air Resources Board, Sacramento (United States); Sioutas, C. [University of Southern California, Los Angeles (United States). Civil and Environmental Engineering; Fine, P.M. [University of Southern California, Los Angeles (United States). Civil and Environmental Engineering; South Coast Air Quality Management District, Diamond Bar, CA (United States)

2008-01-15

Motor vehicles are the dominant source of oxides of nitrogen (NO{sub x}), particulate matter(PM), and certain air toxics (e.g., benzene, 1,3-butadiene) in urban areas. On roadways, motor vehicle-related pollutant concentrations are typically many times higher than ambient concentrations. Due to high air exchange rates typical of moving vehicles, this makes time spent in vehicles on roadways a major source of exposure. This paper presents on-road measurements for Los Angeles freeways and arterial roads taken from a zero-emission electric vehicle outfitted with real-time instruments. The objective was to characterize air pollutant concentrations on roadways and identify the factors associated with the highest concentrations. Our analysis demonstrated that on freeways, concentrations of ultrafine particles (UFPs), black carbon, nitric oxide, and PM-bound polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PM-PAH) are generated primarily by diesel-powered vehicles, despite the relatively low fraction ({approx}6%) of diesel-powered vehicles on Los Angeles freeways. However, UFP concentrations on arterial roads appeared to be driven primarily by proximity to gasoline-powered vehicles undergoing hard accelerations. Concentrations were roughly one-third of those on freeways. By using a multiple regression model for the freeway measurements, we were able to explain 60-70% of the variability in concentrations of UFP, black carbon, nitric oxide, and PM-PAH using measures of diesel truck density and hour of day (as an indicator of wind speed). Freeway concentrations of these pollutants were also well correlated wth readily available annual average daily truck counts, potentially allowing improved population exposure estimates for epidemiology studies. Based on these roadway measurements and average driving time, it appears that 33-45% of total UFP exposure for Los Angeles residents occurs due to time spent traveling in vehicles. (author)

Measurements and predictors of on-road ultrafine particle concentrations and associated pollutants in Los Angeles

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Fruin, S.; Sioutas, C.

2008-01-01

Motor vehicles are the dominant source of oxides of nitrogen (NO x ), particulate matter(PM), and certain air toxics (e.g., benzene, 1,3-butadiene) in urban areas. On roadways, motor vehicle-related pollutant concentrations are typically many times higher than ambient concentrations. Due to high air exchange rates typical of moving vehicles, this makes time spent in vehicles on roadways a major source of exposure. This paper presents on-road measurements for Los Angeles freeways and arterial roads taken from a zero-emission electric vehicle outfitted with real-time instruments. The objective was to characterize air pollutant concentrations on roadways and identify the factors associated with the highest concentrations. Our analysis demonstrated that on freeways, concentrations of ultrafine particles (UFPs), black carbon, nitric oxide, and PM-bound polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PM-PAH) are generated primarily by diesel-powered vehicles, despite the relatively low fraction (∼6%) of diesel-powered vehicles on Los Angeles freeways. However, UFP concentrations on arterial roads appeared to be driven primarily by proximity to gasoline-powered vehicles undergoing hard accelerations. Concentrations were roughly one-third of those on freeways. By using a multiple regression model for the freeway measurements, we were able to explain 60-70% of the variability in concentrations of UFP, black carbon, nitric oxide, and PM-PAH using measures of diesel truck density and hour of day (as an indicator of wind speed). Freeway concentrations of these pollutants were also well correlated wth readily available annual average daily truck counts, potentially allowing improved population exposure estimates for epidemiology studies. Based on these roadway measurements and average driving time, it appears that 33-45% of total UFP exposure for Los Angeles residents occurs due to time spent traveling in vehicles. (author)

Measurements and predictors of on-road ultrafine particle concentrations and associated pollutants in Los Angeles

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Fruin, S.; Westerdahl, D.; Sax, T.; Sioutas, C.; Fine, P. M.

Motor vehicles are the dominant source of oxides of nitrogen (NO x), particulate matter (PM), and certain air toxics (e.g., benzene, 1,3-butadiene) in urban areas. On roadways, motor vehicle-related pollutant concentrations are typically many times higher than ambient concentrations. Due to high air exchange rates typical of moving vehicles, this makes time spent in vehicles on roadways a major source of exposure. This paper presents on-road measurements for Los Angeles freeways and arterial roads taken from a zero-emission electric vehicle outfitted with real-time instruments. The objective was to characterize air pollutant concentrations on roadways and identify the factors associated with the highest concentrations. Our analysis demonstrated that on freeways, concentrations of ultrafine particles (UFPs), black carbon, nitric oxide, and PM-bound polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PM-PAH) are generated primarily by diesel-powered vehicles, despite the relatively low fraction (˜6%) of diesel-powered vehicles on Los Angeles freeways. However, UFP concentrations on arterial roads appeared to be driven primarily by proximity to gasoline-powered vehicles undergoing hard accelerations. Concentrations were roughly one-third of those on freeways. By using a multiple regression model for the freeway measurements, we were able to explain 60-70% of the variability in concentrations of UFP, black carbon, nitric oxide, and PM-PAH using measures of diesel truck density and hour of day (as an indicator of wind speed). Freeway concentrations of these pollutants were also well correlated with readily available annual average daily truck counts, potentially allowing improved population exposure estimates for epidemiology studies. Based on these roadway measurements and average driving time, it appears that 33-45% of total UFP exposure for Los Angeles residents occurs due to time spent traveling in vehicles.

En búsqueda del ADN y las influencias en algunos sistemas presidenciales y parlamentarios

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Jorge Carpizo

2009-01-01

El trabajo examina las recíprocas influencias entre las Constituciones de seis países: tres con sistema presidencial, dos con sistema parlamentario y uno con sistema semipresidencial. Los tres últimos pertenecen a Europa. Los sistemas presidenciales de América Latina se inspiraron en la Constitución Americana, tanto como en alguna europea, especialmente la española de 1812. Los enormes poderes presidenciales en América Latina llevaron a introducir en el sistema presidencial controles propios ...

SISTEMA DE CONTROL INTELIGENTE PARA UN GRUPO DE ELEVADORES

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Andrés Enrique Rosso Mateus

2008-01-01

Full Text Available En este artículo se trata el problema del tráfico vertical en edificios de gran altura y se describe el análisis, diseño y evaluación de un sistema de control para un grupo elevadores que busca mejorar el desempeño respecto a un sistema de control tradicional. El controlador propuesto busca asignar de una forma inteligente las llamadas que se generan a los ascensores que hacen parte del grupo, el desempeño del sistema se traduce en una reducción de los tiempos de servicio y de la energía que invierte el sistema. El controlador propuesto está basado en lógica difusa y las reglas de inferencia expresan el conocimiento de un experto orientado hacia la obtención de los objetivos mencionados. El controlador inteligente se evalúa en un simulador gráfico desarrollado para este fin, este simulador permite ingresar parámetros de configuración para que se adapte y represente una edificación real. Se corrieron dos simulaciones, una usando un controlador convencional y otra usando el controlador inteligente, esto con el fin de comparar su desempeño y cuantificar valores como tiempo de esperar de los usuarios y energía consumida por el sistema.

Desarrollo de un sistema de reconocimiento facial

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Vivas Imparato, Abdón Alejandro

2014-01-01

El objetivo principal alrededor del cual se desenvuelve este proyecto es el desarrollo de un sistema de reconocimiento facial. Entre sus objetivos específicos se encuentran: realizar una primera aproximación sobre las técnicas de reconocimiento facial existentes en la actualidad, elegir una aplicación donde pueda ser útil el reconocimiento facial, diseñar y desarrollar un programa en MATLAB que lleve a cabo la función de reconocimiento facial, y evaluar el funcionamiento del sistema desarroll...

Sistema Kaizen en la administracion

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Gallegos, H.

2007-01-01

Full Text Available En este artículo presentaremos la importancia que tiene el área de administración como factor de reducción de costos para la empresa aplicando el sistema kaizen. Analizaremos en forma general la administración de las empresas, enfocándonos en las áreas de oportunidad que pueden existir, así como la posible solución a esto, utilizando el sistema kaizen, obteniendo como resultado una reducción de costos, tiempos o mejoras en los procesos administrativos. También se anexa un caso practico en el cual se muestra como aplicando la metodología kaizen en las actividades administrativas podemos lograr una reducción de tiempos y/o costos todo esto causado por la reingeniería de los procesos.

Formación de los planetas gigantes del Sistema Solar

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Guilera, Octavio Miguel

2014-01-01

El estudio de los sistemas planetarios es uno de los temas fundamentales de las ciencias astronómicas. El interés en nuestro Sistema Solar surgió en tiempos remotos. Hace casi dos décadas, Mayor y Queloz (1995) detectaron el primer planeta extrasolar en órbita alrededor de una estrella de tipo solar. Este notable descubrimiento ha hecho surgir desde entonces un enorme interés en el estudio de sistemas planetarios en general. Esta Tesis es una continuación natural de un proyecto de i...

Implementação Eletrônica de Sistemas Fuzzy.

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André Luís Jorge Garcia

2009-01-01

Este trabalho investiga a implementação de sistemas fuzzy com circuitos eletrônicos. Tais sistemas têm demonstrado sua capacidade de resolver diversos tipos de problemas em várias aplicações de engenharia, em especial nas relacionadas com controle de processos. Para processos mais complexos, o raciocínio aproximado da lógica fuzzy fornece uma maneira de compreender o comportamento do sistema, permitindo a interpolação aproximada entre situações observadas de entrada e saída. A ...

The PST Project, Willie Herron's Street Mural Asco East of No West (2011 and the Mural Remix Tour: Power Relations on the Los Angeles Art Scene

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Eva Zetterman

2014-06-01

Full Text Available This article departs from the huge art-curating project Pacific Standard Time: Art in L.A., 1945-1980, a Getty funded initiative running in Southern California from October 2011 to April 2012 with a collaboration of more than sixty cultural institutions coming together to celebrate the birth of the L.A. art scene. One of the Pacific Standard Time (PST exhibitions was Asco: Elite of the Obscure, A Retrospective, 1972-1987, running from September to December 2011 at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA. This was the first retrospective of a conceptual performance group of Chicanos from East Los Angeles, who from the early 1970s to the mid 1980s acted out critical interventions in the politically contested urban space of Los Angles. In conjunction with the Asco retrospective at LACMA, the Getty Foundation co-sponsored a new street mural by the Chicano artist Willie Herron, paying homage to his years in the performance group Asco. The PST exhibition program also included so-called Mural Remix Tours, taking fine art audiences from LACMA to Herron's place-specific new mural in City Terrace in East Los Angeles. This article analyze the inclusion in the PST project of Herron's site-specific mural in City Terrace and the Mural Remix Tours to East Los Angeles with regard to the power relations of fine art and critical subculture, center and periphery, the mainstream and the marginal. As a physical monument dependent on a heavy sense of the past, Herron's new mural, titled Asco: East of No West, transforms the physical and social environment of City Terrace, changing its public space into an official place of memory. At the same time, as an art historical monument officially added to the civic map of Los Angeles, the mural becomes a permanent reminder of the segregation patterns that still exist in the urban space of Los Angeles.

El riego por chorro intermitente: un sistema prometedor

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Hernando Buriticá

1981-07-01

Full Text Available A través de la historia el hombre se ha ingeniado varios sistemas para suplir las deficiencias de agua que las condiciones naturales de clima han impuesto para el desarrollo de la agricultura: desvió ríos, construyó canales y reservorios y entregó el agua a los cultivos empleando variados sistemas de riego. En este caso haremos referencia al riego por chorro intermitente.

Selección e implantación de un sistema ERP de código abierto

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Fuertes García, Sonia

2013-01-01

En este Trabajo Fin de Carrera estudiaremos el proceso de implantación de un sistema de planificación de recursos empresariales (sistema ERP) de código abierto en una empresa previamente definida. El proceso abarca tanto la selección entre los diversos sistemas ERP de código abierto disponibles actualmente en el mercado, como la implantación del sistema. El sistema ERP elegido es un sistema en la nube. En aquest Treball Fi de Carrera estudiarem el procés d'implantació d'un sistema de plani...

Control lineal robusto de sistemas no lineales diferencialmente planos

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Hebertt Sira-Ramirez

2011-01-01

Full Text Available Resumen: En este trabajo se proponen controladores basados en observadores lineales para el control robusto de una clase amplia de sistemas no lineales conocidos como sistemas diferencialmente planos, sean estos monovariables o multivariables. Se establece primeramente el modelo dinámico entrada - salida plana, simplificándolo a un modelo de carácter no fenomenológico que solamente considera como elementos claves en el diseño del controlador el orden de integración del sistema y el factor de ganancia de entrada, en el caso monovariable, y, los órdenes de los subsistemas de integración de Kronecker y la matriz de ganancias del vector de entradas en el caso multivariable. El resto de las no linealidades, dependientes del estado o de naturaleza exógena, son consideradas, en general, como perturbaciones desconocidas pero acotadas que toman valores en el tiempo. Se demuestra que estas perturbaciones son algebraicamente observables, permitiendo su determinación aproximada mediante observadores lineales de orden arbitrario. Estos observadores, llamados observadores GPI, incluyen modelos internos que representan polinomios en el tiempo, cuya actualización es de índole automática, permitiendo aproximaciones arbitrariamente cercanas a las perturbaciones desconocidas. El diseño del controlador se reduce entonces a lograr la cancelación de las perturbaciones aditivas a la vez de imponer una dinámica lineal en lazo cerrado mediante realimentación de estados estimados, los cuales se obtienen directamente del mismo observador lineal propuesto. Se presenta un ejemplo de simulación que considera un sistema físico no lineal de complejidad reconocida. También se incluyen resultados experimentales sobre dos prototipos de laboratorio. Palabras Clave: Rechazo a perturbaciones, Realimentación lineal de salida, Sistemas linealizables, Observadores, Sistemas no lineales

Estimating spatially and temporally varying recharge and runoff from precipitation and urban irrigation in the Los Angeles Basin, California

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Hevesi, Joseph A.; Johnson, Tyler D.

2016-10-17

A daily precipitation-runoff model, referred to as the Los Angeles Basin watershed model (LABWM), was used to estimate recharge and runoff for a 5,047 square kilometer study area that included the greater Los Angeles area and all surface-water drainages potentially contributing recharge to a 1,450 square kilometer groundwater-study area underlying the greater Los Angeles area, referred to as the Los Angeles groundwater-study area. The recharge estimates for the Los Angeles groundwater-study area included spatially distributed recharge in response to the infiltration of precipitation, runoff, and urban irrigation, as well as mountain-front recharge from surface-water drainages bordering the groundwater-study area. The recharge and runoff estimates incorporated a new method for estimating urban irrigation, consisting of residential and commercial landscape watering, based on land use and the percentage of pervious land area.The LABWM used a 201.17-meter gridded discretization of the study area to represent spatially distributed climate and watershed characteristics affecting the surface and shallow sub-surface hydrology for the Los Angeles groundwater study area. Climate data from a local network of 201 monitoring sites and published maps of 30-year-average monthly precipitation and maximum and minimum air temperature were used to develop the climate inputs for the LABWM. Published maps of land use, land cover, soils, vegetation, and surficial geology were used to represent the physical characteristics of the LABWM area. The LABWM was calibrated to available streamflow records at six streamflow-gaging stations.Model results for a 100-year target-simulation period, from water years 1915 through 2014, were used to quantify and evaluate the spatial and temporal variability of water-budget components, including evapotranspiration (ET), recharge, and runoff. The largest outflow of water from the LABWM was ET; the 100-year average ET rate of 362 millimeters per year (mm

The Impacts of Urbanization on Meteorology and Air Quality in the Los Angeles Basin

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Li, Y.; Zhang, J.; Sailor, D.; Ban-Weiss, G. A.

2017-12-01

Urbanization has a profound influence on regional meteorology in mega cities like Los Angeles. This influence is driven by changes in land surface physical properties and urban processes, and their corresponding influence on surface-atmosphere coupling. Changes in meteorology from urbanization in turn influences air quality through weather-dependent chemical reaction, pollutant dispersion, etc. Hence, a real-world representation of the urban land surface properties and urban processes should be accurately resolved in regional climate-chemistry models for better understanding the role of urbanization on changing urban meteorology and associated pollutant dynamics. By incorporating high-resolution land surface data, previous research has improved model-observation comparisons of meteorology in urban areas including the Los Angeles basin, and indicated that historical urbanization has increased urban temperatures and altered wind flows significantly. However, the impact of urban expansion on air quality has been less studied. Thus, in this study, we aim to evaluate the effectiveness of resolving high-resolution heterogeneity in urban land surface properties and processes for regional weather and pollutant concentration predictions. We coupled the Weather Research and Forecasting model with Chemistry to the single-layer Urban Canopy Model to simulate a typical summer period in year 2012 for Southern California. Land cover type and urban fraction were determined from National Land Cover Data. MODIS observations were used to determine satellite-derived albedo, green vegetation fraction, and leaf area index. Urban morphology was determined from GIS datasets of 3D building geometries. An urban irrigation scheme was also implemented in the model. Our results show that the improved model captures the diurnal cycle of 2m air temperature (T2) and Ozone (O3) concentrations. However, it tends to overestimate wind speed and underestimate T2, which leads to an underestimation of O

The Devil and its multiple images in illuminations of the Devorous Monster and the Falling Angel (15th century: some examples

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Adriana Maria de Souza Zierer

2016-09-01

Full Text Available This article conducted an analysis on the multiple images of the Devil, based on three illuminations of the 15th century. It is possible to observe the following elements: 1-the evil one as a head, with a huge open mouth, known as the Hellmouth; 2-as a human being, but with animalistic characteristics, carrying claws, the tail, among other things, still with devouring aspect; 3-represented in beautiful shape, as the rebel angel, Lucifer, expelled from heaven by God. Three images were analyzed; one from the narrative Vision of Tondal, which it is represented as the Beast Acheron, in the form of Hellmouth, and two images of the book Les Très Riches Heures of the Duc de Berry (The Very Rich Hours of the Duke of Berry, when figured with animalistic features in the image entitled "Inferno" (fl.108r and with his angelic features in "The fall of the Rebel Angels" (fl. 64v. In the last two illuminations the Devil presents ruler of Hell elements. Moreover, it is clear that this has ambiguous features in Christian imagination.

Sistemas Integrales de Gestión para Bibliotecas

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Estefania Gomez Vega

2016-04-01

Full Text Available Los Sistemas Integrales de Gestión para Bibliotecas (SIGB, constituyen una herramienta fundamental en el dominio de la educación superior para la óptima gerencia del patrimonio bibliográfico. En este trabajo, se busca determinar cuál de los 2 (dos SIGB candidatos es el más adecuado para heredar las funciones de gestión de las Bibliotecas Académicas de la UNPA. Los SIGB a comparar son los sistemas Koha (reconocido como el primer software de gestión de bibliotecas libre, y PMB (también un software libre que está cobrando gran reconocimiento en numerosos países europeos. Este estudio comparativo se origina básicamente por dos motivos: (i el cambio en la reglamentación vigente producido en 2011 y, como consecuencia, la necesidad de que el sistema utilizado por las Bibliotecas de la UNPA cumpla con esta reglamentación, y (ii la necesidad de aumentar la compatibilidad del sistema instalado para que pueda ser accedido y utilizado en su totalidad desde dispositivos portátiles, tales como celulares y tablets. A tal efecto, el presente trabajo propone un Framework Comparativo para analizar los SIGB candidatos aplicando un conjunto de Criterios de Evaluación, tanto a nivel de sistema, como así también, a nivel de módulo. Los resultados de esta investigación tienen como objetivo asistir y proveer sustento a la selección del SIGB que sea más adecuado a las necesidades de la UNPA.

Calagem na superfície em sistema plantio direto

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E. F. Caires; D. A. Banzatto; A. F. Fonseca

2000-01-01

Existem informações conflitantes a respeito da eficiência da aplicação superficial de calcário em sistema plantio direto, particularmente na correção da acidez do subsolo, e de critérios de recomendação de calagem para tal sistema de cultivo. Com o objetivo de avaliar a correção da acidez do solo e a produção de grãos de culturas em rotação no sistema plantio direto, considerando a aplicação de calcário na superfície, foi realizado um experimento em um Latossolo Vermelho-Escuro distrófico tex...

Modelación de un sistema de reinyección de agua

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Zamora Aizaga, Iván Marcelo; Barahona Borja, Tony Roman

2012-01-01

170 hojas : ilustraciones, 29 x 21 cm + CD-ROM 4531 Este trabajo está orientado a realizar una modelación en estado estable de un sistema de reinyección de agua de formación con la finalidad de obtener el punto óptimo de operación entre las curvas del sistema de bombas y la curva del sistema de redes de tuberías. El dimensionamiento de redes de tuberías y la curva del sistema de diferentes tipos de bombas operando serie o paralelo son problemas comunes en la industria petrolera, las cuales...

El sistema de los status de Eugrafio

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Pirovano, Luigi

2009-01-01

[ES] Recogiendo y analizando las glosas retóricas del Commentum Terenti atribuido a Eugrafio, es posible reconstruir con un nivel de precisión bastante elevado el sistema de los status utilizado por el comentarista, muy parecido -aunque no igual- a los sistemas «de trece status» que podemos encontrar en los Rhetores Latini Minores. Este análisis nos permite apreciar la naturaleza unitaria del comentario y precisar mejor cuál fue la personalidad y la auténtica finalidad de Eugrafio, a un tiemp...

Sistema de realidad aumentada para aplicaciones Android

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Fernández Sánchez, Natalia Mercedes

2012-01-01

El objetivo principal de este proyecto es la creación de un sistema de realidad aumentada para el sistema operativo Android con idea de que sea utilizado para la creación de un videojuego, pero que a su vez sea lo suficientemente versátil como para poder utilizarse en otro tipo de aplicaciones. De este objetivo principal podemos obtener los objetivos secundarios: - Conocer las características que ofrecen los teléfonos móviles y como éstas pueden ser aprovechadas para la crea...

Sistema endocanabinoide: modificando los factores de riesgo cardiovascular

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John Edwin Feliciano Alfonso

2006-10-01

Full Text Available La necesidad de alcanzar un tratamiento óptimo para el tabaquismo, la obesidad y sus comorbilidades, conocidos factores de riesgo cardiovascular, ha fomentado la búsqueda de objetivos terapéuticos novedosos. Es el caso del sistema endocanabinoide, involucrado en diversos fenómenos fisiológicos entre los que se encuentran el refuerzo de ciertos comportamientos y la regulación del apetito. La sobreactivación de este sistema altera la homeostasis corporal predisponiendo a dependencias o a un aumento en la ingesta alimentaria, lo que puede traducirse en tabaquismo u obesidad. La intervención farmacológica sobre el sistema endocanabinoide puede contribuir al manejo de estos factores de riesgo cardiovascular, teniendo en cuenta que a tales beneficios se suman otros independientes de la suspensión del tabaquismo o la reducción de peso, como el aumento del colesterol de alta densidad, la disminución de triglicéridos y la mejoría del control glucémico en pacientes con diabetes. Ensayos clínicos controlados aleatorizados adelantados en poblaciones con diferentes características, han evaluado la utilidad de la regulación farmacológica del sistema endocanabinoide; confirmando su eficacia en personas con factores de riesgo cardiovascular establecidos.

Simulation of the electric systems of the Laguna Verde nuclear power station; Simulacion de los sistemas electricos de la Central Laguna Verde

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Rodriguez Lozano, Saul; Ruiz Ponce, Gerardo E [Instituto de Investigaciones Electricas, Cuernavaca (Mexico)

1992-03-01

In this article, the electric system models of the Laguna Verde Nuclear Power Station (CNLV) simulator, are presented. These models permit the functioning simulation, in the different operation modes of the main generator (Ruiz and Rodriguez 1991a), of the auxiliaries system and of the substation (Ruiz and Rodriguez 1991b), and of the emergency diesel generators system (Ruiz and Rodriguez 1991c). The general characteristics of such systems, considered as the basis to obtain the representative models, which were developed as modules in an independent way to be integrated in the simulator, are also described. [Espanol] En este articulo, se presenta los modelos de los sistemas electricos del simulador de la Central Laguna Verde (CLV). Estos modelos permiten simular el funcionamiento, en los diferentes modos de operacion del generador principal (Ruiz y Rodriguez, 1991a), del sistema de auxiliares y de la subestacion (Ruiz y Rodriguez, 1991b) y del sistema de generadores diesel de emergencia (Ruiz y Rodriguez, 1991c). Asimismo, se describen las caracteristicas generales de tales sistemas, consideradas como la base para obtener los modelos representativos, los cuales fueron desarrollados como modulos en forma independiente para integrarse al simulador.

Comparison of two methods for estimating the number of undocumented Mexican adults in Los Angeles County.

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Heer, D M; Passel, J F

1987-01-01

This article compares 2 different methods for estimating the number of undocumented Mexican adults in Los Angeles County. The 1st method, the survey-based method, uses a combination of 1980 census data and the results of a survey conducted in Los Angeles County in 1980 and 1981. A sample was selected from babies born in Los Angeles County who had a mother or father of Mexican origin. The survey included questions about the legal status of the baby's parents and certain other relatives. The resulting estimates of undocumented Mexican immigrants are for males aged 18-44 and females aged 18-39. The 2nd method, the residual method, involves comparison of census figures for aliens counted with estimates of legally-resident aliens developed principally with data from the Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS). For this study, estimates by age, sex, and period of entry were produced for persons born in Mexico and living in Los Angeles County. The results of this research indicate that it is possible to measure undocumented immigration with different techniques, yet obtain results that are similar. Both techniques presented here are limited in that they represent estimates of undocumented aliens based on the 1980 census. The number of additional undocumented aliens not counted remains a subject of conjecture. The fact that the proportions undocumented shown in the survey (228,700) are quite similar to the residual estimates (317,800) suggests that the number of undocumented aliens not counted in the census may not be an extremely large fraction of the undocumented population. The survey-based estimates have some significant advantages over the residual estimates. The survey provides tabulations of the undocumented population by characteristics other than the limited demographic information provided by the residual technique. On the other hand, the survey-based estimates require that a survey be conducted and, if national or regional estimates are called for, they may

System for the reliability analysis of the electric energy supply; Sistema para el analisis de confiabilidad del suministro de energia electrica

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Perales, Favio; Martinez, Javier; Huesca, Francisco; Garcia, Norma; Nieva, Rolando [Instituto de Investigaciones Electricas, Cuernavaca (Mexico)

1997-12-31

A computer tool, developed for the reliability evaluation of the electric energy supply, considering the faults in the generation and transmission systems, is presented. The application of the tool in planning the expansion and operation of the electric systems, the methodology of the solution employed and the various functions it accounts for, are described. At the end some illustrative examples of its applications by means of the studies with a model of representative characteristics of the interconnected national system. [Espanol] Se presenta una herramienta computacional desarrollada para evaluar la confiabilidad del suministro de energia electrica, considerando las fallas en los sistemas de generacion y transmision. Se describen las aplicaciones de la herramienta en la planeacion de la expansion y de la operacion de sistemas electricos, la metodologia de solucion empleada y las diversas funciones con que cuenta. Al final se presentan algunos ejemplos ilustrativos de sus aplicaciones mediante estudios con un modelo de caracteristicas representativas del sistema interconectado nacional.

System for the reliability analysis of the electric energy supply; Sistema para el analisis de confiabilidad del suministro de energia electrica

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Perales, Favio; Martinez, Javier; Huesca, Francisco; Garcia, Norma; Nieva, Rolando [Instituto de Investigaciones Electricas, Cuernavaca (Mexico)

1998-12-31

A computer tool, developed for the reliability evaluation of the electric energy supply, considering the faults in the generation and transmission systems, is presented. The application of the tool in planning the expansion and operation of the electric systems, the methodology of the solution employed and the various functions it accounts for, are described. At the end some illustrative examples of its applications by means of the studies with a model of representative characteristics of the interconnected national system. [Espanol] Se presenta una herramienta computacional desarrollada para evaluar la confiabilidad del suministro de energia electrica, considerando las fallas en los sistemas de generacion y transmision. Se describen las aplicaciones de la herramienta en la planeacion de la expansion y de la operacion de sistemas electricos, la metodologia de solucion empleada y las diversas funciones con que cuenta. Al final se presentan algunos ejemplos ilustrativos de sus aplicaciones mediante estudios con un modelo de caracteristicas representativas del sistema interconectado nacional.

Vocalizing the Angels of Mons: Audio Dramas as Propaganda in the Great War of 1914 to 1918

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Tim Crook

2014-05-01

Full Text Available Sound drama production prior to the onset of the “Radio Age” underwent a pioneering development during the Great War. This was achieved by the making, publication and distribution of short audio dramas acted with sound effects and music in front of early microphones and released in the form of 78 rpm phonograph discs. Entertaining storytelling through dramatic performance was mobilized for the purposes of improving recruitment and disseminating patriotic endorsement recordings. This article focuses on the sound dramatization of the myth of “The Angels of Mons” released by Regal in 1915. The recording is examined as a text for its significance in terms of propaganda, style of audio-drama, and any cultural role it may have played in the media of the First World War. The Regal disc was an example of what was described at the time as “descriptive sketches.” This article explores why a sound phonograph was used to dramatize the myth that angels intervened to assist the British Expeditionary Force to resist the German Army invading France through Belgium in 1914. A number of historians have discussed the First World War as being a theatre for the first modern media war, in which the process of propaganda was modernized. To what extent does “The Angels of Mons” phonograph and the genre of descriptive sketches support this analysis? Does this short sound drama play have any relevance to the cultural phenomena of spiritualism, modernism and patriotic Christianity identified as being important during the Great War period?

Misuse of prescription and illicit drugs among high-risk young adults in Los Angeles and New York

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Stephen E. Lankenau

2012-02-01

Full Text Available Background. Prescription drug misuse among young adults is increasingly viewed as a public health concern, yet most research has focused on student populations and excluded high-risk groups. Furthermore, research on populations who report recent prescription drug misuse is limited. This study examined patterns of prescription drug misuse among high-risk young adults in Los Angeles (LA and New York (NY, which represent different local markets for illicit and prescription drugs. Design and Methods. Between 2009 and 2011, 596 young adults (16 to 25 years old who had misused prescription drugs within the past 90 days were interviewed in Los Angeles and New York. Sampling was stratified to enroll three groups of high-risk young adults: injection drug users (IDUs; homeless persons; and polydrug users. Results. In both sites, lifetime history of receiving a prescription for an opioid, tranquilizer, or stimulant was high and commonly preceded misuse. Moreover, initiation of opioids occurred before heroin and initiation of prescription stimulants happened prior to illicit stimulants. NY participants more frequently misused oxycodone, heroin, and cocaine, and LA participants more frequently misused codeine, marijuana, and methamphetamine. Combining prescription and illicit drugs during drug using events was commonly reported in both sites. Opioids and tranquilizers were used as substitutes for other drugs, e.g., heroin, when these drugs were not available. Conclusion. Patterns of drug use among high-risk young adults in Los Angeles and New York appear to be linked to differences in local markets in each city for illicit drugs and diverted prescription drugs.

Análise de séries temporais na operação de sistema de tratamento de águas residuárias de abatedouro de frango Time series analysis on the operation of a poultry slaughterhouse wastewater treatment plant

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Ivana Ribeiro de Nardi

2005-12-01

Full Text Available Esse trabalho apresenta a avaliação de dados de operação de sistema de tratamento de águas residuárias de abatedouro de frango, através da análise de séries temporais. O objetivo principal foi a obtenção de modelo de previsão capaz de antecipar o controle da operação do sistema de tratamento de águas residuárias do abatedouro, constituindo subsídio para obtenção de estratégias de gestão do sistema de tratamento existente. Registros de 42 meses de parâmetros de monitoramento foram utilizados na modelagem de séries temporais. O modelo de ajuste exponencial para previsão dos valores de demanda química de oxigênio do efluente industrial e do afluente dos reatores biológicos apresentou bom ajuste (erro percentual absoluto da média aritmética menor que 20% com diferenças na capacidade de previsão menores que 15%.This paper presents the evaluation of the operating data of the poultry slaughterhouse wastewater treatment plant, by means of time series analysis. It aimed at obtaining a forecasting model able to have the operation of the slaughterhouse wastewater treatment system under control, what leads to subsidy for acquiring the management strategies of the wastewater treatment system. Records of 42 months of the monitoring parameters were used in the time series modeling. The exponentially weighted moving average model for obtaining chemical oxygen demand values of the industrial effluent and the reactors influent stream showed proper adjustment (mean absolute percentage error values smaller than 20%, where the differences on the prediction feasibility were smaller than 15%.

El sistema fiduciario en el Perú: propuesta para la adopción de un sistema fiduciario mixto

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Vivanco Luyo, Fernando Jesús

2017-01-01

El fideicomiso es una antigua institución jurídica cuyo nacimiento se atribuye al derecho romano, con una gran influencia del trust anglosajón. Para el Perú resulta ser una institución con poco más de 23 años de aplicación desde su incorporación a nuestra legislación, allá por el año 1993. Actualmente contamos con los “fideicomisos bancarios”, denominados así por encontrarse regulados en la Ley General del Sistema Financiero, del Sistema de Seguros y Orgánica de la Superintende...

Realidad de los sistemas de gestión ambiental

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Sandra Constanza Escobar Cárdenas

2009-07-01

Full Text Available Este artículo presenta un análisis sobre la posibilidad de integrar los diferentes sistemas de gestión y la importancia que tiene los sistemas de gestión ambiental para el mejoramiento de las organizaciones. Luego de analizar comparativamente los modelos existentes, la autora presenta algunas recomendaciones de implementación.

Proyecto SAFEBUS: Sistemas Avanzados de Seguridad Integral en Autobuses

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Leopoldo Armesto

2016-01-01

Full Text Available Resumen: Es bien conocido a partir de estudios previamente realizados, la elevada accidentabilidad de los autobuses urbanos en situaciones de baja velocidad que hacen más necesarios sistemas de asistencia a la conducción. En este sentido, el artículo describe los resultados obtenidos como consecuencia del desarrollo del proyecto “Sistemas Avanzados de Seguridad Integral en Autobuses” (SAFEBUS. Concretamente, se centra en los aspectos de seguridad exterior del autobús, proponiendo un sistema para las situaciones de baja velocidad, paradas o arrancadas del autobús. En él se describen las ideas conceptuales del proyecto y los subsistemas que lo conforman: sistema de detección de personas y sistema avanzado de asistencia al conductor, incluyendo el diseño de dispositivos de realimentación háptica y audio-visual. Así mismo, se detallan los experimentos y validaciones realizados tras la implantación del mismo en autobuses de la compañía Castrosua S.A., los cuales demuestran la capacidad de alertar al conductor y en caso necesario detenerlo en situaciones de peligro. Abstract: It is well known from previous studies, that accidents of buses in urban scenarios, with low speed profiles, make necessary to introduce driving assistance systems. In this sense, this paper describes the results of the SAFEBUS research project “Sistemas Avanzados de Seguridad Integral en Autobuses”. It focuses in safety aspects proposing a system valid at low speed profiles, basically at bus stops. Here, we describe the main ideas exploited in the project and their results, that is, a people detection system together with a driving assistance system with audiovisual and haptic feedback. We also show some experiments and validations carried out at the facilities of Castrosua S.A. company. Keywords: Advance driving assistance systems, people detection, bus safety, Palabras clave: Sistemas de Seguridad Avanzados

Observadores Distribuidos Garantistas para Sistemas en Red

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Ramón A. García

2017-07-01

Full Text Available Resumen: En este artículo se propone un observador distribuido garantista para sistemas en red, considerando de forma explícita el problema de los retardos variables en las comunicaciones. Se asume que la información intercambiada entre agentes llega siempre a su destino, si bien las comunicaciones están sujetas a retardos variables, cuyo valor máximo se supone conocido. Cada observador trabaja con información parcial, y necesita comunicarse con observadores vecinos para llevar a cabo una estimación del estado completo del sistema. Para representar a los conjuntos garantistas, cuya función es acotar en tiempo real la región en la que se encuentra el estado del sistema, se ha optado por la utilización de zonotopos. Esto permite integrar de forma sencilla la información recibida por cada agente. Finalmente se presentan resultados de simulación para validar el algoritmo propuesto. Abstract: This paper proposes a guaranteed distributed observer for networked systems, taking into account the problem of the variable delays in communications. We assume that the information exchanged among the agents always arrives to its destination, although the communication are subject to variable delays, whose maximum value is known. Each observer works with partial information, and needs to communicate with neighbouring observers to carry out an estimation of the complete state of the system. The guaranteed sets, whose function is to delimit in real time the region in which the state of the system belong to, are represented by zonotopes. This kind of sets allows a simple integration of the information received by each agent. Finally some results obtained with the proposed algorithm are shown in simulations. Palabras clave: Estimación Distribuida, Observadores de Estado, Sistemas con Retardos, Sistemas en red, Zonotopos, Keywords: Distributed Estimation, State Observers, Delays Systems, Networked systems, Zonotopes

76 FR 14698 - Raleigh Film and Television Studios, LLC, Los Angeles, CA; Notice of Negative Determination on...

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2011-03-17

... DEPARTMENT OF LABOR Employment and Training Administration [TA-W-72,587] Raleigh Film and... Reconsideration for the workers and former workers of Raleigh Film and Television Studios, LLC, Los Angeles... for reconsideration alleges that the subject firm is building large film studios in foreign countries...

Sistema de Posicionamiento para Vehículos Autónomos

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V. Milanés

2008-10-01

Full Text Available Resumen: Uno de los objetivos más importantes de los Sistemas Inteligentes de Transporte (ITS es evitar la pérdida de precisión en el posicionamiento y guiado del vehículo, debido a la disminución en la calidad de la señal del Sistema de Posicionamiento Global (GPS. En este artículo, se presenta un sistema de posicionamiento formado por la combinación de un GPS con una unidad de medida inercial ayudada por los sensores embarcados en el coche para realizar el guiado. En función de la precisión proporcionada por el GPS, el sistema discrimina entre tres posibles comportamientos: 1 Si la precisión es centimétrica, el GPS se encarga en solitario del guiado. 2 Si no se recibe la señal GPS, el control lo toma la unidad inercial. 3 Si la precisión de la señal del GPS no es centimétrica, la posición del vehículo se calcula mediante una combinación de ambas medidas. El sistema se ha instalado en un Citroën C3 Pluriel. Los resultados muestran un correcto comportamiento del vehículo en diferentes situaciones y prueban la necesidad de integrar la información sensorial para realizar un control de navegación óptimo. Palabras Clave: guiado automatizado de vehículos, sistemas de posicionamiento global, unidad de medida inercial

Development and experiences of photovoltaic water pumping for a drip irrigation in agriculture; Desarrollo y experiencias de sistemas de bombeo fotovoltaico para aplicaciones de riego tecnificado en la agricultura

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Schmidt, Reinhold; Sapiain, Raul; Torres, Ariel; Loose, Dirk [Centro de Energias Renovables, Arica (Chile); Hahn, Andreas [Eschborn (Germany)

2000-07-01

The following paper shows results and experiences from a pilot project of photovoltaic water pumping for drip irrigation in agriculture of rural areas. The project participants are local farmers in direct co-operation with the Renewable Energy Centre of the University of Tarapaca and the German Agency for Technical Co-operation, GTZ. Activities focus on the planification, design, implementation and evaluation of four different pilot installations for the small and medium scale agriculture in different locations of the desert area of northern Chile. In the first phase, photovoltaic pumping systems were installed with water storage tanks and a drip irrigation systems were installed with water storage tanks and a drip irrigation system working only by gravity at very low operating pressures. In the second phase, a new system configuration was developed with a direct driven photovoltaic pumping system without water storage tank, the drip irrigation system here is directly connected to the pump with variable water flow and system pressure conditions. Part of the pilot project is a monitoring system, which allows a complete short term and long term evaluation under technical, agricultural and economical aspects. The measured data and obtained experiences shown so far interesting result as for example the high system's reliability, a good performance of the low pressure irrigation, an adequate matching between the solar pump and the drip irrigation in the direct driven system and a simple irrigation management and operation, compared with conventional pumping systems. The project's results could offer a new alternative for photovoltaic pumping systems in the productive agricultural sector of desert rural areas. [Spanish] El presente trabajo muestra los resultados y experiencias obtenidas en un programa piloto de bombeo fotovoltaico para nuevas aplicaciones de riego tecnificado en la agricultura de zonas rurales. En este programa el Centro de Energias Renovables

El Sistema's Open Secrets

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Booth, Eric

2011-01-01

In this article, the author talks about Venezuela's national youth orchestra program called El Sistema whose attributes offer a direct challenge to traditional Western music practices. As U.S. classical music--and all "high arts"--struggle to find relevance to more than the small "arts club" percentage of the U.S. populace, El…

Climate Change and Adaptation Planning on the Los Angeles Aqueduct

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Roy, S. B.; Bales, R. C.; Costa-Cabral, M. C.; Chen, L.; Maurer, E. P.; Miller, N. L.; Mills, W. B.

2009-12-01

This study provides an assessment of the potential impacts of climate change on the Eastern Sierra Nevada snowpack and snowmelt timing, using a combination of empirical (i.e., data-based) models, and computer simulation models forced by GCM-projected 21st century climatology (IPCC 2007 AR4 projections). Precipitation from the Eastern Sierra Nevada is one of the main water sources for Los Angeles' more than 4 million people - a source whose future availability is critical to the city's growing population and large economy. Precipitation in the region falls mostly in winter and is stored in the large natural reservoir that is the snowpack. Meltwater from the Eastern Sierra is delivered to the city by the 340-mile long Los Angeles Aqueducts. The analysis is focused on the nature of the impact to the LAA water supplies over the 21st century due to potential climate change, including volume of precipitation, the mix of snowfall and rainfall, shifts in the timing of runoff, interannual variability and multi-year droughts. These impacts further affect the adequacy of seasonal and annual carryover water storage, and potentially water treatment. Most of the snow in the 10,000 km^2 Mono-Owens basins that feed the LAA occurs in a relatively narrow, 10-20 km wide, high-elevation band on the steep slopes of 20 smaller basins whose streams drain into the Owens River and thence LAA. Extending over 240 km in the north-south direction, these basins present special challenges for estimating snowpack amounts and downscaling climate-model data. In addition, there are few meteorological stations and snow measurements in the snow-producing parts of the basins to drive physically based hydrologic modeling.

Sob a sombra de Carmen Miranda e do carnaval: brasileiras em Los Angeles Under the shadow of Carmen Miranda and carnival: brazilian women in Los Angeles

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Bernadete Beserra

2007-06-01

Full Text Available Neste artigo, analiso como brasileiras de classes média e média alta em Los Angeles lidam com o fenômeno da exotização das suas imagens. Observo que, embora originalmente articuladas a partir de Hollywood (Carmen Miranda nos limites da hierarquia entre as nações e do colonialismo, essas imagens são hoje alimentadas e recriadas também pelos próprios brasileiros. Uma das idéias centrais que defendo aqui é que embora tais imagens inicialmente restrinjam a ação das brasileiras, uma vez que sempre impõem o diálogo com os seus conteúdos, elas não o fazem permanentemente, ou seja, no processo de integração há espaço para a negociação de outras imagens e conteúdos e isto depende de fatores que vão além da exotização em si.This article discusses how middle and upper-middle class Brazilian women deal with their exoticized images in Los Angeles. It points out that although originally articulated from Hollywood (Carmen Miranda, within the limits of the hierarchy of nations and colonialism, today these images are also fed and recreated by Brazilians. One of the central ideas presented is that, despite constraining the movements and actions of the women, imposing on them the need to dialogue with their content, these exotic images do not do it permanently. In other words, in the process of integration, there is always room for negotiation of other images and contents that depend on factor other than exoticization itself.

2017 Sustainable LA Environmental Report Card for Los Angeles County: Energy & Air Quality

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Federico, Felicia; Rauser, Casandra; Gold, Mark

2017-01-01

The 2017 Sustainable LA Environmental Report Card (ERC) for Los Angeles County (LA County) on Energy and Air Quality offers an in-depth look at the region’s sustainability efforts focusing on the energy we use, greenhouse gas emissions, and the air we breathe. The LA County Environmental Report Card is the only comprehensive environmental report card for a megacity in the world. This ERC assesses 21 indicators that fall into five categories: Stationary Energy Use; Transportation; Renewable En...

Shelter from the Storm: Optimizing Distribution of Bus Stop Shelters in Los Angeles

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Law, Philip; Taylor, Brian D.

2010-01-01

The functions of bus stop shelters and factors affecting their placement at stops in transit systems are analyzed. Drawing on information from a variety of sources, current shelter placement policy in Los Angeles was found to be guided principally by the revenue-generating potential of shelter advertisements, secondarily by political concerns over geographic equity, and only peripherally on the basis of bus stop use. Using data on shelter and stop locations, boardings, and headways, a methodo...

Sistemas multi–modales de profundidad restringida Multi-modal systems of restricted depth

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Manuel Sierra A.

2008-12-01

Full Text Available Se presentan como extensiones del cálculo proposicional clásico, la jerarquíade sistemas deductivos SMM–n con n > 1. SMM–n es el sistema multi–modalde profundidad–n. El sistema SMM–1 es el cálculo proposicional clásico. Elsistema SMM–(n + 1 puede ser visto como el resultado de aplicar la regla denecesariedad, asociada a los razonadores con suficiente capacidad de razona-miento, una vez a los teoremas del sistema SMM–n. El sistema SMM resultade la reunión de los sistemas de la jerarquía, y puede ser visto como el sis-tema de lógica multi–modal Km con restricciones. Los sistemas SMM–n soncaracterizados con una semántica al estilo Kripke, en la cual, la longitud delas cadenas de mundos posibles se encuentra restringida.They are presented as extensions of the classical propositional logic, the hierarchy of deductive systems SMM–n with n > 1. SMM–n is the multi–modal system of depth–n. The system SMM–1 is the classical propositional logic. The system SMM–(n + 1 it can be seen as the result of applying the necesariedad rule, associated to the reasoners with enough reasoning capacity, once to the theorems of the system SMM–n. The system SMM is of the union of the systems of the hierarchy, and it can be seen as the system of logic multimodal Km with restrictions. The systems SMM–n are characterized with a semantics to the style Kripke, in the one which, the longitude of the chains of possible worlds is restricted.

Sistema das Artes Visuais no Brasil

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Nei Vargas da Rosa

2017-10-01

Full Text Available O Dossiê Sistema das Artes Visuais no Brasil se oferece como um profícuo dispositivo de análise do sistema da arte e de seu crescimento e avanço como objeto de reflexão e investigação. Reúne um grupo de pesquisadoras e pesquisadores que respondem por estudos de temas diversos, como a compreensão dos processos de valoração, considerando seus aspectos simbólicos e mercadológicos; a discussão sobre a gestão dos aparelhos culturais em meio ao receituário da política econômica centrada no mercado; a inserção recente de instrumentos de visibilidade e circulação da arte, como as ferias de arte e a Internet; o papel de colecionadores e colecionadoras no sistema de arte; entre outros assuntos; e os estudos sobre educação em museu de arte. Assim, o Dossiê segue uma ordenação que busca oferecer uma lógica conceitual e factual para compreensão do tema proposto, não excluindo a possibilidade de leitura direta a textos que ofereçam conteúdo de interesses específicos dos leitores e leitoras.

Sistema de recomendación para un uso inclusivo del lenguaje

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Fuentes Fort, Maria; Padró Cirera, Lluís; Padró Cirera, Montserrat; Turmo Borrás, Jordi; Carrera, Jordi

2009-01-01

Sistema que procesa un texto escrito en castellano detectando usos del lenguaje no inclusivos. Para cada sintagma nominal sospechoso el sistema propone una serie de alternativas. El sistema permite también la adquisición automática de ejemplos positivos a partir de documentos que hagan un uso inclusivo del lenguaje. Estos ejemplos seran usados, junto a su contexto, en la presentación de sugerencias. System to detect exclusive language in Spanish documents. For each noun phrase detected as ...

Sistema de recomendación para un uso inclusivo del lenguaje

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Fuentes Fort, Maria; Padró, Lluís; Padró Cirera, Montserrat; Turmo Borras, Jorge; Carrera, Jordi

2009-01-01

Sistema que procesa un texto escrito en castellano detectando usos del lenguaje no inclusivos. Para cada sintagma nominal sospechoso el sistema propone una serie de alternativas. El sistema permite también la adquisición automática de ejemplos positivos a partir de documentos que hagan un uso inclusivo del lenguaje. Estos ejemplos serán usados, junto a su contexto, en la presentación de sugerencias. Abstract: System to detect exclusive language in spanish documents. For each ...

Evaluación de sistemas operativos de tiempo real sobre microcontroladores

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Medina, Santiago; Pi Puig, Martín; Paniego, Juan Manuel; Dell'Oso, Matías; Romero, Fernando; De Giusti, Armando Eduardo; Tinetti, Fernando Gustavo

2015-01-01

En el presente trabajo se presentan mediciones sobre diferentes sistemas operativos que soportan las características de tiempo real, instalados sobre un sistema de microcontrolador. Dichas evaluaciones caracterizan los posibles tiempos de respuesta, es decir, un límite que determina el tipo de aplicación en la cual pueden ser utilizados, dentro del marco del desarrollo de aplicaciones de Sistemas Embebidos de Tiempo Real. Una de las principales métricas es el tiempo de latencia, el cual repre...

Vegetation composition and altitudinal distribution of Andean rain forests in El Angel and Guandera reserves, northern Ecuador

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Moscol Olivera, M.C.; Cleef, A.M.

2009-01-01

Patterns of vascular plant species composition and structure of the remaining rain forest of the Andean Cordillera in northern Ecuador were studied in two reserves: Guandera and El Angel. Thirty three plots located between 3300 and 3700 in were examined along two altitudinal transects crossing the

TREE-RING INDICES AND ISOTOPE SIGNATURES OF PINUS PONDEROSA RELATED TO HISTORIC OZONE CHANGES OUTSIDE LOS ANGELES

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Ozone concentrations in the Los Angeles (LA) basin were at historic highs in the late 1970s. Since that time Clean Air regulations have helped lower ozone, but little is known of the long-term vegetation responses. Extensive research has used tree-ring indices together with the...

Vegetation composition and altitudinal distribution of Andean rain forests in El Angel and Guandera reserves, northern Ecuador

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Moscol Olivera, M.C.; Cleef, A.M.

2009-01-01

Patterns of vascular plant species composition and structure of the remaining rain forest of the Andean Cordillera in northern Ecuador were studied in two reserves: Guandera and El Angel. Thirty three plots located between 3300 and 3700 m were examined along two altitudinal transects crossing the

Preliminary Report Regarding State Allocation Board Funding of the Los Angeles Unified School District's Belmont Learning Complex.

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Armoudian, Maria; Carman, Georgann; Havan, Artineh; Heron, Frank

A preliminary report of the California Legislature's Joint Legislative Audit Committee presents findings on the construction team selection process for the Los Angeles Unified School District's (LAUSD's) Belmont Learning Complex. Evidence reveals a seriously flawed process that directly conflicted with existing law and practice. The report…

“HERRAMIENTA COMPUTACIONAL EDUCATIVA PARA EL APRENDIZAJE DE SISTEMAS DIFUSOS”

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Edwar Jacinto Gómez

2011-11-01

Full Text Available Este artículo presenta el software  Fuzzy Tool desarrollado como una herramienta educativa para el aprendizaje de sistemas difusos, define los métodos y operaciones difusos más importantes y utilizadas en el diseño de sistemas difusos en el mundo. FuzzyTool se implementó como una herramienta computacional educativa teniendo como referencia cada una de lo programas que se encuentran en la actualidad para el desarrollo, diseño y simulación de sistemas y controladores difusas (fuzzytech, Matlab, Unfuzzy, etc..La herramienta que se desarrollo le entrega al usuario una interfaz gráfica donde es guiado en el diseño de los sistemas difusos, por medio de tres pasos fundamentales como lo son: la edición de las variables, la construcción de la base de reglas o base de conocimiento y por ultimo, la inferencia de reglas.

Sistema seguidor solar microcontrolado

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Daiane Maria Mendes Duarte

2015-12-01

Full Text Available A demanda de energia elétrica é cada vez maior devido ao grande crescimento da população e do novo estilo de vida adotado pela sociedade moderna, cada vez mais industrializada. Nesse sentido, o consumo de energia vem apresentando um crescimento acelerado. Concomitantemente, a sociedade se movimenta no sentido de se conscientizar das alterações ocasionadas na natureza, e, assim, surge a necessidade de novos meios de geração de energia, menos impactantes ao meio ambiente, denominadas energias renováveis. Este artigo vem apresentar um sistema seguidor solar microcontrolado, que possibilita uma maior captação de energia em placas solares, pois as posiciona sempre com sua face voltada para o sol. O sistema de controle é baseado nas equações matemáticas cujos resultados são as posições do sol num dado dia e em uma dada hora. Estas coordenadas são calculadas e resultam no deslocamento da célula fotovoltaica por meio de um motor.

Sistema de Aprovechamiento de la Energía de las Olas del Mar

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Pi Amorós, Gabriel

2010-01-01

Este documento describe un sistema de aprovechamiento de la energía transportada por el oleaje o energía undimotriz. El sistema no transformará la energía únicamente en electricidad si no que aprovecha dicha electricidad para producir hidrógeno mediante el proceso de la electrólisis del agua de mar. Es decir, el sistema propuesto es un sistema de generación de hidrógeno de origen renovable a partir de una fuente de energía renovable, la energía undimotriz. Las característica...

Desarrollo de un sistema de asignación de tareas a trabajadores polivalentes

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Mora Jardón, Alejandro; Moreno Medina, Irene

2007-01-01

El proyecto consiste en: analizar las necesidades de gestión de información en la asignación de tareas. Diseño de un sistema de gestión para esta asignación. Desarrollo de una aplicación para aplicar este sistema. Pruebas del sistema sobre diversos ejemplos. Este trabajo de final de carrera consiste en la creación y posterior desarrollo de un sistema de asignación de tareas a trabajadores polivalentes. Esto es, una herramienta que nos organice la distribución laboral a lo largo...

Estudio de los Sistemas Inteligentes de Transporte

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Javato Martín, Moisés

2015-01-01

En este trabajo se estudia el estado actual de los Sistemas Inteligentes de Transporte (ITS) en Estados Unidos y Europa, a través de ejemplos reales. En primer lugar, se da una visión general del tema, definiendo los aspectos y actores clave y explicando las áreas de la gestión del tráfico y del vehículo conectado. A continuación, se aborda el desarrollo de los sistemas ITS en el ámbito de la Unión Europea, explicando las principales instituciones y programas de financiación europeos, así com...

Sistemas adhesivos en Odontología Restauradora

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Mandri, María Natalia; Aguirre Grabre de Prieto, Alicia; Zamudio, María Eugenia

2015-01-01

Los sistemas adhesivos actuales han permitido mejorar los procedimientos clínicos tanto en la evolución de los componentes y su mecanismo de acción, como en la disminución del tiempo operatorio de aplicación de cada uno de ellos, brindando una eficacia clínica aceptable y predecible. Esta demanda de efectividad, ha dado lugar a una gran variedad de sistemas adhesivos, que en muchas ocasiones, no se emplean en la práctica profesional. El propósito de este trabajo es realizar una revisión de lo...

Sistemas de custos para pequenas empresas industriais

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Moraes, João Vicente de

2002-01-01

Dissertação (mestrado) - Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina, Centro Tecnológico. Programa de Pós-Graduação em Engenharia de Produção. Este trabalho define um sistema de custos para pequenas empresas industriais, o qual permite identificar o custo, resultado e margem de contribuição por produto e ponto de equilíbrio , considerando o período de apuração do resultado. O sistema proposto é aplicado em um caso prático, em uma empresa estabelecida na cidade de Cascavel-PR., que produz rodas ...

Categorizando a los usuarios de sistemas digitales

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Hernández y Hernández, Denise; Ramírez Martinell, Alberto; Cassany, Daniel

2014-01-01

Repasamos las categorías más utilizadas para aludir a las características de las personas que utilizan algún tipo de sistema digital, ya sea por su grado de participación en la comunicación global y en los sistemas web -1.0 o 2.0-; por la actitud que toman ante el contenido digital -consumidores o productores-; por su intermitencia en el mundo digital -residentes o visitantes-; o por el momento histórico en el que nacieron -nativos digitales o inmigrantes digitales-, con el propósito de refle...

CATEGORIZANDO A LOS USUARIOS DE SISTEMAS DIGITALES.

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Denise Hernández y Hernández; Alberto Ramírez-Martinell; Daniel Cassany

2014-01-01

Repasamos las categorías más utilizadas para aludir a las características de las personas que utilizan algún tipo de sistema digital, ya sea por su grado de participación en la comu- nicación global y en los sistemas web -1.0 o 2.0-; por la actitud que toman ante el contenido digital -consumidores o productores-; por su intermitencia en el mundo digital -residentes o visitantes-; o por el momento histórico en el que nacieron -nativos digitales o inmigrantes digitales-, con el propósito de ref...

Sistemas transparentes para gobiernos electrónicos eficientes

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Andrade Castro, Jesús Alberto

2007-05-01

Full Text Available Este trabajo hace una reflexión crítica del papel que desempeñan los sistemas transparentes en el gobiernoelectrónico. La misión de los sistemas transparentes computarizados es desarrollar aplicaciones confiables y robustas,con el propósito de sustituir la fiscalización y los controles jurídicos y contables del comportamiento administrativo,por verdaderas evaluaciones que incluyan la participación del ciudadano, en el ejercicio transparente de la accióngubernamental. Teniendo como base la necesidad de tener aplicaciones para gobierno electrónico, el Laboratorio deInvestigación de Tecnologías y Sistemas de Información (LITSI de la Facultad de Ciencias de la Universidad del Zuliadesarrolla aplicaciones de minería de texto, para obtener datos que están envueltos en el metalenguaje de etiquetas(HTML contenido en las páginas WEB. Con el prototipo que hemos desarrollado, se ha hecho un intento por convertirinformación desde documentos tipos texto no estructurados que están en la WEB, en información factible de ser analizaday contrastada con las acciones y políticas públicas. Se pretende así, desarrollar sistemas transparentes eficientescon aplicaciones computarizadas que permitan al ciudadano ejercer el control social de la gestión gubernamental.

Desarrollo de un sistema experto para el diagnostico de fallas automotrices

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Fuentes Covarrubias, Ricardo

2013-12-01

Full Text Available Se presenta un prototipo experimental de un sistema experto para el diagnóstico de fallas mecánicas en automóviles, a partir de una interacción en tiempo real. Este sistema es una herramienta de diagnóstico para técnicos mecánicos, practicantes y personas con conocimientos básicos de mecánica automotriz y puede también ser empleado como un sistema tutor inteligente para un curso de mecánica automotriz.

Ajustes a la arquitectura del sistema general de salud de Colombia: una propuesta

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Dov Chernichovsky

2015-04-01

Full Text Available El modelo de competencia regulada establecido por la Ley 100 de 1993 para el funcionamiento del sistema de salud en Colombia presenta fallas de mercado y fallas de gobierno. A la luz del modelo conceptual del «Paradigma Emergente», este artículo presenta una propuesta de adaptación de la arquitectura del sistema de salud de Colombia a la arquitectura de sistemas internacionales considerados exitosos, identificando instituciones, roles y competencias. Dado lo anterior, las recomendaciones más importantes son: impulsar el sistema dual de competencia regulada en zonas densamente pobladas y monopolios en zonas sin densidad geográfica y regionalizar el sistema. También se sugiere la adopción de instrumentos de regulación de la oferta como el certificado de necesidad.

Sistemas Correctores de Campo Para EL Telescopio Cassegrain IAC80

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Galan, M. J.; Cobos, F. J.

1987-05-01

El proyecto de instrumentación de mayor importancia que ha tenido el Instituto de Astrofisica de Canarias en los últimos afios ha sido el diseflo y construcción del te1escopio IAC8O. Este requería del esfuerzo con junto en mec´nica, óptica y electrónica, lo que facilitó la estructuración y el crecimiento de los respectivos grupos de trabajo, que posteriormente se integraron en departamentos En su origen (1977), el telescopio IAC80 fue concebido como un sistema clásico tipo Cassegrain, con una razón focal F/i 1.3 para el sistema Casse grain y una razón focal F/20 para el sistema Coudé. Posteriormente, aunque se mantuvo la filosofia de que el sistema básico fuera el F/11.3, se consideró conveniente el diseño de secundarios para razones focales F/16 y F/32, y se eliminó el de F/20. Sin embargo, dada la importancia relativa que un foco estrictamente fotográfico tiene en un telescopio moderno, diseñado básicamente para fotometría fotoeléctrica y con un campo util mínimamente de 40 minutos de arco, se decídió Ilevar a cabo el diseño de un secundario F/8 con un sistema corrector de campo, pero que estuviera formado únicamente por lentes con superficies esféricas para que asl su construcción fuera posible en España ó en México. La creciente utilización de detectores bidimensionales para fines de investigación astron6mica y la viabilidad de que en un futuro cercano éstos tengan un área sensible cada vez mayor, hicieron atractiva la idea de tener diseñado un sistema corrector de campo para el foco primario (F/3), con un campo útil mínimo de un grado, y también con la limitante de que sus componentes tuvieron sólamente supérficies esféricas. Ambos diseños de los sis-temas correctores de campo se llevaron a cabo, en gran medida, como parte de un proyecto de colaboración e intercambio en el área de diseño y evaluación de sistemas ópticos.

Portfolio District Reform Meets School Turnaround: Early Implementation Findings from the Los Angeles Public School Choice Initiative

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Marsh, Julie A.; Strunk, Katharine O.; Bush, Susan

2013-01-01

Purpose: Despite the popularity of school "turnaround" and "portfolio district" management as solutions to low performance, there has been limited research on these strategies. The purpose of this paper is to address this gap by exploring the strategic case of Los Angeles Unified School District's Public School Choice…

Defining Moments in MMWR History: The AIDS Epidemic, Pneumocystis Pneumonia --- Los Angeles 1981

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On June 5, 1981, MMWR published a report of Pneumocystis pneumonia in five previously healthy young gay men in Los Angeles, California. This report was later acknowledged as the first published account of what would become known as human immunodeficiency virus, or HIV, and acquired immunodeficiency syndrome, or AIDS. It was the first of many MMWR reports that led to a better understanding of this new condition. In this podcast, Dr. Harold Jaffe recalls CDC's investigation and response to the AIDS Epidemic.

Implantación del sistema ERP SAP R/3

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Muñoz Fernandez, Jorge Juan

2012-01-01

El objetivo del presente trabajo ha sido realizar un estudio de investigación y desarrollo sobre la implantación del sistema Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) SAP R/3 de una empresa. L'objectiu d'aquest treball final de carrera ha estat realitzar un estudi d'investigació i desenvolupament sobre la implantació del sistema Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) SAP R/3 d'una empresa.

Calidad en el desarrollo de Sistemas de Software

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Pesado, Patricia Mabel; Bertone, Rodolfo Alfredo; Ramón, Hugo Dionisio; Pasini, Ariel C.; Esponda, Silvia; Alonso, Laura Mabel

2006-01-01

El proyecto de investigación y desarrollo “Sistemas de Software Distribuidos. Aplicaciones en procesos industriales, E-government y E-learning” abarca aspectos que van desde los fundamentos del desarrollo (Técnicas de Ingeniería de requerimientos, Metodologías de Gestión y Desarrollo de Proyectos, Técnicas de Planificación, Métricas, Normas de Calidad, Web-Systems) hasta la concepción de aplicaciones específicas orientadas a los procesos industriales (sistemas de planeamiento industrial, cont...

Methodology for the location of PMU for the monitoring of critical oscillations in power systems; Metodologia para la ubicacion de PMU para el monitoreo de oscilaciones criticas en sistemas electricos de potencia

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Calderon Guizar, Jorge Guillermo [Instituto de Investigaciones Electricas, Cuernavaca, Morelos (Mexico)

2009-07-01

The deregulation and restructuring undergone by the electrical industry, as well as the tendency at world-wide level of reorganization in generation, transmission and distribution units has brought about, as a consequence, drastic changes in the operation of the electric power systems. The difficulties to construct new transmission power lines and the continuous increase in the electricity consumption are forcing more and more to operate the electric power systems every time nearer their safety limits. Nevertheless, to assure the system reliability without mattering what so plaintiff is the operating condition is a requirement that the electrical companies must satisfy. This panorama has motivated and impelled the use of new technologies for the critical indicators the monitoring that allow the electrical companies to guarantee the system safe operation. In this paper a methodology for the location of Fasorial Measurement Units, better known as FMU for the monitoring of the critical oscillation modes in the electric power systems is presented. [Spanish] La desregulacion y reestructuracion experimentada por la industria electrica, asi como la tendencia a nivel mundial de reorganizacion en unidades de generacion, transmision y distribucion ha traido como consecuencia cambios drasticos en la operacion de los sistemas electricos de potencia. Las dificultades para construir nuevas lineas de transmision y el incremento continuo en el consumo de electricidad estan forzando a operar el sistema electrico de potencia cada vez mas cerca de sus limites de seguridad. Sin embargo, asegurar la confiabilidad del sistema sin importar que tan demandante sea la condicion de operacion es un requisito que las companias electricas deben satisfacer. Este panorama ha motivado e impulsado el uso de nuevas tecnologias para el monitoreo de indicadores criticos que permitan a las companias electricas garantizar una operacion segura del sistema. En este trabajo se presenta una metodologia para

La teoría del granulado y su aplicación a sistemas moleculares complejos

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Hijón de Miguel, Carmen

2009-01-01

El objetivo de esta tesis es el desarrollo de modelos de grano grueso para la simulación de sistemas moleculares complejos. Entendemos que un modelo de grano grueso es aquel que representa un sistema físico con menor número de grados de libertad que los que hay realmente en el sistema. Y por sistema molecular complejo entendemos aquel cuyos constituyentes son macromoléculas. El reto que plantea la simulación de los sistemas moleculares complejos es el desarrollo de modelos capaces de describi...

Um processo para sistemas web com foco em acessibilidade e usabilidade

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Ana Luiza Dias

2014-01-01

Com o aumento do uso e da complexidade de sistemas web, o desenvolvimento de tais sistemas com qualidade exige a adoção de uma abordagem sistemática e bem definida. Assim, a engenharia web é uma disciplina essencial que considera, além de características da engenharia de software, fatores inerentes aos sistemas web, como a multiplicidade de perfis de usuários. A engenharia web é apoiada por processos, métodos, técnicas e ferramentas que são elementos fundamentais para o desenvolvimento de sis...

Sistema de automatización Scada para pesaje de productos Ajinomoto

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Machuca Samaniego, Leonid Ronal; Machuca Samaniego, Leonid Ronal; Machuca Samaniego, Leonid Ronal

2011-01-01

Se ha implementado un sistema de adquisición y visualización de datos en tiempo real para 10 balanzas del área de envasado de la empresa AJINOMOTO. El sistema montado cuenta también con balizas conectadas cada una a sus respectivas balanzas. Para la implementación de este sistema se ha elaborado un software desarrollado en LABVIEW 2009, este software se instaló en una PC ubicado en la sala de control (segundo nivel) del área de envasado de la empresa AJINOMOTO S.A. (físicamente ubicado en ...

Water quality improvement policies: lessons learned from the implementation of Proposition O in Los Angeles, California

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Mi-Hyun Park; Michael Stenstrom; Stephanie Pincetl

2009-01-01

This article evaluates the implementation of Proposition O, a stormwater cleanup measure, in Los Angeles, California. The measure was intended to create new funding to help the city comply with the Total Maximum Daily Load requirements under the federal Clean Water Act. Funding water quality objectives through a bond measure was necessary because the city had...

Sibling deidentification in the clinic: devil vs. angel.

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Schachter, F F

1985-09-01

A four-member family structure consisting of two siblings contrasting in personality (sibling deidentification) and each identified with a different parent (split-parent identification) was recently reported (15). In well-functioning families, this tetrad or quadrangle is wide-spread in the first pair of siblings in the family and tends to be more common in same-sex pairs, suggesting that sibling deidentification is designed to mitigate the relatively intense sibling rivalry characteristic of these pairs and hence to maintain family harmony. In this collated case report, deidentification is found to follow the same pattern in 39 clinic first pairs. However, contrasting attributes are varied and nonevaluative in nonclinic pairs but mainly "good-bad" in clinic pairs, with polarization extreme. Results suggest that nonclinic siblings negotiate their identity (being) much as they negotiate about possessions (having) and that negotiations are blocked in clinic pairs, freezing mythic devil or angel identity. Intervention is directed at dislodging this block.

HIV transmission in the adult film industry--Los Angeles, California, 2004.

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2005-09-23

In April 2004, the Los Angeles County Department of Health Services (LACDHS) received reports of work-related exposure to human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) in the heterosexual segment of the adult film industry in California. This report summarizes an investigation by LACDHS into four work-related HIV-transmission cases among adult film industry workers. The investigation was initiated April 20, 2004, and joined by the California Department of Industrial Relations, Division of Occupational Safety and Health (Cal/OSHA) on April 21, 2004, and by CDC on May 18, 2004. This investigation identified important and remediable gaps in the prevention of HIV and other sexually transmitted diseases (STDs) in the adult film industry.

Efectos del clodimeformo sobre el desarrollo de los sistemas de neurotransmisores monoaminérgicos en el sistema nervioso central de rata

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García Sánchez, José Manuel

2016-01-01

Se ha descrito para algunos compuestos formamidínicos la inducción de alteraciones permanentes sobre el desarrollo del sistema nervioso central tales como perturbaciones permanentes sobre los sistemas de neurotransmisores monoaminérgicos, para los cuales se ha sugerido como posible mecanismo la inhibición de la monoamino oxidasa (MAO), no pudiéndose descartar otros mecanismos como la disrrupcion endocrina de hormonas sexuales las cuales controlan la expresión de las enzimas que catalizan la s...

Estudio de sistemas blandos para eldesarrollo de un sistema de información gerencial,mediante una adaptación de la metodología para sistemas blandos de Peter Checkland

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Andrés Ygnacio Martínez Marín

2008-01-01

Full Text Available Se describe el desarrollo de unsistema de información gerencial para laSubcomisión de Trabajos de Grado deIngeniería de Sistemas del Núcleo deAnzoátegui de la Universidad de Oriente,Venezuela, realizado mediante una novedosametodología, basada en la de sistemas blandosde Peter Checkland (SSM, y el LenguajeUnificado de Modelado (UML. Lacombinación de estas herramientas permitió,en primer lugar, realizar mejoras en el sistemade actividades humanas de la subcomisión y,en segundo lugar, el desarrollo de un sistemade información adecuadamente adaptado a losrequerimientos del antes mencionado sistemade actividades humanas.

Citrus orchard planted with no tillage and conventional systemsHuerto de cítricos plantado con sistema de cero labranza y sistema convencional

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Carmen Silvia Vieira Janeiro Neves

2010-02-01

Full Text Available No tillage system has brought many advantages to soil protection, without reducing the yield of annual crops. This system has been adapted for Citrus orchards, with the plantation of trees in furrows opened in areas previously occupied by pastures. This work had as objective to evaluate tree development, root system, yield, and soil characteristics in an orchard planted in two systems. The study was made in Parana State, Brazil, in a medium texture oxisol with ‘Valência’ orange (Citrus sinensis L. trees with Rangpur lime rootstock (Citrus limonia Osbeck. The treatments were no tillage (furrowing and plantation and conventional plantation (hole area plowing and disk harrowing before furrowing and plantation. The yield was 86 - 129 kg of fruits per plant, without significant difference between treatments. The plantation systems either do not affect the development of the plants, the amount of roots and the fruit quality. In the conventional plantation system the soil has greater resistance to penetration in inter rows than in the zero tillage system plantation.El sistema de cero labranza ha traído muchas ventajas en la protección del suelo, sin perjudicar el rendimiento de los cultivos anuales. Este sistema ha sido adaptado para los huertos citrícolas, realizándose la plantación en surcos abiertos en terrenos anteriormente ocupados por pastizales. El trabajo tuvo como objetivo evaluar el desarrollo de las plantas y del sistema radicular, producción, características del suelo en un huerto plantado en dos sistemas de labranza. El estudio fue realizado en el Noroeste de Paraná, en un oxisol con textura media, en plantas de naranja ‘Valência’ con patrón de lima Rangpur. Los tratamientos evaluados fueron: cero labranza (apertura de surcos y plantación y plantación convencional (arado de discos y grada, seguido de apertura de surcos y plantación. La producción fue de 86 a 129 kg de frutos por planta, sin diferencia significativa

DIMENSIONAMIENTO DE UN SISTEMA DE ENERGÍA TERMOSOLAR MEDIANTE EL USO DE UN MODELO

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Arturo Daniel Alarcón Rodríguez

2004-01-01

Full Text Available En el presente artículo se expone el método de dimensionamiento de sistemas termosolares mediante el uso de un modelo matemático. Este método es comúnmente usado debido que es simple, flexible pero a la vez muy potente. La simulación del sistema termosolar se realiza en base a un modelo matemático que describe los fenómenos térmicos que ocurren mediante un conjunto de ecuaciones diferenciales. Los parámetros que determinan el modelo son coeficientes de intercambio de calor entre los elementos del sistema, parámetros que representan las características de los componentes del sistema termosolar y parámetros que representan las condiciones en las que trabajará el sistema. Estos parámetros se determinan en base a recomendaciones de bibliografía, observaciones, mediciones de campo y correlaciones adecuadas. El uso de un modelo para el dimensionamiento de un sistema termosolar resulta una herramienta muy útil, ya que se adapta a distintas configuraciones de sistemas termosolares. Permite asimismo, tener una idea bastante aproximada del comportamiento del sistema termosolar en distintas condiciones de uso, la que sólo podría obtenerse a través de experimentos físicos complicados y por ende costosos.

Assessing the distribution of environmental stewardship organizations and their relationship to the demographics of Los Angeles County

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Krystle M. Golly

2017-01-01

An equal distribution of environmental stewardship organizations across the urban landscape provides an environment that facilitates community empowerment. The systemic issues found in Los Angeles County play an important role in the social development of the area. Through the utilization of modern technology and geographical mapping software, spatial distribution of...

Mga Lente sa Likod ng Lente: Isang Panimulang Pag-aaral ng Ilang Litratong Kuha ni Xander Angeles

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Moreal Nagarit Camba

2011-12-01

Full Text Available Ang pangalang Xander Angeles ay kilala bilang isa sa mga in-demand napangalan sa mundo ng fashion at advertisement sa Pilipinas. Kakabit ngpangalang ito ang samut-saring lokal at internasyunal na parangal; idagdag pa rito ang isang advertising company, isang modelling agency, at isang fashion and photography school.

Modal analysis of electromechanical oscillations in electrical power systems; Analisis modal de oscilaciones electromecanicas en sistemas electricos de potencia

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Calderon-Guizar, J.G [Instituto de Investigaciones Electricas, Cuernavaca, Morelos (Mexico)]. E-mail: jgcg@iie.org.mx

2008-10-15

The presence of electromechanical oscillations in any electrical power system is a typical characteristic of this kind of systems. Provided the damping associated with these oscillations lies above of a minimum specified value, the occurrence of these oscillations is not considered as a threat to the system operation. This paper focuses the attention on the application of modal analysis for assessing the dynamical behavior of a power system subjected to small disturbances for different operating conditions and transmission system topologies, as well. The reported results indicate, that modal analysis enables a straight identification of the causes that contribute negatively to the damping of the electromechanical modes. [Spanish] La presencia de oscilaciones electromecanicas en cualquier Sistema Electrico de Potencia (SEP) es una caracteristica propia de estos sistemas. Mientras el amortiguamiento asociado con este tipo de oscilaciones se encuentre dentro de los limites considerados como aceptables para la operacion continua de este tipo de sistemas, el surgimiento de estas no se considera una amenaza para la operacion segura del SEP. El presente articulo, centra su atencion en la aplicacion del analisis modal para evaluar el comportamiento dinamico de un SEP ante la ocurrencia de disturbios de magnitud pequena para diferentes topologias y condiciones de operacion. Los resultados reportados indican, que la aplicacion del analisis modal permite la identificacion directa de las causas que contribuyen en forma negativa al amortiguamiento asociado con los modos electromecanicos, asi como la ubicacion mas adecuada de controles que contribuyan a mejorar el amortiguamiento de los mismos.

Algoritmo de cifrado para sistemas móviles

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Castro Lechtaler, Antonio; Cipriano, Marcelo; García, Edith; Liporace, Julio César; Maiorano, Ariel; Malvacio, Eduardo; Tapia, Néstor

2017-01-01

Este proyecto de investigación persigue elaborar el diseño y desarrollo de un Algoritmo de Cifrado para Sistemas Móviles que por sus propiedades de velocidad, compactibili- dad y robustez; pueda ser implementado en equipos de comunicaciones que funcionan so- bre Sistemas Móviles. Se esperan obtener resultados teóricos, prácticos y la realización de un desarrollo experimental. Los modernos algoritmos criptológicos responden a principios y filosofías diferentes a las que se llevaban a cab...

Uma contribuição aos sistemas de custeio

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Neves, Luiz Carlos

2010-01-01

Apresenta um modelo de sistema de custeio, que observa as vantagens dos sistemas de custeio direto e custeio por absorção. Aborda as origens da contabilidade e sua evolução até o surgimento da contabilidade de custos. Tece considerações a respeito dos métodos de custeio existentes. Ilustra, com apresentação de exemplos numéricos, o modelo de custeio proposto

Desarrollo de una Interfaz de Usuario para el Sistema Robótico Multiagente SMART

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Cecilia García Cena

2010-10-01

Full Text Available Resumen: En este artículo se presenta al sistema robótico multi-agente SMART. Este sistema está compuesto por varios tipos de agentes software y/o hardware, por lo que puede clasificárselo como heterogéneo. Además, se presenta el desarrollo de una interfaz de realidad virtual a través de la cual el usuario puede intervenir en el sistema si lo considera necesario, en otro caso el sistema opera autónomamente. Asimismo, esta interfaz implementa un gran número de funcionalidades tendientes a lograr el buen desempeño del sistema, una correcta gestión de los recursos robóticos disponibles en el entorno y provee al usuario información en tiempo real de todo lo que sucede en la realidad. Como consecuencia de la heterogeneidad del sistema, la comunicación entre los diferentes agentes se realiza utilizando diversas tecnologías de comunicación (TCP/IP, WiFi y Bluetooth; por lo tanto, se ha diseñado un protocolo de comunicaciones específico para este sistema. Palabras clave: robots, agentes, inteligencia artificial distribuida, realidad virtual, cooperación

Ingeniería de los sistemas de producción

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Estrems Amestoy, Manuel

2012-01-01

Texto guía de la asignatura "Ingeniería de los Sistemas de Producción" que se imparte en 3er curso del título Grado en Ingeniería Química de la Universidad Politécnica de Cartagena Ingeniería de los Sistemas de Producción

Sistema POLCA: revisão, classificação e análise da literatura

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Fernanda Silva Chinet

2014-09-01

Full Text Available Este trabalho apresenta uma revisão bibliográfica (20 artigos sobre o sistema de coordenação de ordem (SCO denominado Paired-cell Overlapping Loops of Cards with Authorization (POLCA. A partir de tal revisão, propôs-se um sistema de classificação do sistema POLCA baseado em quatro categorias: sistema POLCA considerado (original/modificado; objetivo principal da pesquisa; fonte da publicação; e metodologia de pesquisa empregada. Uma vez classificada e estruturada, a revisão bibliográfica serviu de base para uma análise do tema. A literatura pesquisada mostrou a existência de algumas lacunas que merecem ser exploradas em pesquisas futuras, são elas: proposta de novas melhorias no sistema POLCA original, ou mesmo a hibridização de tal sistema com outro SCO; comparação, via simulação ou teoria de filas, do sistema POLCA com outros SCOs utilizados em ambientes de alta variedade de produtos; mostrar a aplicação do sistema POLCA na prática. Além disso, referente à prática, principalmente brasileira, tem-se que o sistema POLCA ainda é pouco conhecido em território nacional. Devido a esse fato, muitas oportunidades existem para os gerentes de Planejamento e Controle da Produção na prática, uma vez que internacionalmente tal sistema vem mostrando excelentes resultados em termos de redução de lead time.

Future energy loads for a large-scale adoption of electric vehicles in the city of Los Angeles: Impacts on greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions

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Kim, Jae D.; Rahimi, Mansour

2014-01-01

Using plug-in electric vehicles (PEVs) has become an important component of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions reduction strategy in the transportation sector. Assessing the net effect of PEVs on GHG emissions, however, is dependent on factors such as type and scale of electricity generation sources, adoption rate, and charging behavior. This study creates a comprehensive model that estimates the energy load and GHG emissions impacts for the years 2020 and 2030 for the city of Los Angeles. For 2020, model simulations show that the PEV charging loads will be modest with negligible effects on the overall system load profile. Contrary to previous study results, the average marginal carbon intensity is higher if PEV charging occurs during off-peak hours. These results suggest that current economic incentives to encourage off-peak charging result in greater GHG emissions. Model simulations for 2030 show that PEV charging loads increase significantly resulting in potential generation shortages. There are also significant grid operation challenges as the region's energy grid is required to ramp up and down rapidly to meet PEV loads. For 2030, the average marginal carbon intensity for off-peak charging becomes lower than peak charging mainly due to the removal of coal from the power generation portfolio. - Highlights: • Future energy load from PEV charging in the city of Los Angeles is modeled. • Changes in the marginal carbon intensity of the region's electric grid are modeled. • In the short run, offpeak charging results in higher marginal carbon intensity. • There is a mismatch between emissions and economic incentives for charging

Integración por cuantificación de sistemas stiff

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Gustavo Migoni

2007-07-01

Full Text Available Resumen: Este artículo presenta un nuevo método de integración numérica de ecuaciones diferenciales ordinarias basado en la cuantificación de las variables de estado. Utilizando conceptos de integración implícita, el nuevo método denominado BQSS (Backward Quantized State Systems permite integrar sistemas stiff de manera eficiente. Siendo el primer método de cuantificación para sistemas stiff, BQSS es en sí un método explícito, por lo que la contribución es importante en el contexto general de los métodos de integración numérica. Además de presentar el método, el artículo estudia las principales propiedades teóricas del mismo, aborda aspectos prácticos de la implementación del algoritmo y presenta resultados de simulación sobre dos sistemas stiff. Palabras clave: Métodos de Integración Numérica, Sistemas Stiff, Integración por Cuantificación

Special operations in the heavy water system, III-2; III-2 Posebne operacije u sistemu teske vode

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1989-07-01

Special operations in the heavy water system described in this chapter are as follows: treatment, drainage and pouring of heavy water, emptying of the heavy water system, cleaning and vacuuming of the heavy water system. [Serbo-Croat] Posebne operacije u sistemu teske vode opisane u ovom poglavlju su: tretiranje, dreniranje i razlivanje teske vode, praznjenje sistema teske vode, 'ispiranje' i vakumiranje sistema teske vode.

Sistemas electorales y justicia electoral a debate

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Dieter Nohlen

2015-07-01

Full Text Available Despliega conceptos y planteamientos en torno a los sistemas electorales y la justicia electoral. El autor inicia con una descripción estricta de los sistemas electorales para orientar, en una segunda parte, un debate sobre la justicia electoral, que marca dos tendencias: la judicialización de la política y la politización de la administración y la jurisdicción electoral. Concluye que el desarrollo de la justicia electoral en América Latina, en sus múltiples dimensiones, es comprensible sólo con referencia al contexto sociocultural y político de la región

Predictive analysis on the electric energy distribution systems reliability: applying the synerGEE system; Analisis predictivo de la confiabilidad en los sistemas de distribucion de energia electrica: aplicando el sistema synerGEE

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Gonzalez Andrade, Carlos

2008-12-15

Electrical distribution systems ought to deliver electric power as economical as possible with an acceptable degree of service quality and continuity. Nevertheless, their faults represent one of the main causes of customer's unavailability. At the moment, a wide range of determinist criteria in the improvement of systems reliability based on past behavior are used, but they do not respond to the stochastic nature of system behavior, and are applied without an adequate balance between reliability and economy. In order to obtain this balance a minimum cost planning methodology that considers the predictive analysis of different investment alternatives in addition to the past behavior of the system is required, which guarantees that the economic resource available and limited will be used to gather the greater possible reliability degree. In this work this problem is approached with the fundamentals and methodologies needed to assess the design effects and operative criteria over the main reliability indexes used by the main utilities around the world, with emphasis on the need to optimize economical resources. The use of the system SynerGEETM, is investigated, probing it as a useful tool for the predictive reliability analysis. Due to the lack of experience that exists in Mexico with this type of analysis, distribution engineers has to become familiar with the concepts of the reliability engineering, their application to establish distribution systems models, and acquiring the ability to use the modern simulation tools, allowing them to evaluate the behavior of these systems with enough analytical rigor. In this sense a serial of well known study cases are presented to help them in this labor. [Spanish] Los sistemas de distribucion de energia electrica deben satisfacer la demanda de energia electrica de la forma mas economica posible, con un grado de calidad y continuidad aceptable. Sin embargo, sus fallas son una de las principales causas de indisponibilidad en

Implementação de sistemas SAP em empresas de serviços públicos

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Gonçalves, Elisabete Gabriela de Oliveira

2012-01-01

Dissertação de mestrado em Engenharia e Gestão de Sistemas A utilização de sistemas Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) para organizar a informação relevante de uma organização é cada vez mais frequente. Com este documento pretende-se explorar o percurso profissional na implementação de sistemas ERP, mais precisamente na implementação de sistemas SAP para empresas de serviços públicos, ou seja implementação de sistemas SAP IS-U. Apesar do foco principal do presente documento ...

Criterios de seguridad en tableros de puentes con sistema de atirantamiento extradosado

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Liu, Zhang

2017-01-01

Los criterios de seguridad en Estado Límite Último en tableros de hormigón pretensado están claramente establecidos para sistemas de pretensado convencional adherente o no, interior o exterior a la losa del tablero así como para sistemas de atirantamiento convencionales. Sin embargo en la normativa actual no se contempla criterios de seguridad aplicables a sistemas de atirantamiento no convencionales como el extradosado. El trabajo pretende analizar los criterios de segurida...

La escuela de sistemas y sus aplicaciones a la administración.

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2013-01-01

El artículo hace de forma general una caracterización de la Escuela de Sistemas, iniciando con una aproximación conceptual, pasando por una clasificación de los distintos sistemas, sus niveles de desarrollo y presentando una rápida relación entre la teoría de sistemas y la administración, su aplicación, describiendo a manera de ejemplo un modelo referente a una pequeña empresa panificadora.

Design and Management of Irrigation Systems Diseño y Manejo de Sistemas de Riego

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Eduardo A Holzapfel

2009-12-01

Full Text Available Irrigation systems should be a relevant agent to give solutions to the increasing demand of food, and to the development, sustainability and productivity of the agricultural sector. The design, managing, and operation of irrigation systems are crucial factors to achieve an efficient use of the water resources and the success in the production of crops and orchards. The aim of this paper is to analyze knowledge and investigations that enable to identify the principal criteria and processes that allow improving the design and managing of the irrigation systems, based on the basic concept that they facilitate to develop agriculture more efficient and sustainable. The design and managing of irrigation systems must have its base in criteria that are relevant, which implies to take into account agronomic, soil, hydraulic, economic, energetic, and environmental factors. The optimal design and managing of irrigation systems at farm level is a factor of the first importance for a rational use of water, economic development of the agriculture and its environmental sustainability.Los sistemas de riego deberían ser un agente relevante para dar soluciones a la demanda creciente de alimentos, y el desarrollo, sustentabilidad y productividad del sector agrícola. El diseño, manejo, y operación de los sistemas de riego son factores cruciales para lograr un uso eficiente de los recursos hídricos y el éxito en la producción de cultivos y frutales. El objetivo de este artículo fue analizar conocimientos e investigaciones que permitan identificar los principales criterios y procesos para mejorar el diseño y manejo de los sistemas de riego, basados en el concepto básico de desarrollar una agricultura más eficiente y sostenible. El diseño y manejo de los sistemas de riego deben tener su base en criterios que sean relevantes, lo que implica considerar aspectos agronómicos, de suelo, hidráulicos, económicos, energéticos, y ambientales. El diseño y

El Sistema de patentes en Colombia

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Rafael Viana Barceló

2014-01-01

Full Text Available En este documento se realiza un análisis económico del Sistema de Patentes de Colombia. Para ello, se establece el efecto que tienen las patentes concedidas a los inventores foráneos sobre la Inversión Extranjera Directa y el Producto Interno Bruto Nacional, a través de la técnica de regresión de data panel. De igual manera, se identifican los sectores económicos que registran mayores tasas de innovación por parte de los inventores nacionales y extranjeros. Se muestra que el sistema nacional de propiedad intelectual tiene un grado de fortaleza acorde con el resto de países latinoamericanos; para ello, se construye un índice de grado de fortalecimiento de sistema de patente nacional que luego será comparado con el de otros países latinos.Palabras Clave: Sistema de Patentes; Derechos de Propiedad Intelectual; Inversión Directa extranjera; Producto Interno Bruto e innovación tecnológica. The system of patents in ColombiaAbstractIn this document an economic analysis of the System of Patents of Colombia is made. For it, the effect that has the patents granted to the foreign inventors on the Direct Foreign Investment and the Internal Product Gross National, through the technique of regression of data settles down panel. Of equal way, the economic sectors are identified that register greater rates of innovation on the part of the national and foreign inventors.Sample that the national system of intellectual property has a degree of agreed strength with the rest of Latin American countries; for it, an index of degree of fortification of system of national patent is constructed that soon will be compared with the one of other Latin countries.Keywords: System Patent; Rights of Intellectual Property; Foreign Direct Investment; Gross Domestic Product and Technology Innovation.

Body Image of Dancers in Los Angeles: The Cult of Slenderness and Media Influence among Dance Students

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Heiland, Teresa L.; Murray, Darrin S.; Edley, Paige P.

2008-01-01

Body image and self-esteem are examined through personal stories among Los Angeles college dancers who grew up in the Hollywood culture of the cult of slenderness. The study incorporates a body image survey, eating disorder screen, and an interview process capturing dancers' lived experiences with daily pressures. Dancers reveal their experiences…

Procedimiento para el análisis retrospectivo y prospectivo de sistemas lecheros

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J.A Herrera

Full Text Available Con el objetivo de proponer un procedimiento integrador para el análisis retrospectivo y prospectivo de sistemas lecheros, se realizó una investigación documental basada en una revisión bibliográfica narrativa. La información provino de dos tipos de fuente: primaria y secundaria, mientras que la estrategia de búsqueda se basó en combinaciones de palabras clave. El procedimiento, que consistió en realizar 22 operaciones de manera ordenada, se basó en el enfoque de ingeniería de sistema y contempló las cuatro dimensiones generales (productiva, económica, social y ambiental que definen la sostenibilidad de los sistemas agropecuarios. Se utilizó este enfoque por considerar que el análisis de dichos sistemas se debe orientar al examen holístico de lo que en ellos ocurre, así como a proponer soluciones concretas con bases científicas. Los resultados demostraron que la secuencia de operaciones propuesta puede ser considerada como un procedimiento útil para realizar el análisis retrospectivo y prospectivo de sistemas lecheros, con un enfoque sistémico e integrador que permite interrelacionar la caracterización del sistema de producción de leche en pastoreo, el análisis de la eficiencia y el diseño de alternativas tecnológicas para la mejora de este.

Sistema genérico de replicación

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Jiménez Ortiz, Raúl

2014-01-01

Este proyecto se desarrolla en una de las principales compañías eléctricas de España, y trata sobre la creación de un sistema genérico de replicación de datos. La idea surge de la necesidad de estandarizar la forma de traspasar información entre departamentos o sistemas, debido a que existen gran variedad de interfaces diferentes, y cada vez que surge la necesidad de crear una implica nuevos costes de desarrollo, mantenimiento y futuros evolutivos. Entre los diferentes departamentos de ...

Calidad en el desarrollo de Sistemas de Software

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Pesado, Patricia Mabel; Bertone, Rodolfo Alfredo; Esponda, Silvia; Pasini, Ariel C.; Martorelli, Sabrina Lorena

2010-01-01

El objetivo del subproyecto “Calidad en el desarrollo de Sistemas de Software" es analizar, investigar y desarrollar propuestas en temas relacionados con el aseguramiento de la calidad en cada una de las etapas del desarrollo de Sistemas de Software. En particular se ha trabajado y estudiado las normas de calidad más ampliamente difundidas, líneas ISO y CMMI, y su incidencia en entornos como la pequeña y mediana industria de nuestro país. Desde el año 2006, se ha trabajado en la adecuación...

Diseño de Sistema de Inventario Corporativo

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Solis Chusan, Harry Eduardo

2015-01-01

La Tesis sobre “Diseño de Sistema de Inventario Corporativo” nos va a indicar como solo un sistema de inventario podrá facilitar el manejo de la empresa en este ámbito, siendo este modificable en el transcurso del tiempo para cumplir con las necesidades que se requieran. Prestando ayuda en el control y distribución en los insumos que proveen, nos dará un indicativo si necesita más productos en stock o se necesitan ponerlos en descuento por el tiempo que ha tenido gua...

Diseño de Sistema de Inventario Coorporativo

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Yanten Gomez, Yaan Carlos

2015-01-01

La Tesis sobre “Diseño de Sistema de Inventario Corporativo” nos va a indicar como solo un sistema de inventario podrá facilitar el manejo de la empresa en este ámbito, siendo este modificable en el transcurso del tiempo para cumplir con las necesidades que se requieran. Prestando ayuda en el control y distribución en los insumos que proveen, nos dará un indicativo si necesita más productos en stock o se necesitan ponerlos en descuento por el tiempo que ha tenido guardado, todo esto para evit...

Modelado y análisis de sistemas fotovoltaicos

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Guasch Murillo, Daniel

2003-01-01

Bajo la etiqueta de "Modelado y análisis de sistemas fotovoltaicos" se presentan los trabajos realizados a lo largo del doctorado. Estos estudios centran su aplicación en el área de los sistemas fotovoltaicos. Tienen por objetivo conseguir un entorno de trabajo que permita analizar la problemática asociada a instalaciones fotovoltaicas desde su diseño hasta su puesta en marcha y posterior explotación. Se ha escogido Matlab/Simulink como núcleo del entorno de trabajo debido a la gran potencia ...

Sistemas de Inteligencia Web basados en redes sociales

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Rosa Troyano, Fco. Fernando de la; Martínez Gasca, Rafael

2007-01-01

El Análisis de las Redes Sociales (ARS) es un área que está emergiendo como imprescindible en los procesos de toma de decisiones. Su capacidad para analizar e intervenir una red social puede ser aprovechada para implantar tareas de vigilancia en los sistemas de inteligencia de un centro de investigación o una empresa de base tecnológica. El objetivo de este trabajo es realizar una propuesta para diseñar sistemas de inteligencia web basados en redes sociales. El primer obstáculo para implantar...

Sistemas de Inteligencia Web basados en Redes Sociales

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de la Rosa Troyano, Fco. Fernando; Martínez Gasca, Rafael

2007-01-01

El Análisis de las Redes Sociales (ARS) es un área que está emergiendo como imprescindible en los procesos de toma de decisiones. Su capacidad para analizar e intervenir una red social puede ser aprovechada para implantar tareas de vigilancia en los sistemas de inteligencia de un centro de investigación o una empresa de base tecnológica. El objetivo de este trabajo es realizar una propuesta para diseñar sistemas de inteligencia web basados en redes sociales. El primer obstáculo para implantar...

Desarrollo de un sistema experto para el diagnostico de fallas automotrices

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Fuentes Covarrubias, Ricardo; Fuentes Covarrubias, Andrés Gerardo

2013-01-01

Se presenta un prototipo experimental de un sistema experto para el diagnóstico de fallas mecánicas en automóviles, a partir de una interacción en tiempo real. Este sistema es una herramienta de diagnóstico para técnicos mecánicos, practicantes y personas con conocimientos básicos de mecánica automotriz y puede también ser empleado como un sistema tutor inteligente para un curso de mecánica automotriz. In this paper we present an experimental prototype of an expert system for the diagnosis...

Laser Scanner Como Sistema de Detección de Entornos Viales

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F. García

2011-01-01

Full Text Available Resumen: Los últimos avances en seguridad vial, con sistemas cada vez más complejos, requieren de los más modernos sistemas de adquisición de información. La naturaleza misma del problema requiere sensores capaces de proveer información fiable para tareas complejas y exigentes. Los escáneres láser (LIDAR han demostrado ser una familia de sensores altamente fiable, por lo que durante los últimos años los esfuerzos dedicados a investigar posibles aplicaciones viales han ido en aumento. De esta forma, es cada vez más frecuente observar sistemas de ayuda a la conducción (ADAS con este tipo de dispositivos que proveen de información del entorno necesaria para realizar tareas complejas como deteccián y prediccián de situaciones peligrosas. En el presente trabajo, dos sistemas LIDAR han sido probados para comprobar sus capacidades reales en entornos viales. En segundo término, se propone una aplicación que hace uso de las capacidades de dichos sensores para la detección y clasificación de obstaculos en entornos viarios. Palabras clave: sensores, procesamiento de senales, sistemas reales, vehiculos, algoritmos de deteccion

Public Opinion on Nutrition-Related Policies to Combat Child Obesity, Los Angeles County, 2011

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Simon, Paul A.; Chiang, Choiyuk; Lightstone, Amy S.; Shih, Margaret

2014-01-01

We assessed public opinion on nutrition-related policies to address child obesity: a soda tax, restrictions on advertising unhealthy foods and beverages to children, and restrictions on siting fast food restaurants and convenience stores near schools. We analyzed data from 998 adults (aged ≥18 years) in the 2011 Los Angeles County Health Survey. Support was highest for advertising restrictions (74%), intermediate for a soda tax (60%), and lowest for siting restrictions on fast food restaurant...

La escuela de sistemas y sus aplicaciones en la administración

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Carlos Ramírez Cardona

1989-01-01

RESUMEN El artículo hace de forma general una caracterización  de la Escuela de Sistemas, iniciando con una aproximación conceptual, pasando por una clasificación de los distintos sistemas, sus niveles de desarrollo y presentando una rápida relación entre la teoría  de sistemas y la administración, su aplicación, describiendo a manera de ejemplo un modelo referente a una pequeña empresa panificadora.

Autoevaluación del Sistema de Control Interno Autoevaluación del Sistema de Control Interno

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Rubí Consuelo Mejía Quijano

2005-06-01

Full Text Available La autoevaluación del control es un elemento del Sistema de Control Interno que permiteel diagnóstico y el fortalecimiento organizacional. Se desarrolla en toda la entidad y supone el apoyo de la alta dirección, apoyo representado en recursos físicos y la orientación que lebrinde durante su aplicación.Dicho elemento genera mayor responsabilidad en los empleados, al involucrarlos en el análisisde fortalezas y debilidades del sistema de control, al comprometerlos con la recolección de la información que soporta el juicio sobre el estado del sistema y al permitirles proponer planesde mejoramiento que contribuyan al logro del objetivo del sistema de control, y por ende alde la organización.Las dificultades en su aplicación pueden provenir de aspectos relacionados con la culturaorganizacional: si el personal no está dispuesto a colaborar con los grupos de apoyo en elsuministro de la información, si existe apatía con el proceso y si no se cuenta con personas capacitadas para realizarlo.El proceso se efectúa en tres etapas; la primera consiste en la planeación, en la que el Comité de Autoevaluación compromete la gerencia y se asignan actividades y responsabilidades; sedefine el cronograma de trabajo, los recursos necesarios y se capacita a los grupos de apoyo;la segunda se refiere a la ejecución, consistente en el levantamiento de la información que soporta el análisis de cada uno de los elementos del sistema de control y permite emitir juicios objetivos sobre su desempeño; finalmente, la tercera, elaboración del informe, da cuenta delos resultados de la autoevaluación del sistema de control, de su desarrollo y sus dificultades, y establece las propuestas de mejora.Control Self-Assessment is an element of the Internal Control System which allows the organizational diagnose and strengthening. It is run throughout the entity and supposes the support from the high managerial circle. This support is in the form of physical

Evolución de los sistemas técnicos de reproducción musical

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Picornell Pérez, Guillermo

2015-01-01

Con el fin de analizar la caracterización del proceso de evolución de los sistemas técnicos de reproducción musical se han planteado dos vías principales de análisis: en primer lugar, el estudio de las características técnicas de cuatro sistemas de reproducción que se han considerado representativos de dicho avance (sistemas basados en disco de vinilo, casete compacto, disco compacto y formato de codificación perceptual) y, en segundo lugar, el funcionamiento de dichos sistemas dentro del con...

El feudalismo político del sistema confesional libanés

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Hana Jalloul

2008-01-01

Este articulo trata de desentrañar la dificultad del complejo sistema confesional libanés, un sistema obsoleto que a día de hoy sigue condicionando la vida de la población libanesa a nivel religioso, político, social y económico.

Vista-LA: Mapping methane-emitting infrastructure in the Los Angeles megacity

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Carranza, Valerie; Rafiq, Talha; Frausto-Vicencio, Isis; Hopkins, Francesca M.; Verhulst, Kristal R.; Rao, Preeti; Duren, Riley M.; Miller, Charles E.

2018-03-01

Methane (CH4) is a potent greenhouse gas (GHG) and a critical target of climate mitigation efforts. However, actionable emission reduction efforts are complicated by large uncertainties in the methane budget on relevant scales. Here, we present Vista, a Geographic Information System (GIS)-based approach to map potential methane emissions sources in the South Coast Air Basin (SoCAB) that encompasses Los Angeles, an area with a dense, complex mixture of methane sources. The goal of this work is to provide a database that, together with atmospheric observations, improves methane emissions estimates in urban areas with complex infrastructure. We aggregated methane source location information into three sectors (energy, agriculture, and waste) following the frameworks used by the State of California GHG Inventory and the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Guidelines for GHG Reporting. Geospatial modeling was applied to publicly available datasets to precisely geolocate facilities and infrastructure comprising major anthropogenic methane source sectors. The final database, Vista-Los Angeles (Vista-LA), is presented as maps of infrastructure known or expected to emit CH4. Vista-LA contains over 33 000 features concentrated on Vista-LA is used as a planning and analysis tool for atmospheric measurement surveys of methane sources, particularly for airborne remote sensing, and methane hotspot detection using regional observations. This study represents a first step towards developing an accurate, spatially resolved methane flux estimate for point sources in SoCAB, with the potential to address discrepancies between bottom-up and top-down methane emissions accounting in this region. The Vista-LA datasets and associated metadata are available from the Oak Ridge National Laboratory Distributed Active Archive Center for Biogeochemical Dynamics (ORNL DAAC; https://doi.org/10.3334/ORNLDAAC/1525).

ALMACÉN DE CARBONO EN SISTEMAS AGROFORESTALES CON CAFÉ

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William Espinoza-Domínguez

2012-01-01

Full Text Available El presente estudio se realizó con el objetivo de estimar el almacén de carbono en sistemas agroforestales (SAF con base en café en la región de Huatusco, zona de mayor producción de café (Coffea arabiga L. en el estado de Veracruz, México, a fin de obtener información cuantitativa sobre el potencial de mitigación de carbono en los SAF de la región. Para ello, se estimaron los reservorios de carbono en biomasa vegetal y la materia orgánica edáfica existentes en sistemas agroforestales de café-plátano, café-macadamia, café-cedro rosado, café-ganado ovino y café-chalahuite, y como referencia de una condición no agroforestal se incluyeron un bosque primario y un potrero con pradera natural. La recolección de muestras se hizo en parcelas de 4 x 25 m (100 m2, donde se colectó biomasa de vegetación herbácea y mantillo, y para el suelo la profundidad de muestreo fue de 0 a 30 cm. El sistema agroforestal que presentó la mayor cantidad de carbono aéreo, estimado con modelos alelométricos, fue café-cedro rosado (Ca + Ce, con 114 Mg C·ha-1, seguido de los sistemas café - macadamia (Ca + Ma, con 34 Mg C·ha-1; café-chalahuite (Ca + Ch, con 29 Mg C·ha-1; café-plátano velillo (Ca + Pl, con 27 Mg C·ha-1; y por último el sistema silvopastoril (Sp, con 2 Mg C·ha-1. Para el caso del carbono orgánico del suelo, el tratamiento (Ca + Ce fue el que presentó mayor contenido de carbono fácilmente oxidable en el suelo, con 58 Mg C·ha-1, y el menor fue el tratamiento potrero (P, con 50 Mg C·ha-1. Del carbono orgánico total entre los SAF el tratamiento Ca + Ce fue el que tuvo el mayor valor, con 172 Mg C·ha-1, y el tratamiento silvopastoril (Sp presentó el menor, con 65 Mg C·ha-1. De los sistemas evaluados se concluye que, en promedio, los SAF almacenan 102 Mg C·ha-1, mientras que el potrero almacena 52 t C·ha-1, y el bosque primario es el sistema que más almacena carbono total, con un valor de 355 Mg C·ha-1.

Software del sistema osteomioarticular

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Dianelys León Medina

2015-06-01

Full Text Available Introducción: la aplicación en la enseñanza de las Tecnologías de la Informática y las Comunicaciones, es una de las líneas que ha trazado el sistema de salud cubano en estudiantes de las ciencias médicas. La anatomía es una de las ciencias que integra la disciplina de Morfofisiología y para facilitar su comprensión resulta necesario el empleo de recursos y estrategias, entre los que puede figurar un software educativo. Objetivo: diseñar un software sobre la anatomía del sistema osteomioarticular de cabeza y cuello para los estudiantes de primer año de la carrera de Estomatología de Pinar del Río. Material y método: se realizó un estudio cualitativo. Para obtener los resultados se utilizó el método materialista dialéctico. Para la dialéctica del desarrollo del proceso estudiado se utilizaron los métodos teóricos, empíricos, el estudio profundo del tema, tipo de plataforma a utilizar y criterios de los especialistas. Para su procesamiento se utilizaron técnicas estadísticas descriptivas e inferenciales no paramétricas. Resultados: debido a la necesidad de fortalecer en los estudiantes las habilidades en la utilización de las tecnologías de la informática y las comunicaciones, se elaboró el software de la anatomía del sistema osteomioarticular de cabeza y cuello "Aprendiendo anatomía" mediante imágenes, videos y textos. Conclusiones: el software constituye un aporte al proceso enseñanza aprendizaje, el cual facilita el trabajo independiente y autopreparación mediante la interactividad con el contenido, retroalimentación y evaluación utilizando medios de enseñanza modernos, lo cual tributa al modo de actuación del futuro egresado.

Identifying Characters of “Where Angel Fear to Tread Novel” in Teaching Literary Work

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Suhaimi Suhaimi

2016-07-01

Full Text Available The aim of the research is to identify some characters in the novel Where Angels Fear to Tread in teaching literary works. In learning of characters, someone will understand about the term of the interests, desires, emotions, and moral those form the individual within a story. Library research was used in thid study. The experts divide characters become two characters; they are central characters and additional characters. Central characters are a character who takes the greatest part in the main character or a figure that is most telling. Volume appearance of the main character more than the other characters. Meanwhile, additional characters or subordinate figures are figures that appear once or several times, figures that support or assist the central figure. In the novel Where Angels Fear To Tread, writer found some figures or characters such as: Mrs. Herriton, Lilia, Philip, Gino, and Carroline Abbot. Each of them had different characters; Mrs Herriton was a selfish and arrogant because she came from a high social status. Lilia was a patient and never denied what was ruled by her mother in-low although sometimes she was often treated her like slaves. Philip was figured as a handsome man, his tolerance and empathy were high. Gino was figured as stupid character. Miss Abbott as a nice, quiet, dull, and friendly.

Sistema de gestión estadística: Hechos vitales e identificados

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Díaz Echenique, Melchor Angel; Díaz Echenique, Melchor Angel; Díaz Echenique, Melchor Angel

2011-01-01

La presente Tesis para optar el grado de Magíster en Ciencias con mención en Ingeniería de Sistemas se titula: "SISTEMA DE GESTION ESTADISTICA: HECHOS VITALES E IDENTIFICACION". El Problema, en el que se centra la presente tesis, exige responder a la interrogante: ¿Se presentan o producen empirismos normativos, incumplimientos, deficiencias y restricciones en el Sistema de Gestión Estadística: ¿Hechos Vitales e Identificación? El Problema tiene 4 partes con las siguientes prioridad...

Lifting the Veil: A Realist Critique of Sistema's Upwardly Mobile Path

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Logan, Owen

2016-01-01

El Sistema sits somewhere between a social project and a classical music initiative. However, its promise of delivering upward mobility has not been sufficiently examined as a structural phenomenon which dovetails with critical policy issues in taxation, educational provision, human rights, and welfare. This article argues that Sistema-style…

Inmunosenescencia: efectos de la edad sobre el sistema inmune

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Saavedra Hernández, Danay; García Verdecia, Beatriz

2014-01-01

El proceso de envejecimiento provoca cambios en el sistema inmune que afectan su funcionamiento y desarrollo. Estos cambios pueden manifestarse desde la linfopoyesis hasta la respuesta que orquesta el sistema inmune frente a determinada enfermedad o agente infeccioso. Ambas ramas de la inmunidad, innata y adaptativa, se afectan en este proceso, lo que genera un impacto negativo en la respuesta inmune de los ancianos y los predispone a padecer enfermedades infecciosas, cáncer, autoinmunidad y ...

An historical experiment: Los Angeles smog evolution observed by blimp.

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Hidy, G M

2018-02-12

Observations of smog over the Los Angeles Basin (LAB) links high oxidant mixing ratios with poor visibility, sometimes smog by blimp in a Lagrangian-like format. The experiment on September 6, 1973, demonstrated that a blimp could travel with the wind across the LAB, observing ozone (O 3 ) and precursors, and particles of different size ranges. These included condensation nuclei (CN) concentrations dominated by particles of ≤ 0.1 µm diameter and light scattering coefficient (b sc ) representing mainly particles of 0.1-2.0 µm diameter. The results indicated a pollutant variation similar to that measured at a fixed site. Ozone was produced in an air mass, reaching a maximum of ~400 ppb in the presence of nitrogen oxides (NO x ) and nonmethane hydrocarbons (NMHCs), then declined. Although the photochemistry was developing, b sc grew with O 3 mixing ratio to a quasi-steady state at ~9-10 × 10 -4  m -1 , decreasing in value much later with decease in O 3 . The light scattering coefficient was found to be positively associated with the O 3 mixing ratio, whereas CN concentrations were negatively proportional to O 3 mixing ratio. The blimp experiment was supported with aircraft vertical profiles and ground-level observations from a mobile laboratory. The blimp flight obtained combined gas and particle changes aloft that could not be obtained by ground or fixed-wing aircraft measurements alone. The experiment was partially successful in achieving a true Lagrangian characterization of smog chemistry in a constrained or defined "open" air mass. The Los Angeles experiment demonstrated the use of a blimp as a platform for measurement of air pollution traveling with an air mass across an urban area. The method added unique data showing the relationship between photochemical smog chemistry and aerosol dynamics in smog. The method offers an alternative to reliance on smog chamber and modeling observations to designing air quality management strategies for reactive

Fluorescent lighting system of modified fast starting system; Sistema de alumbrado fluorescente de arranque rapido modificado

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Mendoza E, Ernesto J [Manufacturera De Reactores, S. A., Mexico, D. F. (Mexico)

1994-12-31

This paper puts into perspective the possible energy saving in using hybrid ballasts for the operation of fast starting lamps. It presents in summarized form some fundamentals of the fluorescent lamps operation, as well as the fast starting modified systems. Also the results of field operation are shown, as well as the effects on the useful life of the lamp T12 as well as the T8. [Espanol] Este trabajo pone en perspectiva el ahorro de energia posible, al emplear balastros hibridos para operar lamparas de arranque rapido. Presenta en forma resumida algunos fundamentos de la operacion de lamparas fluorescentes, asi como de los sistemas de arranque rapido modificado. Se muestran tambien resultados de operacion de campo, asi como los efectos sobre la vida util de las lamparas, tanto T12 como T8.

Fluorescent lighting system of modified fast starting system; Sistema de alumbrado fluorescente de arranque rapido modificado

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Mendoza E, Ernesto J. [Manufacturera De Reactores, S. A., Mexico, D. F. (Mexico)

1993-12-31

This paper puts into perspective the possible energy saving in using hybrid ballasts for the operation of fast starting lamps. It presents in summarized form some fundamentals of the fluorescent lamps operation, as well as the fast starting modified systems. Also the results of field operation are shown, as well as the effects on the useful life of the lamp T12 as well as the T8. [Espanol] Este trabajo pone en perspectiva el ahorro de energia posible, al emplear balastros hibridos para operar lamparas de arranque rapido. Presenta en forma resumida algunos fundamentos de la operacion de lamparas fluorescentes, asi como de los sistemas de arranque rapido modificado. Se muestran tambien resultados de operacion de campo, asi como los efectos sobre la vida util de las lamparas, tanto T12 como T8.

Participación comunitaria: otra mirada al sistema de salud venezolano

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Adriana Farías-Suárez

2009-01-01

Full Text Available El siguiente artículo presenta un bosquejo sobre el sistema de salud venezolano del siglo XX y los cambios que se están gestando a partir de la aprobación de la Constitución de la República Bolivariana de Venezuela de 1999. La evolución histórica del sistema de salud sugiere el estudio de las políticas de estado que históricamente han impuesto un modelo administrativo con rasgos burocráticos (Waiitzkin, 1981 cercenando la participación comunitaria en el sistema de salud. La influencia socio-política ha propiciado un deterioro creciente del sistema de salud, convirtiéndolo en un sistema excluyente y deficiente. Desde la ejecución de la letra de la carta magna, el Estado venezolano ha generado formas de organización que dan paso a la participación comunitaria en asuntos competentes al área de la salud (CRBV, 1999. Para lograr la sinergia entre la comunidad, las instituciones y las políticas de salud se hace urgente diseñar un modelo de participación comunitaria, a partir de la experiencia de los comités de salud que sirva de soporte para el fortalecimiento de dicha dinámica. El trabajo de los comités de salud impulsará el sistema de salud venezolano que se encuentra en etapa de transformación. Se realizó una revisión de tipo documental trabajando como paradigma epistemológico el materialismo dialéctico (Marx, 1973.

PLANEAMIENTO MULTIOBJETIVO DE SISTEMAS DE DISTRIBUCIÓN USANDO UN ALGORITMO EVOLUTIVO NSGA-II PLANEJAMENTO MULTIOBJETIVO DE SISTEMAS DE DISTRIBUIÇÃO USANDO UM ALGORITMO EVOLUTIVO NSGA-II MULTIOBJECTIVE DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM PLANNING USING AN NSGA-II EVOLUTIONARY ALGORITHM

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Libardo López

2011-06-01

Full Text Available En este artículo se presenta una metodología para solucionar el problema del planeamiento de sistemas de distribución empleando una técnica de optimización multiobjetivo. En el modelo propuesto se consideran la ubicación y dimensionamiento de nuevos elementos y la repotenciación de elementos existentes. En el planteamiento del problema se incluyen en la función objetivo los costos de inversión y de operación y la confiabilidad de la red. Este tema de investigación es de relevancia para las empresas distribuidoras de energía eléctrica, ya que permite contar con nuevas herramientas que acercan el problema a situaciones reales, tales como considerar varios objetivos, lo cual incide favorablemente en las finanzas y en la operación del sistema. En la solución del modelo se emplea un algoritmo elitista de ordenamiento no dominado (NSGA-II, y para verificar su eficiencia se recurre a un caso de la literatura especializada, que corresponde a una red de distribución de un sistema eléctrico.Neste artigo apresenta-se uma metodologia para solucionar o problema do planejamento de sistemas de distribuição empregando uma técnica de otimização multiobjetivo. No modelo proposto considera-se a localização e dimensionamento de novos elementos e a repotenciação de elementos existentes. Na abordagem do problema incluem-se na função objetivo os custos de investimento e de operação e a confiabilidade da rede. Este tema de pesquisa é de relevância para as empresas distribuidoras de energia elétrica, já que permite contar com novas ferramentas que acercam o problema a situações reais, tais como considerar vários objetivos, o qual incide favoravelmente nas finanças e na operação do sistema. Na solução do modelo emprega-se um algoritmo elitista de ordenamento não-dominado (NSGA-II, e para verificar sua eficiência se emprega um caso da literatura especializada, que corresponde a uma rede de distribuição de um sistema el

Lighting systems control; El control en los sistemas de iluminacion

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Arriaga Alpizar, Eric [Instituto Politecnico Nacional (Mexico)]. E-mail: eric_aa@hotmail.com

2006-04-15

In any workplace the illumination systems are very important, nevertheless, it is essential to control them in order to save energy. This article presents the six following control strategies for the efficient electric power use: programming, lights only will be on when it is necessary; natural light use, illumination will be replaced by using sunlight; lumens level maintenance, average level illumination can be measured utilizing this method; adjustment, the lowest illumination average is required avoiding to affect the performance and adaptation-compensation, decreasing the system variation. In addition there are also control devices which will operate the system, such as automatic devices, presence sensors and photo sensors. [Spanish] Los sistemas de iluminacion son muy importantes en cualquier lugar de trabajo, no obstante, es necesario que tengan un control, para lograr ahorrar energia. Este articulo presenta seis estrategias de control para el uso eficiente de la energia electrica: la programacion, con esta medida solo se encenderia la luz cuando sea necesario; uso de luz natural, asi se puede prescindir de la iluminacion pues la luz solar cumple con su funcion; mantenimiento del nivel de lumenes, de esta manera se mantiene un nivel promedio de iluminacion; ajuste, se ocupa el nivel de luz mas bajo posible sin afectar el rendimiento y adaptacion-compensacion, reduce la variacion del sistema. Por otro lado tambien hay dispositivos de control, que haran el trabajo, tales como dispositivos automaticos, sensores de presencia y fotosensores.

Formigas como bioindicadores da qualidade do solo em sistema integrado lavoura-pecuária

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Rafael Aparecido Crepaldi

2014-05-01

Full Text Available O objetivo deste trabalho foi avaliar a comunidade de formigas em sistemas envolvendo a rotação entre lavoura e pecuária, sob plantio direto, comparado a outros sistemas de manejo e com sistemas naturais da região. O estudo foi conduzido no Município de Dourados, MS, sob Argissolo Vermelho distroférrico típico, num sistema integrado lavoura-pecuária, em plantio direto, rotacionado a cada dois anos. Outros sistemas de manejo avaliados, para comparação, incluíram o sistema convencional (aração e gradagem, sistema plantio direto e pastagem cultivada continuamente com Brachiaria decumbens, além de dois fragmentos de vegetação nativa, nos biomas Cerrado e Floresta Semidecídua. A coleta de solo foi realizada no período chuvoso (safra 2009/2010, sendo as amostragens de serapilheira realizadas com a utilização de extratores do tipo mini-Winkler, seguindo o protocolo ALL (Ants of the Leaf Litter. Os resultados indicaram morfoespécies de Strumygenys sp. e Hypoponera sp. como potencial bioindicadores de qualidade do solo. O estudo demonstrou que a importância da manutenção de fragmentos florestais (Cerrado e Floresta Semidecídua e implementação de sistemas integrados, tais como lavoura-pecuária, são menos impactantes para a mesofauna de solo e contribuem para a conservação da diversidade de formigas e manutenção da qualidade do solo.

Uma metodologia para a condução do processo associado ao projeto organizacional de sistemas de operações integradas A methodology to drive the integrated operations system organizational design process

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Edson Pinheiro de Lima

2004-01-01

Full Text Available Em sistemas de operações integradas, os reais benefícios da integração só podem ser obtidos e reconhecidos se o projeto e a estrutura organizacional decorrente se tornam compatíveis com a mudança a ser introduzida. Além disso, há a necessidade de se desenvolver uma metodologia para a condução da atividade de projeto, o que inclui a sua gestão e instrumentalização. Da definição de um modelo de referência para o projeto organizacional, desenvolve-se a racionalidade do processo de projetar. A partir desta racionalidade e dos seus elementos constituintes, identifica-se uma abordagem metodológica que tenha a completude necessária, no sentido de se manter a coerência entre a estrutura e a mudança a ser introduzida, bem como de servir como instrumento para a sua operacionalização. Portanto, afora desenvolver a racionalidade do processo de projetar, destaca-se como contribuição deste trabalho a identificação de uma abordagem que, além de definir um processo de gestão da atividade de projeto organizacional, orientando a sua instrumentalização, poderá servir como uma estratégia para o refinamento e a validação do modelo. Tal metodologia contribui para a construção de uma Teoria Organizacional de Projeto para os sistemas organizacionais, em particular para os sistemas de operações integradas.The real benefits of integration, in an integrated operations system, can only be obtained and recognized if the implemented organizational design and structure are compatible with the introduced change. Besides the development of a methodology to drive the design task is needed, including its management and operationalization. From the reference model definition for the organizational design, it is developed the design process rationality. From this rationality and its constituent elements, it is identified a methodological approach that encompass the needed completeness, in the sense to sustain the coherence between the

SISTEMA DE INFORMAÇÕES GERENCIAIS DA PRÓ-REITORIA DE EXTENSÃO

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Gilbert Azevedo Silva

2011-12-01

Full Text Available O presente artigo apresenta um sistema de informações gerenciais desenvolvido para a Pró-reitoria de Extensão do Instituto Federal do Rio Grande do Norte. O objetivo do sistema, denominado de Sistema de Gestão de Ações da Pró-reitoria de Extensão, é registrar as atividades de extensão realizadas nos diversos campi do instituto, como programas, projetos, cursos de extensão, eventos e prestação de serviços. No nível gerencial, o sistema pretende auxiliar a obtenção de indicadores de desempenho utilizados pela Pró-reitoria de Extensão nas tomadas de decisão, como quantidade de docentes, técnicos e discentes envolvidos em atividades de extensão, número de ações realizadas por campus, total de cursos ofertados, eventos promovidos, dentre outros. No nível operacional, o sistema, além de facilitar o registro das atividades realizadas pela extensão institucional, deve permitir a emissão dos certificados de participação para os envolvidos nas atividades.

Thoughts on Seeing "El Sistema"

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Booth, Eric

2009-01-01

The FESNOJIV (the Spanish acronym for the State Foundation for the National System of Youth and Children's Orchestras), more commonly known as "El Sistema," teaches 300,000 of Venezuela's poorest children in the nationwide music learning program. Many begin attending the "nucleo" as early as age two or three, and the vast…

Knowledge Exchange with Sistema Scotland

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Allan, Julie; Moran, Nikki; Duffy, Celia; Loening, Gica

2010-01-01

This paper reports on a knowledge exchange project, funded by the Scottish Funding Council and undertaken by a group of researchers from three higher education institutions in Scotland and the project partner, Sistema Scotland. This newly established charity is attempting to implement a major programme of social change, developed in Venezuela,…

Efikasnost sistema PVO u uslovima elektronskih dejstava / Efficiency of antiaircraft system in electronic warfare

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Vladimir V. Šepec

2007-01-01

Full Text Available U radu je primenjena teorija masovnog opsluživanja u analizi efikasnosti sistema protivvazduhoplovne odbrane (sistema PVO u uslovima elektronskih dejstava protivnika. Prikazan je model za ocenu efikasnosti sistema PVO i predstavljeni su izrazi za procenu efikasnosti sistema PVO u uslovima elektronskih dejstava. / In this article the theory of mass servicing is used in the analysis of efficiency of antiaircraft system in the conditions of electronic warfare. The model for analysis of the antiaircraft system efficiency has been shown and formulas for qualitative analysis of antiaircraft system efficiency have been presented in the conditions of electronic warfare.

Making Cultura Count inside and out of the Classroom: Public Art & Critical Pedagogy in South Central Los Angeles

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Garcia, Luis-Genaro

2012-01-01

In this article, artist, educator, and activist Luis-Genaro Garcia describes the development and impact of the "May Day service learning project" on his advanced painting class in a high school in South Los Angeles. The project emerged from students' interests: their ideas, concerns for their community, socio-political consciousness, and…

Identificación de sistemas no lineales usando series Volterra – Laguerre

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Medina Ramos, Carlos Celestino; Medina Ramos, Carlos Celestino

2011-01-01

Este trabajo de Tesis está enfocado en la identificación de sistemas no lineales de modelo dinámico no conocido, adicionalmente y en base a los resultados obtenidos, se propone la aplicación del sistema de Control Predictivo no Lineal Basado en Modelos, NMPC, usando el algoritmo de la Matriz Dinámica de Control no Lineal, NDMC. El primer objetivo de este trabajo consiste en implementar una metodología para la identificación de sistemas no lineales usando series de Volterra truncadas; proye...

Sistemas integrados con Arduino

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EL YAKOUTI, MOHAMMED

2017-01-01

Design of a robot prototype remotely controllable from Bluetooth using Arduino. Control and testing of sensors and events interacting with Arduino and Bluetooth. Diseño de un prototipo de robot controlable remotamente con Bluetooth utilizando Arduino. Control y verificación de los sensores y eventos que interactúan mediante el Arduino y el Bluetooth. El Yakouti, M. (2017). Sistemas integrados con Arduino. http://hdl.handle.net/10251/89274. TFGM

El sistema reticulo-endotelial

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Carlos J. Cuartas L.

1935-01-01

multicelulares de organización bastante complicada, necesitan de mecanismos biológicos diferenciados para su defensa contra los agentes endógenos y exógenos, es asimismo razonable admitir en los grupos zoológicos inferiores, la existencia de constituyentes mesenquimáticos, que indican "una mayor amplitud para los límites que alcanza la representación del sistema dentro de la filogénesis".

Debido proceso, sistemas y reforma del proceso penal

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Teresa Armenta Deu

2015-03-01

Full Text Available Este artículo se propone examinar los modelos de procesos penales de los movimientos de reforma que se establecieron en las últimas décadas del siglo XX, en los países iberoamericanos. Para ello, primero se enfatiza las características históricas de cada sistema, poniendo de relieve la importancia de no confundir el acusatorio con el adversarial, rechazando la coincidencia entre los sistemas actuales y mixto inquisitivo histórico. Apoya la importancia de la igualdad de armas y e del contradictoria en la búsqueda de un equilibrio entre los modelos de procedimiento.

Sistema instrumentado para o registro de comportamentos ingestivos

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Pereira, Gustavo Vieira

2003-01-01

Dissertação (mestrado) - Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina, Centro Tecnológico. Programa de Pós-Graduação em Engenharia Elétrica. Este trabalho descreve um sistema automático para registro de parâmetros que permitam o estudo de atributos do comportamento ingestivo de animais em laboratório. Este sistema é orientado a usuários que não são profissionais da área de engenharia. Portanto, dispensa a necessidade de configurações eletrônicas que são desestimulantes para biólogos, fisiologist...

TECNOLOGÍAS ASOCIADAS AL SISTEMA POWER TO GAS

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Perez Gil, Susana; Belsue Etxeberria, Mikel

2017-01-01

El sistema "Power-to-Gas" (PtG) permite almacenar energía eléctrica mediante su transformación en energía química en forma de hidrógeno o metano. Estos gases pueden ser inyectados a la red de gas natural para su posterior distribución y uso. En este artículo se explican las diferentes tecnologías de las que consta el sistema PtG: la electrolisis, para la producción de hidrógeno, y la metanación, para la producción de metano.

El sistema visual y el sueño

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Garrido Lozano, Ana Isabel

2015-01-01

A pesar de la gran cantidad de tiempo que invertimos durmiendo, el sueño sigue siendo, hoy en día, un gran desconocido. Sin embargo, sabemos que es un estado -indispensable para la vida- activo del sistema nervioso mediante registro electroencefalográfico. Para que tenga lugar el inicio del sueño, el núcleo supraquiasmático debe recibir señales del sistema visual, el cual indica la disminución de luz. Cuando inicia el proceso del sueño, éste pasa por diferentes fases caracterizadas por la no ...

Sistema de salud en Venezuela: ¿un paciente sin remedio?

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Alejandra Carrillo Roa

2018-03-01

Full Text Available La coyuntura venezolana está marcada por una profunda crisis socioeconómica que genera interrogantes sobre sus efectos en el sistema de salud. El objetivo de este trabajo fue analizar las tendencias y la situación actual del sistema de salud venezolano, con especial énfasis en la financiación. Teniendo por base el marco de acción de la Organización Mundial de la Salud para el fortalecimiento de los sistemas de salud, fueron estudiados cinco de los seis componentes básicos del sistema, así como los resultados en términos de cobertura y salud de la población. El financiamiento de la salud en Venezuela resultó ser primordialmente privado, con un elevado y creciente componente de gasto de bolsillo que se coloca entre los mayores del mundo. Asimismo, el sector salud mostró una baja prioridad fiscal, con un gasto público reducido y vulnerable ante las oscilaciones de los precios del petróleo. Por otro lado, la prestación y el acceso efectivo a los servicios de salud se ha visto comprometido en años recientes, debido -entre otros factores- a la disminución en la disponibilidad de médicos, particularmente para algunas especialidades; fallas en la dotación y equipos médicos de los centros de salud; escasez de insumos médicos, medicamentos y vacunas, afectando la salud de la población que registra algunos retrocesos. Las características estructurales de la economía y la dinámica coyuntural socioeconómica han impactado en el sistema de salud venezolano, profundizando problemas de vieja data como la fragmentación, segmentación y “privatización” del sistema y provocando el surgimiento de nuevas dificultades como escasez de medicamentos, opacidad en la información, entre otros.

Linfoma do sistema nervoso central: ensaio iconográfico

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Fabiano Reis

2013-04-01

Full Text Available Ilustramos este ensaio iconográfico de linfoma do sistema nervoso central com imagens de ressonância magnética obtidas em nosso serviço nos últimos 13 anos e discutimos algumas das principais características radiológicas deste tipo de linfoma, primário e secundário. O linfoma sistema nervoso central é um tumor relativamente infrequente, mas alguns achados na ressonância magnética podem sugerir este diagnóstico.

Analysis system and remote monitoring of atmospheric discharges; Sistema de analisis y monitoreo remoto de descargas atmosfericas

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Zabre Borgaro, Eric; Rodriguez Padilla, Ma. Consuelo [Instituto de Investigaciones Electricas, Cuernavaca (Mexico)

1996-12-31

A system for analysis and monitoring of atmospheric discharges (SAMDA (Sistema de Analisis y Monitoreo de Descargas Atmosfericas) (lightnings)) in an electronic device that subsequently transmits these data as automatic processing or by request of a user from a computer operating as a remote station, is described. Also, the characteristics of the SAMDA, its evolution, and the challenges encountered along the development of this project and comments on possible improvements to the equipment and data recordings of this nature, are described. [Espanol] Se presenta el sistema de analisis y monitoreo de descargas atmosfericas (SAMDA) utilizado en la deteccion y registro de descargas atmosfericas (rayos) en un equipo electronico que posteriormente transmite estos datos como procesamiento automatico o por peticion de un usuario desde una computadora, operando como estacion remota. Asimismo, se describen las caracteristicas del SAMDA, su evolucion, los retos encontrados a lo largo del desarrollo de este proyecto y comentarios sobre posibles mejoras a equipos y registros de datos de esta naturaleza.

Analysis system and remote monitoring of atmospheric discharges; Sistema de analisis y monitoreo remoto de descargas atmosfericas

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Zabre Borgaro, Eric; Rodriguez Padilla, Ma Consuelo [Instituto de Investigaciones Electricas, Cuernavaca (Mexico)

1997-12-31

A system for analysis and monitoring of atmospheric discharges (SAMDA (Sistema de Analisis y Monitoreo de Descargas Atmosfericas) (lightnings)) in an electronic device that subsequently transmits these data as automatic processing or by request of a user from a computer operating as a remote station, is described. Also, the characteristics of the SAMDA, its evolution, and the challenges encountered along the development of this project and comments on possible improvements to the equipment and data recordings of this nature, are described. [Espanol] Se presenta el sistema de analisis y monitoreo de descargas atmosfericas (SAMDA) utilizado en la deteccion y registro de descargas atmosfericas (rayos) en un equipo electronico que posteriormente transmite estos datos como procesamiento automatico o por peticion de un usuario desde una computadora, operando como estacion remota. Asimismo, se describen las caracteristicas del SAMDA, su evolucion, los retos encontrados a lo largo del desarrollo de este proyecto y comentarios sobre posibles mejoras a equipos y registros de datos de esta naturaleza.

PROJETO DE UM CONTROLADOR PROPORCIONAL-INTEGRAL PARA O SISTEMA DE CONTROLE DE QUALIDADE DO AR E DE UM NOVO SISTEMA DE CONTROLE HVAC

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Millene Caroline Albino de Oliveira

2015-09-01

Full Text Available Uma sala do Perlstein Hall, da Illinois Institute of Techonology, (Chicago, IL, USA possui um sistema de aquecimento, ventilação e ar condicionado (em inglês – HVAC equipado com um sensor de gás carbônico, cujo intuito é regular diretamente a qualidade do ar e assegurar que a sala esteja em condições aceitáveis. Este procedimento, porém, pode colocar uma carga extra no sistema HVAC e aumentar o consumo de energia. Desta forma, o objetivo principal do trabalho foi o desenvolvimento e a aplicação de uma estratégia de controle de temperatura e concentração de CO2 para o sistema em questão, utilizando um controlador Proporcional-Integral (PI. Dados coletados em testes realizados na sala foram utilizados para a estimação dos parâmetros das funções de transferência e dos controladores. Inicialmente, os controladores foram testados separadamente e, em seguida, em conjunto. Pode-se observar que o controlador PI obteve bons resultados, apesar do overshoot e oscilações do sistema já observados pela literatura, conseguindo atingir o set point desejado de temperatura de 70°F e de concentração de CO2 de 150 ppm. Palavras-chave: HVAC, Controle, controlador PI.

Reflexiones sobre los sistemas silvopastoriles

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Full Text Available El objetivo de este análisis es reflexionar acerca de modelos integrados de producción ganadera familiar y extensiva, más estables y sustentables, en los que se integre el componente leñoso, que contribuye a la reducción de gases con efecto invernadero y favorece la mitigación del cambio climático. Para ello se hizo una revisión de conceptos referentes a la integración de la actividad forestal en la ganadería, como alternativa viable de sistema de producción. Se parte del criterio de que los sistemas silvopastoriles (SSP, dentro de los agroforestales, son agroecosistemas en los que se asocia un componente arbóreo con uno herbáceo (pasturas naturales o mejoradas y otro pecuario (ganado en un mismo sitio, donde existen interacciones biológicas entre estos y se maximiza el uso de la tierra. También se describe cómo se agrupan los SSP; sus oportunidades desde los puntos de vista económico, productivo, social y ambiental; y los efectos de la interacción entre sus componentes. Este análisis permite plantear que los SSP son producto de la relación entre la biología, la sociedad y la cultura, y en ellos existe una enorme diversidad; asimismo, permiten la reconversión de la ganadería extensiva de muy baja productividad en sistemas más productivos y sostenibles en el tiempo, así como la rehabilitación de las áreas degradadas por ese tipo de ganadería, por la deforestación y por el agotamiento de los suelos.

RELIGIÓN Y MODERNIDAD EN LOS SISTEMAS TEÓRICOS DE PARSONS Y WEBER

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Carlos Acevedo

2016-09-01

Full Text Available En este artículo se presenta el sistema teórico parsoniano, el lugar de la religión en este y su papel en la modernidad. Debido a que Parsons afirma basarse en Weber en gran parte de esta propuesta,desarrollamos elsistema teórico weberianoy lo ponemos en diálogo con la perspectiva parsoniana. Sobre esta base,se ahonda enlas diferencias de ambas construcciones analíticas. Si bien a primera vista las diferencias de ambos sistemas los convierte en sistemas encontrados, en las conclusiones esbozamos algunas razones por las cuales estos sistemas se pueden complementar, lo cualotorgaríauna perspectiva compleja para aprehender el rol de los “sentidos últimos”en la acción social.

Figurino, moda e luxo no filme Zuzu Angel

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Haussen, Luciana Fagundes

2012-01-01

Full Text Available O artigo analisa o figurino de cinema a partir do filme Zuzu Angel (Sergio Rezende, 2006, e discute como é representada a obra desta designer brasileira de roupas das décadas de 60 e 70, sob o aspecto da relação de seu trabalho com as idéias de moda e luxo. Destaca a trajetória da equipe de produção do figurino do filme e a repercussão das suas escolhas em cenas-chave desta produção audiovisual. Para tanto, trabalha com a contextualização histórica, a narrativa cinematográfica e com os conceitos de figurino de cinema, moda e luxo. Como suporte teórico, recorre às obras de, Michel Pastoureau, para as análises dos tecidos, de Jean-Jacques Roubine, Deborah Nadoolman Landis e Marcel Martin, sobre o papel do figurino na dramaturgia e no cinema, e Gilles Lipovetsky sobre os conceitos de moda e luxo

Fragmented Flows: Water Supply in Los Angeles County

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Pincetl, Stephanie; Porse, Erik; Cheng, Deborah

2016-08-01

In the Los Angeles metropolitan region, nearly 100 public and private entities are formally involved in the management and distribution of potable water—a legacy rooted in fragmented urban growth in the area and late 19th century convictions about local control of services. Yet, while policy debates focus on new forms of infrastructure, restructured pricing mechanisms, and other technical fixes, the complex institutional architecture of the present system has received little attention. In this paper, we trace the development of this system, describe its interconnections and disjunctures, and demonstrate the invisibility of water infrastructure in LA in multiple ways—through mapping, statistical analysis, and historical texts. Perverse blessings of past water abundance led to a complex, but less than resilient, system with users accustomed to cheap, easily accessible water. We describe the lack of transparency and accountability in the current system, as well as its shortcomings in building needed new infrastructure and instituting new water rate structures. Adapting to increasing water scarcity and likely droughts must include addressing the architecture of water management.

Operational performance of the Avispa-IIE wind generator in microhybrid systems

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Gonzalez Galarza, Raul; Mejia Neri, Fortino [Instituto de Investigaciones Electricas, Cuernavaca (Mexico)

1997-12-31

The purpose of this paper is to make a general analysis over the operational performance of the Avispa-IIE wind generator in an Solar-Eolic hybrid installation, at an eco-tourist resort. This work was performed through the monitor of the wind generator and the system itself throughout a year, for the acquisition taking the variables of interest and operational parameters that might allow to characterize and to evaluate the general behavior of the system. Herein are the principals characteristics of the wind generator; its performance curve, the basic configuration of the installation and the control philosophy; Likewise, some technical and human problems which arise during the operation of the system are included, the implementation of improvements in the wind generator and the general results acquired during the time of operation of the wind generator in the cited installations. [Espanol] El proposito de este articulo es el hacer un analisis general del comportamiento operacional del aerogenerador Avispa-IIE en una instalacion hibrida Solar-Eolica en un lugar de veraneo eco-turistico. Este trabajo ha sido llevado a cabo mediante el monitor del aerogenerador y el sistema mismo por espacio de un ano, para la adquisicion de las variables de interes y de los parametros operacionales que pudieran servir para caracterizar y evaluar el comportamiento general del sistema. Aqui se incluyen las caracteristicas principales del aerogenerador; su curva de comportamiento, la configuracion basica de la instalacion y la filosofia del control. De la misma manera se incluyen algunos problemas tecnicos y humanos que se originan durante la operacion del sistema y la puesta en practica de las mejoras del aerogenerador y los resultados generales adquiridos durante el tiempo de operacion del aerogenerador en las instalaciones citadas.

Operational performance of the Avispa-IIE wind generator in microhybrid systems

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Gonzalez Galarza, Raul; Mejia Neri, Fortino [Instituto de Investigaciones Electricas, Cuernavaca (Mexico)

1998-12-31

The purpose of this paper is to make a general analysis over the operational performance of the Avispa-IIE wind generator in an Solar-Eolic hybrid installation, at an eco-tourist resort. This work was performed through the monitor of the wind generator and the system itself throughout a year, for the acquisition taking the variables of interest and operational parameters that might allow to characterize and to evaluate the general behavior of the system. Herein are the principals characteristics of the wind generator; its performance curve, the basic configuration of the installation and the control philosophy; Likewise, some technical and human problems which arise during the operation of the system are included, the implementation of improvements in the wind generator and the general results acquired during the time of operation of the wind generator in the cited installations. [Espanol] El proposito de este articulo es el hacer un analisis general del comportamiento operacional del aerogenerador Avispa-IIE en una instalacion hibrida Solar-Eolica en un lugar de veraneo eco-turistico. Este trabajo ha sido llevado a cabo mediante el monitor del aerogenerador y el sistema mismo por espacio de un ano, para la adquisicion de las variables de interes y de los parametros operacionales que pudieran servir para caracterizar y evaluar el comportamiento general del sistema. Aqui se incluyen las caracteristicas principales del aerogenerador; su curva de comportamiento, la configuracion basica de la instalacion y la filosofia del control. De la misma manera se incluyen algunos problemas tecnicos y humanos que se originan durante la operacion del sistema y la puesta en practica de las mejoras del aerogenerador y los resultados generales adquiridos durante el tiempo de operacion del aerogenerador en las instalaciones citadas.

O sistema alexandrino e o sistema epicurista na filosofia da história do jovem Marx

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Júlia Lemos Vieira

2017-10-01

Full Text Available Nos Cadernos preparatórios de sua Tese de Doutorado intitulada Diferença entre as filosofias de Demócrito e Epicuro, esboçados em 1839, Marx se contrapôs a um conteúdo teológico em Hegel através de uma crítica à tendência tradicional da filosofia em teologizar-se dada numa revisão do ocaso da filosofia grega em dois sistemas opostos. O primeiro teria sido o misticismo da filosofia alexandrina; o segundo, o atomismo epicurista que desenvolveu uma dialética peculiar. Sugerindo uma filosofia da história alternativa à de Hegel, Marx pretendia indicar que a democracia não sofreu ocaso na Grécia por conta do desenvolvimento da razão genuinamente filosófica, e sim por conta da vitória da razão filosófica tergiversada em teologia. Era preciso, neste sentido, resgatar a filosofia do sistema epicurista.

Influencia de los sistemas de información en las organizaciones

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Diana Suárez López

2011-01-01

Full Text Available Resumen:El siguiente artículo tiene como objetivo resaltar el papel fundamental que tienen los sistemas de información en nuestras organizaciones, los impactos e influencia en cada área en las que implementamos estos sistemas para hacer más eficiente y eficaces los procesos administrativos, involucrando a todos los que conforman la organización. Por otra parte cómo puede una organización adquirir ventajas competitivas de las otras a través de los sistemas de información.Palabras Claves:Sistemas de Información, Tecnología, Organización, Internet, Competitividad.Abstract:The following article aims to highlight the fundamental role of information systems in our organizations, the impact and influence in each of the areas in which we implement these systems to create more efficient and effective administrative processes, involving all making up the organization. Moreover, this article also highlights how an organization can acquire competitive advantages from other organizations through information systems.Keywords:Information Systems, Technology, Organization, Internet, Competitiveness.

UN NUEVO ENFOQUE DEL CONTROL POR MODO DESLIZANTE PARA SISTEMAS MULTIVARIABLES

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Rafael Angel Orellana Prato

2016-09-01

Full Text Available Este trabajo presenta el diseño de un sistema de control por modo deslizante (SMCr basado en alimentación adelantada (feedforward aplicado a un sistema multivariable, sintonizado para especificaciones de la respuesta transitoria, usando modelos de primer orden más tiempo muerto (POMTM. Como caso de estudio se presenta el modelo multivariable de dos entradas y dos salidas de una columna de destilación Wood and Berry, la cual presenta un alto índice de interacción. Las pruebas demostraron que la estrategia de control propuesta mejora el desempeño de un sistema de control multivariable ante cambios en los valores de referencia y rechazo a las perturbaciones, sin embargo, el tiempo de establecimiento de las variables controladas aumenta producto de dinámica considerada en el desacoplamiento. Se comprobó que en sistemas con alta interacción las señales de control tienen cambios más suaves lo que indica menor desgaste en los elementos finales de control.

Methodology for monitoring the behaviour of wind-photovoltaic hybrid system in the conditions of Cuba; Metodologia para el monitoreo del comportamiento de un sistema hibrido eolico-fotovoltaico en las condiciones de Cuba

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Rodriguez G, Maria; Nunez, Ariel; Marquez M, Soe del C [Centro de Investigaciones de Energia Solar, Santiago de Cuba (Cuba)

2000-07-01

The proposal of a methodology is shown in the work that allows monitoring the behaviour of wind-photovoltaic hybrid system beginning with the study of the energy resources (wind and solar) of the known place, designed and put into operation a hybrid installation, using Text Processing techniques could obtained operation curves of the system daily, monthly and annual, to configure the reading for port series of the parameters measured during the evaluation of the system a denominated software HYBSYS was developed in Lab View for Windows 3.1 or superior. [Spanish] Se muestra la propuesta de una metodologia que permite monitorear el comportamiento de un sistema hibrido eolico-fotovoltaico, comenzando con el estudio de los recursos energeticos (eolico y solar) de un sitio conocido se diseno y puso en funcionamiento una instalacion hibrida, usando las tecnicas de un procesador se pudieron obtener las curvas de funcionamiento diaria, mensual y anual del sistema, para configurar la lectura por puerto serie de los parametros medidos durante la evaluacion del sistema se desarrollo un software denominado HYBSYS en Lab View para Windows 3.1 o superior.

Urban Income Inequality and the Great Recession in Sunbelt Form: Disentangling Individual and Neighborhood-Level Change in Los Angeles

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Robert J. Sampson

2017-02-01

Full Text Available New social transformations within and beyond the cities of classic urban studies challenge prevailing accounts of spatial inequality. This paper pivots from the Rust Belt to the Sunbelt accordingly, disentangling persistence and change in neighborhood median income and concentrated income extremes in Los Angeles County. We first examine patterns of change over two decades starting in 1990 for all Los Angeles neighborhoods. We then analyze an original longitudinal study of approximately six hundred Angelenos from 2000 to 2013, assessing the degree to which contextual changes in neighborhood income arise from neighborhood-level mobility or individual residential mobility. Overall we find deep and persistent inequality among both neighborhoods and individuals. Contrary to prior research, we also find that residential mobility does not materially alter neighborhood economic conditions for most race, ethnic, and income groups. Our analyses lay the groundwork for a multilevel theoretical framework capable of explaining spatial inequality across cities and historical eras.

Sistemas de software distribuidos y bases de datos distribuidas

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Pesado, Patricia Mabel; Ramón, Hugo Dionisio; Thomas, Pablo Javier; Boracchia, Marcos; Champredonde, Raúl; Pasini, Ariel C.; Chichizola, Franco; Iglesias, Marina; Marrero, Luciano; Albanesi, María Bernarda; Delía, Lisandro Nahuel; Ricci, Guillermo

2006-01-01

El proyecto de investigación y desarrollo en Sistemas de Software Distribuido, abarca aspectos que van desde los fundamentos del desarrollo (Técnicas de Ingeniería de Requerimientos, Metodologías de Gestión y Desarrollo de Proyectos, Técnicas de Planificación, Métricas, Normas de Calidad, Web-Systems) hasta la concepción de aplicaciones específicas orientadas a los procesos industriales (Sistemas de Planeamiento de Producción, Control Industrial en tiempo real), procesos de E-government (Voto...

Una Visión General del Sistema Financiero Colombiano

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Hernando Zuleta G.

1997-01-01

Desde finales de los 80 el sistema financiero colombiano ha experimentado cambios sensibles. En efecto, la liberalización financiera, el fortalecimiento de la regulación prudencial, la conversión de un número importante de sociedades en establecimientos de crédito, el aumento en los requisitos de capital, etc. han determinado un cambio de perfil en el sistema. Adicionalmente, en el pasado reciente las autoridades han tomado medidas en cuanto a la estructura de los encajes, aumentos en los req...

Teaching Cases in Management - Estratégia de Crescimento no Mercado Brasileiro de Cursos Pré-Vestibular: Caso Sistema Elite de Ensino

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Oscar Camilo Silva Evangelista

2011-09-01

Full Text Available The Sistema Elite de Ensino operates in the Brazilian college preparation courses market, focusing on preparation to the most disputed examinations in the country. Founded in 1998 by four partners, Elite operates in ten Brazilian cities. After a period of disorganized expansion, when the individual development of the units was given priority in detriment of standardization and integration among them, the organization’s growth was restricted due to a lack of agreement among its owners concerning the paths that should be followed to pursue this growth. The objective of this teaching case is to put the student in the role of one of the owners of Sistema Elite de Ensino in order to reach a consensus with the other owners to develop the firm’s growth strategy for the following years. The student is expected to think about the most appropriate way for a service company to develop. This teaching case can be used in Services Marketing, Marketing Strategy or Entrepreneurship classes, in lato sensu and stricto sensu graduation courses.

Comportamento do alumínio num sistema público de água para consumo humano

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Nunes, Marisa de Lurdes Pedrosa Venâncio

2010-01-01

Por forma a satisfazer os requisitos regulamentares e as necessidades dos consumidores, as entidades gestoras de sistemas de abastecimento de água têm necessidade de compreender melhor os movimentos e transformações a que a água, destinada ao consumo humano, está sujeita ao longo dos sistemas de distribuição, de modo a proteger a sua qualidade em sistemas públicos de abastecimento. Os modelos de simulação para sistemas de transporte e distribuição de água constituem instr...

Potentially induced earthquakes during the early twentieth century in the Los Angeles Basin

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Hough, Susan E.; Page, Morgan T.

2016-01-01

Recent studies have presented evidence that early to mid‐twentieth‐century earthquakes in Oklahoma and Texas were likely induced by fossil fuel production and/or injection of wastewater (Hough and Page, 2015; Frohlich et al., 2016). Considering seismicity from 1935 onward, Hauksson et al. (2015) concluded that there is no evidence for significant induced activity in the greater Los Angeles region between 1935 and the present. To explore a possible association between earthquakes prior to 1935 and oil and gas production, we first revisit the historical catalog and then review contemporary oil industry activities. Although early industry activities did not induce large numbers of earthquakes, we present evidence for an association between the initial oil boom in the greater Los Angeles area and earthquakes between 1915 and 1932, including the damaging 22 June 1920 Inglewood and 8 July 1929 Whittier earthquakes. We further consider whether the 1933 Mw 6.4 Long Beach earthquake might have been induced, and show some evidence that points to a causative relationship between the earthquake and activities in the Huntington Beach oil field. The hypothesis that the Long Beach earthquake was either induced or triggered by an foreshock cannot be ruled out. Our results suggest that significant earthquakes in southern California during the early twentieth century might have been associated with industry practices that are no longer employed (i.e., production without water reinjection), and do not necessarily imply a high likelihood of induced earthquakes at the present time.

Estimation of Methane Emissions in the Los Angeles Basin using CLARS-FTS Observations

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Sander, S.; Zeng, Z. C.; Pongetti, T.; Duren, R. M.; Shia, R. L.; Yung, Y. L.; He, L.; Gurney, K. R.

2017-12-01

The Los Angeles Basin (LA Basin), covering almost 10,743 square miles, is home to over 16.8 million people - about half the population of the state of California. It is also the second most populated urban area in the United States and one of the major source of anthropogenic greenhouse gases. Using FTIR observations from the California Laboratory for Atmospheric Remote Sensing (CLARS) located on Mount Wilson at an altitude of 1673m, we measure the reflected near infrared sunlight from 33 surface targets in the Los Angeles megacity including the direct solar beam which gives the free tropospheric background. We then retrieve the excess slant column abundances of important trace gases such as carbon dioxide (CO2) and methane (CH4) in the LA basin. Using atmospheric tracer - tracer correlations for CH4 and CO2 to eliminate the effect of aerosol scattering in the retrieval, we infer methane emissions based on the ratio of XCH4 excess to XCO2 excess. Significant variability is observed in the spatial distributions of excess CH4. Methane emissions in the LA basin show consistent peaks in late summer and winter during the period from Sep 2011 to the present. The strong correlation between natural gas usage data and derived CLARS methane emissions (r2 = 0.5) implies that natural gas leakage during transmission and/or consumption accounts for a significant fraction of the inferred seasonal variability of methane emissions in the LA basin. We will report updated annual trends in CH4 emissions from 2011 to the present. Copyright 2017. All rights reserved.

Struggling for Integration: Universalist and Separatist Discourses within El Sistema Sweden

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Bergman, Åsa; Lindgren, Monica; Saether, Eva

2016-01-01

This article focuses on the El Sistema programme, which started up in Sweden in 2010 with the objective to deal with segregation problems typical for Swedish urban areas. The purpose of the article is to examine how promoting integration through music and music education is constructed within El Sistema as a way to help children growing up in…

Propuesta para establecer un sistema de vigilancia de contaminantes ambientales en Colombia

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Jancy Andrea Huertas

2015-08-01

En conclusión, Colombia cuenta con los recursos técnicos y normativos para desarrollar el sistema de vigilancia en salud ambiental. La acción articulada de los diferentes sectores asegura la idoneidad del sistema para orientar acciones costo-efectivas en salud ambiental.

RADIACIÓN SOLAR: FACTOR CLAVE PARA EL DISEÑO DE SISTEMAS FOTOVOLTAICOS

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Sergio Sepúlveda

2014-01-01

La radiación solar es un parámetro fundamental para el dimensionamiento de sistemas fotovoltaicos. Esta radiación varía geográficamente debido a condiciones climatológicas. Por este motivo, se vuelve relevante contar con un sistema que permita monitorizar la radiación solar de un sitio para poder diseñar óptimamente un sistema fotovoltaico. En este artículo se presenta una introducción a la radiación solar, un breve análisis del espectro solar y de la respuesta espectral de un piranómetro ...

Los sistemas positivos en la Ingeniería Positive systems in Engineering

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Andrés Quintero Zea

2010-01-01

Full Text Available Los sistemas positivos son sistemas en los que las variables de estado sólo toman valores positivos o no negativos. En este artículo de revisión se describe este tipo de sistemas por medio del establecimiento de sus principales propiedades estructurales y la exposición de algunas de sus aplicaciones.Positive systems are systems in which the state variables are always positive or non negative in value. In this review paper, we describe such systems through the establishment of its main structural properties and the exposure of some of its applications.

UN PATRÓN DE INTERACCIÓN ENTRE DIAGRAMAS DE ACTIVIDADES UML Y SISTEMAS WORKFLOW AN INTERACTION PATTERN BETWEEN UML ACTIVITY DIAGRAMS AND WORKFLOW SYSTEMS

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Marta Silvia Tabares

2008-12-01

Full Text Available Actualmente en los ambientes de desarrollo de software hay un gran interés en buscar y desarrollar técnicas que puedan integrar los sistemas transaccionales con los flujos de trabajo que soportan los procesos del negocio de las organizaciones. Sin embargo, en la industria del software no es común encontrar técnicas o prácticas que faciliten el desarrollo de los modelos del sistema en función de los procesos del negocio. En este artículo se define un patrón de desarrollo que estandariza la interacción entre diagramas de actividades de UML 2.0, que representan las operaciones de un sistema, y procesos del negocio automatizados bajo tecnologías workflow. La trazabilidad de dicha interacción se mantiene por medio de modelos de trazabilidad que controlan la evolución de las operaciones del negocio y del sistema. Para mostrar la aplicación del patrón se desarrolla un caso de estudioIn software development environments there is a big interest to look and develop techniques that could integrate transactional systems with Workflow systems in order to support the business processes in organizations Nevertheless, in the software industry it is not common to find techniques or practices that facilitate the development of system models according to the business processes. In this article we define a development pattern to standardize the interaction between UML 2.0 activity diagrams, which represent the operations of a system, and the business processes automated by means of Workflow technologies. The traceability of the above mentioned interaction is supported by means of traceability models that control the evolution of both operations of the business and of the system. To show the application of the pattern a case study is developed.

Análisis comparativo de tres sistemas de pesca artesanal

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Arturo Ruiz Luna

1997-01-01

Full Text Available Se examinan dos sistemas de pesca artesanal del Pacífico mexicano y uno del Mediterráneo español; se analizan aspectos de producción, diversidad biológica y manejo, con el objeto de conocer en qué medida son determinantes para el desarrollo de esta actividad. Pese a diferencias geográficas y culturales, se observaron similitudes entre los sistemas de producción, no así en su organización. En los sistemas mexicanos, el capital destinado al mantenimiento y mejoramiento de instalaciones y equipo es limitado, lo que se refleja en el nivel de vida de los operarios, a diferencia del sistema español. La infraestructura, así como la presencia de centros de capacitación no resultaron determinantes. Las diferencias se atribuyen a los hábitos y políticas para la diversificación del consumo y a la inversión de capital, así como a una particular regulación del esfuerzo pesquero (número de embarcaciones / día y de la comercialización de la producción en la pesquería española, cuya viabilidad se discute para las pesquerías mexicanas.

Electoral system and political parties in Mexico (1994-2000 Sistema electoral y sistema de partidos en México (1994-2000

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Ernesto HERNÁNDEZ NORZAGARAY

2010-10-01

Full Text Available The article explores the consequences of the electoral formula and the effective threshold, the size of electoral circumscriptions and the number of congressional representatives on the levels of disproportional representation that exists in the legislature since the federal elections of 1994 in Mexico. Following this, and through the use of a number of political indices the article assesses the impact of these factors on the political party system. In particular the study examines levels of concentration and competition, of political party fragmentation, and levels of electoral polarisation and volatility. The main objective is to determine the institutional impact of the «period of reforms» on the configuration of a new political party system in Mexico.Key words: México, electoral system, political party system, fragmetation, volatility.En este trabajo sobre el sistema electoral y el sistema de partidos políticos en México, exploramos las consecuencias que han tenido la fórmula electoral y el umbral efectivo, la magnitud de las circunscripciones y el tamaño del Congreso legislativo, en los niveles de desproporcionalidad existente en el poder legislativo desde las elecciones federales de 1994. Así mismo, como extensión de ese esfuerzo, mediante diversos índices politológicos profundizamos en los efectos que ha tenido en el sistema de partidos. En particular, interesa estudiar los niveles de concentración y competitividad, la fragmentación y número efectivo de partidos, la polarización y volatilidad del voto. En suma, pretendemos determinar cuál es el impacto institucional del llamado «periodo de reformas» en la conformación de un nuevo sistema de partidos políticos mexicanos.

76 FR 414 - Tier 1 Environmental Impact Statement for the Los Angeles to San Luis Obispo (LOSSAN North) Rail...

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2011-01-04

... expected growth in population and resulting increases in intercity travel demand between Los Angeles and San Luis Obispo. As a result of this growth in travel demand, their travel delays from the growing... environmental analysis to help make corridor level decisions regarding the level of intercity passenger rail...

Arquitectura de software para los actuales Sistemas Ciber-Físicos

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Jeannette S. Ting

2011-06-01

Full Text Available La próxima generación de sistemas ciber-físicos –CPS– plantea grandes desafíos en el diseño de software. No se trata sólo de diseñar un sistema en torno a los plazos de ejecución, lo más importante es maximizar la utilización de recursos. En este artículo se propone un sistema de base para la arquitectura de software en el que los servicios se puedan diseñar e implementar y componer fácilmente de acuerdo con la demanda y mediante aplicaciones individuales, de manera que satisfagan requisitos específicos de confianza, seguridad, eficiencia, confiabilidad y previsibilidad, mientras que permanecen dentro de la límites de las capacidades del hardware determinado.

Ajustes a la arquitectura del sistema general de salud de Colombia: una propuesta

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Dov Chernichovsky

2015-01-01

Full Text Available El modelo de competencia regulada establecido por la Ley 100 de 1993 para el funcionamiento del sis- tema de salud en Colombia presenta fallas de mercado y fallas de gobierno. A la luz del modelo conceptual del « Paradigma Emergente » , este artículo presenta una propuesta de adaptación de la arquitectura del sistema de salud de Colombia a la arquitectura de sistemas internacionales considerados exitosos, identificando instituciones, roles y competencias. Dado lo anterior, las recomendaciones más importantes son: impulsar el sistema dual de competencia regulada en zonas densamente pobladas y monopolios en zonas sin densidad geográfica y regionalizar el sistema. También se sugiere la adopción de instrumentos de regulación de la oferta como el certificado de necesidad.

Sposobnost opstanka informacionih sistema / Survivability of information systems

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Boško Rodić

2005-03-01

Full Text Available U radu je opisan značaj i trend razvoja informacionih sistema u savremenom društvu, a definisani su i drugi značajni pojmovi radi boljeg razumevanja problema. Prikazana su i četiri aspekta rešenja sposobnosti opstanka informacionih sistema koje predlaže Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT. / The article deals with importance and trend of information systems in modern society. In the article are defined, beside survivability, other relevant ideas necessary for better understanding of the problems. Also, in the article are illustrated four aspects of information system survivability solution by Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT.

Defining Moments in MMWR History: The AIDS Epidemic, Pneumocystis Pneumonia --- Los Angeles 1981

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2017-12-01

On June 5, 1981, MMWR published a report of Pneumocystis pneumonia in five previously healthy young gay men in Los Angeles, California. This report was later acknowledged as the first published account of what would become known as human immunodeficiency virus, or HIV, and acquired immunodeficiency syndrome, or AIDS. It was the first of many MMWR reports that led to a better understanding of this new condition. In this podcast, Dr. Harold Jaffe recalls CDC’s investigation and response to the AIDS Epidemic.  Created: 12/1/2017 by MMWR.   Date Released: 12/1/2017.

Simulación basada en SMA de sistemas originalmente representados con EDO

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Ekaitz Zulueta Guerrero

2011-10-01

Full Text Available Resumen: En el presente trabajo se expone una metodología para modelar mediante un Sistema Multi-Agente (SMA sistemas biológicos y fisiológicos dinámicos con variables cuantificadas discretas, como el crecimiento y decrecimiento de poblaciones o el modelado epidemiológico de enfermedades. Se muestra un procedimiento para transformar un sistema de Ecuaciones Diferenciales Ordinarias (EDO (que modela un entorno de forma correcta en un SMA equivalente mediante un esquema basado en el método de Monte Carlo. Se utiliza un caso práctico fundamentado en un modelo matemático de Leucemia Mieloide Crónica (LMC para comparar la metodología basada en agentes con el modelado tradicional basado en un sistema de EDO. Se realiza una simulación con cada modelo (SMA y EDO y se compara los resultados obtenidos con ambas metodologías. Palabras clave: Ecuaciones diferenciales, modelo basado en agentes, Monte Carlo

Evaluación de un sistema experimental de acuaponia

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M. García-Ulloa; C. León; F. Hernández; R. Chavéz

2005-01-01

Se evaluó un sistema experimental de acuaponia, incorporando la producción de tilapia (Oreochromis mossambicus) y pepino (Cucumis sativus) durante 75 días. Los peces (90 g de peso promedio inicial) se mantuvieron en un tanque de 500 l, a una densidad de 0.6 peces/litro, mientras que 40 plántulas de pepino se sembraron en 2 camas de arena estéril. Las plantas se regaron con agua de desecho de las tilapias, con un sistema de recirculación de agua. Cada semana se registraron las concentraciones ...

Implementación del sistema para municipios, usando pmi

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Cruz Ruiz, Victor Hugo; Buenaño Vera, Sulay Pamela; Freire Cobo, Lenin

2014-01-01

El objetivo de informe de graduación, es plantear y describir la implementación de un sistema informático en una entidad municipal usando PMI, siguiendo las pautas definidas en la Guía del PMBOK. Nuestro estudio es aplicar la Metodología Administración de Proyectos PMI a un proyecto ya terminado. Para este proyecto hemos tomado la información de la implementación del Sistema CABILDO ERP en el Gobierno Municipal de San Jacinto de Yaguachi, realizado por la empresa ecuatoriana...

Sistema de detección de malware en Android

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Heras Cáceres, Inés; Sierra Liras, Diego

2015-01-01

El presente trabajo trata de dar respuesta al problema de la detección del malware en los dispositivos móviles. Los sistemas de protección que actualmente poseen los dispositivos móviles inteligentes se han mostrado ineficaces. Para asegurarlos frente a una posible infección de software malicioso, debe completarse la seguridad que ofrecen las características del sistema o la criba de aplicaciones en los mercados de descarga oficiales. Siendo un área de investigación reciente, la mayor parte d...

Čiščenje operacijskega sistema GNU/Linux

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OBLAK, DENIS

2018-01-01

Cilj diplomskega dela je izdelava aplikacije, ki bo pomagala očistiti operacijski sistem Linux in bo delala v večini distribucij. V teoretičnem delu je obravnavano čiščenje operacijskega sistema Linux, ki sprosti prostor na disku in omogoči boljše delovanje sistema. Sistematično so pregledani in teoretično predstavljeni tehnike čiščenja in obstoječa orodja za operacijski sistem Linux. V nadaljevanju je predstavljeno čiščenje operacijskih sistemov Windows in MacOS. Hkrati so predstavljen...

La guerra de los sistemas operativos V1.0

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López Get, Anthony

2010-01-01

Este artículo analiza tres tipos diferentes de sistemas operativos para computadoras —Windows®, Mac OS® y las distribuciones GNU/Linux®— como objetos culturales, desde la ideología, el mito y la cultura material. Se estudia como estos programas de ordenador se erigen como símbolos representativos de diferentes grupos culturales, al reproducir hábitos de consumo, diferenciación social, y discursos hegemónicos, sub y contraculturales, todos dentro del ámbito de los sistemas de producción actual...

Desarrollo histórico del sistema sanitario de Ecuador

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Castillo Morocho, Silvia

2015-01-01

En este trabajo se describen las condiciones de salud de Ecuador y con mayor detalle, las características del sistema ecuatoriano de salud, incluyendo su estructura y cobertura, programas de salud, fuentes de financiamiento, los recursos físicos, materiales y humanos de los que dispone, las tareas de rectoría que desarrolla el Ministerio de Salud Pública. La República de Ecuador no escapó de los efectos de las sucesivas crisis económicas, y su sistema de salud estuvo marcado por más de 15 ...

Sistemas de controle gerencial e contratos psicológicos

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Ivan Canan

2013-01-01

Esta pesquisa investiga a relação entre os sistemas de controle gerencial e os contratos psicológicos, como forma de discutir as relações contratuais nas organizações. Os sistemas de controle gerencial foram definidos como processos administrativos de proposição de parâmetros comportamentais idealmente construídos para criar convergência de objetivos entre servidores e organizações, cuja dinâmica de controle implica no diagnóstico de resultados e nos processos de interação acerca do desempenh...

Desarrollo e implementación del sistema experto Diagnogsys

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Halcón Fernández, Alejandro

2015-01-01

El presente proyecto consiste en el diseño y la implementación de un sistema experto multidisciplinar y polivalente capaz de resolver problemas que se le plantearían a un experto humano de una determinada materia o disciplina. Este documento explicará y detallará el diseño y el funcionamiento del sistema experto Diagnogsys aplicado al ámbito de los diagnósticos médicos, cuyo principal objetivo consistirá en simular a un experto humano en medicina general, como ejemplo del funcionamiento de...

Validação de sistema de parâmetros técnicos de mobilidade urbana aplicados para sistema cicloviário

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Vinicius Tischer

2017-09-01

Full Text Available Resumo O objetivo da pesquisa foi o de gerar uma base de análise quantitativa para subsidiar uma avaliação integrada da infraestrutura cicloviária inserida no contexto de mobilidade urbana das cidades. A metodologia utilizada deu ênfase a pesquisa e o desenvolvimento de parâmetros estatístico-matemáticos que explicitam a continuidade ou a fragmentação, densidade, e funcionalidade de um sistema cicloviário utilizando estudo de caso das cidades de Balneário Camboriú/SC e Itajaí/SC para validar os índices e parâmetros propostos. Ambas as cidades possuem um sistema implementado de infraestrutura cicloviário e projetos de expansão desta, o que facilitou a comparação entre elas. Os resultados obtidos mostraram-se positivos, com indicadores aderentes e sensíveis para a quantificação da qualidade do sistema cicloviário das cidades, subsidiando o planejamento urbano e adoção e monitoramento de metas. O desenvolvimento do IMCiclo (Índice de Mobilidade Cicloviária permitiu, de forma objetiva e simplificada, classificar a qualidade do sistema cicloviário contribuindo para a difusão da necessidade de mensuração das condições da infraestrutura cicloviária. Foi possível observar claramente as diferenças entre as cidades estudadas, onde Balneário Camboriú atingiu os melhores índices.

Epidemiologic study of neural tube defects in Los Angeles County. I. Prevalence at birth based on multiple sources of case ascertainment

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Sever, L.E. (Pacific Northwest Lab., Richland, WA); Sanders, M.; Monsen, R.

1982-01-01

Epidemiologic studies of the neural tube defects (NTDs), anencephalus and spina bifida, have for the most part been based on single sources of case ascertainment in past studies. The present investigation attempts total ascertainment of NTD cases in the newborn population of Los Angeles County residents for the period 1966 to 1972. Design of the study, sources of data, and estimates of prevalence rates based on single and multiple sources of case ascertainment are here discussed. Anencephalus cases totaled 448, spina bifida 442, and encephalocele 72, giving prevalence rates of 0.52, 0.51, and 0.08 per 1000 total births, respectively, for these neural tube defects - rates considered to be low. The Los Angeles County prevalence rates are compared with those of other recent North American studies and support is provided for earlier suggestions of low rates on the West Coast.

Los sistemas de información contable en la gestión universitaria

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Malles Fernández, Eduardo; Del Burgo García, Unai

2010-01-01

Los gestores y responsables universitarios necesitan cada vez más de sistemas de información que les ayuden en su gestión y en su Toma de Decisiones. Entre esos sistemas adquieren una especial relevancia los contables, por ser la referencia más utilizada y relevante en las actuaciones de los dirigentes. En este artículo se recogen los distintos sistemas de información contables existentes que pueden aplicarse en el ámbito universitario: Presupuestos, Contabilidad Financiera, Contabilidad d...

Nuevos sistemas de organización de información electrónica

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San Segundo Manuel, Rosa

2005-01-01

Memorias de las 4ª Conferencia Iberoamericana de Sistemas, Cibernética e Informática : CISCI 2005, 14 - 17 julio de 2005, Orlando, Florida, EEUU Los nuevos sistemas de organización de la información electrónica permiten organizar promover la sistematización del conocimiento, y en tanto que instrumentos adaptados y actualizados provienen de los antiguos sistemas empleados en la organización de de bibliotecas, museos, y archivos. Sus nuevas funciones abarcan la organización de los materiales...

DESARROLLO DE UN SISTEMA DE INFORMACIÓN PARA LA EMPRESA DATECSA S.A

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Nelson Javier Reyes

2013-09-01

Full Text Available En el siguiente documento se presenta un estudio, implementación y análisis de un sistema para administrar la información de la empresa Colombiana Datecsa S.A. Inicialmente, se tienen en cuenta los requerimientos de los usuarios del sistema, a partir de esto se selecciona la opción tecnológica más viable, para su posterior implementación. Finalmente, se analiza la seguridad del sistema desarrollado, lo que conlleva a demostrar su robustez.

Off, un nuevo enfoque en la construcción de Sistemas Operativos Distribuidos

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Ballesteros Cámara, Francisco José

1998-01-01

La extensión alcanzada por las redes de ordenadores ha provocado la aparición y extensión de Sistemas Operativos Distribuidos (SSOODD) [158], como alternativa de futuro a los Sistemas Operativos centralizados. El enfoque más común para la construcción de Sistemas Operativos Distribuidos [158] consiste en la realización de servicios distribuidos sobre un μkernel centralizado encargado de operar en cada uno de los nodos de la red (μkernel servicios distribuidos). Esta estrategia entorpece...

Estudio comparativo entre metodologías para el diseño de Sistemas Bonus-Malus.

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Núñez del Prado, José Antonio

2004-01-01

Full Text Available El objetivo de este trabajo es mostrar un método para hacer comparaciones entre Sistemas Bonus Malus. Se comparan Sistemas Bonus Malus obtenidos mediante la metodología GPBM, basada en Programación por Metas y Sistemas Bonus Malus obtenidos mediante la metodología clásica, conocida como Escala de Bayes.

La refrigeracion nocturna en edificios de oficinas optimizacion del sistema mecanico

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Lain, M.; Hensen, J.L.M.

2007-01-01

En muchas ocasiones se ha tratado sobre la necesidad de optimizar el sistema mecánico nocturno de refrigeración. En este documento se trata de la utilización de simulaciones por ordenador tanto para el apoyo al diseño de un edificio nuevo y desarrollo de un sistema HVAC, como para la optimización de

HD 208905: um sistema múltiplo de estrelas quentes

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Candeias, J. P.; Daflon, S.; Cunha, K.

2003-08-01

Durante o survey de associações OB do disco Galáctico, foi constatada a multiplicidade do sistema HD 208905, pertencentes à associação de Cep OB2. Este objeto está classificado como uma estrela pertencente a um sistema múltiplo, com magnitude mv = 7.0 e tipo espectral B1V. De fato, os espectros de HD 208905 apresentam perfis de absorção triplicados. Dois dos perfis são bastante similares entre si, e são estreitos e bem definidos, sugerindo que as velocidades rotacionais projetadas (v sin i) das duas estrelas são baixas. Os espectros obtidos também apresentam perfis mais alargados que poderiam ser atribuídos a uma terceira componente estelar com v sin i mais alto. A análise de HD 208905 é baseada no estudo da variação da posição relativa dos perfis espectrais de acordo com a fase do sistema. Nossos dados observacionais são um conjunto de espectros de alta resolução obtidos no McDonald Observatory (Universidade do Texas, Austin), Kitt Peak National Observatory e Palomar Observatory, cobrindo o período de 10/91 até 12/95. Inicialmente, calculamos a velocidade radial de cada componente do sistema, considerando o desvio Doppler sofrido por cada estrela. As velocidades radiais medidas foram, em seguida, corrigidas para velocidades radiais heliocêntricas. O passo seguinte constituiu na determinação da periodicidade da série temporal definida pelas medidas das velocidades radiais heliocêntricas através da análise de Fourier. A nossa base de dados não permitiu definir uma solução única para o sistema HD 208905. As possíveis soluções encontradas têm períodos entre 1 e 27 dias e serão apresentadas e discutidas.

Sistemas Axiológicos del siglo XXI: Un collage. El declive de los sistemas axiológicos de creencias y la coexistencia de creencias variopintas en el mercado espiritual - DOI: 10.5752/P.2175-5841.2012v10n28p1295

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Queralt Prat-i-Pubill

2012-12-01

Full Text Available (Axiological Systems in the XXI century: A Collage. The downfall of axiological systems based on beliefs and the co-existence of varied beliefs in the spiritual market - DOI – 10.5752/P.2175-5841.2012v10n28p1295ResumenPretendemos mostrar como los sistemas axiológicos de creencias provenientes de las religiones no están vigentes en la actualidad. Para ello mostramos algunos datos del Banco Mundial que muestran como los sistemas heterónomos de creencias no funcionan como orientadores de la vida personal y social del individuo. También facilitamos información sobre la disminución de los que se autoadscriben como pertenecientes a un sistema de creencias y además demostramos mediante las estadísticas que no existe relación entre autoadscribirse como miembro de un sistema de creencias y  mantener unas determinadas creencias.   Clarificamos la noción de creencia comúnmente utilizada como supuesto acrítico y otros usos del lenguaje corriente y del lenguaje científico. Utilizamos estadísticas de Catalunya, España, y de algunos países de Europa y América. Concluimos que si los sistemas axiológicos de los individuos no vienen determinados por las religiones, entonces ¿qué sistemas axiológicos tenemos que sean capaces de cohesionar y motivar los individuos hacia fines valiosos comunes?Palabras clave: Sistemas Axiológicos. Creencias. Religión.  Cualidad humana. Estadísticas. España católica Abstract We aim at showing why axiological systems coming from religion are not operative currently. To do this we show World Bank data where it is manifested that heteronomous systems of beliefs are not in force to orient the personal and social life of the individuals. We also communicate the declining numbers of those that register themselves as believers and we also reveal that there is no relationship between registering oneself as a believer in an axiological system and effectively holding and “believing” the beliefs of that

A Pilot Survey of Food Frequencies, Meal Frequencies and Meal Patterns of Preschool Children in East Los Angeles.

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Lewis, Jane S.; And Others

The food frequency, meal frequency, and meal patterns of a group of Mexican American children attending Head Start in East Los Angeles and their siblings were studied. Fifty dietary questionnaires in English and in Spanish with written instructions were distributed to parents. Parents were asked to record for a 3 day period the eating time, type…

Sistema de diagnóstico para la estimación de secciones en fallo en sistemas eléctricos de potencia; A Diagnostic Systems to Estimate Faulty Sections in Power Electric Systems

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Marta Bravo de las Casas; Humberto Machado Fernández; Zenaida García Valdivia; Alain Álvarez Chávez; Isis Bonet Cruz; Norma E Cabrera González

2011-01-01

El sistema de diagnóstico para la estimación de secciones en fallo (SDESF) para sistemas eléctricos depotencia (SEP) expuesto en el trabajo, usa la información procedente de los relés operados e interruptoresdisparados. Está escrito en Prolog, lenguaje de inteligencia artificial e implementado en una computadorapersonal. La tarea básica de este sistema es entrenar a los despachadores y utilizarlo como una herramientade apoyo a la toma de decisi...

Sistema de manejo sostenible para residuos electrónicos en Costa Rica

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Floria Roa Gutiérrez

2009-01-01

Full Text Available En un trabajo interdisciplinario y multisectorial, se sensibilizó a los diferentes actores sobre la problemática relacionada con los equipos electrónicos, ya sea al alcanzar el final de su vida útil o por obsolescencia debido a los cambios tecnológicos constantes en software y hardware. Después de un análisis de los sistemas de manejo de residuos electrónicos en Holanda, Bélgica, Suiza, Inglaterra y Canadá, el sector productor o indirectamente los primeros importadores de equipos electrónicos en Costa Rica muestran interés por implementar un sistema basado en el principio de responsabilidad extendida al productor/importador (REP. Un decreto que soporta legalmente el sistema fue redactado y sometido a consulta legal y pública y se encuentra a la espera de la aprobación final por parte del Poder Ejecutivo. El sistema de financiamiento del sistema requirió de tres evaluaciones técnicas del proceso, incluyendo la estimación de los costos posibles. La valiosa experiencia en la generación de un sistema que integra a los sectores involucrados, marca un liderazgo de Costa Rica, pero requiere de compromiso y voluntad por parte del sector gubernamental. Dicha experiencia ha sido transferida mediante un taller a representantes de los países centroamericanos como un esfuerzo por inducir procesos similares en la región.

Sistema de salud de Nicaragua The health system of Nicaragua

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Jorine Muiser

2011-01-01

Full Text Available En este artículo se describen las condiciones de salud de Nicaragua y las características de su sistema de salud, incluyendo su estructura y cobertura, sus fuentes de financiamiento, los recursos físicos, materiales y humanos con los que cuenta, las actividades de rectoría que desarrolla el Ministerio de Salud, los mecanismos de participación ciudadana en la gestión y evaluación de los sistemas de salud, y la satisfacción de los usuarios con los servicios recibidos. También se discuten las innovaciones más recientes, dentro de las que destacan la promulgación de una nueva Ley General de Salud, la descentralización de la regulación de los establecimientos de salud y el diseño de un nuevo modelo de atención a la salud denominado Modelo de Salud Familiar y Comunitario.This paper describes the health conditions in Nicaragua and discusses the characteristics of its national health system including its structure and coverage, its financial sources its physical, material and human resources the stewardship functions developed by the Ministry of Health the participation of citizens in the operation and evaluation of the system and the level of satisfaction of health care users. It also discusses the most recent policy innovations, including the new General Health Law, the decentralization of the regulation of health facilities and the design and implementation of a new health care model known as Family and Community Health Model.

El nuevo sistema de pensiones mejicano Comparación del rendimiento neto de las administradoras

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Ignacio Contreras Rubio

2000-01-01

Full Text Available Con la reforma mejicana de julio de 1997 se culminaba un proceso de reformas iniciado en Chile en 1981 por el que los principales países latinoamericanos han optado por sistemas de pensiones basados en la capitalización individual, cediendo la gestión de los fondos destinados a financiar el retiro a entidades privadas que actúan bajo competencia. En el presente trabajo se plantea la formulación matemática del nuevo sistema mejicano de pensiones tras la reforma de julio de 1997, con el que se opta por un sistema de capitalización individual frente al sistema de reparto vigente hasta ese momento. El trabajo se estructura de la siguiente forma, en sucesivos apartados se describen los elementos determinantes del sistema, tales como aportaciones, comisiones y capitalización de los fondos, describiendo sus características así como su inclusión dentro de una fórmula recursiva que permita conocer el valor de los fondos acumulados en cada momento por el trabajador. Esta formulación será utilizada para la evaluación de la eficiencia del sistema reformado desde el punto de vista de la elección óptima de Administradora por los partícipes, en dos momentos de la vida del nuevo sistema.

Načrtovanje in montaža protivlomnega alarmnega sistema

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ŠTULAR, ALEŠ

2016-01-01

Diplomsko delo obravnava vrste alarmnih sistemov za tehnično varovanje. V nadaljevanju se posvetimo osnovnim gradnikom protivlomnega alarmnega sistema. Našteti so elementi alarmnega sistema in opis njihovega delovanja. Posebno pozornost posvetimo prenosu alarmnih sporočil na varnostno nadzorni center. Zaradi velikih razlik v ceni ter zanesljivosti samih prenosnih poti, je potrebna velika pozornost pri izbiri prave. Naštete so najpogostejše prenosne poti in njihove glavne značilnosti. Na koncu...

Implantación del Sistema de Calidad ISO 9001 en VECOPOL S.L.

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González, Berta

2012-01-01

En este trabajo trataré de desarrollar e implantar el Sistema de Calidad ISO 9001 en la empresa VECOPOL S.L. El objetivo que me planteo es desarrollar parte de la documentación del Sistema de Calidad ISO 9001 e iniciar su implantación de forma que se empiece a trabajar en un entorno de calidad, con el propósito fundamental de satisfacer al cliente. En un futuro, si la empresa lo considera conveniente, se podrá certificar el Sistema de Gestión de Calidad.

Más allá del bipartidismo: el sistema argentino de partidos

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Juan Abal Medina

2014-06-01

Full Text Available El presente artículo representa un intento de describir la existencia de un patrón de sistema partidario estable en un sistema político de alta inestabilidad. En el caso argentino, fue la propia interrupción institucional de las poliarquías (alimentada por el carácter movimientista y polarizado del sistema de partidos la que actuó como un factor favorable al congelamiento del sistema. Así, un patrón de competencia estable constituyó un obstáculo para que el régimen pudiera avanzar hacia formas más democráticas. Al suspender toda actividad partidaria, los interregnos autoritarios no sólo impidieron que los actores fueran variando sus comportamientos, sino que evitaron que los votantes juzgaran el desempeño de su partido preferido en el largo plazo. En la medida en que la consolidación de la democracia inauguró en la Argentina un juego político abierto e impredecible, ningún actor puede sentirse seguro de antemano del lugar que ocupará en la estructura de la competencia.

Gestión del subsistema Activos Fijos Tangibles del sistema Cedrux.

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Larisa González Álvarez

2009-12-01

Full Text Available En aras del fortalecimiento de la gestión de entidades y la informatización de la sociedad, Cuba se encuentra inmersa en la creación del producto Cedrux, basado en los principios de independencia tecnológica y en las particularidades de la economía cubana. Esta solución nacional incluye un subsistema para el control de los activos fijos tangibles (AFT, que pretende servir de apoyo a la toma de decisiones en las entidades. El subsistema es capaz de gestionar activos de forma dinámica, tributa mediante operaciones al sistema contable de la empresa y estandariza el tratamiento de los AFT a nivel nacional. Incluye además temas como la multimoneda, la agrupación de activos y la generación de documentos, prestaciones del sistema que responden a necesidades del país, actualmente no satisfechas de manera conjunta por los sistemas existentes. A partir de la puesta en marcha del sistema, la economía del país se verá favorecida y el control de los AFT será confiable, estable y legalmente correcto.

ESTUDO DA SELETIVIDADE CAPACIDADE EM SISTEMAS SÓLIDO-GÁS

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A. M. SOUZA

1997-12-01

Full Text Available A solubilidade de compostos pesados em fase gasosa contendo um componente supercrítico (equilíbrio sólido-gás foi analisada, adotando-se a equação de estado de Peng-Robinson para representar os sistemas sólido-gás estudados. A modelagem foi aplicada para vários sistemas binários (monossólido/monossolvente e multissólido/multissolvente. Para cada sistema, fez-se a estimação dos parâmetros pertinentes, os parâmetros de interação binária, obtidos por regressão não linear a partir dos dados experimentais de equilíbrio sólido-gás correspondentes. Tendo como base os dados binários, foi realizada uma análise de seletividade/ capacidade de sistemas do tipo 2 sólidos-1solvente, comparando-os com dados experimentais, e fez-se a comparação com os sistemas ternários experimentais.The solubility of heavy compounds in gaseous phase containing a supercritical component (solid-gas equilibrium was analised. It was adopted the state equation of Peng-Robinson, to represent the solid-gas systems considered. The model was applied to several cases ranging from binary systems (mono-solid/mono-solvent to multi-solid/multi-solvent systems. For each system, it was done the estimation of pertinent parameters, the binary interaction parameters, obtained by non-linear regression from experimental data of correspondent solid-gas equilibrium. Using the results obtained from binary systems, predictions of selectivity/capacity for ternary systems like 2 solids-1 solvent were accomplished, and then a comparison with experimental data of ternary systems was achieved.

Software para la Planificación de la Operación del Sistema Eléctrico Nacional.

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Miriam López Pérez

2011-03-01

Full Text Available La operación de la planificación del Sistema Eléctrico Nacional es una tarea compleja que exige de herramientas computacionales para ello. Con este propósito los autores han desarrollado un software cuyas características se resumen en este trabajo.  The National Electric Power System plan operation is a very complex task that needs computational tools. Theauthors have developed software for that porpoise which characteristics are resume in this work.

CARACTERÍSTICAS DE SISTEMAS HÍBRIDOS DE GERAÇÃO DE ENERGIA ELÉTRICA E APLICAÇÕES EM SISTEMAS EÓLICOS FOTOVOLTAICOS / CHARACTERISTICS OF HYBRID SYSTEMS FOR ELECTRICITY GENERATION AND APPLICATIONS IN WIND-PHOTOVOLTAIC SYSTEMS

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J. A. C. Siqueira

2014-12-01

Full Text Available Um sistema híbrido é aquele que utiliza conjuntamente mais de uma fonte de energia para geração de energia elétrica, sendo que tal opção é feita de modo que uma fonte complemente a eventual falta da outra. Tais sistemas podem ser combinações de uma ou mais formas de geração, podendo ser usados sistemas eólicos, fotovoltaicos, diesel, hídricos, ou outros, sendo a opção do armazenamento energético não obrigatória. Dentre as fontes energéticas utilizadas pelos sistemas híbridos, as que mais se sobressaem são a solar e a eólica, ambas de caráter renovável. O sucesso de sua implantação depende diretamente da confiabilidade da operação ao fornecimento de energia e do custo da energia gerada. O objetivo deste trabalho foi apresentar diversas características de tais sistemas de geração de energia elétrica. Em relação ao dimensionamento do sistema, mostrou-se que é importante a análise de custos e formas de utilização do sistema, bem como fatores elétricos do sistema, tais como perda de carga e vida útil da bateria. Como forma de divulgação e especificação dos componentes de um sistema híbrido de geração de energia elétrica, foi eleito um sistema eólico fotovoltaico localizado na Faculdade de Ciências Agronômicas de Botucatu, o qual possibilitou diversas pesquisas junto ao Núcleo de Energias Alternativas e Renováveis do Laboratório de Energização Rural do Departamento de Engenharia Rural da UNESP, Faculdade Ciências Agronômicas, Campus de Botucatu.