Human-health pharmaceutical compounds in Lake Mead, Nevada and Arizona, and Las Vegas Wash, Nevada, October 2000-August 2001

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Boyd, Robert A.; Furlong, Edward T.

2002-01-01

The U.S. Geological Survey and the National Park Service conducted a reconnaissance study to investigate the occurrence of selected human-health pharmaceutical compounds in water samples collected from Lake Mead on the Colorado River and Las Vegas Wash, a waterway used to transport treated wastewater from the Las Vegas metropolitan area to Lake Mead. Current research indicates many of these compounds can bioaccumulate and may adversely affect aquatic organisms by disrupting physiological processes, impairing reproductive functions, increasing cancer rates, contributing to the development of antibiotic-resistant strains of bacteria, and acting in undesirable ways when mixed with other substances. These compounds may be present in effluent because a high percentage of prescription and non-prescription drugs used for human-health purposes are excreted from the body as a mixture of parent compounds and degraded metabolite compounds; also, they can be released to the environment when unused products are discarded by way of toilets, sinks, and trash in landfills. Thirteen of 33 targeted compounds were detected in at least one water sample collected between October 2000 and August 2001. All concentrations were less than or equal to 0.20 micrograms per liter. The most frequently detected compounds in samples from Las Vegas Wash were caffeine, carbamazepine (used to treat epilepsy), cotinine (a metabolite of nicotine), and dehydronifedipine (a metabolite of the antianginal Procardia). Less frequently detected compounds in samples collected from Las Vegas Wash were antibiotics (clarithromycin, erythromycin, sulfamethoxazole, and trimethoprim), acetaminophen (an analgesic and anti-inflammatory), cimetidine (used to treat ulcers), codeine (a narcotic and analgesic), diltiazem (an antihypertensive), and 1,7-dimethylxanthine (a metabolite of caffeine). Fewer compounds were detected in samples collected from Lake Mead than from Las Vegas Wash. Caffeine was detected in all samples

ROBERT VENTURI, DENISE SCOTT BROWN Y STEVEN IZENOUR: LEARNING FROM LAS VEGAS

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Ignacio Senra Fernández-Miranda

2013-05-01

Full Text Available RESUMEN Poco tiene que ver la edición original de 1972 de Learning from las Vegas, the forgotten symbolism of the architectural form, con la edición revisada de 1977, que fue traducida al español y publicada por Gustavo Gili en 1978. El gran formato del libro original (38x28cm se justificaba por la importancia del material gráfico desplegado, un ejercicio de análisis que aspiraba a descubrir nuevas técnicas de representación capaces de reproducir una realidad tan compleja sensorialmente como la de la ciudad de las Vegas. La drástica transformación, impulsada por los propios autores, suponía un abaratamiento y por tanto una mayor difusión del libro, pero sobretodo trataba de acabar con el conflicto entre su crítica al diseño Bauhaus y el diseño Bauhaus tardío del libro original, como señaló la propia Denise Scott Brown en el prologo de la edición revisada de 1977.

The Strip: Las Vegas and the Symbolic Destruction of Spectacle

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Al, Stefan Johannes

2010-01-01

Over the past 70 years, various actors have dramatically reconfigured the Las Vegas Strip in many forms. I claim that behind the Strip's "reinventions" lies a process of symbolic destruction. Since resorts distinguish themselves symbolically, each new round of capital accumulation relies on the destruction of symbolic capital of existing resorts. A new resort either ups the language within a paradigm, or causes a paradigm shift, which devalues the previous resorts even further. This is why, i...

Hotel room suicide: Las Vegas and Clark County.

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Gemar, Kjersti; Zarkowski, Paul; Avery, David

2008-01-01

Our objective is to study the link between hotel registration and suicide. Clark County, which contains Las Vegas, drew our interest because of its extremely large number of hotel rooms. Case files of suicide from the Clark County Coroner were reviewed for years 2003-2005. The suicide rate of local residents registering in local hotels was 271/100,000. This is greater than the suicide rate in the general population of Clark County, 16.6/100,000, PHotel guests from outside Clark County had a reduced rate of suicide, 4.6/100,000, Photels have an increased suicide risk that is statistically significant. Possible explanations for the results are provided.

PERCHLORATE UPTAKE BY SALT CEDAR (TAMARIX RAMOSISSIMA) IN THE LAS VEGAS WASH RIPARIAN ECOSYSTEM

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Perchlorate ion (CIO4-) has been identified in samples of dormant salt cedar (Tamarix ramosissima) growing in the Las vegas Wash. Perchlorate is an oxidenat, but its reduction is kineticaly hindered. CXoncern over thyrpoid effects caused the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA...

The U.S. Department of Energy Office of Indian Energy Policy and Programs Las Vegas, Nevada, Roundtable Summary

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LAS VEGAS EXECUTIVE SUMMARY The Las Vegas, Nevada DOE Tribal Roundtable convened on March 16th, at the Las Vegas Hilton. The meeting was hosted by the Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Indian Policy and Programs (DOE Office of Indian Energy) and facilitated by JR Bluehouse, Program Manager, Udall Foundation’s U.S. Institute for Environmental Conflict Resolution (U.S. Institute). Mr. Bluehouse was assisted by Tamara, Underwood, Program Assistant, U.S. Institute.  Tribal leaders and representatives from multiple tribal governments and communities attended the roundtable. Tracey LeBeau, newly appointed Director of the Office of Indian Energy attended.    LaMont Jackson from DOE’s Office of Electricity attended. Also attending from the administration and federal agencies were Kim Teehee, Senior Policy Advisor for Native American Affairs, The White House; Charlie Galbraith, Associate Director of the Office of Public Engagement and Deputy Associate Director of the Office of Intergovernmental Affairs, The White House; Jodi Gillette, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Policy and Economic Development, the Bureau of Indian Affairs.

Late quaternary environmental changes in the upper Las Vegas valley, Nevada

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Quade, Jay

1986-11-01

Five stratigraphic units and five soils of late Pleistocene to Holocene age crop out in dissected badlands on Corn Creek Flat, 30 km northwest of Las Vegas, Nevada, and at Tule Springs, nearer to Las Vegas. The record is dominantly fluvial but contains evidence of several moister, marsh-forming periods: the oldest (Unit B) dates perhaps to the middle Wisconsin, and the more widespread Unit D falls between 30,000 and 15,000 yr B.P. Unit D therefore correlates with pluvial maximum lacustrine deposits elsewhere in the Great Basin. Standing water was not of sufficient depth or extent during either period to form lake strandlines. Between 14,000 and 7200 yr B.P. (Unit E), standing surface water gradually decreased, a trend also apparent in Great Basin pluvial lake chronologies during the same period. Groundwater carbonate cementation and burrowing by cicadas (Cicadae) accompany the moist-phase units. After 7200 yr B.P., increased wind action, decreased biotic activity, and at least 25 m of water-table lowering accompanied widespread erosion of older fine-grained deposits. Based on pack-rat midden and pollen evidence, this coincides with major vegetation changes in the valley, from sagebrush-dominated steppe to lower Mohave desertscrub.

Interferograms showing land subsidence and uplift in Las Vegas Valley, Nevada, 1992-99

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Pavelko, Michael T.; Hoffmann, Jörn; Damar, Nancy A.

2006-01-01

The U.S. Geological Survey, in cooperation with the Nevada Department of Conservation and Natural Resources-Division of Water Resources and the Las Vegas Valley Water District, compiled 44 individual interferograms and 1 stacked interferogram comprising 29 satellite synthetic aperture radar acquisitions of Las Vegas Valley, Nevada, from 1992 to 1999. The interferograms, which depict short-term, seasonal, and long-term trends in land subsidence and uplift, are viewable with an interactive map. The interferograms show that land subsidence and uplift generally occur in localized areas, are responsive to ground-water pumpage and artificial recharge, and, in part, are fault controlled. Information from these interferograms can be used by water and land managers to mitigate land subsidence and associated damage. Land subsidence attributed to ground-water pumpage has been documented in Las Vegas Valley since the 1940s. Damage to roads, buildings, and other engineered structures has been associated with this land subsidence. Land uplift attributed to artificial recharge and reduced pumping has been documented since the 1990s. Measuring these land-surface changes with traditional benchmark and Global Positioning System surveys can be costly and time consuming, and results typically are spatially and temporally sparse. Interferograms are relatively inexpensive and provide temporal and spatial resolutions previously not achievable. The interferograms are viewable with an interactive map. Landsat images from 1993 and 2000 are viewable for frames of reference to locate areas of interest and help determine land use. A stacked interferogram for 1992-99 is viewable to visualize the cumulative vertical displacement for the period represented by the individual interferograms. The interactive map enables users to identify and estimate the magnitude of vertical displacement, visually analyze deformation trends, and view interferograms and Landsat images side by side. The

Solar hot water system installed at Las Vegas, Nevada. Final report

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1981-01-01

The solar hot water system installed at LaQuinta Motor Inn Inc., at Las Vegas, Nevada is described. The Inn is a three-story building with a flat roof for installation of the solar panels. The system consists of 1200 square feet of liquid flat plate collectors, a 2500 gallon insulated vertical steel storage tank, two heat exchangers and pumps and controls. The system was designed to supply approximately 74 percent of the total hot water load.

76 FR 35371 - Proposed Modification of the Las Vegas, NV, Class B Airspace Area; Public Meetings

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2011-06-17

... October 10, 2011. ADDRESSES: (1) The meeting on Thursday, August 18, 2011, will be held at Centennial High School, 10200 Centennial Parkway, Las Vegas, NV 89149; (2) The meeting on Tuesday, August 23, 2011, will...

Characteristics of the Las Vegas/Clark County visitor economy

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1988-06-01

The purpose of this report is to present the results of a review of the Clark County visitor economy and the Clark County visitor. The review, undertaken in support of NWPO's two objectives mentioned above, addressed a number of topics including performance of the Clark County visitor economy as a generator of employment, earnings and tax base; importance of the Clark County visitor economy to the Nevada economy as a whole; elements of the Clark County visitor economy outside the Las Vegas strip and downtown areas; current trends in the Clark County visitor industry; and indirect economic effects of Clark County casino/hotel purchases

Aerosol Light Absorption and Scattering in Mexico City: Comparison With Las Vegas, NV, and Los Angeles, CA.

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Paredes-Miranda, G.; Arnott, W. P.; Gaffney, J. S.; Marley, N. A.; Campbell, D.; Fujita, E.

2007-12-01

Aerosol light scattering and absorption measurements were deployed in and near Mexico City in March 2006 as part of the Megacity Impacts on Regional and Global Environments (MIRAGE). The primary site in Mexico City was an urban site at Instituto Mexicano del Petroleo (Mexican Oil Institute, denoted by IMP). Similar campaigns were held in Las Vegas, NV in January-February, 2003; and Los Angeles, CA at numerous sites during all seasons from 2003 through 2007. The IMP site gave in-situ characterization of the Mexico City plume under favorable wind conditions. The photoacoustic instrument (PAS) used at IMP operates at 532 nm, and conveniently allowed for characterization of gaseous absorption at this wavelength as well. Light scattering measurements are accomplished within the PAS by the reciprocal nephelometery method. In Mexico City the aerosol absorption coefficient typically varies between 20 and 180 Mm-1 during the course of the day and significant diurnal variation of the aerosol single scattering albedo was observed probably as a consequence of secondary aerosol formation. We will present the diurnal variation of the scattering and absorption as well as the single scattering albedo and fraction of absorption due to gases at the IMP site and compare with Las Vegas diurnal variation. Mexico City 'breaths' more during the course of the day than Las Vegas, Nevada in part because the latitude of Mexico City resulted in more direct solar radiation. Further insight on the meteorological connections and population dynamics will be discussed.

(Un)Sustainable Community Projects: An Urban Ethnography in a Barrio in Las Vegas

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Castrejón, J. Adrian

2017-01-01

This essay and the accompanying study are part of a broader project, Southern Nevada Strong (SNS), which seeks to improve housing, safety, transportation, and employment opportunities in areas of high need in the Las Vegas, Nevada metropolitan area. The study examined the living conditions for Chicanx/Latinx residents in Barrio 28th Street, employing urban ethnographic methods as part of the community-input phase of SNS. Although barrios are cultural and historical places of solidar...

Perceptions toward the Value of Higher Education for Hotel Professionals in Las Vegas: A Case Study

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Deel, Gary Lee

2015-01-01

This study concerns a qualitative investigation of the views toward higher education and its importance to hospitality career success among hotel professionals in the Las Vegas, Nevada area. Existing literature supported the premise that education may be important to professional career success in several different ways, and that values concerning…

Actividad editorial en torno al tricentenario de Lope de Vega

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María José Zamora Muñoz

2016-01-01

Full Text Available En 1935 se celebró el tricentenario de la muerte de Lope de Vega. En este trabajo se presentan las ediciones de las obras de Lope de Vega y los estudios en torno a su figura y obra publicados aquel año.

Alejandro García Reidy, Las musas rameras. Oficio dramático y conciencia profesional en Lope de Vega

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Antonio Carreño

2015-01-01

Full Text Available Review of Alejandro García Reidy, Las musas rameras. Oficio dramático y conciencia profesional en Lope de Vega, Iberoamericana / Vervuert (Colección escena Clásica, 2, Madrid / Frankfurt am Main, 2013, 440 pp. ISBN: 9788484897439.

An Aerial Radiological Survey of the City of North Las Vegas (Downtown) and the Motor Speedway

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Piotr Wasiolek

2007-01-01

As part of the proficiency training for the Radiological Mapping mission of the Aerial Measuring System (AMS), a survey team from the Remote Sensing Laboratory-Nellis (RSL-Nellis) conducted an aerial radiological survey on December 11-12, 2007, with the purpose of mapping natural radiation background and locating any man-made radioactive sources. The survey covered 19.4 square miles (9.2 square miles over the downtown area of the City of North Las Vegas and 10.2 square miles over the Las Vegas Motor Speedway [LVMS]). The flight lines over the surveyed areas are presented in Figures 1 and 2. A total of four 2.5-hour-long flights were performed at an altitude of 150 ft above ground level (AGL) with 300 ft of flight line spacing. Water line and test line flights were conducted over the Lake Mead and Government Wash areas to ensure quality control of the data. The data were collected by the AMS data acquisition system-REDAR V using an array of twelve 2-inch x 4-inch x 16-inch sodium iodide (NaI) detectors flown on-board a twin-engine Bell 412 helicopter. Data in the form of gamma energy spectra were collected continually (every second) over the course of the survey and were geo-referenced using a differential Global Positioning System. Collection of spectral data allows the system to distinguish between ordinary fluctuations in natural background radiation levels and the signature produced by man-made radioisotopes sources. Spectral data can also be used to identify specific radioactive isotopes. As a courtesy service with the approval of the U.S. Department of Energy, National Nuclear Security Administration, Nevada Site Office, RSL-Nellis is providing this summary to the office of the Mayor of City of North Las Vegas and LVMS security along with the gross counts-based exposure rate and man-made counts maps

Preliminary study of favorability for uranium of the Sangre de Cristo Formation in the Las Vegas basin, northeastern New Mexico

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May, R.T.; Strand, J.R.; Reid, B.E.; Phillips, W.R.

1977-12-01

Uranium favorability of the Sangre de Cristo Formation (Pennsylvanian-Permian) in the Las Vegas basin has been evaluated. The Las Vegas basin project area, located in Colfax, Mora, and San Miguel Counties, New Mexico, comprises about 3,489 sq mi. The formation contains sedimentologic and stratigraphic characteristics that are considered favorable for uranium deposition. Field investigations consisted of section measuring, rock sampling, and ground radiometric reconnaissance. North-south and east-west cross sections of the basin were prepared from well logs and measured sections. Petrographic, chemical, and spectrographic analyses were conducted on selected samples. Stratigraphic and sedimentologic information were used to determine depositional environments. The most favorable potential host rocks include red to pink, coarse-grained, poorly sorted, feldspathic to arkosic lenticular sandstones with stacked sandstone thicknesses of more than 20 ft and sandstone-to-shale ratios between 1:1 and 2:1. The sandstone is interbedded with mudstone and contains carbonaceous debris and anomalous concentrations of uranium locally. Areas of maximum favorability are found in a braided-stream, alluvial-plain depositional environment in the north-central part of the Las Vegas basin. There, carbonaceous material is well preserved, probably due to rapid subsidence and burial. Furthermore, uranium favorability is highest in the lower half of the formation because carbonaceous wood and plant fragments, as well as known uranium deposits, are concentrated in this zone. Piedmont deposits in the north and east, and meander-belt, alluvial-plain deposits in the south, are not considered favorable because of the paucity of uranium deposits and a minimum of carbonaceous material

Heiko Schmid, Economy of fascination. Dubai and Las Vegas as Themed Urban Landscapes

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Ghorra-Gobin, Cynthia

2010-01-01

Cet ouvrage résulte d’une recherche initialement intitulée les « mondes artificiels » à partir d’un travail de terrain mené dans deux villes localisées en zone désertique (Dubai, (D) et Las Vegas (LV)), ce qui a priori justifiait le choix de l’adjectif « artificiel ». L’introduction précise que ces deux villes – ne pouvant être présentées comme de simples « destinations touristiques » – ont toutefois permis d’illustrer la thématique de l’économie de la fascination et de discuter des ressorts ...

Sociohydrology of an Arid City: Development of a Coupled Model of Water Management in Las Vegas

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Garcia, M. E.; Islam, S.; Portney, K. E.

2014-12-01

Rapidly growing cities in arid regions present a significant water management challenge. Key to tackling this challenge is understanding how and why some cities transition to more sustainable water management; acknowledging that urban water resources decisions are both responding to and precipitating hydrologic change, this question is best tackled through a sociohydrology approach. While coupling of natural and societal systems is in it's infancy in the field of hydrology, there is a strong tradition of studying coupled systems in the field of Socio-Ecological Systems. We build on Ostrom's Socio-Ecological Systems framework to develop a system dynamics model of water management for the Las Vegas metropolitan area using Vensim. A key objective our proposed modeling framework is to illuminate the dynamic interactions of the sociohydrologic system components and enable testing of various assumptions and strategies. The model of Las Vegas water management consists of five sub-modules: water supply, water demand, finances, public perception and policy making process. The development of the first three modules were based on clearly defined system structure. The public perception sub-module tracks the level public risk perception of a water supply shortage and represents the hypothesis that public risk perception is updated periodically when shortage events are experienced. The policy making process module uses an algorithm capturing the hypothesized decision making process to select policy actions (or in-action) from a set of feasible actions in response to the system states tracked by the model and observable to decision makers. The model was tested and parameterized using mix of quantitative data on water demands, supplies and costs and qualitative data from document analysis and interview data covering 1990 to 2010 period. Given that not only the parameters but also the structure of the public perception and the policy making process sub-systems is contested, a

A Tale of two Cities: Photoacoustic and Aethalometer Measurements Comparisons of Light Absorption in Mexico City and Las Vegas, NV, USA

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Paredes-Miranda, G.; Arnott, W. P.; Marley, N. A.; Gaffney, J. S.

2007-05-01

As part of the Megacity Impacts on Regional and Global Environments, MIRAGE-Mex deployment to Mexico City in the period of 30 days, March 2006, a suite of photoacoustic spectrometers (PAS; W. Arnott & G. Paredes), nephelometer scattering, and aetholemeter absorption instruments (N. Marley & J.Gaffney) were installed to measure at ground level the light absorption and scattering by aerosols at the urban site at Instituto Mexicano del Petroleo (Mexican Oil Institute, denoted by IMP). This IMP site gave in-situ characterization of the Mexico City plume under favorable wind conditions. The PAS used at IMP operates at 532 nm, and conveniently allowed for characterization of gaseous absorption at this wavelength as well. Light scattering measurements are accomplished within the PAS by the reciprocal nephelometery method. In the urban site the aerosol absorption coefficient typically varies between 20 and 180 Mm-1 during the course of the day and significant diurnal variation of the aerosol single scattering albedo was observed. The Las Vegas, NV site was located at East Charleston Street on January-February, 2003. In east Las Vegas typical westerly winds carry the city plume across the site. Comparisons of PAS aerosol light absorption and aetholemeter absorption measurements at 521 nm at both Las Vegas NV and Mexico City sites will be presented. We will also present a broad overview of the diurnal variation of the scattering and absorption as well as the single scattering albedo and fraction of absorption due to gases at the sites in relation to secondary aerosol formation.

Daniele Crivellari, Marcas autoriales de segmentación en las comedias autógrafas de Lope de Vega: estudio y análisis

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Eugenio Maggi

2015-01-01

Full Text Available Review of Daniele Crivellari, Marcas autoriales de segmentación en las comedias autógrafas de Lope de Vega: estudio y análisis, Edition Reichenberger, Kassel, 2013, 440 pp. ISBN: 9783944244075.

Variability of Soil Types in Wetland Meadows in the South of the Chilean Patagonia Variabilidad de Tipos de Suelos en Las Vegas del Sur de la Patagonia Chilena

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Ladislava Filipová

2010-06-01

Full Text Available The wetland meadows and pastures (vegas of the agricultural zone of the Magallanes Region and the Chilean Patagonia are productive and intensively exploited ecosystems. However, there is scarce data about the typology and the physical and chemical properties of the soils that determine the agricultural potential of vegas sites. Sampling of the main horizons of 47 soil profiles was conducted throughout the area. The profiles were described in the field and consequently classified according to the soil typology system of the WRB (IUSS Working Group WRB, 2006. Analyses of bulk and particle densities, capillary water capacity, pH (H2O, pH (CaCl2, texture, organic material, C:N ratio, electrical conductivity, effective cation exchange capacity, N, P, Ca-Mg-K-Na, exchangeable Al,  extractable Al, sulfur SO4(2-, B, and micronutrients (Cu-Zn-Mn-Fe were carried out.  The most frequently recorded groups of soil types in the studied vegas were Histosols - peat soils (20 profiles, and Fluvisols (19. Gleysols (3, Vertisols (1, Regosols (3, Solonchaks (1 and Solonetzs (1 were detected with much less frequency. There is also considerable variability in soil properties among and within the groups of soil types. The principal differences between the Histosols and the Fluvisols are the content of organic matter (often peat, pH level (related to the absence/presence of carbonates and associated soil properties. Fluvisols are more susceptible to salinization under conditions of aridity, whereas the main threat to Histosols is artificial drainage.Las praderas húmedas (vegas de la zona de uso agropecuario de la Región de Magallanes y la Antártica Chilena son ecosistemas productivos e intensamente explotados. No obstante, los conocimientos de los factores edáficos que determinan el potencial de las vegas son escasos. En este trabajo se realizó el muestreo de los horizontes principales de 47 perfiles del suelo de distintos tipos de vegas de la zona. Los perfiles

An evaluation of lead contamination in plastic toys collected from day care centers in the Las Vegas Valley, Nevada, USA.

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Greenway, Joseph A; Gerstenberger, Shawn

2010-10-01

Childhood exposure to environmental lead continues to be a major health concern. This study examined lead content within the plastic of children's toys collected from licensed day care centers in the Las Vegas valley, Nevada. It was hypothesized that the use of lead as a plastics stabilizer would result in elevated lead (≥600 ppm) in polyvinyl chloride plastics (PVC) compared to non-PVC plastics. It was also hypothesized that, due to the use of lead chromate as a coloring agent, yellow toys would contain higher concentrations of lead (≥600 ppm) than toys of other colors. Toy samples were limited to those found in day care centers in Las Vegas, Nevada. 10 day care centers were visited and approximately 50 toy samples were taken from each center. Of the 535 toys tested, 29 contained lead in excess of 600 parts per million (ppm). Of those 29 toys, 20 were PVC and 17 were yellow. Both of the two hypotheses were strongly supported by the data.

Ignacio Arellano, El ingenio de Lope de Vega. Escolios a las «Rimas humanas y divinas del licenciado Tomé de Burguillos»

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Bienvenido Morros Mestres

2014-01-01

Full Text Available Review of Ignacio Arellano,El ingenio de Lope de Vega. Escolios a las «Rimas humanas y divinas del licenciado Tomé de Burguillos», IDEA/IGAS, New York, 2012, 305 pp. ISBN: 978-1-938795-84-8.

Review of technetium chemistry research conducted at the University of Nevada Las Vegas

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Poineau, F.; Weck, P.F.; Forster, P.; Hartmann, T.; Mausolf, E.; Silva, G.W.C.; Czerwinski, K.R.; Rodriguez, E.E.; Sattelberger, A.P.; Jarvinen, G.D.; Cheetham, A.K.

2009-01-01

The chemistry of technetium is being explored at the University of Nevada Las Vegas. Our goal is to investigate both the applied and fundamental aspects of technetium chemistry, with a special emphasis on synthesis, separations, and materials science. The synthetic chemistry focuses on metal-metal multiple bonding, oxides and halides. Synthesis and characterizations of (n-Bu 4 N) 2 Tc 2 X 8 , Tc 2 (O 2 CCH 3 ) 4 X 2 (X = Cl, Br), TcO 2 , Bi 2 Tc 2 O 7 , Bi 3 TcO 8 , TcBr 3 and TcBr 4 have been performed. The applied chemistry is related to the behavior of Tc in the UREX process. Separation of U/Tc has been conducted using anion exchange resin and metallic Tc waste form synthesized and characterized. (author)

Evaluating Water Supply and Water Quality Management Options for Las Vegas Valley

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Ahmad, S.

2007-05-01

The ever increasing population in Las Vegas is generating huge demand for water supply on one hand and need for infrastructure to collect and treat the wastewater on the other hand. Current plans to address water demand include importing water from Muddy and Virgin Rivers and northern counties, desalination of seawater with trade- payoff in California, water banking in Arizona and California, and more intense water conservation efforts in the Las Vegas Valley (LVV). Water and wastewater in the LVV are intrinsically related because treated wastewater effluent is returned back to Lake Mead, the drinking water source for the Valley, to get a return credit thereby augmenting Nevada's water allocation from the Colorado River. The return of treated wastewater however, is a major contributor of nutrients and other yet unregulated pollutants to Lake Mead. Parameters that influence the quantity of water include growth of permanent and transient population (i.e., tourists), indoor and outdoor water use, wastewater generation, wastewater reuse, water conservation, and return flow credits. The water quality of Lake Mead and the Colorado River is affected by the level of treatment of wastewater, urban runoff, groundwater seepage, and a few industrial inputs. We developed an integrated simulation model, using system dynamics modeling approach, to account for both water quantity and quality in the LVV. The model captures the interrelationships among many variables that influence both, water quantity and water quality. The model provides a valuable tool for understanding past, present and future pathways of water and its constituents in the LVV. The model is calibrated and validated using the available data on water quantity (flows at water and wastewater treatment facilities and return water credit flow rates) and water quality parameters (TDS and phosphorus concentrations). We used the model to explore important questions: a)What would be the effect of the water transported from

Aerosol Light Absorption and Scattering at Four Sites in and Near Mexico City: Comparison with Las Vegas, Nevada, USA

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Arnott, W. P.; Miranda, G. P.; Gaffney, J. S.; Marley, N. A.

2007-05-01

Four photoacoustic spectrometers (PAS) for aerosol light scattering and absorption measurements were deployed in and near Mexico City in March 2006 as part of the Megacity Impacts on Regional and Global Environments (MIRAGE). The four sites included: an urban site at Instituto Mexicano del Petroleo (Mexican Oil Institute, denoted by IMP); a suburban site at the Technological University of Tecamac; a rural site at "La Biznaga" ranch; and a site at the Paseo de Cortes (altitude 3,810 meters ASL) in the rural area above Amecameca in the State of Mexico, on the saddle between the volcanoes Popocatepetl and Iztaccihuatl. A similar campaign was held in Las Vegas, Nevada, USA in January-February, 2003. The IMP site gave in-situ characterization of the Mexico City plume under favorable wind conditions while the other sites provided characterization of the plume, mixed in with any local sources. The second and third sites are north of Mexico City, and the fourth site is south. The PAS used at IMP operates at 532 nm, and conveniently allowed for characterization of gaseous absorption at this wavelength as well. Instruments at the second and third sites operate at 870 nm, and the one at the fourth site at 780 nm. Light scattering measurements are accomplished within the PAS by the reciprocal nephelometery method. In the urban site the aerosol absorption coefficient typically varies between 20 and 180 Mm-1 during the course of the day and significant diurnal variation of the aerosol single scattering albedo was observed probably as a consequence of secondary aerosol formation. Comparisons with TSI nephelometer scattering at the T0 site will be presented. We will present the diurnal variation of the scattering and absorption as well as the single scattering albedo and fraction of absorption due to gases at the IMP site and compare with Las Vegas diurnal variation. Mexico City 'breaths' more during the course of the day than Las Vegas, Nevada in part because the latitude of

Campaniforme no funerario en la provincia de Toledo: el yacimiento de Las Vegas. De nuevo el Valle de Huecas

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Barroso Bermejo, Rosa

2015-06-01

Full Text Available This article presents the latest results of the excavations at the site of Las Vegas in Huecas (Toledo. The site is located in an open area, near a stream and at the foot of the Valle de las Higueras necropolis. It is buried by a considerable colluvial deposition and was detected by geophysical survey. The site lacks structures and is made up of a single archaeological layer: it is a secondary deposit, containing Bell Beaker pottery and metal. A 14C sample has dated it to the second half of the 3rd millennium BC. Ceramics are the most abundant remain from this deposit. Macroscopic and X-ray Fluorescence (FRX analysis of the ceramics indicates a local production, the fast formation of this deposit, and its long-term exposure on the surface. We suggest that it was formed by cleaning and maintenance activities carried out in a nearby occupational area. We suggest that settlement occurred in the valley bottom, with occupations whose ceramic productions differ from the ones found in funerary contexts.Presentamos los resultados de los sondeos del yacimiento de Las Vegas, Huecas (Toledo. Se trata de un área abierta, junto al arroyo y al pie de la necrópolis de Valle de las Higueras. Un fuerte depósito de coluvión sepulta el yacimiento. Sin evidencias en superficie, su detección se realizó mediante prospección geofísica. Carece de estructuras y está formado por un único estrato, un depósito secundario que contiene campaniforme Ciempozuelos y metal, con una fecha C14 de la 2ª mitad del III milenio a.C. La cerámica es el material más abundante. Su estudio macroscópico y mediante fluorescencia de rayos X (FRX avala su producción local, la rápida formación del depósito y su larga exposición en superficie. Planteamos que el depósito procede de la limpieza y mantenimiento de un área de ocupación anexa. El patrón de poblamiento parece seguir las tierras bajas del valle con ocupaciones cuyas producciones cerámicas difieren de las de los

Reproductive Responses of Common Carp Cyprinus carpio in Cages to Influent of the Las Vegas Wash in Lake Mead, Nevada, from late Winter to early Spring

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To investigate the potential for contaminants in Las Vegas Wash (LW) influent to produce effects indicative of endocrine disruption in vivo, adult male and female common carp were exposed in cages for 42-48 d at four sites and two reference locations in Lake Mead.

De Las Vegas a Marina D'or. O como llegar desde el New Jornalism norteamericano de Hunter S. Thompson hasta la nueva narrativa española de Robert Juan-Cantavella

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María Angulo Egea

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Full Text Available The north-american trend called 'New Journalism' born in the 60's, was a revolution for the USA traditional Journalism, for its use of literary elements with other ones that belong to the journalistic research. Hunter S. Thompson, author of Fear and loathing in Las Vegas (1971, with his gonzo style, was going to shed new light on the New Journalism proposals, improving the immersión process using drugs until he gets implied personally in his reports and taking all his narrative influences from the 50's beat movement. Almost 35 years later, in El Dorado, Juan-Cantavella makes a paralellism between Las Vegas and the holiday city in the mediterranean coast, Marina D'Or and he develops in this space a novel, where his alter ego, the punk journalist Escargot, plays the lead. Novel, journalism, gonzo, fiction, story, punk, essay, report, 'aportaje', discursive fragmentation, dialogs, internal monologues, descriptions, memorandums, telegrams, emails, press releases, radio news, songs, slogans, all fits to reenact genres, to re-read journalistic and literary traditions and to build something new. This work analyses this process, that goes from the gonzo journalism of Fear and loathing in Las Vegas to the current Spanish narrative of El Dorado. It tries to distinguish the literary resources that the gonzo journalist uses to build his reports and the journalistic tools that nourish Juan-Cantavella's 'punk narrative'. A particular example of literary-journalistic symbiosisLa corriente norteamericana llamada 'Nuevo periodismo', nacida en los años sesenta, supuso para la Periodística tradicional de Estados Unidos toda una revolución por la combinación de elementos literarios con otros propios de la investigación periodística. Hunter S. Thompson, autor de Miedo y asco en las Vegas (1971, con su periodismo gonzo, le iba a dar una vuelta más a la propuesta del New Journalism, llevando al extremo el proceso de inmersión, hasta implicarse personalmente

Risk-induced social impacts: The effects of the proposed nuclear waste repository on residents of the Las Vegas metropolitan area

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Mushkatel, A.H.; Pijawka, K.D.; Dantico, M.

1990-09-01

This report examines important and major impacts of the proposed high-level nuclear waste repository on Las Vegas metropolitan residents. The data utilized in the report consist of interview data collected in the 1988, Urban Risk Survey and data for Clark County residents collected as part of the 1989 Nevada Telephone Survey. The use of two different data sets which were collected at two distinct points in time permit for not only determinations of the consistency of opinions and risk perceptions, but also result in a compelling consistency of findings demonstrating the types of impacts described in the report. The repository is viewed as an extremely dangerous facility where accidents are perceived as inevitable, and the consequences may result in catastrophic impacts. Over the last few years, the negative imagery of the repository, coupled with the view that the area may become stigmatized has amplified the perceived risks over the benefits. In addition, Las Vegas valley residents have little trust in the agencies empowered to ensure their safety and to mitigate the impacts from the facility. In this context it is difficult to believe that the federal agencies can regain much credibility among Clark County residents, or that the major impacts outlined in the report if the Yucca Mountain project becomes a reality will not come about. 20 refs., 3 figs., 36 tabs

VEGA Space Mission

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Moroz, V.; Murdin, P.

2000-11-01

VEGA (mission) is a combined spacecraft mission to VENUS and COMET HALLEY. It was launched in the USSR at the end of 1984. The mission consisted of two identical spacecraft VEGA 1 and VEGA 2. VEGA is an acronym built from the words `Venus' and `Halley' (`Galley' in Russian spelling). The basic design of the spacecraft was the same as has been used many times to deliver Soviet landers and orbiter...

La Vega de Granada: De un espacio agrario en crisis a un complejo paisaje cultural

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Raúl Puente Asuero

2013-01-01

RESUMEN: La Vega de Granada es un paisaje agrario multifuncional con una potente dimensión cultural y colectiva. Este artículo tiene como objetivo señalar cómo, en las últimas décadas, este ámbito agrario de antaño notable unidad paisajística, ha devenido en una compleja aglomeración caracterizada por una gran discontinuidad y fraccionamiento del territorio. Para ello, se caracterizan los principales valores patrimoniales de la Vega (ríos, acequias, caminos, secaderos…) y cómo las manifestac...

Explorations of Colleges, Universities, and Career Training Centers in Las Vegas, Nevada: Creating Educational and Training Programs for Displaced Workers to Learn Marketable Employment Skills

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Gonyea, Jacob Patrick

2012-01-01

The city of Las Vegas, Nevada has experienced a slowdown in tourism, a drop in property taxes and consolidated tax revenue used to support the city's operating budget, and a lack of economic diversification. Because of these changes, the ability of displaced workers to learn marketable employment skills continues to be an important issue for the…

Assessment of the impact of a nuclear waste repository at Yucca Mountain on the economic development potential of Las Vegas, Clark County, and the surrounding area

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Boyle, M.R.

1989-01-01

Growth Strategies Organization has completed an assessment of the Las Vegas MSA's competitiveness in the attraction of new business facilities to the area. That report found that under current business climate conditions and in the present economic development market place, the region is a competitive site for about one hundred of the six hundred types of primary businesses studied. It is almost competitive as a location for another 80 to 90 types of businesses and is a marginal choice for another 200 business groups. In other words, Clark County, as is, fully satisfies the basic requirements of almost a sixth of the businesses in this study. With minor improvements in areas such as the skill mix of its work force and the quality of its educational facilities and with an effective campaign to improve the area's image, the Las Vegas area could become a competitive location for about two-thirds of all business groups -- a very large shift in marketability. The proposed nuclear waste repository that he Federal government has proposed for siting at Yucca Mountain more than a hundred miles from Las Vegas would become operational after the turn of the century, more than fifteen years from now. Its influence on business investment decisions would be felt in the mid- to late-1990s if the final decision were made and announced. To measure that impact it would be desirable to establish a baseline that reflects Clark County's competitiveness as a business facility location in the middle of the next decade. In constructing that baseline, several variables could be considered -- changes in business climate conditions in the area other than the nuclear waste repository; and changes in the location decision process itself resulting from changes in technology and in market pressures

Grabados Rupestres de Carros y Ruedas en Vegas de Coria (Cáceres)

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María Carmen SEVILLANO SAN JOSÉ

2009-01-01

Presentamos un nuevo petroglifo inédito aparecido en la localidad de Vegas de Coria en la provincia de Cáceres. Interesada en el tema de estas piedras con grabados, y siguiendo las indicaciones de mis compañeros Fernando Alonso y Javier Fortea, que habían visto personalmente este nuevo petroglifo, nos presentamos en la localidad de Vegas de Coria acompañada del primero de ellos. Al llegar al citado pueblo, los naturales dieron muestras enseguida de conocer el petroglifo, que ellos denominan «...

Cuatro notas en torno a Garcilaso de la Vega, de Manuel Altolaguirre

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Pablo Muñoz Covarrubias

2015-06-01

Full Text Available Manuel Altolaguirre fue el único poeta de la Generación del 27 que escribió un libro dedicado por completo a Garcilaso. Garcilaso de la Vega (1933 es una biografía que, a pesar de carecer de una metodología rigurosa, esclarece la vida del poeta al establecer paralelismos entre su vida, poesía y vida heroica. Las páginas de Garcilaso de la Vega revelan cuán importante fue para Altolaguirre la vida y obra de este poeta. Contiene, además, algunas de las opiniones que Altolaguirre mantuvo en torno a su concepción del arte, la política y la historia de España. Este artículo se enfoca en estos elementos y explora el proceso de escritura de la biografía.

La Vega Central: Del lugar al no lugar

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María Teresa Herrera Urrutia

2014-01-01

Full Text Available La Vega Central de Santiago de Chile. Un mercado reconocido por los santiaguinos como mercado popular compuesto por personas de distintos orígenes tanto sociales como étnicos. Para comprender la importancia de este sector comercial, es necesario hacer un recorrido histórico que muestre cuál es el origen de la Vega y cómo el lugar que ocupa le otorga un significado en el mundo popular para así entender los nuevos procesos emergentes relativos a la multiculturalidad. Desde la teoría de los No Lugares, se intenta entender cómo La Vega logra constituirse como un Lugar en la medida en que es habitado y construido por las personas, y como, a su vez, la temporalidad a la que es sometida logra generar un pliegue que transforma a este mercado en un No Lugar. Por lo tanto, la hipótesis que dirige este artículo tiene relación con que el horario de funcionamiento de La Vega permite el pliegue o la transformación entre este mercado como un Lugar y como un No Lugar. Abstract This paper focuses in a particular place, La Vega Central in Santiago de Chile. This is a marketplace known for santiaguinos as a people’s market, composed of people from different backgrounds, both social and ethnic. In order to understand the importance of this comercial sector, it is necesarry to do an historical overview showing La Vega’s origin and how the place gives it a meaning in the popular world. From the Non Place theory, we try to understand how La Vega does constitute a Place to the extent that it is inhabited and built by people, and how, in turn, the temporality to wich is subjected to achieves to generate a fold that transforms this market in a Non Place. Therefore, the hypothesis that runs this article is related to La Vega’s operating hours that allows the market’s transformation as a Place and a Non Place.

Effort-reward imbalance at work and self-rated health of Las Vegas hotel room cleaners.

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Krause, Niklas; Rugulies, Reiner; Maslach, Christina

2010-04-01

This study investigates the relationship between effort-reward-imbalance (ERI) at work and self-rated health (SF-36) among 941 Las Vegas hotel room cleaners (99% female, 84% immigrant). Logistic regression models adjust for age, health behaviors, physical workload and other potential confounders. 50% reported ERI and 60% poor or fair general health. Significant associations were found between ERI and all SF-36 health measures. Workers in the upper quartile of the efforts/rewards ratio were 2-5 times more likely to experience poor or fair general health, low physical function, high levels of pain, fatigue, and role limitations due to physical and mental health problems. The cross-sectional design limits causal interpretation of these associations. However, the development of interventions to reduce ERI and to improve general health among room cleaners deserves high priority considering that both high ERI and low self-rated health have predicted chronic diseases and mortality in prospective studies. (c) 2009 Wiley-Liss, Inc.

A preliminary assessment of earthquake ground shaking hazard at Yucca Mountain, Nevada and implications to the Las Vegas region

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Wong, I.G.; Green, R.K.; Sun, J.I.; Pezzopane, S.K.; Abrahamson, N.A.; Quittmeyer, R.C.

1996-01-01

As part of early design studies for the potential Yucca Mountain nuclear waste repository, the authors have performed a preliminary probabilistic seismic hazard analysis of ground shaking. A total of 88 Quaternary faults within 100 km of the site were considered in the hazard analysis. They were characterized in terms of their probability o being seismogenic, and their geometry, maximum earthquake magnitude, recurrence model, and slip rate. Individual faults were characterized by maximum earthquakes that ranged from moment magnitude (M w ) 5.1 to 7.6. Fault slip rates ranged from a very low 0.00001 mm/yr to as much as 4 mm/yr. An areal source zone representing background earthquakes up to M w 6 1/4 = 1/4 was also included in the analysis. Recurrence for these background events was based on the 1904--1994 historical record, which contains events up to M w 5.6. Based on this analysis, the peak horizontal rock accelerations are 0.16, 0.21, 0.28, and 0.50 g for return periods of 500, 1,000, 2,000, and 10,000 years, respectively. In general, the dominant contributor to the ground shaking hazard at Yucca Mountain are background earthquakes because of the low slip rates of the Basin and Range faults. A significant effect on the probabilistic ground motions is due to the inclusion of a new attenuation relation developed specifically for earthquakes in extensional tectonic regimes. This relation gives significantly lower peak accelerations than five other predominantly California-based relations used in the analysis, possibly due to the lower stress drops of extensional earthquakes compared to California events. Because Las Vegas is located within the same tectonic regime as Yucca Mountain, the seismic sources and path and site factors affecting the seismic hazard at Yucca Mountain also have implications to Las Vegas. These implications are discussed in this paper

UN HELICTERES NUEVO DE MEXICO, NEXO ENTRE LAS ESPECIES ASIATICAS y AMERICANAS

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Carmen L. Cristóbal

1987-01-01

Full Text Available Una nueva especie, Helicteres vegae (Sterculiaceae, de Sinaloa, México es descripta e ilustrada. Se encontró el número de cromosomas 2n = 18. H. vegae se compara con el resto de las especies mexicanas y se proporciona una clave. Su afinidad con la de Asia y las especies americanas es discutida. H. vegae junto con H. Rekoí y H.carthagenensis se consideran las más diferenciadas de las especies americanas. Se propone una posible área de origen de América para Helicteres , incluido en esta área se encuentran los otros dos nuevos géneros mundiales de la tribu Helictereae.

Reseña Bibliográfica: Bastías, C. (et. al. 2011, Mujeres de la Vega. Género, memoria y trabajo en la Vega Central de Santiago. Chile Santiago, Salesianos Impresores S.A.

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Eloísa Maldonado

2014-01-01

Full Text Available Una sugerente portada, que representa la gráfica y los colores de los carteles que habitualmente ofrecen los productos agrícolas, nos invita a entrar al mun­do de la Vega, uno de los mercados más importantes de Santiago. “Mujeres de la Vega. Género, memoria y trabajo en la Vega Central de Santiago” es el libro donde se dan a conocer los resultados de una investigación realizada entre agosto de 2010 y enero de 2011, financiada por el Consejo Nacional de la Cul­tura y las Artes, a través del Fondart Regional 2010. Sus autoras, Carolina Bastías, Licenciada en Historia de la Universidad Finis Terrae, Consuelo Hayden, Profesora de Historia y Ciencias Sociales de la Uni­versidad de Valparaíso y Magister (c en Estudios Latinoamericanos de la Uni­versidad de Chile, y Daniela Ibáñez, Antropóloga Social de la Universidad Aca­demia de Humanismo Cristiano y Magister (c en Estudios Latinoamericanos de la Universidad de Chile, se propusieron en esta investigación “dar a conocer, valorar y divulgar las prácticas que despliegan las mujeres de la Vega Central a partir de su trabajo en este espacio, con un énfasis especial en la dimensión de la memoria.”(Bastías, et. al, 2011, p.11 Se trata también de un esfuerzo por visibilizar su trabajo y aportar en la desmitificación que muchas veces instalan los medios de comunicación, de este mercado como un espacio masculino, de camiones, de carga y descarga de productos. Para esto no sólo profundizaron en un análisis sobre el trabajo femenino, sino también buscaron sus antecedentes en los orígenes mismos de La Vega como espacio de comercio y en la intimidad de la vida de once de sus trabajadoras, que revelaron en entrevistas en profundidad, sus historias, sus rutinas y sus ilusiones.

Disparities by ethnicity, language, and immigrant status in occupational health experiences among Las Vegas hotel room cleaners.

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Premji, Stéphanie; Krause, Niklas

2010-10-01

We examined disparities in workers' occupational health experiences. We surveyed 941 unionized Las Vegas hotel room cleaners about their experiences with work-related pain and with employers, physicians, and workers' compensation. Data were analyzed for all workers and by ethnicity, language, and immigrant status. Hispanic and English as second language (ESL) workers were more likely than their counterparts to report work-related pain and, along with immigrant workers, to miss work because of this pain. Hispanic, ESL, and immigrant workers were not consistently at a disadvantage with regard to their own responses to work-related pain but were so with respect to reported responses by workers' compensation, physicians, and employers. There are indications of disparities in occupational health experiences within this job title. The use of different group classifications, while implying different mechanisms, produced similar results. © 2010 Wiley-Liss, Inc.

PIEZAS DE NICOLÁS GODOY VEGA. HOYA PINEDA [Material gráfico

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1990-01-01

BERNEGALES Y JARRA OBRAS DE NICOLÁS GODOY VEGA EL ALFARERO DESTACÓ POR SUS GANAS DE INNOVAR EN CUANDO A LAS FORMAS Y DECORACIÓN, POR ELLO, SU CURIOSIDAD LE LLEVÓ A REALIZAR PIEZAS DE GRAN BELLEZA. HASTA LAS CUEVAS SE ACERCABAN MUCHOS CURIOSOS DISPUESTOS A COMPRAR ALGUNAS DE ESTAS PIEZAS. Copia digital. Madrid : Ministerio de Educación, Cultura y Deporte. Subdirección General de Coordinación Bibliotecaria, 2015

The VEGA Assembly Spectrum Code

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Milosevic, M.

1997-01-01

The VEGA is assembly spectrum code, developed as a design tool for producing a few-group averaged cross section data for a wide range of reactor types including both thermal and fast reactors. It belongs to a class of codes, which may be characterized by the separate stages for micro group, spectrum and macro group assembly calculations. The theoretical foundation for the development of the VEGA code was integral transport theory in the first-flight collision probability formulation. Two versions of VEGA are now in use, VEGA-1 established on standard equivalence theory and VEGA-2 based on new subgroup method applicable for any geometry for which a flux solution is possible. This paper describes a features which are unique to the VEGA codes with concentration on the basic principles and algorithms used in the proposed subgroup method. Presented validation of this method, comprise the results for a homogenous uranium-plutonium mixture and a PWR cell containing a recycled uranium-plutonium oxide. Example application for a realistic fuel dissolver benchmark problem , which was extensive analyzed in the international calculations, is also included. (author)

High-level nuclear waste transport and storage assessment of potential impacts on tourism in the Las Vegas area. Nevada Nuclear Waste Storage Investigations Project

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1985-12-01

The literature review and empirical analyses presented in this report were undertaken, for the most part, between August and October 1983. They are not comprehensive. No primary data were gathered, nor were any formal surveys conducted. Additionally, because construction of a repository at Yucca Mountain, if that site is selected for a repository, is not scheduled to begin until 1993, engineering design and planned physical appearance of the repository are very preliminary. Therefore, specific design features or visual appearance were not addressed in the analyses. Finally, because actual transportation routes have not been designated, impacts on tourism generated specifically by transportation activities are not considered separately. Chapter 2 briefly discusses possible means by which a repository could impact tourism in the Las Vegas area. Chapter 3 presents a review of previous research on alternative methods for predicting the response of people to potential hazards. A review of several published studies where these methods have been applied to facilities and activities associated with radioactive materials is included in Chapter 3. Chapter 4 contains five case studies of tourism impacts associated with past events that were perceived by the public to represent safety hazards. These perceptions of safety hazards were evidenced by news media coverage. These case studies were conducted specifically for this report. Conclusions of this preliminary analysis regarding the potential impact on tourism in the Las Vegas area of a repository at Yucca Mountain are in Chapter 5. Recommendations for further research are contained in Chapter 6.

High-level nuclear waste transport and storage assessment of potential impacts on tourism in the Las Vegas area. Nevada Nuclear Waste Storage Investigations Project

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1985-12-01

The literature review and empirical analyses presented in this report were undertaken, for the most part, between August and October 1983. They are not comprehensive. No primary data were gathered, nor were any formal surveys conducted. Additionally, because construction of a repository at Yucca Mountain, if that site is selected for a repository, is not scheduled to begin until 1993, engineering design and planned physical appearance of the repository are very preliminary. Therefore, specific design features or visual appearance were not addressed in the analyses. Finally, because actual transportation routes have not been designated, impacts on tourism generated specifically by transportation activities are not considered separately. Chapter 2 briefly discusses possible means by which a repository could impact tourism in the Las Vegas area. Chapter 3 presents a review of previous research on alternative methods for predicting the response of people to potential hazards. A review of several published studies where these methods have been applied to facilities and activities associated with radioactive materials is included in Chapter 3. Chapter 4 contains five case studies of tourism impacts associated with past events that were perceived by the public to represent safety hazards. These perceptions of safety hazards were evidenced by news media coverage. These case studies were conducted specifically for this report. Conclusions of this preliminary analysis regarding the potential impact on tourism in the Las Vegas area of a repository at Yucca Mountain are in Chapter 5. Recommendations for further research are contained in Chapter 6

A preliminary assessment of earthquake ground shaking hazard at Yucca Mountain, Nevada and implications to the Las Vegas region

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Wong, I.G.; Green, R.K.; Sun, J.I. [Woodward-Clyde Federal Services, Oakland, CA (United States); Pezzopane, S.K. [Geological Survey, Denver, CO (United States); Abrahamson, N.A. [Abrahamson (Norm A.), Piedmont, CA (United States); Quittmeyer, R.C. [Woodward-Clyde Federal Services, Las Vegas, NV (United States)

1996-12-31

As part of early design studies for the potential Yucca Mountain nuclear waste repository, the authors have performed a preliminary probabilistic seismic hazard analysis of ground shaking. A total of 88 Quaternary faults within 100 km of the site were considered in the hazard analysis. They were characterized in terms of their probability o being seismogenic, and their geometry, maximum earthquake magnitude, recurrence model, and slip rate. Individual faults were characterized by maximum earthquakes that ranged from moment magnitude (M{sub w}) 5.1 to 7.6. Fault slip rates ranged from a very low 0.00001 mm/yr to as much as 4 mm/yr. An areal source zone representing background earthquakes up to M{sub w} 6 1/4 = 1/4 was also included in the analysis. Recurrence for these background events was based on the 1904--1994 historical record, which contains events up to M{sub w} 5.6. Based on this analysis, the peak horizontal rock accelerations are 0.16, 0.21, 0.28, and 0.50 g for return periods of 500, 1,000, 2,000, and 10,000 years, respectively. In general, the dominant contributor to the ground shaking hazard at Yucca Mountain are background earthquakes because of the low slip rates of the Basin and Range faults. A significant effect on the probabilistic ground motions is due to the inclusion of a new attenuation relation developed specifically for earthquakes in extensional tectonic regimes. This relation gives significantly lower peak accelerations than five other predominantly California-based relations used in the analysis, possibly due to the lower stress drops of extensional earthquakes compared to California events. Because Las Vegas is located within the same tectonic regime as Yucca Mountain, the seismic sources and path and site factors affecting the seismic hazard at Yucca Mountain also have implications to Las Vegas. These implications are discussed in this paper.

An Aerial Radiological Survey of the Las Vegas Strip and Adjacent Areas

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Thane Hendricks

2008-01-01

As proficiency training for the Radiological Mapping mission of the Aerial Measuring System (AMS), a survey team from the Remote Sensing Laboratory-Nellis (RSL-Nellis) conducted aerial radiological surveys of the Las Vegas Strip and adjacent areas on December 11, 2006, and December 26 and 31, 2007. The AMS operation and appropriate law enforcement agencies selected the area as an appropriate urban location to exercise AMS capability for mapping environmental radiation and searching for man-made radioactive sources. The surveys covered ∼11 square miles. Each survey required a 2.5-hour-long flight, performed at an altitude of 300 ft above ground level (AGL) at a line spacing of 600 ft. Water line and test line flights were conducted over the Lake Mead and Government Wash areas to determine the nonterrestrial background contributed by aircraft, radon, and cosmic activity, and to determine the altitude-dependent air mass correction. The data were collected by the AMS data acquisition system (REDAR V) using an array of twelve 2-inch x 4-inch x 16-inch sodium iodide (NaI) detectors flown on-board a twin-engine Bell 412 helicopter. Gamma energy spectral data were collected second-by-second over the survey area. This spectral data allows the system to distinguish between natural terrestrial background contributions and man-made radioisotope contributions. Spectral data can also be used to identify specific man-made radioactive isotopes. Data geo-locations were determined with a Real-Time Differential Global Positioning System (RDGPS)

Grabados Rupestres de Carros y Ruedas en Vegas de Coria (Cáceres

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María Carmen SEVILLANO SAN JOSÉ

2009-10-01

Full Text Available Presentamos un nuevo petroglifo inédito aparecido en la localidad de Vegas de Coria en la provincia de Cáceres. Interesada en el tema de estas piedras con grabados, y siguiendo las indicaciones de mis compañeros Fernando Alonso y Javier Fortea, que habían visto personalmente este nuevo petroglifo, nos presentamos en la localidad de Vegas de Coria acompañada del primero de ellos. Al llegar al citado pueblo, los naturales dieron muestras enseguida de conocer el petroglifo, que ellos denominan «la piedra pinta». Nos lo describieron diciendo que tenía soles y estrellas pintados y que muchas veces se habían sentado encima de él.

historia en el Inca Garcilaso de la Vega

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Jorge Majfud

2007-01-01

Full Text Available Existen varios elementos ideológicos en la narración histórica del Inca Garcilaso de la Vega y una concepción de progreso de la historia que se opone a la más antigua de Hesíodo y de la Iglesia. En sus Comentarios Reales de los Incas procura una reivindicación de su pueblo original, en un contexto español; para ser aceptado, se propone no reescribir directamente la historia oficial, pero trastoca los significados de aquellos “hechos” narrados con anterioridad por los españoles en su Perú natal. Al mismo tiempo, realiza un mestizaje cosmológico que servirá como herramienta para confirmar su concepción de la historia y reivindicar, al mismo tiempo, sus orígenes étnicos y culturales. Pero, en gran medida, su perspectiva religiosa e intelectual ya pertenece a España. El Inca Garcilaso de la Vega no reconoce el panteísmo de los preincaicos y lo rechaza desde una perspectiva cristiana que separa al hombre de la naturaleza, lo que demuestra su concepción europea de la divinidad. Desprecia las culturas preincaicas porque adoraban lo inferior a ellos, mientras que los Incas –como los cristianos– adoraban lo superior y la unidad: el Sol. Más aún, Garcilaso de la Vega identifica, sin nombrarlo, al Sol con Dios y a Pachacámac con el Espíritu Santo. Jesu Christo será la culminación del progreso hacia la perfección de la Trinidad. La consecuencia es una concepción progresista de la historia que incluye a los incas y todos los pueblos (imperfectos que los precedieron. Pasa por encima del rito, del dogma y de las formas para encontrar en el pueblo inca un destino común a la civilización cristiana. Con ello también revela un componente humanista de una historia que se desarrolla con un objetivo universal y mestizo. No por casualidad, se nombra “Inca” con un apellido español, de la Vega, y lucha por conciliar ambas tradiciones: es un proyecto histórico, una voluntad de síntesis y una reivindicación personal.

Geologic and geotechnical investigation of the Windsor Park subdivision North Las Vegas, Nevada

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Linnert, L.M.; Werle, J.L.; Stilley, A.N.; Olsen, B.L.

1994-01-01

The Windsor Park subdivision in North Las Vegas, Nevada has received widespread attention for damage to the homes and infrastructure from fissures, land subsidence and adverse soil conditions. Between March and July, 1992, Converse Consultants Southwest, Inc. conducted a geologic and geotechnical investigation for the Windsor Park Revitalization Project. The purpose of the work was to investigate the probable factors contributing to the reported damage and distress in the area, evaluate the potential for future damage, and assess the feasibility of possible mitigation and repair. The site is constructed on the juncture of at least two subsidence-related fault scarps, and earth fissures have been extensively mapped in the Windsor Park and surrounding area. A total of twenty-one trenches and fifteen borings were located within the subdivision and around the perimeter to observe subsurface geologic features and to collect samples for laboratory testing. The primary causes of damage within the development were found to be (1) earth fissuring and (2) expansive clays. The risk of future damage to structures at the Windsor Park site was also evaluated. A high potential for fissuring was found at the site, and future structural distress in the area will likely be similar to past damage. Although engineering upgrades will reduce the risk posed by underlying expansive clays, they cannot totally eliminate the risk from fissuring. 10 refs., 8 figs., 1 tab

A System Dynamics Modeling of Water Supply and Demand in Las Vegas Valley

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Parajuli, R.; Kalra, A.; Mastino, L.; Velotta, M.; Ahmad, S.

2017-12-01

The rise in population and change in climate have posed the uncertainties in the balance between supply and demand of water. The current study deals with the water management issues in Las Vegas Valley (LVV) using Stella, a system dynamics modeling software, to model the feedback based relationship between supply and demand parameters. Population parameters were obtained from Center for Business and Economic Research while historical water demand and conservation practices were modeled as per the information provided by local authorities. The water surface elevation of Lake Mead, which is the prime source of water supply to the region, was modeled as the supply side whereas the water demand in LVV was modeled as the demand side. The study was done from the period of 1989 to 2049 with 1989 to 2012 as the historical one and the period from 2013 to 2049 as the future period. This study utilizes Coupled Model Intercomparison Project data sets (2013-2049) (CMIP3&5) to model different future climatic scenarios. The model simulates the past dynamics of supply and demand, and then forecasts the future water budget for the forecasted future population and future climatic conditions. The results can be utilized by the water authorities in understanding the future water status and hence plan suitable conservation policies to allocate future water budget and achieve sustainable water management.

El pintor Marco Tulio Salas Vega: Un símbolo de la lucha por el arte

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Jorge Moreno Clavijo

1967-09-01

Full Text Available La muerte del pintor narmense Marco Tulio Salas Vega, ocurrida recientemente en Bogotá, por las circunstancias especiales que la rodearon, nos obliga a pensar, forzosamente, en el artista colombiano y su destino. Hablamos, claro está, del artista en general, no de las felices excepciones que, al fin y al cabo, vienen a confirmar la regla

Kunstimeka Las Vegases / Maria-Kristiina Soomre

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2001-01-01

Las Vegase kasiino-hotellis The Venetian avatud Guggenheim-Hermitage Museum'ist, selle avanäitusest "Meistriteosed ja meisterkogujad" ja Guggenheim Las Vegas'est, mis avati Frank Gehry kujundatud rändnäitusega "Mootorrataste kunst". Muuseumiruumide arhitekt Rem Koolhaas

Understanding Transitions Toward Sustainable Urban Water Management: Miami, Las Vegas, Los Angeles

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Garcia, M. E.; Manago, K. F.; Treuer, G.; Deslatte, A.; Koebele, E.; Ernst, K.

2016-12-01

Cities in the United States face numerous threats to their long-term water supplies including preserving ecosystems, competing uses, and climate change. Yet, it is unclear why only some cities have transitioned toward more sustainable water management. These transitions include strategies such as water conservation, water supply portfolio diversification, long-term planning, and integrated resource management. While the circumstances that motivate or moderate transition may vary greatly across cities' physical and institutional contexts, identifying common factors associated with transition can help resource managers capitalize on windows of opportunity for change. To begin the process of identifying such factors, we ask two questions: 1) what combinations of conditions are associated with water management transitions?, and 2) what are the outcomes of these transitions? We examine three cases of utility-level water management in Miami, Las Vegas, and Los Angeles to create data-driven narratives detailing each city's transition. These narratives systematically synthesize multiple data sources to enable cross-case comparison and provide insights into how and why cities transition. Using the foundational concepts from the exposure-based theory of urban change, we focus our analysis on three broad categories of variables that influence urban water management transition: biophysical, political, and regulatory exposures. First, we compare these factors across time and across cities using metrics that standardize diverse data sources. Next, we incorporate qualitative factors that capture a city's unique conditions by integrating these metrics with salient contextual information. Then, through cross-city comparison, we identify factors associated with transition.

Vega-Lite: A Grammar of Interactive Graphics.

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Satyanarayan, Arvind; Moritz, Dominik; Wongsuphasawat, Kanit; Heer, Jeffrey

2017-01-01

We present Vega-Lite, a high-level grammar that enables rapid specification of interactive data visualizations. Vega-Lite combines a traditional grammar of graphics, providing visual encoding rules and a composition algebra for layered and multi-view displays, with a novel grammar of interaction. Users specify interactive semantics by composing selections. In Vega-Lite, a selection is an abstraction that defines input event processing, points of interest, and a predicate function for inclusion testing. Selections parameterize visual encodings by serving as input data, defining scale extents, or by driving conditional logic. The Vega-Lite compiler automatically synthesizes requisite data flow and event handling logic, which users can override for further customization. In contrast to existing reactive specifications, Vega-Lite selections decompose an interaction design into concise, enumerable semantic units. We evaluate Vega-Lite through a range of examples, demonstrating succinct specification of both customized interaction methods and common techniques such as panning, zooming, and linked selection.

SOURCE AND PATHWAY DETERMINATION FOR BERYLLIUM FOUND IN BECHTEL NEVADA NORTH LAS VEGAS FACILITIES

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BECHTEL NEVADA

2004-07-01

In response to the report ''Investigation of Beryllium Exposure Cases Discovered at the North Las Vegas Facility of the National Nuclear Security Administration'', published by the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) in August 2003, Bechtel Nevada (BN) President and General Manager Dr. F. A. Tarantino appointed the Beryllium Investigation & Assessment Team (BIAT) to identify both the source and pathway for the beryllium found in the North Las Vegas (NLV) B-Complex. From September 8 to December 18, 2003, the BIAT investigated the pathway for beryllium and determined that a number of locations existed at the Nevada Test Site (NTS) which could have contained sufficient quantities of beryllium to result in contamination if transported. Operations performed in the B-1 Building as a result of characterization activities at the Engine Maintenance, Assembly, and Disassembly (EMAD); Reactor Maintenance, Assembly, and Disassembly (RMAD); Test Cells A and C; and the Central Support Facility in Area 25 had the greatest opportunity for transport of beryllium. Investigative monitoring and sampling was performed at these sites with subsequent transport of sample materials, equipment, and personnel from the NTS to the B-1 Building. The timeline established by the BIAT for potential transport of the beryllium contamination into the B-1 Building was from September 1997 through November 2002. Based on results of recently completed swipe sampling, no evidence of transport of beryllium from test areas has been confirmed. Results less than the DOE beryllium action level of 0.2 ???g/100 cm2 were noted for work support facilities located in Area 25. All of the identified sites in Area 25 worked within the B-1 tenant's residency timeline have been remediated. Legacy contaminants have either been disposed of or capped with clean borrow material. As such, no current opportunity exists for release or spread of beryllium

2 obras de Fisac en Madrid: Edificio «Vega» para oficinas y vivienda unifamiliar en Somosaguas

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Fisac, M.

1967-11-01

Full Text Available 2 Buildings by M. Fisac «Vega» office building in Madrid This aesthetically thought out building is eminently urban, with natural gardens and no enclosing fences or artificial obstacles separating the site from the street. The «Vega» building comprises a central block, with the vertical communications, including stairs and three lifts, and and three wings that correspond to the triangular shape of the site. The basic constructional mediiun, which has been very wisely used, both for the paraments and flooring, is untreated reinforced concrete. Single family dwelling at Somosaguas, Madrid The various zones of the building have been planned mainly in relation to their orientation, so that the living zone faces to the South, and the bedrooms are on the East. Also, the separate parts of the building are situated at various levels, to have as much sunshine as possible, and achieve optimum adaptation to the site profile. The garden is also planned on multiple levels in accord with the ground topography. In this building, too, untreated concrete has been adopted almost exclusively, together with precast units and granite stone.Edificio «Vega» para oficinas, en Madrid Estéticamente concebido con un carácter eminentemente urbano, con ajardinamientos libres, sin vallas ni obstáculos a las calles colindantes, dicho edificio «Vega» está compuesto: — por un nudo central, en el que están situados los enlaces verticales: una escalera y tres ascensores; — y tres ramas que corresponden a los tres vértices del triángulo del solar. El material fundamental y sabiamente empleado en estructura y forjados, es el hormigón armado visto. Vivienda unifamiliar en Somosaguas, Madrid La composición de las distintas ZONAS del edificio se ha hecho atendiendo, principalmente, a las características de vistas y orientación, quedando, a mediodía, la zona de estar, y a saliente, la de dormitorios. Asimismo, las diversas partes del edificio aparecen

RSL-Nellis Analysis of Radiological Data from the Las Vegas Motor Speedway

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Wasiolek, Piotr; Okada, Colin

2009-01-01

The Department of Energy (DOE) National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) is responsible for maintaining national-level radiological emergency response assets and for deploying those assets in the event of a radiological accident or incident. NNSA's emergency response assets include the Aerial Measuring System (AMS) and Search Response Team (SRT) operated by the Remote Sensing Laboratory (RSL) located at Nellis Air Force Base, Las Vegas, Nevada and Andrews Air Force Base in Suitland, Maryland. The AMS mission is to provide a rapid response to radiological emergencies with helicopters and fixed-wing aircraft equipped to detect and measure radioactive material on the ground. The acquired data are stored and used to produce maps of radiation exposure and activity concentration per unit area. AMS also conducts surveys to create radiological baselines of major cities and nuclear facilities throughout the country. The SRT's Crisis Response (CR) mission is to provide scientific, technical, and operational support for NNSA-directed search activities involving radiological search and identification, through both field deployments and home team and reachback support. The AMS radiological mapping and SRT CR emergency response teams from the Remote Sensing Laboratory-Nellis (RSL-N) supported safety and security activities at a NASCAR race at the Las Vegas Motor Speedway (LVMS) on February 27-March 1, 2009. In support of this event, and for proficiency training, these teams carried out aerial and ground surveys of the area. The aerial radiological survey of the LVMS was conducted on February 17, 2009, and the CR ground survey was performed on February 23, 2009. RSL-N operations and appropriate law enforcement agencies selected this area as a suitable location to exercise AMS and CR capabilities for mapping environmental radiation and searching for man-made radioactive sources. The aerial surveys covered approximately 11 square miles. The survey required a 2.5-hour flight

Vegetasjonskartlegging i Vegaøyan verdensarvområde 2012, Vega kommune, Nordland

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Carlsen, Thomas; Kvalvik, Maja Sjøskog; Bär, Annette

2013-01-01

Øyrekka like nord for hovedøya Vega ble vegetasjonskartlagt i 2012 for å få oversikt over vegetasjonstyper og botaniske verdier. Vegetasjonstyper etter Fremstad (1997) er fremstilt på kart og rapporten inneholder i tillegg artslister over registrerte planter. Totalt ble 175 øyer kartlagt i 2012. Kartleggingen skal brukes som grunnlag for senere utarbeiding av skjøtselsplaner og ses i sammenheng med tidligere kartlegginger og utarbeidinger av skjøtselsplaner for Vegaøyan verdensarvområde....

La atribución a Lope de Vega de «La mayor hazaña de Alejandro Magno»

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Coenen, Erik

2017-01-01

El único testimonio antiguo conservado de la comedia La mayor hazaña de Alejandro Magno atribuye su autoría a Lope de Vega. Con argumentos de diversa índole, principalmente derivados de la comparación con una comedia de atribución segura a Lope, Las grandezas de Alejandro, este artículo pretende demostrar que tal atribución es insostenible. In the only early textual witness preserved of La mayor hazaña de Alejandro Magno, the authorship of this comedia is attributed to Lope de Vega. Wieldi...

Aerial Radiological Surveys of the Las Vegas Strip and Adjacent Areas

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Hendricks, Thane; Reed, Michael

2008-01-01

As proficiency training for the Remote Sensing Laboratory's (RSL) Aerial Measuring System (AMS) radiological mapping mission, a survey team from RSL-Nellis conducted aerial radiological surveys of the Las Vegas Strip and adjacent areas on four separate occasions. The dates of the surveys were: December 11, 2006; December 26, 2007; December 31, 2007; and July 1, 2008. The AMS operation and appropriate law enforcement agencies selected the survey area as an appropriate urban location in which to exercise the AMS capability for mapping environmental radiation and searching for man-made radioactive sources. The surveys covered approximately 11 square miles. Each survey required a 2.5 hour-long flight, performed at an altitude of 300 ft above ground level (AGL), at a line spacing of 600 ft. Water line and test line flights were conducted over the Lake Mead and Government Wash areas in order to quantify the non-terrestrial background contributed by the aircraft, radon, and cosmic activity, and in order to determine the altitude-dependent air mass correction. The gamma data was collected by the AMS data acquisition system (REDAR V) using an array of twelve 2-inch x 4-inch x 16-inch sodium iodide (NaI) detectors flown on-board a twin-engine Bell 412 helicopter. One second gamma-energy spectral data were recorded continuously while in flight. This spectral data allows the system to distinguish between natural terrestrial background contributions and man-made radioisotope contributions. Spectral data can also be used to identify specific man-made radioactive isotopes. Data geo-locations were determined with a Real-Time Differential Global Positioning System (RDGPS). For the surveys occurring on December 26, 2007, and December 31, 2007, a neutron detection system was also flown. The neutron system consists of an array of eight moderated helium tubes, each cylindrical in nature measuring 6-feet in length with a diameter of 2-inches

Los vinos españoles en el Liber de arte medendi (1564) de Cristóbal de Vega (1510-1573) Spanish wines in the Liber de arte medendi (1564) by Cristóbal de Vega (1510-1573)

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J. P. Hernández González

2005-01-01

Objetivo: El Liber de arte medendi (Lyon, 1564) es la obra más relevante del catedrático de Prima de la Facultad de Medicina de la Universidad de Alcalá, el doctor Cristóbal de Vega (1510-1573). Se trata de un tratado -674 páginas in folio- de medicina teórica y práctica. Esta exposición doctrinal, erudita y libresca cambia de tono en la segunda de las tres partes, el liber II, que versa de las "cosas no naturales" del galenismo, las cuales necesariamente afectan al organismo y que, según se ...

Site Response in Las Vegas Valley, Nevada from NTS Explosions and Earthquake Data

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Rodgers, Arthur; Tkalcic, Hrvoje; McCallen, David; Larsen, Shawn; Snelson, Catherine

2006-01-01

We report site response in Las Vegas Valley (LVV) from historical recordings of Nevada Test Site (NTS) nuclear explosions and earthquake recordings from permanent and temporary seismic stations. Our data set significantly improves the spatial coverage of LVV over previous studies, especially in the northern, deeper parts of the basin. Site response at stations in LVV was measured for frequencies in the range 0.2 5.0 Hz using Standard Spectral Ratios (SSR) and Horizontal-Vertical Spectral Ratios (HVR). For the SSR measurements we used a reference site (approximately NEHRP B ``rock'' classification) located on Frenchman Mountain outside the basin. Site response at sedimentary sites is variable in LVV with average amplifications approaching a factor of 10 at some frequencies. We observed peaks in the site response curves at frequencies clustered near 0.6, 1.2 and 2.0 Hz, with some sites showing additional lower amplitude peaks at higher frequencies. The spatial pattern of site response is strongly correlated with the reported depth to basement for frequencies between 0.2 and 3.0 Hz, although the frequency of peak amplification does not show a similar correlation. For a few sites where we have geotechnical shear velocities, the amplification shows a correlation with the average upper 30-meter shear velocities, V 30. We performed two-dimensional finite difference simulations and reproduced the observed peak site amplifications at 0.6 and 1.2 Hz with a low velocity near-surface layer with shear velocities 600 750 m/s and a thickness of 100 200 m. These modeling results indicate that the amplitude and frequencies of site response peaks in LVV are strongly controlled by shallow velocity structure.

Establishment of an Advanced Accelerator Applications University Participation Program at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas

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Hechanova, A.E.; Cerefice, G.S.

2002-01-01

The University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV) established an Advanced Accelerator Applications (AAA) University Participation Program in March 2001 to develop a world-class research program for accelerator-driven transmutation technology while building core competencies and facilities to promote the University's strategic growth goals. The goal of this program is to involve UNLV students in research on the cutting edge of science and engineering as an integrated part of the national program to develop this emerging technology. This program augments UNLV's research capabilities and infrastructure, while establishing national and international research collaborations with national laboratories, industrial partners, and other universities, increasing the UNL V research community's presence in the global scientific community. The UNL V Program is closely integrated into the national project led by Los Alamos and Argonne National Laboratories. The primary mechanism to insure this degree of integration is the teaming of national laboratory scientists with UNL V faculty and students on student research proposals. The Program was implemented under an aggressive schedule with faculty response that surpassed expectations. A total of 12 multi-tasked projects that involve 21 graduate students and 13 faculty members began under first year funding. Other major accomplishments include establishment of an administrative structure implementing all the components of the Program and establishment of a communications network between national laboratory project leaders and UNL V faculty. (authors)

De Las Cantigas alfonsinas al teatro de Lope de Vega : el caso de Tudía

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Manuel López Fernández

2006-01-01

Full Text Available El sustantivo Tudía abarca un amplio abanico de acepciones ligadas todas ellas a nuestro medievo. Tudía es una advocación mariana que figura en las cantigas de Alfonso el Sabio, donde el rey nos dice que ya existía una iglesia con el mismo nombre. Además, Tudía nos sirve para denominar una leyenda, una vicaría de la Orden de Santiago y, como no, un topónimo serrano de Extremadura. Hablaremos aquí de estos y otros aspectos apoyándonos en la historia y en la literatura hasta ver su impronta en el teatro de Lope de Vega.The name «Tudía» covers a wide range of meaning, all them related to the Middle Ages. «Tudía» is one of the names of the Virgin included in the medieval poems to St. Mary written by Alfonso X. The Castilian king also mentions that there was already a church named after her. Moreover, «Tudía» is also used to refer to a leged, to a vicarage of St. James’s Order and, it is of course, a mountain place name from Extremadura. Here we will develop these and some others aspects having into account both history and literature and their influence on Lope de Vega’s theatre.

El plan director de la vega baja de Toledo, España: paisaje patrimonial, ecológico y urbano.

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Hernandez Aja, Agustin; Roch Peña, Fernando; Moran Alonso, Nerea; Fernandez Ramirez, Cristina

2014-01-01

La Vega Baja de Toledo constituye un gran vacío urbano que, por avatares históricos, se ha mantenido al margen del crecimiento de la ciudad, rodeada por el casco histórico de Toledo, los barrios del ensanche norte y el río Tajo. Su localización privilegiada, junto a la riqueza patrimonial y ecológica del espacio, han sido las bases de la propuesta del Plan Director de la Vega Baja (PDVB). El objetivo del PDVB ha sido articular este vacío y abrirlo a la población, a la vez que proteger y re...

Surface and Airborne Arsenic Concentrations in a Recreational Site near Las Vegas, Nevada, USA

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Goossens, Dirk

2015-01-01

Elevated concentrations of arsenic, up to 7058 μg g-1 in topsoil and bedrock, and more than 0.03 μg m-3 in air on a 2-week basis, were measured in the Nellis Dunes Recreation Area (NDRA), a very popular off-road area near Las Vegas, Nevada, USA. The elevated arsenic concentrations in the topsoil and bedrock are correlated to outcrops of yellow sandstone belonging to the Muddy Creek Formation (≈ 10 to 4 Ma) and to faults crossing the area. Mineralized fluids moved to the surface through the faults and deposited the arsenic. A technique was developed to calculate airborne arsenic concentrations from the arsenic content in the topsoil. The technique was tested by comparing calculated with measured concentrations at 34 locations in the NDRA, for 3 periods of 2 weeks each. We then applied it to calculate airborne arsenic concentrations for more than 500 locations all over the NDRA. The highest airborne arsenic concentrations occur over sand dunes and other zones with a surficial layer of aeolian sand. Ironically these areas show the lowest levels of arsenic in the topsoil. However, they are highly susceptible to wind erosion and emit very large amounts of sand and dust during episodes of strong winds, thereby also emitting much arsenic. Elsewhere in the NDRA, in areas not or only very slightly affected by wind erosion, airborne arsenic levels equal the background level for airborne arsenic in the USA, approximately 0.0004 μg m-3. The results of this study are important because the NDRA is visited by more than 300,000 people annually. PMID:25897667

Abundance of boron in Vega and Sirius

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Praderie, F.; Boesgaard, A.M.; Milliard, B.; Pitois, M.L.

1977-01-01

High-resolution (0.05 A) observations of the region of the B II resonance line (1362 A) have been made of Vega (AO V) and Sirius (Al V) with the Copernicus satellite. A strong B II feature is present in Vega, but only a weak line, due primarily to V III, is present is Sirius. An upper limit of B/H -12 is derived for Sirius from line-profile fitting. A local thermodynamic equilibrium (LTE) synthesis of the B II blend in Vega results in an abundance ratio B/H=1 x 10 -10 . Calculations of the effects of non--LTE on the line profile show that the LTE abundance would not be increased by more than 50% (B.H=1.5 x 10 -10 ) to account for departures from LTE. The B content of Vega probably represents the cosmic B abundance. The B deficiency in Sirius could result from interaction with the white-dwarf companion at an earlier stage in its evolution or from diffusion processes in the Sirius atmosphere.Difficult observations at 0.10 A resolution of subordinate lines from multiplet (3) of B II at 1624 A show that those lines are not present in Sirius; but the identification of B in Vega appears to be confirmed by the presence of weak lines at 1624 A in this star

La paradoja del desarrollo humano y la actividad minero-energética en el Macizo Colombiano: realidades en el Municipio de la Vega Cauca

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Arboleda Suarez, Denis Antonio

2015-01-01

En el siguiente artículo se realiza una revisión de las implicacionesgeneradas por el avance del proyecto minero en una localidaddel macizo colombiano, específicamente en el municipio de laVega Cauca, lugar donde tiene acción el Proceso Campesinoy Popular de la Vega Cauca y que a su vez como producto delas dinámicas de oposición en coordinación con otras organizacionessociales han sido objeto de persecución, amenazas y desaparición.En esta medida se plantea como paradoja el discurso deldesarr...

First stage of cosmic expedition Vega: Venus investigations

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Balebanov, V.M.; Moroz, V.I.; Mukhin, L.M.

1985-01-01

Main results of the first (Venus) stage of the international complex program ''Venus - Halley'' (''Vega'' for short) are presented. The program is aimed at transporting descent space vehicles to the Venus to explore its atmosphere and surface. Then automatic interplanetary stations (AIS) will be directed to the Halley's comet. In June 1985 the descent space vehicles AIS ''Vega-1'' and ''Vega-2'' have landed softly on the Venus surface, aerostat probes have been launched to the planet atmosphere. The design of the descent space vehicle, structure and chemical composition of the atmosphere, ground composition are briefly outlined

Associations between psychological demands, decision latitude, and job strain with smoking in female hotel room cleaners in Las Vegas.

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Rugulies, Reiner; Scherzer, Teresa; Krause, Niklas

2008-01-01

Little is known of the impact of the work environment on smoking among women holding low-paid jobs in the service sector. To study the associations between the components of the demand-control model with smoking in hotel room cleaners. We conducted a survey on work and health among 776 female hotel room cleaners in Las Vegas. Associations between psychosocial work characteristics and smoking were analyzed with multivariate regression analyses. Psychosocial work characteristics were associated with smoking after adjustment for covariates. Effect estimates were substantially reduced by additional adjustment for ethnicity, but remained significant for high psychological demands and smoking prevalence (OR = 1.97, p = 0.02), high job strain and smoking prevalence (OR = 1.87, p = 0.04), and high job strain and smoking intensity (coefficient = 3.52, p = 0.03). When analyses were restricted to Hispanic workers and further adjusted for place of birth, low decision latitude (coefficient = 3.94, p = 0.04) and high job strain (coefficient = 4.57, p = 003) were associated with smoking intensity but not with smoking status. Workplace smoking cessation programs may benefit from a primary prevention component reducing job strain among service workers. More research is needed on perceived and objective differences in psychosocial work characteristics across ethnic, immigrant, and other social groups within the same occupation.

Origen de la casiterita detrítica en los aluviones recientes de Tirados de la Vega-Golpejas (Salamanca

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Fort González, R.

1987-04-01

Full Text Available Two cassiterite anomalies have been detected in the Regato de los Lentiscos and Tirados de la Vega alluviums. in the Golpejas area (Salamanca. The granometric and morphometric parameters of these cassiterites have been compared with those shown by the cassiterite crystal ocurrying in the Golpejas granite. The comparison between the two groups of data allow us to conclude that the anomaly observed in the Regato de los Lentiscos has been originated by the disperssion of the cassiterite from the primary deposit of Golpejas. On the contrary. the anomaly ocuring in the alluviums to the south of Tirados de la Vega shows a different origin, and is coming from stanniferous veins. The factor analysis corroborates the differentiation mentionated aboye. and indicates a migration capacite of about 3 Kms. from the stanniferous deposits of Golpejas for the alluvial cassiterite.En el sector Tirados de la Vega-Golpejas han sido detectadas dos anomalías de casiterita en los aluviones del Regato de los Lentiscos y en otros existentes al sur de Tirados de la Vega. El estudio granométrico y morfométrico de éstas casiteritas. contrastado con el de la casiterita procedente del granito de Golpejas. permite asegurar que la anomalía del Regato de los Lentiscos se debe a la dispersión de la casiterita de aquel granito. mientras que la de Tirados de la Vega procede de filones estanníferos. La aplicación del análisis factoral corrobora este hecho y permite diferenciar las casiteritas que proceden de rocas graníticas de aquellas que vienen de filones estanníferos. Según esto se puede indicar que la capacidad de migración de la casiterita desde el yacimiento estannífero de Golpejas es de unos 3 Kms.

La sangría en el Liber de Arte Medendi (1564 de Cristóbal de Vega (1511-1537

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Hernández, Justo

2002-12-01

Full Text Available In this paper, the interesting and significant chapter on the bloodletting, included in the medical treatise entitled the Liber de arte medendi (1564 of Cristóbal de Vega (1510-1573, has been studied. His doctrine, mainly with regard to the morbus lateralis, supports the proper one from the most of the sixteenth century authors belonging to the medical humanism: a copious bloodletting in the elbow`s flexure of the homolateral arm. In addition to the Vesalius’ anatomical contributions on the venous tree recorded in that chapter, Vega has a debate on certain controversial aspects with the contemporary doctors Argenterio and Fuchs. In spite of his fidelity to the galenism, Vega shows some practical disagreements concerning its use in children, pregnant women and its achievement up to fainting.

En este artículo se ha estudiado el interesante y significativo capítulo sobre la sangría, incluido en el tratado de medicina titulado Liber de arte medendi (1564 de Cristóbal de Vega (1510-1573. Su doctrina, sobre todo en lo que atañe al morbus lateralis, sigue la de la mayoría de los autores del quinientos pertenecientes al humanismo médico: sangría abundante en la flexura del codo del brazo homolateral. Además de recoger las aportaciones anatómicas de Vesalio sobre el árbol venoso, Vega polemiza sobre ciertos aspectos controvertidos con los médicos coetáneos Argenterio y Fuchs. A pesar de su fidelidad al galenismo, Vega muestra algunas discrepancias prácticas relativas a su uso en niños y embarazadas y a su aplicación hasta el desvanecimiento.

Images and society (or Images, Society and its Decoding Las imágenes y la sociedad (o las imágenes, la sociedad y su desciframiento

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Juan Soto Ramírez

2012-11-01

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Common sense, the thinking of the people par excellence, asserts that: a picture is worth a thousand words. This is a big mistake. The images are not carriers of meanings. The images always go through three basic processes are: production, circulation and reception. These processes are always determined in the time and social space. They are always the result of multiple relationships (social, ideological, political, moral, religious, etc., established with them. Always there are so many elements beyond the image, which determines its meaning. The meaning of an image always depends on the relationships established with it in a historical time and space, socially and culturally determined. The images are never alone. To decrypt their meanings, you must first know the symbolic life of the societies in which they appear. Images do not have a single meaning because it depends on the historical and cultural geography which presents. The images always have a close relationship with the society they were born. The Muhammad cartoons not offend everyone equally.

El sentido común, que es el pensamiento de las colectividades por excelencia, afirma que: una imagen dice más que mil palabras. Lo cual es un grave error. Las imágenes no son portadoras de significados. Las imágenes siempre atraviesan por tres procesos básicos que son: su producción, su circulación y su recepción. Estos procesos siempre están determinados en el tiempo y en el espacio sociales. Su significado siempre es el resultado de múltiples relaciones (sociales, ideológicas, políticas, morales, religiosas, etc., que se establecen con las mismas. Es decir, siempre existen elementos que están más allá de la imagen, que determinan su significado. La manera en cómo se significa una imagen, siempre depende de las relaciones que se establecen con ella en un tiempo histórico y en un espacio, social y culturalmente determinado. Las imágenes nunca están solas. Para

Hot exozodiacal dust resolved around Vega with IOTA/IONIC

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Defrère, D.; Absil, O.; Augereau, J.-C.; di Folco, E.; Berger, J.-P.; Coudé du Foresto, V.; Kervella, P.; Le Bouquin, J.-B.; Lebreton, J.; Millan-Gabet, R.; Monnier, J. D.; Olofsson, J.; Traub, W.

2011-10-01

Context. Although debris discs have been detected around a significant number of main-sequence stars, only a few of them are known to harbour hot dust in their inner part where terrestrial planets may have formed. Thanks to infrared interferometric observations, it is possible to obtain a direct measurement of these regions, which are of prime importance for preparing future exo-Earth characterisation missions. Aims: We resolve the exozodiacal dust disc around Vega with the help of infrared stellar interferometry and estimate the integrated H-band flux originating from the first few AUs of the debris disc. Methods: Precise H-band interferometric measurements were obtained on Vega with the 3-telescope IOTA/IONIC interferometer (Mount Hopkins, Arizona). Thorough modelling of both interferometric data (squared visibility and closure phase) and spectral energy distribution was performed to constrain the nature of the near-infrared excess emission. Results: Resolved circumstellar emission within ~6 AU from Vega is identified at the 3-σ level. The most straightforward scenario consists in a compact dust disc producing a thermal emission that is largely dominated by small grains located between 0.1 and 0.3 AU from Vega and accounting for 1.23 ± 0.45% of the near-infrared stellar flux for our best-fit model. This flux ratio is shown to vary slightly with the geometry of the model used to fit our interferometric data (variations within ± 0.19%). Conclusions: The presence of hot exozodiacal dust in the vicinity of Vega, initially revealed by K-band CHARA/FLUOR observations, is confirmed by our H-band IOTA/IONIC measurements. Whereas the origin of the dust is still uncertain, its presence and the possible connection with the outer disc suggest that the Vega system is currently undergoing major dynamical perturbations.

VEGA1 CRUISE MAGNETOMETER DATA

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National Aeronautics and Space Administration — On Dec 15, 1984, the Vega spacecraft was launched to first flyby Venus at which time landers were released and then continue to a flyby of Halley. The magnetic field...

Programs and Perspectives of Visible Long Baseline Interferometry VEGA/CHARA

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Mourard, D.; Nardetto, N.; Ligi, R.; Perraut, K.

VEGA/CHARA is a visible spectro-interferometer installed on the CHARA Array at Mount Wilson Observatory. Combining high spectral resolution (6,000 or 30,000) and high angular resolution (0.3 mas), VEGA/CHARA opens a wide class of astrophysical topics in the stellar physics domain. Circumstellar environments and fundamental parameters with a high precision could be studied. We will present a review of recent results and discuss the programs currently engaged in the field of pulsating stars and more generally for the fundamental stellar parameters. Details could be found at http://www-n.oca.eu/vega/en/publications/index.htm.

Flare-generated clouds as compact force-free toroidal configurations: magnetic measurements by the Vega-1 and Vega-2 space probes

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Ivanov, K.G.; Kharshiladze, A.F.; Eroshenko, E.G.; Styazhkin, V.A.

1988-01-01

Magnetic field experimental profiles, obtained during Vega-I and Vega-2 space vehicles passing through interplanetary cloud on the 16.02.1986, are compared with approximate theoretical profiles, taken from different hypotheses about such clouds structure. Maximum correlation of the theory and experiment is obtained with cloud presentation as flattened compact force-free toroid, which equatorial plane is approximately parallel to great circle plane, passing through flare on the 14.02.86 parallel to magnetic axis nearest to bipolar group flare

Oficios y artesanos medievales en el Monasterio leonés de Vega

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Domínguez Sánchez, Santiago

2013-12-01

Full Text Available In this article is studied the presence of a great group of servants, officials and craftsmen in the Benedictine monastery of Vega, situated in the bank of the river Cea, who, with their work, were contributing to the maintenance of the monastery. The study centres in the centuries X and the XVth, and in it, departing exclusively from the documentary sources, there is analyzed and values the work of artisans and craftsmen dedicated to the pastoral and agricultural tasks (shepherds, horticulturists, farmers and millers, others related to the nourishment (confectioners, bakers, butlers, butchers, fishermen, cooks and charcoal-burners, the garment and the footwear (tailors, cobblers and launderers, the construction (stonecutters, carpenters, bricklayers and blacksmiths, the trade (shopkeepers, the hospitality (doormen and innkeepers, the control of the servants ("merinos" and butlers, or to other activities related to the law and the right (arbitrators, attorneys, executioners, notaries and auctioneers.En este artículo se estudia la presencia en el monasterio benedictino de Vega, sito en la ribera del río Cea, de un nutrido grupo de criados, oficiales y artesanos que, con su trabajo, colaboraban en pro del sostenimiento del monasterio. El estudio se centra en los siglos X y XV, y en él, partiendo exclusivamente de las fuentes documentales, se analiza y valora el trabajo de menestrales y artesanos dedicados a las tareas pastoriles y agrícolas (pastores, hortelanos, labradores y molineros, otras relacionadas con la alimentación (reposteros, panaderos, bodegueros, carniceros, pescadores, cocineros y carboneros, el vestido y el calzado (sastres, zapateros y lavanderos, la construcción (pedreros, carpinteros, albañiles y herreros, el comercio (tenderos, la hospitalidad (porteros, posaderos y albergueros, el control de los criados (merinos y mayordomos, o bien a otras actividades relacionadas con la ley y el derecho (jueces árbitros, procuradores

Dal "San Marco" al "Vega". (English Title: From "San Marco" to Vega)

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Savi, E.

2017-10-01

Apart from the two superpowers, among the other countries Italy has had an important role in astronautics. The roots of Italian astronautics' history runs deep in the hottest years of the Cold War, and it had its first remarkable achievement in the San Marco project..after years of advanced technologies testing, they achieved European cooperation and built VEGA, the current Arianespace light launcher.

Preliminary results of the Vega-1 and Vega-2 space probes rendezvous with the Halley comet

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Anon.

1986-01-01

Preliminary results of the Halley comet investigation using the Vega-1 and Vega-2 space probes which passed on the 6th and 9th of March, 1986 the comet nucleus at a distance of 9000 and 8200 respectively, are presented. The comet nucleus appeared to be one of the darkest bodies of the Solar system: its albedo is just about 4%. The IR spectrum analysis has shown, that water and carbon dioxide appear to be the main components of the comet material. Mass analysis points out to the presence in the comet dust of iron, oxygen and silicon. It is ascertained, that about 30 t of water vapors and about 5-10 t of dust are evaporated from the comet nucleus surface in one second. Solar wind interaction with the comet streched atmosphere was investigated

Variability of Soil Types in Wetland Meadows in the South of the Chilean Patagonia Variabilidad de Tipos de Suelos en Las Vegas del Sur de la Patagonia Chilena

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Ladislava Filipová; Radim Hédl; Nilo Covacevich C.

2010-01-01

The wetland meadows and pastures (vegas) of the agricultural zone of the Magallanes Region and the Chilean Patagonia are productive and intensively exploited ecosystems. However, there is scarce data about the typology and the physical and chemical properties of the soils that determine the agricultural potential of vegas sites. Sampling of the main horizons of 47 soil profiles was conducted throughout the area. The profiles were described in the field and consequently classified according to...

Entrevista a Antonio Álamo: Dramaturgo y director del teatro Lope De Vega

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Valerio Durán

2012-04-01

Full Text Available Antonio Álamo es mucho más que un dramaturgo. Desde 2004 es el director del Teatro Lope de Vega de Sevilla, una faceta que deja entrever sus inquietudes por la escena teatral, la novela, y su pasión por los clásicos de siempre. Este cordobés licenciado en Derecho es un erudito de las letras y representa en pleno siglo XXI la frescura de un buen conocedor del mundo del teatro que acepta los nuevos cambios de la escena actual. A pesar de su juventud, ha escrito obras de teatro, novelas, relatos y ensayos, y sus innovadoras ideas le han dado grandes éxitos a nivel personal y profesional.

J. Swift, H. Melville y un cuento de Ana Lidia Vega: prostitución y metáforas de la migración.

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Mercedes Rico García.

2008-06-01

Full Text Available En diálogo con Gulliver’s Travels de Jonathan Swift y Moby Dick de Herman Melville, y teniendo en mente la imagen degradada de la Estatua de la Libertad, a la que se compara con una ramera, Ana Lydia Vega en “Encancaranublado,” nos ofrece una personal perspectiva sobre las migraciones económicas que se desplazan de Latinoamérica a Estados Unidos. La autora construye su cuento sobre dos niveles: el real y el alegórico. Ambos planos ilustran la manera en que los ricos prostituyen a los pobres y en la que, en ocasiones, los pobres se prostituyen en términos metafóricos, para alcanzar el “Pursuit of Happiness.”Reading Ana Lydia Vega´s “Encancaranublado” in the light of Jonathan Swift´s Gulliver´s Travels and Herman Melville´s Moby Dick and taking into account the degraded image of the Statue of Liberty showed in Vega´s tale, the reader will have the opportunity to reflect from a controverted personal perspective upon the migrations going from Latin-America to the United States to pursue happiness.

El abordaje comparativo de 'La conquista' en dos autores mestizos: Garcilaso de la Vega y Ruiz Díaz Guzmán A comparative approach about 'La conquista' in the work of two mestizo authors: Garcilaso de la Vega y Ruiz Díaz Guzmán

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Sebastián Eduardo Pardo

2011-12-01

Full Text Available El artículo propone analizar la representación del proceso de dominación colonial, coloquialmente conocido como "La Conquista", en los trabajos de dos autores pertenecientes a las primeras generaciones de mestizos de principios del siglo XVII: Garcilaso de la Vega y Ruy Díaz de Guzmán. La elección responde a dos cuestiones fundamentales; por un lado, ambos expresan un fuerte sentido de pertenencia regional al autodenominarse "naturales" de las áreas culturales sobre las cuales escriben; por la otra, ambos mantienen una relación compleja pero bien diferenciada con respecto a la problemática del mestizaje adscribiendo a identidades étnicas opuestas: mientras Garcilaso se presenta como inca, Ruy Díaz de Guzmán lo hace como español. En este sentido se discutirán las trayectorias de los mencionados autores para llevar a cabo el análisis comparado de sus vidas, sus ideologías y sus obras.This paper analyses the representation of colonial domination, process commonly known as "The Conquest", in the work of two writers belonging to the first half-breed generations of the early 17th century: Garcilaso de la Vega and Ruy Díaz de Guzmán. The selection is based on two fundamental criteria: on the one hand both declare themselves as "naturales" and reveal a strong sense of belonging regarding the cultural areas they describe; on the other hand, both attach themselves to opposite ethnic identities, thus maintaining a different relationship with the complex problems of mestizaje and miscegenation -while Garcilaso claims to be an Inca, Ruy Díaz de Guzmán introduces himself as a Spaniard. Therefore, the biographies of both authors are discussed in order to understand their life trajectories, ideologies and work from a comparative point of view.

Privatizing Water in the Chilean Andes: The Case of Las Vegas de Chiu-Chiu

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Manuel Prieto

2015-08-01

Full Text Available The Chilean water model has been described as a textbook example of a free-market water system. This article contributes to the critiques of this model by showing the effect of its implementation in the Atacameño community of Chiu-Chiu, located in the Atacama Desert in the south-central Andes. In this community, the privatization of water rights ignored local water management practices that had produced a high-altitude wetland (known as a vega. This led to the inhabitants’ dispossession of crucial water rights and to wetland degradation. This process belies statements that the Chilean model relies on an unregulated market and instead highlights the state’s role in marginalizing local irrigation practices by reducing the water consumption of the indigenous population while keeping the copper mining industry (the main source of Chilean income and related growing urban populations supplied with water.

Vegetasjonskartlegging av Muddvær, Vegaøyan verdensarv, Vega kommune

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Bär, Annette; Carlsen, Thomas

2009-01-01

Muddværet ble vegetasjonskartlagt for å få oversikt over de botaniske verdiene. Vegetasjonstyper etter Fremstad (1997) er framstilt på kart og rapporten inneholder i tillegg en artsliste over registrerte planter. Kartleggingen skal brukes som grunnlag for en senere utarbeiding av en skjøtselsplan for området og ses i sammenheng med tidligere kartlegginger og utarbeiding av skjøtselsplaner for Vegaøyan verdensarvområde (bl.a. Hatten m.fl. 2007; Hatten & Carlsen 2007a,b).

Seroprevalencia de babesiosis bovina en la hacienda Vegas de la Clara, Gómez Plata (Antioquia, 2008

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Richard Zapata Salas

2011-06-01

Full Text Available La babesiosis es una enfermedad del ganado bovino transmitida por la garrapata Rhipicephalus (Boophilus microplus y causada por los parásitos protozoarios Babesia bovis y B. bigemina. Una zona se considera epizootiológicamente estable frente a Babesia spp, cuando el 75% de los bovinos entre las edades de 3 a 9 meses son serorreactivos (IgG frente a Babesia bovis y Babesia bigemina y no hay evidencia de signos clínicos. El objetivo de esta investigación fue determinar la seroprevalencia de Babesia bovis y Babesia bigemina en el ganado bovino de la hacienda Vegas de la Clara (Universidad de Antioquia, Gómez Plata, Antioquia, por medio de inmunofluorescencia indirecta. Se diseñó un estudio descriptivo prospectivo con análisis de corte transversal. Fue evaluada toda la población bovina de la hacienda Vegas de la Clara (n = 118. Las muestras fueron evaluadas por inmunofluorescencia indirecta para la detección de anticuerpos tipo IgG específicos contra Babesia bovis y B. bigemina. La serorreactividad obtenida en los bovinos evaluados, para al menos una especie de Babesia fue del 89,8%, para Babesia bovis del 83,8%, mientras que para B. bigemina del 61%. Se obtuvo una relación estadísticamente significativa entre la serorreactividad para B. bigemina y la frecuencia del tratamiento garrapaticida. La serorreactividad indica estabilidad enzoótica en el hato para B. bovis, mientras que para B. bigemina se encontró que la frecuencia del tratamiento garrapaticida interrumpe su ciclo de transmisión.

A comparison of greenhouse gas emissions and local area pollution of highspeed rail and air travel between Los Angeles and Las Vegas

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Mullins, Damien

Global warming is one of the most discussed global environmental issues in the world today. Global warming is driven by fossil fuel combustion emissions known as Green-house Gases (GHG). One of the major contributors to GHG emissions is the transport sector, emitting approximately 30% of total U.S. CO 2 emissions in 2010. Air travel contributed approximately 3.5% of total U.S. CO2 in 2008. High-speed Rail (HSR) is often touted as cleaner, more sustainable mode of transport than air travel. HSR is one of few modes of transport capable of competing with air travel for short to medium-haul distances. There has been considerable study of GHG emissions of each independently. Research has also been carried out into the economics and competition of these transport modes. However, there has been very limited study of the comparative emissions of each, apart from one study in Europe (Givoni, 2007). The current study was undertaken with the goal of quantifying potential emission savings due to mode substitution from air travel to HSR in the Los Angeles to Las Vegas corridor. This study only considered the emissions which occurred from the combustion of the relevant fuels, either in power plants or the engines of an aircraft. Emissions from fuel production/refining or transport of fuels were not considered. Another issue compared was Local Area Pollution (LAP), which is a measure of the severity of emissions effect on the environment. This was examined because all emissions from HSR occur close to the surface of the earth, and hence effect the local environment, while only a portion of aircraft emissions do. This study was carried out using internationally recognized emission inventory methodologies. For the air travel emission estimate methodologies and data published by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) and the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) were used. The HSR energy use was estimated from energy use data from currently running HSR

Vegetasjonskartlegging i Vegaøyan verdensarvområde 2013

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Carlsen, Thomas

2014-01-01

Øyrekka like nord for hovedøya Vega ble vegetasjonskartlagt i 2013 for å få oversikt over vegetasjonstyper og botaniske verdier. Vegetasjonstyper etter Fremstad (1997) er fremstilt på kart og rapporten inneholder i tillegg artslister over registrerte planter. Totalt ble 155 øyer kartlagt i 2013. Kartleggingen skal brukes som grunnlag for senere utarbeiding av skjøtselsplaner og ses i sammenheng med tidligere kartlegginger og utarbeidinger av skjøtselsplaner for Vegaøyan verdensarvområde. Kart...

VEGA Launch Vehicle: VV02 Flight Campaign Thermal Analysis

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Moroni, D.; Perugini, P.; Mancini, R.; Bonnet, M.

2014-06-01

A reliable tool for the prediction of temperature trends vs. time during the operative timeline of a launcher represents one of the key elements for the qualification of a launch vehicle itself.The correct evaluation of the thermal behaviour during the mission, both for the launcher elements (structures, electronic items, tanks, motors...) and for the Payloads carried by the same Launcher, is one of the preliminary activities to be performed before a flight campaign.For such scope AVIO constructed a Thermal Mathematical Model (TMM) by means of the ESA software "ESATAN Thermal Modelling Suite (TMS)" [1] used for the prediction of the temperature trends both on VV01 (VEGA LV Qualification Flight) and VV02 (First VEGA LV commercial flight) with successfully results in terms of post-flight comparison with the sensor data outputs.Aim of this paper is to show the correlation obtained by AVIO VEGA LV SYS TMM in the frame of VV02 Flight.

Receptor modeling of near-roadway aerosol mass spectrometer data in Las Vegas, Nevada, with EPA PMF

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S. G. Brown

2012-01-01

Full Text Available Ambient non-refractory PM₁ aerosol particles were measured with an Aerodyne High Resolution Time-of-Flight Aerosol Mass Spectrometer (HR-AMS at an elementary school 18 m from the US 95 freeway soundwall in Las Vegas, Nevada, during January 2008. Additional collocated continuous measurements of black carbon (BC, carbon monoxide (CO, nitrogen oxides (NO_x, and meteorological data were collected. The US~Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA positive matrix factorization (PMF data analysis tool was used to apportion organic matter (OM as measured by HR-AMS, and rotational tools in EPA PMF were used to better characterize the solution space and pull resolved factors toward known source profiles. Three- to six-factor solutions were resolved. The four-factor solution was the most interpretable, with the typical AMS PMF factors of hydrocarbon-like organic aerosol (HOA, low-volatility oxygenated organic aerosol (LV-OOA, biomass burning organic aerosol (BBOA, and semi-volatile oxygenated organic aerosol (SV-OOA. When the measurement site was downwind of the freeway, HOA composed about half the OM, with SV-OOA and LV-OOA accounting for the rest. Attempts to pull the PMF factor profiles toward source profiles were successful but did not qualitatively change the results, indicating that these factors are very stable. Oblique edges were present in G-space plots, suggesting that the obtained rotation may not be the most plausible one. Since solutions found by pulling the profiles or using F_peak retained these oblique edges, there appears to be little rotational freedom in the base solution. On average, HOA made up 26% of the OM, while LV-OOA was highest in the afternoon and accounted for 26% of the OM. BBOA occurred in the evening hours, was predominantly from the residential area to the north, and on average constituted 12% of the OM; SV-OOA accounted for the remaining third of the OM. Use of the pulling techniques

VEGA1 HALLEY FLYBY MAGNETOMETER DATA

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National Aeronautics and Space Administration — On MARCH 6, 1986, AT 7:20:06 UT, the Vega spacecraft passed the nucleus of comet Halley at a distance of 8,890 km with a relative velocity of 78 km/s. The magnetic...

A novel implementation of TCP Vegas for optical burst switched networks

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Shihada, Basem

2010-07-01

TCP performance over bufferless Optical Burst Switched (OBS) networks could be significantly degraded due to the misinterpretation of network congestion status (referred to as false congestion detection). It has been reported that burst retransmission in the OBS domain can improve the TCP throughput by hiding burst loss events from the upper TCP layer, which can effectively reduce the congestion window fluctuation at the expense of introducing additional delay. However, the additional delay may cause performance degradation for delay-based TCP implementations that are sensitive to packet round trip time in estimating the network congestion status. In this paper, a novel implementation of TCP Vegas that adopts a threshold-based mechanism is proposed for identifying the network congestion status in OBS networks. Analytical models are developed to evaluate the throughput of conventional TCP Vegas and threshold-based Vegas over OBS networks with burst retransmission. Simulation is conducted to validate the analytical model and to compare threshold-based Vegas with a number of legacy TCP implementations, such as TCP Sack and TCP Reno. The analytical model can be used to obtain a proper threshold value that results in an optimal steady state TCP throughput.

El paisaje cultural como elemento de patrimonialización: el caso de Vega de Pas, Cantabria, España

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Jorge Magaña Ochoa

2008-06-01

Full Text Available El presente artículo esboza algunos de los cambios histórico-sociales más importantes sufridos por la cultura pasiega (Vega de Pas, sobre todo a partir de la aplicación de las políticas económicas europeas que provocaron el declive y la pérdida de centralidad del trabajo ganadero. Con dichas políticas se pretende actualmente “integrar” a los pasiegos en un proceso de patrimonialización de su paisaje y de su cultura.

1st Stage Separation Aerodynamics Of VEGA Launcher

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Genito, M.; Paglia, F.; Mogavero, A.; Barbagallo, D.

2011-05-01

VEGA is an European launch vehicle under development by the Prime Contractor ELV S.p.A. in the frame of an ESA contract. It is constituted by four stages, dedicated to the scientific/commercial market of small satellites (300 ÷ 2500 kg) into Low Earth Orbits, with inclinations ranging from 5.2° up to Sun Synchronous Orbits and with altitude ranging from 300 to 1500 km. Aim of this paper is to present a study of flow field due to retro-rockets impingement during the 1st stage VEGA separation phase. In particular the main goal of the present work is to present the aerodynamic activities performed for the justification of the separation phase.

Geohydrologic reconnaissance of Lake Mead National Recreation Area; Las Vegas Wash to Opal Mountain, Nevada

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Laney, R.L.

1981-01-01

The study is a geohydrologic reconnaissance of about 170 square miles in the Lake Mead National Recreation Area from Las Vegas Wash to Opal Mountain, Nevada. The study is one of a series that describes the geohydrology of the recreation area and that indentifies areas where water supplies can be developed. Precipitation in this arid area is about 5 inches per year. Streamflow is seasonal and extremely variable except for that in the Colorado River, which adjoins the area. Pan evaporation is more than 20 times greater than precipitation; therefore, regional ground-water supplies are meager except near the Colorado River, Lake Mead, and Lake Mohave. Large ground-water supplies can be developed near the river and lakes, and much smaller supplies may be obtained in a few favorable locations farther from the river and lakes. Ground water in most of the areas probably contains more than 1,000 milligrams per liter of dissolved solids, but water that contains less than 1,000 milligrams per liter of dissolved solids can be obtained within about 1 mile of the lakes. Crystalline rocks of metamorphic, intrusive and volcanic origin crop out in the area. These rocks are overlain by conglomerate and mudstone of the Muddy Creek Formation, gravel and conglomerate of the older alluvium, and sand and gravel of the Chemehuevi Formation and younger alluvium. The crystalline rocks, where sufficiently fractured, yield water to springs and would yield small amounts of water to favorably located wells. The poorly cemented and more permeable beds of the older alluvium, Chemehuevi Formation, and younger alluvium are the better potential aquifers, particularly along the Colorado River and Lakes Mead and Mohave. Thermal springs in the gorge of the Colorado River south of Hoover Dam discharge at least 2,580 acre-feet per year of water from the volcanic rocks and metamorphic and plutonic rocks. The discharge is much greater than could be infiltrated in the drainage basin above the springs

An elemental abundance analysis of the superficially normal A star Vega

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Adelman, S.J.; Gulliver, A.F.

1990-01-01

An elemental abundance analysis of Vega has been performed using high-signal-to-noise 2.4 A/mm Reticon observations of the region 4313-4809 A. Vega is found to be a metal-poor star with a mean underabundance of 0.60 dex. The He/H ratio of 0.03 as derived from He I 4472 A suggests that the superficial helium convection zone has disappeared and that radiative diffusion is producing the photospheric abundance anomalies. 45 refs

José Manuel Lucía Megías, ed., Lope de Vega en la piel de Brugalla. La Colección Lope de Vega de la Biblioteca Histórica Municipal

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Luis Gómez Canseco

2015-01-01

Full Text Available Review of José Manuel Lucía Megías, ed., Lope de Vega en la piel de Brugalla. La Colección Lope de Vega de la Biblioteca Histórica Municipal, Ayuntamiento de Madrid, Madrid, 2013, 254 pp. ISBN: 9788478127627.

Meeting Report of the 33rd Annual Meeting of the Academy of Surgical Research: Summary of Presentations, Labs, and Workshops, Focusing on Experimental Surgery, Las Vegas, NV, October 4-6, 2017.

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Graham, Melanie L; Ziegelhofer, Tracy; Ehrmann, Jon

2018-04-11

The 33rd Annual Meeting of the Academy of Surgical Research was held from October 4 to 6, 2017 in Las Vegas, Nevada. The meeting welcomed >160 participants from 27 different states and five countries representing the organization's diverse membership of technicians, veterinarians, medical doctors, and biomedical researchers. The Academy's annual meeting is focused on promoting the advancement of professional and academic standards, education, and research related to the art and science of experimental surgery. Presentations included four invited keynote speakers and 30 selected lectures and posters. A primary strength of the meeting was that lectures were complimented with practical sessions that included four wet lab and two dry lab half-day courses. Likewise, participants were brought together in workshops emphasizing research workflow from starting experimental design to readying results for publication. In this report, we present the highlights from this meeting and some selected abstracts that illustrate the diverse scientific expertise of the Academy and progress in surgical research.

El valor cultural en los diagnósticos de calidad para la conservación: el ejemplo de la vega de Guatiza-Mala (Lanzarote

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Feliciano Tavío Álvarez

2013-11-01

Full Text Available En este trabajo se presenta la metodología diseñada para emitir el diagnostico de calidad cultural del territorio de las Vegas de Guatiza y Mala, en Lanzarote. Se discute la dificultad de asignar valor especial a elementos culturales puntuales y la necesidad de incorporar nuevos parámetros en las categorías de diagnóstico establecidas.A methodology to determine the cultural value of the territory is presented in this paper, through the example of the Guatiza-Mala fertile plain, in Lanzarote. The difficulty of assigning spatial values to localized cultural elements and the need of including additional parameters in the designed methodology are discussed.

Are single entry communities and cul-de-sacs a barrier to active transport to school in 11 elementary schools in Las Vegas, NV metropolitan area?

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Courtney Coughenour

2017-06-01

Full Text Available Single entry communities (SECs and cul-de-sacs minimize route choices and increase trip distance. Las Vegas' built environment facilitates the examination of these variables and active transport to school (ATS rates. The purpose of this study was to examine the influence of SECs and cul-de-sacs on ATS rates in Las Vegas, NV elementary children. Parental-reported data was collected from 11 elementary schools on ATS rates (n = 1217. SECs and cul-de-sacs were quantified for each school zone. Logistic regression models were used to predict ATS. 23.9% of students reported ATS all of the time and 31.4% some of the time. SECs per school zone ranged from 0 to 25 (mean = 11.9. Cul-de-sacs ranged from 12 to 315 (mean = 138.3. Some ATS use was predicted by distance from school (p ≤ 0.001;OR = 0.61, parental education (high school: p = 0.004;OR = 0.53, some college: p = 0.001;OR = 0.50, 4 year degree: p = 0.004;OR = 0.52 and cul-de-sacs (p ≤ 0.001;OR = 0.99. A separate model using distance from school (p ≤ 0.001;OR = 0.61, parental education (high school: p = 0.002;OR = 0.51, some college: p ≤ 0.001;OR = 0.45, 4 year degree: p ≤ 0.001;OR = 0.45 and SECs (p ≤ 0.001;OR = 0.96 predicted some ATS. All ATS use was predicted by distance from school (p ≤ 0.001;OR = 0.58, parental education (Grades 9–11: p = 0.05;OR = 0.61, high school: p ≤ 0.001;OR = 0.45, some college: p ≤ 0.001;OR = 0.41, 4 year degree: p ≤ 0.001;OR = 0.38 and SECs (p ≤ 0.001;OR = 0.97. A separate model using distance from school (p ≤ 0.001;OR = 0.58, parental education (Grades 9–11: p = 0.041;OR = 0.59, high school: p ≤ 0.001;OR = 0.47, some college: p ≤ 0.001;OR = 0.44, 4 year degree: p ≤ 0.001;OR = 0.43 and cul-de-sacs (p ≤ 0.001;OR = 0.99 predicted all ATS. Current findings reveal that both SECs and cul-de-sacs were predictors of ATS beyond distance. Students

METODOLOGÍA BASADA EN LOS ALGORITMOS VEGA Y MOGA PARA SOLUCIONAR UN PROBLEMA MULTIOBJETIVO EN UN SISTEMA DE PRODUCCIÓN JOB SHOP

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Germán Augusto Coca Ortegón

Full Text Available En este artículo se presenta una metodología que pretende minimizar de forma simultánea, en un ambiente de producción tipo "job shop" correspondiente a una empresa metalmecánica, las siguientes variables: tiempo de proceso, costo de mano de obra directa y, asimismo la fracción defectuosa generada por la fatiga del operario. Con este propósito se fusionan elementos de los algoritmos genéticos Vega y Moga, desarrollando para el efecto las siguientes etapas: generar la población inicial, conformar la nueva población, realizar análisis de varianza y por último, comparar con un método híbrido entre sumas ponderadas y algoritmos genéticos. De acuerdo con lo anterior, al evaluar el individuo de menor tiempo de proceso proveniente de la metodología basada en los algoritmos Vega y Moga, respecto al individuo de menor tiempo de desarrollo proveniente del método híbrido entre sumas ponderadas y algoritmos genéticos, se encuentra que el primero supera en desempeño al segundo así: en cuanto a la variable tiempo de proceso (en horas en 27,86%; en cuanto a la variable tiempo de proceso (en semanas en 1,25%; en cuanto a la variable costo de mano de obra directa (MOD en 6,73% y, en cuanto a la variable fracción defectuosa en 25,85%.

Near nuclear region of comet Halley based on the imaging results of the VEGA mission

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Sagdeev, R.Z.; Szegoe, K.

1987-06-01

After one year of the successful imaging experiment aboard VEGA space probes the experimental results and their consequences are summarized. 63 pictures of VEGA-1 with 128x128 pixels and 11 pictures of VEGA-2 with 512x512 pixels, made by four different spectral filters were analyzed. The shape of the cometary nucleus is reconstructed and different sections of nucleus are represented in a cometary reference frame. The 3D light intensity distribution of cometary nucleus is also plotted. The questions of cometary rotation, jet activity and their correlations are discussed in detail. (D.Gy.)

Importance of water quality on plant abundance and diversity in high-alpine meadows of the Yerba Loca Natural Sanctuary at the Andes of north-central Chile Importancia de la calidad del agua sobre la abundancia y diversidad vegetal en vegas altoandinas del Santuario Natural Yerba Loca en los Andes de Chile centro-norte

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ROSANNA GINOCCHIO

2008-12-01

Full Text Available Porphyry Cu-Mo deposits have influenced surface water quality in high-Andes of north-central Chile since the Miocene. Water anomalies may reduce species abundance and diversity in alpine meadows as acidic and metal-rich waters are highly toxic to plants The study assessed the importance of surface water quality on plant abundance and diversity in high-alpine meadows at the Yerba Loca Natural Santuary (YLNS, central Chile (33°15' S, 70°18' W. Hydrochemical and plant prospecting were carried out on Piedra Carvajal, Chorrillos del Plomo and La Lata meadows the growing seasons of 2006 and 2007. Direct gradient analysis was performed through canonical correspondence analysis (CCA to look for relationships among water chemistry and plant factors. High variability in water chemistry was found inside and among meadows, particularly for pH, sulphate, electric conductivity, hardness, and total dissolved Cu, Zn, Cd, Pb and Fe. Data on species abundance and water chemical factors suggests that pH and total dissolved Cu are very important factor determining changes in plant abundance and diversity in study meadows. For instance, Festuca purpurascens, Colobanthus quitensis, and Arenaria rivularis are abundant in habitals with Cu-rich waters while Festuca magellanica, Patosia clandestina, Plantago barbata, Werneria pygmea, and Erigeron andícola are abundant in habitals with dilute waters.Los megadepósitos de pórfidos de Cu-Mo han influido sobre la calidad de las aguas superficiales en las zonas altoandinas del centro-norte de Chile desde el Mioceno. Estas alteraciones en la calidad de las aguas podrían afectar negativamente a la vegetación presente en las vegas altoandinas, ya que las aguas acidas y ricas en metales son altamente tóxicas para las plantas. En este estudio se evaluó el efecto de la calidad de las aguas en la abundancia y diversidad florística de las vegas altoandinas del Santuario de la Naturaleza Yerba Loca (SNYL, en Chile central (33

Música para una celebración literaria: el tercer centenario de Lope de Vega y el Premio Nacional de Música de 1935

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Carlos López Galarza

2016-01-01

Full Text Available La celebración del III centenario de la muerte de Lope de Vega en 1935 tuvo algunas consecuencias interesantes en el ambiente musical español. El uso de músicas de varias épocas y estilos se limitó en muchas ocasiones a la ambientación sonora en actos de homenaje o ilustraciones musicales de la época de Lope en conferencias y representaciones teatrales, en especial las obras contenidas en el trabajo de Jesús Bal y Gay publicado ese mismo año. Pero fue la convocatoria del Concurso Nacional de Bellas Artes y el homenaje que el Conservatorio de Madrid tributó al Fénix de los Ingenios lo que alentó a algunos compositores del momento a escribir música sobre las letras de Lope.

Procesos indentitarios en el paisaje contemporáneo. Caso de estudio de la Vega de Granada. / Identity processes in the contemporary landscape. Case of study of the Vega de Granada.

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Maria Teresa Zapiain Aizpuru

2011-09-01

Full Text Available ResumenConsiderando la distinción de significado establecida entre los conceptos de espacio, territorio y paisaje, y su relación indisociable con la cultura y la identidad, en su primera parte, este artículo expone una propuesta teórica de interpretación de los procesos identitarios vinculados con el territorio. En la segunda parte, se explora, por medio de un estudio empírico en la Vega de Granada, la relación entre territorio e identidad, así como la influencia de ciertas transformaciones socioeconómicas y culturales en los procesos de identificación con el lugar.Palabras clave Territorio, paisaje, cultura, identidad, Vega de Granada. AbstractConsidering the meaningful distinction drawn between the concepts of space, territory and landscape, and its inseparable relationship with culture and identity, in its first part, this paper presents a theoretical proposal for the interpretation of identity processes associated with the territory. In the second part, is explored the relation between territory and identity, as well as the influence of certain socio-economic and cultural transformations in identity processes through an empirical study of the Vega de GranadaKeywordsTerritory, landscape, culture, identity, Vega de Granada.

AZUDES Y ACUEDUCTOS DEL SISTEMA DE RIEGO TRADICIONAL DE LA VEGA BAJA DEL SEGURA (ALICANTE, ESPAÑA

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Arturo Trapote Jaume

2015-01-01

Full Text Available En el presente trabajo se describen y analizan las principales obras hidráulicas del sistema de riego tradicional de la comarca de la Vega Baja del Segura, concretamente, los azudes y los acueductos. Los azudes de toma, construidos en el cauce del río Segura, representan el inicio del sistema, desde donde parte una extensa y compleja red de acueductos constituida por acequias y azarbes, como elementos fundamentales, que distribuyen el agua para el regadío. En este estudio se ha llevado a cabo una amplia y profunda investigación documental, tomado datos de campo y captado imágenes in situ que, junto con los diagramas aportados, resultan imprescindibles para comprender la magnitud del sistema. Los resultados obtenidos han servido no sólo para catalogar y caracterizar los elementos que integran el sistema hidráulico del regadío tradicional de la Vega Baja del Segura, sino también para poner de manifiesto un ejemplo real de optimización de recursos hídricos en una zona del sureste peninsular español de escasa e irregular pluviometría. Asimismo, el estudio efectuado revela un sistema de riego sumamente eficiente desde un punto de vista cuantitativo y no tanto desde el cualitativo, debido a la presencia, entre otros contaminantes, de altas concentraciones de sales.

1996 Central New Mexico Section [American Chemical Society] annual report

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Cournoyer, M.E. [Los Alamos National Lab., NM (United States). Chemistry Science and Technology Div.

1997-02-07

The main goal of the Central New Mexico Section this year was to increase attendance at the local meetings. Throughout the course of the year attendance at the meeting more than doubled. This was brought on by several factors: having the meeting spread throughout the section (Albuquerque, Santa Fe, Las Vegas, Socorro, Los Alamos); supplementing the ACS National Tour speakers with interesting local sections speakers; and making full use of the newly formed Public Relations Committee. Activities during 1996 are summarized.

Identidad y ética en los Comentarios reales de los incas del Inca Garcilaso de la Vega

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Jensen, Hans Julio Casado

2003-01-01

Inca Garcilaso de la Vega. Historiografi. Renæssance. Spaniens erobring af Amerika. Etik. Paul Ricoeur......Inca Garcilaso de la Vega. Historiografi. Renæssance. Spaniens erobring af Amerika. Etik. Paul Ricoeur...

Aprendizaje intergeneracional de la violencia familiar; experiencias en estudiantes de la escuela profesional de trabajo social. Universidad Inca Garcilaso de la Vega – 2016

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2016-01-01

La presente investigación es de enfoque cualitativo, en donde el trabajo fue realizado con una muestra de tres estudiantes, sus madres y sus abuelas, las estudiantes pertenecientes del quinto al séptimo ciclo de la Escuela Profesional de Trabajo Social de la Facultad de Psicologia y Trabajo Social de la Universidad Inca Garcilaso de la Vega y que habían experimentado violencia familiar en su vida de pareja. El objetivo de la investigación fue conocer el aprendizaje intergene...

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Topografía medieval de la casa toledana de los Laso de la Vega en la parroquia de San Román

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Passini, Jean

2008-06-01

Full Text Available This article reveals the evolution of the medieval houses that were successively of the bishop don Vasco Ramirez de Rivera (1480-1492 and of Laso de la Vega family (1491-1616. It draws from various medieval documentary sources particularly of the Mercy’s Hospital. This article examines also some actual houses of san Roma’s hill. It proposes a plan of the houses at the end of the 15th century and the situation of the native house of the poet Garcilaso.Los documentos medievales del Archivo del Hospital de la Misericordia favorecen la reconstitución de la evolución de una manzana, en la parroquia de san Román donde se elevaban las casas mayores que fueron sucesivamente del obispo de Coria, don Vasco Ramírez de Rivera y de la familia de los Laso de la Vega. Aunque esta casa ha sufrido varias transformaciones hasta su destrucción en el siglo XX, el autor ha podido restituirla al final del siglo XV, usando el estudio del parcelario, y situar la casa donde nació el poeta Garcilaso.

Narva piirkonnast võiks saada Läänemere Las Vegas / Ilja Smirnov

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2008-01-01

Ilmunud ka: Narvskaja Nedelja 31. mai lk. 5. OÜ Investment Agency projektijuht Teet Kuusmik tõstatas Ida-Virumaa arengukonverentsil mõtte, et Narvast ja Narva-Jõesuust võiks saada USA-s Nevada kõrbes asuva Las Vegasega sarnanev turismimeka

Vega-1 and Vega-2: vertical profiles of wind velocity according to Doppler measurements data at landing spacecrafts

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Kerzhanovich, V.V.; Antsibor, N.M.; Bakit'ko, R.V.

1987-01-01

Results of the measurements of the Venus atmosphere vertical motion using the ''Vega'' landing spacecrafts are presented. Signal emitted by the landing spacecraft transmitter was received by flying apparatus and retranslated to the Earth. The difference between the measured frequency of the retranslated signal and reference one (Doppler's shift) permitted to determine the velocity of the landing spacecraft with the accuracy of 2 cm/s with the pitch of 1 s

Transient thermal analysis of Vega launcher structures

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Gori, F. [University of Rome ' Tor Vergata' , Rome (Italy); De Stefanis, M. [Thales Alenia Space Italia, Rome (Italy); Worek, W.M. [University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago (United States)], E-mail: wworek@uic.edu; Minkowycz, W.J. [University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago (United States)

2008-12-15

A transient thermal analysis is carried out to verify the base cover thermal protection system of Vega 2nd stage Solid Rocket Motor (SRM) and the flange coupling of the inter-stage 2/3. The analysis is performed with a finite element code. The work has developed suitable numerical Fortran subroutines to assign radiation and convection boundary conditions. The thermal behaviour of the structures is presented.

Mujeres y criados, una comedia recuperada de Lope de Vega

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García-Reidy, Alejandro

2013-12-01

Full Text Available Lope de Vega’s corpus of plays is one of the most studied of Spanish Baroque theater, although it still presents numerous problems that need to be solved. In this article I study the extant manuscript of a play entitled Mujeres y criados in relation to a play by Lope of the same title, which several catalogues consider lost. In the first part of my paper I prove Lope’s authorship of the play based on internal elements of the text and the manuscript’s relation to several seventeenth-century documents. In the second part of this article I study the most relevant characteristics of this play. I focus my attention on the traits of the urban comedy it presents, the subversion of certain themes —such as social hierarchies or honor— that takes place and the predominant role Lope gave women in the play’s plot.El corpus dramático de Lope de Vega es uno de los más estudiados en el teatro barroco español, pero todavía encierra numerosas lagunas que quedan por aclarar. En el presente trabajo estudio el manuscrito que se conserva de una comedia titulada Mujeres y criados en relación con una comedia homónima de Lope que varios catálogos dan por perdida. En la primera parte demuestro la autoría lopesca de la obra a partir de elementos internos del texto y de la relación que guarda el manuscrito con noticias proporcionadas por documentación de la época. En la segunda parte del artículo estudio las características más relevantes de esta comedia, destacando su inserción en el género de la comedia urbana, la subversión que se lleva a cabo de ciertos temas, como las jerarquías sociales o el honor, y el papel predominante que Lope concede a las mujeres en la trama de la obra.

Ignacio Arellano y Carlos Mata, Vida y obra de Lope de Vega - José Florencio Martínez, Biografía de Lope de Vega. 1562-1635. Un friso literario del Siglo de Oro

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Enrico Di Pastena

2012-12-01

Full Text Available Review of Ignacio Arellano y Carlos Mata, Vida y obra de Lope de Vega, Homo Legens (Bibliotheca Homolegens, 63, Madrid, 2011, 334 pp. ISBN: 978-84-92518-72-2 y José Florencio Martínez, Biografía de Lope de Vega. 1562-1635. Un friso literario del Siglo de Oro, PPU, Barcelona, 2011, 783 pp. ISBN: 978-84-477-1114-7.

Desarrollo territorial en la Vega Media de Sevilla: Elementos de un tejido empresarial urbano-rural

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Luis Galindo Pérez de Azpillaga

2008-01-01

Full Text Available El aprovechamiento de los posibles sistemas territoriales en los espacios desfavorecidos tiene que estar apoyado en su articulación productiva y que ésta, a su vez esté caracterizada por las iniciativas locales (micro-economía y el papel que juegan las empresas de cualquier tipo (privadas, públicas, mixtas, cooperativas, etc y los empresarios en cada una de ellas. Estos recursos económicos y productivos, unidades encargadas de organizar los factores productivos, se convierten en piezas fundamentales para lograr el crecimiento económico y la generación de empleo. El conocimiento detallado del tejido local de empresas, esto es, el conjunto de empresas y sus relaciones o los eslabonamientos productivos, resultan fundamentales para diseñar una estrategia de fomento productivo local. La falta de información sobre estos aspectos decisivos constituye una dificultad importante para el despegue de los procesos de desarrollo territorial. Aquí se ejemplariza en el caso de la Vega Media de Sevilla, resaltándose la posibilidad de establecer estrategias de sostenibilidad territorial, en una zona de contacto urbano-rural como es ésta, en función al aprovechamiento de los sistemas socio-productivos locales.

Eficiencia de las sociedades musicales de la Comunidad Valenciana || Efficiency of Musical Societies in the Valencian Community

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Rausell Koster, Pau

2013-01-01

Full Text Available Las aplicaciones empíricas basadas en los análisis de eficiencia resultan todavía muy escasas dentro del campo de las organizaciones culturales. En este trabajo se analiza la eficiencia mediante un modelo DEA output orientado no radial que se aplica a una muestra de 292 sociedades musicales de la Comunidad Valenciana. El interés en este tipo de asociación cultural radica tanto en su relevancia socio-económica como en su grado de territorialidad. Los resultados obtenidos indican que la eficiencia media de las sociedades musicales de la Comunidad Valenciana se sitúa en el 72,66% y apuntan hacia la existencia de determinadas especificidades en la oferta y la demanda de los mercados provinciales en que operan. || Empirical applications for assessing the efficiency in cultural organizations are still scarce. In this paper, we use a non-radial, output-oriented, DEA model for assessing the efficiency of a sample of 292 Musical Societies in the Valencian Community. The interest in this type of cultural organization lies in both its socio-economic relevance and its degree of territoriality. The achieved results show that the average efficiency of the Musical Societies stands at 72.66% and points out to the existence of certain specificities in the supply and demand for provincial markets in which they operate.

Métrica, tropos y figuras en las Anotaciones de Fernando de Herrera

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Torre, Esteban

2016-06-01

Full Text Available In the year 1580 in Seville, the Works of Garcilaso de la Vega with Annotations by Fernando de Herrera were first published, in which he edits and comments on thirty-five sonnets, five songs, two elegies, one letter, and three eclogues by the Toledo-born poet. With the exception of the letter, each of the other poetic formats is followed by an extensive dissertation of a largely historical and scholarly kind. Yet, what is of greatest interest are the specific comments he makes upon concrete lines of verse, comments which reveal him as possessing a thorough knowledge of the poetic theories in vogue during the second half of the sixteenth century, and also as an extraordinarily perceptive and sensitive literary critic. In this discussion his numerous references to metrical-based issues, as well as to tropological and figurative language, are mulled over, analyzed, and systematized.En el año 1580, se publicaron por primera vez en Sevilla las Obras de Garcilaso de la Vega con anotaciones de Fernando de Herrera, que edita y comenta treinta y cinco sonetos, cinco canciones, dos elegías, una epístola y tres églogas del poeta toledano. Con excepción de la epístola, cada una de las otras formas poemáticas va seguida de una extensa disertación de corte fundamentalmente histórico y erudito. Pero lo más interesante son los comentarios puntuales que hace a determinados versos, que nos revelan a un profundo conocedor de las teorías poéticas vigentes en la segunda mitad del siglo XVI y a un crítico literario extraordinariamente perspicaz y sensible. Se reúnen, analizan y sistematizan aquí sus numerosísimas referencias a las cuestiones métricas y al lenguaje tropológico y figurado.

[Plastic repair of tricuspid valve: Carpentier's ring annuloplasty versus De VEGA technique].

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Charfeddine, Salma; Hammami, Rania; Triki, Faten; Abid, Leila; Hentati, Mourad; Frikha, Imed; Kammoun, Samir

2017-01-01

Tricuspid valve disease has been neglected for a long time by cardiologists and surgeons, but for some years now leakage of tricuspid valve has been demonstrated as a prognostic factor in the evolution of patients with left heart valve disease undergoing surgery. Several techniques for plastic repair of tricuspid valve have been developed and the published studies differ on the results of these techniques; we conducted this study to assess the results of plastic repair of tricuspid valve in a population of patients with a high prevalence of rheumatic disease and to compare Carpentier's ring annuloplasty techniques with DEVEGA plasty. We conducted a retrospective study of patients undergoing plastic repair of tricuspid valve in the Department of Cardiology at the Medicine University of Sfax over a period of 25 years. We compared the results from the Group 1 (Carpentier's ring annuloplasty) with Group 2 (DeVEGA plasty). 91 patients were included in our study, 45 patients in the Group 1 and 46 patients in the Group 2. Most patients had mean or severe TI (83%) before surgery, ring dilation was observed in 90% of patients with no significant difference between the two groups. Immediate results were comparable between the two techniques but during monitoring recurrent, at least mean, insufficiency was significantly more frequent in the DeVEGA plasty Group. The predictive factors for significant recurring long term TI were DeVEGA technique (OR=3.26[1.12-9.28]) in multivariate study and preoperative pulmonary artery systolic pressure (OR=1.06 (1.01-1.12)). Plastic repair of tricuspid valve using Carpentier's ring seems to guarantee better results than DeVEGA plasty. On the other hand, preoperative high PASP is predictive of recurrent leakage of tricuspid valve even after plasty; hence the importance of surgery in the treatment of patients at an early stage of the disease.

Modeling and analysis of walkability in suburban neighborhoods in Las Vegas.

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2017-05-01

Walking has sound health benefits and can be a pleasurable experience requiring neither fuel, fare, license, nor registration. : Society also benefits by the associated reduction of motorized vehicle travel. The objective of this study was to quantif...

Vanishing De Vega annuloplasty for functional tricuspid regurgitation.

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Duran, C M; Kumar, N; Prabhakar, G; Ge, Z; Bianchi, S; Gometza, B

1993-10-01

Annuloplasty is performed for significant functional tricuspid regurgitation even if it is presumed that in some cases the regurgitation will regress spontaneously after correction of the left-sided lesion. In an attempt to avoid the drawbacks of a permanent annuloplasty, we used a reabsorbable De Vega annuloplasty in a selected group of patients. Of 73 patients with functional tricuspid regurgitation operated on between May 1989 and May 1991, 25 with pulmonary arteriolar resistance below 400 dyne.sec.cm-5 underwent a De Vega annuloplasty with 2-0 polydioxanone suture. The diagnosis of significant functional tricuspid regurgitation (mean 2.74 +/- 1.05) was established by transthoracic color Doppler echocardiography in all patients. The degree of functional tricuspid regurgitation and pulmonary arteriolar resistance were measured with the patients anesthetized. In 16 patients the regurgitation remained severe (3+ to 4+) and in 9 it was moderate (2+). Twenty-three patients had mitral (12 repairs, 11 replacements) and 9 had aortic (4 repairs, 5 replacements) valve operations. The immediate postbypass residual functional tricuspid regurgitation was 0 to 1+ in 23 and 0 in 2. There was 1 (4%) operative death. The maximum follow-up period was 24 months (mean 13.9 months). There were 2 (8.3%) late deaths. Six patients underwent reoperation because of mitral dysfunction. Four of them who were reoperated on between 2 and 5 weeks after the initial procedure showed no recurrence of functional tricuspid regurgitation. The other 2, reoperated on at 5 and 10 months after the first operation, had recurrence of functional tricuspid regurgitation. Visual inspection of these two tricuspid valves showed a dilated anulus with otherwise normal valves. All surviving patients are in New York Heart Association functional class I or II without significant functional tricuspid regurgitation (mean 0.78 +/- 0.56). We concluded that functional tricuspid regurgitation in patients with low

Health effects following subacute exposure to geogenic dusts from arsenic-rich sediment at the Nellis Dunes Recreation Area, Las Vegas, NV

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DeWitt, Jamie; Buck, Brenda; Goossens, Dirk; Hu, Qing; Chow, Rebecca; David, Winnie; Young, Sharon; Teng, Yuanxin; Leetham-Spencer, Mallory; Murphy, Lacey; Pollard, James; McLaurin, Brett; Gerads, Russell; Keil, Deborah

2016-01-01

Geogenic dust from arid environments is a possible inhalation hazard for humans, especially when using off-road vehicles that generate significant dust. This study focused on immunotoxicological and neurotoxicological effects following subacute exposure to geogenic dust generated from sediments in the Nellis Dunes Recreation Area near Las Vegas, Nevada that are particularly high in arsenic; the naturally-occurring arsenic concentrations in these surficial sediments ranged from 4.8 to 346 μg/g. Dust samples from sediments used in this study had a median diameter of 4.5 μm and also were a complex mixture of naturally-occurring metals, including aluminum, vanadium, chromium, manganese, iron, cobalt, copper, zinc, strontium, cesium, lead, uranium, and arsenic. Adult female B6C3F1 mice exposed via oropharyngeal aspiration to 0.01 to 100 mg dust/kg body weight, four times, a week apart, for 28 days, were evaluated 24 h after the last exposure. Peripheral eosinophils were increased at all concentrations, serum creatinine was dose responsively increased beginning at 1.0 mg/kg/day, and blood urea nitrogen was decreased at 10 and 100 mg/kg/day. Antigen-specific IgM responses and natural killer cell activity were dose-responsively suppressed at 0.1 mg/kg/day and above. Splenic CD4 + CD25 + T cells were decreased at 0.01, 0.1, 10, and 100 mg/kg/day. Antibodies against MBP, NF-68, and GFAP were selectively reduced. A no observed adverse effect level of 0.01 mg/kg/day and a lowest observed adverse effect level of 0.1 mg/kg/day were determined from IgM responses and natural killer cell activity, indicating that exposure to this dust, under conditions similar to our design, could affect these responses. - Highlights: • Toxicity of geogenic dust from arsenic-rich sediment in Nevada was characterized. • The geogenic dust is a mixture of many metals and crystalline silica. • Geogenic dust exposure decreased IgM antibodies and natural killer cell activity.

Health effects following subacute exposure to geogenic dusts from arsenic-rich sediment at the Nellis Dunes Recreation Area, Las Vegas, NV

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DeWitt, Jamie, E-mail: dewittj@ecu.edu [Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, East Carolina University, Greenville, NC 27834 (United States); Buck, Brenda [Department of Geoscience, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, NV 89154 (United States); Goossens, Dirk [Department of Geoscience, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, NV 89154 (United States); Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, KU Leuven (Belgium); Hu, Qing [Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, East Carolina University, Greenville, NC 27834 (United States); Chow, Rebecca; David, Winnie; Young, Sharon; Teng, Yuanxin [Department of Geoscience, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, NV 89154 (United States); Leetham-Spencer, Mallory; Murphy, Lacey [Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Montana State University, Bozeman, MT 59717 (United States); Pollard, James [Department of Geoscience, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, NV 89154 (United States); McLaurin, Brett [Department of Environmental, Geographical, and Geological Sciences, Bloomsburg University of Pennsylvania, Bloomsburg, PA,17815 (United States); Gerads, Russell [Brooks Rand Labs, LLC, Bothell, WA 98011 (United States); Keil, Deborah [Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Montana State University, Bozeman, MT 59717 (United States)

2016-08-01

Geogenic dust from arid environments is a possible inhalation hazard for humans, especially when using off-road vehicles that generate significant dust. This study focused on immunotoxicological and neurotoxicological effects following subacute exposure to geogenic dust generated from sediments in the Nellis Dunes Recreation Area near Las Vegas, Nevada that are particularly high in arsenic; the naturally-occurring arsenic concentrations in these surficial sediments ranged from 4.8 to 346 μg/g. Dust samples from sediments used in this study had a median diameter of 4.5 μm and also were a complex mixture of naturally-occurring metals, including aluminum, vanadium, chromium, manganese, iron, cobalt, copper, zinc, strontium, cesium, lead, uranium, and arsenic. Adult female B6C3F1 mice exposed via oropharyngeal aspiration to 0.01 to 100 mg dust/kg body weight, four times, a week apart, for 28 days, were evaluated 24 h after the last exposure. Peripheral eosinophils were increased at all concentrations, serum creatinine was dose responsively increased beginning at 1.0 mg/kg/day, and blood urea nitrogen was decreased at 10 and 100 mg/kg/day. Antigen-specific IgM responses and natural killer cell activity were dose-responsively suppressed at 0.1 mg/kg/day and above. Splenic CD4 + CD25 + T cells were decreased at 0.01, 0.1, 10, and 100 mg/kg/day. Antibodies against MBP, NF-68, and GFAP were selectively reduced. A no observed adverse effect level of 0.01 mg/kg/day and a lowest observed adverse effect level of 0.1 mg/kg/day were determined from IgM responses and natural killer cell activity, indicating that exposure to this dust, under conditions similar to our design, could affect these responses. - Highlights: • Toxicity of geogenic dust from arsenic-rich sediment in Nevada was characterized. • The geogenic dust is a mixture of many metals and crystalline silica. • Geogenic dust exposure decreased IgM antibodies and natural killer cell activity.

Retrofitting Las Vegas. Implementing Energy Efficiency in Two Las Vegas Test Homes

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Puttagunta, S. [Consortium for Advanced Residential Buildings, Norwalk, CT (United States)

2013-04-01

In 2009, the state of Nevada received nearly $40 million in Neighborhood Stabilization Funds from the Department of Housing and Urban Development to use to stabilize communities that have suffered from foreclosures and abandonment. In order to provide guidance to local officials and maximize how effectively this NSP funding is used in retrofitting homes, the CARB team provided design specifications, energy modeling, and technical support for the BARA team and its local partners—Better Building Performance, Nevada Energy Star Partners Green Alliance, and Home Free Nevada—for two retrofit test homes. One home demonstrated a modest retrofit and the other a deep energy retrofit. This report describes the retrofit packages, which were used as an educational experience for home performance professionals, building trades, remodelers, and the general public.

Atlas of Vega: 3850-6860 Å

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Kim, Hyun-Sook; Han, Inwoo; Valyavin, G.; Lee, Byeong-Cheol; Shimansky, V.; Galazutdinov, G. A.

2009-10-01

We present a high resolving power (λ/Δλ = 90,000) and high signal-to-noise ratio (˜700) spectral atlas of Vega covering the 3850-6860 Å wavelength range. The atlas is a result of averaging of spectra recorded with the aid of the echelle spectrograph BOES fed by the 1.8 m telescope at Bohyunsan Observatory (Korea). The atlas is provided only in machine-readable form (electronic data file) and will be available in the SIMBAD database upon publication. Based on data collected with the 1.8 m telescope operated at BOAO Observatory, Korea.

Uudised : Rock-paraad Dvigatelis. Kaljuste asemele Layton. "Little Louie" Vega tuleb Tallinna

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2001-01-01

1. mail Dvigateli tehase ruumides toimuvast alternatiivrocki peost. S.Layton saab jaanuaris 2002 uueks Madalmaade Kammerkoori dirigendiks T.Kaljuste asemel. 17. juunil mängib Tallinnas plaate "Little Louie" Vega

Big is not always beautiful - small can be a short cut to blue oceans

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Kvistgaard, Peter

2007-01-01

Often it is claimed that big investments are the only way to success in tourism and the experience economy. Only by building some of the world's biggest hotels - like the ones in Dubai or Las Vegas where hotels with 3-4,000 rooms are not uncommon - success can be achieved. It is understandable...... that hotels have to be big in Las Vegas in order to secure a good return on investment. It is also understandable that they build big hotels when 37 million people came to visit and 22,000 conventions were held in Las Vegas in 2004 according to the official website of Las Vegas (www.lasvegasnevada.gov/factsstatistics/funfacts.htm)....

LA REAFIRMACIÓN DE LAS APORTACIONES DE (PROPIEDAD DE LOS SOCIOS DE LAS SOCIEDADES COOPERATIVAS. PROPUESTA DE REGULACIÓN DE LAS SOCIEDADES DE RESPONSABILIDAD LIMITADA COOPERATIVA /THE REAFFIRMATION OF THE CONTRIBUTIONS OF (PROPERTY OF COOPERATIVE SOCIETIES ASSOCIATES. PROPOSAL OF REGULATION FOR SOCIETIES OF LIMITED COOPERATIVE RESPONSIBILITY

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Carlos GARCÍA-GUTIÉRREZ FERNÁNDEZ

2006-05-01

Full Text Available Las denominadas Normas Internacionales (que sólo son europeas de Contabilidad han puesto de manifiesto un problema latente que no es sólo terminológico: reclaman la consideración de recurso ajeno de la rúbrica que recoge las aportaciones de los socios de las sociedades cooperativas, como no podía ser de otro modo al tratarse de empresas en las que la condición de socio no se adquiere por la aportación obligatoria (y, en su caso, voluntaria. La contabilidad pretende, entre otras cosas, ofrecer una imagen fiel de la situación patrimonial y económico-financiera de la empresa. El principio de puerta abierta, establecido por la única organización ¡mundial! que establece lo que es una sociedad cooperativa, conlleva el reembolso de esas aportaciones cuando el socio deja de serlo; lo que configura al impropiamente denominado capital social (debería ser capital aportado por los socios como una deuda, no convencional, pero deuda. Pero el crédito, la confianza del mercado financiera, se basa más en lo que prometen los empresarios que en una relación contable del pasivo (y mucho menos si es engañosa. No se pueden tergiversar las cosas para atender a los derechos de los acreedores de la sociedad (que son sagrados. Éstos ya saben “con quienes se juegan los cuartos”; y, si no lo saben, es su problema. No se puede cargar las tintas sobre los socios actuales a favor de los futuros; y menos aún a favor de los directivos presentes. La sociedad cooperativa es una asociación de empresarios en democracia, cada uno de los cuales… responde de su aportación, si llega el caso; pero no antes, “por si acaso”. Porque esto es antifinanciero, antieconómico y anticooperativo./The denominated International Norms (that are only European of Accounting they have shown a latent problem that is not only terminological: they claim the resource consideration unaware of the heading that picks up the contributions of the partners of the cooperative

CONFIRMING THE PRIMARILY SMOOTH STRUCTURE OF THE VEGA DEBRIS DISK AT MILLIMETER WAVELENGTHS

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Hughes, A. Meredith; Plambeck, Richard; Chiang, Eugene [Department of Astronomy, University of California, Berkeley, CA 94720 (United States); Wilner, David J.; Andrews, Sean M. [Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, 60 Garden Street, Cambridge, MA 02138 (United States); Mason, Brian [National Radio Astronomy Observatory, 520 Edgemont Road, Charlottesville, VA 22903-2475 (United States); Carpenter, John M. [California Institute of Technology, Department of Astronomy, MC 105-24, Pasadena, CA 91125 (United States); Chiang, Hsin-Fang [Institute for Astronomy, University of Hawaii, 640 North Aohoku Place, Hilo, HI 96720 (United States); Williams, Jonathan P. [Institute for Astronomy, University of Hawaii, 2680 Woodlawn Drive, Honolulu, HI 96822 (United States); Hales, Antonio [Joint ALMA Observatory, Av. El Golf 40, Piso 18, Santiago (Chile); Su, Kate [Steward Observatory, University of Arizona, 933 North Cherry Avenue, Tucson, AZ 85721 (United States); Dicker, Simon; Korngut, Phil; Devlin, Mark, E-mail: mhughes@astro.berkeley.edu [Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Pennsylvania, 209 South 33rd Street, Philadelphia, PA 19104 (United States)

2012-05-01

Clumpy structure in the debris disk around Vega has been previously reported at millimeter wavelengths and attributed to concentrations of dust grains trapped in resonances with an unseen planet. However, recent imaging at similar wavelengths with higher sensitivity has disputed the observed structure. We present three new millimeter-wavelength observations that help to resolve the puzzling and contradictory observations. We have observed the Vega system with the Submillimeter Array (SMA) at a wavelength of 880 {mu}m and an angular resolution of 5''; with the Combined Array for Research in Millimeter-wave Astronomy (CARMA) at a wavelength of 1.3 mm and an angular resolution of 5''; and with the Green Bank Telescope (GBT) at a wavelength of 3.3 mm and angular resolution of 10''. Despite high sensitivity and short baselines, we do not detect the Vega debris disk in either of the interferometric data sets (SMA and CARMA), which should be sensitive at high significance to clumpy structure based on previously reported observations. We obtain a marginal (3{sigma}) detection of disk emission in the GBT data; the spatial distribution of the emission is not well constrained. We analyze the observations in the context of several different models, demonstrating that the observations are consistent with a smooth, broad, axisymmetric disk with inner radius 20-100 AU and width {approx}> 50 AU. The interferometric data require that at least half of the 860 {mu}m emission detected by previous single-dish observations with the James Clerk Maxwell Telescope be distributed axisymmetrically, ruling out strong contributions from flux concentrations on spatial scales of {approx}<100 AU. These observations support recent results from the Plateau de Bure Interferometer indicating that previous detections of clumpy structure in the Vega debris disk were spurious.

CONFIRMING THE PRIMARILY SMOOTH STRUCTURE OF THE VEGA DEBRIS DISK AT MILLIMETER WAVELENGTHS

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Hughes, A. Meredith; Plambeck, Richard; Chiang, Eugene; Wilner, David J.; Andrews, Sean M.; Mason, Brian; Carpenter, John M.; Chiang, Hsin-Fang; Williams, Jonathan P.; Hales, Antonio; Su, Kate; Dicker, Simon; Korngut, Phil; Devlin, Mark

2012-01-01

Clumpy structure in the debris disk around Vega has been previously reported at millimeter wavelengths and attributed to concentrations of dust grains trapped in resonances with an unseen planet. However, recent imaging at similar wavelengths with higher sensitivity has disputed the observed structure. We present three new millimeter-wavelength observations that help to resolve the puzzling and contradictory observations. We have observed the Vega system with the Submillimeter Array (SMA) at a wavelength of 880 μm and an angular resolution of 5''; with the Combined Array for Research in Millimeter-wave Astronomy (CARMA) at a wavelength of 1.3 mm and an angular resolution of 5''; and with the Green Bank Telescope (GBT) at a wavelength of 3.3 mm and angular resolution of 10''. Despite high sensitivity and short baselines, we do not detect the Vega debris disk in either of the interferometric data sets (SMA and CARMA), which should be sensitive at high significance to clumpy structure based on previously reported observations. We obtain a marginal (3σ) detection of disk emission in the GBT data; the spatial distribution of the emission is not well constrained. We analyze the observations in the context of several different models, demonstrating that the observations are consistent with a smooth, broad, axisymmetric disk with inner radius 20-100 AU and width ∼> 50 AU. The interferometric data require that at least half of the 860 μm emission detected by previous single-dish observations with the James Clerk Maxwell Telescope be distributed axisymmetrically, ruling out strong contributions from flux concentrations on spatial scales of ∼<100 AU. These observations support recent results from the Plateau de Bure Interferometer indicating that previous detections of clumpy structure in the Vega debris disk were spurious.

Leedu päritolu kasiinoärimees püsib rikkuselt kolmanda ameeriklasena / Erik Aru

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Aru, Erik

2006-01-01

Väidetavalt Leedu päritolu kasiinoärimehest Sheldon Adelsonist, tema rivaliteedist Steve Wynniga, nende tegevus Hiina Rahvavabariigi territooriumil Macaos. Lisa: Las Vegas kolib Aasiasse. Tabel : Las Vegas Sands Corporation

Radionuclides release from re-irradiated fuel under high temperature and pressure conditions. Gamma-ray measurements of VEGA-5 test

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Hidaka, Akihide; Kudo, Tamotsu; Nakamura, Takehiko; Kanazawa, Toru; Kiuchi, Toshio; Uetsuka, Hiroshi [Japan Atomic Energy Research Inst., Tokai, Ibaraki (Japan). Tokai Research Establishment

2003-03-01

The VEGA (Verification Experiments of radionuclides Gas/Aerosol release) program is being performed at JAERI to clarify mechanisms of radionuclides release from irradiated fuel during severe accidents and to improve source term predictability. The fifth VEGA-5 test was conducted in January 2002 to confirm the reproducibility of decrease in cesium release under elevated pressure that was observed in the VEGA-2 test and to investigate the release behavior of short-life radionuclides. The PWR fuel of 47 GWd/tU after about 8.2 years of cooling was re-irradiated at Nuclear Safety Research Reactor (NSRR) for 8 hours before the heat-up test. After that, the two pellets of 10.9 g without cladding were heated up to about 2,900 K at 1.0 MPa under the inert He condition. The experiment reconfirmed the decrease in cesium release rate under the elevated pressure. The release data on short-life radionuclides such as Ru-103, Ba-140 and Xe-133 that have never been observed in the previous VEGA tests without re-irradiation was obtained using the {gamma} ray measurement. (author)

75 FR 54114 - Procurement List Additions

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2010-09-03

... the Alan Bible Federal Building and Lloyd George U.S. Courthouse in Las Vegas, NV. In its comments.... Services Service Type/Locations: Janitorial & Grounds Service, Alan Bible Federal Building, 600 Las Vegas...

Particle count and black carbon measurements at schools in Las Vegas, NV and in the greater Salt Lake City, UT area.

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Brown, Steven G; Vaughn, David L; Roberts, Paul T

2017-11-01

As part of two separate studies aimed to characterize ambient pollutant concentrations at schools in urban areas, we compare black carbon and particle count measurements at Adcock Elementary in Las Vegas, NV (April-June 2013), and Hunter High School in the West Valley City area of greater Salt Lake City, UT (February 2012). Both schools are in urban environments, but Adcock Elementary is next to the U.S. 95 freeway. Black carbon (BC) concentrations were 13% higher at Adcock compared to Hunter, while particle count concentrations were 60% higher. When wind speeds were low-less than 2 m/sec-both BC and particle count concentrations were significantly higher at Adcock, while concentrations at Hunter did not have as strong a variation with wind speed. When wind speeds were less than 2 m/sec, emissions from the adjacent freeway greatly affected concentrations at Adcock, regardless of wind direction. At both sites, BC and particle count concentrations peaked in the morning during commute hours. At Adcock, particle count also peaked during midday or early afternoon, when BC was low and conditions were conducive to new particle formation. While this midday peak occurred at Adcock on roughly 45% of the measured days, it occurred on only about 25% of the days at Hunter, since conditions for particle formation (higher solar radiation, lower wind speeds, lower relative humidity) were more conducive at Adcock. Thus, children attending these schools are likely to be exposed to pollution peaks during school drop-off in the morning, when BC and particle count concentrations peak, and often again during lunchtime recess when particle count peaks again. Particle count concentrations at two schools were shown to typically be independent of BC or other pollutants. At a school in close proximity to a major freeway, particle count concentrations were high during the midday and when wind speeds were low, regardless of wind direction, showing a large area of effect from roadway emissions

Operation and maintenance manuals for VEGA apparatus on radionuclide release from irradiated fuel

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Hayashida, Retsu; Hidaka, Akihide; Nakamura, Takehiko; Kudo, Tamotsu; Ohtomo, Takashi; Uetsuka, Hiroshi

2001-03-01

An experimental program, Verification Experiments of radionuclides Gas/Aerosol release (VEGA), was initiated at JAERI from September 1999 to improve source term predictabilities for hypothetical severe accidents. In the experiment, a short fuel segment taken from LWR fuels irradiated in Japanese power reactors is inductively heated to high temperatures (∼3273K) in a hot cell under high pressure conditions up to 1.0MPa. Particularly, a focus will be placed on the release and transport behaviors of low-volatile fission products (FP), actinides and short-life FP which have not been well investigated in previous studies. This experimental apparatus was completed in February 1999 and three experiments were performed by the end of 2000. Most of these experiments were successfully conducted, but some problems were also found. Especially, in the first VEGA-1 test with the purpose of shakedown and reference data acquisition, there were problems such as flow blockage at the outlet of furnace due to structure melting, malfunction of heaters and so on. Therefore, the design for these defective parts was changed for future experiments. Moreover, the apparatus is not so big but the entire processes are very complicated. Accordingly, the operators should well understand the details of the apparatus including the recent change of design. This report describes outlines of the VEGA apparatus and the procedures for operation and maintenance. (author)

A rediscussion of the atmospheric extinction and the absolute spectral-energy distribution of Vega

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Hayes, D.S.; Latham, D.W.

1975-01-01

For both the Lick and the Palomar calibrations of the spectral-energy distribution of Vega, the atmospheric extinction was treated incorrectly. We present a model for extinction in the Earth's atmosphere and use this model to calculate corrections to the Lick and Palomar calibrations. We also describe a method that can be used to fabricate mean extinction coefficients for any mountain observatory. We combine selected portions of the corrected Lick and corrected Palomar calibrations with the new Mount Hopkins calibration to generate an absolute spectral-energy distibution of Vega over the wavelength range 3300--10,800 A. Until better measurements become available, we recommend the use of this calibration for all practical applications

NEW CONSTRAINTS ON COMPANIONS AND DUST WITHIN A FEW AU OF VEGA

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Mennesson, B.; Serabyn, E.; Martin, S. R.; Liewer, K.; Mawet, D.; Hanot, C.

2011-01-01

We report on high contrast near-infrared (∼2.2 μm) observations of Vega obtained with the Palomar Fiber Nuller, a dual sub-aperture rotating coronagraph installed at the Palomar Hale telescope. The data show consistent astrophysical null depth measurements at the ≅ 10 -3 level or below for three different baseline orientations spanning 60 deg in azimuth, with individual 1σ uncertainties ≤7 x 10 -4 . These high cancellation and accuracy levels translate into a dynamic range greater than 1000:1 inside the diffraction limit of the 5 m telescope beam. Such high contrast performance is unprecedented in the near-infrared and provides improved constraints on Vega's immediate (≅20 to 250 mas, or ≅0.15 to 2 AU) environment. In particular, our measurements rule out any potential companion in the [0.25-1 AU] region contributing more than 1% of the overall near-infrared stellar flux, with limits as low as 0.2% near 0.6 AU. These are the best upper limits established so far by direct detection for a companion to Vega in this inner region. We also conclude that any dust population contributing a significant (≥1%) near-infrared thermal excess can arise only within 0.2 AU of the star, and that it must consist of much smaller grains than in the solar zodiacal cloud. Dust emission from farther than ≅2 AU is also not ruled out by our observations, but would have to originate in strong scattering, pointing again to very small grains.

A STUDY OF VEGA: A RAPIDLY ROTATING POLE-ON STAR

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Hill, Graham; Gulliver, Austin F.; Adelman, Saul J.

2010-01-01

Ultra-high signal-to-noise, high dispersion spectroscopy over the wavelength range λλ4519-4535 shows Vega to be a rapidly rotating star with V eq of 211 km s -1 seen almost pole-on. The analysis of five independent series of spectroscopic data is combined with analyses of the hydrogen lines, Hγ, Hβ, and Hα, and the latest absolute continuum flux for Vega to yield the following results: Vsin i = 20.8 ± 0.2 km s -1 , polar T eff = 10, 000 ± 30 K, polar log g = 4.04 ± 0.01 dex, V eq = 211 ± 4 km s -1 , breakup fraction = 0.81 ± 0.02, microturbulence (ξ T ) = 1.0 ± 0.1 km s -1 , macroturbulence (ζ) = 7.4 ± 0.5 km s -1 , and an inclination i = 5. 0 7 ± 0. 0 1. The variations in T eff and log g over the photosphere total 1410 K and 0.26 dex, respectively, while the mean temperature is 9560 ± 30 K and log g is 3.95 ± 0.01 dex. Low level variations in the Ti II 4529 A profile are also illustrated.

Method, equipment and results of determination of element composition of the Venus rock by the Vega-2 space probe

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Surkov, Yu.A.; Moskaleva, L.P.; Shcheglov, O.P.

1985-01-01

Venus rock composition was determined by X-ray radiometric method in the northeast site of the Aphrodita terra. The experiment was performed on the Vega-2 spacecraft. Composition of Venus rock proved to be close to the composition of the anorthosite-norite-troctolite rocks widespread in the lunar highland crust. The descriptions of the method, instrumentation and results of determining the composition of rocks in landing site of Vega-2 spacecraft are given

Prevalencia y gravedad de las periodontopatías en pacientes portadores de VIH

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Eladio Miguel Traviesas Herrera

2002-12-01

Full Text Available Se realizó un estudio de prevalencia y gravedad en pacientes infectados por el VIH en el Sanatorio del SIDA de Santiago de las Vegas. Se examinaron 150 seropositivos que acudieron al Servicio de Estomatología del sanatorio. A cada uno se le aplicó al índice periodontal de Rosell revisado (IP-R. Se agruparon los pacientes atendiendo al estudio del sistema inmune y este último se relacionó por edad y sexo. El 100 % de los pacientes examinados poseían enfermedad periodontal, y fue la periodontitis la forma más frecuente. La inmunidad deteriorada predominó en los encuestados y se observó una fuerte asociación entre el deterioro del sistema inmune y el estado periodontal de los pacientes; no se encontró relación con el sexo.A study on the prevalence and severity of HIV infected patients was conducted at the AIDS Sanatorium of Santiago de las Vegas. 150 seropositive patients that were attended at the Dental Service of the Sanatorium were examined. The reviewed Rosell's periodontal index (R-PI was applied to each of them. Patients were grouped according to the study of the immune system, and this was related by age and sex. 100 % of the examined patients had periodontal disease and periodontitis was the most frequent form. Deteriorated immunity predominated among the surveyed and it was observed a strong association between the deterioration of the immune system and the periodontal state of the patients. No relation with sex was found.

Reflexiones identitarias en el territorio contemporáneo. La construcción colectiva de lugar. Caso de estudio de la Vega de Granada

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María Teresa Zapiain Aizpuru

2011-01-01

Full Text Available El objetivo del artículo es participar en el debate actual sobre las nociones que nos conducen al mantenimiento y desarrollo de un territorio con identidad. Para alcanzar dicho objetivo, y considerando la distinción de significado establecida entre los conceptos de espacio, territorio y paisaje y su relación indisociable con la cultura y la identidad, en su primera parte, el artículo expone una propuesta teórica de interpretación de los procesos identitarios vinculados con el territorio como construcción social. En la segunda parte, se presenta algunos de los principales resultados sobre la investigación empírica desarrollada en la «Vega de Granada». En ésta se explora la influencia de ciertas transformaciones socioeconómicas y culturales en los procesos de identificación con el lugar. Se concluye enfatizando la importancia de este tipo de abordajes para el éxito de los planes de ordenación y desarrollo territorial, proponiendo el estudio no sólo de las dimensiones físicas o sectoriales de un territorio, sino su significado como lugar.

75 FR 42771 - Notice of Inventory Completion: University of Colorado Museum, Boulder, CO

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2010-07-22

... Oklahoma; Las Vegas Tribe of Paiute Indians of the Las Vegas Indian Colony, Nevada; Lovelock Paiute Tribe of the Lovelock Indian Colony, Nevada; Moapa Band of Paiute Indians of the Moapa River Indian... Indian Colony, Nevada; Lovelock Paiute Tribe of the Lovelock Indian Colony, Nevada; Moapa Band of Paiute...

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V Las-Vegas so statujei Svobodõ / Katrin Sangla, Gerly Tinn, Tamara Korjagina ; interv. Alina Zelimhanova

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Sangla, Katrin

2002-01-01

Küsitletakse soengukunsti maailmameistrivõistlustel Hair World 2002 Las-Vegases osalenud juuksur Tamara Korjaginat, jumestuskunstnik Katrin Sanglat ja moekunstnik Gerly Tinni võistluse kohta. Saavutasid võiskondlikus arvestuses kolmanda koha

Vegetasjonskartlegging i Vegaøyan verdensarvområde 2010

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2011-01-01

Vegetasjonen på et utvalg øyer ble kartlagt i 2010 for å få oversikt over de botaniske verdiene. De kartlagte øyene inkluderer Store Emårsøya, Kvalholmen, Omnøya, øyer rundt Lisøya, samt noen enkeltøyer nord for hovedøya Vega. Vegetasjonstyper etter Fremstad (1997) er fremstilt på kart og rapporten inneholder i tillegg artslister over registrerte planter. Kartleggingen skal brukes som grunnlag for senere utarbeiding av skjøtselsplaner for områdene og ses i sammenheng med tidligere kartlegging...

A propósito de La doncella Teodor, una comedia de viaje de Lope de Vega

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Madroñal, Abraham

2011-06-01

Full Text Available Having been written and represented around 1610-1612 and taking place in the city of Toledo, La doncella Teodor is a comedy that belongs to Lope de Vega’s «Toledo cycle». However, this is only a pretext to take the spectator on a journey to the courts of Oran, Persia and Constantinople, exotic places where a maidservant named Teodor gains the admiration of wise men. In an attempt to offer an explanation to certain overlooked aspects, notes have been added to the text of this comedy.La doncella Teodor es una comedia que pertenece al «ciclo toledano» de Lope de Vega, porque se escribe y representa hacia 1610-1612 y porque se sitúa en origen en la ciudad de Toledo. Sin embargo, será solo un pretexto para que el espectador viaje a las cortes de Orán, Persia y Constantinopla, lugares exóticos donde una doncella de nombre Teodor causará la admiración de los sabios. Se aportan algunas notas al texto de la comedia, que intentan ofrecer una explicación a aspectos desatendidos.

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VEGA: A low-power front-end ASIC for large area multi-linear X-ray silicon drift detectors: Design and experimental characterization

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Ahangarianabhari, Mahdi; Macera, Daniele [Politecnico di Milano, Department of Electronics Engineering, Information Science and Bioengineering, P.za L. da Vinci 32, 20133 Milano (Italy); National Institute of Nuclear Physics, INFN sez. Milano (Italy); Bertuccio, Giuseppe, E-mail: Giuseppe.Bertuccio@polimi.it [Politecnico di Milano, Department of Electronics Engineering, Information Science and Bioengineering, P.za L. da Vinci 32, 20133 Milano (Italy); National Institute of Nuclear Physics, INFN sez. Milano (Italy); Malcovati, Piero; Grassi, Marco [University of Pavia, Department of Electrical Engineering, and National Institute of Nuclear Physics, INFN sez. Pavia, Pavia (Italy)

2015-01-11

We present the design and the first experimental characterization of VEGA, an Application Specific Integrated Circuit (ASIC) designed to read out large area monolithic linear Silicon Drift Detectors (SDD’s). VEGA consists of an analog and a digital/mixed-signal section to accomplish all the functionalities and specifications required for high resolution X-ray spectroscopy in the energy range between 500 eV and 50 keV. The analog section includes a charge sensitive preamplifier, a shaper with 3-bit digitally selectable shaping times from 1.6 µs to 6.6 µs and a peak stretcher/sample-and-hold stage. The digital/mixed-signal section includes an amplitude discriminator with coarse and fine threshold level setting, a peak discriminator and a logic circuit to fulfill pile-up rejection, signal sampling, trigger generation, channel reset and the preamplifier and discriminators disabling functionalities. A Serial Peripherical Interface (SPI) is integrated in VEGA for loading and storing all configuration parameters in an internal register within few microseconds. The VEGA ASIC has been designed and manufactured in 0.35 µm CMOS mixed-signal technology in single and 32 channel versions with dimensions of 200 µm×500 µm per channel. A minimum intrinsic Equivalent Noise Charge (ENC) of 12 electrons r.m.s. at 3.6 µs peaking time and room temperature is measured and the linearity error is between −0.9% and +0.6% in the whole input energy range. The total power consumption is 481 µW and 420 µW per channel for the single and 32 channels version, respectively. A comparison with other ASICs for X-ray SDD’s shows that VEGA has a suitable low noise and offers high functionality as ADC-ready signal processing but at a power consumption that is a factor of four lower than other similar existing ASICs.

Risk perception and intended behavior

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Mushkatel, A.; Nigg, J.; Pijawka, D.

1988-01-01

This paper reviews the approach taken to assess the social impacts of the proposed high-level nuclear waste repository at Yucca Mountain, Nevada on residents in the closest metropolitan area, Las Vegas. The purpose of this portion of the assessment is to investigate the effects of the repository on the future well-being and behavior of Las Vegas residents under different operational futures of the repository. To investigate these effects, a research design and conceptual framework were developed to collect data from a random sample of Las Vegas metropolitan area residents. The design allows for the collection of both baseline data (to determine current risk perceptions and behaviors) and projected effects of the repository under four different operational futures

Research and Development of a PEM Fuel Cell, Hydrogen Reformer, and Vehicle Refueling Facility

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Edward F. Kiczek

2007-08-31

Air Products and Chemicals, Inc. has teamed with Plug Power, Inc. of Latham, NY, and the City of Las Vegas, NV, to develop, design, procure, install and operate an on-site hydrogen generation system, an alternative vehicle refueling system, and a stationary hydrogen fuel cell power plant, located in Las Vegas. The facility will become the benchmark for validating new natural gas-based hydrogen systems, PEM fuel cell power generation systems, and numerous new technologies for the safe and reliable delivery of hydrogen as a fuel to vehicles. Most important, this facility will serve as a demonstration of hydrogen as a safe and clean energy alternative. Las Vegas provides an excellent real-world performance and durability testing environment.

Mass spectrum and spatial distribution of dust in the coma of Halley comet based on the data from the SP-1 unit on the Vega-1 and Vega-2 space probes

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Vajsberg, O.L.; Smirnov, V.N.; Gorn, L.S.; Iovlev, M.V.

1987-01-01

The paper is concerned with systematic description of experimental data from the impact plasma detector SP-1 on the Vega-1 and Vega-2 space probes. The SP-1 device works on the principle of measuring plasma cloud charge resulting from the dust-thick target impact. Analysis of measurement results showed that dust particle mass spectrum grows with mass decrease in the 10 -4 -10 -16 g mass range. The dust coma consists of several envelopes or paraboloids with different characteristics, that supposes existence of different particles; small mass particles are observed beyond main paraboloids with apexes of 26.5 or 45 thous. km. Examples of particle evolution (including their decay) during their scattering in coma are presented. The cometary dust particles in the mass range below 10 -14 g have the density of approximately 0.1-0.3 g/cm 3 in external coma close to 1 g/cm 3 in internal coma. Particles in ≥10 -12 mass range have primarily low density or complex structure

Tõnu Kaalep kuulab plaate,mille autoriks on naised / Tõnu Kaalep

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2001-01-01

Heliplaatidest: Tori Amos "Strange Little Girls", Suzanne Vega "Songs in Red and Gray", Tracy Chapman "Collection", Sandy Dillon & Hector Zazou "12 (Las Vegas is Cursed)", Anja Garbarek "Smiling & Waving"

Investigations of the Effects of Synthetic Chemicals on the Endocrine System of Common Carp in Lake Mead, Nevada and Arizona

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Rosen, Michael R.; Goodbred, Steven L.; Patiño, Reynaldo; Leiker, Thomas A.; Orsak, Erik

2006-01-01

Introduction: Lake Mead is the largest reservoir by volume in the United States and was created by the construction of the 221-meter high Hoover Dam in 1935 at Black Canyon on the lower Colorado River between Nevada and Arizona (fig. 1). Inflows of water into the lake include three rivers, Colorado, Virgin, and Muddy; as well as Las Vegas Wash, which is now perennial because of discharges from municipal wastewater treatment plants (Covay and Leiker, 1998) and urban stormwater runoff. As the population within the Las Vegas Valley began to increase in the 1940s, the treated effluent volume also has increased and in 1993 it constituted about 96 percent of the annual discharge of Las Vegas Wash (Bevans and others, 1996). The mean flow of Las Vegas Wash into Las Vegas Bay from 1992 to 1998 was about 490,000 m3/d (Preissler and others, 1999) and in 2001 increased to 606,000 m3/d (U.S. Bureau of Reclamation, 2001). The nutrient concentration in most areas of the lake is low, but wastewater discharged into Las Vegas Bay has caused an increased level of nutrients and primary productivity (aquatic plant and algal production) in this area of the lake (LaBounty and Horn, 1997). A byproduct of this increase in productivity has been the establishment of an important recreational fishery in Las Vegas Bay. However, concentrations of chlorophyll a (a measure of algal biomass) have also increased (LaBounty and Horn, 1997). In the spring of 2001, parts of Lake Mead experienced massive algal blooms. In addition to nutrient loading by wastewater, the presence of numerous synthetic chemicals in water, bottom sediments, and in fish tissue also has been reported (Bevans and others, 1996). Synthetic chemicals discharging into Las Vegas Bay and Lake Mead (fig. 1) originate from several sources that include surplus residential-irrigation water runoff, stormwater runoff, subsurface inflow, and tertiary treated sewage effluent discharging from three sewage-treatment plants. Chemicals detected

See kummaline kohtumispaik Las Vegas : intervjuu Johnny Deppiga / intervjueerinud Jaques-André Bondy ; tõlkinud Kaia Sisask

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1998-01-01

Näitleja oma rollist Terry Gilliami mängufilmis "Ratastel Las Vegases" (Suurbritannia-USA, 1998), tõlge ajakirjast "Premiere", 1998, juuni; lisa : A. Ermeli koostatud ülevaade J. Deppi olulisematest filmirollidest

What Happens in the Library…

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Brett Bonfield

2008-10-01

Full Text Available In 1968, Robert Venturi and Denise Scott Brown, a couple of newlywed architects, had the humility to laugh with Las Vegas rather than at it. A few years earlier, Tom Wolfe had written, Las Vegas has become, just as Bugsy Siegel dreamed, the American Monte Carlo-without any of the inevitable upper-class baggage of the casinos… [...

Current status of VEGA program

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Hidaka, Akihide; Nakamura, Takehiko; Nishino, Y.; Kanazawa, H.; Hashimoto, Kazuichiro; Harada, Yuhei; Kudo, Tamotsu; Uetsuka, Hiroshi; Sugimoto, Jun

1999-01-01

The VEGA program has been performed at JAERI to investigate the release of transuranium and FP including non-volatile and short-life radionuclides from Japanese PWR/BWR irradiated fuel at ∼3000degC under high pressure condition up to 1.0 MPa. One of special features is to investigate the effect of ambient pressure on FP release which has never been examined in previous studies. As the furnace structures, ZrO 2 , W or ThO 2 will be used depending on the experimental conditions. In the post-test measurement, off-line gamma spectrometry, metallography and the elemental analyses are scheduled with SEM/EPMA, SIMA and ICP-AES. The installation of test facility into the beta/gamma concrete No.5 cell at the Reactor Fuel Examination Facility (RFEF) will be finished soon and four experiments in a year are scheduled. The analyses will be conducted with the VICTORIA code to prepare the operational conditions and to evaluate the results. Preliminary fabrication of ThO 2 crucible and tube was mostly successful by using the centrifugal slip casting technique. The FP release from MOX fuel will also be investigated in future. (author)

Current status of VEGA program

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Hidaka, Akihide; Nakamura, Takehiko; Nishino, Y.; Kanazawa, H.; Hashimoto, Kazuichiro; Harada, Yuhei; Kudo, Tamotsu; Uetsuka, Hiroshi; Sugimoto, Jun [Japan Atomic Energy Research Inst., Tokai, Ibaraki (Japan). Tokai Research Establishment

1999-07-01

The VEGA program has been performed at JAERI to investigate the release of transuranium and FP including non-volatile and short-life radionuclides from Japanese PWR/BWR irradiated fuel at {approx}3000degC under high pressure condition up to 1.0 MPa. One of special features is to investigate the effect of ambient pressure on FP release which has never been examined in previous studies. As the furnace structures, ZrO{sub 2}, W or ThO{sub 2} will be used depending on the experimental conditions. In the post-test measurement, off-line gamma spectrometry, metallography and the elemental analyses are scheduled with SEM/EPMA, SIMA and ICP-AES. The installation of test facility into the beta/gamma concrete No.5 cell at the Reactor Fuel Examination Facility (RFEF) will be finished soon and four experiments in a year are scheduled. The analyses will be conducted with the VICTORIA code to prepare the operational conditions and to evaluate the results. Preliminary fabrication of ThO{sub 2} crucible and tube was mostly successful by using the centrifugal slip casting technique. The FP release from MOX fuel will also be investigated in future. (author)

75 FR 52019 - Notice of Inventory Completion: University of Colorado Museum, Boulder, CO

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2010-08-24

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Current status of VEGA program and a preliminary test with cesium iodide

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Hidaka, A.; Nakamura, T.; Kudo, T.; Hayashida, R.; Nakamura, J.; Otomo, T.; Uetsuka, H.

2000-01-01

The VEGA program has been performed at JAERI to clarify the mechanism of FP release from irradiated PWR/BWR fuels including MOX fuel and to improve predictability of the source term. The principal purposes are to investigate the release of actinides and FPs including non-volatile radionuclides from irradiated fuel at 3000degC under high pressure condition up to 1.0 MPa. The short-life radionuclides will be accumulated by re-irradiation of test fuel just before the experiment using the JAERI's research reactor such as JRR-3 or NSRR. The test facility was installed into the beta/gamma concrete No.5 cell at RFEF and completed in February, 1999. Before the first VEGA-1 test in September, 1999, a preliminary test using a cold simulant, cesium iodide (CsI) was performed to confirm the fundamental capabilities of the test facility. The test results showed that the trapping efficiency of the aerosol filters is about 98%. The amount of CsI which arrived at the downstream pipe of the filters was quite small while a small amount of I 2 gas which can pass through the filters was condensed just before the cold condenser as expected in the design. (author)

Immunotoxicological and neurotoxicological profile of health effects following subacute exposure to geogenic dust from sand dunes at the Nellis Dunes Recreation Area, Las Vegas, NV

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Keil, Deborah, E-mail: Deborah.Keil@montana.edu [Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Montana State University, Bozeman, MT 59717 (United States); Buck, Brenda [Department of Geoscience, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, NV 89154 (United States); Goossens, Dirk [Department of Geoscience, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, NV 89154 (United States); Geography Research Group, Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, KU Leuven (Belgium); Teng, Yuanxin [Department of Geoscience, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, NV 89154 (United States); Leetham, Mallory; Murphy, Lacey [Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Montana State University, Bozeman, MT 59717 (United States); Pollard, James [Department of Geoscience, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, NV 89154 (United States); Eggers, Margaret [Center for Biofilm Engineering, Montana State University, Bozeman, MT 59717 (United States); McLaurin, Brett [Department of Environmental, Geographical, and Geological Sciences, Bloomsburg University of Pennsylvania, Bloomsburg, PA 17815 (United States); Gerads, Russell [Brooks Rand Labs, LLC, Bothell, WA 98011 (United States); DeWitt, Jamie [Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, East Carolina University, Greenville, NC 27834 (United States)

2016-01-15

Exposure to geogenic particulate matter (PM) comprised of mineral particles has been linked to human health effects. However, very little data exist on health effects associated with geogenic dust exposure in natural settings. Therefore, we characterized particulate matter size, metal chemistry, and health effects of dust collected from the Nellis Dunes Recreation Area (NDRA), a popular off-road vehicle area located near Las Vegas, NV. Adult female B6C3F1 mice were exposed to several concentrations of mineral dust collected from active and vegetated sand dunes in NDRA. Dust samples (median diameter: 4.4 μm) were suspended in phosphate-buffered saline and delivered at concentrations ranging from 0.01 to 100 mg dust/kg body weight by oropharyngeal aspiration. ICP-MS analyses of total dissolution of the dust resulted in aluminum (55,090 μg/g), vanadium (70 μg/g), chromium (33 μg/g), manganese (511 μg/g), iron (21,600 μg/g), cobalt (9.4 μg/g), copper (69 μg/g), zinc (79 μg/g), arsenic (62 μg/g), strontium (620 μg/g), cesium (13 μg/g), lead 25 μg/g) and uranium (4.7 μg/g). Arsenic was present only as As(V). Mice received four exposures, once/week over 28-days to mimic a month of weekend exposures. Descriptive and functional assays to assess immunotoxicity and neurotoxicity were performed 24 h after the final exposure. The primary observation was that 0.1 to 100 mg/kg of this sand dune derived dust dose-responsively reduced antigen-specific IgM antibody responses, suggesting that dust from this area of NDRA may present a potential health risk. - Graphical abstract: During periods of heavy wind erosion, dense dust clouds of locally emitted geogenic dust enrobe the central Nellis Dune Recreation Area dunes. - Highlights: • Toxicological effects were characterized specific to geogenic dust exposure from a recreational sand dune site in Nevada. • The geogenic dust is a mixture of many metals and crystalline silica. • Exposure to geogenic dust dose

Review of Aircraft Crash Structural Response Research.

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1982-08-01

11Ilk LAS VEGAS A-CIDE NT CABIN FLOOR CONTROLLED TESI CABIN FLOOP Fig 6 Damage comparison between controlled test and Las %egas acc¢ident. P IL •I...damage pattern to the standard passenger and crew seats of the shortly after taking off from the North Las Vegas Airport. Chieftain was similar to...8217Hoekstra, H C. and iuan, S. C., "aety ’Alfaro-Bou, Emilio , Fasanella, , in General Aviation," Fliqnt Safety -oundatlon, and Wiliiams, 4, Susan

La imprescriptibilidad del delito de desaparición forzada: El caso Plazas Vega

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Omar Huertas Díaz

2013-09-01

Full Text Available One of the most controversial topics in Colombian Criminal Law nowadays is based on the sentence regarding retired Colonel Plazas Vega in terms of the Statute of Limitations for crimes against humanity. This paper is a summary of this sentence seen from diverse legalistic, guarantistic and argumentative stances in order to guide readers, and open a debate concerning the decisions adopted in this case

LA RESPONSABILIDAD SOCIAL CORPORATIVA Y SU PARALELISMO CON LAS SOCIEDADES COOPERATIVAS / CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY AND ITS PARALLELISM WITH THE COOPERATIVES SOCIETIES

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RAQUEL PUENTES POYATOS

2010-09-01

Full Text Available El concepto de responsabilidad social corporativa no es nuevo. Es un enfoque que, según la literatura científica, está muy presente en las sociedades cooperativas y es fuente de singularidades de éstas. En este sentido la Comisión Europea (2002 indicó que “Las cooperativas tienen una larga tradición en combinar viabilidad económica y responsabilidad social gracias al diálogo entre las partes interesadas y a la gestión participativa, y pueden servir de referencia a otras organizaciones”. Este trabajo tiene como objetivo poner de manifiesto que la responsabilidad social corporativa está entroncada en los valores y principios cooperativos y que, por tanto, constituye una ideología innata al cooperativismo. En consecuencia podemos decir que las sociedades cooperativas se sitúan como las máximas exponentes de la RSC. /Corporate social responsibility is not a new concept. According to the scientific literature it is a very present concept in cooperatives societies and it is a source of singularities of these ones. In this context the European Commission (2002 reported that “Cooperatives have a long tradition in combining economic viability and social responsibility through dialogue between stakeholders and participatory management, so they can serve as reference for other organizations”. This work aims to show that corporate social responsibility is rooted in the cooperative values and principles and, therefore, constitutes an inherent ideology of cooperatives. Therefore we can say that cooperatives are positioned as the greatest exponents of CSR

Are endocrine and reproductive biomarkers altered in contaminant-exposed wild male Largemouth Bass (Micropterus salmoides) of Lake Mead, Nevada/Arizona, USA?

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Goodbred, Steven L.; Patino, Reynaldo; Torres, Leticia; Echols, Kathy R.; Jenkins, Jill A.; Rosen, Michael R.; Orsak, Erik

2015-01-01

Male Largemouth Bass were sampled from two locations in Lake Mead (USA), a site influenced by treated municipal wastewater effluent and urban runoff (Las Vegas Bay), and a reference site (Overton Arm). Samples were collected in summer (July '07) and spring (March '08) to assess general health, endocrine and reproductive biomarkers, and compare contaminant body burdens by analyzing 252 organic chemicals. Sperm count and motility were measured in spring. Contaminants were detected at much higher frequencies and concentrations in fish from Las Vegas Bay than Overton Arm. Those with the highest concentrations included PCBs, DDTs, PBDEs, galaxolide, and methyl triclosan. Fish from Las Vegas Bay also had higher Fulton condition factor, hepatosomatic index, and hematocrit, and lower plasma 11-ketotestosterone concentration (KT). Gonadosomatic index (GSI) and sperm motility did not differ between sites, but sperm count was lower by nearly 50% in fish from Las Vegas Bay. A positive association between KT and GSI was identified, but this association was nonlinear. On average, maximal GSI was reached at sub-maximal KT concentrations. In conclusion, the higher concentration of contaminant body burdens coupled with reduced levels of KT and sperm count in fish from Las Vegas Bay suggest that male reproductive condition was influenced by contaminant exposures. Also, the nonlinear KT-GSI association provided a framework to understand why GSI was similar between male bass from both sites despite their large difference in KT, and also suggested the existence of post-gonadal growth functions of KT at high concentrations.

Are endocrine and reproductive biomarkers altered in contaminant-exposed wild male Largemouth Bass (Micropterus salmoides) of Lake Mead, Nevada/Arizona, USA?

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Goodbred, Steven L; Patiño, Reynaldo; Torres, Leticia; Echols, Kathy R; Jenkins, Jill A; Rosen, Michael R; Orsak, Erik

2015-08-01

Male Largemouth Bass were sampled from two locations in Lake Mead (USA), a site influenced by treated municipal wastewater effluent and urban runoff (Las Vegas Bay), and a reference site (Overton Arm). Samples were collected in summer (July '07) and spring (March '08) to assess general health, endocrine and reproductive biomarkers, and compare contaminant body burdens by analyzing 252 organic chemicals. Sperm count and motility were measured in spring. Contaminants were detected at much higher frequencies and concentrations in fish from Las Vegas Bay than Overton Arm. Those with the highest concentrations included PCBs, DDTs, PBDEs, galaxolide, and methyl triclosan. Fish from Las Vegas Bay also had higher Fulton condition factor, hepatosomatic index, and hematocrit, and lower plasma 11-ketotestosterone concentration (KT). Gonadosomatic index (GSI) and sperm motility did not differ between sites, but sperm count was lower by nearly 50% in fish from Las Vegas Bay. A positive association between KT and GSI was identified, but this association was nonlinear. On average, maximal GSI was reached at sub-maximal KT concentrations. In conclusion, the higher concentration of contaminant body burdens coupled with reduced levels of KT and sperm count in fish from Las Vegas Bay suggest that male reproductive condition was influenced by contaminant exposures. Also, the nonlinear KT-GSI association provided a framework to understand why GSI was similar between male bass from both sites despite their large difference in KT, and also suggested the existence of post-gonadal growth functions of KT at high concentrations. Published by Elsevier Inc.

Las lenguas en las sociedades del conocimiento

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Álvarez, J. Francisco

2008-12-01

Full Text Available Languages become a strategic resource for information and knowledge societies. By expressing and sharing knowledge by means of languages, every culture generates deposits of knowledge, which can be transferred and exchanged among different epistemic communities. The contemporary technologies of information and communication have changed the structure of knowledge flows. Globalization of knowledge poses a great challenge to every language, including the Spanish one. In order to survive in the digital world, they should develop technolanguages. The lemma “Thinking in Spanish” implies a new model of governance for the Ibero-American knowledge communities.En las sociedades de la información y el conocimiento las lenguas se convierten en un recurso estratégico. Al expresar y compartir conocimiento por medio de los idiomas, las culturas generan yacimientos de conocimiento, que pueden ser transferidos e intercambiados entre comunidades epistémicas diferentes. Las actuales tecnologías de la información y la comunicación han cambiado la estructura de los flujos de conocimiento. La globalización del conocimiento plantea un gran desafío a todas las lenguas, incluyendo la española. Para sobrevivir en el mundo digital, los lenguajes han de convertirse en tecnolenguajes. El lema “Pensar en español” aporta un nuevo modelo de gobernanza para las comunidades iberoamericanas del conocimiento.

"Piores que bestas feras": Garcilaso de la Vega e o imaginário hispano-inca sobre os Guarani Chiriguano

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Protasio Paulo Langer

Full Text Available No presente artigo propomos uma análise do imaginário de Garcilaso de la Vega sobre os Chiriguano - povo guarani falante que, por volta do século XV, se estabeleceu nas fronteiras do império andino. O tenaz enfrentamento que travaram contra os exércitos imperiais incaicos e, posteriormente, contra os hispânicos ensejou que o cronista Garcilaso de la Vega descrevesse os Chiriguano como a antítese da civilização. Nossa análise incide sobre como esse cronista mestiço abordou os Chiriguano, no intuito de tecer similaridades entre o imaginário cristão e o inca.

Fake insanes and fools: another way of playing (without disguise in Lope de Vega's theatre

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José Enrique López Martínez

2014-05-01

Full Text Available Abstract:In this work I study the theme of fake insanity and foolishness in Spanish Baroque Drama, starting with the work of Lope de Vega. In the first place, I consider some important sources in Italian Drama, specially Grazzini’s La Spiritata and Girolamo Bargagli’s La Pellegrina. Afterwards, I analyse in chronological order some of Lope’s plays that introduce this theme in Hispanic Theater, written at the turn of the XVIIth Century, such as Los locos de Valencia and El mármol de Felisardo; until many late plays by Lope and other playwrights that kept on reproducing the literary elements of those early comedias. In this survey, I examine the metatheatrical sense of fake insanity, the dramatic subgenres where it was featured, its importance for the plots, and its relation to other forms of dramatic deception, like the woman in male disguise and the nobleman as servant; as well as some dramatic and literary devices it relied on: the different kinds of simulated madness, its discoursive features, and the motif of the fake wedding. Resumen:En este trabajo se analiza el desarrollo del tema de la locura y la simpleza fingida en el teatro barroco español, a partir de la obra de Lope de Vega. Primero, se consideran algunos importantes antecedentes italianos, especialmente las obras La Spiritata, de Grazzini, y La Pellegrina, de Girolamo Bargagli. Después, se analizan con detalle y en orden cronológico algunas comedias del Fénix escritas en la última década del siglo XVI y primera del XVII en que introduce este tema en el teatro hispánico, como Los locos de Valencia o El mármol de Felisardo, hasta mencionar varias obras tardías del propio Lope y otros autores que continuaron reproduciendo los recursos de aquellas comedias tempranas. En este recorrido, se hace énfasis en el carácter metateatral de la locura fingida, los subgéneros dramáticos en la que fue incluida, importancia argumental, formas de caracterización y relación con

Retrofitting Vegas: Implementing Energy Efficiency in Two Las Vegas Test Homes

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Puttagunta, S.

2013-04-01

In 2009, the state of Nevada received nearly forty million dollars in Neighborhood Stabilization Funds from the Department of Housing and Urban Development. The purpose of this funding was to stabilize communities that have suffered from foreclosures and abandonment. In an effort to provide guidance to local officials and maximize how effectively this NSP funding is utilized in retrofitting homes, CARB provided design specifications, energy modeling, and technical support for the Building America Retrofit Alliance (BARA) team and its local partners - Better Building Performance, Nevada Energy Star Partners Green Alliance, and Home Free Nevada - for two retrofit test homes. One home was to demonstrate a modest retrofit and the other a deep energy retrofit. Through this project, CARB has provided two robust solution packages for retrofitting homes built in this region between the 1980s and early 1990s without substantially inconveniencing the occupants. The two test homes, the Carmen and Sierra Hills, demonstrate how cost-effectively energy efficient upgrades can be implemented in the hot, dry climate of the Southwest. In addition, the homes were used as an educational experience for home performance professionals, building trades, remodelers, and the general public. In-field trainings on air-sealing, HVAC upgrades, and insulating were provided to local contractors during the retrofit and BARA documented these retrofits through a series of video presentations, beginning with a site survey and concluding with the finished remodel and test out.

P/Halley the model comet, in view of the imaging experiment aboard the VEGA spacecraft

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Szegoe, K.

1989-07-01

In this paper those results of the VEGA imaging experiments are summarized which probably have general validity for any comet. Shape, size, surface structure, jet activity, rotation patterns are considered in this respect. It is pointed out that imaging data provide indispensable information to the understanding of cometary activity. (author) 27 refs

Say YES to a Youngster`s Future{trademark}. Final quarterly technical report, November 1995--August 1996

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Martin-Ross, B.V.

1996-09-01

Those persons more greatly affected negatively by social violence have often survived circumstances which seemed insurmountable to others in society, who are better isolated economically and socially from social ills. Such is the case of the young students and their families in the West Las Vegas, Nevada community. This year`s Say YES Family Learning Center began in the midst of drive-by shootings, fear and apprehension on the part of both Say YES staff members and their clients. Meetings were held with community leaders and parents. Not much was done to resolve the core problems that caused the shootings, but just the communal gathering and sharing was enough to move on, to keep working, trying to make a difference for the younger generation. Though the NUC and Department of Energy administrators and support staff did their best at trying to reconcile the many differences and conflicts, tension continued to characterize the work at the Las Vegas Family Learning Centers. The staff appeared distrustful of any delays or inaction due to the frozen finances of the US government, and of the resulting cutbacks. Inclement weather in the nation`s capital did not help an already strained program. Still children and their parents and/or adult assistants learned Hands-On Family Math, Science, and Technology the Say YES way. The veteran Family Learning Center staff worked diligently despite human and bureaucratic shortcomings. Teachers in the Clark County School District were once again trained and made ready to share their knowledge daily in the classroom. This report describes the Say YES program and its implementation in West Las Vegas, NV.

Dynamic Minimum Spanning Forest with Subpolynomial Worst-case Update Time

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Nanongkai, Danupon; Saranurak, Thatchaphol; Wulff-Nilsen, Christian

2017-01-01

Abstract: We present a Las Vegas algorithm for dynamically maintaining a minimum spanning forest of an nnode graph undergoing edge insertions and deletions. Our algorithm guarantees an O(no(1)) worst-case update time with high probability. This significantly improves the two recent Las Vegas algo...... the previous approach in [2], [3] which is based on Frederickson's 2-dimensional topology tree [6] and illustrates a new application to this old technique....

The 16th International Twin Congress: Highlights from Madrid/Twin Research: Twin Study of Partner Aggression; ABO Incompatibility in Dizygotic Twins; Growth Discordance in a Monoamniotic Twin Pair; Quick Note on Twin Implantation/In the Media: Long-Lost Twins Found; NASA Twin Experiment; Twin Brothers and the Las Vegas Attack; Retired Twin Airline Pilots; Twin Film Clips.

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Segal, Nancy L

2018-02-01

Highlights from the 16th International Twin Congress, held in Madrid, Spain from November 16-18, 2017, are presented. The Twin Congress, formerly held every three years, now takes place biennially with a single-day meeting organized during the off years. This meeting is the largest gathering of scientific twin researchers, medical personnel, and representatives of multiple birth organizations in the world. This overview is followed by reviews of recent twin research and commentary concerning partner aggression, ABO incompatibility in dizygotic twins, growth discordance in a monoamniotic twin pair and twin implantation. The article closes with summaries of timely topics in the media, namely a father's finding of his long-lost twin children, early results from the NASA twin experiment, twin brothers at the center of the October 2017 Las Vegas attack, retired twin airline pilots, and clips from recent films with twin-based themes.

DIFERENTES CONSIDERACIONES EN TORNO AL CAPITAL SOCIAL DE LAS SOCIEDADES COOPERATIVAS/DIFFERENT CONSIDERATIONS ABAUT SOCIAL CAPITAL IN CO-OPERATIVE SOCIETIES

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Josefina FERNÁNDEZ GUADAÑO

2006-01-01

Full Text Available En este trabajo se analizan las distintas consideraciones en torno a la clasificación del Capital Social de la sociedad cooperativa, puesto que, hay posturas encontradas en cuanto a su calificación. En concreto, se estudian el criterio jurídico en el ámbito europeo, nacional y autonómico; el criterio contable nacional e internacional; y el criterio económico-financiero. Todo ello en orden a tratar de superar las discrepancias y plantear el reembolso parcial de las aportaciones de los socios a Capital Social como una alternativa que trata de garantizar el carácter de Patrimonio Neto de la parte no exigible de esas aportaciones sociales con el cumplimiento parcial del principio cooperativo de puertas abiertas de salida./There has been on-going debate concerning the classification of the Social Capitalof cooperative societies. This paper analyzes the different views on important areas of such classification. Particularly, it reviews the juridical approach in the European, national and autonomous environments; the national and international accounting methods; and the economic-financial approach The goal is to overcome the existing discrepancies and to propose the partial refund of the partners' contributions to Social Capital as a solution that attempts to guarantee the Net Patrimony" nature of the non-mandatory portion of those social contributions, along with partially following the "open exit doors" cooperative principle.

De Vega Annuloplasty for Functional Tricupsid Regurgitation: Concept of Tricuspid Valve Orifice Index to Optimize Tricuspid Valve Annular Reduction

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Hwang, Ho Young; Chang, Hyoung Woo; Jeong, Dong Seop

2013-01-01

We evaluated long-term results of De Vega annuloplasty measured by cylindrical sizers for functional tricuspid regurgitation (FTR) and analyzed the impact of measured annular size on the late recurrence of tricuspid valve regurgitation. Between 2001 and 2011, 177 patients (57.9±10.5 yr) underwent De Vega annuloplasty for FTR. Three cylindrical sizers (actual diameters of 29.5, 31.5, and 33.5 mm) were used to reproducibly reduce the tricuspid annulus. Long-term outcomes were evaluated and risk factor analyses for the recurrence of FTR ≥3+ were performed. Measured annular diameter indexed by patient's body surface area was included in the analyses as a possible risk factor. Operative mortality occurred in 8 patients (4.5%). Ten-year overall and cardiac death-free survivals were 80.5% and 90.8%, respectively. Five and 10-yr freedom rates from recurrent FTR were 96.5% and 93.1%, respectively. Cox proportional hazard model revealed that higher indexed annular size was the only risk factor for the recurrence of FTR (P=0.006). A minimal P value approach demonstrated that indexed annular diameter of 22.5 mm/m2 was a cut-off value predicting the recurrence of FTR. De Vega annuloplasty for FTR results in low rates of recurrent FTR in the long-term. Tricuspid annulus should be reduced appropriately considering patients' body size to prevent recurrent FTR. PMID:24339705

Roles of Knowledge in Motor Learning.

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1987-02-02

arm dynamics, previous single trajectory learning algorithms, and much of traditional adaptive control. Thesis Supervisor: Dr. Emilio Bizzi Eugene...and Lim, S.K., 1984, *Joint torque measurement of a direct-drive arm,’ Proc. 23rd Con!. Decision ad Control, Las Vegas , Dec. 12-14, pp. 1332-1337...Dynamic Systems By Learning: A New Control Theory For Servomechanisms of Mechatronics Systems." Proc. 23rd IEEE CDC, Las Vegas , Nevada Arimoto, S., S

How to Become a Better Salesperson in the Hospitality Industry

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2013-01-01

In the lodging and hospitality industry, it is quite common to have very busy times of the year and also times when business is slow. When a big convention comes to Las Vegas, occupancy rates soar and it can be very hard to find a room. During the period of time between Thanksgiving and Christmas, the visitor count to Las Vegas drops and hotel soffer great deals to try and fill their empty rooms.

Goffman’s Return to Las Vegas

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Schoeneborn, Dennis; Homberg, Fabian

2016-01-01

In this paper, we argue that corruption research can benefit from studying corrupt transactions as a particular form of social interaction. We showcase the usefulness of a theoretical focus on social interaction by investigating online user reports on the website Frontdesktip.com. Through...... study makes a twofold contribution to existing research on corruption. First, on the theoretical level, we show that the typified and scripted character of social interactions can help explain the occurrence of corrupt transactions. Second, on a methodological level, our study showcases online self...

Goffman’s Return to Las Vegas

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Schoeneborn, Dennis; Homberg, Fabian

2016-01-01

In this paper, we argue that corruption research can benefit from studying corrupt transactions as a particular form of social interaction. We showcase the fruitfulness of a social interaction lens by investigating user reports on the online website Frontdesktip.com, where users share experiences...... research on corruption. First, on the theoretical level, we show that the typified and scripted character of social interactions can help explain corrupt transactions. Second, on the methodological level, our study demonstrates the usefulness of online self-reports as a non-reactive data source to observe...

Las multitudes y las revoluciones de nuestro tiempo

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John Harold Biervliet

2015-08-01

Full Text Available Este artículo examina el motivo de las multitudes y las revoluciones de nuestro tiempo. Primeramente, se discuten las diferencias entre los conceptos de multitud y masa. Así, podemos considerar las revoluciones como acontecimientos de cambios sociales, económicos y políticos, provenientes de las clases baja y media de la sociedad. El meollo de este artículo refiere a la dignidad humana articulada a la contracción de los Estados de bienestar. Los ciudadanos están reflejando un desencanto hacia la clase política y una frustración con respecto al empeoramiento de las condiciones económicas y sociales. Podemos observar los casos de indignados en Grecia, España y Portugal pero también en los países árabes. De esta misma manera, las revoluciones de las multitudes siguen avanzando por medio de las demostraciones públicas y protestas sobre los espacios geográficos. Finalmente, las dinámicas de cambio a través de las revoluciones árabes son una cuestión compleja debido al círculo vicioso entre la tendencia autoritaria y la islámica. This article examines the reason of multitudes and revolutions in our time. First of all, it discusses the difference between the concept of multitude and mass. Consequently, revolutions can be considered as social, economic, and political events of changes, which come from the low and middle classes of the society. This article refers to the human dignity articulated with the contraction of Welfare states. Citizens are reflecting disenchantment towards the political class and frustration regarding the deterioration of social and economic conditions. We can observe angry people in Greece, Spain, and Portugal but also in Arabian countries. In this same way, revolutions of multitudes continue by means of public demonstrations and protests on geographical spaces. Finally, the dynamics of change through Arabian Revolutions are a complex matter due to the vicious circle between the authoritarian or Islamic

VEGA, a small launch vehicle

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Duret, François; Fabrizi, Antonio

1999-09-01

Several studies have been performed in Europe aiming to promote the full development of a small launch vehicle to put into orbit one ton class spacecrafts. But during the last ten years, the european workforce was mainly oriented towards the qualification of the heavy class ARIANE 5 launch vehicle.Then, due also to lack of visibility on this reduced segment of market, when comparing with the geosatcom market, no proposal was sufficiently attractive to get from the potentially interrested authorities a clear go-ahead, i.e. a financial committment. The situation is now rapidly evolving. Several european states, among them ITALY and FRANCE, are now convinced of the necessity of the availability of such a transportation system, an important argument to promote small missions, using small satellites. Application market will be mainly scientific experiments and earth observation; some telecommunications applications may be also envisaged such as placement of little LEO constellation satellites, or replacement after failure of big LEO constellation satellites. FIAT AVIO and AEROSPATIALE have proposed to their national agencies the development of such a small launch vehicle, named VEGA. The paper presents the story of the industrial proposal, and the present status of the project: Mission spectrum, technical definition, launch service and performance, target development plan and target recurring costs, as well as the industrial organisation for development, procurement, marketing and operations.

Cumplimiento de las recomendaciones en rehabilitación respiratoria de la British Thoracic Society en pacientes con fibrosis quística: estudio en fisioterapeutas colombianos

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Diana Duran-Palomino

2013-06-01

Full Text Available Con el objetivo de evaluar el cumplimiento de las recomendaciones en rehabilitación respiratoria (ReR, planteadas por la British Thoracic Society (BTS en pacientes con fibrosis quística (FQ se realizó un estudio transversal entre 224 fisioterapeutas colombianos para identificar el tipo de intervenciones y las características de los programas de ReR como componentes del cumplimiento de las guías clínicas basadas en la evidencia de la BTS. Un elevado porcentaje de profesionales respondieron “realizar siempre” intervenciones con alto nivel de evidencia (grado A como: técnicas de higiene bronquial (54,0% y ciclo activo de la respiración (35,3%. Se observaron también intervenciones con menor grado de recomendación (grado D como: uso de solución salina hipertónica y broncodilatador para evitar el broncoespasmo (33,9%, y técnicas de terapia manual o ejercicios de movilidad torácica y resistida (38,4% para corregir problemas posturales y respiratorios. En conclusión, se encontraron importantes discrepancias con las intervenciones y componentes sugeridos por BTS en pacientes con FQ.

First results of high energy particle measurements with the TUENDE-M telescopes on board the S/C VEGA-1 and -2

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Somogyi, A.J.; Erdoes, G.; Eroe, J.

1986-02-01

VEGA-1 and VEGA-2 space probes launched to comet Halley are equipped with identical TUENDE-M high energy particle detectors. Each TUENDE-M instrument consists of two particle telescopes viewing in the ecliptic plane at an angle of deg 55 and deg 90, respectively, to the east of the Sun. Technical data of the detectors are tabulated. In the period Dec 1984 - Apr 1985 several cases of interplanetary acceleration of charged particles up to MeV energies and a large solar flare event (27.Jan 1985) were observed by the TUENDE-M instruments. The latter event is described in detail and observation results (intensity profiles of different channels of various energies) are presented. (D.Gy.)

Ground subsidence monitoring of the Vega Media of the Segura River by means of Advanced differential Sar Interferometry

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Tomas, R.; Herrera, G.; Lopez-Sanchez, J. M.; Mallorqui, J. J.; Mulas, J.

2010-01-01

Ground subsidence caused by aquifer withdrawal is a geotechnical hazard that affects wide areas, causing high economic losses. This phenomenon id due to aquifer system fine soil consolidation produced by the increase of effective stress caused by piezo metric depletion. The Vega Media of the Segura River basin (SE Spain) has suffered this type of phenomena since 90s being until the moment the first documented case at a regional scale in Spain. In this work a Differential SAR Interferometry (DInSAR) remote sensing technique called Coherent Pixel (CPT) is applied to monitoring subsidence in the Vega Media of the Segura River using 81 SAR images provided by ERS-1, ERS-2 and ENVISAT European Space Agency satellites. The processing has provided the subsidence spatial distribution and temporal evolution for the whole study area showing maximum subsidence values near 15 cm for the 1994-2007 period. (Author) 33 refs.

Environmental Monitoring Plan, Nevada Test Site and support facilities

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1991-11-01

This Operational Area Monitoring Plan for environmental monitoring, is for EG ampersand G Energy Measurements, Inc. (EG ampersand G/EM) which operates several offsite facilities in support of activities at the Nevada Test Site (NTS). These facilities include: (1) Amador Valley Operations (AVO), Pleasanton, California; (2) Kirtland Operations (KO), Kirtland Air Force base, Albuquerque, New Mexico (KAFB); (3) Las Vegas Area Operations (LVAO), Remote Sensing Laboratory (RSL), and North Las Vegas (NLV) Complex at Nellis Air Force Base (NAFB), North Las Vegas, Nevada; (4) Los Alamos Operations (LAO), Los Alamos, New Mexico; (5) Santa Barbara Operations (SBO), Goleta, California; (6) Special Technologies Laboratory (STL), Santa Barbara, California; (7) Washington Aerial Measurements Department (WAMD), Andrews Air Force Base, Maryland; and, (8) Woburn Cathode Ray Tube Operations (WCO), Woburn, Massachusetts. Each of these facilities has an individual Operational Area Monitoring Plan, but they have been consolidated herein to reduce redundancy

Vakuumski baloni: at bicentenary of Vega's death: ob dvestoletnici Vegove smrti: Vacuum balloons:

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Južnič, Stanislav

2002-01-01

We described the vacuum balloons that were developed in the 17th and 18th centuries parallel with the hot air and hydrogen balloons. We find the technological problems that postponed their effective use in the first place. At the bicentenary of Vega's death we discussed his opinion about the vacuum ballonns. We discussed some difficulties of their modern development. Opisujemo vakuumske balone, ki so jih razvijali vzporedno s toplozračnimi in vodikovimi v 17. in 18. stoletju. Izpostavljamo...

Association between degradation of pharmaceuticals and endocrine-disrupting compounds and microbial communities along a treated wastewater effluent gradient in Lake Mead

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Blunt, Susanna M.; Sackett, Joshua D.; Rosen, Michael R.; Benotti, Mark J.; Trenholm, Rebecca A.; Vanderford, Brett J.; Hedlund, Brian P.; Moser, Duane P.

2018-01-01

The role of microbial communities in the degradation of trace organic contaminants in the environment is little understood. In this study, the biotransformation potential of 27 pharmaceuticals and endocrine-disrupting compounds was examined in parallel with a characterization of the native microbial community in water samples from four sites variously impacted by urban run-off and wastewater discharge in Lake Mead, Nevada and Arizona, USA. Samples included relatively pristine Colorado River water at the upper end of the lake, nearly pure tertiary-treated municipal wastewater entering via the Las Vegas Wash, and waters of mixed influence (Las Vegas Bay and Boulder Basin), which represented a gradient of treated wastewater effluent impact. Microbial diversity analysis based on 16S rRNA gene censuses revealed the community at this site to be distinct from the less urban-impacted locations, although all sites were similar in overall diversity and richness. Similarly, Biolog EcoPlate assays demonstrated that the microbial community at Las Vegas Wash was the most metabolically versatile and active. Organic contaminants added as a mixture to laboratory microcosms were more rapidly and completely degraded in the most wastewater-impacted sites (Las Vegas Wash and Las Vegas Bay), with the majority exhibiting shorter half-lives than at the other sites or in a bacteriostatic control. Although the reasons for enhanced degradation capacity in the wastewater-impacted sites remain to be established, these data are consistent with the acclimatization of native microorganisms (either through changes in community structure or metabolic regulation) to effluent-derived trace contaminants. This study suggests that in urban, wastewater-impacted watersheds, prior exposure to organic contaminants fundamentally alters the structure and function of microbial communities, which in turn translates into greater potential for the natural attenuation of these compounds compared to more pristine

77 FR 17492 - Expansion of Global Entry to Additional Airports

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2012-03-26

...--Logan International Airport, Boston, Massachusetts (BOS); Las Vegas--McCarran International Airport, Las... following four additional airports: St. Paul International Airport, Minneapolis, Minnesota (MSP); Charlotte...

ACADÉMICO CORRESPONDIENTE. GUSTAVO CAMARGO VEGA (1932- 2016

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Jaime Eraso López

2016-12-01

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Palabras del Dr. Jaime Eraso López ante el féretro del Dr. Gustavo Camargo Vega en la parroquia de la Sagrada Familia de Palermo el día 30 de agosto de 2016.

Por espacio de muchos años desde su llegada a Pasto y su inmediata vinculación al Hospital San Pedro, en su calidad de especialista en Urología, formando parte de un equipo de inolvidables colegas, tuve la inmensa fortuna de ser amigo de un hombre noble, querido y admirado por todos quienes lo conocimos, Gustavo Camargo Vega. Un gran ser humano cuya grandeza en la vida estribó en lo que hizo y que al pasar a la eternidad, llamado por Dios, nos ha dejado atribulados, con ese dolor en el alma que invade a Beatriz, su esposa, y a toda su familia, a todos sus amigos, a sus numerosos pacientes y a sus compañeros académicos con los que compartió como Miembro de la Junta Directiva del Capítulo de Nariño de la Academia Nacional de Medicina de Colombia, mientras me desempeñaba como Presidente, aprovechando todo su talento para la buena marcha de la Institución.

Ante mis inquietudes intelectuales, estando enfermo él, siempre tuvo la gentileza de llamarme por teléfono para expresarme con nobleza sus generosas palabras de aliento y, a raíz de la publicación de mi último libro sobre la vida del Padre Jaime Álvarez, me expresaba su identificación con las ideas de los prologuistas de la obra, demostrando así la grandeza de su alma. Cuando lo visitamos en su lecho con el Académico Dr. Leonardo Matta hace un par de meses, con gran lucidez recordábamos esa lejana época, desgraciadamente ya desaparecida, en la que servíamos al Hospital con un sentido verdaderamente humano hacia nuestros enfermos.

Gustavo fue una persona de excelsas virtudes ciudadanas. Deja una cicatriz de luz sobre la faz de esta región donde ejerció su labor de amor y de saber, con su carisma, con su sonrisa, con su señorío. Señalo su saber, porque sus

Proceedings of the International Association for Development of the Information Society (IADIS) International Conference on e-Learning (Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain, July 21-24, 2015)

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Nunes, Miguel Baptista, Ed.; McPherson, Maggie, Ed.

2015-01-01

These proceedings contain the papers of the International Conference e-Learning 2015, which was organised by the International Association for Development of the Information and Society and is part of the Multi Conference on Computer Science and Information Systems (Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain, July 21-24, 2015). The e-Learning 2015…

75 FR 57493 - Notice of Inventory Completion: Department of Anthropology & Ethnic Studies, University of Nevada...

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2010-09-21

... Vegas Tribe of Paiute Indians of the Las Vegas Indian Colony, Nevada; Lovelock Paiute Tribe of the Lovelock Indian Colony, Nevada; Paiute-Shoshone Indians of the Bishop Community of the Bishop Colony... 1989, human remains representing a minimum of one individual were collected from Lovelock, Pershing...

Study on the Venus rock composition in the northern part of the Land Aphrodita at the Vega 2 landing spacecraft

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Surkov, Yu.A.; Moskaleva, L.P.; Shzheglov, O.P.; 9400005SU; AN SSSR, Moscow. Fizicheskij Inst.)

1986-01-01

A brief description is given of experiment on X-ray radiometric determination of the elemental composition of Venus rock carried out with the help of the landing spacecraft Vega 2. Preliminary data on the rock composition in the Northern part of the Land Aphrodita and geochemical interpretation of the studied rock character are given. The detailed analysis of the Venus rock composition with application of iterations according to the ITERA program (Surkov etalli 1983) and application of the data on content of natural raedioactive elements determined by the ''Vega-2'' station gamma spectrometer (Surkov and et alli). Show that in the northen part of the Land Aphrodita rock is close by its composition with rocks of anorthosite-norite-troctolite group, which are widely distributed on the Moon surface

VEGAS: VErsatile GBT Astronomical Spectrometer

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Bussa, Srikanth; VEGAS Development Team

2012-01-01

The National Science Foundation Advanced Technologies and Instrumentation (NSF-ATI) program is funding a new spectrometer backend for the Green Bank Telescope (GBT). This spectrometer is being built by the CICADA collaboration - collaboration between the National Radio Astronomy Observatory (NRAO) and the Center for Astronomy Signal Processing and Electronics Research (CASPER) at the University of California Berkeley.The backend is named as VErsatile GBT Astronomical Spectrometer (VEGAS) and will replace the capabilities of the existing spectrometers. This backend supports data processing from focal plane array systems. The spectrometer will be capable of processing up to 1.25 GHz bandwidth from 8 dual polarized beams or a bandwidth up to 10 GHz from a dual polarized beam.The spectrometer will be using 8-bit analog to digital converters (ADC), which gives a better dynamic range than existing GBT spectrometers. There will be 8 tunable digital sub-bands within the 1.25 GHz bandwidth, which will enhance the capability of simultaneous observation of multiple spectral transitions. The maximum spectral dump rate to disk will be about 0.5 msec. The vastly enhanced backend capabilities will support several science projects with the GBT. The projects include mapping temperature and density structure of molecular clouds; searches for organic molecules in the interstellar medium; determination of the fundamental constants of our evolving Universe; red-shifted spectral features from galaxies across cosmic time and survey for pulsars in the extreme gravitational environment of the Galactic Center.

Technical Report - FINAL

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Barbara Luke, Director, UNLV Engineering Geophysics Laboratory

2007-04-25

Improve understanding of the earthquake hazard in the Las Vegas Valley and to assess the state of preparedness of the area's population and structures for the next big earthquake. 1. Enhance the seismic monitoring network in the Las Vegas Valley 2. Improve understanding of deep basin structure through active-source seismic refraction and reflection testing 3. Improve understanding of dynamic response of shallow sediments through seismic testing and correlations with lithology 4. Develop credible earthquake scenarios by laboratory and field studies, literature review and analyses 5. Refine ground motion expectations around the Las Vegas Valley through simulations 6. Assess current building standards in light of improved understanding of hazards 7. Perform risk assessment for structures and infrastructures, with emphasis on lifelines and critical structures 8. Encourage and facilitate broad and open technical interchange regarding earthquake safety in southern Nevada and efforts to inform citizens of earthquake hazards and mitigation opportunities

A phoenix for the ironclad years. Lope de Vega and the Dominic Order

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Julián González-Barrera

2017-07-01

Full Text Available In 1618 Lope de Vega published El triunfo de la fe en los reinos del Japón, a martyr’s history inspired in a relación written by a Dominic missionary in those far lands. The poet himself confesses that it was send it to him from Manila, but he says nothing more. Now, for the first time, the whole process is revealed: which friars participated, how they convinced him and why they needed the help of a poet of life and example not so pious precisely.

Los Mares Interiores. (Libro de Poemas del Académico Juan Mendoza Vega

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Efraim Otero Ruiz

2001-12-01

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Ha querido la deferencia del señor  exPresidente Belisario Betancur, Presidente de la Fundación Santillana para lberoamérica, que sea yo quien les presente el libro "Los mares interiores" del médico, periodista y poeta Juan Mendoza Vega. Tarea que acometo con singular afecto, nacido de una amistad que supera ya los 40 años y de una admiración continua por las dotes intelectuales y artísticas que lo colocan en un sitial especial entre los médicos de Colombia.

Nacido en Chinácota y bachiller en Pamplona, su infancia y adolescencia transcurrieron en esos paisajes idílicos que se extienden entre el río Pamplonita y las colinas de Iscalá, donde ha trasegado la vida de muchos hijos ilustres del Norte de Santander. Después cursó sus estudios de Medicina en la Universidad
Nacional, en Bogotá, entre 1952 y 1957, habiéndose graduado de médico en 1960 a los dos años de haber iniciado su especialización en neurología y neurocirugía, temas que constituirían la mayor dedicación de su vida. Pues de ahí saltó a la cátedra de la especialidad en la Facultad de Medicina del Rosario entre 1969 y 1985, siendo además iniciador de la cátedra y profesor de Historia de la Medicina en la misma Universidad desde 1980 hasta el presente; al tiempo, ha sido profesor de Etica Médica allí mismo desde 1983. A estas actividades de planta ha unido su participación como catedrático invitado en numerosas instituciones y universidades de dentro y fuera del país. Y la autoría de 55 publicaciones científicas en revistas nacionales e internacionales sobre temas de neurología y neurocirugía, ética médica e historia de la medicina...

Performance analysis of an Integrated Solar Combined Cycle using Direct Steam Generation in parabolic trough collectors

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Montes, M.J.; Rovira, A.; Munoz, M.; Martinez-Val, J.M.

2011-01-01

Highlights: → Solar hybridization improves the performance of CCGT in a very hot and dry weather. → The scheme analyzed is a DSG parabolic trough field coupled to the Rankine cycle. → An annual simulation has been carried out for two locations: Almeria and Las Vegas. → Economical analysis shows that this scheme is a cheaper way to exploit solar energy. → For that, solar hybridization must be limited to a small fraction of the CCGT power. - Abstract: The contribution of solar thermal power to improve the performance of gas-fired combined cycles in very hot and dry environmental conditions is analyzed in this work, in order to assess the potential of this technique, and to feature Direct Steam Generation (DSG) as a well suited candidate for achieving very good results in this quest. The particular Integrated Solar Combined Cycle (ISCC) power plant proposed consists of a DSG parabolic trough field coupled to the bottoming steam cycle of a Combined Cycle Gas Turbine (CCGT) power plant. For this analysis, the solar thermal power plant performs in a solar dispatching mode: the gas turbine always operates at full load, only depending on ambient conditions, whereas the steam turbine is somewhat boosted to accommodate the thermal hybridization from the solar field. Although the analysis is aimed to studying such complementary effects in the widest perspective, two relevant examples are given, corresponding to two well-known sites: Almeria (Spain), with a mediterranean climate, and Las Vegas (USA), with a hot and dry climate. The annual simulations show that, although the conventional CCGT power plant works worse in Las Vegas, owing to the higher temperatures, the ISCC system operates better in Las Vegas than in Almeria, because of solar hybridization is especially well coupled to the CCGT power plant in the frequent days with great solar radiation and high temperatures in Las Vegas. The complementary effect will be clearly seen in these cases, because the thermal

Importance of benthic production to fish populations in Lake Mead prior to the establishment of quagga mussels

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Umek, John; Chandra, Sudeep; Rosen, Michael; Wittmann, Marion; Sullivan, Joe; Orsak, Erik

2010-01-01

Limnologists recently have developed an interest in quantifying benthic resource contributions to higher-level consumers. Much of this research focuses on natural lakes with very little research in reservoirs. In this study, we provide a contemporary snapshot of the food web structure of Lake Mead to evaluate the contribution of benthic resources to fish consumers. In addition, we document the available food to fishes on soft sediments and changes to the invertebrate community over 2 time periods. Benthic invertebrate food availability for fishes is greater in Las Vegas Bay than Overton Arm. Las Vegas Bay is dominated by oligochaetes, whose biomass increased with depth, while Overton Arm is dominated by chironomids, whose biomass did not change with depth. Diet and isotopic measurements indicate the fish community largely relies on benthic resources regardless of basin (Las Vegas Bay >80%; Overton Arm >92%); however, the threadfin shad likely contribute more to largemouth and striped bass production in Overton Arm versus Las Vegas Bay. A 2-time period analysis, pre and post quagga mussel establishment and during lake level declines, suggests there is no change in the density of benthic invertebrates in Boulder Basin, but there were greater abundances of select taxa in this basin by season and depth than in other basins. Given the potential of alterations as a result of the expansion of quagga mussel and the reliance of the fishery on benthic resources, future investigation of basin specific, benthic processes is recommended.

Vertebrate paleontology, stratigraphy, and paleohydrology of Tule Springs Fossil Beds National Monument, Nevada (USA)

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Springer, Kathleen; Pigati, Jeffery S.; Scott, Eric

2017-01-01

Tule Springs Fossil Beds National Monument (TUSK) preserves 22,650 acres of the upper Las Vegas Wash in the northern Las Vegas Valley (Nevada, USA). TUSK is home to extensive and stratigraphically complex groundwater discharge (GWD) deposits, called the Las Vegas Formation, which represent springs and desert wetlands that covered much of the valley during the late Quaternary. The GWD deposits record hydrologic changes that occurred here in a dynamic and temporally congruent response to abrupt climatic oscillations over the last ~300 ka (thousands of years). The deposits also entomb the Tule Springs Local Fauna (TSLF), one of the most significant late Pleistocene (Rancholabrean) vertebrate assemblages in the American Southwest. The TSLF is both prolific and diverse, and includes a large mammal assemblage dominated by Mammuthus columbi and Camelops hesternus. Two (and possibly three) distinct species of Equus, two species of Bison, Panthera atrox, Smilodon fatalis, Canis dirus, Megalonyx jeffersonii, and Nothrotheriops shastensis are also present, and newly recognized faunal components include micromammals, amphibians, snakes, and birds. Invertebrates, plant macrofossils, and pollen also occur in the deposits and provide important and complementary paleoenvironmental information. This field compendium highlights the faunal assemblage in the classic stratigraphic sequences of the Las Vegas Formation within TUSK, emphasizes the significant hydrologic changes that occurred in the area during the recent geologic past, and examines the subsequent and repeated effect of rapid climate change on the local desert wetland ecosystem.

Environmental impact study. 'Cyclical approach case study VEGA'

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Setzman, E.; Braennstroem-Norberg, B.M.; Rosen-Lidholm, S.

1993-06-01

The aim of this study has been to identify, describe and assess the environmental factors in the fuel chain which may be of significance for the possibilities of establishing biofuel-fired plants for the production of electricity and heat. The description is based on the documentation for the planned combined heat and power plant in Eskilstuna which will utilize pressurized gasification of biofuel in a combined cycle (VEGA). The study shows that the emissions from the plant are limited and do not give rise to any identifiable environmental effects. The emissions of nitrogen oxides from transportation and from fuel production are equivalent to those from combustion. The environmental consequences of a biofuel-fired plant of this size will be primarily local. The regional effects will be limited and of little significance providing that fuel extraction is not carried out in sensitive areas, transportation by road over long distances is minimized, and the removal of important nutrients through the extraction of biofuels is compensated for, for example by returning ash to the soil. 26 refs, 29 figs, 38 tabs

Retribución de directivos basada en opciones y comportamiento frente al riesgo =Option-based executive compensation and risk-taking behavior

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Belda Ruiz, María

2015-01-01

La retribución de directivos basada en opciones, comúnmente conocidas como stock options, proporciona incentivos para modificar el perfil de riesgo de la empresa a través de la sensibilidad de la riqueza del directivo a las variaciones en el precio de las acciones de la empresa (delta) y a la volatilidad implícita negociada en el mercado (vega). El objetivo de esta Tesis Doctoral es analizar en detalle estos niveles de incentivos, delta y vega, a través de modelos de valoración que se adaptan...

San Isidro, de labrador medieval a patrón renacentista y barroco en la Villa y Corte

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Fernández Montes, Matilde

2001-06-01

Full Text Available The author discusses the evolution of the portrayal of Madrid's patron saint, Isidre, from the peasant holy man working his first posthumous miracles in the late 13^th century to the canonized saint of the 17^th century. On the one hand, hagiographers transformed and completed his life and miracles in order to fit them into the contemporary model of sainthood and, at the same time, meet society's expectations of the saint —especially those of Madrid's oligarchy, who monopolized the cult. On the other hand, because of Lope de Vega's portrayals of Isidre, the saint became very popular among the lower classes in the countryside as well as in the city.

Se estudia la evolución que San Isidro sufre desde sus primeros milagros póstumos, de finales del siglo XIII, cuando aparece como un santo de carácter agrícola, hasta llegar a su canonización en el XVII. Su vida y milagros, por una parte, son transformados y completados por los hagiógrafos para ajustarse al modelo de santidad y las demandas de la sociedad del momento, especialmente por la oligarquía madrileña que monopolizaba su culto, mientras que por otra, gracias a las versiones de Lope de Vega, se acerca y extiende el personaje entre las clases populares, tanto urbanas como rurales.

Töö ning pidu Cannes ̀is / Jaak Lõhmus

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1998-01-01

Meeleoludest Cannes ̀i 51. filmifestivalil ja lühidalt Terry Gilliani filmist "Ratastel Las Vegasesse" ("Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas") ning Roberto Benigni filmist "Elu on ilus" ("La Vita é bella")

La ‘pija de oro’ en Las aventuras del señor Maíz de Washington Cucurto. Algunas notas

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Cristian Molina

2014-02-01

Full Text Available The present article consists in notes from research in progress. They address Washington Cucurto’s writing device with respect to the “negro”’s golden dick that the narrator/character Tyson Grande/Washington Cucurto/Norberto Vega implants into himself in Las aventuras del Señor Maíz (2005. We argue that such chirurgical and body prosthesis exhibits forces (in a Deleuzian sense which govern all of Cucurto’s/Vega’s production: social, economic, sexual and Latin American cultural forces. The golden dick is, then, a poetic condensation which exhibits the writing machine as a melancholic beast in whose body forces in struggle for literature become destabilized.

La disolución de la sociedad civil: sobre los ideales y las vaguedades en la esfera de las asociaciones de voluntariado

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Paul Dekker

2012-02-01

Full Text Available El pensamiento sobre la sociedad civil siempre ha estado caracterizado por una doble referencia hacia las relaciones sociales existentes y hacia los ideales sociales. La principal hipótesis de numerosas investigaciones sobre la sociedad civil es que una floreciente esfera que lleva este nombre es el portador del ideal de una sociedad más civilizada. Este artículo empieza con una pequeña discusión sobre el trasfondo histórico y los debates públicos en torno a la sociedad civil, y continúa con un planteamiento más analítico del concepto como designación de un orden social asociacional y una esfera de la sociedad dominada por las asociaciones voluntarias. Más adelante nos centramos en esta esfera describiendo sus caracteres nacionales en Europa y analizando las reivindicaciones de sus beneficios civilizadores: la formación de capital social y de discurso público. Encontramos muy pocas evidencias para tales reivindicaciones y por ello profundizamos en el desarrollo de la sociedad moderna occidental, una sociedad en la que las asociaciones voluntarias se han convertido en menos relevantes, mientras que otras esferas de la sociedad, en particular los ensanchados márgenes de la sociedad civil, son más importantes para el desarrollo de una sociedad más civilizada.The thinking about civil society has always been characterized by the double reference to existing social relations and to societal ideals. The basic hypothesis of much civil society research is that a flourishing sphere with this name is the carrier of the ideal of more civilized society. This article starts with a brief discussion of the historical background and public debates about civil society, and continues with a more analytic approach of the concept as designation of an associational social order and a sphere of society dominated by voluntary associations. We further focus on this sphere, describe its national patterns in Europe and analyze claims of its

Toma de conciencia de las situaciones y competencia deportiva. Situational awareness and sport competence.

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Ricardo De La Vega Marcos

2007-10-01

Full Text Available ResumenEn el contexto de los deportes colectivos, los deportistas tienen que tener la capacidad de juego definida como un don muy complejo que consiste en saber utilizar las capacidades condicionales de coordinación, intelectuales y la habilidad técnica de manera que pueda resolver bien el objetivo de juego (Lorenzo, 2002. Este objetivo se debe plantear teniendo en cuenta el aspecto funcional bajo un enfoque constructivista. La conceptualización de una situación de juego colectivo 3x3 en baloncesto nos otorga la posibilidad de constatar con mayor claridad hasta qué punto los participantes son capaces de tomar conciencia de la acción por medio de la explicación verbal, el control necesario en la acción y la estrategia de actuación. Para ello hemos utilizado la entrevista clinica y el dibujo para describir cómo los jugadores elaboran y memorizan el conocimiento implicado en las acciones motrices (Gréhaigne y Godbout, 1995; Del Valle, 1999; Rychecki, 2001; De la Vega, 2002, ya que los jugadores en todo momento están llevando a cabo procesos cognitivos a la hora de analizar, planificar y evaluar el problema que se les plantea durante el desarrollo del partido o en el tiempo dedicado al entrenamiento. Los resultados demuestran que la toma de conciencia explícita sobre la acción está en función del nivel de práctica que poseen los participantes y por otro, que las diferencias existentes entre los grupos no experto y expertos, se han constatado por las disimilitudes halladas entre el número de relaciones que los participantes han sido capaces de establecer entre los distintos elementos que conforman la tarea.AbstractIn the context of sports, player´s competence is defined as a very complex issue. The player needs conditional capacities of coordination, intellectual and the technical skill to solve well the game (Lorenzo, 2002. The functional constructivist rationale can solve this problem. The awareness of a situation of collective

Consideraciones iconográficas sobre las decoraciones fijas anteriores al siglo XVIII del Palacio Real de El Pardo : conservador de Pintura del Patrimonio Nacional

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Juan Martínez Cuesta

1995-01-01

Full Text Available Parece ser que la idea de construir un auténtico palacio en el rico cazadero de El Pardo se la debemos al rey Felipe ii, que tras su vuelta de Inglaterra, siendo aún Príncipe de Asturias, encomendó al arquitecto Luis de Vega la realización de las trazas del nuevo edificio que debía emular a los vistos en el país vecino. Las obras se iniciaron en 1544 y se prolongaron hasta 1557 en que se empezó a retejar el edificio a la manera flamenca —es decir, utilizando pizarra— constituyendo esta nueva técnica una de las características más típicas de la arquitectura madrileña del periodo barroco. Al tiempo que marchaban las obras se iba confeccionando un rico programa decorativo plasmado en importantes programas iconográficos para sus techos, y adquisición de pinturas de caballete para las paredes. Pero un trágico incendio ocurrido el 13 de marzo de 1604 dio al traste con este ambicioso proyecto. El 10 de agosto de 1605, el arquitecto Francisco de Mora elevó un memorial rey Felipe III manifestando que «no quedó en toda la casa suelo que pudiese servir ni pared que no haya menester descostrarse y blanquearse si no son las de las torres».

SYMPOSIUM - MACRONUTRIENT UTILIZATION DURING EXERCISE: IMPLICATIONS FOR PERFORMANCE AND SUPPLEMENTATION

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Darryn S. Willoughby

2004-09-01

Full Text Available The review articles constitute a mini-symposium entitled "Macronutrient Utilization During Exercise: Implications for Performance and Supplementation" that were recently presented at the 2004 annual conference of the International Society of Sports Nutrition in Las Vegas, NV. Much controversy often surrounds macronutrient intake, utilization, and subsequent metabolism regarding exercise and athletic performance. Furthermore, the role of macronutrient supplementation with the specificintent of improving body composition and exercise performance by way of nutrient timing is also an important issue. As such, the articles provide a comprehensive overview of metabolic and performance-enhancing implications regarding carbohydrate, fat, and protein.

Treatment and minimization of heavy metal-containing wastes 1995

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Hager, J.P.; Mishra, B.; Litz, J.L.

1995-01-01

This symposium was held in conjunction with the 1995 Annual Meeting of the Minerals, Metals and Materials Society in Las Vegas, Nevada, February 12--16, 1995. The purpose of this meeting was to provide a forum for exchange of state-of-the-art information on treating and minimizing heavy metal-containing wastes. Papers were categorized under the following broad headings: aqueous processing; waste water treatment; thermal processing and stabilization; processing of fly ash, flue dusts, and slags; and processing of lead, mercury, and battery wastes. Individual papers have been processed separately for inclusion in the appropriate data bases

USING THE ECO CONCEPT FOR SMART HOTEL PROMOTION CASE STUDY: HOTEL VEGA

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NEACŞU NICOLETA ANDREEA

2017-11-01

Full Text Available In order to be competitive on the tourism market, hotels adopt different strategies. An intelligent and relatively new strategy that is adopted in the hotel market in Romania is the use of the ECO concept, the goal being to achieve sustainable development and sustainable tourism, involving a series of socio-economic benefits. One of the first accommodation units in Romania to use this strategy is Vega Hotel in Mamaia, a 5* hotel, which was awarded the Eco-Hotel Management System certification by Tuv-Rheinland Romania in the summer of 2009. This paper, through a market research, analyzes the views and attitudes of tourists on the use of the ECO concept in the hospitality industry.

Processing education options await in Las Vegas

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The 2017 IFT annual event promises to be both exciting and educational for those who wish to learn more about food processing. Compared with last year's annual event, this year has significantly more scientific sessions focused on food processing, and this column will provide a brief overview of se...

LA CUEVA ALIHUÉN, NUEVOS REGISTROS DE PINTURAS RUPESTRES EN LA VEGA DE MAIPÚ (SAN MARTÍN DE LOS ANDES, PATAGONIA, ARGENTINA (The Alihuén Cave, New Records of Cave Paintings in the Maipú Valley (San Martín de los Andes, Patagonia, Argentina

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Alberto Enrique Pérez

2014-06-01

Full Text Available Se presenta el resultado de las nuevas investigaciones de pinturas rupestres en la vega Maipú, San Martín de los Andes, Neuquén, Argentina; donde se destaca la presencia de motivos zoomorfos, especialmente camélidos, de escasa representación hasta la fecha en el registro zooarqueológico local. El sitio Cueva Alihuén amplía la diversidad de motivos y técnicas de las pinturas rupestres de la vega Maipú, lo que nos permite plantear aspectos tanto biogeográficos respecto a la fauna como sobre la circulación de información y movilidad. Ambos aspectos nos permiten, nuevamente, aunar ambas vertientes de la cordillera de los Andes, compartiendo, integrando y complementando cada vez más características con el resto de los sitios que componen la cuenca hidrográfica de Valdivia, cuyo sector inferior constituye nuestra área de estudio. ENGLISH: New results from research on the cave paintings of the Maipú Valley, San Martín de los Andes, Neuquén, Argentina, highlight the presence of zoomorphic motifs, especially camelids which have been underrepresented in the local zooarchaeological record. The Alihuén cave site expands the range of motifs and techniques known from the cave paintings of the Maipú Valley that allows us to raise issues regarding both biogeographic wildlife, and on the flow of information and human mobility. These aspects allow us to share and integrate the increasingly complementary features on both sides of the Andes with the rest of the sites that comprise the Valdivia River basin, whose lower section composed our study area.

Las infancias que vivimos

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Pablo Rodríguez Jiménez

2014-03-01

Full Text Available Los niños que fuimos: huellas de la infancia en Colombia. Patricia Londoño Vega y Santiago Londoño Vélez (investigación y curaduría Biblioteca Luis Ángel Arango, Banco de la República (catálogo de la exposición, Bogotá, 2012, 194 págs, il.

VizieR Online Data Catalog: NGC3115 & NGC1399 VEGAS-SSS globular clusters (Cantiello+, 2018)

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Cantiello, M.; D'Abrusco, R.; Spavone, M.; Paolillo, M.; Capaccioli, M.; Limatola, L.; Grado, A.; Iodice, E.; Raimondo, G.; Napolitano, N.; Blakeslee, J. P.; Brocato, E.; Forbes, D. A.; Hilker, M.; Mieske, S.; Peletier, R.; van de Ven, G.; Schipani, P.

2017-11-01

Photometric catalogs for globular cluster (GC) candidates over the the 1 sq. degree area around NGC3115 and NGC1399 (ngc3115.dat and ngc1399.dat). The catalogues are based on u-, g- and i- band images from the VST elliptical galaxies survey (VEGAS). Aperture magnitudes, corrected for aperture correction are reported. We also provide the full catalogs of matched sources, which also include the matched background and foreground sources in the frames (ngc3115_full.dat and ngc1399_full.dat). (4 data files).

Market niche analysis in the casino gaming industry.

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Dandurand, L

1990-03-01

This article discusses the nature of market niche analysis in the casino gaming industry. It presents four approaches for conducting market niche analysis. An an example of one approach, the Las Vegas Visitor Profile Study is used to identify a premium niche in the Las Vegas Slot Target Market. A detailed examination of the premium niche profile provides a description of the typical premium slot player. The description of the typical premium player leads to hypotheses regarding needs (the unique preference set) of the premium player. An analysis of the unique preference set suggests an appropriate enhanced marketing program.

Peligrosidad de heladas por inversión térmica en la huerta de Murcia

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David Espín Sánchez

2014-01-01

Full Text Available En el Sureste peninsular son frecuentes las situaciones anticiclónicas alimentadas en invierno por advecciones de aire polares/árticas continentales. Bajo estas condiciones, las cuencas y valles fluviales intrabéticos son bastante proclives al desarrollo de inversiones térmicas. Un claro ejemplo lo constituye la Vega Media del Segura en los meses de invierno. En el presente artículo se analizan tales factores y las situaciones de inversión térmica más importantes registradas en esta Vega durante el período 2000-2013. Como complemento al estudio, se realiza una propuesta de cartografía de peligrosidad de heladas en la Huerta de Murcia para los diferentes meses invernales.

Jose de la Vega: a naval doctor who authored the first Spanish book on radiology

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Villanueva, A. J.; Rozua, L.; Garzon, M.; Ramirez, J. M.; Escatllar, T.

1999-01-01

Jose de la Vega Elorduy was a doctor in the Spanish Naval Medical Corps who wrote the book entitled Los Rayos X. Memoria sobre Radioscopia y Radiografia in 1899. We have learned that this book, published in Cartagena in 1900, was the first text about Radiology to be published in Spain, rather than that written by Major J. Mitjavila of the Army Medical Corps, as was previously thought. We review the book, stressing its pioneering outlook which provides brief view of the advent of Radiology in the Spanish Navy. (Author) 11 refs

[The virtual reality simulation research of China Mechanical Virtual Human based on the Creator/Vega].

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Wei, Gaofeng; Tang, Gang; Fu, Zengliang; Sun, Qiuming; Tian, Feng

2010-10-01

The China Mechanical Virtual Human (CMVH) is a human musculoskeletal biomechanical simulation platform based on China Visible Human slice images; it has great realistic application significance. In this paper is introduced the construction method of CMVH 3D models. Then a simulation system solution based on Creator/Vega is put forward for the complex and gigantic data characteristics of the 3D models. At last, combined with MFC technology, the CMVH simulation system is developed and a running simulation scene is given. This paper provides a new way for the virtual reality application of CMVH.

Meelemürgist kantud / Jaan Ruus

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Ruus, Jaan, 1938-2017

2007-01-01

Briti-ameerika režissöör Terry Gilliam ja tema mängufilm "Ratastel Las Vegasesse" ("Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas") Hunther S. Thompsoni romaani ainetel: peaosades Johnny Depp ja Benicio Del Toro : Ameerika Ühendriigid 1998

From Ancient Classical to Modern Classical: Lope de Vega and the New Challenges of Spanish Theatre

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2012-01-01

This book offers the reader for the first time in English some of Joan Oleza’s most representative essays on early modern Spanish theatre. Its pages go through the genre system that Lope de Vega puts into play and its evolution over time.They stop especially on one of the most innovative genres, the historical drama of private events. Or they go into the relativistic discourse that supports Lope de Vega’s theatre, such as Montaigne’s essays, as opposed to the theocentric and substantial thoug...

Using Opinions and Knowledge to Identify Natural Groups of Gambling Employees.

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Gray, Heather M; Tom, Matthew A; LaPlante, Debi A; Shaffer, Howard J

2015-12-01

Gaming industry employees are at higher risk than the general population for health conditions including gambling disorder. Responsible gambling training programs, which train employees about gambling and gambling-related problems, might be a point of intervention. However, such programs tend to use a "one-size-fits-all" approach rather than multiple tiers of instruction. We surveyed employees of one Las Vegas casino (n = 217) and one online gambling operator (n = 178) regarding their gambling-related knowledge and opinions prior to responsible gambling training, to examine the presence of natural knowledge groups among recently hired employees. Using k-means cluster analysis, we observed four natural groups within the Las Vegas casino sample and two natural groups within the online operator sample. We describe these natural groups in terms of opinion/knowledge differences as well as distributions of demographic/occupational characteristics. Gender and language spoken at home were correlates of cluster group membership among the sample of Las Vegas casino employees, but we did not identify demographic or occupational correlates of cluster group membership among the online gambling operator employees. Gambling operators should develop more sophisticated training programs that include instruction that targets different natural knowledge groups.

Final environmental impact statement for the Nevada test site and off-site locations in the State of Nevada. Public comment and response document, Volume 3, Part A comments

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1996-08-01

On February 2, 1996, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) issued the Draft Environmental Impact Statement for the Nevada Test Site and Off-Site Locations in the State of Nevada (NTS EIS) for review by the state of Nevada, Indian tribes, local governments, other federal agencies, groups and organizations, and the general public. The formal comment period lasted 90 days, ending May 3, 1996. As part of the comment process, the DOE held public hearings in St. George, Utah, and in Pahrump, Reno, and Las Vegas, Nevada. Community Workshops were held in Caliente, Tonopah, Boulder City, and North Las Vegas, Nevada, in conjunction with the University of Nevada Las Vegas to discuss the Draft NTS EIS. Volume 3 of the Final NTS EIS contains 3 chapters. Chapter 1 summarizes the major issues raised by the public. Chapter 2 contains the full text of the public comments on the Draft NTS EIS received by the DOE; it includes public hearing transcripts, written comments, and comments received via a toll-free comment open-quotes hot line.close quotes Chapter 3 contains the DOE's responses to the public comments and describes how the comments were considered in the Final NTS EIS

Influência do 1-MCP na conservação pós-colheita de rosas cv. Vega Influence of 1-MCP on postharvest conservation of roses cv. Vega

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Júlia De Pietro

2010-10-01

Full Text Available Objetivou-se, neste trabalho, estudar aspectos da fisiologia pós-colheita de rosas cortadas cv. Vega, tratadas com diferentes concentrações de 1-metilcicloropropeno (1-MCP. O experimento foi conduzido em delineamento inteiramente casualizado, em esquema fatorial composto por dois fatores: quatro tratamentos pós-colheita e quatro datas de avaliação (0; 4; 8; 12 dias. As flores foram submetidas aos seguintes tratamentos: 1 Água destilada (controle; 2 1-MCP (100 ppb; 3 1-MCP (250 ppb; 4 1-MCP (500 ppb. Foram realizadas as seguintes avaliações: massa fresca, cor, turgescência, curvatura, taxa respiratória, conteúdo relativo de água, conteúdo de carboidratos solúveis, de redutores e de antocianina. Ao contrário do tratamento controle, todas as concentrações de 1-MCP foram eficientes para retardar a senescência das flores, porém, a concentração de 1-MCP a 500 ppb destacou-se pela melhor manutenção da qualidade, além de prolongar a vida decorativa das hastes até 19 dias.The objective of this work was to study aspects of postharvest physiology of cut roses cv. Vega, treated with different concentrations of 1-metilcloropropene (1-MCP. The experiment was conducted in a complete randomized design composed of two factors: four postharvest treatments and four dates of evaluation (0; 4; 8; 12 days. The following treatments were used: 1 distilled water; 2 1-metilciclopropeno (1-MCP 100 ppb; 3 1-MCP 250 ppb; 4 1-MCP 500 ppb. The following evaluations were made: fresh weight, color, turgor, curvature, respiration rate, relative water content, content of soluble carbohydrates, reducing and anthocyanin. Unlike treatment with distilled water, all concentrations of 1-MCP were effective in delaying the senescence of flowers; however, the concentration of 1-MCP at 500 ppb was highlighted by better maintenance of quality and extended decorate life stem up to 19 days.

Derivation of intermediate to silicic magma from the basalt analyzed at the Vega 2 landing site, Venus.

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Shellnutt, J Gregory

2018-01-01

Geochemical modeling using the basalt composition analyzed at the Vega 2 landing site indicates that intermediate to silicic liquids can be generated by fractional crystallization and equilibrium partial melting. Fractional crystallization modeling using variable pressures (0.01 GPa to 0.5 GPa) and relative oxidation states (FMQ 0 and FMQ -1) of either a wet (H2O = 0.5 wt%) or dry (H2O = 0 wt%) parental magma can yield silicic (SiO2 > 60 wt%) compositions that are similar to terrestrial ferroan rhyolite. Hydrous (H2O = 0.5 wt%) partial melting can yield intermediate (trachyandesite to andesite) to silicic (trachydacite) compositions at all pressures but requires relatively high temperatures (≥ 950°C) to generate the initial melt at intermediate to low pressure whereas at high pressure (0.5 GPa) the first melts will be generated at much lower temperatures (< 800°C). Anhydrous partial melt modeling yielded mafic (basaltic andesite) and alkaline compositions (trachybasalt) but the temperature required to produce the first liquid is very high (≥ 1130°C). Consequently, anhydrous partial melting is an unlikely process to generate derivative liquids. The modeling results indicate that, under certain conditions, the Vega 2 composition can generate silicic liquids that produce granitic and rhyolitic rocks. The implication is that silicic igneous rocks may form a small but important component of the northeast Aphrodite Terra.

Integrated Aero–Vibroacoustics: The Design Verification Process of Vega-C Launcher

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Davide Bianco

2018-01-01

Full Text Available The verification of a space launcher at the design level is a complex issue because of (i the lack of a detailed modeling capability of the acoustic pressure produced by the rocket; and (ii the difficulties in applying deterministic methods to the large-scale metallic structures. In this paper, an innovative integrated design verification process is described, based on the bridging between a new semiempirical jet noise model and a hybrid finite-element method/statistical energy analysis (FEM/SEA approach for calculating the acceleration produced at the payload and equipment level within the structure, vibrating under the external acoustic forcing field. The result is a verification method allowing for accurate prediction of the vibroacoustics in the launcher interior, using limited computational resources and without resorting to computational fluid dynamics (CFD data. Some examples concerning the Vega-C launcher design are shown.

Alexandre Roquain, Más allá del exlibris Lope de Vega y Mateo Vázquez de Leca. Historia de un libro inédito

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Delia Gavela García

2015-01-01

Full Text Available Review of Alexander Roquain, Más allá del exlibris. Lope de Vega y Mateo Vázquez de Leca. Historia de un libro inédito, Michel Houdiard Éditeur, Paris, 2014, 131 pp. ISBN: 9782356921116.

Caracterización de nichos tróficos con base en la morfología de las especies de una comunidad de aves de la Vega, Cundinamarca (Colombia

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Fidel Francisco Botero Castro

2006-01-01

en un espacio generado a partir de los componentes principales, las especies se agrupan de manera concordante con los gremios tróficos establecidos para esta comunidad. Se plantea la hipótesis de la reducción en los tamaños de las especies, a partir de los resultados del análisis discriminante entre las muestras de campo y las del Instituto de Ciencias Naturales, que datan de muestreos realizados entre 1964 y 1966, el cual separa los dos grupos con un grado alto de confianza.

LA ADAPTACIÓN DE LAS SOCIEDADES COOPERATIVAS AL NUEVO PLAN GENERAL CONTABLE: ANÁLISIS DE LAS PRINCIPALES IMPLICACIONES ECONÓMICAS Y FINANCIERAS/THE ADJUSTMENT OF THE COOPERATIVE SOCIETIES TO THE NEW GENERAL ACCOUNTING PLAN: ANALYSIS OF THE PRINCIPAL ECONOMIC AND FINANCIAL IMPLICATIONS

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2008-01-01

Full Text Available La aprobación de la Ley 16/2007, de reforma y adaptación de la legislación mercantil en materia contable en España, así como del Plan General de Contabilidad, y del Plan General de Contabilidad para Pequeñas y Medianas Empresas, han permitido la incorporación de los nuevos criterios contables recogidos en la Normas Internacionales de Información Financiera (NIIF para dar respuesta al objetivo marcado desde la Unión Europa de favorecer la comparación de los estados contables elaborados en los distintos estados miembros, para contribuir así a incrementar la transparencia de los mercados en un entorno económico cada vez más global e internacional. No obstante, en el caso de las sociedades cooperativas, todavía está pendiente de publicación la correspondiente norma sectorial. Por ello, a lo largo de este trabajo se pretende analizar las implicaciones que tienen en las sociedades cooperativas tanto las novedades contables ya publicadas como los aspectos que deben ser fijados en la citada regulación sectorial atendiendo a sus características especiales. /The Law 16/2007, of reform and adjustment of the mercantile legislation about accounting in Spain, as well as of the General Plan of Accounting, and of the General Plan of Accounting for Small and Medium Companies, they have allowed the incorporation of the new accounting criteria gathered in International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS to give response to the aim marked from the European Union of favouring the comparison of the accounting forms elaborated in the different member states, to help to increase this way the transparency of the markets in an economic environment increasingly globally and internationally. Nevertheless, in case of the cooperative societies, the sectorial normative has not been published. This work centres on the analysis of the implications that have in the cooperative societies so much the accounting innovations already published as the aspects that

An allegedly wicked sonnet by Lope de Vega (Duerme el sol de Belisa en noche escura and its source

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Ignacio Arellano

2011-12-01

Full Text Available The paper examines the humorous and satirical value of the sonnet «The Portrait of a Lady after her death», included in Rimas de Tomé de Burguillos, the last book of Lope de Vega. Other lyrical interpretations are discussed and details are given concerning its source of inspiration, which is a joke recorded by Juan Rufo in his Six hundred apothegms (Seiscientas apotegmas.

Las estrategias de los partidos políticos españoles hacia las organizaciones sociales

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Verge, Tània

2007-12-01

Full Text Available This article analyses the strategies used by the three state-level Spanish political parties (Spanish Socialist Workers’ Party, Popular Party and United Left in relation to civil society and their evolution during the period 1977-2004. It will be shown that competition and co-optation were replaced by different collaboration mechanisms along the 1990s. On the one hand, collaboration might be functional to electoral mobilization and, on the other hand, it facilitates the obtaining of the necessary inputs to elaborate party manifestos. Furthermore, it reinforces parties’ credibility before the electorate regarding their commitment to certain social demands. Against the cartel party thesis, access to public financing is compatible with a new rapprochement to society.

En este artículo se analizan las estrategias utilizadas por los tres partidos políticos españoles de ámbito estatal (PSOE, PP e IU en relación con la sociedad civil organizada y su evolución en el período 1977-2004. Se demostrará que las estrategias de competición y cooptación cedieron paso a partir de los años noventa a distintas fórmulas de colaboración con las organizaciones sociales. Por un lado, esta última estrategia puede ser funcional a la movilización electoral y, por otro, facilita la obtención de los inputs necesarios para elaborar los programas electorales. Asimismo, permite a los partidos hacer creíble ante el electorado su compromiso con ciertas demandas sociales y recuperar cierta legitimidad pública. En contra de las tesis del cartel party, el acceso a la financiación pública resulta compatible con un nuevo acercamiento a la sociedad.

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Cartografía urbana y espacialidad dramática en «Santiago el Verde», de Lope de Vega

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Francisco Sáez Raposo

2013-11-01

Full Text Available El presente trabajo analiza el modo en el que Lope de Vega conjuga hasa cuatro niveles espaciales diferentes a la hora de construir dramatúrgicamente su comedia «Santiago el Verde» (1615. Uno de dichos espacios con los que juega el autor es la propia ciudad de Madrid, la ciudad real que contiene el corral de comedias donde se lleva a cabo la representación y que, a su vez, es reproducida en ella. Este recurso consigue un efecto sugestivo y evocador en un momento histórico en el que el espectador teatral y la propia urbe están definiendo sus identidades moldeándose mutuamente. This paper analyzes the way in wich Lope de Vega combines up to four different dramatic space levels when writing his comedia entitled «Santiago el Verde» (1615. One of these spaces the playwright plays with is the city of Madrid itself, the city that actually contains the playhoyse where the performance is taking place and that, at the same time, it is being reproduced in it. This device generates a stimulating and a evocative effect in a historical time when the theatre spectator and the city itself are defining their identities by molding each other.

University of Nevada Las Vegas LED Display Engineering

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2010-08-31

The primary objective of this part of the project is to develop and implement a method that compensates for the inefficiency of the green LED. The proposed engineering solution which will be the backbone of this project will be to use RGBW combination in every pixel to save energy. Two different RGBW geometrical pixel configurations will be implemented and compared against traditional LED configurations. These configurations will be analyzed for energy efficiency while keeping the quality of the display the same. Cost of the addition of white LEDs to displays along with energy cost savings will be presented and analyzed.

Los retos del proceso de socialización en los sistemas educativos de las sociedades modernas avanzadas Los retos del proceso de socialización en los sistemas educativos de las sociedades modernas avanzadas

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José María PéREz-AGOTE

2010-07-01

Full Text Available The crisis of modernity is particularly evident in the educational systems of advanced societies. These societies project on school systems more paradoxes and contradictions than they can really cope with. In the face of the deep transformations that concepts such as globalization, information and consumer society, postmodernity or reflexive modernity appear to claim, schools are losing their ability to successfully transmit models of identity and citizenship. This article explores the crisis of the socialising function of educational systems, and in particular the decline of the emancipatory goals this function is aimed at in its bureaucratic, systemic and communicative dimensions. In this way, the traditional strategies of socialization in advanced societies loose pace, and a restructuring is required. This restructuring should be tackled by departing from an eligibility horizon which in turn should be articulated by an ethos of desire.La crisis de la modernidad se manifiesta con gran crudeza en los sistemas educativos de las sociedades avanzadas, que proyectan sobre aquéllos más contradicciones y paradojas de las que pueden superar. Ante las profundas transformaciones invocadas por conceptos como globalización, sociedad de la información y/o del consumo, postmodernidad o modernidad reflexiva, las instituciones escolares están perdiendo su capacidad de transmitir modelos de identidad y ciudadanía eficazmente. Este trabajo explora la crisis de la función socializadora de los sistemas educativos, entendida como un declive sistémico, burocrático y comunicativo. De este modo, las clásicas estrategias de socialización propias de las sociedades modernas pierden su eficacia, siendo precisa su reconversión. Ésta puede ser afrontada orientando los procesos de socialización desde un horizonte de elegibilidad articulado por un ethos del deseo.

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PÓCIMAS DE BRUJA EN LA LITERATURA DEL SIGLO DE ORO ESPAÑOL: LA OTRA CARA DE LOS AGENTES TERAPÉUTICOS Y PSICOTRÓPICOS

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Francisco López-Muñoz

2017-11-01

Full Text Available Los textos literarios del Siglo de Oro constituyen una interesante fuente para el estudio de la sociedad española tardorrenacentista y novobarroca, incluyendo sus figuras más marginales. En el presente trabajo, hemos analizado el mundo mágico de brujas y hechiceras desde la perspectiva del uso extraterapéutico de agentes farmacológicos y psicotrópicos, a través de los principales autores áureos, centrándonos, básicamente, en Miguel de Cervantes y Lope de Vega. Se han estudiado los principales agentes empleados en la elaboración de las pócimas venenosas de bruja, destacando las plantas alucinógenas de la familia de las Solanaceae (beleño, mandrágora, belladona, estramonio, solano, eléboro, además de otras, como el acónito, la cicuta, la adelfa, la verbena o la adormidera. Otras sustancias de procedencia animal o mineral también se emplearon en la confección de estos preparados (sapos, arsénico. Finalmente, se han analizado las posibles fuentes documentales en materia científica que pudieron utilizar estos dos destacados literatos, como el Dioscórides comentado por Andrés Laguna en ambos casos, y la Historia Natural de Plinio, comentada por Francisco Hernández y Gerónimo de Huerta, y el opúsculo Il Sapere Util’e Delettevole de Constantino Castriota, en el caso particular de Lope de Vega. WITCHES’ POTIONS IN THE LITERATURE OF THE SPANISH GOLDEN AGE: THE OTHER SIDE OF THE THERAPEUTIC AND PSYCHOTROPIC AGENTS ABSTRACT The literary texts of the Golden Age are an interesting source for the study of Spanish late Renaissance and early Baroque society, including their most marginal figures. In the present work, we have analyzed the magical world of witches and sorceresses from the perspective of extra-therapeutic use of pharmacological and psychotropic substances, through the main golden authors, focusing basically on Miguel de Cervantes and Lope de Vega. The main agents used in the production of witches poisonous potions

Quick look of first VEGA test and fabrication study of thoria components

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Nakamura, Takehiko; Hidaka, Akihide; Kudo, Tamotsu; Hayashida, Retsu; Ohtomo, Takashi; Nakamura, Jinichi; Uetsuka, Hiroshi

2000-01-01

The first fission product release test VEGA-1 was conducted on September 9, 1999 in the Reactor Fuel Examination Facility (RFEF) of JAERI Tokai using two PWR pellets at burnup of 47 GWd/tU. The fuel pellet of about 10g without cladding tube was heated up to 2500degC for 10min in an inert helium atmosphere at 0.1 MPa, following two other plateaus at 1727degC (20min) and 2027degC (20min). The release of radioactive fission products was on-line measured by 4 gamma sensors watching at the fuel in a furnace, at trapped aerosols in filters, at a condenser, and at noble gases in a charcoal trap. Gamma intensity of the fuel, which was dominated by Cs-134 and Cs-137, started to decrease, when the furnace temperature started to rise to the first plateau of 1727degC from a conditioning stage at 1350degC. Following the decease, the intensity at the filters, which was located about 2.5 m downstream of the furnace following thermal gradient tubes (TGTs) to collect the aerosols, started to increase. At about the same time, the counting rate on Kr-85 at the charcoal trap at -60degC started to rise. Preliminary releases of Cs-134, Cs-137, and Ru-106, etc. were estimated from changes of gamma-ray spectrum before/after the heating test. Total releases of the nuclides, however, will be evaluated later, by comprehensive off-line measurement of the apparatus, e.g. gamma scanning, leaching and gamma spectroscopy of pipes, the TGTs, and the filters. Development of thoria components in the VEGA furnace has been progressing for the use in high temperature tests under oxidizing atmosphere. Three kinds of slip casting techniques, i.e. centrifugal casting, drain casting and solid casting, were successfully applied to fabricate inner tubes, crucibles and caps, respectively. Calcination of the thoria powder was conducted to optimize slip characteristics for casting and sintering. Fabrication of test pieces has finished, expecting for two to four sets of the components being ready for heating

Caracterización de ladrillería tradicional producida en la Vega del Guadalquivir, en zonas próximas a Sevilla

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Flores Alés, V.

1999-02-01

Full Text Available In this work it has been established pyshical, chemical and mineralogical characteristics of a group of pieces from bricks manufactures situated in the Guadalquivir river banks, in the zone between the city of Seville and the towns of Coria, San Juan de Aznalfarache, Tomares and Castilleja de la Cuesta, which continue working with traditional production systems, as they have been made from centuries. The differences that the processes show respect old traditional techniques are limited to the combustibles utilized in the firing kilns. Samples characterization were done by the study of physical properties according to quality standards tries, chemical analysis of main components and stadistic study of the results, mineralogical qualitative and semicuantitative analysis by X ray diffraction and thermal analysis by DTA and thermogravimetry. The pieces of this study were initially classified in two groups according to the paste colour (red or yellow. The yellow one present a fine grain texture related with the raw materials; differential characteristics observed were partially confirmed by the results obtained. Chemical compositions are different, red pieces show a higher mechanical compression resistance, while suction and absortion values are similar. Mineralogycal composition does not show important differences between groups (1. It have been confirmed the homogenity in the parameters analyzed and the relationships between them, from the statistical factorial analysis. Temperatures reached in the firing process have beeen established according to the syntetic minerals detected in the mineralogical analysis. Physical tries results and morfological differences are due to the manual moulding process and irregular manufacturing system.

En el presente trabajo se han establecido las características físicas, químicas y mineralógicas de un grupo de piezas procedentes de las ladrilleras situadas en la vega del río Guadalquivir, en la zona

Estrellas, flores y princesas como objetos en 1615: Las dos estrellas trocadas" y" Los ramilletes de Madrid",de Lope de Vega

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Mª Soledad Arredondo

2012-03-01

Full Text Available Este artículo analiza la comedia de Lope con perspectiva feminista. La obra se inserta en la simbología política de la época, es también un documento propagandístico de las dobles bodas franco-españolas de 1615, y un testimonio de la utilización de la mujer en los matrimonios reales.

COMPOSICIÓN FLORÍSTICA Y ESTRUCTURA DE LOS BOSQUES RIBEREÑOS DE LA CUENCA BAJA DEL RÍO PAUTO, CASANARE, COLOMBIA

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Diego Mauricio Cabrera-Amaya

2016-01-01

Full Text Available Se caracterizó la composición florística y aspectos de la estructura de la vegetación en bosques ribereños de la cuenca baja del río Pauto (Colombia, Casanare utilizando la información de nueve parcelas de 20 x 50 m (1000 m², se midieron el diámetro a la altura del pecho (DAP, la altura total y cobertura de la copa. Se analizó la riqueza y los valores de importancia por especie y por familia. Se realizó un análisis para establecer una clasificación local de los tipos de bosque, los cuales se describieron en términos de clases diamétricas y altimétricas, diagramas estructurales e índice de predominio fisionómico. Se registraron 185 especies, 127 géneros y 56 familias, la mayor riqueza florística se agrupó en las familias Rubiaceae, Moraceae, Myrtaceae, Fabaceae y Bignoniaceae y en los géneros Ficus, Piper, Psychotria e Inga. Las familias con mayor IVF fueron Arecaceae, Fabaceae, Euphorbiaceae, Moraceae y Verbenaceae. Las especies más importantes según su IVI fueron: Attalea butyracea, Clarisia biflora, Sarcaulus brasiliensis, Dendropanax arboreus e Inga interrupta. Se encontraron seis comunidades, de las cuales sólo la primera se ha mencionado con anterioridad: 1 Palmar de Mauritia flexuosa y Euterpe precatoria, 2 Bosque de galería de Copaifera pubiflora y Homalium racemosum, 3 Bosque de vega de Discocarpus spruceanus y Sloanea terniflora, 4 Bosque de vega de Attalea butyracea y Garcinia madruno, 5 Bosque de galería de Attalea butyracea e Inga interrupta, y 6 Bosque de vega Attalea butyracea y Clarisia biflora. Los bosques presentan múltiples estratos con alturas del dosel desde los 18 m sobre las riberas de los caños, hasta 25 m en las vegas de los ríos. La riqueza y la composición concuerdan con los patrones florísticos de la Orinoquía colombiana, especialmente a nivel de familia, pero son menos las coincidencias a nivel de género y especie. La concentración de individuos en clases diamétricas pequeñas es

Valoración de bienes rústicos de utilidad pública: La expropiación forzosa por las obras del AVE en la provincia de León

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María del Pilar Gutiérrez Flórez

2010-06-01

Full Text Available Con motivo de la expropiación forzosa de fincas en la provincia de León debido a las obras del Tren de Alta Velocidad, AVE, los propietarios de ochenta y dos fincas de los Ayuntamientos de Villanueva de las Manzanas, Santas Martas y Vega de Infanzones, solicitaron un estudio de valoración alternativo de las mismas para presentarlo, en forma de alegaciones individuales, al Jurado Provincial de Expropiación Forzosa de León, tal y como es su derecho, según la Ley de Expropiación Forzosa, LEF, por su desacuerdo con la oferta de la Entidad Expropiante.En este artículo se presenta el método, se justifican los criterios de valoración, se presentan y analizan los resultados obtenidos y se elaboran las conclusiones a partir de los informes individuales, tras el reconocimiento de los terrenos afectados y su entorno, en base a datos obtenidos bien sea de la propia entidad expropiante bien de la normativa autonómica en vigor en el momento de la expropiación, o bien de la Ley del Suelo 8/2007 en lo referente a la toma de decisiones para el planteamiento de las hipótesis de partida del estudio.Por último, se justifican la tasa del tipo de interés utilizado para la Capitalización de las rentas, en base a normativa vigente o estudios oficiales, y el coeficiente multiplicador del valor de las mismas, según los modelos territoriales de situación respecto a un núcleo urbano, ambos parámetros necesarios para determinar el valor de las parcelas.On the occasion of the necessary expropriation of lands in the province of León due to the works of the High-speed train, AVE (HIGH SPEED TRAIN, the owners of eighty two plots of Villanueva de las Manzanas, Santas Martas and Vega de Infanzones, requested an choice study of valuation of the same ones it to present, in the individual allegations, to the Provincial Juror of Necessary Expropriation of León, as it is your choice, according to the Spanish Law of Necessary Expropriation, LEF, for your

Study of physicochemical properties of zinc(II) butyrate complex compounds with some heterocyclic ligands

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Szakácsová, M.; Györová, K.; Szunyogová, E.; Kovářová, Jana

2002-01-01

Roč. 96, - (2002), s. 383 ISSN 0009-2770. [Meeting of Chemical Societies /54./. 30.06.2002-04.07.2002, Brno] R&D Projects: GA AV ČR KSK4050111; GA MŠk VEGA 1/9247/02; GA MŠk VEGA 047/074 Keywords : butyrate complex compounds * heterocyclic ligands Subject RIV: CD - Macromolecular Chemistry

«El prodigioso príncipe transilvano»: la larga guerra contra los turcos (1596-1606 a través de las «relaciones de sucesos»

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Rubén GONZÁLEZ CUERVA

2009-12-01

Full Text Available RESUMEN: Las «relaciones de sucesos», humilde antecedente del periodismo, ofrecen una fuente muy rica y por explotar para la historia moderna hispana. La lucha contra el Imperio otomano centró la atención a finales del siglo XVI al hilo de la «larga guerra» de Hungría (1593-1606, que enfrentó al emperador Rodolfo II y al príncipe de Transilvania Segismundo Bathory contra los otomanos. Se apreciarán los mecanismos de difusión de las noticias hasta la imprenta sevillana de Rodrigo de Cabrera, de donde salieron la mayoría de las relaciones, y el papel que desempeñan los jesuítas como transmisores y creadores de opinión. Esto se pondrá en relación con la embajada del príncipe de Transilvania a Felipe II en 1596 y el estreno de «El prodigioso príncipe transilvano», atribuida a Lope de Vega. La obra no sólo ofrece una modélica imagen del príncipe cristiano, sino que sus fuentes son claramente estas «relaciones de sucesos».ABSTRACT: The «relaciones de sucesos», humble precedent of the journalism, offer a very rich source and by exploiting for the Hispanic modern history. At the end of the 16th century, the interest was focused on the fight against the Turkish Empire with the «long war» of Hungary (1593-1606 that faced the emperor Rudolph II and the prince of Transylvania Zsigmond Bathory against the Ottoman. We will pay attention to the mechanisms of diffusion of the news to the Sevillian press of Rodrigo de Cabrera, where the majority of the relations were released, and the role performed by the Jesuits as transmitters and creators of opinión. This will be put in relation to the embassy of the prince of Transylvania to Philip II in 1596 and the premiere of «The prodigious Transylvanian prince», attributed to Lope de Vega. The play does not only offer a model image of the Christian prince, but their sources are clearly these relations of events.

Abortion and women's roles in society: opinions from Tlaxcala, Mexico El aborto y el rol de las mujeres en la sociedad: resultados de una encuesta de opinión en Tlaxcala, México

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Tia M Palermo

2010-02-01

Full Text Available OBJECTIVE: We aim to assess the opinions of Mexicans in the state of Tlaxcala on abortion and other topics concerning women's reproductive health and status in society. MATERIAL AND METHODS: We summarize opinions on abortion and women's roles in society and perform logit regressions to assess characteristics correlated with support for abortion rights. RESULTS: A majority of respondents were against a woman's right to abortion when asked generally, but when asked about specific circumstances, a majority supported the right to abortion in five of the nine hypothetical circumstances proposed. In multivariate analysis, age, education, religion, religious service attendance, and views regarding women's roles in society had significant effects on support for the right to abortion. CONCLUSIONS: Our results demonstrate that residents of Tlaxcala view abortion as a personal decision and support a woman's right to abortion in more circumstances than currently allowed under state law.OBJETIVO: Describir opiniones sobre salud sexual y reproductiva, aborto y rol social de las mujeres entre un grupo de residentes de Tlaxcala, México. MATERIAL Y MÉTODOS: El análisis de regresión logística analizó características asociadas con una postura de apoyo al derecho al aborto. RESULTADOS: La mayoría no favoreció el derecho de las mujeres a interrumpir un embarazo cuando se preguntó de manera general. Al momento de circunscribirlo a circunstancias específicas, la mayoría estuvo a favor en cinco de las nueve de situaciones hipotéticas planteadas. En análisis multivariado, edad, escolaridad, religión, asistencia a servicios religiosos y opiniones sobre el rol social femenino fueron variables significativas del apoyo que se brinda a una mujer para ejercer su derecho a interrumpir un embarazo. CONCLUSIONES: Los residentes de Tlaxcala perciben el tema del aborto como una decisión personal y apoyan el derecho de una mujer a interrumpirlo especialmente bajo

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Propuesta de un índice para medir la capacidad de absorción de las MIPYMES costarricenses(Proposal for an index to measure the absorption capacity of Costa Rican SMEs

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Full Text Available La gestión del conocimiento se ha converti- do en un elemento clave para el desempeño de las empresas en el mundo actual. La capacidad de absorción, según la evidencia empírica disponi- ble, se relaciona estrechamente con dicha gestión del conocimiento. El objetivo del presente artí- culo es proponer un indicador que permita cuan- tificar la capacidad de absorción de las empresas costarricenses. A partir del enfoque de Vega-Ju- rado, Gutiérrez-García y Fernández de Lucio(2008, se construyó un índice compuesto por tres factores: conocimiento organizacional, for- malización y mecanismos de integración social. La información usada provino de una encuesta a 1167 micros, pequeñas y medianas empresas costarricenses efectuada por el Observatorio de Mipymes. En el artículo se calcula el índice y se verifica la solidez estadística por sectores y tamaños de empresas, y se exponen diferencias interesantes encontradas.   Abstract  Nowadays, knowledge management has become a key element in the performance of companies. The absorption capacity, according to the available evidence, is closely related to the knowledge management. The aim of this article is to propose an indicator that allows quantifying the absorption capacity of Costa Rican companies. Based on the approach of Vega-Jurado et al. (2008, an index composed of three factors was defined: organizational knowledge, formalization, and mechanisms of social integration. The information used came from a survey applied by the Observatory of SMEs to 1167 micros, small and medium-sized Costa Rican companies. In the article, the index is calculated, and the statistical robustness is verified by sectors and sizes of enterprises, providing interesting differences.

Las Mujeres Encarceladas por Tráfico de Drogas en Brasil: las Muchas Caras de la Violencia contra las Mujeres (Women Imprisoned for Drug Trafficking in Brazil: the Many Faces of Violence Against Women

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Katie Silene Cáceres Arguello

2015-06-01

Full Text Available This article will discuss how the current criminal policy of "drug war" waged in Brazil intensifies the various forms of violence to which women are subjected in a deeply unequal society. The current criminal drug policy has been responsible for the significant increase in the incarceration of women in recent years. The criminal justice system operates selectively, focusing on women in situation of social and economic vulnerability. Poor women are victims of structural violence and gender inequality that puts in a subordinate condition in society, especially in the world of work. With the passage through the prison, they become victims of institutional violence. The suffering in prison is intensified by the condition of the mother, as a woman. We will use the bibliographical research, theoretical analysis of official data and ethnographic data collected in field research conducted in female Prison Piraquara, in the metropolitan region of Curitiba (Brazil, to support this work. En este artículo se analiza como la política criminal actual de "guerra contra las drogas", emprendida en Brasil, intensifica las diversas formas de violencia a las que las mujeres son sometidas en una sociedad profundamente desigual. La actual política criminal de la droga ha sido responsable por el aumento significativo en el encarcelamiento de las mujeres en los últimos años. El sistema de justicia penal opera selectivamente, centrándose en las mujeres en situación de vulnerabilidad social y económica. Las mujeres pobres son las víctimas de la violencia estructural y de la desigualdad de género, que las coloca en una posición subordinada en la sociedad, especialmente en el lugar de trabajo. Con el paso por la cárcel, se convierten en víctimas de la violencia institucional. El sufrimiento que se padece en prisión es intensificado por la condición de madre y mujer. Vamos a utilizar la literatura teórica, el análisis de los datos oficiales y los datos

The Gravestone of Felipe II in «El amante agradecido», by Lope de Vega: a Historical Image.

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Omar Sanz

2013-05-01

Full Text Available  Felix Lope de Vega, in his play El Amante agradecido (ca. 1602, writes a praise to Felipe II, after the death of the king in 1598. The praise, almost three hundred lines dedicated to the gravestone that the city of Seville built in honour of Felipe II, does not really belong with the main purpose of the play: an urban comedy with a lot of picaresque components. This article focuses on why the writer included that sort of eulogy and studies the different sources of the fragment. 

Knowledge Society Discourse in Internationalisation of Higher Education: case study in Governmentality

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Terhi Nokkala

2006-01-01

Full Text Available This paper discusses the ways in which university and national levelactors in Finland and the Netherlands articulate the dominant knowledge society discourse in their understandings of internationalisation of higher education. This paper argues that the knowledge society discourse producesa dominant political rationality through which universities are governed and govern themselves. In the context of internationalisation of higher education, this discourse is articulated in terms of the competitiveness of the universities and the international skills of the individuals as being the main aims of internationalisation and as main attributes of internationality. The rationality provided by the knowledge society discourse contributes on the one hand to creating universities as enterprising, autonomous, competing actors in theglobal labour and education market, and on the other hand continue to tightly connected them to the project of national competitiveness in the era of globalisation.Este trabajo analiza las maneras bajo las cuales la universidad y otros elementos a nivel nacional en Finlandia y los Países Bajos, articulan el dominante discurso de la sociedad del conocimiento en su comprensión de la internacionalización de la educación superior. Se argumenta que el discurso de la sociedad del conocimiento, produce una racionalidad política a través de la cual las universidades son regidas y se rigen a sí mismas. En el contexto de la internacionalización de la educación superior, este discurso se articula en términos de competitividad de las universidades y las habilidades universales del individuo, siendo ambas categorías los objetivos principales de la internacionalización y el mayor atributo de la internacionalidad. La racionalidad proporcionada por el discurso de la sociedad del conocimiento contribuye, por un lado, a la creación de universidades emprendedoras, autónomas, elementos competentes en el mercado global y educativo. Por

RIESGO DE HELADAS POR INVERSIÓN TÉRMICA EN LA HUERTA DE MURCIA: INCIDENCIA EN LA ACTIVIDAD AGRARIA

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David Espín Sánchez

2015-01-01

Full Text Available En el Sureste peninsular son frecuentes las situaciones anticiclónicas alimentadas en invierno por advecciones de aire polares/árticas continentales. Bajo estas condiciones, las cuencas y valles fluviales intrabéticos son bastante proclives al desarrollo de inversiones térmicas. Un claro ejemplo lo constituye la Vega Media del Segura en los meses de invierno, con génesis de heladas relativamente frecuentes en sectores localizados. Como complemento al estudio de los factores físicos, se realiza un profundo estudio del parcelario agrícola de la huerta de Murcia y los posibles efectos que puedan generar las bajas temperaturas sobre los principales cultivos del área de estudio, centrados especialmente en los mayoritarios cítricos. Finalmente se proponen una serie medidas anti-heladas activas, pasivas en relación a las características del área de estudio y un sistema empírico de predicción de temperatura mínima, a fin de que los agricultores posean herramientas para mitigar los efectos de las heladas en la Vega Media del Segura.

The Hα line forming region of AB Aurigae spatially resolved at sub-AU with the VEGA/CHARA spectro-interferometer

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Rousselet-Perraut, K.; Benisty, M.; Mourard, D.; Rajabi, S.; Bacciotti, F.; Bério, Ph.; Bonneau, D.; Chesneau, O.; Clausse, J. M.; Delaa, O.; Marcotto, A.; Roussel, A.; Spang, A.; Stee, Ph.; Tallon-Bosc, I.; McAlister, H.; ten Brummelaar, T.; Sturmann, J.; Sturmann, L.; Turner, N.; Farrington, C.; Goldfinger, P. J.

2010-06-01

Context. A crucial issue in star formation is to understand the physical mechanism by which mass is accreted onto and ejected by a young star. To derive key constraints on the launching point of the jets and on the geometry of the winds, the visible spectro-polarimeter VEGA installed on the CHARA optical array can be an efficient means of probing the structure and the kinematics of the hot circumstellar gas at sub-AU. Aims: For the first time, we observed the Herbig Ae star AB Aur in the Hα emission line, using the VEGA low spectral resolution (R = 1700) on two baselines of the array. Methods: We computed and calibrated the spectral visibilities of AB Aur between 610 nm and 700 nm in spectral bands of 20.4 nm. To simultaneously reproduce the line profile and the inferred visibility around Hα, we used a 1D radiative transfer code (RAMIDUS/PROFILER) that calculates level populations for hydrogen atoms in a spherical geometry and that produces synthetic spectro-interferometric observables. Results: We clearly resolved AB Aur in the Hα line and in a part of the continuum, even at the smallest baseline of 34 m. The small P-Cygni absorption feature is indicative of an outflow but could not be explained by a spherical stellar wind model. Instead, it favors a magneto-centrifugal X-disk or disk-wind geometry. The fit of the spectral visibilities from 610 to 700 nm could not be accounted for by a wind alone, so another component inducing a visibility modulation around Hα needed to be considered. We thus considered a brightness asymmetry possibly caused by large-scale nebulosity or by the known spiral structures. Conclusions: Thanks to the unique capabilities of VEGA, we managed to simultaneously record for the first time a spectrum at a resolution of 1700 and spectral visibilities in the visible range on a target as faint as mV = 7.1. It was possible to rule out a spherical geometry for the wind of AB Aur and provide realistic solutions to account for the Hα emission

Differences in methylphenidate abuse rates among methadone maintenance treatment patients in two clinics.

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Peles, Einat; Schreiber, Shaul; Linzy, Shirley; Domani, Yoav; Adelson, Miriam

2015-07-01

Methylphenidate, an amphetamine-like prescription medication for attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) was suspected as being abused among methadone maintenance treatment (MMT) patients. We tested its presence in the routine urine monitoring of all patients in both Tel Aviv and Las Vegas MMT clinics. Data on demographic and addiction history, ADHD (Wender Utah Rating Scale), cognitive impairment (Mini Mental State Exam), and lifetime DSM-IV-TR psychiatric diagnosis from admission were retrieved, and retention following 6 months. None of the 190 patients in Las Vegas tested positive for methylphenidate, while 14.7% (45/306) did in Tel Aviv. Abusers were less educated (p = 0.01), had higher ADHD scores (p = 0.02), lower cognitive scores (p = 0.05), and a higher benzodiazepine (BDZ) abuse rate (p cannabis, opiates, and cocaine abuse and infectious disease. Of the methylphenidate abuse 42.2% have take-home methadone dose privileges. Not like opiate use, being methylphenidate positive did not relate to 6-months retention. Compared to Tel Aviv, Las Vegas patients were more educated, with lower BDZ, and cocaine abuse. The greater abuse of methylphenidate among ADHD subjects might indicate their using it as self-medication, raising a possible indication for its prescription for that subgroup of MMT patients. The high rate of methylphenidate abuse in Israel needs future study. Copyright © 2015 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.

The convention planning process: Potential impact of a high-level Nuclear Waste Repository in Nevada

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Kunreuther, H.; Easterling, D.; Kleindorfer, P.

1988-09-01

This report presents results from two studies that test whether a high level nuclear waste repository sites at Yucca Mountain, Nevada will diminish the willingness of meeting planners to schedule conventions, trade shows, and other meetings in Las Vegas. The first study, a focus group interview with nine meeting planners from the Philadelphia area, found little evidence that planners' selection decisions would be influenced by environmental hazards (e.g., earthquakes, pollution), unless planners were led to believe that these hazards would have a direct impact on convention delegates and the planner could conceivably be held personally responsible for any such impacts. Participants did point out that they would be sensitive to continued media coverage of a negative event, as this might stigmatize the city in the eyes of delegates. The results from the focus group guided the development of a larger and more formal questionnaire survey of meeting planners who were known to have selected Las Vegas for a meeting. Of the 153 planners recruited, 114 had a future meeting scheduled and 39 had arranged a meeting that was recently held in the city. Subjects first answered a number of questions that described the process by which they chose Las Vegas among the possible convention cities. They were then instructed to reconsider their decision in light of seven different scenarios pertaining to the repository at Yucca Mountain

Surgical experience with diseases of the tricuspid valve. Cross-sectional and Doppler echocardiographic evaluation following DeVega's repair.

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Kulshrestha, P; Das, B; Iyer, K S; Sampathkumar, A; Sharma, M L; Rao, I M; Kaul, U; Srivastava, S; Bhatia, M L; Venugopal, P

1989-04-01

Seventy-eight patients undergoing mitral valve surgery with or without replacement of the aortic valve also underwent procedures on the tricuspid valve over a period of 10 years. All patients were in functional class III or IV preoperatively. The procedures were performed in all patients with organic disease of the tricuspid valve (N = 44) and in those with moderate or severe functional tricuspid valvar regurgitation (N = 34). Seventy-one patients underwent DeVega's annuloplasty with or without commissurotomy. The overall mortality was 11.5%. 65 long-term survivors were followed up for a period of 6 months to 10 years (mean 5.3 years). Sixty-three patients were in functional class I or II at the last follow-up. Six patients had clinical evidence of mild to moderate tricuspid regurgitation. Regression of cardiomegaly (as judged by the chest radiograph and right ventricular hypertrophy seen in the electrocardiogram) was evident in most cases. Fifty-one of 54 patients evaluated by cross-sectional echocardiography were reported to have a functionally normal tricuspid valve. Doppler echocardiography in 28 patients showed no significant tricuspid regurgitation or stenosis in 26 patients. Eleven consecutive patients undergoing DeVega's annuloplasty were studied prospectively with pre- and postoperative Doppler echocardiography. Good correlation existed between right ventricular systolic pressures predicted by Doppler with those obtained preoperatively at cardiac catheterization. Postoperative Doppler echocardiography in these 11 patients showed complete restoration of competence of the tricuspid valve as well as normalisation of the right ventricular systolic pressure in 10 patients.

Fast Food Combos Make Type A Lunches

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Stashower, Gloria

1974-01-01

Clark County school district in Las Vegas, Nevada, has combination lunches available for high school students that meet Type A nutrition requirements but which resemble the commercial fast food menus teenagers prefer. (MLF)

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2004-01-01

Uutest heliplaatidest Jam&Spoon "Tripomatic Fairytales 3003", Metallica "Some Kind of Monster", "Para:Disco",Florence Joy "Hope", "Live in Hyde Park", Celine Dione "A New Day ئ Live in Las Vegas", Akon "Trouble"

El retorno de las migraciones circulares: la regulación de las migraciones profesionales (The return of circular migration: regulation of professional migration

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Santacreu Fernández, Óscar Antonio

2009-06-01

Full Text Available Resumen: Nuevamente, reaparece la noción de migraciones circulares como procedimiento de racionalización de las migraciones con motivación laboral. Es un concepto que produce tanto reacciones adversas como favorables entre los investigadores. Como tantos propuestas, sus virtudes y defectos dependerán más de cómo se concrete su reglamentación y aplicación práctica que de sus contenidos y potencialidades. Una parte sustantiva de las migraciones corresponde con motivaciones socioeconómicas, asociadas a la movilidad laboral. Para este tipo de migración, la ruptura con los elementos culturales, de vida cotidiana, y con las redes sociales de su país de origen son consecuencias no deseadas de la movilidad. La contribución más visible de su esfuerzo, en las sociedades de origen, son las remesas económicas. Las migraciones circulares proponen que la movilidad incorpore la noción de regreso. Es decir, que la migración suponga un momento de su ciclo vital, donde la restitución al entorno social de origen pueda ser una realidad. Incluyendo las ventajas para una nueva migración posterior. Las consecuencias de esta reestructuración en el horizonte vital de los migrados son importantes. Permite reintegrar a las sociedades de origen capital humano formado y cualificado, con las consecuencias positivas para el desarrollo social y económico en estas sociedades. Mantiene la calidad de vida afectiva y emocional en los migrantes y su entorno familiar. Intensifica la relación entre las dos sociedades y simplifica los problemas que supone la convivencia entre sistemas culturales o religiosos contradictorios. Especialmente referidos a la libertad e igualdad. Son múltiples los ejemplos referidos a la violencia de género, sobre niños, etc., inaceptables en los estados sociales de derecho democráticos que predominan en las sociedades occidentales. Ciertamente el ámbito de aplicación óptimo lo define la migración económica. Este enfoque

Actividades educativas para la prevención del alcoholismo en adolescentes de “Vega del Jobo”, Imías

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Oryanis Estévez-Guilarte

2017-11-01

Full Text Available El trabajo aborda el problema del alcoholismo en grupos de adolescentes, lo cual condiciona conflictos sociales como deserción escolar, embarazo precoz, cambio de dependencia de los padres por amigos, entre otros. Se aporta un sistema de actividades educativas para prevenirlo en adolescentes de la comunidad “Vega del Jobo” en Imías, teniendo en cuenta la función educativa de la familia, la escuela y la comunidad, los cuales pueden prever manifestaciones asociadas a este flagelo, a partir de una acertada dirección del proceso preventivo.

The analysis of the neutral gas measurements near comet P/Halley based on observations by VEGA-1

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Gringauz, K.I.; Verigin, M.I.; Remizov, A.P.; Oraevskij, A.A.; Szegoe, K.; Varga, A.

1989-04-01

The in-situ measurements of secondary electrons and sputtered ions caused by impacts of neutral particles on metallic surfaces of the Ram Faraday Cup and Plasma Impact Detector sensors in PLAZMAG-1 instrument aboard VEGA 1,2 spacecraft are used to estimate neutral particle density distribution (n n ) around comet P/Halley up to distances of approximately 3x10 σ km. Asymmetries in n n distributions along inbound and outbound legs of spacecraft trajectory are attributed to solar radiation pressure. A model calculation, taking into account solar radiation pressure, leads to 'tear drop' shaped distribution of neutral particles around the cometary nucleus. (author) 46 refs.; 11 figs

Morphometric and histopathological parameters of gonadal development in adult common carp from contaminated and reference sites in Lake Mead, Nevada

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Patino, R.; Goodbred, S.L.; Draugelis-Dale, R.; Barry, C.E.; Scott, Foott J.; Wainscott, M.R.; Gross, T.S.; Covay, K.J.

2003-01-01

This study examined the hypothesis that exposure to sublethal concentrations of contaminants alters the gonadal condition of feral common carp Cyprinus carpio. Adult common carp in Lake Mead, Nevada, were collected from a contaminated site (Las Vegas Bay) that receives municipal and industrial effluent and from a reference site (Overton Arm) with a relatively low level of contamination. Fish were sampled seven times over a 1-year period extending over two separate spawning seasons. Morphometric and histopathological parameters of gonadal and germ cell development were determined. In males, the pattern of seasonal changes in the gonadosomatic index (GSI) was similar between the sites and showed no clear association with site-specific seasonal temperature profiles. However, Las Vegas Bay males had consistently lower GSI values and, on one of the sampling dates, a lower proportion of sperm relative to other germ cell stages (determined histologically). Further, Las Vegas Bay males had a higher incidence of gonadal macrophage aggregates, which are putative tissue biomarkers of contaminant exposure in fishes. In females, seasonal GSI profiles, the frequency of fish with postovulatory follicles (an index of spawning activity), and the timing of new follicle recruitment all showed differences between sites, but these differences generally matched differences in water temperature profile. Also, the peak size-frequency of full-grown follicles did not differ between sites, and estimates of fecundity for the second spawning season indicated that females from the reference site unexpectedly produced a lower number of gametes, Overall, site differences in gonadal condition were observed in carp of both sexes but they seemed to be associated with site differences in contaminant levels only in males. The apparent lack of association between contaminant level and gonadal condition in female carp from mildly mesotrophic Lake Mead may indicate a lack of contaminant effects in

The Economic Costs of a Shrinking Lake Mead: a Spatial Hedonic Analysis

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Singh, A.; Saphores, J. D.

2017-12-01

Persistent arid conditions and population growth in the Southwest have taken a toll on the Colorado River. This has led to substantial drawdowns of many water reservoirs around the Southwest, and especially of Lake Mead, which is Las Vegas' main source of drinking water. Due to its importance, Lake Mead has received a great deal of media attention about its "bathtub ring" and the exposure of rock that used to be underwater. Drops in water levels have caused some local marinas to close, thereby affecting the aesthetic and recreational value of Lake Mead, which is located in the country's largest National Recreation Area (NRA), and surrounded by protected land. Although a rich literature analyzes how water quality impacts real estate values, relatively few studies have examined how dropping water levels are capitalized in surrounding residential properties. In this context, the goal of this study is to quantify how Lake Mead's water level changes are reflected in changes in local property values, an important source of tax income for any community. Since Lake Mead is the primary attraction within its recreation area, we are also concerned with how this recreation area, which is a few miles southeast of Las Vegas, is capitalized in real estate values of the Las Vegas metropolitan area as few valuation studies have examined how proximity to national parks influences residential property value. We estimate spatial hedonic and geographically weighted regression models of single family residences to delineate the value of proximity to the Lake Mead NRA and to understand how this value changed with Lake Mead's water levels. Our explanatory variables include common structural characteristics, fixed effects to account for unobserved locally constant characteristics, and specific variables such as distance to the Las Vegas strip and to downtown casinos. Because the sharpest declines in Lake Mead water levels happened in 2010 (NASA, 2010) and winter 2016 saw an unexpected

LAS DIMENSIONES DEL OCIO EN LAS SOCIEDADES RURALES

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2010-09-01

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El presente artículo es un análisis sobre el Ocio en la sociedad rural. El medio rural se ha estudiado desde el punto de vista económico, político y social y sin duda ha despertado un gran interés. Numerosos son los problemas que arrastran estas sociedades a lo largo de la historia. Problemas que han dado lugar a una situación de subdesarrollo y marginalidad. Hoy día indicadores de desarrollo y calidad de vida de una población pueden ser las actividades de ocio realizadas. El nivel de práctica deportiva y el empleo del tiempo libre como actividades de ocio son fenómenos que despiertan gran interés desde el mundo académico. En esta investigación se evalúa estos parámetros y se da información sobre las necesidades de sus habitantes en materia de tiempo libre, actividades de ocio y de forma concreta actividades deportivas.
PALABRAS CLAVE: Ocio, Tiempo libre, Deporte, Rural.

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The present article is an analysis of leisure in rural society. Rural areas have been studied from economic, political and social points of view and without a doubt there is heightened interest in these areas. Numerous problems have plagued these societies throughout history, and consequently led to underdevelopment and marginality. Nowadays leisure activities indicate development and quality of life in given populations. The level of sport practice and the use of the free time to do leisure activities are phenomena that interest the academic world. This investigation evaluated these parameters and information on the necessities of its inhabitants in the matter of free time, leisure activities and specifically sport activities.
KEY WORDS: Leisure, free Time, Sport, Rural.

75 FR 21366 - Investigations Regarding Certifications of Eligibility To Apply for Worker Adjustment Assistance

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2010-04-23

...). 73810 Gaming Partners Las Vegas, NV......... 03/30/10 03/25/10 International, USA (Company). 73811 Schrupp Industries, Inc. Packer, PA 03/30/10 03/26/10 (Workers). 73812 Johnson Controls, Inc. Rockwood, MI...

76 FR 9820 - Notice of Intent To Grant a Partially Exclusive License

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2011-02-22

... its principal place of business in North Las Vegas, Nevada. The fields of use may be limited to..., space tourism, and other commercial endeavors. The patent rights in this invention have been assigned to...

Understanding civil society before and after 1989

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Ferenc Miszlivetz

2012-02-01

Full Text Available Entrapped in the ambiguities of the Realpolitik of the Yalta system, East and Central European societies had to proceed on a long path of learning in order to find the right modes of self-organization and articulation to defend their values and identities vis-à-vis dictatorship and authoritarian rule. These bitter lessons contributed to the emergence of a new «strategy», a new vision which materialized in the emerging political philosophy and the political and social practice of civil society. This development would not have been possible without a gradual and fundamental change in political thinking and goal-setting, expressed in the development of a new concept of civil society.Atrapados en las ambigüedades de la Realpolitik del sistema de Yalta, las sociedades del Centro y Este de Europea han tenido que proceder a un largo camino de aprendizaje a fin de encontrar formas correctas de autoorganización y la articulación de la defensa de sus valores e identidades vis-à- vis con una dictadura y una administración autoritaria. Estas amargas lecciones contribuyeron a la emergencia de una nueva «estrategia», una nueva visión materializada en la emergente filosofía política y la práctica social y política de la sociedad civil. Este desarrollo no hubiera sido posible sin el gradual y fundamental cambio en el pensamiento político y el establecimiento de metas, expresadas en el desarrollo de un nuevo concepto de sociedad civil. 

Las ondas en las universidades o las universidades en las ondas

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Verónica Marín Díaz

2014-01-01

Full Text Available En las aulas y pasillos de las universidades vuelven a sonar las ondas hercianas que raen una variedad de programas a la anodina vida de la comunidad universitaria, inmersa en la implantación de títulos de Grado, nuevos programas de doctorado, legislación universitaria variable y un largo etcétera que afecta al devenir de la vida en el ámbito de la educación superior.

Social Branding to Decrease Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Young Adult Smoking.

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Fallin, Amanda; Neilands, Torsten B; Jordan, Jeffrey W; Ling, Pamela M

2015-08-01

Lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) individuals are more likely to smoke than the general population. This study evaluated a Social Branding intervention, CRUSH, which included an aspirational brand, social events, and targeted media to discourage smoking among LGBT young adults in Las Vegas, NV. Cross-sectional surveys (N = 2,395) were collected in Las Vegas LGBT bars at 2 time points 1 year apart. Multivariate logistic regressions examined associations between campaign exposure, message understanding, and current (past 30 days) smoking, controlling for demographics. LGBT individuals were significantly more likely to report current (past 30 day) smoking than heterosexual/straight, gender-conforming participants. Overall, 53% of respondents reported exposure to CRUSH; of those exposed, 60% liked the campaign, 60.3% reported they would attend a CRUSH event on a night when they usually went somewhere else, and 86.3% correctly identified that the campaign was about "partying fresh and smokefree." Current smoking was reported by 47% of respondents at Time 1 and 39.6% at Time 2. There were significant interactions between time and campaign exposure and campaign exposure and understanding the message. Among those who understood the CRUSH smokefree message, the highest level of campaign exposure was significantly associated with 37%-48% lower odds for current smoking. While longitudinal studies would better assess the impact of this intervention, CRUSH shows promise to reduce tobacco use among LGBT bar patrons. © The Author 2015. Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco. All rights reserved. For permissions, please e-mail: journals.permissions@oup.com.

Lope de Vega and the Fortune of the «juego del soldado»

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Germán Vega García-Luengos

2017-11-01

Full Text Available From the end of the XVI century and throughout the XVII, testimonies about the well-known «Juego del soldado» are abundant and varied in every genre, specially in dramatic one, given its inherent theatricality. Among the authors who used it, where it figures names such as Calderón, Luis Vélez or Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz, Lope de Vega stands out. Everything points that he was responsible for the beginning of this story, worthy of being studied in more detail. Moreover, he is the author with more cases registered, until five, which belong to different periods, genres (theatre, lyric and tale and treatments (profane and religious, and which point to the subsequent lines of development. In short, the use of this pastime by the Fénix reveals once more its ability to turn everything into literature, as well as its status as a pioneer and «trendsetter».

Correlation of In Situ Test Data with Shear Strength for Deep Foundation Design.

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2016-06-16

The project addresses drilled shaft foundation design for Nevada, especially for the population center of Las Vegas Valley. Specifically, we address overconservatism due to challenges in characterizing deformability and strength of dense, hard-to-sam...

Prospectiva y cambio social: ¿cómo orientar las políticas de I+D en las sociedades tecnológicas avanzadas?

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López Peláez, Antonio

2009-08-01

Full Text Available The analysis of the future and taking decisions related to the tendencies of the detectable technological and social change in our present time has turned into a basic tool in the scientific-technological policy of the contemporary societies. The technological development can not be improvised: technologies have a long gestation period and public policies about science and technology should establish some financing guidelines that make possible to develop a technological path which may be considered as strategic. At the same time, the technological advances generate different kind of risks and the citizens who live in advanced democratic societies claim to participate in the scientific-technological policy, not only through their legitimate political representatives but also through their own behaviour like consumers. In this article, the basic dimensions of the denominated Futures Studies are analyzed, the most outstanding contributions and the actual situation of the prospective investigations in Spain and The European Union.El análisis del futuro, y la toma de decisiones en función de las tendencias de cambio tecnológico y social detectables en el presente, se han convertido en una herramienta básica en la política científico-tecnológica de las sociedades contemporáneas. El desarrollo tecnológico no se improvisa: las tecnologías tienen un largo período de gestación, y las políticas públicas sobre la ciencia y la tecnología deben establecer pautas de financiación que hacen posible desarrollar unas trayectorias tecnológicas consideradas estratégicas. A la vez, los avances tecnológicos generan riesgos de diverso tipo, y los ciudadanos, en sociedades democráticas avanzadas, reclaman participar en el diseño de la política científico-tecnológica, tanto a través de sus legítimos representantes políticos, como a través de su propio comportamiento como consumidores. En este artículo, se analizan las dimensiones básicas de

Inventario preliminar de las especies de la familia Orquidaceae en La Vereda La Granja del municipio de Sasaima, Cundinamarca, Colombia

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Juan Camilo Ordóñez B.

2005-07-01

Full Text Available La familia Orquidaceae tiene la mayor diversidad del reino vegetal, presenta variaciones en cuanto al hábitat, floración, polinización, entre otros aspectos. Colombia registra aproximadamente 3.500 especies en 250 géneros, representando el 10% de la diversidad de la vegetación mundial. Este trabajo presenta un inventario preliminar, sobre las orquidáceas de la Vereda “La Granja” del municipio de Sasaima, Cundinamarca, Colombia. El muestreo se realizó en transectos desde la zona urbana municipal, por la carretera que conduce al municipio de la Vega, hasta “La Ye” ubicada a 500 m del río Gualiva, abarcando un total de 10 km. El trabajo en campo incluyó una ficha morfotaxonómica de caracterización, destacando: descripción del hábitat y especie, condiciones ambientales, épocas de floración, abundancia y huéspedes en caso de epifitismos. La identificación de géneros se basó en las claves de Gentry y Valdivieso, y la de especies se hizo por comparación de muestras y fotografías con la publicación de Villegas. Se registraron 41 especies agrupadas en 27 géneros, de estos se destaca Epidendrum. El 56% de las especies son poco comunes, y solo el 7,3% muy abundantes. El hábitat más común es el Epífito. La época de mayor floración se encuentra entre abril-marzo.

Civic Action Projects Report, 1 January 1965-31 December 1965. Volume 2.

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1966-06-22

country PIO. .~. 439 EL SALVADOF b. A copy of the pamphlet " Lecturas Seleccionadas Sobre el Desarollo de la Comunidad" fron. the U. S. Army School of...PiOJECT Ponton La Vega A-I Juan Lopez Moca A-2 Las Uvas Villa Tapia A-3 Buena Vista Jarabocoa A-4 Los Rios Neyba A-5 Juan Herrera San Juan de la ...Maguana A-6 Hatillo San Cristobal A-7 Licey La Vega A-8 Canoa Barahona AF-I Fundacion Bani N-i Comatillo Bayaguana A- 9 Santa Maria San Cristobal G-I 4

Carlos Vesga Duarte

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Pedro Medina Avendaño

1981-01-01

Full Text Available Carlos Vega Duarte tenía la sencillez de los seres elementales y puros. Su corazón era limpio como oro de aluvión. Su trato directo y coloquial ponía de relieve a un santandereano sin contaminaciones que amaba el fulgor de las armas y se encandilaba con el destello de las frases perfectas

78 FR 14352 - Notice of Approved Class III Tribal Gaming Ordinances

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2013-03-05

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75 FR 16787 - Environmental Impact Statements and Regulations; Availability of EPA Comments

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2010-04-02

.... EIS No. 20100039, ERP No. F-WAP-K08017-00, ADOPTION--Southwest Intertie Project, Construction and... substation site in the Dry Lake Valley of Las Vegas, NV area to a point near Delta, UT, Permits Approval and...

nanobubble assisted changes of surface nanomorphology

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Tarábková, Hana; Janda, Pavel

2013-01-01

Roč. 4, č. 6 (2013), s. 115-115 ISSN 2157-7439. [Internacional Conference on Nanotek&Expo /3./. 02.12.2013-04.12.2013, Las Vegas] Institutional support: RVO:61388955 Keywords : nanobubbles * nanomorphology Subject RIV: CG - Electrochemistry

The Behavior and Durability of Self-Consolidating Concrete.

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2015-05-01

This report focuses on the production of self-consolidating concrete using local materials from Las Vegas, Nevada. Tests were conducted on eight self-consolidating concrete mixtures having two different percentages of fly-ash replacement (25% and 35%...

Héctor Brioso and Alexandra Chereches, eds., «Callando pasan los ligeros años...»: El Lope de Vega joven y el teatro antes de 1609

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Marco Presotto

2014-01-01

Full Text Available Review of Héctor Brioso and Alexandra Chereches, eds., «Callando pasan los ligeros años...»: El Lope de Vega joven y el teatro antes de 1609, Liceus (Literatura Española, Papeles de Teatro, 1, Madrid, 2012, 220 pp. ISBN: 978-84-9714-033-1.

La Lógica de las Sirenas. (O sobre el uso de los nuevos vocabularios institucionales y, en particular, educativos La Lógica de las Sirenas. (O sobre el uso de los nuevos vocabularios institucionales y, en particular, educativos

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Mauricio Vélez Upegui

2004-12-01

Full Text Available Luego de caracterizar el habla humana en términos triviales (como itinerante, gregaria y colectiva, el texto se ocupa de describir el tipo de habla que prospera en el seno de las denominadas “sociedades de sobreproducción”. Dichas sociedades, a su vez, se nutren de consignas, es decir, deformulaciones anónimas que hechizan las conciencias individuales y colectivas, induciéndolas a realizar una serie de acciones en provecho de las instituciones que las acogen. Entre dichas instituciones, las empresariales y educativas ocupan un lugar especial, dado que constituyen, hoy por hoy, el terreno mejor abonado para la siembra de dos consignas hegemónicas: las de la calidad y el mejoramiento continuo. ¿Qué subyace a las mismas? Se propone un análisis crítico de esta clase de hablas sociales.After characterizing ‘human language’ as one gregarian, collective, and walking around, this paper describes the kind of language prevailing in the so-called ‘excess production’ societies (which are represented by productive organizations.Messages moving individuals and groups to do actions in favor of organizations they belong to are spread in this kind of societies. The author proposes a critical analysis of the fundamentals overlying two basic discourses at both corporations and academia, which are total quality and ongoing improvement.

78 FR 61667 - Final Fair Market Rents for the Housing Choice Voucher Program and Moderate Rehabilitation Single...

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... Metro FMR Area 2016 Area. Las Vegas-Paradise, NV MSA 2015 New Haven-Meriden, CT HUD Metro FMR 2016 Area...) in the Low-Income Housing Tax Credit program is outside of the scope of this notice. However, HUD...

Native Americans and Yucca Mountain: A revised and updated summary report on research undertaken between 1987 and 1991

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Fowler, C.S.

1991-01-01

This report summarizes data collected between September 1986 and September 1988 relative to Native American concerns involving the potential siting of a high-level nuclear waste repository at Yucca Mountain, Nevada. The data were collected from Western Shoshone and Southern Paiute people upon whose aboriginal lands the repository potentially is to be located. Western Shoshone people involved in the study were those resident or affiliated with reservation communities at Yomba and Duckwater, Nevada, and Death Valley, California. Southern Paiute people were at reservation communities at Moapa and Las Vegas. Additional persons of Western Shoshone and Southern Paiute descent were interviewed at Beatty, Tonopah, Caliente, Pahrump, and Las Vegas, Nevada. The work was part of a larger project of socioeconomic studies for the State of Nevada's Nuclear Waste Projects office, conducted by Mountain West of Phoenix, Arizona

Perceived risk, stigma, and potential economic impacts of a high-level nuclear waste repository in Nevada

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Slovic, P.

1989-01-01

This paper addresses the potential for the proposed Yucca Mountain repository to have serious adverse economic impacts on the city of Las Vegas and the State of Nevada. Adverse economic impacts may be expected to result from two related social processes. One has to do with perceptions of risk and socially amplified reactions to unfortunate events associated with the repository (major and minor accidents, discoveries of radiation releases, evidence of mismanagement, attempts to sabotage or disrupt the facility, etc.). The second process that may trigger significant adverse impacts is that of stigmatization. The conceptual underpinnings of risk perception, social amplification, and stigma are discussed in this paper and empirical data are presented to demonstrate how nuclear images associated with Las Vegas and the State of Nevada might trigger adverse effects on tourism, migration, and business development

Native Americans and Yucca Mountain: A revised and updated summary report on research undertaken between 1987 and 1991; Volume 1

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Fowler, C.S. [Cultural Resources Consultants Ltd., Reno, NV (United States)

1991-10-15

This report summarizes data collected between September 1986 and September 1988 relative to Native American concerns involving the potential siting of a high-level nuclear waste repository at Yucca Mountain, Nevada. The data were collected from Western Shoshone and Southern Paiute people upon whose aboriginal lands the repository potentially is to be located. Western Shoshone people involved in the study were those resident or affiliated with reservation communities at Yomba and Duckwater, Nevada, and Death Valley, California. Southern Paiute people were at reservation communities at Moapa and Las Vegas. Additional persons of Western Shoshone and Southern Paiute descent were interviewed at Beatty, Tonopah, Caliente, Pahrump, and Las Vegas, Nevada. The work was part of a larger project of socioeconomic studies for the State of Nevada`s Nuclear Waste Projects office, conducted by Mountain West of Phoenix, Arizona.

La perspectiva de las madres marroquíes sobre la educación de sus hijos en Huelva y en las zonas de origen

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Teresa Terrón Caro

2008-01-01

Full Text Available En el presente artículo analizamos la educación que reciben en el hogar las hijas e hijos de los inmigrantes marroquíes sitos en la provincia de Huelva, para ello analizamos nuestro objeto de estudio en las dos sociedades implicadas; en la de llegada (Huelva y provincia y en la de origen, concretamente en las zonas de donde provienen la mayor parte de las mujeres entrevistadas en Huelva: Beni Mellal y Azilal (región de Tadla-Azilal, Tánger y Tetuán (región Tánger-Tetuán y Casablanca (de la región Gran Casablanca. Conscientes de la importancia y relevancia que tiene la madre en la educación de sus hijas e hijos, sea cual fuere su ámbito cultural, observamos como en la sociedad marroquí, esta característica se acentúa. Así mismo, también hemos podido verificar que el proceso migratorio implica una serie de transformaciones en el ámbito familiar que, en muchos de los casos estudiados, se han ido conformando según la variable tiempo de estancia en España. Si bien, el tipo de educación familiar que las mujeres inmigrantes marroquíes asentadas en la provincia de Huelva imparten a su prole, viene a ser la misma que la que ellas recibían en su país de origen, tanto en los contenidos y valores que transmiten como en la forma y modo con que lo hacen. Siendo ésta un tipo de educación diferenciada en función del género, independientemente del lugar donde se encuentren.In the present article we analyze the familiar education that daughters and sons of the Moroccan immigrants situated in the province of Huelva receive,for it we analyze our object of study in both implied societies; arrival society (Huelva and province and origin society, concretly in the origin zones of the most of the women interviewed in Huelva:Beni Mellal and Azilal (Tadla-Azilal’s region, Tanger and Tetuán (region Tanger-Tetuán and Casablanca (of the region Great Casablanca.We are aware of the importance and relevancy that the mother has in the education of

La competencia informacional en las ciencias de la salud. Una visión desde las universidades españolas

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Ortoll Espinet, Eva

2004-06-01

Full Text Available The educational system in general, and the university in particular, have the responsibility to educate the professionals of the future in the basic competences and skills that will allow them to succeed in their professional activity. In the framework of our society one of the professional competences that is so important is the one related to the effective use of information. The aim of this research is to present an overview of the way Spanish Universities, in the sector of health sciences, include the education about that competence. This paper analyses the programmes of each degree related with health sciences. The research presents an approach about the contents of the official programmes, and on the way these contents are included.

El sistema educativo en general, y el universitario en particular, debe asumir la responsabilidad de formar a los futuros profesionales en las competencias básicas que les permitirían desenvolverse en su futura actividad profesional. En el marco de la sociedad actual una de las competencias fundamentales a las que se debe prestar atención es la competencia informacional, que capacita a los individuos a interactuar de forma efectiva con la información. El objetivo de la investigación pretende poner de manifiesto cómo se contempla, en el marco de las universidades españolas relacionadas con las ciencias de la salud, la formación en dicha competencia. Por ello se analizan los planes de estudio de las carreras relacionadas con nuestro ámbito de estudio. Por un lado se pone de manifiesto el nivel de presencia de asignaturas relacionadas con la competencia informacional, por otro, el enfoque y tratamiento de las mismas.

XENON-133 IN CALIFORNIA, NEVADA, AND UTAH FROM THE CHERNOBYL ACCIDENT (JOURNAL VERSION)

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The accident at the Chernobyl nuclear reactor in the USSR introduced numerous radioactive nuclides into the atmosphere, including the noble gas xenon-133. EPA's Environmental Monitoring Systems Laboratory, Las Vegas, NV, detected xenon-133 from the Chernobyl accident in air sampl...

Red Rock Canyon National Conservation Area Transportation Feasibility Study

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2012-07-31

Red Rock Canyon National Conservation Area is a popular Bureau of Land Management natural area located near Las Vegas, Nevada. Red Rock Canyon experiences heavy congestion on its Scenic Drive and associated parking areas, due to high volumes of visit...

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...''), International Business Machines Corporation (``IBM''), The Coca-Cola Company (``KO''), Las Vegas Sands Corp...Shares Russell 2000 (``IWM''), Financial Select Sector SPDR (``XLF''), Apple, Inc. (``AAPL''), General... Company (``F''), Direxion Shares Financial Bull (``FAS''), Direxion Shares Financial Bear (``FAZ''), First...

Cyclic behavior of self-consolidated concrete.

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2014-08-01

This reports highlights on the production of Self-Consolidating concrete using local materials from Las Vegas, Nevada. 4 SCC : mixtures were worked on with 2 different levels of FA replacement and the inclusion of superplasticizers, ADVA 195 and V-MA...

13th International Conference on Information Technology

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This book collects articles presented at the 13th International Conference on Information Technology- New Generations, April, 2016, in Las Vegas, NV USA. It includes over 100 chapters on critical areas of IT including Web Technology, Communications, Security, and Data Mining.

Evaluating lake stratification and temporal trends by using near-continuous water-quality data from automated profiling systems for water years 2005-09, Lake Mead, Arizona and Nevada

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Veley, Ronald J.; Moran, Michael J.

2012-01-01

The U.S. Geological Survey, in cooperation with the National Park Service and Southern Nevada Water Authority, collected near-continuous depth-dependent water-quality data at Lake Mead, Arizona and Nevada, as part of a multi-agency monitoring network maintained to provide resource managers with basic data and to gain a better understanding of the hydrodynamics of the lake. Water-quality data-collection stations on Lake Mead were located in shallow water (less than 20 meters) at Las Vegas Bay (Site 3) and Overton Arm, and in deep water (greater than 20 meters) near Sentinel Island and at Virgin and Temple Basins. At each station, near-continual depth-dependent water-quality data were collected from October 2004 through September 2009. The data were collected by using automatic profiling systems equipped with multiparameter water-quality sondes. The sondes had sensors for temperature, specific conductance, dissolved oxygen, pH, turbidity, and depth. Data were collected every 6 hours at 2-meter depth intervals (for shallow-water stations) or 5-meter depth intervals (for deep-water stations) beginning at 1 meter below water surface. Data were analyzed to determine water-quality conditions related to stratification of the lake and temporal trends in water-quality parameters. Three water-quality parameters were the main focus of these analyses: temperature, specific conductance, and dissolved oxygen. Statistical temporal-trend analyses were performed for a single depth at shallow-water stations [Las Vegas Bay (Site 3) and Overton Arm] and for thermally-stratified lake layers at deep-water stations (Sentinel Island and Virgin Basin). The limited period of data collection at the Temple Basin station prevented the application of statistical trend analysis. During the summer months, thermal stratification was not observed at shallow-water stations, nor were major maxima or minima observed for specific-conductance or dissolved-oxygen profiles. A clearly-defined thermocline

Las Cumbres de las Américas: una nueva plataforma para la sociedad civil

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Diana TUSSIE

2009-11-01

Full Text Available RESUMEN: Este artículo analiza los avances logrados por las Cumbres de las Américas en materia de incorporación de los actores no gubernamentales en la definición de la agenda hemisférica. La descripción identifica los alcances de la apertura a nivel regional y a nivel nacional. En la conclusión, se evalúan los desafíos que enfrentan los foros de participación de la sociedad civil para institucionalizarse como plataformas democráticas de consulta y diálogo entre gobiernos y actores no gubernamentales de la región.ABSTRACT: This article analyzes the accomplishments of the Summits of the Americas regarding the inclusion of non-governmental actors in the definition of the hemispheric agenda. The description identifies the reach of the opening at both the regional and national levels. In the conclusion, the authors assess the challenges faced by the civil society participatory forums in order to get institutionalized as democratic platforms for dialogue between governmental and non-governmental actors across the region.

Urgencias periodontales en el paciente diabético

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2010-01-01

Se realizó un estudio descriptivo transversal de tipo observacional en el período comprendido entre febrero del 2008 a marzo del 2009, con el objetivo de determinar el comportamiento de las principales urgencias periodontales en 84 pacientes con diagnóstico de Diabetes Mellitus, pertenecientes a los consultorios del policlínico "René Bedia Morales" de Santiago de las Vegas en Ciudad de La Habana; previo consentimiento de estos, se estudiaron las variables edad, sexo, presencia de Gingivitis U...

From the desk of the Editor-in-Chief

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2014-10-01

Launching a new journal is never an easy endeavor. With the publication of this issue of the Life Sciences in Space Research, our new Journal has gotten off to an excellent start with thirty scholarly articles published since its inception and a steady stream of submissions. At the 40th COSPAR assembly held at the picturesque campus of Moscow State University in early August, Elsevier sponsored an inaugural event to promote the launching of the journal, an event that was well attended if one were to use how fast the food platter disappeared as a yardstick. In addition, at the recent Radiation Research Society meeting in Las Vegas in the U.S., Elsevier had an exhibition booth (picture), which was visited by many of the NASA and ESA funded scientists attending the meeting.

Tortugas del Cretácico Inferior de la Cuenca Vasco-Cantábrica: el registro Hauteriviense-Barremiense de Vega de Pas (Cantabria)

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Pérez García, Adán; Murelaga, Xabier

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El registro de tortugas del Cretácico Inferior de España es muy abundante y diverso. Hasta ahora todos los hallazgos provenían de la Cordillera Ibérica. Se presenta aquí material de tortugas hallado en la Cuenca Vasco- Cantábrica. Estos ejemplares, provenientes del Hauteriviense-Barremiense de la Formación Vega de Pas (Cantabria), corresponden a placas tanto del espaldar como del plastrón. Se reconoce la presencia de un representante indeterminado de Eucryptodira, que difier...

A figura do gato como capa para considerações mais profundas : Lope de Vega, E. T. A. Hoffmann, T. S. Eliot

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Zamith, Maria Cândida

2014-01-01

Cats have traditionally been writers' favourite pets. And writers who love cats often write about them or in their names. Among many others, Lope de Vega, E. T. A. Hoffmann and T. S. Eliot did. It is fascinating to analyse how three very different authors, living centuries apart in distinct countries, and writing different kinds of poetry or prose, found a similar way to express their opinions or secret grievances about women's inconstancy and the fallacy of love vows. The three of them lent ...

Lope de Vega y el poder monárquico: una puesta al día

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Marcella Trambaioli

2012-04-01

Full Text Available The essay tries to outline the ‘state-of-the-art’ about the relationship between Lope deVega and the contemporary monarchic power. After some early studies merely concerning the politicaltheory present inside the texts, the scholars have started to analyze his historical theater in relation withhis construction of the Spanish Empire mythology, even if only recently some of them have realized thatthis glorification of both the Austrias and the Spanish nobles gets on with Lope’s self-promotionstrategies, in order to obtain an official post at court. On the contrary, some scholars, mainlyAnglosaxon, have tried to interpret his works in a critical and satyrical perspective, without consideringthe necessary contextualization of his theater. The reception theory may help studying this controversialmatter, only if it tries to match in the right way both the historical and cultural context of the authorand the cultural background of the contemporary audience.

"Comentarios en torno a las sociedades cooperativas en México" (Comments on cooperative societies in Mexico

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Martha E. Izquierdo

2012-01-01

Full Text Available One of the current problems that Cooperative sector is facingin Mexico is mainly due the economic model that is in place. The reason is thatthe Mexican capitalism under the neo-liberal model excludes the cooperativemovement; taking away from the national development plans and consideringthis as a synonym of falling back, subversion and failure.Despite this, there is a big number of successful cooperative societies thathave survived to the worst fights against the economic politics that the coun-try is currently living. Therefore these societies are an undeniable proof thatthought this system an alternative economy can be reached, with more justiceand being an inclusive society that can help to overcome the crisis that we areliving today.

University of Hawaii Institute for Astronomy

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2001-01-01

Thornton, Scott Sheppard, and Wei-Hao Wang. Visiting colleagues included Marcelo Emilio , Miwa Go- to, Olivier Guyon, Masatoshi Imanishi, Roland Meier...Univ. Nevada, Las Vegas ), and C. Deliyannis (Indiana Univ.). Spectroscopic observations at high spectral resolu- tion of unevolved stars in globular

First measurements of the radioactivity in atmospheric precipitations

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Santomauro, L; Cigna, A

1953-01-01

Measurements conducted between February 1951 and November 1952 showed that nuclear-weapon tests at Las Vegas, Eniwetok, and Montebello were followed, 1, 2, and 3 weeks later, respectively, by an increase in the radioactive content of rain and snow falling in Italy.

Using Social Media in Exercises

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Donaldson, Jeff

2014-04-28

This presentation discusses the use of social media as a tool during the full-scale exercise Tremor-14 in Las Vegas, and examines Lessons Learned as a path forward in using social media to disseminate Emergency Public Information (EPI) on a regular basis.

Worker Environment Beryllium Characterization Study

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2009-01-01

This report summarizes the conclusion of regular monitoring of occupied buildings at the Nevada Test Site and North Las Vegas facility to determine the extent of beryllium (Be) contamination in accordance with Judgment of Needs 6 of the August 14, 2003, 'Minnema Report.'

ENVIRONMENTAL TECHNOLOGY VERIFICATION REPORT, JCH FUEL SOLUTIONS, INC., JCH ENVIRO AUTOMATED FUEL CLEANING AND MAINTENANCE SYSTEM

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The verification testing was conducted at the Cl facility in North Las Vegas, NV, on July 17 and 18, 2001. During this period, engine emissions, fuel consumption, and fuel quality were evaluated with contaminated and cleaned fuel.To facilitate this verification, JCH repre...

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Perceived risk, stigma, and potential economic impacts of a high-level nuclear waste repository in Nevada

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Slovic, P.; Layman, M.; Kraus, N.N.; Chalmers, J.; Gesel, G.; Flynn, J.

1989-07-01

This paper describes a program of research designed to assess the potential impacts of a high-level nuclear waste repository at Yucca Mountain, Nevada, upon tourism, retirement and job-related migration, and business development in Las Vegas and the state. Adverse economic impacts may be expected to result from two related social processes. One has to do with perceptions of risk and socially amplified reactions to ''unfortunate events'' associated with the repository (major and minor accidents, discoveries of radiation releases, evidence of mismanagement, attempts to sabotage or disrupt the facility, etc.). The second process that may trigger significant adverse impacts is that of stigmatization. The conceptual underpinnings of risk perception, social amplification, and stigmatization are discussed in this paper and empirical data are presented to demonstrate how nuclear images associated with Las Vegas and the State of Nevada might trigger adverse effects on tourism, migration, and business development

Native Americans and Yucca Mountain: A revised and updated summary report on research undertaken between 1987 and 1991; Volume 2

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Fowler, C.S. [Cultural Resources Consultants Ltd., Reno, NV (United States)

1991-10-15

This report consists of Yucca Mountain Project bibliographies. It is the appendix to a report that summarizes data collected between September 1986 and September 1988 relative to Native American concerns involving the potential siting of a high-level nuclear waste repository at Yucca Mountain, Nevada. The data were collected from Western Shoshone and Southern Paiute people upon whose aboriginal lands the repository potentially is to be located. Western Shoshone people involved in the study were those resident or affiliated with reservation communities at Yomba and Duckwater, Nevada, and Death Valley, California. Southern Paiute people were at reservation communities at Moapa and Las Vegas. Additional persons of Western Shoshone and Southern Paiute descent were interviewed at Beatty, Tonopah, Caliente, Pahrump, and Las Vegas, Nevada. The work was part of a larger project of socioeconomic studies for the State of Nevada`s Nuclear Waste Projects office, conducted by Mountain West of Phoenix, Arizona.

Native Americans and Yucca Mountain: A revised and updated summary report on research undertaken between 1987 and 1991

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Fowler, C.S.

1991-01-01

This report consists of Yucca Mountain Project bibliographies. It is the appendix to a report that summarizes data collected between September 1986 and September 1988 relative to Native American concerns involving the potential siting of a high-level nuclear waste repository at Yucca Mountain, Nevada. The data were collected from Western Shoshone and Southern Paiute people upon whose aboriginal lands the repository potentially is to be located. Western Shoshone people involved in the study were those resident or affiliated with reservation communities at Yomba and Duckwater, Nevada, and Death Valley, California. Southern Paiute people were at reservation communities at Moapa and Las Vegas. Additional persons of Western Shoshone and Southern Paiute descent were interviewed at Beatty, Tonopah, Caliente, Pahrump, and Las Vegas, Nevada. The work was part of a larger project of socioeconomic studies for the State of Nevada's Nuclear Waste Projects office, conducted by Mountain West of Phoenix, Arizona

La identidad de los escritores del Siglo de Oro

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Ricardo GARCÍA CÁRCEL

2009-12-01

Full Text Available La sociología de la producción de la cultura en la España del Siglo de Oro está en nuestro país más atrasada que la sociología del consumo. Para las famosas preguntas de J.P. Sartre Qué est-ce que la littérature: ¿Quién escribe las obras? y ¿Para quién escribe las obras?, tenemos hoy por hoy, pobres respuestas. En este trabajo intentaremos aportar algunos elementos de respuesta al primer interrogante. Noel Salomón en 1972 estableció tres tipos de escritores en la España del Siglo de Oro:1 Los escritores aristócratas, para quienes tomar la pluma es un arte noble del espíritu, un lujo en su existencia social palaciega. Tal es el caso del Marqués de Santillana o Garcilaso de la Vega.2 Los escritores artesanos, para quienes escribir es una profesión, una actividad para ganar el pan cotidiano. Entran en esta condición los juglares medievales, los poetas maestros de capilla (Juan del Encina, Lucas Fernández y los poetas secretarios «capellanes» del tipo de Lope de Vega hacia 1600. Unos y otros viven de su pluma a la sombra del mecenas.3 Escritores de mercado. El ejemplo más expresivo es Lope de Vega después de 1610. El teatro fue para él un importante medio de vida. Por una comedia cobraba poco más de 300 reales.

Las creencias y las concepciones. Perspectivas complementarias

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Fuensanta HERNÁNDEZ PINA

2011-01-01

Full Text Available Las creencias y las concepciones sobre la enseñanza y el aprendizaje que los profesores sostienen como docentes es una línea de investigación que está suponiendo un avance en el conocimiento sobre factores relevantes para la mejor de la educación. Desde hace más de dos décadas han sido numerosos los investigadores que han venido proporcionando resultados de investigación en torno a las creencias y las concepciones de la enseñanza y el aprendizaje lo que ha supuesto establecer nuevas e interesantes interpretaciones en dicha relación. En el trabajo que presentamos se abordan algunas de las aportaciones sobre dichas creencias y sobre las concepciones de la enseñanza y el aprendizaje.

¿Quién habla de las mujeres en las noticias donde ellas son las protagonistas?

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Ana Tamarit

2011-01-01

Full Text Available Este artículo presenta un análisis de las fuentes que los periodistas utilizan en las informaciones donde las mujeres son protagonistas de las noticias. La investigación -cuantitativa y cualitativa- se ha realizado en los periódicos de ámbito nacional y local de Castilla y León. Con los resultados obtenidos observamos cómo en los periódicos las noticias que hablan de las mujeres en la mayoría de las ocasiones no se firman. Comprobamos cuáles son las fuentes más utilizadas para la elaboración de esas noticias y las diferentes formas de citar a la fuente cuando se trata de un hombre o de una mujer.

El destino de las nuevas sociedades industriales está sólo en nuestras manos (The fate of the new industrial societies is only in our hands - DOI: 10.5752/P.2175-5841.2011v9n23p821

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Marià Corbí

2011-12-01

Full Text Available En sociedades de innovación y cambio no podemos repetir el pasado, hay que prospectar el futuro posible para poderlo proyectar. Para ello hay que elaborar un saber lo más preciso posible del tratamiento de lo axiológico, en general, y de la cualidad humana, que nuestros antepasados llamaron espiritualidad. Partimos de nuestra condición de vivientes que hablan, con todas las consecuencias que eso tiene para nuestro acceso a la realidad. Contamos con la lingüística para conocer la formalidad de lo axiológico. En las nuevas sociedades no hay ningún determinismo, pero sí hay condicionamientos creados por nuestras formas concretas de sobrevivir. No pretendemos hacer filosofía de la historia sino epistemología axiológica. No podemos rechazar el crecimiento acelerado de las tecnociencias, pero podemos adquirir la cualidad humana suficiente, individual y colectivamente, para conducir esas tecnociencias y sus consecuencias adecuadamente. Palabras clave: Epistemología Axiológica. Sociedades de Conocimiento. Cualidad Humana. Espiritualidad. Tecnociencias.  Abstract Societies based on innovation and change cannot repeat the past, the future has to be prospected to be able to project it. This requires developing a knowledge -as accurate as possible- about the axiological processing in general, and about the human quality that our ancestors called spirituality. Our starting point is the human speaker condition, through which we have access to reality, and all the consequences that arise from this fact. Linguistics allows us to know about formality of the axiological. In the new societies there is no determinism, but there are constraints created by our concrete ways to survive. We do not intend to do philosophy of history but axiological epistemology. We cannot reject the extremely fast growth of technosciences, but we can acquire enough human quality, individually and collectively, so as to conduct properly these technosciences and their

Worldwide Report, Telecommunications Policy, Research and Development.

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the Comdex international exhibition of computer manufacturers in Las Vegas . "Most of the exhibition was devoted to smaller computer systems, but...the priorities. 8711 CSO: 5500/2031 16 ARGENTINA BRIEFS BROADCASTING LAW REFORMS~The head of the Secretariat of Public Information (SIP), Emilio

Worker Environment Beryllium Characterization Study

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2009-12-28

This report summarizes the conclusion of regular monitoring of occupied buildings at the Nevada Test Site and North Las Vegas facility to determine the extent of beryllium (Be) contamination in accordance with Judgment of Needs 6 of the August 14, 2003, “Minnema Report.”

Causas de la falta de adherencia a las guías terapéuticas para la neumonía grave

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Simone Gattarello

2015-03-01

Full Text Available Objetivo: Valorar tasa de adherencia y causas de no adherencia a las guías terapéuticas internacionales para la prescripción antibiótica empírica en la neumonía grave en Latinoamérica. Métodos: Encuesta clínica realizada a 36 médicos de Latinoamérica donde se pedía indicar el tratamiento empírico en 2 casos clínicos ficticios de pacientes con infección respiratoria grave: neumonía adquirida en la comunidad y neumonía nosocomial. Resultados: En el caso de la neumonía comunitaria el tratamiento fue adecuado en el 30,6% de las prescripciones. Las causas de no adherencia fueron monoterapia (16,0%, cobertura no indicada para multirresistentes (4,0% y empleo de antibióticos con espectro inadecuado (44,0%. En el caso de la neumonía nosocomial el cumplimiento de las guías terapéuticas Infectious Disease Society of America/American Thoracic Society fue del 2,8%. Las causas de falta de adherencia fueron monoterapia (14,3% y la falta de doble tratamiento antibiótico frente a Pseudomonas aeruginosa (85,7%. En caso de considerar correcta la monoterapia con actividad frente a P. aeruginosa, el tratamiento sería adecuado en el 100% de los casos. Conclusión: En la neumonía comunitaria la adherencia a las guías terapéuticas Infectious Disease Society of America/American Thoracic Society fue del 30,6%; la causa más frecuente de incumplimiento fue el uso de monoterapia. La adherencia en el caso de la neumonía nosocomial fue del 2,8% y la causa más importante de incumplimiento fue la falta de doble tratamiento frente a P. aeruginosa, considerando adecuada monoterapia con actividad frente a P. aeruginosa la adherencia sería del 100%.

«El castigo sin venganza», a la conquista del repertorio

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Mancebo Salvador, Yolanda

2018-01-01

El artículo da cuenta de todos los montajes de El castigo sin venganza de Lope de Vega, desde su estreno en 1632 hasta 2014, tanto en España como en el extranjero. Se recogen las representaciones de la pieza en el ámbito profesional y en el escolar, con especial atención a los espectáculos de las escuelas de arte escénico (ESAD) y de las universidades. Se analizan los signos que intervinieron en las más destacadas puestas en escena desde el reparto a la escenografía, vestuario, música, versió...

Las telenovelas juveniles mexicanas y las adolescentas obesas

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Tania Meza

2006-01-01

Full Text Available Esta investigación analiza la opresión por cuerpo (obesidad a la que las mujeres son sometidas dentro del sistema patriarcal durante la adolescencia, específicamente a través de la representación televisiva que de las jóvenes gordas se hace en la telenovela juvenil mexicana. Los enormes niveles de audiencia que poseen las telenovelas en nuestro país hace indispensable, para los estudios de género desde las ciencias dela comunicación, estudiar el papel de las mujeres en dichas teleseries. En este análisis se pretende mostrar la triple marginación a la que son sometidas las adolescentes obesas en las telenovelas juveniles mexicanas: por ser mujeres, por ser jóvenes y por ser gordas.

Las redes sociales presentes en las bibliotecas

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Magda Cecilia Sandí S.

2012-01-01

Full Text Available El presente artículo pretende evidenciar la importancia del uso de las redes sociales en las bibliotecas como una herramienta y un canal de comunicación entre el bibliotecólogo y la comunidad de usuarios. Las redes sociales son una nueva forma de comunicarnos entre las y los usuarios del Internet, su uso es irrestricto y cada vez aumenta la comunidad de usuarios de estas herramientas en la red.

Las redes sociales presentes en las bibliotecas

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Magda Cecilia Sandí Sandí

2012-07-01

Full Text Available El presente artículo pretende evidenciar la importancia del uso de las redes sociales en las bibliotecas como una herramienta y un canal de comunicación entre el bibliotecólogo y la comunidad de usuarios. Las redes sociales son una nueva forma de comunicarnos entre las y los usuarios del Internet, su uso es irrestricto y cada vez aumenta la comunidad de usuarios de estas herramientas en la red.

Las redes sociales presentes en las bibliotecas

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Magda Cecilia Sandí S.

2012-01-01

El presente artículo pretende evidenciar la importancia del uso de las redes sociales en las bibliotecas como una herramienta y un canal de comunicación entre el bibliotecólogo y la comunidad de usuarios. Las redes sociales son una nueva forma de comunicarnos entre las y los usuarios del Internet, su uso es irrestricto y cada vez aumenta la comunidad de usuarios de estas herramientas en la red.

El Estado y la Religión en las sociedades industrializadas y de innovación y cambio (The State and Religion in industrialized societies and also of innovation and change - DOI: 10.5752/P.2175-5841.2010v8n19p9

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Marià Corbí

2011-03-01

Full Text Available Resumen En sociedades preindustriales con estado, la religión como sistema de creencias que era simultáneamente sistema de programación colectiva y modo de expresar y vivir la dimensión absoluta de la realidad, el estado necesitaba de la religión y la religión del estado. La industrialización, las sociedades de innovación y cambio, y la subsiguiente democratización, han roto ese pacto y dependencia mutua. En las nuevas sociedades industriales, las religiones no podrán ofrecer sistemas de creencias con la pretensión de que se conviertan en proyecto de vida colectiva, porque, interpretadas desde una epistemología mítica que da por real lo que dicen los mitos, son voluntad divina a la que hay que someterse. Por el contrario, si no se quiere quebrar la tradición, las religiones deberán hacer una oferta de espiritualidad, de calidad humana profunda, a las sociedades globalizadas en continua transformación, cuando más lo necesitan. Las nuevas sociedades no precisan de creencias que fijen, sino de calidad, de espíritu de vida. Las religiones y los estados debieran reconocer esta nueva situación por el bien de los pueblos, de la convivencia entre ellos y por el bien del planeta. Sociedades de una tecnociencia poderosa en continuo crecimiento y sin calidad, pueden ser muy peligrosas. Palabras clave: Mito; creencia; estado; religión; sociedad de conocimiento. Abstract In pre-industrial societies with a formal State, in which the religion appeared as a belief system that was both a programming system and a collective way of expressing and living the absolute dimension of reality, the state needed religion and religion needed the state. Industrialization, society in innovation and change, and the subsequent democratization broke this pact and its mutual dependency. In the new industrial societies, religions could not offer those beliefs systems that claim to be converted to a collective life project, interpreted from an mythic

Anne-Hélène Pitel, Le prosimètre dans l’oeuvre de fiction de Lope de Vega, de «La Arcadia» (1598 à «La Dorotea» (1632

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Javier Rubiera

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Full Text Available Review of Anne-Hélène Pitel, Le prosimètre dans l’oeuvre de fiction de Lope de Vega, de «La Arcadia» (1598 à «La Dorotea» (1632, Editorial Academia del Hispanismo, Vigo, 2011, 400 pp. ISBN: 978-84-96915-98-5.

Análisis de la Aplicación del Método del Efecto Impositivo en las Sociedades Patrimoniales

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José Moreno Rojas

2004-12-01

Full Text Available En este trabajo se reflexiona acerca de las particularidades que tendrá la aplicación del método del efecto impositivo en las compañías a las que resulte aplicable el régimen fiscal especial de sociedades patrimoniales. Este régimen, que entró en vigor en 2003, implica que estas sociedades determinan su base imponible siguiendo la normativa propia del Impuesto sobre la Renta de las Personas Físicas, lo que generará un notable aumento de diferencias entre resultado contable y base imponible en las mismas. Por otra parte, el hecho de que la base imponible de estas sociedades se divida en dos partes, general y especial, que tributan a tipos distintos, genera problemas a la hora de valorar tanto el gasto impositivo devengado como los activos y pasivos fiscales, analizándose en el trabajo diferentes posibilidades de tratamiento para esta situación. This paper makes a reflection on the particularities that the tax effect method application will have in the companies where the special tax regime of patrimonial societies is applicable. This regime, that went into effect in 2003, implies that these societies determine their tax basis following the norm of the Physical People Rent Tax, which will produce large differences between their accounting profiles and their tax basis. On the other hand, the fact that these societies ' tax basis is divided in two parts, generic and special, which will be paid to two different taxes, generates problems when valuing the tax expense yielded and deferred tax assets and liabilities, being analyzed different possibilities for this situation in this paper.

Israel’s Attack on Osiraq: A Model for Future Preventive Strikes?

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2004-09-01

a handwritten letter to the Italian Foreign Minister, Emilio Colombo in hopes of convincing Colombo and Italy to refrain from helping Iraq’s nuclear...Technical Information Center Ft. Belvoir, Virginia 2. Dudley Knox Library Naval Postgraduate School Monterey, California 3. Major Peter Ford Las Vegas , Nevada

Detainee Operations: Defeating an Insurgency from Within the Wire

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2007-01-01

Qaeda leaders were notorious in both Afghanistan and Iraq. Similarly, in Spain, Jose Emilio Suarez Trashorras, a Spanish mineworker, was jailed in...does not often remember their experiences properly. For example, imagine that trip to Las Vegas having lost more money than one could afford, and

76 FR 54483 - Notice of Intent To Prepare a Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement and a Resource...

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2011-09-01

... ROW application NVN-085801. The proposed solar energy project would consist of photovoltaic panels and... of Segregation for the Proposed First Solar South Project Near Primm in Clark County, NV AGENCY... Las Vegas Resource Management Plan (RMP) for a proposed solar energy project located on public lands...

76 FR 10914 - Notice of Public Meetings: Mojave-Southern Great Basin Resource Advisory Council, Nevada

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... Area (NCA) Visitor's Center, Las Vegas, Nevada; July 21, 2011, at the BLM Southern Nevada District... final meeting agenda that will be available two weeks prior to each meeting. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION... be raised by RAC members. The final agendas with any additions/corrections to agenda topics...

Supplemental Investigation Plan for FFACO Use Restrictions, Nevada Test Site, Nevada, Revision 0

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Lynn Kidman

2008-02-01

This document is part of an effort to re-evaluate all FFACO URs against the current RBCA criteria (referred to in this document as the Industrial Sites [IS] RBCA process) as defined in the Industrial Sites Project Establishment of Final Action Levels (NNSA/NSO, 2006a). After reviewing all of the existing FFACO URs, the 12 URs addressed in this Supplemental Investigation Plan (SIP) could not be evaluated against the current RBCA criteria as sufficient information about the contamination at each site was not available. This document presents the plan for conducting field investigations to obtain the needed information. This SIP includes URs from Corrective Action Units (CAUs) 326, 339, 358, 452, 454, 464, and 1010, located in Areas 2, 6, 12, 19, 25, and 29 of the Nevada Test Site, which is approximately 65 miles northwest of Las Vegas, Nevada; and CAU 403, located in Area 3 of the Tonopah Test Range, which is approximately 165 miles north of Las Vegas, Nevada.

Fear and Loving in Las Vegas: Evolution, Emotion, and Persuasion

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Griskevicius, Vladas; Goldstein, Noah J.; Mortensen, Chad R.; Sundie, Jill M.; Cialdini, Robert B.; Kenrick, Douglas T.

2009-01-01

How do arousal-inducing contexts, such as frightening or romantic television programs, influence the effectiveness of basic persuasion heuristics? Different predictions are made by three theoretical models: A general arousal model predicts that arousal should increase effectiveness of heuristics; an affective valence model predicts that effectiveness should depend on whether the context elicits positive or negative affect; an evolutionary model predicts that persuasiveness should depend on bo...

Fear and Loving in Las Vegas: Evolution, Emotion, and Persuasion.

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Griskevicius, Vladas; Goldstein, Noah J; Mortensen, Chad R; Sundie, Jill M; Cialdini, Robert B; Kenrick, Douglas T

2009-06-01

How do arousal-inducing contexts, such as frightening or romantic television programs, influence the effectiveness of basic persuasion heuristics? Different predictions are made by three theoretical models: A general arousal model predicts that arousal should increase effectiveness of heuristics; an affective valence model predicts that effectiveness should depend on whether the context elicits positive or negative affect; an evolutionary model predicts that persuasiveness should depend on both the specific emotion that is elicited and the content of the particular heuristic. Three experiments examined how fear-inducing versus romantic contexts influenced the effectiveness of two widely used heuristics-social proof (e.g., "most popular") and scarcity (e.g., "limited edition"). Results supported predictions from an evolutionary model, showing that fear can lead scarcity appeals to be counter-persuasive, and that romantic desire can lead social proof appeals to be counter-persuasive. The findings highlight how an evolutionary theoretical approach can lead to novel theoretical and practical marketing insights.

Analysis Of Conservation Experience Of Heritage Objects In Lithuania (The Curonian Spit And Norway (The Vega Archipelago

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Nijolė Piekienė

2014-05-01

Full Text Available The Curonian Spit (Lithuania and Vega Archipelago (Norway are objects on the UNESCO World Heritage List because of their special kind of landscapes that have been formed not without human intervention. Landscapes created by nature itself or with human help are exceptional works which, as determined by the legal acts in regulation of these processes, have to be referred to as objects of cultural heritage. The cultural heritage must be protected, exhibited and viewed as objects of science and cognition. Lithuania and Norway have different conditions formed for identification, conservation and protection of these works, but both countries have recognized that protection of cultural heritage, passing it on for future generations is the duty of the state. Prospects of heritage management and development, and exchange of experience should be the top priorities for action in Lithuania.

Felipe B. Pedraza y Oana Andreia Sambrian Toma (eds. Hispania Felix I. Revista Hispano Rumana de Cultura y Civilización de los Siglos de Oro. Lope de Vega en su Siglo de Oro

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Full Text Available Felipe B. Pedraza y Oana Andreia Sambrian Toma (eds. Hispania Felix I. Revista Hispano Rumana de Cultura y Civilización de los Siglos de Oro. Lope de Vega en su Siglo de Oro. Vigo: Editorial Academia del Hispanismo, 2010. 246 pp.

High Level Radioactive Waste Management

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1991-01-01

The proceedings of the second annual international conference on High Level Radioactive Waste Management, held on April 28--May 3, 1991, Las Vegas, Nevada, provides information on the current technical issue related to international high level radioactive waste management activities and how they relate to society as a whole. Besides discussing such technical topics as the best form of the waste, the integrity of storage containers, design and construction of a repository, the broader social aspects of these issues are explored in papers on such subjects as conformance to regulations, transportation safety, and public education. By providing this wider perspective of high level radioactive waste management, it becomes apparent that the various disciplines involved in this field are interrelated and that they should work to integrate their waste management activities. Individual records are processed separately for the data bases

Technical Assessment of Maglev System Concepts

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1998-10-01

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2010-03-19

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21 CFR 510.600 - Names, addresses, and drug labeler codes of sponsors of approved applications.

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Phase 1 Environmental Baseline Survey for Construction of a Solar Photovoltaic System by NV Energy on Nellis Air Force Base, Clark County, Nevada

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2011-01-01

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For Better or Worse: Using Wikis and Blogs for Staff Communication in an Academic Library

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Costello, Kristen; Del Bosque, Darcy

2010-01-01

This case study from the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, University Libraries, which has one main library, three branches, and more than 110 staff, illustrates one approach to using new technologies as additional methods for internal communication. At large academic libraries, communication within the organization can be challenging. The…

Flows from early Modernism into the Interior Streets of Venturi, Rauch and Scott Brown

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Theunissen, K.

2010-01-01

In 1972 the famous diagram of the ‘Decorated Shed’ was introduced into the architectural discourse; it implied a definition of ‘architecture as shelter with decoration on it’ [1]. The diagram was part of urban research into the commercial environment of Las Vegas that was interpreted by the

Journal of Earth System Science | Indian Academy of Sciences

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A deterministic seismic hazard analysis was conducted to address the effect of local soil conditions on earthquake-induced strong ground motion in the Las Vegas Basin, Nevada (US). Using a large geological ... Near-fault effects and basin-edge effects, though potentially important, were not considered in these analyses.

Effects of rapid urbanization on streamflow, erosion, and sedimentation in a desert stream in the American Southwest

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Whitney, John W.; Glancy, Patrick A.; Buckingham , Susan E.; Ehrenberg, Arthur C.

2015-01-01

Rapid urbanization has resulted in a series of sequential effects on a desert stream in the American Southwest. Lower Las Vegas Wash was a dry wash characterized by infrequent flood deposition when Las Vegas, Nevada was established in 1905. Wastewater effluent was discharged into the wash in low volumes for over 3 decades. Wastewater volumes increased commensurably with accelerated population growth during the late 20th century and created a sequence of feedback effects on the floodplain. Initially slow saturation of the valley fill created a desert oasis of dense floodplain vegetation and wetlands. Annual streamflow began in 1958 and erosion began a decade later with shallow incision in discontinuous channel segments. Increasing baseflow gradually enlarged channels; headcutting was active during the 1970s to 1984. The incised channels concentrated storm runoff, which accelerated local channel erosion, and in 1984 the headcuts were integrated during a series of monsoon floods. Wetlands were drained and most floodplain vegetation destroyed. Channel erosion continued unabated until engineering interventions began in the 21st century. No natural channel recovery occurred after initial urbanization effects because streamflow never stabilized in the late 20th century. A 6.6 M m3 sediment slug, eroded from the wash in ∼25 years, was deposited in Las Vegas Bay in Lake Mead. Falling reservoir levels during the 21st century are responsible for sediment redistribution and infilling of the bay. Close monitoring of impacts is recommended when urban wastewater and storm runoff are discharged on a desert wash. Channel interventions, when necessary, are advised in order to prevent costly engineering schemes of channel stabilization, flood control, and floodplain restoration.

El tema de la ceguera en la literatura religiosa de Lope

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Lezcano Tosca, Hugo

2004-12-01

Full Text Available In baroque literature, el desengaño is a commonplace that gets a large development. El desengaño means that man realizes that everything he can see is «vanas sombras». In this article, the question of blindness in Lope de Vega's religious poetry is studied through three different aspects: first, blindness of the self in religious poetry is considered as a transformation «a lo divino» of petrarchist lover blindness. Secondly, the divine call is studied in some literary and religious texts, like Saint August Confessions, or Lope de Vega's Soliloquios. Finally, the different methods used by the Society of Jesus to finish with man's blindness (compositio loci, emblems are analysed.En la literatura barroca, el desengaño se convierte en un lugar común que recibe un amplio desarrollo. El desengaño consiste en que el hombre se da cuenta de que lo que ve con sus ojos es falso, puesto que las bellezas de la tierra sólo son «vanas sombras». En este artículo se estudia el tema de la ceguera en la literatura religiosa de Lope, teniendo en cuenta tres aspectos diferentes: en primer lugar, se analiza la ceguera del yo de la literatura religiosa como transformación «a lo divino» de la ceguera del enamorado petrarquista. En segundo lugar, se estudia en qué consiste la llamada divina en algunos textos religiosos y literarios, como las Confesiones de San Agustín o los Soliloquios de Lope. Por último, se estudian los métodos que emplea la Compañía de Jesús (composición de lugar, libros de emblemas para acabar con la ceguera del hombre.

Who Wants a Fat Child?: Care for Obese Children in Weight Obsessed Societies

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W.A. Bogart

2015-03-01

Full Text Available The treatment of obese people in our society, especially fat children gives rise to much indignation ("Fat", "fatness" - rather than "obese, obesity" - are preferred terms among groups and individuals protesting societal and traditional public health treatment of large persons. Not all obese individuals are poor; but being excessively overweight tends to be inversely related to socio economic status among women and their children in post industrial societies. Poor children who are fat often have the hardest experiences because they are large, are in poverty, and are dependent on parents and others for their welfare. Fat people are not protected from discrimination in most jurisdictions. Human rights laws should be amended to shield obese individuals from prejudicial actions. In addition, activism, public health models, and various legal interventions, to be discussed, need to focus on people, especially children, eating/drinking nutritiously and being physically active - with their weight being a secondary consideration. These issues are illustrated by discussing programs in the United States designed to assist poor families to eat and drink more nutritiously. El tratamiento de las personas obesas en nuestra sociedad, especialmente en el caso de los niños, da lugar a mucha indignación (se usan términos como "gordo", "gordura", en lugar de "obeso, obesidad", entre los grupos e individuos que protestan por el tratamiento social y la sanidad púbica tradicional para tratar a las personas grandes. No todas las personas obesas son pobres; pero en las sociedades postindustriales, entre mujeres y sus hijos tener un sobrepeso excesivo tiende a estar inversamente relacionado con la posición socioeconómico. Los niños pobres que están gordos sufren, a menudo, las experiencias más duras, porque son grandes, están en situación de pobreza, y su bienestar depende de sus padres y otras personas. En la mayoría de jurisdicciones, las personas gordas no

Las versiones homericas Las versiones homericas

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Jorge Luis Borges

2008-04-01

Full Text Available Ningún problema tan consustancial con las letras con su modesto misterio como el que propone una traducción. Un olvido animal por la vanidad, el tenor de confesar procesos mentales que adivinamos peligrosamente comunes, el conato de mantener intacta y central una reserve incalculable de sombre, velan las tales escrituras directas. La traducciOn, en cambio, parece destinada a ilustrar la discusión estitica. El modelo propuesto a su imitaciOn es un texto visible, no un labirint° inestimable de proyectos preteritos o la acatada tentaciOn momentanea de una facilidad. Bertrand Russell define un objeto extern( como un sistema circular, irradiante, de impresiones posibles; lo mismo puede aseverarse de un texto, dadas las repercusiones incalculables de lo verbal. Un parcial y precioso documento de las vicisitudes que sufre queda en sus traducciones.

US Department of Energy Nevada Field Office annual site environmental report, 1991

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Black, S.C.; Latham, A.R.; Townsend, Y.E.

1992-09-01

These appendices contain 1991 Nevada Test Site (NTS) onsite and offsite milk environmental monitoring results. The onsite data presented are accompanied by summaries of statistical evaluation of the data. Other offsite data collected by the EPA are available from the US Environmental Protection Agency, Environmental Monitoring Systems Laboratory, Las Vegas, Nevada

A ground-based magnetic survey of Frenchman Flat, Nevada National Security Site and Nevada Test and Training Range, Nevada: data release and preliminary interpretation

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Phillips, Jeffrey D.; Burton, Bethany L.; Curry-Elrod, Erika; Drellack, Sigmund

2014-01-01

The Nevada National Security Site (NNSS, formerly the Nevada Test Site) is located in southern Nevada approximately 105 kilometers (km) (65 miles) northwest of Las Vegas. Frenchman Flat is a sedimentary basin located on the eastern edge of NNSS and extending eastward into the adjacent Nevada Test and Training Range (NTTR).

JPRS Report, Environmental Issues

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1990-11-14

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77 FR 14357 - Combined Notice of Filings #1

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2012-03-09

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77 FR 31216 - Changes in Flood Elevation Determinations

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Benchmarking Usage Statistics in Collection Management Decisions for Serials

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Tucker, Cory

2009-01-01

Usage statistics are an important metric for making decisions on serials. Although the University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV) Libraries have been collecting usage statistics, the statistics had not frequently been used to make decisions and had not been included in collection development policy. After undergoing a collection assessment, the…

ADAPTACIÓN DE LA LEY DE COOPERATIVAS DEL PAÍS VASCO A LAS NORMAS INTERNACIONALES DE CONTABILIDAD (Apuntes para una nueva configuración del régimen del capital en las Sociedades Cooperativas/ADAPTATION OF THE LAW OF CO-OPERATIVES OF THE BASQUE COUNTRY TO THE INTERNATIONAL ACCOUNTING NORMS

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Javier DIVAR GARTEIZ-AURRECOA

2006-05-01

Full Text Available La Legislación vasca de cooperativas remite a la libre decisión de cada sociedad para que los estatutos puedan prever la existencia de aportaciones a capital social no exigibles, pero reembolsables por decisión de la cooperativa, permitiendo, así, contabilizar las aportaciones de los socios como recurso propio. Con la modificación de la Ley se ha pretendido únicamente adecuar el texto a la NIC 32 y no introducir las anheladas medidas para facilitar la financiación de las empresas cooperativas con fondos propios./The Basque Legislation of cooperative societies sends to the free decision of every society in order that the bylaws could foresee the existence of contributions to share capital not eligible, but refundable for decision of the cooperative society, allowing to assess, this way, the contributions of the associates as own resource. With the modification of the Law one has tried to adapt only the text to the NIC 32 and not to introduce the longed measurements to facilitate the funding of the cooperative companies with own funds.

Deporte, cultura y sociedad: un estado actual de la cuestión = Sport, culture and society: current state of the art

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Antonio Manuel Pérez-Flores

2018-06-01

Full Text Available Resumen: En el siguiente artículo realizamos un análisis de contenidos teóricos y empíricos referentes a la vinculación entre deporte, la cultura y la sociedad contemporánea con la finalidad de realizar un estudio sobre el estado actual de la cuestión. Para ello se ha realizado una revisión bibliográfica de las  referencias publicadas en Web of Science y Scopus entre los años 2000 y 2017. Se realiza un meta análisis teórico de las diferentes categorías de estudio en las que se subdividen las referencias internacionales sobre el tema de estudio. También se realiza un análisis secundario de los datos aportados en las investigaciones que forman parte del monográfico. Como resultados principales se muestra el actual estado del desarrollo académico sobre el estudio del deporte la cultura y la sociedad, y  varias reflexiones sobre las actuales características del mundo del deporte en la sociedad contemporánea. Abstract: In the next article we set out to analyse the theoretical and empirical content of the link between sport, culture and contemporary society, so as to assess the current state of play. This involves reviewing the literature published on Web of Science and Scopus between 2000 and 2017. The categories of the study into which the international references on the theme of the study can be subdivided are subjected to theoretical meta-analysis, dividing them into classic and current themes. A secondary analysis is also carried out on the data contributed by the research that forms part of the paper. The main findings reveal the current state of academic development of the study of sport, culture and society, offering a range of reflections on the current characteristics of the world of sport in contemporary society.

Las buenas practicas espanolas 1998

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Nasarre y de Goicoechea, Fernando

2000-02-01

Full Text Available The II HABITAT Conference held at Istanbul on June 1996, adopted the Habitat Program -Global Action Plan, in within which two performance lines are especially reinforced to reach the two main goals of suitable e housing for all and sustainable human settlements: the collaboration and participation among all the levels of the government and the civil society and, the recognition of the importance of the urban policies. In this framework is addressed the International Award Best Practices for the Improvement of the Life Conditions that, sponsored by the municipality of Dubai, is celebrated every two years and is awarded to the 10 selected by an International Independent Jury. The goal of the Competition is to promote policies and strategies more effective for the sustainable development of the humanity and their settlements, through the transmission of information and knowledge on experiences and solutions proved in the practice. The obtained results in the last international competition, with 32 of the presented Practices included in the Data Base of the United Nations Good Practices, 18 classified among the 100 best (3 of them included among the 40 finalists and finally, one, among the 10 awarded (Programs for the improvement of the urban environment of Malaga, allow us to look forward with satisfaction the panorama of the urban policy in our country.La Conferencia HABITAT II celebrada en Estambul en junio de 1996 adopto el Programa Hábitat-Plan Global de Acción-, dentro del cual se refuerzan especialmente dos líneas de actuación: la colaboración y participación entre todos los niveles de gobierno y la sociedad civil y el reconocimiento de la importancia de las políticas urbanas para alcanzar los dos objetivos principales: vivienda adecuada para todos y asentamientos humanos sostenibles. En este marco se inscribe el Concurso Internacional de Buenas Practicas para la Mejora de las Condiciones de Vida que, patrocinado par la municipalidad

Judíos en las Brigadas Internacionales. Algunas consideraciones generales

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Raquel Ibáñez Sperbe

2009-12-01

Full Text Available El auge del antisemitismo en las derechas europeas de los años treinta constituye un factor importante para explicar la alta proporción de judíos en las Brigadas Internacionales. En Europa occidental, muchos brigadistas provienen de familias inmigrantes afectadas por los problemas político-sociales que sufren los judíos esteeuropeos. En Europa oriental, la crisis de los valores de la sociedad judía tradicional lleva a una intensa movilidad geográfica y política en la generación a la que pertenecen los brigadistas, caracterizada por una radicalización ideológica progresiva. Las motivaciones de estos judíos para participar en la guerra de España no son siempre conscientemente judías pero están determinadas por los procesos particulares de la sociedad judía de la época.____________________ABSTRACT:The general rise of anti-Semitism in Europe in the thirties is an important factor in explaining the high proportion of Jews in the International Brigade during the Spanish Civil War. In Western Europe, many volunteers came from immigrant homes which were affected by the political and social problems from which East-European Jews were suffering. In Eastern Europe, the crisis of values in the traditional Jewish society provoked an intense mobility, both geographical and political, in the generation of the volunteers, which is characterized by a progressive ideological radicalization o The motivations of these Jews for taking part in the Spanish Civil War were not always consciously Jewish, but they were determined by the particular developments within European Jewish society at that time.

The Impact of a Casino on Education and Crime.

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Colton, Milo

1999-01-01

Discusses the impact of the Las Vegas-style casino opened by the Winnebago Tribe of Nebraska on crime and education. Since the opening of the casino in 1992, the Tribe significantly reduced unemployment, upgraded and modernized its entire education system, and reduced crime by 67% in one year. Contains 11 references. (VWC)

77 FR 61157 - Final Fair Market Rents for the Housing Choice Voucher Program and Moderate Rehabilitation Single...

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2012-10-05

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University Curriculum Project--Professors Reflect on Impact.

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Babbitt, Beatrice C.

This paper describes the reflections of the university professors in eight colleges at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, who were pioneers in integrating assistive technology and related content into their courses and who continue to provide leadership in curricular change. Professors from the colleges of fine and performing arts, business,…

Low-band gap donor-acceptor copolymers containing thienothiadiazole units for photovoltaics

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Cimrová, Věra; Kmínek, Ivan; Pavlačková, Petra; Výprachtický, Drahomír

2011-01-01

Roč. 33, č. 17 (2011), s. 119-127 ISSN 1938-5862. [ECS Meeting /218./. Las Vegas, 10.10.2010-15.10.2010] R&D Projects: GA MŠk(CZ) 1M06031 Institutional research plan: CEZ:AV0Z40500505 Keywords : fluorene * thiophene * thienothiadiazole Subject RIV: BM - Solid Matter Physics ; Magnetism

58th SOW Low-Dust Helicopter Landing Zone Final Environmental Assessment

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2012-11-01

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Las TIC como fuente de ventaja competitiva en las PYMES

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Álvaro Fernando Moncada Niño

2013-06-01

Full Text Available Desde su aparición, las Tecnologías de la Información y las Comunicaciones (TIC se han convertido en un recurso fundamental de las empresas para competir en la mayoría de las industrias, generalizando el planteamiento de que son fuente de ventaja competitiva. Pero realmente, ¿cuándo las TIC son fuente potencial de ventaja competitiva para las pymes? ¿Bajo qué condiciones se logra que contribuyan a generar valor y mejorar su posición competitiva? ¿Qué características deben cumplir para alcanzar y sustentar la Ventaja Competitiva? Este documento basado en la Teoría de los Recursos y Capacidades (TRC responde estas preguntas y presenta al análisis de recurso Valioso, Raro, Inimitable y Organización (VRIO como herramienta para la determinación del potencial y valor que las TIC pueden alcanzar en las pymes y cómo pueden contribuir a que la empresa alcance ventajas competitivas sostenibles, en complemento de sus recursos y capacidades organizacionales.

Las TIC como fuente de ventaja competitiva en las PYMES

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Álvaro Fernando Moncada Niño

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Full Text Available Desde su aparición, las Tecnologías de la Información y las Comunicaciones (TIC se han convertido en un recurso fundamental de las empresas para competir en la mayoría de las industrias, generalizando el planteamiento de que son fuente de ventaja competitiva. Pero realmente, ¿cuándo las TIC son fuente potencial de ventaja competitiva para las pymes? ¿Bajo qué condiciones se logra que contribuyan a generar valor y mejorar su posición competitiva? ¿Qué características deben cumplir para alcanzar y sustentar la Ventaja Competitiva? Este documento basado en la Teoría de los Recursos y Capacidades (TRC responde estas preguntas y presenta al análisis de recurso Valioso, Raro, Inimitable y Organización (VRIO como herramienta para la determinación del potencial y valor que las TIC pueden alcanzar en las pymes y cómo pueden contribuir a que la empresa alcance ventajas competitivas sostenibles, en complemento de sus recursos y capacidades organizacionales.

Relaciones amorosas de pareja en las trayectorias vitales de las mujeres encarceladas

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De Miguel Calvo, Estibaliz

2012-01-01

[ES]La tesis doctoral analiza las experiencias amorosas de pareja de mujeres encarceladas, con el doble objetivo de visibilizar a las mujeres presas en el ámbito de las ciencias sociales y de introducir las especificidades de las mujeres encarceladas en los debates sociológicos y feministas acerca del amor. Las escasas aproximaciones al amor entre las mujeres presas han tendido a explicar sus relaciones de pareja desde el concepto de “depende...

El tratamiento de las fracturas de columna: un estudio de caso ciencia- tecnología- sociedad Treatment of vertebral column fractures: a study on this science-technology-society issue

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Marco Antonio Moras Hernández

2004-08-01

Full Text Available Es reconocido el principal significado de los estudios sociales: su incidencia en las áreas educativa, en la política científico-tecnológica y también en la investigación, es en esta última que resalta el hecho de permitir la realización de un tipo de reflexividad que retroalimenta a la propia investigación. El presente trabajo coloca como objetivo determinar las condicionantes sociales del proyecto de investigación “Diagnóstico precoz y tratamiento integral de las fracturas de columna” y también sus impactos desde el punto de vista de la interrelación ciencia, tecnología y sociedad. El trabajo tiene la siguiente estructura, en primer lugar se presenta una breve panorámica del marco teórico de los Estudios sociales en los cuáles se moverá el análisis; en segundo lugar, se reflexionará sobre el significado de la fractura de columna como problema de salud y la correspondiente evolución histórica de la cirugía ortopédica para facilitar una mayor comprensión del proyecto de investigación, para finalmente, proporcionar un análisis de las condiciones sociales que a nivel de país y en particular en la provincia de Camaguey han configurado la necesidad social del proyectoThe meaning of social studies is recognized: their incidence in the educational and investigative areas, as well as in the scientific-technological politics. It is in the investigative area that stands out the fact of allowing the carrying out of a discussion that gives feedback to the own investigation. This work places as objective to determine the social conditions of the investigation project “Early diagnosis and integral treatment of spine fractures” and also its impacts from the point of view of the interrelation science, technology and society. The work has the following structure; in the first place a brief panoramic of the theoretical foundations of social studies that will propitiate the analysis is presented. Second, the meaning of spine

LAS MUJERES BOLIVIANAS EN LAS CHACRAS, MALARGÜE, MENDOZA, ARGENTINA SU DOBLE CONDICIÓN DE MIGRANTE Y DE MUJER

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María Milena Quiroz

2013-10-01

Full Text Available Este estudio socioeducativo fue emprendido en la región de Las Chacras, Malargüe, Mendoza, Argentina. Ha tenido como centro de estudio la mujer de la comunidad con la descripción de sus prácticas, la construcción de sus significados y las formas de participación en su realidad microlocal. La mujer, desde el enfoque de esta investigación es considerada como ser relacional y vinculante con el mundo y los demás actores sociales. Así, se han explorado las características de las tensiones del modelo patriarcal sobre la posición y las relaciones de género. El estigma de ser representada por lo débil, privado, doméstico, pasivo, incompleto y asilado, se le ha excluido de la participación social, cultural y política.Esta complejidad social contemporánea permite dilucidar la demanda y el deseo de la mujer por emprender nuevas identidades como grupo excluido en la sociedad civil y redefinir su reconocimiento de género como aquel que interviene en la cultura y en la educación de su entorno, con modos propios y particulares no impuestos.SummaryThis socioeducational study was undertaken in the region of Las Chacras, Malargüe, Mendoza and Argentina. It is focused on the women of the community and their practices, as well as the construction of its significances and different forms of participation in the micro-local reality. Based on the focus of this research, women are considered as a relational being that binds with the world and other social actors. Thus, we have explored the characteristics of the patriarchal model pressure upon gender relations. The stigma of women being represented as weak, domestic, passive, incomplete and isolated, has contributed to their exclusion from social, cultural and political participation.This contemporary social complexity allows explaining the demand and the desire of women to undertake new identities as excluded group in the civil society and redefine gender’s recognition taking into consideration

Factores predictivos de las infecciones posoperatorias Prediction factors of the postoperative infections

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Manuel Pascual Bestard

2011-09-01

Full Text Available Introducción: la génesis de las infecciones posquirúrgicas es multifactorial. Existen estudios internacionales que evidencian los diversos factores predictivos relacionados con la aparición de estas complicaciones, las que todavía afectan a un número considerable de pacientes intervenidos, todo lo cual justifica el interés en la realización de este trabajo. Objetivo: describir el comportamiento de algunos de los factores predictivos relacionados con la aparición de las infecciones posoperatorias en nuestro medio. Métodos: se realizó un estudio observacional, descriptivo y transversal de los pacientes ingresados y operados que presentaron infecciones posquirúrgicas en el servicio de cirugía general del Hospital Provincial Docente "Saturnino Lora" de Santiago de Cuba, durante el año 2008, según posibles factores predictivos seleccionados. Resultados: con relación al grado de contaminación, la tasa global de infección posoperatoria y la de heridas limpias estuvo en límites universalmente aceptados, aunque fueron más elevadas en las intervenciones urgentes, sucias y contaminadas para las localizadas en el sitio quirúrgico, así como en enfermos con estado físico preoperatorio según la American Society of Anaesthesiology (ASA ASA II Y ASA III, con independencia de su estado nutricional y el tiempo quirúrgico en que se efectuaron las intervenciones. Conclusiones: las tasas de infecciones posquirúrgicas aumentaron en la medida en que fueron desfavorables las condiciones bajo las que se efectuaron las operaciones, y los factores predictivos seleccionados se relacionaron principalmente para las localizadas en el sitio quirúrgico, con el grado de contaminación, el tipo de intervención y el estado físico preoperatorio del paciente.Introduction: the genesis of the postsurgical infections is multifactor. The are many international studies evidencing the different prediction factors related to the appearance of these complications

The «Comedia de Miseno», Source of «La pobreza estimada»: From Don Juan Manuel and Loyola to Lope de Vega

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Daniel Fernández Rodríguez

2013-10-01

Full Text Available This paper studies the influence of the Comedia de Miseno on La pobreza estimada, by Lope de Vega. A careful study of both comedias shows a deep intertextual relationship between the play by Lope and the Comedia de Miseno, discovered by Stefano Arata. The Comedia de Miseno was written at the end of the 16th century by Loyola, an almost unknown author. This paper also shows the influence of the ejemplo XXV from El conde Lucanor on the Comedia de Miseno. At the same time, it rejects the direct influence of the ejemplo XXV on La pobreza estimada, as previously thought by critics.

The 2012 NCTE Presidential Address: Literacy, Rhetoric, Education, Democracy

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Gilyard, Keith

2013-01-01

This article presents the text of Keith Gilyard's presidential address, delivered at the National Council of Teachers of English (NCTE) Annual Convention in Las Vegas, Nevada, on November 18, 2012. In his address he proposes several core elements that he believes will instrumentally improve the education system in the United States: a rich…

New Conceptual Frameworks for Writing Center Work

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Grimm, Nancy M.

2009-01-01

This article presents the author's address for the International Writing Centers Association Conference in Las Vegas. The author's argument in this talk stresses the importance of paying attention to the conceptual frames writing tutors use to understand the world, their work, and the impact of their work on the world, and this attentiveness to…

Institutional trust, information, and risk perceptions

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Mushkatel, A.H.; Pijawka, K.D.

1992-09-01

This study reports on the preliminary results of a survey of attitudes and perceptions of Las Vegas area residents regarding the proposed high-level nuclear waste repository. The survey's focus was to examine the various dimensions of trust and confidence in government's efforts to develop the country's nuclear waste repository in Yucca Mountain, Nevada

The Demographic Wave: Rethinking Hispanic AP Trends

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Edwards, Kelcey; Sawtell, Ellen

2013-01-01

Presented at the Advanced Placement Annual Conference (APAC) in Las Vegas, NV in July 2013. This presentation reviews new research examining the AP® experience of Hispanic graduates over the past decade. Topics include an in-depth look at the AP Spanish Language and Culture gateway hypothesis and trends in family characteristics such as parent…

La materia económica en «La Florida del Inca» y los «Comentarios reales»: testimonio colonial y discurso historiográfico

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Julián Díez Torres

2018-01-01

Full Text Available Si bien el Inca Garcilaso de la Vega no escribió tratados sino obras de historia política, las referencias económicas en La Florida del Inca (1605 y las dos partes de los Comentarios reales (1609, 1617 ofrecen un testimonio indirecto de algunos de los procesos económicos del colonialismo temprano. Este artículo sintetiza las menciones de Garcilaso al comercio, los precios y los bienes materiales, y las sitúa dentro de la evolución de su manera de escribir historia y dentro de sus opiniones sobre la historia del Nuevo Mundo (incluyendo tanto interpretaciones de procesos históricos como recuerdos personales.

Caracterización física, morfológica y evaluación de las curvas de empastamiento de musáceas (Musa spp.

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Javier Darío Hoyos-Leyva

2012-07-01

Full Text Available Se caracterizaron veinte variedades de musáceas de diferente composición genética: AB, BB, AAA, AAB, ABB, AAAA y AAAB, del Banco de Germoplasma existente en la hacienda Las Vegas, de Fedeplátano, Chinchiná (1360 m.s.n.m., 4° 58' N y 75° 20' O, Colombia. La caracterización incluyó propiedades físicas como peso, diámetro, longitud, materia seca y porcentaje de cáscara del fruto y propiedades funcionales como harinas y almidones. El análisis de componentes principales (ACP mostró que las variedades de plátano se diferencian por su mayor tamaño (peso, longitud y diámetro. M. B. Tani, ICAFHIA 110, Saba, y los plátanos del subgrupo Bluggoe tuvieron altos porcentajes de cáscara. Entre los demás clones no se observaron diferencian entre sí. Los plátanos de cocción del subgrupo Plantain presentaron el mayor contenido de materia seca. Bocadillo Chileno e híbridos postre (exceptuando FHIA-1, presentaron mayor contenido de fracción comestible frente a las demás variedades. La temperatura de inicio de gelatinización de las harinas en el RVA varió entre 66.58 °C para la variedad Bocadillo Chileno y 75.21 °C para Mbindi. La viscosidad máxima varió entre 441.57 y 1837.17 cP para las variedades Tafetán Rojo y Dwarf Cavendish, respectivamente. La facilidad de cocción varió entre 2.76 min en Bocadillo Chileno y 7.55 min en Gros Michel Guayabo. La temperatura de inicio de gelatinización de los almidones varió entre 65.58°C para Gros Michel Guayabo y 74.41°C en Tafetán Rojo. La variedad Yangambi Km3 presentó la viscosidad máxima a 483.24 cP e Indio a 1958.44cP. La variedad Mbindi presentó la mayor facilidad de cocción (1.91 min mientras que FHIA-1 presentó el mayor tiempo (9.49 min.

El estado actual de las vacunas contra las drogas

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Maura Epifanía Matus Ortega

2017-12-01

Full Text Available Introducción: por lo común, la adicción a las drogas se trata con psicoterapia y farmacología que evita la unión de las sustancias psicoactivas a receptores específicos en el cerebro. El resultado de estos tratamientos no ha sido del todo satisfactorio, por lo que el desarrollo de terapias más eficaces representa un reto constante para tratar las adicciones. Una alternativa a la farmacología antiadictiva es la vacunación activa dirigida contra las sustancias de abuso. Objetivo: esta revisión reúne la información disponible sobre los fundamentos y avances científicos en la generación de una terapia inmunológica, que coadyuve al tratamiento de la adicción a sustancias como la heroína-morfina, la cocaína, la nicotina y la anfetamina. Método: se consideraron los reportes científicos disponibles en PubMed –de 2005 a abril de 2017–, sobre los fundamentos, la metodología empleada, los estudios preclínicos y clínicos, y los resultados obtenidos en dichas investigaciones para generar vacunas contra las drogas. Resultados: las vacunas lograron mitigar los efectos producidos por las sustancias en los estudios preclínicos en modelos de estudio en animales; sin embargo, con pacientes humanos los resultados no han sido del todo satisfactorios. Discusión y conclusiones: a pesar de los esfuerzos realizados por diferentes grupos de investigación y compañías farmacéuticas para generar vacunas terapéuticas contra el uso de diferentes drogas, ninguna ha alcanzado la fase III de estudios clínicos. En la actualidad, se continúa con los esfuerzos para lograr que las vacunas contra las adicciones alcancen su máxima eficiencia y eficacia, y contribuyan al tratamiento de la adicción a las drogas.

Perceived risk, stigma, and potential economic impacts of a high-level nuclear waste repository in Nevada

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Slovic, P.; Layman, M.; Kraus, N.; Flynn, J.; Chalmers, J.; Gesell, G.

1991-01-01

This study investigates the potential impacts of the proposed nuclear waste repository at Yucca Mountain, Nevada, upon tourism, retirement and job-related migration, and business development in Las Vegas and the state. Adverse impacts may be expected to result from perceptions of risk, stigmatization, and socially amplified reactions to 'unfortunate events' associated with the repository (major and minor accidents, discoveries of radiation releases, evidence of mismanagement, attempts to sabotage or disrupt the facility, etc.). The conceptual underpinnings of risk perception, stigmatization, and social amplification are discussed and empirical data are presented to demonstrate how nuclear images associated with Las Vegas and the State of Nevada might trigger adverse economic effects. The possibility that intense negative imagery associated with the repository may cause significant harm to Nevada's economy can no longer be ignored by serious attempts to assess the risks and impacts of this unique facility. The behavioral processes described here appear relevant as well to the social impact assessment of any proposed facility that produces, uses, transports, or disposes of hazardous materials

Perceived risk, stigma, and potential economic impacts of a high-level nuclear waste repository in Nevada.

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Slovic, P; Layman, M; Kraus, N; Flynn, J; Chalmers, J; Gesell, G

1991-12-01

This study investigates the potential impacts of the proposed nuclear waste repository at Yucca Mountain, Nevada, upon tourism, retirement and job-related migration, and business development in Las Vegas and the state. Adverse impacts may be expected to result from perceptions of risk, stigmatization, and socially amplified reactions to "unfortunate events" associated with the repository (major and minor accidents, discoveries of radiation releases, evidence of mismanagement, attempts to sabotage or disrupt the facility, etc.). The conceptual underpinnings of risk perception, stigmatization, and social amplification are discussed and empirical data are presented to demonstrate how nuclear images associated with Las Vegas and the State of Nevada might trigger adverse economic effects. The possibility that intense negative imagery associated with the repository may cause significant harm to Nevada's economy can no longer be ignored by serious attempts to assess the risks and impacts of this unique facility. The behavioral processes described here appear relevant as well to the social impact assessment of any proposed facility that produces, uses, transports, or disposes of hazardous materials.

Dubai: o paraíso hiper-real e paradoxal da indústria do entretenimento

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Denize Correa Araujo

2011-01-01

Full Text Available O objetivo geral deste artigo é argumentar que Dubai é um megaexemplo da indústria do entretenimento, podendo ser considerada como paraíso hiper-real. A leitura da cidade, à luz dos conceitos de hiper-realidade e simulacro de Jean Baudrillard e da teoria do espetáculo de Guy Debord, sugere a cultura do superlativo, que começa com o turismo no aeroporto e segue uma rota direcionada aos supereventos e megaprodutos de entretenimento para a sociedade de consumo de luxo. Las Vegas era considerada a “cidadeentretenimento”, com cassinos que simulam diversos pontos turísticos, como Monte Carlo, Veneza, Paris e assim por diante. Agora, o mundo simulado está situado em Dubai, denominada a Nova Las Vegas. O objetivo específico do trabalho é questionar o cenário paradoxal de entretenimento e consumo no contexto de normas religiosas islâmicas rígidas, que divergem dos hábitos dos estrangeiros, dos atrativos dos malls e das praias paradisíacas de Dubai.

Social marketing to plan a fall prevention program for Latino construction workers.

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Menzel, Nancy N; Shrestha, Pramen P

2012-08-01

Latino construction workers experience disparities in occupational death and injury rates. The Occupational Safety and Health Administration funded a fall prevention training program at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas in response to sharp increases in fall-related accidents from 2005 to 2007. The grant's purpose was to improve fall protection for construction workers, with a focus on Latinos. This study assessed the effectiveness of social marketing for increasing fall prevention behaviors. A multi-disciplinary team used a social marketing approach to plan the program. We conducted same day class evaluations and follow-up interviews 8 weeks later. The classes met trainee needs as evidenced by class evaluations and increased safety behaviors. However, Spanish-speaking Latinos did not attend in the same proportion as their representation in the Las Vegas population. A social marketing approach to planning was helpful to customize the training to Latino worker needs. However, due to the limitations of behavior change strategies, future programs should target employers and their obligation to provide safer workplaces. Copyright © 2012 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.

Las momias de las pirámides

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José Miguel Parra

2011-01-01

Full Text Available El público general cree, como si fuera un dogma religioso, que las pirámides egipcias no fueron las tumbas de los faraones de los Reino Antiguo y Medio porque en ninguna de las cámaras funerarias se ha encontrado nunca una momia. Este estudio compila todos los datos relevantes al respecto y describe brevemente todos los restos humanos encontrados dentro de las pirámides, demostrando la falta de base de esa extendida creencia.As a religious dogma the general public believe that the Egyptian pyramids were not the tombs for the Old and Middle Kingdom pharaohs, because never was a mummy found inside the burial chamber of any of them. This study just compile all the relevant data on the subject and describe briefly all the human remains found in the pyramids, showing the nonsense of the general belief.

Las mejores prácticas de las organizaciones y los profesionales

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Robert L. SCHALOCK

2015-03-01

Full Text Available Este artículo se centra en las prácticas basadas en la evidencia y, sobre esta base, hacemos una invitación a que busquemos entre todos cuáles son las mejores prácticas, quién es el profesional más adecuado y qué significa ser una organización eficaz y eficiente. Tanto los profesionales como las organizaciones ofrecen servicios y apoyos que contribuyen a mejorar el bienestar y el crecimiento personal de los usuarios. En el contexto de la discusión sobre las prácticas profesionales y de las organizaciones, indicaré que las mejores prácticas profesionales empiezan con el respeto hacia las personas, el cumplimiento de los estándares y las normas éticas y deontológicas, y la utilización de las prácticas basadas en la evidencia y de la evaluación del efecto y de los resultados conseguidos. Indicaré, asimismo, que las mejores prácticas de la organización empiezan con el compromiso de ser una entidad basada en valores y, a la vez, de ser eficaz y eficiente en la prestación de los servicios y apoyos. Este compromiso de la organización se refleja en el uso de las mejores prácticas, que consisten en la utilización de equipos de alto rendimiento, en el paradigma de los apoyos, en la evaluación de los resultados obtenidos y en la mejora continua de la calidad.Como se observa en la Figura 1, examinaremos cada uno de los componentes de las mejores prácticas profesionales y de las organizaciones. Además, indicaré que, a través de su acción recíproca, las mejores prácticas de los profesionales y de las organizaciones generan un entorno cultural que tiene un efecto directo, no solo en la mejora de los servicios y apoyos que la organización ofrece a los usuarios, sino también en el bienestar y crecimiento personal del personal de la organización, lo cual, a su vez, redunda en un aumento de su eficacia y eficiencia.

Indagando en la relevancia de Internet en el acceso, uso y deseos de las TIC por parte de las mujeres en las TIC

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Núria VERGÉS BOSCH

2011-07-01

Full Text Available A partir de los años 90 las teorías feministas de la tecnología experimentan un optimismo renovado con la aparición de las TIC y el desarrollo de la tercera ola feminista. Sin embargo, la investigación en género y tecnología se ha centrado en estudiar la exclusión de las mujeres de las TIC e, inversamente, las experiencias de las mujeres y sus estrategias para incluirse en las TIC han recibido menos atención. Motivadas por nuestras experiencias tecnoactivistas y la observación de una remarcable presencia de mujeres en ellas, con Donestech, iniciamos un proyecto de investigación sobre los accesos, usos y deseos de las mujeres en las TIC. A través de una investigación ciberfeminista recogimos, analizamos y visibilizamos las experiencias y opiniones de las mujeres en las TIC. Nuestros resultados sugieren que las trayectorias de inclusión y acceso de las mujeres en las TIC son diversas, así como heterogéneos son los usos que hacen de ellas, destacando el rol jugado por Internet en todo ello. Además mostramos que las mujeres en las TIC son curiosas y entusiastas, que quieren empoderarse y compartir el conocimiento. Finalmente, les disgusta y desconfían de las relaciones de poder existentes en los mundos tecnológicos, manteniendo una actitud crítica y creativa hacia las TIC.

The infrared flux method and its use for study of α Boo, μ Her and β Dra; relation to the Vega 1.2-5 μm infrared excess

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Blackwell, D.E.; Booth, A.J.; Petford, A.D.; Leggett, S.K.; Mountain, C.M.; Selby, M.J.

1986-01-01

The effective temperatures of α Boo, μ Her, and β Dra are determined using the infrared flux method. The determinations are based on the high-quality spectrophotometric data obtained from an aircraft by previous authors, the new infrared calibration of Vega obtained from observations made at Tenerife between 1979 and 1983, the use of a Reticon spectrometer to determine the integrated fluxes in the region 370-950 nm, and the use of model atmospheres constructed with the previously developed MARCS code. (author)

Esperando la primavera: Voz para las mujeres en Argelia

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Susana Escalante

2012-12-01

Full Text Available En el cincuenta aniversario de su independencia, Argelia afronta un periodo de reformas marcadas por la tímida reacción de su población tras el estallido de la Primavera Árabe hace ahora dos años. Este artículo tiene por objetivo repasar los principales acontecimientos históricos que han contado con la participación de las mujeres dentro de la sociedad civil y analizar la evolución de su estatuto de ciudadanas hasta la actualidad. Las perspectivas de cambio que el contexto regional viene imponiendo deberían influir en una mejora de su visibilidad. Éstas representan un valor activo y son pieza clave dentro de una sociedad que ha sufrido profundos cambios en su estructura tradicional. On the fiftieth anniversary of its independence, Algeria faces a period of reforms, marked by a very slight reaction of its population after the outbreak of the Arab Spring two years ago. The objective of this article is to revisit the main historical events which had the participation of women inside the civil society and analyze the evolution of women status, as citizens, to nowadays.The expectations created of a change, supported by the regional context, should influence positively improving women visibility. These represent a real asset and are key values in a society that has suffered deep changes in its traditional structure.

Segmentation and Classification of Burn Color Images

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2001-10-25

SEGMENTATION AND CLASSIFICATION OF BURN COLOR IMAGES Begoña Acha1, Carmen Serrano1, Laura Roa2 1Área de Teoría de la Señal y Comunicaciones ...2000, Las Vegas (USA), pp. 411-415. [21] G. Wyszecki and W.S. Stiles, Color Science: Concepts and Methods, Quantitative Data and Formulae (New

Propiedades físicas de estrellas con exoplanetas y anillos circunestelares /

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Saffe Jameson, Carlos Emilio

2008-01-01

Tesis (Doctor en Astronomía)--Universidad Nacional de Córdoba. Facultad de Matemática, Astronomía y Física, 2008. Estudiamos diferentes aspectos de estrellas con exoplanetas (EH) y de estrellas de tipo Vega. Detectamos excesos IR en 20% de las estrellas EH, el cual se atribuye a la presencia de polvo circunestelar. Carlos Saffe.

In Front of (e)Readers

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Hadro, Josh

2010-01-01

To quote "Will & Grace," the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas, Nevada, January 7-10, was "a nightmare/delightful!" Five times larger than even the largest library conference, the show's 35 football field-long bazaar of technology marvels and gimmicks--along with thousands of reps hawking them--was almost enough to put a person off…

Corrective Action Plan for Corrective Action Unit 151: Septic Systems and Discharge Area, Nevada Test Site, Nevada

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NSTec Environmental Restoration

2007-01-01

Corrective Action Unit (CAU) 151, Septic Systems and Discharge Area, is listed in the Federal Facility Agreement and Consent Order (FFACO) of 1996 (FFACO, 1996). CAU 151 consists of eight Corrective Action Sites (CASs) located in Areas 2, 12, and 18 of the Nevada Test Site (NTS), which is located approximately 65 miles northwest of Las Vegas, Nevada

How to Make School Lunch Programs Pay.

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Fredrick, Len

Food waste, student rejection of Type A meals, and the difficulty of keeping school food service departments in the black have been the three major problems in the school lunch program. The Las Vegas Fast Food Combo Program provides an answer. By providing the foods students want to eat--foods of the type advertised everywhere--and making that…

Stalled ERP at Random Textiles

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Brumberg, Robert; Kops, Eric; Little, Elizabeth; Gamble, George; Underbakke, Jesse; Havelka, Douglas

2016-01-01

Andre Raymond, Executive Vice President of Sales and Marketing for Random Textiles Co. Inc. (RTC), stood in front of the podium to address his team of 70 sales consultants in Las Vegas, NV. The organization had increased market share and achieved record sales over the past three years; however, in the shadow of this success lurked an obstacle that…

Species of conservation concern and environmental stressors: Local, regional and global effects [Chapter 6] (Executive Summary)

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Steven M. Ostoja; Matthew L. Brooks; Jeanne C. Chambers; Burton K. Pendleton

2013-01-01

Southern Nevada’s unique landscapes and landforms provide habitat for a diversity of plant and wildlife species of conservation concern including many locally and regionally endemic species. The high population density and urbanization of the Las Vegas metropolitan area is the source of many local and regional stressors that affect these species and their habitats:...

77 FR 42354 - Designation of Transportation Management Areas

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2012-07-18

...,008 Lincoln, NE 258,719 State Total 983,727 Nevada: Las Vegas--Henderson, NV 1,886,011 Name Change.... Ogden--Layton, UT 546,026 Provo--Orem, UT 482,819 State Total 2,050,088 Vermont: State Total Virginia: Virginia Beach, VA 1,439,666 Richmond, VA 953,556 Roanoke, VA 210,111 New TMA. State Total 2,603,333...

Radiological effluents released from nuclear rocket and ramjet engine tests at the Nevada Test Site 1959 through 1969: Fact Book

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Friesen, H.N.

1995-06-01

Nuclear rocket and ramjet engine tests were conducted on the Nevada Test Site (NTS) in Area 25 and Area 26, about 80 miles northwest of Las Vegas, Nevada, from July 1959 through September 1969. This document presents a brief history of the nuclear rocket engine tests, information on the off-site radiological monitoring, and descriptions of the tests.

Las Vegas is better than determinism in VLSI and distributed computing

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Mehlhorn, Kurt; Schmidt, Erik Meineche

1982-01-01

In this paper we describe a new method for proving lower bounds on the complexity of VLSI - computations and more generally distributed computations. Lipton and Sedgewick observed that the crossing sequence arguments used to prove lower bounds in VLSI (or TM or distributed computing) apply to (ac...

Razones por las que los alumnos universitarios no utilizan las redes sociales

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Zeynep Turan

2013-08-01

Full Text Available Aunque las redes sociales (los SRS, especialmente Facebook se han popularizado entre la juventud, hay algunos alumnos universitarios que no desean participar en ellas. Esta investigación explora las razones subyacentes por las cuales los alumnos universitarios no utilizan las redes sociales. El grupo experimental (n=20 estuvo formado por alumnos de licenciatura de entre 18 y 25 años, seleccionados mediante muestreo intencional. Se recogieron los datos en dos grandes universidades estatales de Turquía. Facebook fue seleccionado para contextualizar esta investigación, por ser una de las redes sociales más populares. Los métodos de investigación cualitativa se emplearon en la recogida y análisis de los datos. Entre las razones principales por las que no utilizan las redes sociales se encuentran su percepción como una pérdida de tiempo, o una herramienta innecesaria; las posibilidades de poder conllevar una adicción; violar las normas de privacidad, compartir información excesiva; e invocar la preocupación parental. Adicionalmente, los resultados indicaron que la mayoría de los alumnos no confió en sus amistades virtuales y que no les gustaba compartir fotografías ni opiniones políticas en línea. El haber identificado las actitudes hacia los SRS de los alumnos nousuarios nos ayudará a entender mejor las percepciones y experiencias individuales relacionadas con estos servicios sociales.

La intangibilidad de las acciones privadas de las personas

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Mauricio Maldonado Muñoz

2014-03-01

Full Text Available En este artículo pretendemos acercarnos a una garantía que —siguiendo cierta doctrina— hemos llamado: intangibilidad de las acciones privadas de las personas. Desde una visión que busca ser omnicomprensiva, se analizan las fuentes de las que mana la privacidad y, posteriormente, su contenido y alcances. Sobre todo, se analiza el problema de los límites de la injerencia y regulación estatal, partiendo de una posición que niega las visiones comunitaristas. En general, se trata de conceptualizar a la garantía planteada desde el punto de vista de la libertad, el derecho y las virtudes humanas, los derechos de terceros y la moral pública; concretando su vinculación con otros derechos relacionados con la privacidad. La idea central del presente trabajo consiste en demostrar la transversalidad de la garantía señalada, implicando —en ese proceso— cuestiones trascendentes para la filosofía del derecho, la teoría del derecho y, por supuesto, para el estudio del derecho de los derechos humanos.  

Cañutos y soplidos Tiempo y cultura en las zampoñas de las sociedades precolombinas de Arica Time and Culture in Panpipes of the Precolumbian Societies in Arica, Chile

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Juan Chacama Rodríguez

2011-12-01

Full Text Available Este artículo intenta una aproximación a la temprana presencia de zampoñas en los valles occidentales de la macro región cultural conocida como Área Centro Sur Andina, utilizando como base antecedentes arqueológicos, etnohistóricos y musicológicos sobre los aerófonos andinos. Para este efecto, se han estudiado las colecciones arqueológicas almacenadas y documentadas en el Museo Universidad de Tarapacá, San Miguel de Azapa. El trabajo se focaliza en las relaciones cronológicas y culturales de las zampoñas precolombinas, sus momentos de aparición en la zona y su evolución en el tiempo.This article attempts an approach to the early presence of panpipes in the western valleys of the macrocultural region known as South Central Andes, on the basis of archaeological, ethnohistorical and ethnomusicological data on Andean wind instruments gathered from the study of the archaeological collections stored and documented in the Tarapacá University Museum at San Miguel de Azapa. The article is focused on establishing the chronological and the cultural relations of these Pre Columbian panpipes along with determining the time of their appearance in the area and their evolution over a period of time.

La mercantilización de los estados de ánimo. El consumo de antidepresivos y las nuevas biopolíticas de las aflicciones La mercantilización de los estados de ánimo. El consumo de antidepresivos y las nuevas biopolíticas de las aflicciones

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Ángel Martínez Hernáez

2007-03-01

Full Text Available En los últimos años ha aumentado de forma exponencial el consumo de antidepresivos (principalmente los conocidos como ISRS y ISRN en las sociedades de capitalismo avanzado. Las interpretaciones biomédicas al uso identifican este fenómeno con el incremento de casos diagnosticados de depresión, ansiedad y trastornos afines. Sin embargo, un análisis social de este incremento pone en evidencia su dependencia de determinadas biopolíticas del capitalismo tardío, como los instrumentos de persuasión de la industria farmacéutica, el papel naturalizador de las adversidades humanas introducido por los paradigmas biomédicos y las nuevas imágenes culturales de la modernidad incorporadas por los consumidores. Este artículo puede entenderse como un análisis crítico de los procesos de medicalización, mercantilización y fetichismo de los malestares de nuestro tiempo.During the last years the consumption of antidepressants has increased exponentially in the societes of higher capitalism, specially the antidepressants known as Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitors (SSRIs and Selective Noraderenaline Reuptake Inhibitors (SNRIs. Biomedical sciences usually identify this phenomenon with the growing of depression and anxiety diagnosis in these societies. Nevertheless, a social analysis evidences the dependence of this rising consumption with some bio-politics of late capitalism, such as the persuasion strategies of pharmaceutical industry, the reification of human adversities introduced by biomedical paradigms, and the new cultural images of modernity embodied by consumers. This paper is an analysis of medicalization, commodification and fetishism of our time misfortunes.

Asociacionismo inmigrante y renegociación de las identificaciones culturales Asociacionismo inmigrante y renegociación de las identificaciones culturales

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Elena Gadea Montesinos

2011-03-01

Full Text Available Migrates, wherever they have been settled, have always moved in order to set up groups somehow formalised, normally organised upon their ethnic or national origin. These groups always work to give a response to their needs. Thus, associations have become a basic element in the day-to-day life of immigrants. A basic element working two ways: On one hand, in the relationship between immigrates and the institutions of the receiving societies, considering that these groups act as representatives for political issues. On the other hand, in the relationship within the group itself, placing themselves, sometimes in a non-easy way, in a new settling context. In both levels, the associations act as a privileged way for social and cultural intermediaries. Associations arise as institutions based on identity reasons, members and non-members of the group can define them as religious, national, ethnical or cultural. But in these organisations, apart from identity, they create new spaces from which they work on migration contexts, music, dance, food or dressing habits, religious practices or use of languages become in identity references, in ways of expression of a community not just margined but also re-localised.Los migrantes han tendido a crear, allí donde se han instalado, grupos más o menos formalizados, organizados generalmente según el origen nacional o étnico, para dar respuesta a necesidades y anhelos diversos. En este sentido, las asociaciones se han constituido en un elemento clave en la articulación de la vida cotidiana del colectivo inmigrante. Un elemento clave que actúa a dos niveles: de un lado, en la relación entre la población inmigrante y las instituciones de la sociedad de recepción, en tanto que las asociaciones de inmigrantes se configuran como instancias de representación e intermediación política; de otro, en las relaciones al interior del propio colectivo migrante que debe redefinir, a veces de manera conflictiva, su lugar

ORDEN MONETARIO DE LAS ECONOMÍAS DE MERCADO

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Michel Aglietta

Full Text Available Al explicar el mercado a partir de la institución monetaria y no al revés, como es costumbre en los economistas, este artículo ofrece una nueva visión para comprender la naturaleza del dinero, las condiciones de viabilidad de la sociedad de mercado, el origen y control de las crisis financieras y monetarias y finalmente, tratar la independencia del Banco Central como una organización institucional particular que se propone para la regulación del sistema cada día más globalizado.In explaining the market takinq as a starting point the monetary institution and not the contrary, as most economists usually do, this article offers a new approach in arder to understand the nature of money, the conditions for the viability of a market society, the origin and control of financial and monetary crisis and, finally, to understand the independence of the Central Bank as a particular institutional organization that is proposed in order to regulate a system that is progressively more globalized.

Marx, Production, Society and Archaeology

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Lull, Vicente

2005-06-01

Full Text Available Social life is produced. Social life takes place before the fact of thinking about it. Drawing upon elements coming from utopian Socialism. British economy and, especially, Hegel’s philosophy, Marx proposed a set of dialectic categories addressed to thinking and to explaining how social life is produced, including in these dynamics the production of ourselves. In this paper, the guidelines of Marx’ thoughts are shown starting from the reading and analysis of his own texts. Also, the pertinence of the relationship between Marx and the research of society is argued through the material objects which make any society real: the archaeological research.

La vida social se produce. La vida social es anterior al hecho de pensarla. Basándose en elementos procedentes del socialismo utópico, la economía británica y, sobre todo, la filosofía de Hegel, Marx propuso categorías dialécticas para pensar y explicar cómo se produce la vida social, y nosotros en ella. En este artículo se exponen las líneas básicas del pensamiento de Marx a partir de una lectura y análisis de sus propios textos, y se argumenta la pertinencia de la relación entre dicho pensamiento y la investigación de la sociedad a partir de los objetos materiales que la hicieron posible: la investigación arqueológica.

Las relaciones de Podemos con las organizaciones sociales

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Ignacio Mariñas

2015-09-01

Full Text Available El 15M fue el principio del proceso de cambio en España y tiene una trascendencia en el mundo porque, por primera vez desde 1989, un movimiento contestatario al sistema alcanza una repercusión mundial. En consecuencia, todos partidos políticos en España atienden las demandas de este movimiento, bien para impulsar cambios en sus programas que atiendan a sus demandas o para intentar asumir su representación política como hace Podemos. En esta exposición se considera la tradición política de este país y el surgir del 15M, para comentar, después, las críticas a Podemos como heredero del 15M, y terminar con el análisis de su relación con las organizaciones sociales. La exposición se organiza en cinco tiempos que en su conjunto dan una visión poliédrica del problema. El objetivo es tratar de contradecir el escepticismo del Quijote sobre la posibilidad de comprender las razones y las dinámicas de los cambios sociales.

Learning to Teach for a Knowledge Society Aprender a Enseñar Para La Sociedad del Conocimiento

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Carlos Marcelo

2002-08-01

Full Text Available Modern societies are engulfed in a complicated process of transformation. This unplanned transformation is affecting the way we are organized, how we work, how we relate to each other, and how we learn. These changes are visible in the institutions charged with educating new citizens. How are these changes influencing the role of teachers? How do we begin to rethink teachers' work in these new circumstances? How should the new generation of teachers be developed? What knowledges and attitudes must we instill in today's teachers so that they may take advantage of the new opportunities offered by the information society? In this article we review the literature of teacher learning and teacher knowledge from the point of view of new challenges presented by the knowledge society. Nuestras sociedades están envueltas en un complicado proceso de transformación. Una transformación no planificada que está afectando a la forma como nos organizamos, como trabajamos, como nos relacionamos, y como aprendemos. Estos cambios tienen un reflejo visible en la escuela como institución encargada de formar a los nuevos ciudadanos. Nuestros alumnos disponen hoy en día de muchas más fuentes de información que lo que ocurría no hace ni diez años. Fuentes de información que, aportadas por las nuevas tecnologías de la información y comunicación, están haciendo necesario un replanteo de las funciones que tradicionalmente se han venido asignando a las escuelas y a los profesionales que en ella trabajan: los profesores y profesoras.¿En qué afectan estos cambios a los profesores? ¿Cómo debemos repensar el trabajo del profesor en estas nuevas circunstancias? ¿Cómo deberían formarse los nuevos profesores? ¿Cómo adecuamos los conocimientos y las actitudes del profesorado para dar respuesta y aprovechar las nuevas oportunidades que la sociedad de la información nos ofrece? ¿Qué nuevos escenarios educativos y escolares son posibles/deseables? En este

Las ideologias, las ciencias naturales y sus implicaciones en la educacion cientifica

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Lozada Roldan, Sandra

Este estudio ausculto las concepciones epistemologicas de los docentes de ciencia del nivel secundario con relacion a las ideologias y las ciencias naturales. Tambien examino las posiciones de los docentes ante asuntos publicos relacionados a la ciencia. Para propositos de este estudio se diseno y se valido el cuestionario con el cual se obtuvieron los resultados. La investigacion es de tipo cuantitativa y se utilizo como diseno la encuesta. El cuestionario se administro en varias actividades de desarrollo profesional para maestros de ciencia. Un total de 78 maestros del nivel secundario respondieron el cuestionario. Para analizar los datos obtenidos se utilizaron estadisticas descriptivas como la distribucion de frecuencia y el porciento. Ademas se establecieron codigos y categorias para describir las posiciones de los maestros ante asuntos publicos relacionados a la ciencia. Los analisis demostraron que entre los docentes participantes de este estudio prevalecen ciertas concepciones epistemologicas adecuadas acerca de las ciencias naturales, a la luz de la literatura consultada. Entre estas concepciones se destacan las siguientes: a) la filosofia materialista de las ciencias naturales, b) la naturaleza tentativa y constructivista del conocimiento cientifico, c) el uso de una metodologia que garantiza cierto grado de objetividad y con el que se justifican y validan los enunciados cientificos y d) la funcion instrumental del conocimiento cientifico. Sin embargo, entre los docentes participantes de este estudio prevalecen ciertas concepciones epistemologicas erroneas acerca de las ciencias naturales, a la luz de la literatura consultada. Entre estas concepciones se destacan las siguientes: a) tendencia inductivista en el que las teorias cientificas comienzan con observaciones que establecen generalizaciones, b) secuencia jerarquica de la metodologia cientifica. Ademas, entre los docentes participantes de este estudio prevalecen concepciones epistemologicas adecuadas

Los efectos de las armas en la vida de las mujeres

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2005-01-01

Se calcula que en la actualidad hay en el mundo casi 650 millones de armas pequeñas. Casi el 60 por ciento de ellas están en manos de ciudadanos particulares, en su mayoría hombres. Y la gran mayoría de quienes fabrican, venden, poseen y usan, debida o indebidamente, las armas pequeñas son hombres. ¿Qué significa esto para las mujeres y niñas del mundo? Este informe estudia los efectos que las armas de fuego tienen para las mujeres en el hogar, en las comunidades y también durante un conflict...

Gobierno de las TI en las universidades españolas

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Fernández Martínez, Antonio; Llorens Largo, Faraón

2009-01-01

Comunicación presentada en el IV International Congress: "Evolving from IT Service Management to IT Governance", May 19, 2009, Móstoles, Madrid. El gobierno de las Tecnologías de la Información (TI) va a proporcionar a las universidades la capacidad de obtener el máximo valor de sus inversiones TI. Sin embargo en el Sistema Universitario Español (SUE) el uso de sistemas de gobierno de las TI esta muy poco extendido y apenas es incipiente. La Conferencia de Rectores de las Universidades Esp...

Las Sinapsis

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1997-01-01

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El estudio del sistema nervioso considera entre múltiples conexiones, aquéllas de carácter bioquímico que se median a través de sustancias elaboradas por las neuronas y que reciben la denominación de neurotransmisores’, dichas sustancias se vierten en las zonas de resquicio neuromuscular, neuroneuronal o neuroglandular, para modificar las condiciones de membrana y permitir la continuidad de los p...

Conocimiento de las vías de transmisión de las zoonosis y de las especies afectadas entre los trabajadores rurales

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Ana I Molineri

Full Text Available El objetivo de este trabajo fue evaluar el grado de conocimiento que tienen los trabajadores rurales sobre las zoonosis a las que se encuentran expuestos en su trabajo y su asociación con factores socio-demográficos. Se efectuó un estudio observacional transversal basado en la realización de encuestas (N = 110, n = 94, utilizando un cuestionario estructurado. El análisis incluyó c², t de Student y correlación de Pearson y de Spearman. Las zoonosis más conocidas fueron la triquinosis, la rabia y la sarna. En el caso de la brucelosis, la tuberculosis y el carbunco, fueron muy conocidas las especies que las transmiten, pero no así las formas de transmisión. Las enfermedades menos conocidas en ambos sentidos fueron la toxocariasis y la hidatidosis, seguidas por la leptospirosis y la toxoplasmosis. Para todas las zoonosis estudiadas se encontró correlación significativa (p < 0,001 entre el conocimiento de las especies transmisoras y de las vías de transmisión. Aquellos encuestados de sexo masculino, propietarios y residentes de zonas urbanas, casados y de mayor edad y antigüedad fueron quienes presentaron más conocimientos sobre las zoonosis, en general. El conocimiento que tienen los trabajadores rurales acerca de las zoonosis es insuficiente. Sería importante que los veterinarios, en conjunto con las aseguradoras de riesgos del trabajo, difundan la información adecuada entre las personas en riesgo que desarrollan sus tareas en este ámbito.

Las mujeres y los puestos para expatriados en las multinacionales latinoamericanas

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Edgar E. Chaves Solano

2009-07-01

Full Text Available Una de los aspectos más importantes del mercado laboral mundial en la última mitad del siglo XX ha sido la tasa de participación cada vez mayor de las mujeres en puestos gerenciales. Sin embargo, es evidente, de acuerdo a la investigación existente, que las mujeres no progresan en los puestos de dirección internacional en las mismas tasas que sus homólogos masculinos. Investigaciones anteriores ha estimado que sólo el 3 % de los administradores expatriados son mujeres. Se argumenta que las mujeres en puestos de dirección internacional tienen que superar las barreras abiertas y encubiertas en sus organizaciones antes de ser tomadas en cuenta para asignaciones internacionales. Los estudios mencionados se refieren a los países desarrollados. En el caso de las corporaciones latinoamericanas no se han encontrado estudios teóricos ni empíricos que arrojen luz sobre el tema de la mujer expatriada. El objetivo del presente trabajo es obtener razones y mitos sobre la asignación de las mujeres como expatriadas en los países desarrollados para, en un posterior estudio determinar si esas razones son validas o no con las mujeres expatriadas de las corporaciones de América Latina y que estos resultados ayuden a tomar mejores decisiones a los gerentes cuando tengan que llenar un puesto en el exterior

Los que van a morir te saludan: las huellas, las cargas, las historias del cuerpo

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Toro, Marisel; Serna, Yamid; Suárez, Rútber; Patiño, Ana; Moreno, Andrés

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Tesis (Maestría en Educación y Desarrollo Humano). Universidad de Manizales. Facultad de Ciencias Sociales y Humanas. CINDE, 2017 Las inquietudes desplegadas en el Programa de Investigación de la Línea en torno a las formas contemporáneas del Juvenicidio y la Necropolítica en Colombia, nos fueron arrojando al enunciado que soporta el título de esta serie: Los que van a morir te saludan. Amparados en el fondo doloroso que emana de esta antigua expresión latina, nosotros encontramos las v...

Guns, Suicide, COPD and Sleep

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Robbins RA

2018-03-01

Full Text Available No abstract available. Article truncated at 150 words. Within the past year two tragic events, the shootings in Las Vegas and Florida have renewed the debate about guns. The politics and the money that fuels the political debate have sharply divided politicians. As tragic as these mass shootings are, deaths by suicide far outnumber the loss of live in these shootings. In 2014 suicide was the tenth most common cause of death with 42,826 lives lost (1. Half of the suicides were by firearm (21,386. The medical profession has traditionally been reluctant to speak about politically sensitive issues such as abortion, sexuality, and guns. However, beginning early in this millennium some medical societies such as the American Academy of Pediatrics, the US Preventative Services Task Force and even the Department of Veterans Affairs were suggesting physicians ask patients about gun behavior, but a few patients complained (2-5. There were some anecdotal reports of patients feeling “pressured” to answer …

Transferencia de tecnología para el manejo postcosecha de granos a nivel de pequeño agricultor en tres veredas del municipio de La Vega, Cundinamarca

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José Eugenio Hernández Hernández

1999-05-01

Full Text Available Los pequeños productores agrícolas del municipio de La Vega, ubicado en la región del Guáliva, en el departamento de Cundinamarca, al igual que la mayoría de los productores campesinos del país, han estado viendo seriamente afectadas sus cosechas de maíz, fríjol y en general de granos básicos, a causa del ataque de diferentes agentes biológicos considerados plagas de los granos almacenados tales como insectos, microorganismos, pájaros y roedores, debido al desconocimiento de las técnicas apropiadas para el manejo postcosecha de estos productos y a la carencia de sistemas seguros de almacenamiento y conservación de los mismos. Con la cofinanciación del Programa Nacional de Transferencia de Tecnología, PRONATTA, del Ministerio de Agricultura y Desarrollo Rural, el presente proyecto se planteó para su desarrollo durante un período inicial de doce meses, en tres veredas del municipio, las cuales fueron seleccionadas tomando como criterios básicos la existencia de una problemática sentida en aspectos de manejo y conservación de los granos, así como el interés de los agricultores por encontrar alternativas de solución al problema y participar en su implementación. Posteriormente, y debido a los resultados positivos alcanzados, el proyecto fue extendido por solicitud de los agricultores de la región, a otras tres veredas con similar problemática, y al final se alcanzó un cubrimiento total de sesenta familias de pequeños productores en seis veredas de ésta población, para un tiempo total de ejecución de 20 meses. Con la participación activa de los agricultores en cada una de las etapas del proyecto, se validó para las condiciones socioeconómicas y agroecológicas de la región, un modelo metodológico de transferencia de tecnología para el manejo postcosecha de granos básicos a nivel de pequeños agricultores, el cual había sido previamente implementado con éxito en zonas de economía campesina de algunos municipios

A Progressive Approach to Integrating Education Technology

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Nemcek, Felicia

2013-01-01

Do you ever have the feeling that with rapidly changing technology your students are driving the bus and you are holding on for dear life? According to the author, who is the principal of the Southwest Career and Technical Academy (SWCTA) located in Las Vegas, Nevada, they feel that way more often than not. However, she and her faculty understand…

Social impact assessment of siting the high-level nuclear waste repository in Nevada

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Mushkatel, A.; Pijawka, K.D.; Nigg, J.M.

1990-01-01

This paper provides the rationale and describes the findings of one approach used to project anticipated risk-induced effects, specifically the impacts on residents' social well-being and anticipated behavioral adjustments. The authors show the findings of a random, representative sample of 755 residents in the Las Vegas area. The findings are based on responses to four alternative plausible risk futures

Expert Meeting Report: Transforming Existing Buildings through New Media - An Idea Exchange

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Hunt, Stacy [Building Media and the Building America Retrofit Alliance (BARA), Wilmington, DE (United States)

2012-05-01

This report describes results of a Building America expert meeting on September 13, 2011, in Las Vegas, Nevada, hosted by the Building America Retrofit Alliance (BARA). This meeting provided a forum for presentations and discussions on the use of new media to work with remodelers and retrofit projects to improve energy efficiency and deliver research results from the Building America program to remodelers.

Expert Meeting Report: Transforming Existing Buildings through New Media--An Idea Exchange

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Hunt, S.

2012-05-01

This report describes results of a Building America expert meeting on September 13, 2011, in Las Vegas, Nevada, hosted by the Building America Retrofit Alliance (BARA). This meeting provided a forum for presentations and discussions on the use of new media to work with remodelers and retrofit projects to improve energy efficiency and deliver research results from the Building America program to remodelers.

Violence in society

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António Pedro de Andrade Dores

2014-07-01

Full Text Available The recent interest in the sociology of violence has arisen at the same time that western societies are being urged to consider the profound social crisis provoked by global financial turmoil. Social changes demand the evo- lution of sociological practices. The analysis herein proposed, based on the studies of M. Wieviorka, La Violence (2005, and of R. Collins, Violence: A Micro-sociological Theory (2008, concludes that violence is subject to sociological treatments cen- tered on the aggressors, on the struggles for power and on male gender. There is a lack of connection between prac- tical proposals for violence prevention and the sociol- ogy of violence. It is accepted that violence as a subject of study has the potential, as well as the theoretical and social centrality, to promote the debate necessary to bring social theory up to date. This process is more likely to oc- cur in periods of social transformation, when sociology is open to considering subjects that are still taboo in its study of violence, such as the female gender and the state. The rise of the sociology of violence confronts us with a dilemma. We can either collaborate with the construc- tion of a sub discipline that reproduces the limitations and taboos of current social theory, or we can use the fact that violence has become a “hot topic” as an opportunity to open sociology to themes that are taboo in social the- ory (such as the vital and harmonious character of the biological aspects of social mechanisms or the normative aspects of social settings. ResumenEl interés reciente en la sociología de la violencia ha surgido al mismo tiempo que las sociedades occidenta- les están requiriendo considerar la profunda crisis social provocada por la agitación financiera global. Los cambios sociales demandan la evolución de las prácticas socioló- gicas. El análisis aquí expuesto, basado en los estudios de M. Wieviorka, La Violence (2005, and of R. Collins

Dejar las lagrimas e ir hacia las acciones

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Jeppesen, Anne Marie Ejdesgaard

2015-01-01

Este artículo enfoca en la frontera entre México y los Estados Unidos, las condiciones especiales de la sociedad fronteriza, las economías interconectadas y la violencia, en especial la violencia ejercida contra mujeres y los feminicidios. El artículo discute diferentes perspectivas y maneras de...

Implementación de las TIC como recursos educativos en las aulas

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Chaves Montero, Alfonso

2018-01-01

El presente estudio examina los usos y experiencias de alumnos y docentes en relación a las redes sociales y las TIC a partir de una propuesta de implementación de un espacio virtual y recursos digitales para la formación, innovación, investigación y consolidación de conocimientos a través de participación activa por parte de los alumnos y docentes. La propuesta refleja la realidad social del uso de las redes sociales y las TIC tanto dentro como fuera de las aulas como nueva...

Las denominaciones de las ocupaciones

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Jesus Emilio Castañeda

1990-04-01

Full Text Available RESUMEN El propósito de este artículo, es mostrar al lector la forma como en nuestro ámbito existen diversos factores que han permitido la proliferación de maneras de llamar las ocupaciones. Aspectos regionales, la tradición, clases de organización, situaciones románticas, adjetivización de los cargos, peyorización  son entre otras razones que han generado  la creación de serie de sinónimos, de las ocupaciones, objeto de estudio de la sociologia del trabajo y de la administración de los recursos humanos.

LA PARTICIPACIÓN DE LAS FAMILIAS EN LAS ESCUELAS TIC: ANÁLISIS Y REFLEXIONES EDUCATIVAS

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Mª Carmen Aguilar Ramos; Juan J. Leiva Olivencia

2012-01-01

Las experiencias de participación de la familia en la escuela cobran un nuevo significado con las posibilidades que ofrecen las tecnologías de la información y la comunicación (TIC). El presente trabajo aborda algunas de las experiencias que se están desarrollando para implicar a las familias en los centros. Las páginas webs de los centros, la creación de comunidades de aprendizaje y de redes sociales, las tutorías virtuales, los cursos E-learning son algunas de las ofertas novedosas que pode...

Bibliotecas accesibles para todos: pautas para acercar las bibliotecas a las personas con discapacidad y a las personas mayores

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Centro Estatal de Autonomía Personal y Ayudas Técnicas

2008-01-01

El fuerte componente social, educativo y cultural de las bibliotecas las convierte en instituciones clave para conseguir la plena integración de las personas en situación de vulnerabilidad. Sin embargo, para poder considerar que las bibliotecas son accesibles a toda la sociedad, la persona ha de tener a su alcance todos los servicios y productos culturales que en ellas se ofrecen. Con este objetivo, el Ministerio de Educación, Política Social y Deporte, a través del CEAPAT-IMSERSO, ha present...

LAS ALFABETIZACIONES POSMODERNAS, LAS PUGNAS CULTURALES Y LOS NUEVOS SIGNIFICADOS DE LA CIUDADANIA

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JORGE A. HUERGO

1998-01-01

Full Text Available En el trabajo se pasa revista a las vinculaciones entre las alfabetizaciones moderna y posmoderna con las culturales que ellas producen y por las que son producidas. La noción de Alfabetizaciones Posmodernas se describe como correlativa de conflictos culturales que se juegan en los ámbitos educativos. Luego se presentan las narrativas político-culturales dominantes, en relación con el problema de la alfabetización y los modelos de ciudadanía, para finalmente mostrar algunos aspectos de una construcción narrativa poscolonial que enmarque las relaciones entre alfabetizaciones posmodernas y formación ciudadana.

Las actitudes hacia las lenguas y el aprendizaje lingüístico

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Judit JANÉS CARULLA

2006-01-01

Full Text Available En el aprendizaje de segundas o terceras lenguas se debe destacar el importante papel que juegan las actitudes lingüísticas. En este artículo, en primer lugar nos acercamos conceptualmente a este tipo de actitudes para después centrarnos en cómo los factores actitudinales y motivacionales influyen en el aprendizaje lingüístico. De acuerdo con lo expuesto y siguiendo la terminología de Lambert, en segundo lugar nos detenemos en cómo el tipo de motivación que tienen los sujetos (instrumental o de integración determina su grado de competencia lingüística y en cómo las actitudes presentes en la familia influyen en las actitudes que desarrollan estos sujetos hacia las otras comunidades lingüísticas. Repasamos también el debate existente entorno a toda esta temática, y subrayamos las principales variables que pueden originar o cambiar las actitudes lingüísticas, realzando el papel de la familia, la escuela y los mass media. Finalmente, resumimos brevemente un estudio centrado en las actitudes ante las lenguas de los escolares de origen inmigrante en Cataluña.

Las mujeres en el mercado de trabajo de las tecnologías

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Ana M. González Ramos

2017-01-01

Full Text Available El mercado laboral tecnológico, donde las mujeres son minoría, representa una oportunidad para el empleo en España. Este trabajo analiza los datos de la Encuesta de Población Activa (EPA respecto a la población ocupada en el sector tecnológico. En primer lugar, se analiza la segregación de género de la población ocupada según sectores económicos y, en segundo lugar, las características de empleo de las mujeres ocupadas en el sector tecnológico. Los resultados indican que las mujeres disponen de buenas expectativas laborales en este sector, pero también indican que sufren un mayor riesgo de sobrecualificación, lo que sugiere la persistencia de factores de discriminación. Por último, las mujeres expresan mayor preocupación que sus colegas hombres respecto a las excesivas jornadas laborales, lo que plantea la necesidad de afrontar un cambio estructural en las organizaciones.

LA ENFERMERÍA COMO GRUPO OPRIMIDO: LAS VOCES DE LAS PROTAGONISTAS

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Jose Luis Medina Moya

2010-01-01

Full Text Available Es un estudio etnográfico que tuvo como objetivo analizar las relaciones de poder y dominación desde la perspectiva freireana en la enseñanza de la enfermería y su repercusión en la conformación de una identidad profesional subordinada. Participaron docentes y estudiantes de una de las escuelas universitarias de enfermería españolas y enfermeras asistenciales. Los datos fueron obtenidos por triangulación de métodos: observación participante y no participante y entrevistas. Se registraron en un cuaderno de notas de campo o en cinta magnetofonica y se analizaron mediante el método de las comparaciones constantes. Los resultados muestran mecanismos mediante los cuales las ideologías dominantes en la formación de profesionales de la salud dan forma y contenido a la subjetividad de profesoras y estudiantes dirigiéndolas hacia la conformidad y subordinación para con las prácticas establecidas en las instituciones sanitárias.

Las incubadoras de las empresas de Quebec

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Bernardo Parra Restrepo

1993-01-01

Full Text Available Este articulo contiene información de las incubadoras de empresas especialmente aquellas encontradas en Quebec. A través de los 80's, el concepto de incubadoras de empresas fue introducido en América por expertos en el desarrollo económico. Sus metas fueron el estudio de los efectos del desempleo resultante de la quiebra de plantas industriales o del uso del proceso de producción automático por parte de las grandes compañías. Además se esperaba crear empleo para los inmigrantes. El campo más prometedor de estas experiencias se encuentra en el desarrollo de alta tecnología industrial, especialmente en electrónica, microprocesadores y software para sistemas de computación. Esta área también cubre las industrias innovadoras.

Nuevos discursos sobre las ciudades, los municipios y las mujeres

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Ana María Goetschel

2009-01-01

Full Text Available Escritora y activista feminista. Estudió Literatura y Periodismo en la Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú y se gradúo de Magíster en Política Social por la Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos. Por espacio de más de dos décadas se desempeña como profesora en el Diploma de Estudios de Género de la Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú y como consultora de proyectos de desarrollo en las áreas de planificación, evaluación institucional y enfoque de género para diversas agencias internacionales de cooperación en Perú y otros países de América Latina. Es Investigadora asociada y miembro del Consejo Directivo del Centro Peruano de Estudios Sociales (CEPES. Maruja Barrig acredita un vasto trabajo de investigación sobre empleo femenino, desarrollo local y organizaciones de mujeres. En una reciente conferencia “Nuevos discursos sobre las ciudades, los municipios y las mujeres” , esta investigadora peruana hizo un balance sobre las formas en que el género ha sido incorporado en las prácticas de desarrollo y las consecuencias que conlleva este tipo de intervención para el avance de la agenda del feminismo crítico. Sobre este y otros temas relacionados con su trayectoria intelectual y la acción del movimiento de mujeres en el contexto político actual de las sociedades latinoamericanas, dialogamos con Maruja Barrig.

Quality assurance for radon exposure chambers at the National Air and Radiation Environmental Laboratory, Montgomery, Alabama

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Semler, M.O.; Sensintaffar, E.L. [National Air and Radiation Environmental Laboratory, Montgomery, AL (United States)

1993-12-31

The Office of Radiation and Indoor Air, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), operates six radon exposure chambers in its two laboratories, the National Air and Radiation Environmental Laboratory (NAREL) in Montgomery, Alabama, and the Las Vegas Facility, Las Vegas, Nevada. These radon exposure chambers are used to calibrate and test portable radon measuring instruments, test commercial suppliers of radon measurement services through the Radon Measurement Proficiency Program, and expose passive measurement devices to known radon concentrations as part of a quality assurance plan for federal and state studies measuring indoor radon concentrations. Both laboratories participate in national and international intercomparisons for the measurement of radon and are presently working with the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) to receive a certificate of traceability for radon measurements. NAREL has developed an estimate of the total error in its calibration of each chamber`s continuous monitors as part of an internal quality assurance program. This paper discusses the continuous monitors and their calibration for the three chambers located in Montgomery, Alabama, as well as the results of the authors intercomparisons and total error analysis.

Supporting documents for LLL area 27 (410 area) safety analysis reports, Nevada Test Site

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Odell, B. N. [comp.

1977-02-01

The following appendices are common to the LLL Safety Analysis Reports Nevada Test Site and are included here as supporting documents to those reports: Environmental Monitoring Report for the Nevada Test Site and Other Test Areas Used for Underground Nuclear Detonations, U. S. Environmental Protection Agency, Las Vegas, Rept. EMSL-LV-539-4 (1976); Selected Census Information Around the Nevada Test Site, U. S. Environmental Protection Agency, Las Vegas, Rept. NERC-LV-539-8 (1973); W. J. Hannon and H. L. McKague, An Examination of the Geology and Seismology Associated with Area 410 at the Nevada Test Site, Lawrence Livermore Laboratory, Livermore, Rept. UCRL-51830 (1975); K. R. Peterson, Diffusion Climatology for Hypothetical Accidents in Area 410 of the Nevada Test Site, Lawrence Livermore Laboratory, Livermore, Rept. UCRL-52074 (1976); J. R. McDonald, J. E. Minor, and K. C. Mehta, Development of a Design Basis Tornado and Structural Design Criteria for the Nevada Test Site, Nevada, Lawrence Livermore Laboratory, Livermore, Rept. UCRL-13668 (1975); A. E. Stevenson, Impact Tests of Wind-Borne Wooden Missiles, Sandia Laboratories, Tonopah, Rept. SAND 76-0407 (1976); and Hydrology of the 410 Area (Area 27) at the Nevada Test Site.

Nutrition training for chefs: taste as an essential determinant of choice.

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Palmer, J; Leontos, C

1995-12-01

The primary objective of Project LEAN (Low-fat Eating for Americans Now), a social marketing initiative of the Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation, is to help Americans reduce their fat intake to less than 30% of total energy. In Las Vegas, Nev, one of the 10 community sites selected to implement this goal, Las Vegas LEAN acted to change the food environment for restaurant patrons. This program empowered chefs to use their culinary expertise in developing good-tasting, low-fat menu items. The literature shows that consumers, despite verbalizing health concerns, choose food on the basis of taste. This ambivalence between belief and behavior demonstrates the need for innovative culinary techniques to develop food dishes that consumers will not only accept, but will enjoy and order repeatedly. Entrepreneurial dietitians, thus, have an opportunity to market nutrition skills to restaurants and hotels wishing to implement low-fat cuisine with good taste. Our intervention demonstrated that nutrition education for chefs is the key to long-term and successful menu changes. If taste is what consumers are seeking in low-fat items, and improved taste will finally get ambivalent consumers to change their eating behavior, enlisting the expertise of chefs is key.

COMPARACIÓN DE LAS INTELIGENCIAS MÚLTIPLES EN NIÑOS(AS QUE PERTENECEN A ESCUELAS CON DISTINTOS MODELOS PEDAGÓGICOS

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Ariana Serrano Madrigal

2007-07-01

Full Text Available El propósito de esta investigación fue aplicar un test que mida las distintas inteligencias múltiples en niños(as de dos distintas escuelas, para así valorar si existe diferencia entre el modelo pedagógico academicista (enfoque tradicional establecido por el Ministerio de Educación Pública y el modelo pedagógico cognitivo (MPC (enfoque constructivista. En este estudio participaron 29 niños y 20 niñas, con edades entre los 8 y 12 años, pertenecientes a dos distintas escuelas públicas de Heredia (Escuela Laboratorio y Escuela de San Isidro. El instrumento que se utilizó fue un Test de Inteligencias Múltiples para niños(as en edades escolares (Vega, 2006, el cual consta de 15 ítems, subdivididos en siete categorías: lingüística, lógico-matemática, visual, cinestésica, musical, interpersonal e intrapersonal. Para el análisis de datos se utilizó la estadística descriptiva y la estadística inferencial (ANOVA de dos vías. Se encontraron diferencias significativas en la inteligencia lingüística (F: 9,47; p < 0,01 entre escuelas MPC (3,24±1,24 puntos y academicista (2,31±1,10 puntos, asimismo se encontraron diferencias entre sexo (F: 5,26; p< 0,05, mujeres (3,25±1,02 puntos y hombres (2,52±1,30 puntos. Además, en la inteligencia musical se encontraron diferencias estadísticamente significativas entre sexo (F: 7,97; p < 0,05. Se puede concluir que los modelos pedagógicos de enseñanza de los centros educativos públicos de Costa Rica deben actualizarse de acuerdo a las nuevas tendencias educativas.

Mass Society

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Borch, Christian

2017-01-01

the negative features usually ascribed by late nineteenth-century crowd psychology to spontaneous crowds, and attributes these to the entire social fabric. However, in contrast to crowd psychology, theorists of mass society often place greater emphasis on how capitalism, technological advances, or demographic......Mass society is a societal diagnosis that emphasizes – usually in a pejorative, modernity critical manner – a series of traits allegedly associated with modern society, such as the leveling of individuality, moral decay, alienation, and isolation. As such, the notion of mass society generalizes...... developments condition such negative features, and some theorists argue that mass society produces a propensity to totalitarianism. Discussions of mass society culminated in the early and mid-twentieth century....

Arturo de Córdova y la crisis del matrimonio burgués. De las perfectas casadas y las cenas de matrimonios (1952 y 1962

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Díaz López, Marina

2013-06-01

Full Text Available Arturo de Córdova was an international Mexican film star that managed to participate in Mexico, Argentina and Spain cinemas. His career was possible in a transnational cinema that achieved to reach to a wide Spanish speaking audience. In these films, he developed a character that went from the romantic male star to the mature seducer that will have an important role in the post-war middleclass society. He will act as a medium character between active businessman and their wives that will not admit the daily housework and be kept in a private sphere as norm. The analysis will be focussed on two plays that were adapted to the cinema. These plays were written by two Spanish authors; Alejandro Casona in Mexico and Alfonso Paso in Spain, and they were shot in these countries as Las tres perfectas casadas (1952 and Cena de matrimonios (1962. The dramatic similarity in their approach to the conflict between men and women allow us to present the critical view elaborated against the conventions that gave structure to marriage in this society. The fact that De Córdova played the main role points out the Hispanic shared culture about genre matters.Arturo de Córdova fue una estrella internacional mexicana que participó en las cinematografías de México, Argentina y España. Su carrera fue posible en un cine transnacional que logró llegar a un amplio público hispanoparlantes. En estas películas, desarrolló un personaje que fue de la estrella romántica al seductor marido que tendrá un papel importante en la sociedad de clase media, posterior a la Guerra Mundial. Actuará como un personaje de mediación entre los activos hombres de negocios y sus mujeres, que no admitirán el trabajo de casa y quedarse en un espacio privado como norma. El análisis del artículo se concentrará en dos obras teatrales que fueron llevadas al cine. Esas obras fueron escritas por dos autores españoles: Alejandro Casona en México y Alfonso de Paso en España, y fueron

AMOR, DONES Y DEUDAS. EL AMOR COMO PRÁCTICA HEGEMÓNICA PARA LA SUBORDINACIÓN DE LAS MUJERES EN LAS SOCIEDADES CONTEMPORÁNEAS

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Marianny Sánchez Núñez

2015-06-01

Full Text Available Si bien en las sociedades contemporáneas se han logrado importantes cuotas deigualdad formal entre los géneros, gracias a la lucha de las mujeres organizadas, la inequidad entre hombres y mujeres sigue siendo patente. La revisión de procesos estructurales, que atraviesan tanto la vida social como intra-psíquica de ambos géneros, resulta fundamental para analizar las causas que, junto al modo de producción dominante y la ubicación geopolítica, explican la pervivencia de la subordinación de las mujeres. Surge así la necesidad de revisar la construcción y operatividad del mito del amor romántico, que justifi ca y fetichiza un desigual intercambio de afectos y cuidados entre los hombres y las mujeres, y lo convierte en una práctica hegemónica servil en la división sexo-social del trabajo, que además resulta operativa, pues garantiza en mayor o menor medida la opresión de las mujeres, de acuerdo con variables como la etnia y la clase. El presente análisis pretende evidenciar los mecanismos de acción de ese mito y las alternativas para desconstruirlo en teoría y praxis. AbstractSignifi cant contributions of formal equality between genders thanks to the struggle of organized women have been made in contemporary societies, but gender inequality between men and women is still evident. The review of structural processes consider both the social and intra-psychological life, becomes essential to analyze the causes that explain the survival of the subordination of women, with the dominant mode of production and geopolitical location. This raises the need to review the construction and operation of the myth of romantic love and fetishizes justifying an unequal exchange of affection and care between genders. In the division sex-social of labor, it makes it as a servile and hegemonic practice. Also it is an practice, that ensures –to a greater or lesser extent– the oppression of women, according to the

Las retóricas del público. El espacio de consumo del arte como institución política

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Bayón, Fernando

2012-04-01

Full Text Available This article aims to show how the space for leisure practices in the art sector is a political construction. To do this, the essay focuses on public (art audience as key concept. It argues that art audiences are critically engaged and politically significant communities, through which each society gives an institutional dimension to cultural practices. In dialogue with modern thinkers such as Adorno, Baudrillard, Warburg and Benjamin, or architects like Rem Koolhaas, the article presents audiences and publics from both a social and institutional points of view, understanding that the temporal and spatial dynamics behind their community boundaries are worth exploring. We think that there are at least two dominant forms of an emerging social rhetoric that are producing innovative ways of building the spaces for consuming cultural offer in the late modern society: we call them rhetorics of convergence and rhetorics of persuation.

Este artículo pretende poner de manifiesto cómo el espacio de las prácticas de ocio cultural es una construcción política. Para ello, escoge como categoría central al público, en tanto formación comunitaria por medio de la cual cada sociedad institucionaliza de forma dinámica las prácticas de ocio asociadas a la oferta artística. En diálogo con pensadores como Adorno, Baudrillard, Warburg o Benjamin, se describen las dimensiones espaciales y temporales en que se desarrollan los vínculos comunitarios, específicos de la institución del “público” en el sector cultural. Para ello, el ensayo intenta identificar cuáles son las estrategias comunicativas que están produciendo esos espacios de presencia y esos tiempos de experiencia para las prácticas del ocio cultural en las sociedades del consumismo avanzado. Las he llamado retóricas de la convergencia y retóricas de la persuasión.

Las Sinapsis

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Jorge Eduardo Duque Parra

1997-12-01

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El estudio del sistema nervioso considera entre múltiples conexiones, aquéllas de carácter bioquímico que se median a través de sustancias elaboradas por las neuronas y que reciben la denominación de neurotransmisores’, dichas sustancias se vierten en las zonas de resquicio neuromuscular, neuroneuronal o neuroglandular, para modificar las condiciones de membrana y permitir la continuidad de los potenciales de acción (por creación de nuevos potenciales en las células subsiguientes, de la neurona hacia el órgano blanco.

La integridad de los diversos elementos de la “zona de unión funcional” o sinapsis, asegura la adecuada comunicación entre el sistema nervioso y la mayoría de los elementos restantes del organismo humano.

Las alteraciones de los elementos de las sinapsis, conllevan a la génesis de estados variables fisiológicos y patológicos somáticos, psicosomáticos o psíquicos, inconsecuentes con el estado de homeostasis.

Las moléculas que se vierten en las hendiduras sinápticas, sirven, por tanto, de transductoras para efectos elementales (como los reflejos y en las estrategias complejas (como los de la actividad intelectual.

Antecedentes

Ya desde los tiempos de Galeno, se sabía que los nervios eran los responsables de la rápida comunicación entre el cuerpo y el cerebro; el estudio de las sinapsis nos remonta de manera indirecta a
1791, fecha en la que Luigi Galvani, descubrió en sus experimentos con ancas de ranas, que entre los eventos eléctricos y los ocurridos en los nervios, existía una relación evidente (28,37,45’, los experimentos de Galvani se han refinado con el paso del tiempo, en nuestro siglo por ejemplo, el desarrollo del osciloscopio de rayos catódicos combinado con un amplificador potente, ha permitido medir las débiles y variables corrientes bioeléctricas de los

La participación política de las clases medias y las ONGs en el Perú de los noventa

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Javier DÍAZ ALBERTINI

2009-11-01

Full Text Available RESUMEN: En el artículo se analizan tres hechos de importancia en el desarrollo político del Perú y cómo se interrelacionan en los años 90 durante el régimen de Alberto Fujimori. En primer lugar, se examinan las dificultades que han tenido las clases medias peruanas para liderar procesos de desarrollo y democratización en el país. Nace corno una clase con poca autonomía con respecto al Estado o a las elites económicas y corno resultado no han logrado impregnar a la sociedad peruana con una ideología de equidad y democracia. En segundo lugar, se analiza cómo las Organizaciones No-Gubernamentales de Desarrollo (oNc;Ds abren un espacio en los años 70 que permite el acercamiento de un sector de la clase media con la mayoría pobre del país, constituyéndose en una experiencia inédita que ha enriquecido la práctica política de ambos sectores. Bajo una ideología de cambio y conscientes de la necesidad de construir a la nación, estas organizaciones han aportado ideas y experiencias innovadoras sobre la base de la participación democrática. En tercer lugar, explora cómo en el Perú de Fujimori se debilitan más aún las instituciones articuladoras e integradoras de la nación, dejando a las ONGDS como una de las pocas instancias con proyectos políticos basados, de una forma u otra, en las necesidades y demandas de las mayorías nacionales. Esta importante tarea, no obstante, cada vez se hará más difícil al evolucionar las ONGDS peruanas hacia instituciones más profesionales y técnicas, adquiriendo en el proceso un perfil más cercano al imaginario de la clase media y menos próximo a las necesidades de los pobres del país.ABSTRACT: In the article, three important aspects of Peruvian political development are examined, as well as how they interrelate in the 1990's during Alberto Fujimori's regime. Firstly, the article examines the difficulties the Peruvian middle class has had in leading processes of development and

Aborto en las adolescentes

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Cedeño Donet, Marisel; García García, María T; Jímenez Mendeliú, Irene M

2000-01-01

Se realizó un estudio descriptivo y transversal sobre el comportamiento del aborto en la población adolescente del territorio occidental de la provincia de Camagüey, desde enero de 1997 hasta agosto de 1998. Se encontró que el 26, 2 % de las jóvenes se realizó un aborto, las regulaciones menstruales fueron el 47, 6 %, el 25 % de las sepsis posinterrupción correspondió a las adolescentes. Más de la cuarta parte de los abortos realizados en la Provincia corresponde a las menores de 20 años. Cas...

Estudio de las Startups

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Rodríguez Reina, Cristina

2016-01-01

Este trabajo trata de analizar las pautas a la hora de poner en marcha una startup. Se explica el método que hay que seguir (Lean Startup), se expone una breve biografía de su autor, se muestran las distintas fases por las que atraviesa, las formas de financiación, así como una serie de puntos que servirán de ayuda para adentrarse en este mundo tan novedoso y hasta entonces tan poco conocido, como es el de la startups. Dentro del ámbito de las startups, se explicará el tema ...

Las transformaciones regionales de las economías campesinas en Colombia

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Vargas Velásquez Alejo

1990-12-01

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La dinámica de las relaciones sociales que articulan a las economías campesinas en Colombia es el objeto de este articulo. Para explicar la importancia de esta forma de producción en el mundo rural se contemplan dos dimensiones de análisis: la dimensión regional, que busca dar cuenta de las especificidades de la estructura agraria colombiana. Aquí se consideran los casos particulares de la comarca de la Región de Los Andes Orientales (Mílga y Duitama y dos comarcas de la región Valle-Tolima-Huila (Cali y Tuluá. En segundo lugar se considera la dimensión histórica, la cual permite apreciar las transformaciones sufridas por las economías campesinas en cada espacio regional. El rango histórico escogido considera los últimos cincuenta años dado que es en este periodo donde se observan los procesos más significativos de penetración del capital en el campo colombiano. Se presentan los elementos cualitativos más relevantes de los procesos acaecidos en las economías campesinas de las comarcas arriba mencionadas presentando, en segundo lugar, una síntesis interpretativa de los factores más significativos que han influenciado estas transformaciones. Se concluye fijando una posición en referencia a los debates descritos y, sugiriendo algunos puntos que buscan aportar a la creación de un nuevo contexto económico y social que faculte el desarrollo de las economías campesinas en Colombia.

De las utopías socialistas a las utopías patronales

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JOSÉ SIERRA ÁLVAREZ

1984-01-01

Full Text Available Este artículo es una parte de un trabajo más extenso que prentende elaborar un modelo interpretativo de las estrategias de gestión de los empresarios durante las primeras fases del capitalismo industrial. Las instituciones paternalistas de los empresarios (vivienda, asistencia sanitaria, tiendas con descuento, etc. se estudian en términos de disciplina, formación para la producción y control político de la fuerza de trabajo. Se intenta demostrar que hay una continuidad genealógica entre los propósitos de las comunidades utópicas de principios del siglo XIX y las comunidades de trabajadores creadas por los empresarios en la segunda mitad de dicho siglo. Se indica cómo dicha continuidad sólo pudo producirse debido a la revisión y distorsión que las teorías de los socialistas utópicos sufrieron por parte de sus seguidores.

USOS DE LAS PALMAS EN LAS TIERRAS BAJAS DEL PACÍFICO COLOMBIANO

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EVA DOLORES LEDEZMA-RENTERÍA

2014-06-01

Full Text Available Con el fin de evaluar el conocimiento sobre usos de las palmas en el Pacífico colombiano, para orientar las investigaciones futuras y para definir patrones generales de uso en la región, estudiamos las fuentes de información que documentan usos en esta región. Se registraron 90 tipos de usos en 52 especies de palmas útiles en el Pacífico, que equivalen al 61 % de las palmas que crecen en la región. Los usos se agruparon en ocho categorías de uso y 30 subcategorías; las categorías de uso más importantes fueron construcción, utensilios y herramientas, y alimentación humana. Las especies que registraron mayor número de usos fueron Bactris gasipaes, Astrocaryum standleyanum, Oenocarpus bataua, Euterpe oleracea, Oenocarpus minor, Cocos nucifera, Attalea cuatrecasana, Iriartea deltoidea, Desmoncus cirrhifer y Wettinia quinaria.

Determining Clinically Relevant Changes in Community Walking Metrics to Be Tracked by the VA as Part of Routine Care in Lower Limb Amputee Veterans

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Relevant Changes in Community Walking Metrics to Be Tracked by the VA as Part of Routine Care in Lower Limb Amputee Veterans 5c. PROGRAM ELEMENT ... poster presentation at the Association of Academic Physiatrists annual conference in Las Vegas. They are receiving value research and technical...writing experience. How were the results disseminated to communities of interest? A poster presentation was presented at the Association of Academic

Jerónimo Velázquez : un hombre de teatro en el período de gestación de la comedia barroca

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Carmen Sanz Ayán

1992-01-01

Full Text Available Cuando hablamos del teatro clásico español, nuestros resortes mentales nos conducen de modo casi automático a los nombres de poetas como Lope de Vega o Calderón, cuyo quehacer literario representó un legado universal para las letras del Siglo de Oro y cuyas obras supusieron un testimonio singular e inmejorable de los siglos XVI y XVII.

76 FR 18042 - Uniform Criteria for State Observational Surveys of Seat Belt Use

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2011-04-01

... Transportation (MO DOT), Nevada Department of Public Safety (prepared by University of Nevada--Las Vegas) (NV DPS... member of the public stated that conducting such surveys is a waste of taxpayer's money. (Jean Public at...; WY HSP at 1; LA HSC at 1; NJIT at 3; CO DOT at 1; GHSA at 1; ODU at 1- 2; MO DOT at 1; CA OTS at 1...

Overcoming adversity-a critical step toward career satisfaction and leadership in academic surgery.

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Raper, Steven E; Hoffman, Rebecca L; Jurkovich, Gregory J; Kelz, Rachel R

2018-04-01

The experiences of life are what shape us. This article relays stories of adversity and resiliency as experienced and told by members of our own surgical community at the Academic Surgical Congress in Las Vegas, NV in February 2017. We aim to express in words the lessons of each experience so that others can learn about life and leadership. Copyright © 2018 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.

El outsourcing en el desempeño de las exportaciones de las empresas

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Sergio Garcilazo Lagunes

2012-01-01

Full Text Available En este artículo se examina el efecto del outsourcing en el desempeño de las exportaciones de las empresas. El análisis se basa en las teorías de los negocios internacionales y el punto de vista de los recursos y la economía de los costos de transacción, según los cuales el outsourcing en el extranjero ayuda a las empresas -directa o indirectamente- a exportar más, a reducir sus costos de producción y a aumentar la flexibilidad de la empresa; además, puede proporcionar nuevos recursos y conocimientos del mercado. Sin embargo, el impacto del outsourcing internacional depende de los recursos y las capacidades de las empresas para gestionar una red de proveedores extranjeros y para absorber los conocimientos extranjeros. Usando una base de datos de alrededor de mil empresas de fabricación en México de 2007, se encontró que las operaciones de outsourcing en el extranjero aumenta el rendimiento de la exportación, los efectos son más fuertes en los mercados de exportación de donde las empresas importan los bienes intermedios. Los resultados también muestran que el tamaño de la empresa, la organización de las importaciones intrafirma y la experiencia en la exportación moderan los efectos del outsourcing de manera positiva. Estos resultados tienen implicaciones para las empresas y los políticos responsables del diseño de políticas.

Emilio Pascual Barciela, «La anagnórisis en la tragedia española del Renacimiento» / Ismael López Martín, «La anagnórisis en la obra dramática de Lope de Vega»

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Giuliani, Luigi

2018-01-01

Review of Emilio Pascual Barciela, La anagnórisis en la tragedia española del Renacimiento, Gabriele Schäfer Verlag, Herne, 2016, 346 pp. ISBN: 9783944487472. / Ismael López Martín, La anagnórisis en la obra dramática de Lope de Vega, Academia del Hispanismo, Vigo, 2017, 242 pp. ISBN: 9788416187553

Capacitación, Conocimiento y Competitivad de las MiPYMES Formales Costarricenses

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Shirley Benavides Vindas

2013-02-01

Full Text Available Se presentan los resultados de una investigación, en las micros,pequeñas y medianas empresas formales costarricenses, relacionadacon los esfuerzos en capacitación o actualización de conocimientosy la sostenibilidad empresarial, esto desde la percepción que tienenlos empresarios para ser competitivos en el mercado actual. Sereflexiona sobre la importancia de la productividad, para aportar ala competitividad de las unidades productivas dentro del mercadoen que se encuentran actualmente como del entorno internacional. Se obtiene como resultado, la importancia de la inclusiónen la elaboración y ejecución de las estrategias de sostenibilidad,a los diversos actores involucrados y responsables de mejorar lascondiciones de competitividad y desarrollo del país, tales como:las universidades, el gobierno, las municipalidades, las cámaras,el sistema bancario u otros actores del nivel meso. Este grupo deactores deben ser pilares en el impulso a las condiciones necesariaspara establecer y fortalecer las redes productivas, que faciliten eldesarrollo de factores intangibles –como lo es el conocimiento y laexperiencia- que estimulen competencias endógenas, impulsando elincremento de la productividad y coadyuven la articulación entre losdiversos actores sociales, económicos y ambientales que participanen la concepción de las condiciones de competitividad y de calidadde vida de las sociedades.   ABSTRACT The result of a research on formal Costa Rican MSMEsis shown in relation to efforts done regarding education orknowledge update and entrepreneurial sustainability from theperspective that entrepreneurs have to be competitive in today’smarkets. An important consideration is given to productivityto support the competitiveness of productive units in theiroperating market as in the international market as well. As a result, the importance of including the preparationand execution of sustainable strategies by the various partiesinvolved and

Las mujeres lacandonas: cambios recientes

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Lucie Nečasová

2010-08-01

Full Text Available El artículo se enfoca en los cambios en la vida de las mujeres lacandonas contemporáneas. Analiza cómo se han modificado el modo de la vida, las costumbres y las relaciones de la mujer dentro de las propias familias pero también dentro de la sociedad y la comunidad. El objetivo es mostrar los cambios reflejados en la vida de las mujeres de tres generaciones. El estudio está basado en las etnografías disponibles combinadas con el propio trabajo de campo realizado en las comunidades Lacanjá y Nahá en los años 2008 y 2009.

Assessment of multiple sources of anthropogenic and natural chemical inputs to a morphologically complex basin, Lake Mead, USA

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Rosen, Michael R.; Van Metre, P.C.

2010-01-01

Lakes with complex morphologies and with different geologic and land-use characteristics in their sub-watersheds could have large differences in natural and anthropogenic chemical inputs to sub-basins in the lake. Lake Mead in southern Nevada and northern Arizona, USA, is one such lake. To assess variations in chemical histories from 1935 to 1998 for major sub-basins of Lake Mead, four sediment cores were taken from three different parts of the reservoir (two from Las Vegas Bay and one from the Overton Arm and Virgin Basin) and analyzed for major and trace elements, radionuclides, and organic compounds. As expected, anthropogenic contaminant inputs are greatest to Las Vegas Bay reflecting inputs from the Las Vegas urban area, although concentrations are low compared to sediment quality guidelines and to other USA lakes. One exception to this pattern was higher Hg in the Virgin Basin core. The Virgin Basin core is located in the main body of the lake (Colorado River channel) and is influenced by the hydrology of the Colorado River, which changed greatly with completion of Glen Canyon Dam upstream in 1963. Major and trace elements in the core show pronounced shifts in the early 1960s and, in many cases, gradually return to concentrations more typical of pre-1960s by the 1980s and 1990s, after the filling of Lake Powell. The Overton Arm is the sub-basin least effected by anthropogenic contaminant inputs but has a complex 137Cs profile with a series of large peaks and valleys over the middle of the core, possibly reflecting fallout from nuclear tests in the 1950s at the Nevada Test Site. The 137Cs profile suggests a much greater sedimentation rate during testing which we hypothesize results from greatly increased dust fall on the lake and Virgin and Muddy River watersheds. The severe drought in the southwestern USA during the 1950s might also have played a role in variations in sedimentation rate in all of the cores. ?? 2009.

Hydrogen-Enhanced Natural Gas Vehicle Program

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Hyde, Dan; Collier, Kirk

2009-01-22

The project objective is to demonstrate the viability of HCNG fuel (30 to 50% hydrogen by volume and the remainder natural gas) to reduce emissions from light-duty on-road vehicles with no loss in performance or efficiency. The City of Las Vegas has an interest in alternative fuels and already has an existing hydrogen refueling station. Collier Technologies Inc (CT) supplied the latest design retrofit kits capable of converting nine compressed natural gas (CNG) fueled, light-duty vehicles powered by the Ford 5.4L Triton engine. CT installed the kits on the first two vehicles in Las Vegas, trained personnel at the City of Las Vegas (the City) to perform the additional seven retrofits, and developed materials for allowing other entities to perform these retrofits as well. These vehicles were used in normal service by the City while driver impressions, reliability, fuel efficiency and emissions were documented for a minimum of one year after conversion. This project has shown the efficacy of operating vehicles originally designed to operate on compressed natural gas with HCNG fuel incorporating large quantities of exhaust gas recirculation (EGR). There were no safety issues experienced with these vehicles. The only maintenance issue in the project was some rough idling due to problems with the EGR valve and piping parts. Once the rough idling was corrected no further maintenance issues with these vehicles were experienced. Fuel economy data showed no significant changes after conversion even with the added power provided by the superchargers that were part of the conversions. Driver feedback for the conversions was very favorable. The additional power provided by the HCNG vehicles was greatly appreciated, especially in traffic. The drivability of the HCNG vehicles was considered to be superior by the drivers. Most of the converted vehicles showed zero oxides of nitrogen throughout the life of the project using the State of Nevada emissions station.

Violencia contra las mujeres: las dimensiones de la desigualdad

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Ana Isabel Blanco García

2008-01-01

En este número entraremos directamente en el debate acerca de la "Violencia contra las mujeres: las dimensiones de a desigualdad", que desde hace unos años recorre todo el sustrato del pensamiento feminista y del que en buena medida es deudor el propio título de nuestra revista.

Digital Denmark: From Information Society to Network Society

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Henten, Anders; Falch, Morten

2000-01-01

for a welfare society. However, globalisation and the spreading use of new information and communication technologies and services challenge this position. This article examines Denmark's performance in implementing its IS 2000 plans, the background to the Digital Denmark report, and its implications......The Danish Government recently issued a new policy report, Digital Denmark, on the "conversion to a network society", as a successor to its Information Society 2000 report (1994). This is part of a new round of information society policy vision statements that are, or will be forthcoming from...... national governments everywhere. Denmark provides an interesting case study because it ranks high in the benchmark indicators of information network society developments. This position has been obtained largely by public sector initiatives and without erosion of the highly reputed Scandinavian model...

LAS NORMAS JURÍDICAS Y LAS POLÍTICAS PÚBLICAS SOBRE BOSQUES CULTIVADOS EN LAS REGIONES DEL CENTRO Y DE PATAGONIA EN ARGENTINA

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C. M. MINAVERRY

2017-08-01

Full Text Available El eje central de este trabajo es analizar el nivel de desarrollo de las normas jurídicas, de las políticas públicas, y de la idoneidad de las autoridades de aplicación sobre bosques cultivados, en las regiones del Centro y de la Patagonia en Argentina. Se trata de una investigación de carácter exploratorio, donde se aplicó el método de la hermenéutica jurídica y los indicadores ambientales PER. Se puede concluir que los niveles de desarrollo normativo de las provincias no son uniformes, y que la mayoría de las normas jurídicas y de las políticas públicas tienden a establecer incentivos económicos para aprovechar el efecto del mercado, sin orientarse hacia una protección integral de los ecosistemas boscosos, y que las autoridades de aplicación en su mayoría no son técnicamente adecuadas para eso.

Humanización de las relaciones interpersonales en las organizaciones

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Anabell Montoya Lozano

2006-01-01

Full Text Available A través de la historia los administradores se han dedicado a dirigir las empresas sin tener en cuenta que su componente central y relevante es el hombre, a quien se le ha relegado al plano de recurso, olvidando su humanidad y su complejidad y el hecho de que se compone de elementos racio nales y emotivos que lo hacen único. La motivación principal del hombre es la búsqueda de la felicidad, y puede conseguirla en el entorno empresarial siempre y cuando las organizaciones estén dirigidas por líderes conscientes de la importancia de los seres humanos en las mismas. A pesar de lo anterior, el rol de los administradores se ha destacado por el énfasis en el logro de los objetivos de la empresa y la falta de apoyo al crecimiento personal de los trabajadores. Es el momento de comenzar a cuestionarnos nuestro verdadero papel como rectores de destinos humanos en las organizaciones y de preparar a las nuevas generaciones de administradores para el rescate de la importancia del ser humano al interior de éstas.

Una escuela de todas (las personas) para todas (las personas)

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Montolio Pastor, Rosa; Cervellera Martínez, Luiso

2008-01-01

Escuela 2 representa una particular manera de entender la educación. Un proyecto educativo nacido de la cooperación entre las personas, concebido para albergar todo un universo de realidades y gestionado de manera colaborativa bajo los principios de la economía social y el movimiento cooperativo. Una escuela de todas, las personas, para todas, las personas. Una escuela decidida a hacer realidad los principios de la inclusión educativa desde el día a día, esforzada por resituar a cada paso su ...

Aprendizaje dialógico en las matemáticas y en las ciencias

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Javier Díez-Palomar

2010-01-01

Full Text Available Este artículo aborda la aplicación del aprendizaje dialógico a la enseñanza de las ciencias y de las matemáticas. A partir del análisis de dos estudios de caso desarrollados en dos Comunidades de Aprendizaje, se discuten las implicaciones educativas que tiene el uso de los "grupos interactivos" tal y como se definen (y aplican en las Comunidades de Aprendizaje. Los resultados sugieren que este tipo de funcionamiento transforma las dinámicas del aula, fomenta interacciones basadas en el aprendizaje instrumental y en consecuencia tiene como resultado un mayor aprendizaje de matemáticas y ciencias.

Léxico y variación : las denominaciones de las partes del ojo

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Julià Luna, Carolina

2007-01-01

En el presente trabajo de investigación se analizan las características etimológicas, semánticas y dialectales del léxico de las partes del ojo a partir de las informaciones léxicas que atesoran los atlas lingüísticos del español, catalán y gallego elaborados en la Península Ibérica. Se estudian individualmente las diferentes designaciones que en las distintas zonas lingüísticas de la Península se recogen en los mapas de cinco conceptos referidos al ojo (la ‘ceja', el ‘párpado', la ‘pestaña',...

Formación de gobierno, democracia consensual y polarización de las elites: el caso vasco Formación de gobierno, democracia consensual y polarización de las elites: el caso vasco

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Consuelo Laiz Castro

2003-01-01

Full Text Available Does the democracy consensus-model survive in the Basque country? Taking as a base of the consociational democracy and its features, we wonder about the problems which arise in the constitution of the governments of this type of democracies, when the cleavages of the society become tight compartments and, at the same time, the positions of the political elite polarize. The proportional electoral system, the multiparty system and a political culture broken into fragments give us the specific variables of the societies with deep cleavages, which should need a consensus-model of democracy. But this way requires that the political elite and the social leaders have the will to maintain the cohesion of the system and to propitiate the necessary pacts in order to integrate to the different groups and to carry out government’s function. If this is not reached, the most probable result is the uncertainty or even the blockade, of the political life. On the other hand, the variable of the violence complicates the square when influencing in the government’s constitution, its strategies and possible alliances.¿Sobrevive la democracia consociativa en el País Vasco? A partir de la democracia de consenso y sus rasgos, nos preguntamos por los problemas que surgen en la formación de los gobiernos de este tipo de democracias, cuando los conflictos de la sociedad se vuelven compartimentos estancos, a la par que las posiciones de las elites políticas se polarizan. El sistema electoral proporcional, el sistema de partidos multipartidista y una cultura política fragmentada nos aportan las variables propias de las sociedades con hondas fracturas, necesitadas de un modelo de democracia consensual. Pero ello requiere que las elites políticas y los dirigentes sociales tengan la voluntad de mantener la cohesión del sistema y propiciar los pactos necesarios para integrar a los distintos grupos y realizar la función de gobierno. Si esto no se alcanza, el

Violencia contra las mujeres: las dimensiones de la desigualdad

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Ana Isabel Blanco García

2008-12-01

Full Text Available En este número entraremos directamente en el debate acerca de la "Violencia contra las mujeres: las dimensiones de a desigualdad", que desde hace unos años recorre todo el sustrato del pensamiento feminista y del que en buena medida es deudor el propio título de nuestra revista.

Museo de las Ciencias. Centro y Foro Internacional de las Ciencias

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Calatrava Valls, Santiago

2000-12-01

Full Text Available The Museum is located in the far east of Valencia's "Ciudad de las Artes y las Ciencias" Like a big universal exhibition pavilion, a longitudinal building was engendered from the modular development of its transversal section in all length of the assigned plot. The front part acts like final top of the building, symmetrically with a tensional image of subjection of the different modules repeated like side buttres. The building is configurated like a big roof suported, in the north side, by a glassed transparent front and, in the south, by an opaque one, both adapted to the particular sunny conditions due to Valencia's geographycal situation.El edificio del Museo de las Ciencias se sitúa en el extremo Este de la Ciudad de las Artes y las Ciencias de Valencia , A la manera de los grandes pabellones de las exposiciones universales, se genera un edificio longitudinal a partir del desarrollo modular de su sección transversal, en toda la longitud de la parcela asignada. Los testeros asumen su carácter de remate final del edificio de modo simétrico, con una imagen tensión al de sujeción de los distintos módulos, repetidos a la manera de contrafuertes laterales. Así, el edificio se configura como una gran cubierta soportada por una fachada vidriada y transparente al Norte y por una fachada Sur, convenientemente opaca, ambas adaptadas a las particulares condiciones de soleamiento derivadas de la orientación en Valencia,

Las ruinas y las sombras de Manderley

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Donapetry Camacho, María

2010-02-01

Full Text Available The ruins and the shadows of Manderley explores possible reciprocal interpretative relations between Daphne du Maurier’s novel Rebecca and Alfred Hitchcock’s cinematic version. Some of the relevant aspects considered here are: the treatment of the Derridean “ruins of memory” within the novel and within Hitchcock himself, the differentiation and the confrontation of the protagonist as outsider vis á vis the world of Manderley’s insiders, the iconic and symbolic values of the literary text and its filmic visualization, and the ethical positions implied by the choice or rejection of certain narrative devices in both works.

Las ruinas y las sombras de Manderley aborda posibles relaciones interpretativas recíprocas entre la novela de Daphne du Maurier Rebecca y la película homónima de Alfred Hitchcock. Algunos de los aspectos que se consideran relevantes en este estudio son: el tratamiento de las “ruinas de la memoria” derridianas dentro de la novela y del propio Hitchcock, la diferenciación y el enfrentamiento de la protagonista “externa” con el mundo de los “internos” de Manderley, los valores icónicos y simbólicos del texto literario y de la visualización fílmica, y las posiciones éticas que implican la elección o el rechazo de ciertos recursos narrativos en ambas obras.

Las herramientas del marketing y las tics: su uso en las Pymes para el desarrollo empresarial

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Dianexy Carreño Villavicencio

2015-12-01

Full Text Available El mundo del marketing ha cambiado significativamente en los últimos años debido, en gran parte, al surgimiento del Internet como herramienta de investigación y búsqueda. Este se ha constituido en uno de los elementos  tecnológicos  más significantes  dentro  del ambiente empresarial. La facilidad que el Internet ofrece a las empresas para acceder a información y proveer datos relacionados  a las transacciones  de negocio,  habilita a dichas empresas  a lograr mayores resultados en su estrategia de marketing. Independientemente del tamaño de la empresa, el Internet ha permitido que estas hayan cambiado la forma de acceder y proveer información.  Este, además,  ha sentado nuevas pautas en la manera de comprar, buscar, recopilar  y aprender.  En este  estudio,  realizado  en  la  ciudad  de  Manta  -  Ecuador,  los resultados demuestran que todas las pymes están conectadas al Internet y solo 3 de cada 10 tienen departamento de marketing  y no emplean adecuadamente  las herramientas que el marketing y las TIC les proporcionan   para alcanzar un mejor desarrollo empresarial. La investigación   realizada   fue cualitativa,   usándose   la   técnica   de   la   encuesta    para  el levantamiento de la información. Por tanto, puede afirmarse que no existe una cultura de marketing en las pymes de la ciudad de Manta - Ecuador. Palabras clave: Generalidades, marketing, publicidad, otros.

En torno a la génesis de las sociedades peninsulares altomedievales. Reflexiones y nuevas propuestas

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José María MÍNGUEZ FERNÁNDEZ

2009-12-01

Full Text Available RESUMEN: Con motivo de la reciente aparición de la segunda edición del libro Las sociedades feudales -ahora con el título de La España de los sighs VI al XIII. Guerra, expansión y transformaciones, San Sebastián: Nerea, 2004- el autor ofrece una síntesis y justificación de las modificaciones introducidas en esta edición.Más que un estado de la cuestión sobre la génesis de las sociedades del norte peninsular, es una exposición de su trayectoria científica personal en la comprensión y explicación de algunos de los problemas claves de la Alta Edad Media española. Problemas que han sido objeto de intenso debate en los últimos años y en los que el autor ha tomado parte activa a través de artículos publicados en ésta y otras revistas y de las ponencias presentadas a diversos congresos. A partir de ellos y de otros trabajos menores se reafirman, matizan, revisan o desechan tesis defendidas en la primera edición del libro aparecida hace ahora diez años. Problemas en torno a la feudalización de la sociedad visigoda; la romanización astur; la pervivencia de estructuras gentilicias en las primeras sociedades altomedievales del norte peninsular; las diferenciadas vías y cronología de la feudalización en las formaciones políticas septentrionales; la continuidad o la ruptura como formas de transición; todos ellos son temas de gran calado historiografia sobre los que el autor vuelve a manifestarse con una visión a veces distinta de la ofrecida diez años antes en la primera edición del libro de referencia.ABSTRACT: On the occasion of the recent publication of the second edition of the book Las sociedades feudales —now under the title La España de los siglos VI al XIII. Guerra, expansión y transformaciones, San Sebastián: Nerea, 2004— the author offers a synthesis and explanation of the amendments included in this last edition.It is, therefore, more than a state of the question of the origins of the societies of the North

Maneras de comer hoy. Comprender la modernidad alimentaria desde y más allá de las normas

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García Arnaiz, Mabel

2005-04-01

Full Text Available Numerous studies on the eating habits of industrialized societies have focused on analyzing the direction in which diet is moving. Most of these studies have been carried out either from an economic point of view (discussing purchases and changes in expenditure or from a nutritional point of view (describing changes in diet. From these perspectives, current practices, which fall under the umbrella of the so-called dietary modernity, are the object of medical are the objet of medical concerns and socioeconomic uncertainties that must be addressed because "people in modern societies do not know how to eat". Some of the hypotheses formulated from the anthropological and sociological standpoints that have accepted the destructuring of contemporary eating habits have been used to support to a large extent both medical and nutritional intervention and the business of the food industry. Other hypotheses, on the other hand, have openly criticized the acceptance of this supposed destructuring. Central to the debate is the need to design studies that can characterize eating habits methodologically, highlight which factors are really behind these habits, and reveal whether these habits are indeed changing.

Numerosos estudios sobre las maneras de comer en las sociedades industrializadas han tenido como finalidad analizar hacia donde va la alimentación. No obstante, la mayoría de estos estudios han privilegiado una orientación económica (interesándose por las compras y la evolución del gasto o nutricional (interesándose por la evolución de la dieta. Desde estas perspectivas, las prácticas actuales, incluidas bajo el paraguas de la denominada modernidad alimentaria, son objeto de inquietudes facultativas y de incertidumbres socio-económicas sobre las que se debe actuar e intervenir. Algunas de las hipótesis formuladas desde la antropología y la sociología aceptando la desestructuración de las maneras de comer contemporáneas han sido

Necesidad e importancia de las matemáticas en las Ciencias Económicas

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Juan A Viedma

1997-07-01

Full Text Available Se trata de responder la pregunta: ¿qué función ejercen las matemáticas en las ciencias económicas? Se hace, entonces, un recorrido por las etapas del conocimiento humano: la mítica, la intuitiva, la experimental y la racional y, luego, se describe el proceso de elaboración de un modelo económico abstracto en el que las matemáticas juegan un papel fundamental so pena de que el economista quiera construir una ciencia de juguete. Para apoyar la idea de que las matemáticas son importantes y necesarias en la economía, se presenta un resumen de una encuesta dirigida por Paul Samuelson a economistas notables, publicada en 1954. Los resultados apuntan, precisamente, a señalar que las matemáticas tienen una función fundamental en las Ciencias Económicas.

77 FR 65332 - Proposed Modification of Class B Airspace; Las Vegas, NV

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2012-10-26

... expenditure by State, local, or tribal governments, in the aggregate, or by the private sector, of $100... the private sector; such a mandate is deemed to be a ``significant regulatory action.'' The FAA... of large turbine-powered aircraft within Class B airspace, reduce air traffic controller workload...

78 FR 2646 - Proposed Modification of Class B Airspace; Las Vegas, NV

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2013-01-14

..., NV AGENCY: Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), DOT. ACTION: Notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM); Reopening of comment period. SUMMARY: This action reopens the comment period for an NPRM that was published... reasoned regulatory decisions on the proposal. Comments are specifically invited on the overall regulatory...