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Las trayectorias de sostenibilidad de las ciudades pequeñas de Castilla-La Mancha. El caso de Alcázar de San Juan (Ciudad Real)
Get PDFSmall cities are part of the urban systems responsible for ensuring the urban-rural connection. Their sustainability challenges are different from those of large and medium-sized cities, but also fundamental for territorial cohesion. In contrast to the profusion of studies on larger cities, the study of small cities continues to offer an opportunity for research, particularly with regard on their sustainability and governance issues.The objective of this paper is to analyse the urban trajectory as regards sustainability in a small city in Castilla-La Mancha, Alcázar de San Juan (Ciudad Real), with a population of approximately 31,000 inhabitants in 2023. This research will serve as methodological development and contrasting sources of information for a broad regional study on small cities in the autonomous community and particularly in the geographical region of La Mancha; although it can be extrapolated to Spain as a whole.Based on the analysis of preceding documents such as local agendas and other type, we will assess the capacity for change and the decision-making processes of local governments towards sustainability improvements. This will lead to the localisation of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and the implementation of the 2030 Agenda in the political-institutional and citizen sphere.The starting hypothesis points to a partial and scarcely participatory vision of sustainability problems in small urban centres and low-density territories compared to the existing sensitivity in large and medium-sized urban areas, where human capital and territorial intelligence are more effective in the articulation of the action lines proposed on the 2030 Agenda. All of this leads to significant differences between urban and rural areas and consequently accentuation of regional imbalances from a sustainability perspective.Las ciudades pequeñas son parte de los sistemas urbanos encargadas de garantizar la conexión urbano-rural. Sus desafíos en término de sostenibilidad son diferentes de las ciudades grandes y medias, pero también fundamentales para la cohesión territorial. Frente a la profusión de estudios sobre las ciudades de mayor tamaño, el estudio de las ciudades pequeñas sigue constituyendo una oportunidad de investigación, particularmente en aquellas cuestiones referidas a sus problemáticas de sostenibilidad y gobernanza.El objetivo de esta comunicación es analizar la trayectoria urbana en materia de sostenibilidad en una ciudad pequeña de Castilla-La Mancha, Alcázar de San Juan (Ciudad Real), con aproximadamente 31.000 habitantes en 2023. Esta investigación servirá como desarrollo metodológico y contraste de fuentes de información para un estudio regional amplio sobre las ciudades pequeñas de la comunidad autónoma y particularmente de la comarca geográfica de La Mancha; si bien se puede extrapolar al conjunto de España.A partir del análisis de documentos precedentes como las agendas locales y de otro tipo, valoraremos la capacidad de cambio y los procesos de toma de decisiones de los gobiernos locales hacia mejoras en la sostenibilidad. Todo ello conducirá a la localización de los Objetivos de Desarrollo Sostenible (ODS) y la implementación de la Agenda 2030 en la esfera político-institucional y ciudadana.La hipótesis de partida señala una visión parcial y escasamente participativa de los problemas de sostenibilidad en los pequeños núcleos urbanos y en los territorios de baja densidad frente a la sensibilidad existente en las grandes y medianas áreas urbanas, donde el capital humano y la inteligencia territorial son más eficientes en la articulación de líneas de acción sobre la Agenda 2030. Todo ello conduce a diferencias significativas entre ámbitos urbanos y rurales y consecuentemente acentuación de los desequilibrios regionales desde el enfoque de la sostenibilidad
BIODEGRADATION OF OILY WASTE SLUDGE USING VERMIREMEDIATION AND COMPOSTING PROCESS BIOAUGMENTATED WITH ISOLATED HYDROCARBON-DEGRADING BACTERIA: PERFORMANCE AND ECOTOXICITY ASSESSMENT
Get PDFDegradation of petroleum hydrocarbons (PHs) contents of oily waste sludge (OWS) is necessary in order to prevent the related environmental pollution. The present study aimed to investigate the degradation of total petroleum hydrocarbons (TPHs) from OWS using bioaugmentated composting (BC) with hydrocarbon-degrading bacterial consortium (HDBC) as pre-treatment followed by vermicomposting (VC) by Eisenia fetida. After isolating two indigenous bacterial strains from OWS, the ability of their consortium in degradation of crude oil was tested in Bushnell-Haas medium (BHM). Then, biodegradation of OWS was measured in the VC alone, BC alone, simultaneous BC and VC (BCVC), and BC followed by VC (BCFVC) containing high levels (30 g/kg) of TPHs. Toxicity tests including the mortality of mature earthworms and the numbers of juveniles were conducted at the TPHs of 0–40 g/kg. The obtained results indicated that the HDBC removed 18–64 % of TPHs of crude oil (1–5 %) in BHM after 7 days of incubation. After a period of 12 weeks, the removal rates of TPHs in the VC, BC, BCVC, and BCFVC experiments were 23.7, 79.5, 85.2, and 91.8 %, respectively, verifying the efficacy of simultaneous application of HDBC and worms in bioremediation of OWS. The TPHs contents of OWS exhibited toxic effects on E. fetida at some concentrations and the median lethal concentration (LC50) of TPHs was computed to be 14.5 g/kg after 28 days. This study demonstrated the effectiveness of composting bioaugmentated with HDBC as a pre-treatment step followed by vermicomposting in bioremediation of OWS
Application of pXRF technique to the determination of major and trace elements in large soil datasets, advantages and limitations.
Get PDFSoil plays a fundamental role for both ecosystems and humans, and its characterization is an essential tool for strategic planning in areas such as agriculture, naturalresource exploration and detection of potential soil contamination.Soil plays a fundamental role for both ecosystems and humans, and its characterization is an essential tool for strategic planning in areas such as agriculture, naturalresource exploration and detection of potential soil contamination
Educazione Sessuale: Promozione della salute europea. Guida alla formazione
Get PDFLavorare sull’educazione sessuale è uno dei temi più urgenti, ma anche uno dei più difficili da affrontare i sistemi educativi di oggi si trovano a confrontarsi. Riflettere queste sfide in un progetto internazionale è a ottima occasione per trovare nuove riflessioni e approcci. Da una prospettiva olistica, opportunamente contestualizzata, il progetto EdSeX presenta suggerimenti piani di lavoro ben fondati che ci fanno riflettere su cosa ci si aspetta dall’educazione sessuale, da infanzia, fino all’istruzione superiore, riflettendo la formazione dei professionisti che operano nel settore sanitario e formazione scolastica. Ci sono molte questioni legate alla sessualità che continuano a preoccuparci e che ne hanno bisogno su cui lavorare fin dall’infanzia. L’identità sessuale comincia a definirsi presto, ed è presto anche quello costruire idee stereotipate. Dopo molti anni in cui prevaleva il determinismo biologico chi riteneva che la natura degli uomini fosse diversa dalla natura delle donne, il concetto di genere ritiene che le questioni culturali legate all’identità sessuale siano un costrutto sociale. Concepire il definizione di genere, in senso ampio e multidimensionale, tenendo conto dell’identità, dell’orientamento sessuale, competenze e interessi personali, la decostruzione delle idee stereotipate è la base per costruire di maggiore uguaglianza tra tutti fin dall’infanzia. Questo processo implica che l’educazione sessuale inizi con la costruzione di una conoscenza critica di sé e degli altri, nel riconoscimento della diversità, in una prospettiva di cittadinanza. La conoscenza di sé e gli altri, costituisce anche la base per la conoscenza del contesto sociale e delle variabili che lo caratterizzano, vale a dire i rischi che la sessualità non informata può comportare. La prevenzione della violenza sessuale ed emotiva inizia presto e occorre lavorarci sopra modo costruttivo ai diversi livelli di istruzione, senza dimenticare l’istruzione superiore e la formazione dei futuri/ professionisti della sanità e dell’istruzione che dovranno svolgere questo lavoro con sempre maggiore frequenza diversificato. In questo contesto complesso, avere una Guida di supporto basata su esperienze diverse è importante eccellente guida che il progetto EdSeX ci fornisce. Questa Guida promuove l’educazione sessuale come processo di apprendimento dinamico, da una prospettiva prospettiva dialogico, dando visibilità alla diversità sessuale, linguistica e culturale, utilizzando i mezzi digitali modo costruttivo e critico. Oltre alle risorse lavorative previste, il progetto ha il valore aggiunto della parte metodologica costruita che lascia la strada aperta allo sviluppo del lavoro già avviato nei diversi paesi coinvolti, il livello di formazione e ricerca. Possa il progetto EdSeX essere la base per la costruzione di tanti altri progetti
Modeling hydro, nuclear, and renewable electricity generation in India: An atom search optimization-based EEMD-DBSCAN framework and explainable AI.
Get PDFBackground and objectiveTracking clean electricity generation in developing economies is highly challenging owing to the influence of turbulent external factors. Clean electricity is a significant enabler of striving toward environmental sustainability. In this research, we aim to model hydro, nuclear, and renewable electricity generation in India through applied predictive modeling. We also strive to uncover the influence of the critical determinants responsible for clean electricity growth.MethodologyWe propose a granular predictive framework comprising ensemble empirical mode decomposition, clustering applications in spatial data based on density, including noise, and atom search optimization-based novel optimization methodology to predict absolute figures of clean energy generation. The framework uses a series of socio-economic factors reflecting household demand and industrial growth in India as explanatory variables.ResultsThe rigorous scrutiny of the predictive framework specifies hydro electricity generation is relatively more predictable during the time horizon influenced by the COVID-19 pandemic. The deployment of dedicated explainable artificial intelligence (AI) tools suggests an increased adoption of clean electricity in selected industrial sectors in India, which broadly governs the evolutionary pattern.ConclusionThe underlying research is the first of its kind to fathom the daily temporal dynamics of clean electricity generation in the Indian context. Consideration of three distinct clean electricity sources during highly volatile time regimes underscores the contribution of the work. The predictive framework survives a stringent performance check, which justifies the robustness of the same. Demand in different industrial sectors in India profoundly influences the growth toward clean electricity
Reliability and validity of three portable devices for quantifying spatiotemporal parameters in runners of different athletic abilities during treadmill running
Get PDFThis study aimed to evaluate the validity and reliability of a wearable device and a phone application for measuring spatiotemporal parameters and their relationship with running economy (RE) by comparing them with photocell data in runners of different abilities
De Hispania a Gallia. La emigración hispana en las provin cias galas a través de las evidencias epigráficas
Get PDFEn este trabajo estudiamos la documentación epigráfica generada por los hispanos despla zados a Gallia. A partir de ella determinaremos sus orígenes, sus centros de destino, y analizaremos
las causas que motivaron sus desplazamientos. De igual modo, prestaremos atención al estudio
de otros aspectos como las ocupaciones profesionales, la onomástica o las actividades que estos
personajes desarrollaron en sus nuevos lugares de residenci
Formation of disinfection by-products within the drinking water production system and distribution network of a real case study
Get PDFThis work presents a collaboration between the so-called Gasset Service Association (responsible for providing drinking water to 100,000 inhabitants from a surface water reservoir) and researchers from the University of Castilla-La Mancha (Spain). The main aim of this work was providing a comprehensive characterization of the formation and removal of disinfection by-products in a real drinking water treatment plant (DWTP) and water distribution network. According to the results obtained, it can be stated that bromate is formed on the pre-oxidation stage and it is not eliminated throughout the DWTP; meanwhile, total organic carbon is partially removed on the clarification process. Moreover, it demonstrates the key role of the residence time and the type of water storage throughout the distribution network (either in pipes or in tanks) due to the combined effect of, at least, four overlapped mechanisms: THMs chemical generation, air stripping, hydrolysis and biological removal. This comprehensive view of the drinking water production and distribution network represents an excellent framework for allowing the improvement in the drinking water quality for a very common water production case study: a medium-size city fed by a surface water source.Este trabajo presenta una colaboración entre la denominada Mancomunidad de Servicios de Gasset (encargada de suministrar agua potable a 100.000 habitantes a partir de un embalse de agua superficial) e investigadores de la Universidad de Castilla-La Mancha (España). El objetivo principal de este trabajo era proporcionar una caracterización exhaustiva de la formación y eliminación de subproductos de desinfección en una estación de tratamiento de agua potable (ETAP) real y en la red de distribución de agua. De acuerdo con los resultados obtenidos, se puede afirmar que el bromato se forma en la etapa de preoxidación y no se elimina en toda la ETAP; por su parte, el carbono orgánico total se elimina parcialmente en el proceso de clarificación. Además, se demuestra el papel clave del tiempo de residencia y del tipo de almacenamiento del agua a lo largo de la red de distribución (ya sea en tuberías o en depósitos) debido al efecto combinado de, al menos, cuatro mecanismos superpuestos: Generación química de THMs, extracción por aire, hidrólisis y eliminación biológica. Esta visión integral de la red de producción y distribución de agua potable representa un marco excelente para permitir la mejora de la calidad del agua potable en un caso práctico muy común de producción de agua: una ciudad de tamaño medio alimentada por una fuente de agua superficial
Co-Immunization Efficacy of Recombinant Antigens against Rhipicephalus microplus and Hyalomma anatolicum Tick Infestations
Get PDFThe immunoprophylactic management of ticks is the most effective option to control tick infestations and counter spread the acaricide resistance problem worldwide. Several researchers reported an inconsistent efficacy of the single antigen-based immunization of hosts against different tick species. In the present study, to develop a multi-target immunization protocol, proteins from Rhipicephalus microplus BM86 and Hyalomma anatolicum subolesin (SUB) and tropomyosin (TPM) were targeted to evaluate the cross-protective potential. The sequence identities of the BM86, SUB, and TPM coding genes amongst Indian tick isolates of targeted species were 95.6-99.8%, 98.7-99.6%, and 98.9-99.9%, respectively, while at the predicted amino acid level, the identities were 93.2 to 99.5, 97.6 to 99.4, and 98.2 to 99.3%. The targeted genes were expressed in the eukaryotic expression system, pKLAC2-Kluyveromyces lactis, and 100 µg each of purified recombinant protein (Bm86-89 kDa, SUB-21 kDa, and TPM-36 kDa) mixed with adjuvant was injected individually through the intramuscular route at different sites of the body on days 0, 30, and 60 to immunize cross-bred cattle. Post-immunization, a statistically significant (p < 0.001) antibody response (IgG, IgG1, and IgG2) in comparison to the control, starting from 15 to 140 days, against each antigen was recorded. Following multi-antigen immunization, the animals were challenged twice with the larvae of R. microplus and H. anatolicum and theadults of H. anatolicum, and a significant vaccine efficacy of 87.2% and 86.2% against H. anatolicum larvae and adults, respectively, and 86.7% against R. microplus was obtained. The current study provides significant support to develop a multi-antigen vaccine against cattle tick species
Poner al cliente en el centro: ¿El liderazgo ético de los gerentes de tienda marca una diferencia en la autentica orientación al cliente?
No full textPurpose
The purpose of this article is to explore the mediating role of both ethical climate and frontline employees' ethical intent on the relationship between store managers' ethical leadership and frontline employees’ customer orientation (FECO).
Design/methodology/approach
Original data on small and medium-sized enterprises in the Mexican retail industry were used. A survey provided a sample of 332 frontline employees. To test the hypotheses, the authors conducted a partial least squares (PLS) analysis.
Findings
The results show the positive effect of ethical leadership is mainly direct. This can primarily be explained through the mechanisms of social exchange theory. Additionally, the results show that ethical climate and ethical intent act as essential partial mediators.
Originality/value
Although managers' ethical leadership typically exercises a direct and positive influence on employees' work performance, the path linking the ethical leadership of the upper echelons to this outcome has not been frequently studied, especially in terms of its impact on meeting customers' needs (i.e. frontline employees' customer orientation, or FECO). This study expands on existing knowledge by considering that a true FECO is necessarily linked to being “oriented to others”, which is fostered by the perception that moral values (i.e. honesty) are embedded in an organization's culture.Propósito
El propósito de este artículo es explorar el papel mediador del clima ético y la intención ética de los empleados de primera línea en la relación entre el liderazgo ético de los directores de tienda y la orientación al cliente de los empleados de primera línea (FECO).
Diseño/metodología/enfoque
Los autores utilizaron datos originales de pequeñas y medianas empresas ubicadas en la industria minorista mexicana. Una encuesta proporcionó una muestra de 332 empleados de primera línea. Para comprobar las hipótesis, los autores realizaron un análisis por mínimos cuadrados parciales (PLS).
Resultados
Los resultados muestran cómo el efecto positivo del liderazgo ético es principalmente directo. Esto puede ser explicado fundamentalmente a través de los mecanismos de la teoría del intercambio social. Adicionalmente, los resultados mostraron que el clima ético y la intención ética actúan como mediadores parciales esenciales.
Originalidad/valor
Aunque el liderazgo ético de los directivos suele ejercer una influencia directa y positiva en el rendimiento laboral de los empleados, no se ha estudiado con frecuencia la vía que relaciona el liderazgo ético de los mandos superiores con este resultado, especialmente en lo que se refiere a su impacto en la satisfacción de las necesidades de los clientes (es decir, la orientación al cliente de los empleados de primera línea, o FECO). Este estudio amplía los conocimientos actuales al considerar que un verdadero FECO está necesariamente vinculado a estar “orientado a los demás”, lo que se ve favorecido por la percepción de que los valores morales (es decir, la honestidad) están arraigados en la cultura de la organización