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Transcripts for dissertation, "Iron fellows : commitment and activism in a poor people's movement"
No full textThis set contains transcripts from Marcos Perez's dissertation project. Data is available by request to interested scholars and students. Visitors may not download the files without express permission from the author. Visitors may not make copies of the transcripts, nor distribute any part of them separately. To request access, please contact [email protected]
Courageous women in media: Marcos and censorship in the Philippines
No full textWhen Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos declared Martial Law in 1972, press freedom became the first casualty in the country that once boasted of being the 'freest in Asia'. Printing presses, newspaper offices, television and radio stations were raided and padlocked. Marcos was especially fearful of the press and ordered the arrest of journalists whom he charged with conspiring with the 'Left'. Pressured into lifting martial law after nearly 10 years, Marcos continued to censor the media, often demanding publishers to sack journalists whose writing he disapproved of. Ironically, he used the same 'subversive writings' as proof to Western observers that freedom of the press was alive and well under his dictatorship. This article looks at the writings of three female journalists from the Bulletin Today. The author examines the work of Arlene Babst, Ninez Cacho-Olivares, and Melinda de Jesus and how they traversed the dictator's fickle, sometimes volatile, reception of their writing. Interviewed is Ninez Cacho-Olivare, who used humour and fairy tales in her popular column to criticise Marcos, his wife, Imelda, and even the military that would occasionally 'invite' her for questioning. She explains an unwritten code of conduct between Marcos and female journalists that served to shield them from total political repression
Producing Ferdinand E. Marcos, the Scholarly Author
No full textThisarticle discusses the compelling evidence—found in various primaryand secondary sources and analyzed through methods drawn from bookhistory and plagiarism detection—that not one of the books authored byPres. Ferdinand E. Marcos was actually written by him. Thearticle alsoshows how many of “Marcos’s” books had either plagiarized content(e.g., republishing contents from previous works) or were “padded” withlengthy appendices. It also explains the seemingly far-reaching distributionnetwork of these books. Lastly, thearticle looks into how these books,although they have not been republished for decades, continue to servetheir intended functions.KEYWORDS: FERDINAND E. MARCOS • BOOK HISTORY • GHOSTWRITING • PLAGIARISM• ADRIAN CRISTOBA
CFD based aerodynamic redesign of a Marcos LM600
No full textThe final years of the 1960s mark the introduction of aerodynamics to the field of motorsport and they have grown to be inextricably connected ever since. The competing cars in nearly every motorsport category are fitted with aerodynamic devices while Formula One teams actually have departments that are primarily concerned with the aerodynamic design of their vehicles. The GT-class is another motorsport category that hosts cars that are predominantly shaped with the aim to optimize aerodynamic efficiency. The Marcos LM600 is one of the cars that competes in the GT-class and forms the sculpture of this thesis. The subject of this thesis is to enhance the aerodynamic characteristics of the Marcos LM600 through utilization of Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD). This implies that on going through this report a number of modifications to the Marcos LM600 will be presented with the aim of obtaining an aerodynamically improved racing car. In a sense the Marcos LM600 thus resembles a sculpture that assumes its final shape after a succession of modifications. The aerodynamic characteristics that are of primary significance to a racing car are the downforce and drag. The obvious target is to maximize the downforce and downforce-to-drag ratio. Apart from this force ratio, the downforce distribution between the wheel axes is another important racing car characteristic. The actual handling stability of the car is determined by the force balance between the front and rear wheels. Too much ”grip” on the front wheels causes oversteer, while too much rear wheel grip causes understeer. Thus when designing racing cars, the aerodynamicist should take into account the front wheel and rear wheel downforce and to obtain either a vehicle with neutral steer or slightly oversteer1. However, vehicle handling is beyond the scope of this thesis, which is why the Marcos LM600 will only be optimized in terms of downforce and drag, leaving out their effect on the vehicle stability.Aerospace Engineerin
Enviromental product evaluation guideline towards sustainable consumption. A case study on compressed adobe block
No full textEn los últimos años, se ha experimentado un incremento de interés en el impacto ambiental que genera un producto de consumo durante su ciclo de vida.
Aun cuando la industria ha desarrollado prácticas y estrategias para tener un impacto menor en el medio ambiente, existe una brecha de información al respecto entre e consumidor y la industria. Hacer llegar al consumidor información sobre el impacto ambiental de un producto y que ésta sea comprensible y significativa implica un gran reto.
La falta de información o de entendimiento por parte de los consumidores frente aspectos ambientales relacionados con patrones de producción y consumo representa uno de los principales problemas para alcanzar prácticas de consumo más responsables. Hasta ahora, varios estudios han abordado esta problemática desde distintas disciplinas y resaltan la importancia de un aproximación holística de la misma.
La siguiente investigación provee una visión general de metodologías para asesorar el desarrollo y desempeño de un producto o servicio en relación al impacto ambiental. Con este propósito, como caso de estudio, se evaluó un "bloque de adobe compactado", para poder determinar los principales factores de impacto en el ciclo de vida de un producto. La investigación provee una guía para la evaluación de impacto ambiental de un producto durante su ciclo de vida
Enviromental product evaluation guideline towards sustainable consumption. A case study on compressed adobe block
No full textEn los últimos años, se ha experimentado un incremento de interés en el impacto ambiental que genera un producto de consumo durante su ciclo de vida.
Aun cuando la industria ha desarrollado prácticas y estrategias para tener un impacto menor en el medio ambiente, existe una brecha de información al respecto entre e consumidor y la industria. Hacer llegar al consumidor información sobre el impacto ambiental de un producto y que ésta sea comprensible y significativa implica un gran reto.
La falta de información o de entendimiento por parte de los consumidores frente aspectos ambientales relacionados con patrones de producción y consumo representa uno de los principales problemas para alcanzar prácticas de consumo más responsables. Hasta ahora, varios estudios han abordado esta problemática desde distintas disciplinas y resaltan la importancia de un aproximación holística de la misma.
La siguiente investigación provee una visión general de metodologías para asesorar el desarrollo y desempeño de un producto o servicio en relación al impacto ambiental. Con este propósito, como caso de estudio, se evaluó un "bloque de adobe compactado", para poder determinar los principales factores de impacto en el ciclo de vida de un producto. La investigación provee una guía para la evaluación de impacto ambiental de un producto durante su ciclo de vida
The contribution of decentralized photovoltaic systems to energy poverty alleviation in La Pila, SLP, Mexico
No full textThe nexus between deprivation of access to modern energy, poverty and the environment has been in evidence in international sustainability projects and studies. The use of micro-scale renewable energy technology has been promoted not only for its environmental benefits but also for the potential co-benefits of its applications. This research analyses how decentralized photovoltaic solar energy systems (DCPV) contribute to the energy poverty alleviation of La Pila Delegation, a vulnerable peri-urban community located in San Luis Potosi, Mexico. Adopting a multidisciplinary method based on secondary data, this study executed an energy poverty diagnosis, a policy analysis and built six different scenarios of the application of DCPV under distributed generation schemes. An impact assessment for social, environmental and financial aspects was applied in each scenario. Its results indicate that the application of grid-connected DCPV contributes to the local energy poverty alleviation by providing security and more affordability to the electric energy chain that is responsible for delivering part of the community’s fundamental energy services. Further, it was discovered it positively impacts aspects of the energy vulnerability, precarity, injustices and fragilities of the socio-energy system that collaborates with the existence of energy poverty in the location. Environmentally, it supports climate change mitigation due to the avoidance of greenhouse gases emissions and water consumption in energy generation, also having the co-benefit of distributing financial savings to different governmental institutions and local households. Recognizing its limitations, this research concluded that this type of application represents a step further towards positioning technology in service of people’s fundamental needs in coherence with the planetary boundaries.El nexo entre la privación del acceso a energía moderna, la pobreza y el medio ambiente ha estado internacionalmente en evidencia en proyectos y estudios en el área de la sostenibilidad. El uso de tecnologías de energía renovable a pequeña escala se ha promovido no solo por sus beneficios ambientales sino también por los posibles beneficios colaterales de sus aplicaciones. Esta investigación analiza cómo los sistemas descentralizados de energía solar fotovoltaica (DCPV) contribuyen al alivio de la pobreza energética de la Delegación La Pila, una comunidad periurbana vulnerable ubicada en San Luis Potosí, México. Adoptando un método multidisciplinario basado en datos secundarios, este estudio ejecutó un diagnóstico de pobreza energética, realizando un análisis de políticas y construyendo seis escenarios diferentes de aplicación de DCPV bajo esquemas de generación distribuida. Adicionalmente, en cada escenario se aplicó una evaluación de impacto para aspectos sociales, ambientales y financieros. Los resultados indican que la aplicación de DCPV conectado a la red contribuye al alivio de la pobreza energética local, al brindar seguridad y más asequibilidad a la cadena de energía eléctrica que es responsable de entregar parte de los servicios energéticos fundamentales a la comunidad. Además, se descubrió que impacta positivamente aspectos de la vulnerabilidad energética, precariedad, injusticias y fragilidades del sistema socio-energético que aportan a la existencia de pobreza energética en la localidad. Ambientalmente, apoya la mitigación del cambio climático al evitar las emisiones de gases de efecto invernadero y el consumo de agua en la generación de energía, teniendo además el beneficio de generar ahorros financieros para diferentes instituciones gubernamentales y hogares locales. Reconociendo sus limitaciones, esta investigación concluyó que este tipo de aplicación representa un paso más hacia el posicionamiento de la tecnología al servicio de las necesidades fundamentales de las personas en coherencia con los límites planetarios.AdministradoresInvestigadoresEstudiantesEducadore
Strategic assessment of an on-campus energy system: the university energy program of UASLP, Mx
No full textCurrent climate change is happening in a very short space of time, this is mainly linked to the increase in the concentration of Greenhouse Gases (GHG) such as carbon dioxide (CO2). According to the Worldwide Fund for Nature, in 2020 68% of global GHG emissions came from only ten countries, including Mexico (contributing with 1.68%). The main sources of GHG emissions in Mexico are transportation, electricity generation, and industry. Climate change puts health, food, and energy security at risk, as well as the access to water of millions of Mexicans. An important aspect today is that energy consumption has increased dramatically in "buildings". Buildings’ energy use currently represents more than 40% of total primary energy consumption in the U.S.A. and the E.U. To be successful in limiting global warming, the world urgently needs to use energy efficiently, as well as switch to clean energy sources for transporting, heating, or cooling. For this, this work establishes the necessary guidelines for the creation of the University Energy Program (UEP) of the UASLP, this program seeks to: promote good practices in the use of energy, energy efficiency, sustainable urban mobility. To comply with the above, the following objectives were proposed: 1) To Identify the Energy Context of the UASLP and identify opportunities to improve its energy performance. 2) To develop an Energy Review of the UASLP to carry out Energy Planning following Significant Energy Uses. 3) To determine the requirements established in the ISO 50001: 2018 standard necessary to design the UEP. 4) To structure and establish a step-by-step action plan, where the resources to be used for the establishment of the UEP according to the ISO 50001: 2018 standard are defined. 5) To propose the perspectives for the potential implementation of the UEP within the UASLP. As result, a pilot study was carried out on the current energy situation of the UASLP, the main Significant Uses of Energy were identified, an Energy Baseline was defined, as well as some Energy Performance Indicators that serve as the basis for the recommendation of a plan of step-by-step action for the creation of the UEP under the continuous improvement cycle of the international standard ISO 50001: 2018. This step-by-step action plan consists of action guidelines, the identification of possible stakeholders in the Energy Management System, as well as their action tools (procedures, processes, formats, lists, etc.); this content will serve as a guide for the subsequent creation and implementation of the UEP.El cambio climático actual está sucediendo en un espacio de tiempo muy corto, esto se vincula principalmente al aumento en la concentración de los Gases de Efecto Invernadero (GEI) como el dióxido de carbono (CO2). Según el Fondo Mundial para la Naturaleza, en 2020 el 68% de las emisiones globales de GEI vienen de sólo diez países entre ellos México, contribuyendo con el 1.68%. Las principales fuentes de emisiones de los GEI en México son el transporte, la generación de electricidad y la industria. El cambio climático pone en riesgo la salud, la seguridad alimentaria y energética, así como el acceso al agua de millones de mexicanos. Un aspecto importante en la actualidad es que el consumo de energía ha aumentado drásticamente en los "edificaciones". El uso de energía de los edificios representa actualmente más del 40% del consumo total de energía primaria en los E.U.A. y la U.E. Para tener éxito en limitar el calentamiento global, el mundo necesita con urgencia utilizar la energía de manera eficiente, así como cambiar a fuentes de energía limpias para transportar, calentar o enfriar. Para ello el presente trabajo establece los lineamientos necesarios para la creación del Programa Universitario de Energía (PUEn) de la UASLP, este programa busca: promover las buenas prácticas en el uso de energía, la eficiencia energética, la movilidad urbana sostenible. Para cumplir con lo anterior se propusieron los siguientes objetivos: 1) Identificar el Contexto Energético de la UASLP e identificar oportunidades para mejorar su desempeño energético. 2) Realizar una Revisión Energética de la UASLP para llevar a cabo la Planificación Energética de acuerdo con Usos Significativos de Energía. 3) Determinar los requisitos establecidos en la norma ISO 50001:2018 necesarios para diseñar el PUEn. 4) Estructurar y establecer un plan de acción paso a paso, donde se definan los recursos a utilizar para el establecimiento de la PUEn según la norma ISO 50001: 2018. 5) Proponer las perspectivas para la potencial implementación de la PUEn dentro de la UASLP. Como resultado se realizó un estudio piloto sobre la situación energética actual de la UASLP se identificaron los principales Usos Significativos de la Energía, se definió una Línea Base Energética, así como algunos Indicadores de Desempeño Energético que sirven de base para la recomendación de un plan de acción paso por paso para la creación del PUEn de acuerdo con el ciclo de mejora continua del estándar internacional ISO 50001:2018. Este plan de acción paso por paso consta de lineamientos de acción, la identificación de los posibles actores interesados en el Sistema de Manejo de energía, así como sus herramientas de acción (procedimientos, procesos, formatos, listas, etc.); mismo contenido servirá como guía para la posterior creación e implementación del PUEn.BibliotecólogosEducadore
Parrhesía e loucura no exemplo de Estamira
No full textTese (doutorado) - Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina, Centro de Filosofia e Ciências Humanas, Programa de Pós-Graduação em Filosofia, Florianópolis, 2015.Um autor como Michel Foucault (1926-1984), ao apresentar um estudo extenso sobre saber, poder e ética, deixa o leitor com dúvidas e indagações: O sujeitado ao poder não teria como se contrapor à submissão? O poder psiquiátrico, com seus saberes sobre a loucura, seria tão poderoso assim? Na tentativa de responder estas questões, estabeleceu-se como objetivo geral investigar a parrhesía e a loucura no exemplo de Estamira. Como pressuposto metodológico, optou-se pelos escritos de Michel Foucault sobre a temática da loucura. Na análise do documentário a respeito de Estamira, produzido por Marcos Prado em 2004, foram analisadas algumas cenas, fundamentando-se, sobretudo, em seus últimos escritos, de 1980 a 1984, do Collège de France. O pensamento último de Foucault evidencia uma preocupação histórica do que seria o cuidado de si e a parrhesía no período da Grécia Clássica, por volta do séc. IV a.C., o período helênico romano séc. I e II d.C. e os primeiros cristãos (IV a V d.C.). O autor consegue perceber, na antiguidade grega, a existência de uma subjetividade que não segue normas, a qual se torna uma prática de liberdade (práticas ascéticas), uma busca de como dizer a verdade (parrhesía) que leva a uma constituição ética atrelada à estética da existência da vida do sujeito. Conclui-se, com base nas análises históricas foucaultianas, que o exemplo de Estamira nos remete a uma ?ontologia do presente?, ?ontologia dos discursos verdadeiros?, uma concepção de subjetividade, de verdade e de filosofia de vida para o indivíduo, com sua loucura, transformar sua vida e ser diferente do que é, governando a si mesmo pela parrhesía, ser franco, falar a verdade.Abstract : An author such as Michel Foucault (1926-1984) when presenting an extensive study of knowledge, power and ethics, leaves the reader with doubts and questions: The subjected to power could not possibly oppose itself from submission? The psychiatric power, with its knowledge about insanity, would be that powerful? In the attempt to answer these questions, it was established as a general objective to investigate the parrhesia and insanity in the case of Estamira. For the methodological presupposition, it was chosen the writings of Michel Foucault on the theme of madness. In the documentary film analysis about Estamira, produced by Marcos Prado in 2004, some scenes were analyzed mostly based in his later writings, from 1980 to 1984, from the Collège de France. The final thought of Foucault reveals a historical concern of what would be the self care and the Parrhesia in the Classical Greece period from around the IV century B.C., the Roman Hellenistic period during the I and II century A.D. and the early Christians (IV to V A.D.). The author is able to perceive that in Greek antiquity, the existence of a subjectivity that does not follow rules, which turns to a practice of freedom (ascetic practices), a search for how to tell the truth (parrhesia) leading to an ethical constitution tied to the aesthetics of existence of the subject´s life. The conclusion is, based on Foucault's historical analysis, that the example of Estamiranos refers to an "ontology of the present", "ontology of real discourses," a conception of subjectivity, truth and life philosophy for the individual, with his insanity, to transform his life and be different than it is, ruling himself through parrhesia, be honest and to tell the truth
Vida e historia en el Marcos de Obregón
No full textPicaresque is a genre in which the words life and writing carry a special relevance. The case of Relaciones de la vida del escudero Marcos de Obregón, published by Vicente Espinel in 1618, is one of the most outstanding examples since its author, by exploiting the formal framework of rogue novels, made its protagonist, Marcos de Obregón, to go beyond the limits of fiction in order to appropriate of his real
life and thus become his alter ego.La picaresca es un género en el que las palabras vida y escritura tienen una relevancia especial. El caso de las Relaciones de la vida del escudero Marcos de Obregón, publicadas por Vicente Espinel en 1618, es uno de los ejemplos más significativos, pues su autor, aprovechando el marco formal que le ofrecía la novela picaresca, hará que su protagonista, Marcos de Obregón, rebase los límites de la ficción para apropiarse de su vida, convirtiéndolo así en su alter ego
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