314 research outputs found
Adoption and diffusion of no tillage practices in Southern Spain olive groves
Get PDFThis paper analyses the process of adoption of no tillage in South-eastern Spain’s olive groves. Olive tree groves in South-eastern Spain’s mountainous areas are subject to a high risk of soil erosion, which is the main environmental problem for this crop, and have to incur in high costs of soil conservation. This results in a greater difficulty to comply with the practices required to benefit from both the single payment and agri-environmental schemes. In many high-steeped areas, farmers have opted for non-tillage practices as an alternative to other conservation practices. Using our own data from a survey carried out in 2006 among 215 olive tree farmers from the Granada Province in Southern Spain regarding the adoption of soil conservation and management practices, we model the diffusion process of no tillage practices using several specifications (logistic, Gompertz and exponential). We also estimate an ordered probit model to analyse which socio-economic and institutional factors determine the adoption of no tillage. Our results show that 90% of farmers in the area of study perform no tillage with either localized (21%) or no localized (69%) application of weedicides. The diffusion process of no tillage has been very intense since the middle nineties, and has been based on the interactions among farmers in the area of study rather than in external factors such as EU policies or extension services. Among other relevant factors that positively affect the adoption of no tillage practices in general, such as farm size and irrigation, the probability of a farmer adopting no tillage with non-localized application of weedicides increases when there is a relative that will continue with the farming activity, what causes the farmer to incorporate long term effects in his farming decisions, when the farmer is only a manager or when he bought the farm rather than inherited it (i.e. on more professionalized farms), and with his educational level. These results confirm some findings from previous studies in other nearby areas.Spanish olive groves, soil erosion, no tillage, Crop Production/Industries, Land Economics/Use,
Framing gender intersections in the European Union: What implications for the quality of intersectionality in policies?
No full textThis article explores the extent to which the emergence of an antidiscrimination policy in the European Union (EU) implies a shift in EU gender equality policies towards an intersectional approach. The frame analysis of EU gender equality policy documents shows that intersectional dimensions are increasingly present but they are treated implicitly and from a separate perspective, and the inclusion of a wide range of inequalities often implies a degendering of the policy content. We assess the implications of the identified intersectionality trends for the quality of intersectionality in gender equality policies, and we suggest the practice of an "intersectionality impact assessment" as a way to improve the quality of EU policy-making. © 2011 The Author
Author Correction: National Identity Predicts Public Health Support During a Global Pandemic (nature Communications, (2022), 13, 1, (517), 10.1038/S41467-021-27668-9)
No full textIn this article the author name ‘Agustin Ibanez’ was incorrectly written as ‘Augustin Ibanez’. The original article has been corrected. © The Author(s) 2022
Author Correction: National identity predicts public health support during a global pandemic (Nature Communications, (2022), 13, 1, (517), 10.1038/s41467-021-27668-9)
No full textIn this article the author name ‘Agustin Ibanez’ was incorrectly written as ‘Augustin Ibanez’. The original article has been corrected
Author Correction: National identity predicts public health support during a global pandemic (Nature Communications, (2022), 13, 1, (517), 10.1038/s41467-021-27668-9)
No full textIn this article the author name ‘Agustin Ibanez’ was incorrectly written as ‘Augustin Ibanez’. The original article has been corrected.</p
Protecting the historic buildings of Mexico: the barrel vault of San Agustin Church in Morelia
Get PDFHeritage in Mexico is endangered due to exposure to major hazard events and lack of maintenance. The level of knowledge
necessary to evaluate structural behavior of historic buildings is generally low, mainly regarding the parameters such as mechanical properties. San Agustin church is one of the most important historical buildings in Morelia City, Mexico. Thus, a comprehensive analysis of the San
Agustin church was performed, including a damage survey and dynamic identification tests. Based on the diagnosis, a 3D finite element
model with solid elements was developed and calibrated. Then, a seismic assessment was carried out using pushover analysis. The findings
about the damage obtained from the numerical analysis is consistent with the actual condition of the church. Finally, a partial model was
developed to evaluate the performance of the nave barrel vault strengthened with an extrados masonry arch and a layer of carbon fabricreinforced cementitious matrix, an intervention that substantially increased the horizontal load capacity.The authors would like to acknowledge Dr. Carlos Eduardo Mendoza Rosales and Dr. Jose Cabrera Aceves for the architectural data provided for the development of this work, and Eng. Rodolfo Gaytan for support during dynamic identification testing. Finally, the first author would like to thank the CONACyT grant
Overcrowding-mediated stress alters cell proliferation in key neuroendocrine areas during larval development in Rhinella arenarum
Get PDFExposure to adverse environmental conditions can elicit a stress response, which results in an increase in endogenous corticosterone levels. In early life stages, it has been thoroughly demonstrated that amphibian larval growth and development is altered as a consequence of chronic stress by interfering with the metamorphic process, however, the underlying mechanisms involved have only been partially disentangled. We examined the effect of intraspecific competition on corticosterone levels during larval development of the toad Rhinella arenarum and its ultimate effects on cell proliferation in particular brain areas as well as the pituitary gland. While overcrowding altered the number of proliferating cells in the pituitary gland, hypothalamus, and third ventricle of the brain, no differences were observed in areas which are less associated with neuroendocrine processes, such as the first ventricle of the brain. Apoptosis was increased in hypothalamic regions but not in the pituitary. With regards to pituitary cell populations, thyrotrophs but not somatoatrophs and corticotrophs showed a decrease in the cell number in overcrowded larvae. Our study shows that alterations in growth and development, produced by stress, results from an imbalance in the neuroendocrine systems implicated in orchestrating the timing of metamorphosis.Fil: Distler, Mijal J.. Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales. Departamento de Biodiversidad y Biología Experimental; ArgentinaFil: Jungblut, Lucas David. Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales. Departamento de Biodiversidad y Biología Experimental; Argentina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Oficina de Coordinación Administrativa Ciudad Universitaria. Instituto de Fisiología, Biología Molecular y Neurociencias. Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales. Instituto de Fisiología, Biología Molecular y Neurociencias; ArgentinaFil: Ceballos, Nora Raquel. Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales. Departamento de Biodiversidad y Biología Experimental; Argentina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; ArgentinaFil: Paz, Dante Agustin. Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales. Departamento de Biodiversidad y Biología Experimental; Argentina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Oficina de Coordinación Administrativa Ciudad Universitaria. Instituto de Fisiología, Biología Molecular y Neurociencias. Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales. Instituto de Fisiología, Biología Molecular y Neurociencias; ArgentinaFil: Pozzi, Andrea Gabriela. Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales. Departamento de Biodiversidad y Biología Experimental; Argentina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Oficina de Coordinación Administrativa Ciudad Universitaria. Instituto de Fisiología, Biología Molecular y Neurociencias. Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales. Instituto de Fisiología, Biología Molecular y Neurociencias; Argentin
Protocolo de atención odontológica en pacientes pediátricos con cardiopatías cianógenas en el Instituto Nacional de Pediatría
Get PDFRealicé mi servicio social en el Instituto Nacional de Pediatría, en el servicio de Estomatología, ubicado en Av. Insurgentes Sur 3700-Letra C, Coyoacán, Insurgentes Cuicuilco, 04530 Ciudad de México, CDMX. Durante el periodo del 01 de agosto del 2024 al 31 de julio de 2025. En el transcurso de mi estancia en el Instituto realice la investigación de protocolo de atención odontológica en pacientes pediátricos con cardiopatías cianógenas en el Instituto Nacional de Pediatría. Se realizó una revisión bibliográfica sistemática cuantitativa, de un periodo de 2015- 2025 obtenidos de PubMed, Medigraphic, Scielo, Google Scholar, Bidi UAM, Acta Pediátrica de México en idiomas de español e inglés. Aborda temas como los antecedentes, epidemiología, anatomía, embriología, definiciones de cardiopatías cianógenas, protocolo de manejo, y administración de profilaxis antibiótica. Además de incluir información sobre el manejo de pacientes con cardiopatías cianógenas en el Instituto Nacional de Pediatría. El servicio social es una etapa importante durante nuestra preparación profesional, nos brinda la oportunidad de conocer y formar experiencias únicas. El servicio social realizado en el Instituto Nacional de Pediatría nos ofrece una experiencia única, conocer diagnósticos y observar procedimientos en pacientes pediátricos sistémicamente comprometidos. Tener la posibilidad de tener contacto con pacientes al momento de asistir a los residentes de Estomatología es una experiencia que enriquece tu formación. Que el servicio fuera en un Ambiente Hospitalario también te brinda una perspectiva diferente de la atención odontológica pediátrica que expande la visión de querer aprender más y estar en constante retroalimentación
CASO CLINICO. DEFICIT DE CARNITINA PALMITOIL TRANSFERASA II (CPT II). DESCRIPCION DE UN CASO
No full textEn la Unidad de Terapia Intensiva del Departamento de Urgencias y Medicina Critica del Hospital Pedi\ue1trico "Dr. Agustin Zubillaga" de Barquisimeto se realiz\uf3 una investigaci\uf3n retrospectiva, explicativa no experimental en un lactante de 8 meses de edad, con d\ue9ficit de Carnitina Palmitiol Transferasa II ( CPT II ); se presenta la evoluci\uf3n cl\uednica del caso, los m\ue9todos diagn\uf3stico y el tratamiento m\ue9dico
SUMMARY
In the Unit of Intensive Therapy of the Department of Urgencies and Critical Medicine of the Pediatric Hospital Dr. Agustin Zubillaga of Barquisimeto, it was carried out a retrospective, explanatory investigation experimental in a nursling smaller than 8 months of age with deficit of Carnitina Palmitoil Transferasa II (CPT II) it is presented the clinical evolution, the diagnostic methods and the medical treatment
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