22 research outputs found
Mexican Army Grenadier Company Landers Bomb emblem
No full textExploding bomb with wavy flame; two fastening prongs with holes on reverse side. The author believes this object was worn on a forage cap or shako and identifies a company of grenadiers of an infantry battalion. Another similar plate was reported to have been found at Cerro Gordo, Veracruz, Mexico.
Company Emblem. “Compania de Granaderos, Regimiento de Infanteria Permanente.”“Landeros Bomb.”Ca. 1830’s-1840’s.Plate # 1-5/8 in. x 1-1/4 in.Dug at the ruins of the Villa of Landeros, Coahuila, Mexico. Collection: Port Isabel Historical Museum. Port Isabel, Texas. Gilt die struck rolled brass plate.https://scholarworks.utrgv.edu/mhinojosa/1053/thumbnail.jp
Palacio de Gobierno: Nayarit
No full textLa información de esta miniguia se basa en el Catálogo Nacional de Monumentos Históricos Inmuebles, Tepic, en los trabajos del Dr. Pedro López González y en investigaciones del auto.El Palacio de Gobierno de Nayarit ocupa lo que fue la antigua penitenciaría del séptimo cantón de Jalisco. Esta hermosa construcción de tipo neoclásico se inició en 1854, conforme a los planos que fueron presentados por el párroco Ignacio Castro y el liberal José María Castaños y Lazcano. Dicha obra estuvo bajo la supervisión del entonces jefe político, coronel León Yañes, quien formó una junta directiva para la administración de los fondos obtenidos ante la aduana marítima de San Blas, que incluían parte de sus ingresos. La junta estaba encabezada por el señor José Landeros y Cos, y como tesorero el general Juan Sanromán, que en esa época era agente del Ministerio de Fomento. La construcción estuvo a cargo del maestro constructor Gabriel Luna Rodríguez, quien con su vasta experiencia había construido otras grandes obras en la ciudad.</p
Diagnóstico Integral de Conservación del Parque Nacional Molino de Flores, Texcoco, Estado de México
No full textTesis para optar por el grado de maestría en Conservación y Restauración de Bienes Culturales Inmuebles y en Arquitectura con especialidad en Restauración de Monumentos Históricos</p
Controversias sobre el cosmógrafo Andrés García de Céspedes
No full textAbstract Knowing the author of a work allows us to understand it better. This is why we have approached Andrés García de Céspedes, not only through the authors who have studied him, but also from the primary sources. He worked intensely in the field of sciences being a mathematician, cosmographer and astronomer. He was also the inventor and architect of astronomical and mathematical instruments. In addition, he was a Major Pilot of the House of Trade of Seville, Major Cosmographer of the Council of Indies, cleric and captain. Over the centuries his controversial personality and the quality of his works have contrasted the opinions of several experts. His tenacity and methodology, which sometimes led him to appropriate the ideas of other cosmographers and even by awarding works that were not his own, allowed him to achieve recognition in the history of navigation.Conocer al autor de una obra nos permite entenderla mejor, por esto nos hemos acercado a Andrés García de Céspedes no sólo a través de los autores que lo han estudiado, sino también de las fuentes directas. Él trabajó en el campo de las ciencias siendo matemático, cosmógrafo y astrónomo; también fue inventor y artífice de instrumentos astronómicos y matemáticos. Además, fue Piloto Mayor de la Casa de la Contratación de Sevilla, Cosmógrafo Mayor del Consejo de Indias, clérigo y supuestamente capitán. A través de los siglos su controvertida personalidad y calidad de sus obras han contrapuesto las opiniones de expertos. Su tenacidad y metodología, que lo llevaron algunas veces a apropiarse de ideas de otros cosmógrafos e inclusive a adjudicarse obras que no eran suyas, le permitieron lograr un reconocimiento en la historia de la navegación.AbstractKnowing the author of a work allows us to understand it better. This is why we have approached Andrés García de Céspedes, not only through the authors who have studied him, but also from the primary sources. He worked intensely in the field of sciences being a mathematician, cosmographer and astronomer. He was also the inventor and architect of astronomical and mathematical instruments. In addition, he was a Major Pilot of the House of Trade of Seville, Major Cosmographer of the Council of Indies, cleric and captain. Over the centuries his controversial personality and the quality of his works have contrasted the opinions of several experts. His tenacity and methodology, which sometimes led him to appropriate the ideas of other cosmographers and even by awarding works that were not his own, allowed him to achieve recognition in the history of navigation
Paleografía y traducción de los capítulos primero y segundo del libro VIII del Códice florentino
No full textThis paper presents the paleographic transcription and translation from Nahuatl to Spanish of the first two chapters of Book VIII of the Florentine Codex, a 16th-century manuscript compiled by Fray Bernardino de Sahagún and his Indigenous collaborators. This book focuses on the properties, uses, and trade of animals and their products in Mexica society. The author carefully transcribes the original text using Latin characters and translates it into modern Spanish, with linguistic and cultural fidelity. The study includes philological and cultural notes that help readers better understand the Nahua context and the work of the tlamatinime (wise men) involved in creating the codex.Este trabajo presenta la paleografía y traducción del náhuatl al español de los dos primeros capítulos del Libro VIII del Códice Florentino, manuscrito del siglo XVI compilado por fray Bernardino de Sahagún y sus colaboradores indígenas. Este libro está dedicado a las propiedades, usos y comercio de animales y sus productos en la sociedad mexica. La autora transcribe cuidadosamente el texto original en caracteres latinos y lo traduce al español moderno, manteniendo fidelidad lingüística y cultural. El estudio va acompañado de notas filológicas y culturales que permiten una mejor comprensión del contexto nahua y del trabajo de los tlamatinime que participaron en la elaboración del códiceInstituto de Investigaciones Históricas, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de Méxic
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Cervantes and Don Quixote, two Literary Heroes who Transcend into Music
No full textThe central character of El Ingenioso Hidalgo Don Quixote de la Mancha is a literary metaphor: he is not only a character but also an author, a reader, and a theorist. Through these various facets Don Quixote illustrates the mentalité of Cervantes's time period; he offers a lesson in history, morality, religion, classical culture, and literary criticism. He provides readers with an extensive overview of human society and its qualities, such as the coexistence of wise actions with imprudence, sanity with madness, and reality with fantasy, as well as alternation of hope and disillusionment. At the same time, he masterfully combines knowledge with comedy pretending to be a strong knight-errant when in fact he is weak; moreover, he does not belong to the proper social class nor does he live in the era of romance. His anachronism engenders irony resulting in humorous entertainment. Through dissection of the character, this study will demonstrate how Don Quixote represents Horace's didactic principle which is to teach through enjoyment. In addition, Cervantes's genius will be exposed by reflecting on his work, which includes narrative, poetry, drama, and literary criticism, aside from being rich in rhythm, sounds, and silences, providing the work with ideal elements for musical creation. Moreover, the unusually rich imagery in this work has inspired a number of great musical talents to create a vast array of significant compositions; representative works from that vast list will be analyzed. The foundation of this analysis comprises diverse literary theories and principles of semiology which establish the relationship between music and literature. The musical pieces studied illustrate how Don Quixote and Cervantes have transcended music along time and space through music
Studio linguistico, trascrizione e edizione de Regimiento de tomar la altura del polo en la mar y cosas tocantes a la navegación di Andrés García de Céspedes
No full textEstudiar la lengua del Regimiento comprendía identificar las peculiaridades gráfico- fonéticas, las estructuras morfosintácticas, el aspecto discursivo y el léxico específico; con el manuscrito y la publicación del 1606 preparamos la edición crítica.
Usamos el programa AntCon (2019) y TagAnt (2015) de Anthony Laurence para el procesamiento lingüístico informático.
Al hacer la transcripción encontramos un número inesperado de peculiaridades gráfico-fonéticas en relación con el uso actual: 39 vocálicas y 77 consonánticas; algunas de ellas no habían sido señaladas por los expertos. La estructura sintáctica predominante es la relativa. Las conjunciones subordinantes más usadas son las causales, las concesivas y las temporales; los ordenadores del discurso son primeramente, últimamente y finalmente; los conectores del discurso son entonces, de hecho, para mí. El autor usa tendencialmente cultismos, el mayor número de frecuencias del léxico específico son del campo de la Astronomía y de la Geometría y 372 vocablos presentan una estructura compleja. El número de los lemas dividido entre el total de las palabras de un texto permiten obtener su riqueza léxica, la del Regimiento es 0.047, es decir, muy baja.
Al comparar el texto del manuscrito con su publicación de 1606 encontramos diferencias gráfico-fonéticas, morfosintácticas, léxicas, omisiones, ideas parafraseadas y cambios de contenido.
Tratándose de un manuscrito era imperante hacer un estudio paleográfico que nos permitiera determinar la autoría de la obra, dado que a primera vista se observan dos tipos de caligrafía; para ello tuvimos que identificar la escritura de García de Céspedes a través de la comparación de otras obras manuscritas suyas. Así fue como encontramos un libro que no es suyo, aparece con su nombre, pero él no lo tradujo ni lo comentó: Theóricas de planetas de Iorge Purbachio con el comento de Andrés García de Céspedes; es decir, también hemos obtenido un resultado no programado ni esperado.The study of the Regiment's language included the identification of graphic phonetic peculiarities, morphosyntactic structures, the discursive aspect and the specific lexicon. With the manuscript and its publication of 1606, we prepared a critical edition.
We used the AntCon (2019) and TagAnt (2015) programs by Anthony Laurence for computer language processing.
When doing the transcription, we found an unexpected number of peculiarities graphic-phonetic in relation to current use: 39 vowels and 77 consonants, some of them had not been indicated by the experts. The structure predominant syntactic is the relative. The most used subordinating conjunctions are causals, concessive and temporals. The words that order the speech are primeramente, últimamente y finalmente; the discourse connectors are de hecho, entonces, para mí. The author tends to use cultisms, the largest number of frequencies in the specific lexicon are from the field of Astronomy and Geometry, and a large number of the words present a complex structure (372). The number of lemmas divided by the total of the words in a text allow obtain its lexical wealth; that of the Regiment is 0.047, that means, very low.
Comparing the text of the manuscript with its publication of 1606 we find differences graphic-phonetic, morphosyntactic, lexical, omissions, paraphrased ideas and content changes.
In the case of a manuscript, it was imperative to make a paleographic study that would allow us to determine the authorship of the work, since at first glance two types of calligraphy are observed. For this, we had to identify Garcia de Céspedes's writing by comparing other handwritten works of his. This is how we found a book that is not his, it appears with his name, but he did not translate it or comment on it: Theóricas de planetas de Iorge Purbachio con el comento de Andrés García de Céspedes.Studiare la lingua del Regimiento comprendeva l’identificazione delle peculiarità grafico-fonetiche, le strutture morfosintattiche, l’aspetto discorsivo e il lessico specifico; con il manoscritto e la sua pubblicazione del 1606 abbiamo fatto l’edizione critica.
Abbiamo usato i programmi AntCon (2019) e TagAnt (2015) di Anthony Laurence per il processamento linguistico informatico.
Facendo la trascrizione abbiamo trovato un numero inaspettato di peculiarità grafico-fonetiche in relazione all’uso attuale: 39 vocaliche e 77 consonantiche; alcune di loro non sono state indicate dagli esperti. La struttura sintattica predominante è la relativa. Le congiunzioni subordinati più usate sono le causali, le concessive e le temporali; gli ordinatori del discorso sono primeramente, últimamente y finalmente e i connettori del discorso sono de hecho, entonces e para mí. L’autore usa tendenzialmente cultismi, il maggior numero di frequenze del lessico specifico sono del campo dell’astronomia e della geometria e un numero significativo dei vocaboli hanno una struttura complessa (372). Il numero dei lemmi diviso fra il totale delle parole di un testo permette di ottenere la sua ricchezza lessicale; quella del Regimiento è 0,047, vale a dire, molto bassa.
Confrontando il testo del manoscritto con quello della pubblicazione del 1606 abbiamo trovato differenze non soltanto grafico-fonetiche, ma anche morfosintattiche e lessicali, oltre ad omissioni, idee parafrasate e cambiamenti di contenuto.
Trattandosi di un manoscritto era imperante fare uno studio paleografico (non era stato fatto prima) che ci permettesse d’identificare l’autore dell’opera, giacché a prima vista si osservano due tipi di calligrafia; per questo abbiamo dovuto identificare la scrittura di García de Céspedes attraverso la comparazione di altre opere manoscritte sue. È stato così che abbiamo trovato un libro che non è suo, appare con il suo nome, ma egli non lo ha tradotto né commentato: Theóricas de planetas de Iorge Purbachio con el comento de Andrés García de Céspedes
Methodology for leakage isolation using pressure sensitivity analysis in water distribution networks
No full textLeaks are present to some extent in all water-distribution systems. This paper proposes a leakage localisation method based on the pressure measurements and pressure sensitivity analysis of nodes in a network. The sensitivity analysis using analytical tools is not a trivial job in a real network because of the huge non-explicit non-linear systems of equations that describe its dynamics. Simulations of the network in the presence and the absence of leakage may provide an approximation of this sensitivity. This matrix is binarised using a threshold independent of the node. The binary matrix is assumed as a signature matrix for leakages. However, there is a trade-off between the resolution of the leakage isolation procedure and the number of available pressure sensors. In order to maximise the isolability with a reasonable number of sensors, an optimal sensor placement methodology, based on genetic algorithms, is also proposed. These methodologies have been applied to the Barcelona Network using PICCOLO simulator. The sensor placement and the leakage detection and localisation methodologies are applied to several district management areas (DMA) in simulation and in reality.The authors wish to thank the support received by WATMAN ref. DPI2009-13744 of
the Spanish Ministry of Education and PROFURED project funded by AGBAR-CETAQUA.Peer Reviewe
Exploring performance attribution: the case of quality managment systems adoptions and business performance
No full textPurpose. Accreditation to the ISO 9001 Quality Management Systems Standard has proven to be a persistent and growing phenomenon in services and manufacturing, yet to date little attempt has been made to explore how performance results in cross-sectional research may be attributed to different causation mechanisms and how their influences may alter over time.
Methodology. The paper defines four possible causation mechanisms before searching and analysing the empirical literature on quality management system certification to ISO 9001 and business performance for evidence of their causal influence.
Findings. From the analyses it is found that the benefit that can safely be attributed to the treatment-effect of ISO 9001 accreditation is lower waste; while the benefits of lower costs and better quality are less likely unless motives for adoption are developmental rather than externally driven. From an analysis of longitudinal studies a strong selection-mechanism is found where more profitable firms have a greater propensity to adopt than less profitable firms. From the finding propositions are developed to show how the influence of these mechanisms change over time.
Implications for research. The existence of the selection-mechanism has profound implications for interpreting business performance achievements because the benefits that are attributed to the treatment-effect from adopting quality management system standards are likely to be greatly inflated by the influence of the selection-mechanism. The author suggests that richer theory is needed that can incorporate bi-directional influences and new research is needed to explore the underlying causes of the selection effect.
Value of paper. The paper is believed to be the first to systematically explore attribution of performance in the ISO 9001 literature. Its findings provide new insights into the complexities of attribution of performance in studies of new practices and systems.
Keywords:
Performance, Causation, Quality, ISO 9001 Certification
The cultural landscape of the pai pai, kiliwa and cucapá. Yumano ceremonial sites
No full textEste artículo busca definir lo que consideramos el paisaje cultural de los grupos que la antropología ha denominado yumanos, y quienes comparten efectivamente lazos parentales a través de la alianza, lo que suscita vivencias compartidas sobre una geografía dada. Es a partir de la mitología, el mundo de los muertos, las zonas en que habitan y fiestas de recolección que construyen una vía para describir el territorio simbolizado para siempre en los sentidos que lo expresan los cucapá, pai pai y kiliwa, pueblos originarios de la esquina norte de México en Baja California.This article seeks to define what is considered as the cultural landscape of the groups that anthropology has denominated yumanos, and who effectively share parental ties through their alliance, thus encouraging shared experiences in a given geographical zone. 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