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Efectos de la radiación solar en nuestros ojos
No full textCódigo de proyecto: GOP 12011Elena Gonzalez Cuadrado; director de proyecto: Fernando de Jesus Franco.Curso 2012-2013Grado en Óptica y Optometría (GOP)Facultad de Ciencias de la Salu
Assessing Healthy Food Access in Brooklyn Park
No full textReport and poster completed by students enrolled in FDSY 4101: Holistic Approaches to Improving Food Systems Sustainability, taught by Julie Grossman in spring 2017.This project was completed as part of the 2016-2017 Resilient Communities Project (rcp.umn.edu) partnership with the City of Brooklyn Park. Brooklyn Park has several areas known as ‘food deserts,’ places where it is difficult to buy nutritious and quality foods. Students in Dr. Julie Grossman’s Holistic Approaches to Improving Food Systems Sustainability class examined the locations of grocery stores throughout Brooklyn Park, as well as compared their aesthetic and pricing. The students found that pricing trends varied by item, and no one type of store was consistently more affordable than others. They also found that, while large conventional stores have a better aesthetic, they lack the variety of cultural foods desired by the residents. To make up for this, Brooklyn Park residents often shop at both conventional stores and international stores alike. The students’ final report and presentation are available.This project was supported by the Resilient Communities Project (RCP), a program at the University of Minnesota whose mission is to connect communities in Minnesota with U of MN faculty and students to advance local sustainability and resilience through collaborative,
course-based projects. RCP is a program of the Center for Urban and Regional Affairs (CURA). More information at http://www.rcp.umn.edu.Kuehl, Kate; Wood, Rachel; Cuadrado, Jesus. (2017). Assessing Healthy Food Access in Brooklyn Park. Retrieved from the University Digital Conservancy, https://hdl.handle.net/11299/190822
How are cities working in the Spanish territorial development? ( 1985-2000)
No full textThe economic regional convergence process has attracted much attention through the last decade by regional scientists. This paper tries to deep in this topic, taking into account as a unit of analysis the role that cities have in regional convergence. Sigma and beta convergence are measured following a method based on a production function of the main spanish cities( 124 cities bigger than 50.000 inhabitants.
Proceedings of the 3rd Workshop on Scalable Model Driven Engineering part of the Software Technologies: Applications and Foundations (STAF 2015) federation of conferences
No full textThe proceedings contain 7 papers. The topics discussed include: generation of large random models for benchmarking; approach to define highly scalable metamodels based on JSON; scalable model exploration through abstraction and fragmentation strategies; an efficient computation strategy for alllnstances; decentralized model persistence for distributed computing; parallel in-place model transformations with LinTra; and beyond information silos challenges in integrating industrial model-based data
Reseña del libro \u27\u27Capacidad Profesional Docente. Buscando la Escuela de nuestro tiempo\u27\u27 de José Moya Otero y Florencio Luengo Horcajo (Coords.)
No full textCapacidad Profesional Docente. Buscando la Escuela de nuestro tiempo
Coords: José Moya Otero y Florencio Luengo Horcajo.
Editorial: Grupo Anaya S.A.
Colección: Tiralíneas. Claves de innovación didáctica
Pages: 230
Paperback Book 18 x 25 cm.
Legal Deposit: M-575-2019
I.S.B.N.: 978-84-698-4472-4
First edition: marzo de 2019.
Review\u27s author: Francisco J. Cuadrado Muñoz
Education Inspector (Andalucía).Capacidad Profesional Docente. Buscando la Escuela de nuestro tiempo
Coords: José Moya Otero y Florencio Luengo Horcajo.
Editorial: Grupo Anaya S.A.
Colección: Tiralíneas. Claves de innovación didáctica
Páginas: 230
Formato papel. Tapa blanda 18 x 25 cm.
Depósito legal: M-575-2019
I.S.B.N.: 978-84-698-4472-4
Primera edición: marzo de 2019.
Autor de la reseña: Francisco J. Cuadrado Muñoz
Inspector de Educación de Andalucía
Prostheceraeus fitae Soutullo & Cuadrado & Noreña 2021, n. sp.
No full textProstheceraeus fitae n. sp. (Fig. 8) Material examined: Three individuals studied. One specimen collected in Playa Langosta, sagittally sectioned and designated as holotype. 44 slides: MNCN 4.01 /2576 to MNCN 4.01 /2619. Two more specimens collected in Playa Carbón sagittally sectioned and stained with Azan. Type locality: Playa Langosta 10 ° 17’32.2 “N 85 ° 51’12.7” W, Las Baulas National Park of Guanacaste, Costa Rica (Fig. 8A), May 17-24, 2018. Habitat: Intertidal zone of Playa Langosta, under stones within a rock pool 20 cm deep. Etymology: The name of the species, Prostheceraeus fitae n.sp., is dedicated to Josefa Novelle, mother of the first author, also called “Fita”. Description: External features (Fig. 8B,C): Elongated body shape with straight lateral margins and rounded posterior end. Few, short marginal waves. Background colour ivory yellowish with black elongated stains. The body margin with a pigmented band formed by a thin purple border followed by a lilac stripe that gradually darkens into a dim violet band. The marginal colouration surrounds the entire body, including pseudotentacles, pointed and with a dark violet tone. A thin orange-lilac line is drawn from behind the tentacles to the back region, in the middle dorsal region. A white patch with numerous cerebral eyes is located between the two tentacles. Ventrally whitish or colourless. Pharynx, tubular in living organisms, acquires bell shaped outline in fixed individuals. Reproductive system is located in the middle body region. Male and female gonopore separated. Reproductive System (Fig. 8D,E): The male copulatory organ comprises in a seminal and prostatic vesicle, a folded penis papilla and a naked ejaculatory duct. The spermiducal bulb opens into the oval seminal vesicle. The seminal vesicle is surrounded by a well-developed muscle layer. The oval-shaped prostatic vesicle is anterior-dorsally oriented as shown by the prostatic duct, although the vesicular region is bent towards the posterior body end, due to the contractions during the fixation. (Fig. 8E). The spermatic duct empties into the distal region of the prostatic vesicle. Distally the characteristic penis papilla of the genus housed the short, naked ejaculatory duct without stylet (Fig. 8D). Male atrium ciliate. The female reproductive system consists of a vagina interna (Fig. 8B) in which the oviduct empties and the vesicle externa lined with a thick and ciliated epithelium. Shell and cement-gland open into the vagina externa, but no. Uterine vesicles not observed surely due to the state of sexual maturity of the studied animal. The female atrium is broad, marked by a well-developed epithelium. Remarks: Due to its elongated oval shape, smooth dorsal surface with longitudinal stripes on the back, pointed tentacles, cerebral eye clusters in two elongate rows. In addition to de frontal branch of the gut and the anterior-dorsally oriented prostatic vesicle, this species is placed within the genus Prostheceraeus. Based on the colouration pattern, mainly the longitudinal stripes, Prostheceraeus fitae n.sp. can be compared to five species of the genus: Prostheceraeus fuscolineatus Dixit, Raghunathan & Chandra, 2017; Prostheceraeus vittatus (Montagu, 1815); Prostheceraeus pseudolimax Lang, 1884; Prostheceraeus giesbrechti Lang, 1884 and Prostheceraeus roseus Lang, 1884. The violet, mauve and lilac colour of P. fitae n.sp. clearly differs from the white background colour and black stripes of P. vittatus, pink with white stripes of P. roseus, the orange stripes of P. fuscolineatus, the yellow central stripe of P. giesbrechti and the two lateral black stripes and central yellow of P. fuscolineatus. The internal anatomy of the reproductive system shows clear similarities, but P. fitae n.sp. presents a much more delicate stylet than the rest of the species and a long, narrow male atrium. The genus Prostheceraeus is well represented in the North Atlantic and the Mediterranean; on the contrary, only two species are known from the Pacific Ocean and adjacent Seas. Prostheceraeus panamensis Woodworth, 1894 from Panama is a species described on fixed material and mostly damaged; therefore, the information on colouration or body shape is ambiguous. It also lacks internal description, so a comparison is not possible. The other known species is P. fuscolineatus from the Indian Ocean, which clearly differs from P. fitae n.sp. by colouration and the shape of the dorsal longitudinal stripes, as discussed above.Published as part of Soutullo, Patricia, Cuadrado, Daniel & Noreña, Carolina, 2021, First study of the Polycladida (Rhabditophora, Platyhelminthes) from the Pacific Coast of Costa Rica, pp. 363-381 in Zootaxa 4964 (2) on pages 374-376, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4964.2.7, http://zenodo.org/record/470958
Cryptostylochus sesei Soutullo & Cuadrado & Noreña 2021, n. sp.
No full text<i>Cryptostylochus sesei</i> n. sp. (Fig. 1) <p> <b>Material examined</b>: A single specimen designated as holotype</p> <p> <b>Holotype:</b> sagittal serial sections stained in Azan. 119 slides: MNCN 4.01 /2267 a MNCN 4.01 /2385</p> <p> <b>Type locality</b>: Playa Carbón, Las Baulas National Marine Park of Guanacaste, Costa Rica, 10 ° 20’53.4 “N 85 ° 51’44.5” W; May 17, 2018 (Fig. 1B)</p> <p> <b>Habitat</b>: Low intertidal, under stones and sand.</p> <p> <b>Etymology</b>: The name of the species “ <i>sesei ”</i> is after Jose Manuel Soutullo, also known as “Sesé”, father of the first author.</p> <p> <b>Description:</b> External characteristics (Fig. 1A, C): Body shape rounded. Length 35 mm. Background colour dark yellow densely speckled with orange. The pigmentation disappears towards the body edge and gets a transparent aspect. Ventral surface almost unpigmented, dirty white that turns almost coffee brown at the edges, also around the reproductive organs, in the medial region the silhouette of the pharynx is distinguished. Nuchal tentacles at the end of the first third of the body. Cerebral eyes between the tentacles on a depigmented patch. Tentacular eyes at the top of the tentacles; marginal eyes surrounding the body edge. Pharynx ruffled in the middle of the body (approx. 12 mm long, 7 mm wide in the holotype)</p> <p>Reproductive System (Fig. 1 D, E, F): Reproductive organs are located in the last third of the body. Male copulatory organ encloses a seminal vesicle, a prostatic vesicle and a penis papilla lodged in a well-developed heart-shaped atrium. Seminal vesicle muscular, voluminous and elongated (Fig. 1D). The wide vasa deferentia open proximally through a single vas deferens in the seminal vesicle. The prostatic vesicle is surrounded by strong muscle fibres and covered by a monoglandular lining. With a caudo-frontal orientation lies dorsally of the whole female organ (Fig. 1D). The prostatic and seminal ducts join to give rise to the ejaculatory duct surrounded by the short penis papilla (Fig. 1E). The male copulatory organ is entirely bordered by a reticulated network of muscle fibres, but does not form a compact muscle bulb (Fig. 1D,E).</p> <p>The female reproductive system is formed by the vagina interna and the vagina externa, without Lang’s vesicle. In the vagina externa pours the cement and shell glands. The female and male gonopore are separated, but close to each other (Fig. 1F).</p> <p> <b>Remarks:</b> The species captured in Costa Rica belongs to the genus <i>Cryptostylochus</i> due to the presence of frontal, marginal, cerebral and tentacular eyes; absence of pseudosclerotized structures; monoglandular prostatic vesicle and absence of Lang’s vesicle.</p> <p> Currently <i>Cryptostylochus</i> comprises 3 species; <i>C. coseirensis</i> (Bock, 1925), <i>C. hullensis</i> Faubel & Gollasch, 1996 and <i>C. koreensis</i> Bulnes, Faubel & Park, 2005.</p> <p> <i>Cryptostylochus sesei</i> n.sp. shares with <i>C. coseirensis</i>, <i>C. koreensis</i> and <i>C. hullensis</i> the presence of frontal, marginal, tentacular and cerebral eyes, as well as the presence of nuchal tentacles. However, it differs significantly from these species in the configuration of different types of eyes and in the size of the tentacles. <i>C. sesei</i> n.sp. present marginal eyes on the posterior and anterior regions of the body, while in <i>C. coseirensis</i> these occur only in the anterior region of the tentacles. In <i>C. koreensis</i> the marginal eyes surround the entire body edge and in <i>C. hullensis</i> they are found in their anterior body-end. Only <i>C. koreensis</i> presents frontal eyes.</p> <p> The tentacles of <i>C. sesei</i> n.sp. are not very conspicuous and difficult to see; they are just two dorsal protuberances. In <i>C. coseirensis</i>, <i>C. hullensis</i> and <i>C. koreensis,</i> these are clearly developed.</p> <p> Between the four species, significant differences can be found within the internal anatomy. <i>C. hullensis</i> and <i>C. coseirensis</i> present a spherical prostatic vesicle with inner large finger-like prolongations; <i>C. koreensis</i> and <i>C. sesei</i> n. sp. show an elongated monoglandular prostatic vesicle with short and numerous inner prolongations, marked in <i>C. sesei</i> n. sp., almost inconspicuous in <i>C. koreensis</i>.</p> <p> On the other hand, <i>C. sesei</i> n. sp. differs from the other species in the entrance to the prostatic duct, which is practically in the distal region of the ejaculatory duct. On the contrary, in the other species of the genus, it is located in the middle region of the ejaculatory duct.</p> <p> Finally, <i>C</i>. <i>koreensis</i> and <i>C. hullensis</i> have a short and small atrium and in <i>C. sesei</i> n. sp. and <i>C. coseirensis</i> the atrium is tall and elongated.</p> <p> The differences and similarities found between the four species allow us to confirm that the species of Costa Rica is a new species of <i>Cryptostylochus,</i> closely related to the species of Korea, <i>C. koreensis</i>.</p>Published as part of <i>Soutullo, Patricia, Cuadrado, Daniel & Noreña, Carolina, 2021, First study of the Polycladida (Rhabditophora, Platyhelminthes) from the Pacific Coast of Costa Rica, pp. 363-381 in Zootaxa 4964 (2)</i> on pages 364-366, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4964.2.7, <a href="http://zenodo.org/record/4709585">http://zenodo.org/record/4709585</a>
Simulate the mechanical behavior of a beam, which is supporting a facade
No full text[EN]This paper’s name is “Simulate the mechanical behavior of a beam, which is supporting a
facade” and is realized during the Erasmus internship at Universidad del Pais Vasco with the
guidance of the professor Jesus Cuadrado. In the following pages you will be introduced in the
subject of facades, in the software that I used to model the beam and you will see all the process
that allowed me to do all the simulations on the behavior of the fastening beam of facade system
of the Bilbao School of Engineering . The main purpose of the simulations was to discover the
behavior of the beam, under three different loads. The results we were interested in were those of
displacement and Von Mises stress
Evaluation the thermal comfort from an urbanized area
No full text[EN]This paper’s name is “Evaluation the thermal comfort from an urbanized
area” and is realized during the Erasmus internship at Universidad del Pais Vasco
with the guidance of the professor Jesus Cuadrado. In the following pages you
will be introduced on the subject of thermal comfort in the city of Bilbao and
afterwards, it will be focused on the area of San Mames Stadium in Bilbao.
The research pursues thermal comfort for different types of people,
taking into account age, clothing, and activity. To determine the temperature,
the simulations and calculations were done using as the main software the
program ENVI-Met. After the simulations in ENVI-Met, we know the
temperature values and introduce them in another software called RayMan. This
software helps us to determine the PET values using information about the
people (clothes, activity, age, height, weight, sex) and the temperature values
Boiling and Pressure Cooking Impact on IgE Reactivity of Soybean Allergens
No full text<b><i>Background:</i></b> Soybean is one of the 8 foods that causes the most significant rate of food allergies in the USA and Europe. Thermal processing may impact on the allergenic potential of certain foods. We aimed to investigate modifications of the IgE-binding properties of soybean proteins due to processing methods that have been previously found to impact on the allergenicity of legumes such as peanut. <b><i>Methods:</i></b> Soybean seeds were subjected to different thermal processing treatments. To evaluate their impact on the IgE-binding capacity of soybean proteins, individual sera from 25 patients sensitized to soybean were used in in vitro immunoassays. Detection of specific soybean allergens in untreated and treated samples was carried out with specific monoclonal and polyclonal antibodies. In vivo studies of skin prick testing (SPT) were also performed. <b><i>Results:</i></b> The IgE reactivity of soybean was resistant to boiling up to 30 min, and this treatment had a higher impact when applied for 60 min. Treatment that combined heat and pressure produced a fragmentation of proteins in both soluble and insoluble fractions that went along with a decreased capacity to bind IgE and reduced the SPT wheal size. However, allergens such as 7S globulins survived this treatment. <b><i>Conclusions:</i></b> Thermal-processing methods able to attenuate the capacity of soybean proteins to bind IgE may contribute to the improvement of food safety and could constitute a potential strategy for the induction of tolerance to soybean.</jats:p
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