310 research outputs found
Adoption and diffusion of no tillage practices in Southern Spain olive groves
No full textThis 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,
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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
Caring Design: A Multimodal Analysis of Woman Embodiment in Kampung Halaman Foundation Design by Novi Kristinawati
No full textGagasan perawatan dalam desain dan arsitektur melekat pada karya perempuan desainer se- bagai bentuk kebertubuhan perempuan yang berhubungan dengan konteks sosial. Demikianlah peran perempuan dalam tatanan sosial yang sering diasosiasikan dengan perawatan dan peng- asuhan seperti layaknya alam telah menggemakan dualisme gender, yang turut mempengaruhi perbedaan karakteristik desain yang diciptakan oleh keduanya. Beberapa penelitian sebelum- nya telah mengeksplorasi gagasan desain perawatan, terutama dalam arsitektur, mencakup eksplorasi material alami yang dapat menyampaikan identitas budaya, pengalaman multisen- sorik, dan arsitektur afektif. Namun, studi mengenai karya perempuan desainer, khususnya dalam arsitektur yang merangkul konsep ‘desain perawatan’, dan berfokus pada kebertubuhan masih kurang dieksplorasi. Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk memahami gagasan perawatan se- bagai bentuk kebertubuhan perempuan desainer yang terefleksikan dalam karyanya, dengan studi kasus desain arsitektur Yayasan Kampung Halaman di Yogyakarta oleh Novi Kristinawa- ti. Melalui metode semiotika, khususnya analisis multimodal teks dari Gunther Kress dan Theo van Leeuwen, makna perawatan diungkapkan melalui penelusuran tiga metafungsi: makna representasi, makna interaktif, dan makna komposisi yang muncul dari mode-mode sebagai sumber semiotika. Temuan studi ini memperlihatkan bahwa Novi Kristinawati merefleksikan kebertubuhannya dalam desain Yayasan Kampung Halaman. Gagasan perawatan sebagai bentuk kebertubuhan perempuan antara lain: muncul dalam simbol arketipe ibu; desain yang memberikan pengalaman multisensori dengan mengaburkan batas antara eksterior alam dan interior; desain yang fleksibel dan mengalir yang memenuhi nilai guna serta dapat memfasil- itasi jarak sosial pengguna desain; mengutamakan kesetaraan dan pengakuan kedua gender dalam desain tanpa sekat; serta desain yang mampu mendengarkan kebutuhan pemesan de- sain. Penelitian ini adalah upaya untuk memahami desain dalam kerangka kebertubuhan per- empuan dan kontribusinya dalam wacana pengetahuan desain.
Kata Kunci: desain perawatan, perempuan desainer, kebertubuhan perempuan, analisis multimodal, arsitektur, Novi Kristinawat
Protecting the historic buildings of Mexico: the barrel vault of San Agustin Church in Morelia
No full textHeritage 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
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