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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
Pluviolavado de cobre tras aplicaciones foliares de formulaciones de uso agrícola
No full textEl objetivo de este proyecto es identificar los factores que determinan el desprendimiento de los pesticidas de la superficie foliar por efecto de la lluvia y cuantificar su efecto sobre las pérdidas producidas. De este modo se pretenden obtener estimaciones de la cantidad de pesticidas que pueden llegar al suelo arrastradas por pluviolavado foliar en función de las características de la lluvia.
El método experimental constará de dos fases: una a escala de laboratorio con lluvia simulada, y otra a escala de parcela experimental con cultivos de vid y patata. En la fase de laboratorio se van a estudiar las variables de energía de impacto de gota y capacidad de arrastre de escurrimiento foliar, que influyen en la pérdida de pesticidas usados en agricultura; se trata de establecer una relación cuantitativa entre la energía cinética del agua que produce el desprendimiento de partículas de pesticidas, así como las pérdidas por disolución de los principios activos. En la fase de experimentos de campo se aplicarán series de dosis controladas de pesticidas en todo el ciclo del cultivo, correspondientes a los tratamientos recomendados; la parcela estará instrumentaliza para recoger muestras de pluviolavado que se analizarán posteriormente para cuantificar las pérdidas.
Se trata de determinar las características de la pérdida, la masa absoluta y su variación entre episodios, las concentraciones medias por episodio y la dependencia temporal de las pérdidas entre episodios sucesivos.
Se podrán establecer y comparar relaciones entre factores asociados a características físicas de la lluvia: energía de la lluvia, intensidad de la misma y diámetro de gota, energía de la capa de flujo de agua en el escurrimiento sobre la superficie tratada con el pesticida y la pérdida en forma de partículas en disolución. Se analizarán las interacciones de estos factores con la dosis de pesticida.
Estos resultados podrán ser transferidos a la industria agroalimentaria para establecer criterios de riesgo para la pérdida de pesticidas por pluviolavado y a la industria de agroquímicos para desarrollar formulados con una mayor efectividad y así reducir la contaminación.O obxectivo deste proxecto é identifica-los factores que determinan o desprendemento dos pesticidas da superficie foliar a consecuencia da choiva e cuantificar o seu efecto sobre as perdas producidas. Deste xeito, preténdense obter estimacións da cantidade de pesticidas que poden chegar ao solo levadas polo pluviolavado foliar en función das características da choiva.
O método experimental constará de dúas fases: unha a escala de laboratorio con choiva simulada e outra a escala de parcela experimental con cultivos de vide e pataca. Na fase de laboratorio vanse estuda-las variables de enerxía de impacto de gota e capacidade de arrastre do escoamento foliar, que inflúen na perda de pesticidas usados na agricultura; trátase de establecer unha relación cuantitativa entre a enerxía cinética da auga, que produce o desprendemento de partículas de pesticidas, e tamén as perdas por disolución dos principios activos. Na fase de experimentos de campo aplicaranse series de doses controladas de pesticidas ao longo do ciclo do cultivo, correspondentes aos tratamentos recomendados; a parcela estará instrumentalizada para recoller mostras de pluviolavado que se analizarán posteriormente para cuantifica-las perdas. Trátase de determinar as características das perdas, a masa absoluta e a súa variación entre episodios, as concentracións medias por episodio e a dependencia temporal das perdas entre episodios sucesivos.
Poderanse establecer e comparar relacións entre factores asociados ás características físicas da choiva: enerxía cinética da choiva, intensidade da mesma e diámetro de gota, enerxía da capa de fluxo de auga no escoamento sobre a superficie tratada co pesticida e a perda en forma de partículas en disolución. Analizaranse as interacións destes factores ca dose de pesticida.
Estes resultados poderán ser transferidos á industria agroalimentaria para establecer criterios de risco de perda de pesticidas por pluviolavado, e á industria de agroquímicos para desenvolver formulados cunha maior efectividade e reduci-la contaminación.Xunta de GaliciaMinisterio de Educación y Ciencia | Ref. AGL2006-04231/AGRConsellería de Innovación e Industria | Ref. PGIDIT06RAG38301P
Propiedades físicas del suelo bajo diferentes manejos: un análisis mediante exploración por TAC, experimentos de transporte y caracterización de saltos a presión.
No full textThis thesis will study the changes in the organization of soil pore space (soil architecture) in the transportation of water, solutes and colloids, and as a result of the application of conservation or ecological agriculture techniques, which can modify the properties of the soil together with transport.
The soil architecture has great importance in the transport through the soil. Cracks and biopores have the characteristics of continuity and connectivity that modulate transport. This has important implications for soil productivity and ecological functions (transport of water, gases, nutrients, metabolites, agrochemicals ... as well as in the processes of transformation of organic matter). The habitat structure of the biota that regulates many of these cycles is related to soil architecture. In this way, it is of paramount importance to discover relationships between architecture descriptors and soil properties, such as permeability, apparent density or hydraulic functions of the soil.
This approach emerges as a response to the EU's agricultural policy of replacing conventional agricultural management with techniques aimed at soil conservation, as this change leads to changes in soil architecture whose scope is unknown. The soils are going to be gaining a structure much more organized and stable in the time, with more macroporos, and connected in a different form than in the system of conventional tillage. In the context of non-tillage, conventional cultivation operations such as burial of amendments and compost, such as the use of fertilizers and mixtures of granular formulations with the soil, may be limited by the use of conventional techniques.
The challenge of reconciling the minimum tillage with the rest of the cultivation operations requires efforts in innovation to try to improve the techniques of application of organic fertilizers and minerals. This brings together research and innovation for the substitution or modification of conventional cultivation techniques.Nesta Tese estudaranse os cambios na organización do espazo de poros do solo (arquitectura do solo) no transporte de auga, solutos e coloides, e a consecuencia da aplicación de técnicas da agricultura de conservación ou ecolóxica, que poden modificar as propiedades do solo vencelladas ao transporte.
A arquitectura do solo ten gran importancia no transporte a través do solo. Fendas e bioporos teñen as características de continuidade e conectividade que modulan o transporte. Isto ten importantes implicacións na produtividade dos solos e as súas funcións ecolóxicas (transporte de auga, gases, nutrintes, metabolitos, agroquímicos... así como nos procesos de transformación da materia orgánica).
A estrutura do hábitat da biota que regula moitos destes ciclos está relacionada coa arquitectura do solo. Neste camiño, é de capital importancia descubrir relacións entre os descritores da arquitectura e as propiedades do solo, tales coma a permeabilidade, densidade aparente ou funcións hidráulicas do solo.
Este plantexamento xorde como resposta a política agraria da UE de substitución do manexo agrícola convencional por técnicas dirixidas a conservación do solo, pois este cambio vai conducir a modificacións na arquitectura do solo cuio alcance é descoñecido. Os solos van ir gañando unha estrutura moito máis organizada e estable no tempo, con máis macroporos, e conectados de diferente xeito que no sistema de laboreo convencional. Nun contexto de non laboreo as operacións de cultivo convencionais, tales como o enterramento de emendas e adubo, así coma o uso de fertilizantes e a mestura de formulados granulares có solo poden verse limitadas polo uso de técnicas convencionais.
O reto de compatibilizar o mínimo laboreo co resto das operacións de cultivo necesita esforzos en innovación para tratar de mellorar as técnicas de aplicación de adubos orgánicos e minerais. Isto leva aparellada investigación e innovación para substitución ou a modificación da técnicas convencionais de cultivo.En esta tesis se estudiarán los cambios en la organización del espacio de poros del suelo (arquitectura del suelo) en el trasporte de agua, solutos y coloides, y a consecuencia de la aplicación de técnicas de agricultura de conservación o ecológica, que pueden modificar las propiedades del suelo unidas al transporte.
La arquitectura del suelo tiene gran importancia en el trasporte a través del suelo. Grietas y bioporos tienen las características de continuidad y conectividad que modulan el transporte. Esto tiene importantes implicaciones en la productividad de los suelos y en sus funciones ecológicas (transporte de agua, gases, nutrientes, metabolitos, agroquímicos... así como en los procesos de transformación de materia orgánica). La estructura del hábitat de la biota que regula muchos de estos ciclos está relacionada con la agricultura del suelo. En este camino, es de capital importancia descubrir relaciones entre los descriptores de la arquitectura y las propiedades del suelo, tales como la permeabilidad, densidad aparente o funciones hidráulicas del suelo.
Este planteamiento surge como respuesta a la política agraria de la UE de substitución del manejo agrícola convencional por técnicas dirigidas a la conservación del suelo, pues este cambio va a conduce a modificaciones en la arquitectura del suelo cuyo alcance es desconocido. Los suelos van a ir ganando una estructura mucho más organizada y estable en el tiempo, con más macroporos, y conectados de una forma diferente que en el sistema de laboreo convencional. En un contexto de no laboreo las operaciones de cultivo convencionales, tales como el enterramiento de enmiendas y abono, así como el uso de fertilizantes y mezclas de formulados granulares con el suelo pueden verse limitadas por el suo de técnicas convencionales.
El reto de compatibilizar el mínimo laboreo con el resto de las operaciones de cultivo necesita esfuerzos en innovación para tratar de mejorar las técnicas de aplicación de abonos orgánicos y minerales. Esto lleva asociadas investigación e innovación para la substitución o la modificación de técnicas convencionales de cultivo
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
Feeding Mars: a pilot study growing vegetables using aquaponic effluent fertiliser in simulant and analogue Martian regoliths
No full textThe Feeding Mars study was devised as a small, pilot proof of concept study to research the potential for using aquaponic effluents as an additive to regoliths which on Mars and the Moon are devoid of organic material and thus lacking microbes which assist in the delivery of water and nutrients to the plants via their roots. This research investigates aquaponics as a way to potentially produce fish and vegetal products in regoliths on Mars and the Moon as well as in extreme environments on Earth. In order to settle on Mars, settlers will have to grow their own food in systems that are self-perpetuating, with little or no inputs being brought from Earth once these systems have been established. This means that nutrients from the fish water can be used to grow plants in the hydroponic parts of the aquaponic system but also potentially in the Martian regoliths which are treated with effluents taken from aquaponic systems. Once production is established additional nutrients can be sourced from the arisings and waste, both from the fish (that are processed and eaten) and the plants, which can be used as compost to turn the regoliths into soil. In order to have fish in space, there is also the need for the systems to be self-sustaining in the production of fish feed.
The key outcomes of the project were that all the species grown (potatoes, tomatoes, dwarf beans, carrots, lettuce, spring onions, chives and basil) indicate the potential to be grown in regoliths with the addition of aquaponic effluents. A significant result was that on the whole the plants that were grown with the addition of aquaponic effluents were greener than those grown in the horticultural soil, indicating that the nutrient supply was adequate. However, a key lesson learned is that germination and thus development of the plants grown in the Mars simulant and analogue was slower than those grown in the horticultural soil. Thus, developing nutrients in the soil before planting is necessary as it is with agriculture and horticulture practices on Earth, where manuring/fertilization occurs before planting. The consequence of this research, and the envisaged research to follow is not only for extra-terrestrial environments. The Earth has its own hostile environments, characterised with regoliths and other unproductive soils, and aquaponic water and aquaponic wastes can readily be envisaged as providing solutions to growing nutritious food in areas where agriculture is not currently viable. The research was undertaken in an exhibition gallery setting at the University of Greenwich in order to encourage public interest and dialogue, which it did
El Tlacuache Núm. 542 (2012). 542 Año 13 (2012) noviembre. El Tlacuache
No full textLas penas con pan son buenas por Adrián Fuentes Aguirre, Arturo Monteros Guijón. -Cerámica para nuestros difuntos por Marcos Garma Nopaltitla, Enrique Méndez Torres
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