Performance and First Physics Results of the SVT Trigger at CDF II

For the first time in a hadron collider, a novel trigger processor, the Silicon Vertex Trigger (SVT), allows to select the long-lived heavy flavor particles by cutting on the track impact parameter with a precision similar to that of the offline reconstruction. Triggering on displaced tracks has enriched the B-physics program by enhancing the B yields of the lepton-based triggers and opened up full hadronic triggering at CDF. After a first commissioning period, the SVT is fully operational, performing very closely to its design capabilities. System performance and first physics results based on SVT selected data samples are presented.Comment: Invited talk at the Workshop on the CKM Unitarity Triangle, IPPP Durham, April 2003 (eConf C0304052). 4 pages LaTeX, 6 eps figure

Strategy formation effects on managerial action: Strategy in the back of your head

This paper examines the interplay between top and middle level managers as strategy-making settles and in subsequent managerial action. It reports on an exploratory case study at a car service company that has an aggressive expansion strategy. The study examines the context and characteristics of the strategy-making process and the specific evolution of fourteen strategic initiatives. Of particular interest was that the interplay between top managers and middle managers was resolved through a legitimizing mechanism. This interplay took place through deliberation and agreement, with extensive participation, and developed into shared views of strategy which provided legitimation. Once settled, strategic initiatives were subsequently developed in harmony with the strategic intent. This agreement provided guidance to carry out strategic initiatives and was a source of resilient strategic conversation. From analysis of the case, a model presenting how strategic intent interacts with the creation of strategic initiatives is presented. This model aims at overcoming the mutually exclusive bottom-up and top-down sources of influence, integrating both in a process model.Strategy-making; middle management; top management; managerial action;

Determinantes de la transparencia contable en los municipios

La información contable debe ofrecerse a sus destinatarios en tiempo oportuno, ya que unos datos presentados a destiempo se convierten en inútiles para el fin al que están dirigidos. El propósito de este trabajo es analizar la relación entre esta manifestación de la transparencia, consistente en la obligación que tienen las Entidades Locales de rendir en el plazo legal su Cuenta General al órgano de control externo, y diversos factores presupuestarios y políticos, utilizando para ello una muestra formada por los municipios valencianos, referida al ejercicio 2009. Los resultados indican que los municipios de mayor tamaño, con inversiones más elevadas, menores niveles de deuda y menor competencia política presentan una probabilidad más alta de cumplimiento. Sin embargo, el signo ideológico o la participación electoral no parecen desempeñar un papel relevante. El trabajo se fundamenta en una amplia muestra de municipios, de diferentes tamaños, y aporta varios resultados que difieren de los encontrados hasta ahora

The CMS hardward alignment system

The different hardware-based alignment systems of the CMS detector are briefly described including its overall projected performance. Initial systems performance during the first CMS magnet operation to 4 T nominal magnetic field is also summarized

Documentació d'abadies, convents i priorats de les comarques gironines a la sèrie H dels Arxius dels Pirineus Orientals de Perpinyà (ADPO)

Els Arxius Departamentals dels Pirineus Orientals de Perpinyà (ADPO) conserven a la sèrie H (clergat secular) documentació diversa i dispersa d’abadies, convents, esglésies, monestirs i priorats de Catalunya i del Rosselló. D’entre aquesta paperassa descric sumàriament els lligalls que pertanyen a establiments de les actuals comarques gironines. En altresmoments històrics, abans i amb posterioritat a 1659, algunes congregacions i cases conventuals tenien béns, títols, propietats i interessos comuns a banda i banda de la ratlla.The Departmental Archives of the Oriental Pyrenees (ADPO) conserves in the series H (secular clergy) diverse and disperse documents of abbeys, convents, churches,monasteries and priories from Catalonia and the Roussillon. From these documents, I describe those which belonged to the establishments within today's province of Girona. At other historical times, before and after 1659, some congregations and convents held assets, titles, properties and common interests on both sides of the border

Clitocybula taniae Vila, una nova espècie del litoral català

Clitocybula taniae Vila, una nova espècie del litoral català. Descrivim aquesta espècie trobada entre les gramínies d'un prat silicícola proper al litoral i la comparem amb tàxons propers del mateix gènere o de gèneres afins. La diagnosi s' acompanya amb dibuixos dels caràcters microscòpics i fotografia en color.Clitocybula taniae Vila, a new species found in a seashore meadow, in Catalonia. Description of the species mentioned in the title, found among the grasses of a silicicolous litoral meadow, complemented by a comparison with neighbouring taxa of the same or of related genera. The diagnosis is complemented by drawings of the microscopic characters and a colour picture.Clitocybula taniae Vila, una nueva especie del litoral catalan. Se describe esta especie, recolectada entre las gramíneas de un prado silicícola cercano al litoral, y se la compara con taxones próximos del mismo género o de otros afines. La diagnosis se complementa con dibujos de los caracteres microscópicos y una fotografía en color