Revisión de la tipología geométrica de la cúpula del Palau Güell

The Palau Güell, by Antoni Gaudí, is a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Architects and historians commonly claim that the surface of the dome in Palau Güell’s Central Hall is a paraboloid. In this study, using photogrammetrical and geometrical techniques, we prove this claim to be wrong and we define the quadric surface which best fits the dome. Besides, we provide an objective measure of that fit and we state the geometric parameters defining this surface.El Palau Güell de Antoni Gaudí está catalogado por la UNESCO como World Heritage. Es comúnmente afirmado por arquitectos e historiadores que la superficie del diseño de la cúpula que cubre el Salón Central del Palau Güell es un paraboloide. Mediante técnicas fotogramétricas y geométricas mostramos que tal afirmación no es cierta. Esta investigación determina cual es la superficie cuádrica que mejor ajusta a la cúpula. Además, damos una medida de ese ajuste, y mostramos cuáles son los parámetros geométricos que configuran esa superficie

Comparacion de la eficacia de hipoclorito de sodio e hipoclorito de sodio mas peroxido de hidrogeno, frente a microorganismos presentes en conductos radiculares necroticos

59 p.Este estudio tuvo como objetivo comparar la eficacia desinfectante in vivo de NaOCl 5% y NaOCl 5% más H2O2 10% frente a microorganismos presentes en conductos radiculares con necrosis pulpar. Por este motivo se tomaron muestras previas y posterior a la IQM, en donde la muestra fue dividida en 2 grupos; el primero irrigado con hipoclorito de sodio al 5% y el segundo grupo irrigado con hipoclorito de sodio más peróxido de hidrógeno al 10%, para lo cual se utilizaron medios de cultivo selectivos para bacterias aerobias y anaerobias usando caldo de Agar Soya Tripticasa y Gel Tioglicolato respectivamente Para obtener los resultados se usó un criterio absoluto, es decir, si existe o no presencia de turbidez, que implica el crecimiento o ausencia de bacterias en estos medios. Con los resultados obtenidos este estudio concluyó que no existe diferencia significativa en cuanto a la eficacia desinfectante entre ambos métodos de irrigación endodóntica tanto para microorganismos aerobios como para anaerobios

Reaching the boundary between stellar kinematic groups and very wide binaries. IV. The widest Washington double star systems with rho > 1000 arcsec in Gaia DR3

Aims: With the latest Gaia DR3 data, we analyse the widest pairs in the Washington Double Star (WDS) catalogue with angular separations, $\rho$, greater than 1000 arcsec. Methods: We confirmed the pair's membership to stellar systems based on common proper motions, parallaxes, and (when available) radial velocities, together with the locii of the individual components in colour-magnitude diagrams. We also looked for additional closer companions to the ultrawide pairs, either reported by WDS or found by us with a new Gaia astrometric search. In addition, we determined masses for each star (and white dwarf) and, with the projected physical separation, computed the gravitational potential energy, |Ug*|, of the systems. Results: Of the 155159 pairs currently catalogued by WDS, there are 504 with $\rho$ > 1000 arcsec. Of these, only 2 ultrawide pairs have not been identified, 10 do not have any available astrometry, 339 have not passed a conservative filtering in proper motion or parallax, 59 are members of young stellar kinematic groups, associations or open clusters, and only 94 remain as bona fide ultrawide pairs in the galactic field. Accounting for the additional members at shorter separations identified in a complementary astrometric and bibliographic search, we found 79 new stars (39 reported, plus 40 not reported by WDS) in 94 ultrawide stellar systems. This sample is expanded when including new close binary candidates with large Gaia DR3 RUWE, $\sigma_{Vr}$, or a proper motion anomaly. Furthermore, the large fraction of subsystems and the non-hierarchical configurations of many wide systems with three or more stars is remarkable.Comment: Accepted to A&A. 38 Pages, 8 figures and 9 tables (4 tables online

Atazanavir-Based Therapy Is Associated with Higher Hepatitis C Viral Load in HIV Type 1-Infected Subjects with Untreated Hepatitis C

Comunicación cortaWe assessed the relationship between atazanavir (ATV)-based antiretroviral treatment (ART) and plasma hepatitis C virus (HCV) viral load in a population of HIV/HCV-coinfected patients. HIV/HCV-coinfected patients who received ART based on a protease inhibitor (PI) or nonnucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitor (NNRTI) were included. Patients were stratified by ART drug [ATV/rtv, lopinavir (LPV/rtv), efavirenz (EFV), nevirapine (NVP), and other PIs], HCV genotype (1/4 and 2/3), and IL28B genotype (CC and non-CC). The Kruskal-Wallis test and chi-squared test were used to compare continuous and categorical variables, respectively. Multivariate analysis consisted of a stepwise linear regression analysis. Six hundred and forty-nine HIV/HCV-coinfected patients were included. HCV genotype 1/4 patients who received ATV had higher HCV RNA levels [6.57 (5.9-6.8) log IU/ml] than those who received LPV [6.1 (5.5-6.5) log IU/ml], EFV [6.1 (5.6-6.4) log IU/ml], NVP [5.8 (5.5-5.9) log IU/ml], or other PIs [6.1 (5.7-6.4) log IU/ml] (p=0.014). This association held for the IL28B genotype (CC versus non-CC). The association was not found in patients carrying HCV genotypes 2/3. The linear regression model identified the IL28B genotype and ATV use as independent factors associated with HCV RNA levels. ATV-based therapy may be associated with a higher HCV RNA viral load in HIV/HCV-coinfected patients

Uses of Native Plant Species of a Communal Rangeland within ‘Sierra de Huautla’ Protected Area, México

Sustainability of communal rangelands has become a major concern at national and international levels because land use conflicts and associated social conflicts allows for over-utilization of selected species making a high pressure on them and given away their places to species with no use at all becoming lands degraded and unproductive. The objective of the study was to determine floristic composition and native plant uses by local peasants. The range surface is of 4262 ha, belongs to the communal land ‘El Limon’, in Tepalcingo, Morelos, Mexico, and it is within the Natural Reserve Area “Sierra de Huautla”. Native vegetation is mainly of deciduous shrubs, high temperatures year round and a rainy season of 4 months. Local peasants were surveyed on uses of the collected and previously identified plants. Number of species was 456, distributed in 266 and 76 botanical genders and families, respectively. Of the species identified 66, 22 and 12% had one, two or more than two uses according to local peasants. Among uses: 59% of the species were used as forage, 8% eatable, 7% firewood or ornamental, 6% medical herb, lumber or other use 4 %, construction material 3 % and for resin or handcraft 1%. The range showed a very high plant biodiversity, this feature allows for a high resiliency toward human activities

Primeros datos polínicos de la secuencia "fuentillejo-1" de la laguna del Maar de Fuentillejo (Campo de Calatrava, Ciudad Real)

XV lnternational A.P.L.E. Symposium of Palynolog

Una aplicación de la Teoría de la Información al análisis de datos definidos mediante variables cualitativas multiestado: medidas de similaridad y análisis Cluster

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