L'Oposició a l'autonomia de la Universitat de Barcelona (1933-1934)

L'article presenta una visió panoràmica de l'intent no reeixit de modernització de la Universitat de Barcelona durant el breu període d'autonomia universitària. Aquest procés entrebancat de reforma d'una de les institucions més tradicionalment conservadores, com era la universitat, va ser menat principalment per una generació de prestigiosos intel·lectuals universitaris. Interessa, amb tot, no tant destacar les fugisseres realitzacions de l'autonomia universitària barcelonina tal vegada mitificades per la memòria dels seus protagonistes principals com mirar de resseguir els diversos fronts de resistència que s'hi oposaren, en els quals van confluir dinàmiques internes inercials, discontinuïtats transformadores i confrontacions polítiques fortament ideologitzades.This article provides an overview of the unsuccessful attempt at modernising Barcelona University during the brief period of university independence. This hampered reform of one of the most traditional institutions, namely university, was driven chiefly by a generation of prestigious university academics. Nevertheless, rather than highlighting the fleeting manifestations of Barcelona Universitys independence (perhaps mythologised by the memory of its main characters), it is interesting to look at the various fronts of resistance that opposed it, a combination of internal inertia, transforming discontinuities and strongly ideologised political confrontations

L'Oposició a l'autonomia de la Universitat de Barcelona (1933-1934)

L'article presenta una visió panoràmica de l'intent no reeixit de modernització de la Universitat de Barcelona durant el breu període d'autonomia universitària. Aquest procés entrebancat de reforma d'una de les institucions més tradicionalment conservadores, com era la universitat, va ser menat principalment per una generació de prestigiosos intel·lectuals universitaris. Interessa, amb tot, no tant destacar les fugisseres realitzacions de l'autonomia universitària barcelonina tal vegada mitificades per la memòria dels seus protagonistes principals com mirar de resseguir els diversos fronts de resistència que s'hi oposaren, en els quals van confluir dinàmiques internes inercials, discontinuïtats transformadores i confrontacions polítiques fortament ideologitzades.This article provides an overview of the unsuccessful attempt at modernising Barcelona University during the brief period of university independence. This hampered reform of one of the most traditional institutions, namely university, was driven chiefly by a generation of prestigious university academics. Nevertheless, rather than highlighting the fleeting manifestations of Barcelona Universitys independence (perhaps mythologised by the memory of its main characters), it is interesting to look at the various fronts of resistance that opposed it, a combination of internal inertia, transforming discontinuities and strongly ideologised political confrontations

Un nuevo Allophaiomys (Arvicolidae, Rodentia, Mammalia) en el Pleistoceno inferior del sur de España

A new species of Allophaiom,i.r. A. chalinei, is described from the Lower Pleistocene of the Victoria cave (Murcia. Spain). This species is characterized by his great si~e, with confluent T 4 and T 5 and it has been also fouiid at the lower levels of Atapuerca (Burgos) and Venta Micena (Granada)

Interstitial pulmonary fibrosis with and without associated collagen vascular diseases: results of a two year follow up

Background: Interstitial pulmonary fibrosis is a disease with a highly variable clinical course. To ascertain if an inadequate selection of patients might explain part of this variability, two different groups of patients with interstitial pulmonary fibrosis, those with the 'lone' form of the disease (LIPF) and those with associated collagen vascular disorders (AIPF), were studied separately. Methods: Twenty consecutive patients (nine with LIPF and 11 with AIPF) were included. Their clinical and radiographic findings and results of pulmonary function tests, gallium-67 lung scanning, and cellular analysis of bronchoalveolar lavage fluid were compared at diagnosis. Moreover, the evolution of LIPF and AIPF was contrasted after a follow up of two years, both groups having received a similar treatment regimen of corticosteroids. Results: At enrollment, patients with LIPF and AIPF were of similar age, and had similar symptoms and derangement of lung function, but patients with LIPF presented with finger clubbing, more obvious radiographic abnormalities, and a greater percentage of eosinophils in bronchoalveolar lavage fluid. Two years later, patients with LIPF had significantly decreased FVC, FEV1, TLC, TLCO, and PaO2. By contrast, lung function remained unaltered in patients with AIPF. Similarly, when the percentage change from entry to the study was compared, patients with LIPF showed a significant decrease in FVC, FEV1, and PaO2. Conclusions: Unlike the patients with AIPF, those with LIPF showed a deterioration in lung function and developed further restrictive impairment and poorer gas exchange. This has implications in their clinical management

Groupoïdes riemanniens

We propose a definition of a riemannian groupoid, and we show that the Stefan foliation that it induces is a riemannian (singular) foliation. We also prove that the homotopy groupoid of a riemannian (regular) foliation is a riemannian groupoid

Una biografia del prehistoriador Lluís Pericot

Ressenya de l'obra: Francisco Gracia Alonso, Lluís Pericot. Un prehistoriador entre dosépocas, Pamplona/Iruña, Urgoiti, 201

Una biografia del prehistoriador Lluís Pericot

Ressenya de l'obra:  Francisco Gracia Alonso, Lluís Pericot. Un prehistoriador entre dos épocas, Pamplona/Iruña, Urgoiti, 201

Temporal evolution of temperatures in the Red Sea and the Gulf of Aden based on in situ observations (1958–2017)

The Red Sea holds one of the most diverse marine ecosystems in the world, although fragile and vulnerable to ocean warming. Several studies have analysed the spatio-temporal evolution of temperature in the Red Sea using satellite data, thus focusing only on the surface layer and covering the last ∼30 years. To better understand the long-term variability and trends of temperature in the whole water column, we produce a 3-D gridded temperature product (TEMPERSEA) for the period 1958–2017, based on a large number of in situ observations, covering the Red Sea and the Gulf of Aden. After a specific quality control, a mapping algorithm based on optimal interpolation have been applied to homogenize the data. Also, an estimate of the uncertainties of the product has been generated. The calibration of the algorithm and the uncertainty computation has been done through sensitivity experiments based on synthetic data from a realistic numerical simulation. TEMPERSEA has been compared to satellite observations of sea surface temperature for the period 1981–2017, showing good agreement especially in those periods when a reasonable number of observations were available. Also, very good agreement has been found between air temperatures and reconstructed sea temperatures in the upper 100 m for the whole period 1958–2017, enhancing confidence in the quality of the product. The product has been used to characterize the spatio-temporal variability of the temperature field in the Red Sea and the Gulf of Aden at different timescales (seasonal, interannual and multidecadal). Clear differences have been found between the two regions suggesting that the Red Sea variability is mainly driven by air–sea interactions, while in the Gulf of Aden the lateral advection of water plays a relevant role. Regarding long-term evolution, our results show only positive trends above 40 m depth, with maximum trends of 0.045 + 0.016 ∘C decade−1 at 15 m, and the largest negative trends at 125 m (−0.072+0.011 ∘C decade−1). Multidecadal variations have a strong impact on the trend computation and restricting them to the last 30–40 years of data can bias high the trend estimates.En prensa2,29