Assembly, Theater, and the Thinking of the Decision in the Athenian Democracy

El artículo analiza el funcionamiento de la asamblea ateniense durante el siglo V a.C., tomando en cuenta los efectos del uso del discurso persuasivo, así como el proceso de pensamiento que se desarrollaba en ese espacio colectivo. En función de esto, se consideran las formas de participación del público comparándolas con la actuación de la audiencia en el teatro. Se plantea asimismo la hipótesis de una homología entre asamblea y teatro. Finalmente, se hace hincapié en el rol de lo emocional en la toma de decisiones.The article analyzes the functioning of the Athenian assembly during the fifth century BC, taking into account the effects of the use of persuasive speech and the thinking process that was developed in this collective space. In this light, the ways of public participation are considered comparing them with the audience performance in the theater. The hypothesis of a homology between assembly and theater is also proposed. Finally, it is emphasized the role of the emotional matter in the decision-making process.Fil: Gallego, Julian Alejandro. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; Argentina. Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Filosofía y Letras. Instituto de Historia Antigua y Medieval "Prof. José Luis Romero"; Argentin

Sealing pots in Upper Mesopotamia in the late third millennium

Although the practice of sealing is well attested in Mesopotamia due to the numerous finds of cylinder-seals, clay sealings and bullae, when considering sealing impressions on pots the scope of this study dwindles remarkably. Within the last two decades Near Eastern archaeology has paid much more interest to this kind of impressions, specifically in the area of the Khabur basin, where archaeological sites such as Tell Beydar, Tell Arbid and Tell Brak have provided us with good samples of how this administrative device was used. The analysis of typology and the context of the pottery and its respective sealing will help us better understand the administrative schemes in Upper Mesopotamia during the Late Third Millennium, and whether Southern Mesopotamia influence is visible in local styles and shapesA pesar de que la utilización de sellos está bien documentada en Mesopotamia gracias al hallazgo de un elevado número de cilindro-sellos, cretullae y bullae, si centramos el espectro a las improntas de cilindrosellos en cerámica éstos merman notablemente. A lo largo de las últimas dos décadas la arqueología próximo-oriental ha intensificado su interés en este tipo de improntas, muy especialmente en la cuenca del Khabur, donde yacimientos como Tell Beydar, Tell Arbid y Tell Brak han proporcionado valiosas muestras de la manera en que dichos instrumentos administrativos eran utilizados. El análisis de la tipología y contexto arqueológico de la cerámica y su correspondiente sello puede ayudarnos a comprender de una manera más amplia las estructuras administrativas en la Alta Mesopotamia a fines del Tercer Milenio a.C. y a valorar si la influencia del Sur de Mesopotamia era reconocible en las formas y estilo

Estructura de capital en Pymes: estudio de caso de empresa colombiana

La estructura de capital de una empresa está determinada por el conjunto de decisiones financieras que la administración toma día a día, con las que debe procurar mantener liquidez, ser rentable en el tiempo y generar valor -- No existe una fórmula de combinación ideal, pues cada empresa está sujeta a sus condiciones particulares -- Por ejemplo, un endeudamiento alto puede ser bueno para unas empresas y perjudicial para otras, una inversión puede representar un riesgo bajo para ciertas empresas y alto para otras; entre diversos aspectos que varían según el tipo de empresa, su entorno, los objetivos que establezca la administración y las estrategias que implementen -- En este sentido, el objetivo del estudio es crear un modelo que permita realizar un análisis de la estructura de capital de la empresa D&G Grupo Mundial S.A.S., así como establecer cuál sería la estructura de capital óptima para ella a partir del comportamiento histórico de indicadores financieros y variables macroeconómicasThe capital structure of a company is determined by the set of financial decisions that administration takes day by day, in order to maintain liquidity, be profitable in time and generate value -- While the generation of value is the main objective of any organization, there is no magic formula to define an ideal financial structure for a company, clarifying that the financial structure is given by a balance between funding sources and forms investment -- High indebtedness may be good for some companies and harmful for others, an investment may represent a low risk for some companies and high for others; among different aspects that vary according to the type of company, its environment, the objectives that the administration establishes and the strategies implemented -- This paper focuses on the capital structure of D&G Grupo Mundial S.A.S., as well as to establish the optimal capital structure for this company and macroeconomic variable

Teachers’ satisfaction as indicator of education system performance

We investigate the potential trade-off between some teacher characteristics, particularly teachers’ satisfaction, and different measures of pupils’ performance, in order to optimize the outputs of the Spanish education system. Our contribution to the existing literature is twofold: on the one hand, we provide estimates on the balance between teachers’ effectiveness and 4th grade students’ performance in Spain, by using recent survey data (TIMSS, 2011); on the other hand we implement a novel methodology which allows optimizing simultaneously a set of indicators on the outputs of the educational system. These analyses provide empirical evidence of the importance of investing in teacher satisfaction as a motivation mechanism for improving national educational achievement.Universidad de Málaga. Campus de Excelencia Internacional Andalucía Tech. This research has been partially supported by the Andalusian Regional Ministry of Innovation, Science and Enterprise (PAI group SEJ-532). We also acknowledge the research funding provided by Andalucía-Tech (Universidad de Malaga),the Research Plan of the University of Malaga (Capacity Building Programme I+D+i of Universities 2014-2015, FEDER Funds) and by the Ministry of Economy and Competitiveness of Spain (Research Project ECO2014-56397-P). Luis Alejandro Lopez-Agudo also acknowledges the research training provided by the “Programa de Doctorado en Economía y Empresa de la Universidad de Malaga”

Fabric defect detection using the wavelet transform in an ARM processor

Small devices used in our day life are constructed with powerful architectures that can be used for industrial applications when requiring portability and communication facilities. We present in this paper an example of the use of an embedded system, the Zeus epic 520 single board computer, for defect detection in textiles using image processing. We implement the Haar wavelet transform using the embedded visual C++ 4.0 compiler for Windows CE 5. The algorithm was tested for defect detection using images of fabrics with five types of defects. An average of 95% in terms of correct defect detection was obtained, achieving a similar performance than using processors with float point arithmetic calculations