Urban spaces and the levels of the historic city

Ponencia presentada a Session 8: Dimensiones psicosociales de la arquitectura y el urbanismo / Psycological dimensions of architecture and plannin

Using GIS and Open Web Resources to Recon struct Great Tang Records of the Western Regions

This paper applies Geographic Information Systems (GIS) methods and Open Web resources to reconstruct Tang Dynasty Buddhist Pilgrim XuanZang‘s travel routes and 180+ city states, stupas and monasteries he had recorded in the Great Tang Records on Western Regions (大唐西域記). Prior mapping efforts of XuanZang travel routes were selected for digitization, using reference points of the 80+ known locations XuanZang had mentioned in his biography, A Biography of the Tripitaka Master of the Great Ci’en Monastery of the Great Tang Dynasty(大唐大慈恩寺三藏法師傳). The authors then applied a cost-distance analysis method to validate the digitized routes by calculating high to low cost grids using four layers of rasters, including land cover, slope, distance to cities, and distance to water bodies (primarily rivers). This spatial method allows us to map the XuanZang travel routes more precisely. In addition to retracing XuanZang travel routes, the authors compiled coordinates of the 180+ locations recorded in the Travelogue. We retrieved locations in Wikipedia place entries with reference of XuanZang, and through the use of open sources, such as “Mapping Buddhist Monasteries” project to consolidate places recorded by XuanZang or referenced to XuanZang. The historical place names in Central and West Asia, mentioned in XuanZang’s recordings, have multiple Wikipedia entries in many languages. Extractions and compilation of these names can help to expand efforts of geographic thesauri of historical place names

Anteproyecto de diseño de escuela técnica para la zona rural de San Gregorio, Diriamba, Carazo

La comunidad rural de San Gregorio ubicada 9 km al sur oeste de Diriamba en el departamento de Carazo, posee una población de 3,090 personas1, se encuentran dentro del lugar tres colegios de los cuales dos prestan servicios de educación media o secundaria, uno de estos es privado y el otro público, el tercer colegio de la comunidad solo presta servicios de educación primaria. Dentro del sector rural la mayor parte de la población culmina los estudios de educación secundaria, pero no logra aspirar al nivel superior universitario o técnico de educación ya que no existe cercanía ni condiciones económicas. Se realizará un proyecto de escuela técnica para la comunidad rural de San Gregorio y sectores aledaños, el proyecto se desarrollará para atender a una población estudiantil amplia, lo cual dará mayor calidad de vida y mejor economía en la zona y lugares aledaños

Follicular Psoriasis

Peer Reviewedhttp://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/112193/1/cup12221.pd

Extending EPANET capabilities with Add-In Tools

[EN] EPANET is probably the most widespread model for water distribution network (WDN). More than twenty years after its appearance, it has become a global reference both for hydraulic and quality analysis of water networks. In 2000, EPANET 2 appears, which includes as most important computational feature a new Toolkit. This toolkit was a library of functions allowing the modification of network data and reading results without access to the appropriate files. Over time, the use of this library has been the communication protocol for every application developers who use the method propose by Todini and Pilati to analyze the behavior of WDN. This library also provides interface tools that allow the execution of a simulation from an external application, as long as the network characteristics had been previously defined. This paper presents a change in the original EPANET model, including a new menu in the graphical user interface (GUI). This menu allows users to set up a personal collection of Add-In tools, which use both project data and simulation results. These tools can be customized and allows to extend the analysis capability of EPANET. All of them can access EPANET functions through the Toolkit and were developed by the authors during the Spanish translation of EPANET, taking into account the homologous Add-in tools developed for SWMM model. As an example of the operation and capabilities of this new menu, several applications integrated as EPANET add-in tools are presented. These tools perform tasks such as importing data network from both CAD and GIS systems, the design of WDNs using genetic algorithms, automatic assignment of initial water quality to network nodes; the skeletonization of a network or optimization of pumping schedule in the network in order to achieve a minimum energy cost.Iglesias Rey, PL.; Martínez-Solano, FJ.; Ribelles-Aguilar, J. (2017). Extending EPANET capabilities with Add-In Tools. Procedia Engineering. 186:626-634. doi:10.1016/j.proeng.2017.03.279S62663418

Bioorganic Nutritional Alternatives in Carrots (Daucus carota var. sativa), under Intensive Gardening

Context: One oftoday´s challenges is to provide food to all inhabitants, taking into account the growth of global population, especially into the cities. Accordingly, the urban farming systems are important, as they offer a real solution in face of the people’s demands. Objective: To compare different bioorganic nutritional alternatives and their influence on growth and yield indicators in carrots (Daucus carota var. sativa). Methods: This research was done at Ernesto Che Guevara intensive green garden (UEB No. 2), from the Agricultural Company of Esmeralda municipality, between December 2016 and March 2017, on non-gley plastic dark soil with high fertility. A completely randomized experimental design was applied, with five treatments and three replicas, the indicators evaluated were plant height, root length, and yield. Results: The best agronomic indicators were achieved in the treatments based on fortified liquid humus enriched with boron, calcium, and zinc, which did not differ among them, but were different from the natural liquid humus, and the control. The fortified liquid humus produced the highest yields and the best economic results. Conclusions: A favorable response was observed to bioorganic alternatives in terms of plant growth and yields. The fortified liquid humus had the best economic effect, with a remarkable increase in revenues, compared to the control

Rare t-quark decays t→clj+lk−t \to c l_j^{+} l_k^{-}, t→cνj~νkt \to c \tilde{\nu_j} \nu_k in the minimal four color symmetry model

The rare t-quark decays $t \to c l_j^{+} l_k^{-}$, $t \to c \tilde{\nu_j} \nu_k$ via the scalar leptoquark doublets are investigated in the minimal four color symmetry model with the Higgs mechanism of the quark-lepton mass splitting. The partial widths of these decays are calculated and the total width of the charged lepton mode $\Gamma(t \to c {l^{+}}' l^{-})= \sum_{j,k} \Gamma(t \to c l_{j}^{+} l_{k}^{-})$ and the total width of the neutrino mode $\Gamma(t \to c \tilde{\nu}' \nu)= \sum_{j,k} \Gamma(t \to c \tilde{\nu_{j}} \nu_{k})$ are found. The corresponding branching ratios are shown to be $Br(t \to c {l^{+}}' l^{-}) \approx (3.5 - 0.4) 10^{-5},$ $Br(t \to c {\tilde{\nu}}' \nu) \approx (7.1 - 0.8) 10^{-5}$ for the scalar leptoquark masses $m_{S}= 180 - 250 GeV$ and for the appropriate values $(\sin{\beta} \approx 0.2)$ of the mixing angle of the model. The search for such decays at LHC may be of interest.Comment: 18 pages, 2 figures, 1 table, to be published in Modern Physics Letters A; corrected typo

Alternativas bioorgánicas de nutrición en el cultivo de la zanahoria (Daucus carota var. sativa) en un huerto intensivo

Context: One of the current challenges is to provide food to the world, taking into account that demographic growth moves to urban areas, so urban agricultural production systems are important as a real solution to population demand. Objective: to compare different bioorganic nutrition alternatives and their influence on growth and yield indicators in carrot cultivation (Daucus carota var.sativa). Methods: The research was conducted in areas of the Ernesto Che Guevara intensive orchard in the UEB # 2 belonging to the Agricultural Company of the Esmeralda municipality from December 2016 to March 2017 on a dark non-glean plastic soil of good fertility. The objective of the research was the experimental design used was completely randomized with five treatments and three repetitions, the following indicators were evaluated: plant height, root length and yield. Results: The best agronomic indicators were obtained from the treatments with fortified liquid humus, improved and the liquid humus enriched with boron, calcium and zinc, which do not differ between them, but in relation to the natural liquid humus, and the control. The fortified liquid humus achieved the best performance and the greatest economic benefits. Conclusions: There is a favorable response to the bioorganic alternatives used that are manifested in vegetative growth and yield. The fortified liquid humus was the one with the greatest economic effect with a notable increase in profit in relation to the control treatment.Contexto: Uno de los desafíos actuales es proporcionar alimento al mundo teniendo en cuenta que los crecimientos demográficos se desplazan a las áreas urbanas, por lo que los sistemas urbanos de producción agrícola son importantes como una solución real ante la demanda poblacional. Objetivo: Comparar distintas alternativas de nutrición bioorgánicas y su influencia en los indicadores de crecimiento y rendimiento en el cultivo de la zanahoria (Daucus carota var. sativa). Métodos: La investigación se realizó en áreas del huerto intensivo Ernesto Che Guevara en la UEB #2 perteneciente a la Empresa Agropecuaria del municipio Esmeralda de Diciembre 2016 a Marzo 2017 sobre un suelo oscuro plástico no gleyzado de buena fertilidad. El objetivo de la investigación fue El diseño experimental utilizado fue completamente aleatorizado con cinco tratamientos y tres repeticiones, se evaluaron los indicadores siguientes: altura de la planta, longitud de la raíz y rendimiento. Resultados: Los mejores indicadores agronómicos se obtuvieron de lostratamientos con humus líquido fortificado, mejorado y el humus líquido enriquecido con boro, calcio y zinc, los cuales no difieren entre ellos, pero sí con relación al humus líquido natural, y al testigo.El humus líquido fortificado logró el mejor rendimiento y los mayores beneficios económicos. Conclusiones: Se evidencia una respuesta favorable a las alternativas bioorgánicas de utilizadas que se manifiestan en el crecimiento vegetativo y rendimiento. El humus líquido fortificado resultó el de mayor efecto económico con un notable incremento de la ganancia con relación al testigo