Transforming Women\u27s Water Burdens into Opportunities

In rural Uganda, dawn approaches as and a mother and daughter gather their empty jericans (3- to 5- gallon water containers), dirty pots and soiled clothing and begin their daily chores. A local ven­dor sells clean water, but at 25 cents per jerican it\u27s too costly to buy the amount they need: the family makes less than $1 a day. So they go in search of another source, a task which can sometimes take all day. The water weighs nearly 8 pounds per gallon, and they are unable to carry enough water home to accomplish their chores so they carry out their activities at the single water source. The women spend hours washing and drying the clothes, pots and dishes, and bathing themselves, the children and sometimes even the animals, and then they begin the long journey home on foot. This time, in addition to the clean laundry and pots, they are carrying 5 gallons of water -- nearly 44 pounds and often contaminated (WHO 2008). Five gallons of water may be enough to cook and provide drinking water for their family for maybe a few days. With jericans atop their heads, shoulders and backs, they strain to keep the delicate balance, careful not to lose a single drop on the rough road home

Interdisciplinaridade e contextualização da física através do esporte

Nosso objetivo é desenvolver metodologias de ensino de física sobre temas que abordem aspectos físicos dos esportes ou da prática do exercício físico. Nesse trabalho apresentamos uma aula sobre velocidade instantânea e velocidade média, destinada a alunos que iniciam o estudo da cinemática. Desenvolvemos o conteúdo da aula através dos resultados obtidos nas provas de corrida e natação da Olimpíada de Pequim. Escolhemos em trabalhar com a Interdisciplinaridade Física dos Esportes por entendermos que no Brasil e no mundo os esportes passaram a estar presente no cotidiano das pessoas, seja por motivos de saúde, lazer ou profissional, dessa forma, a contextualização se torna imediata, trazendo o tema para o cotidiano dos estudantes e despertando maior interesse por assuntos de ciências

Coherent Vector Meson Production in Ultra-Peripheral Heavy-Ion Collisions at STAR

We report the first observation of coherent rho0 production (AuAu->AuAu rho0) and rho0 production accompanied by mutual nuclear Coulomb excitation (AuAu->Au*Au*rho0),and the observation of coherent e+e- pair production (AuAu->Au*Au*e+e-) in ultra-peripheral relativistic heavy-ion collisions (UPCs). We give transverse momentum, mass, and rapidity distributions. The cross sections for coherent rho0 production at sqrt{s_NN}=130 and 200 GeV are in agreement with theoretical predictions, which treat rho^0 production and nuclear excitation as independent processes.Comment: 4 pages, 4 figures, Talk presented at Quark Matter 2002, Nantes, France, July 200

Anclaje de las expectativas de inflación ante choques de oferta adversos

In order to create an environment of low and stable inflation in Mexico it has been necessary to generate a framework for the conduction of monetary policy focused on price stability along with fiscal discipline. This paper describes some structural achievements to control inflation that have been attained in Mexico. In addition, it shows empirical evidence in favor of the anchoring of inflation expectations, particularly those for the medium and long term, being recently strengthened. Considering three episodes, within the period 2004-2012, in which inflation was subject to different supply shocks, it finds that during the episode in 2012 inflation expectations showed greater stability. Results show that the response from inflation expectations to supply shocks has diminished over time, up to values that are not significantly different from zero. This suggests a strengthening of the credibility of the Bank of Mexico's commitment to price stability

CUERPO Y NARRATIVAS: ESCENAS SOCIODRAMÁTICAS DESDE LA COTIDIANIDAD NECROPOLÍTICA MEXICANA

Este trabajo intenta responder a la pregunta: “¿Cuáles cuestiones de nuestros países atraviesan a nuestras instituciones?”, que fue el título de una de las mesas del 14 Congreso Iberoamericano de Psicodrama celebrado en Florianópolis, Brasil en septiembre del 2023. El objetivo es dar una mirada macro del contexto mexicano desde los lentes de la necropolítica para aterrizar en la experiencia sociodramática del Microlaboratorio de escenarios de justicia social en Nuevo León, un proyecto transdisciplinario cuyo propósito estuvo centrado en imaginar escenarios futuros sobre justicia social, realizado entre marzo y junio del 2023 en la ciudad de Monterrey, Nuevo Léon, México.