Religión civil estadounidense: Auge de un pueblo elegido y su crisis actual

Reseña del libro. "Religión civil estadounidense: Auge de un pueblo elegido y su crisis actual". Antonio Sánchez Bayón. Porto/Madrid, Sindéresis/CEDEU, 2016. 270 pag

Protocolo eclesiástico, civil y popular del Corpus Christi y Patum

El protocolo permite ordenar las normas, instituciones y circunstancias de los actos, profundizando en su significado y prelación. Se aplica en este caso al estudio del Corpus Christi de Berga y la Patum (su obra maestra), en los que se combina una trinidad de protocolos: el eclesiástico, el civil y el popular. De este modo se puede entender la especial relación entre la Iglesia, la Administración y el pueblo de Berga, ya que se unen los tres con el sacramento, dando lugar a una expresión universal, que aquí se expone y explica.Protocol lets order norms, institutions and circumstances, to go in deep the meanings and relations. This paper pays attention to Berga’s Corpus Christi and Patum (its master piece), which mix three protocols: ecclesiastical, civil and popular. In this way is possible to understand the special relation among the Church, the Administration and the Berga’s citizens, also with the supernatural, becoming all in a universal expression, clarified in this paper.peerReviewe

Thermophysical characterization of 1-propylpyridinium 1,1,1-trifluoromethanesulfonate, effect of alkyl chain length of the cation, and anion structure

Ionic liquids have attracted increasing attention as promising alternatives to traditional organic solvents due to their unique properties. Thermophysical properties such as density, speed of sound, refractive index, surface tension, isobaric molar heat capacity, kinematic viscosity, and electrical conductivity were measured for 1-propylpyridinium 1,1,1-trifluoromethanesulfonate over a wide temperature range and at atmospheric pressure. Volumetric properties were also determined at temperatures (283.15 - 338.15) K and at pressures up to 65.0 MPa. From these experimental data, some derived properties were calculated. Moreover, the influence of the chemical structure on these properties was investigated through comparing them with ionic liquids of common anion, ethylpyridinium 1,1,1-trifluoromethanesulfonate and 1-butylpyridinium 1,1,1-trifluoromethanesulfonate and an ionic liquid of common cation, 1-butylpyridinium tetrafluroborate

Sustainable and traditional product innovation without scale and experience, but only for KIBS!

This study analyzes the ideal strategic trajectory for sustainable and traditional product innovation. Using a sample of 74 Costa Rican high-performance businesses for 2016, we employ fuzzy set analysis (qualitative comparative analysis) to evaluate how the development of sustainable and traditional product innovation strategies is conditioned by the business’ learning capabilities and entrepreneurial orientation in knowledge-intensive (KIBS) and non-knowledge-intensive businesses. The results indicate two ideal strategic configurations of product innovation. The first strategic configuration to reach maximum product innovation requires the presence of KIBS firms that have both an entrepreneurial and learning orientation, while the second configuration is specific to non-KIBS firms with greater firm size and age along with entrepreneurial and learning orientation. KIBS firms are found to leverage the knowledge-based and customer orientations that characterize their business model in order to compensate for the shortage of important organizational characteristics—which we link to liabilities or smallness and newness—required to achieve optimal sustainable and traditional product innovation.Peer ReviewedPostprint (published version

Lagrangian particle tracking for the assessment of the flushing efficiency of harbor structures: the case of the Port of the Bay of Algeciras, Strait of Gibraltar

The Bay of Algeciras, an inlet of about 9 x 11 km located at the eastern margin of the Strait of Gibraltar, opens to the south, where the Atlantic jet leaves the Strait and starts spreading into the Alboran Sea. In its western side, the Bay hosts one of the main ports in Europe, neuralgic base of the major traffic load from Europe to Africa and from Europa to the rest of the oversea countries. The massive transport of liquid and solid bulk or bunkering activity, daily carried out in the Bay, combined with the harsh weather conditions that often lash the zone, give the ideal scenario for an incipient ecological disaster. This high environmental risk motivates the interest for a deeper understanding of the small scale dynamics of the Bay and the role played by the port structures in case of oil spill or other surface contaminations. A series of Lagrangian particles tracking (LPT) experiments were carried out to investigate the flushing patterns of the Bay and 8 different docks inside the local port, under a representative variety of external conditions, such as tide phase and strength, and winds. A 2D LPT algorithm has been adapted to fully exploit the outputs of a very high resolution (∼30m) three-domain-nested hydrodynamic model, with the aim of resolving the complex circulation within the structures of the harbor. Winds are a clearly dominant factor, with westerlies featuring e-folding times one order of magnitude lower than easterlies. Fortnightly tidal modulation presents a counter-intuitive effect, with spring tides that, despite promoting higher ventilation in a first instance, end up providing higher accumulation of particles inside the docks and higher e-folding times than neap tides. Tide phase affects the current direction at the entrance of the docks during the first few hours of simulation and its effect is progressively masked throughout the experiment. In the 45% of the experiments, a significant quantity of particles flow out to the Alboran Sea (55% in the whole Bay experiment), confirming the importance of the Bay on the exportation of pollutant/properties to the nearby basin.Universidad de Málaga. Campus de Excelencia Internacional del Mar, CEIMAR. Campus de Excelencia Internacional Andalucía Tec

The influence of tides on the exchange through the Strait of Gibraltar and on properties of the Mediterranean Sea

A. Ishlinsky Institute for Problems in Mechanics, Rusi

Mediterranean outflow and its link with upstream conditions in Alboran Sea

The Western Alboran Gyre (WAG) at the eastern entrance of the Strait of Gibraltar can influence the Mediterranean outflow (MOW) by favoring or hampering the flow of Levantine and Western Mediterranean (LIW and WMDW) waters, the main constituents of the MOW. Observations collected at Camarinal sill in the Strait and AVISO data are used to investigate this issue.Universidad de Málaga. Campus de Excelencia Internacional Andalucía Tech

Effects of martial arts and combat sports training on anger and aggression: a systematic review

[EN] Martial Arts and combat sports (MA&CS) are the subject of a dispute. On the one hand, they have been considered an ideal means to acquire emotional self-control. On the other hand, they have been considered aggressive practices which may promote violent behaviors. The current systematic review aims to analyze the evidence of the effects of MA&CS participation in anger and aggression, and the quality of this evidence. The review was conducted according to the PRISMA-P protocol. The studied variables were study type and aims, sample, interventions and procedures, measurements and outcomes. Nine studies (three cohort studies and six randomized controlled trials) were selected for inclusion. The following results should be viewed with much caution, as the volume of studies and the methodological quality of most of them is not optimal. Training in traditional martial arts seems to be an effective means to lower levels of anger and aggression. Regarding the age of subjects, there is a predisposition to reduce anger in the adult population. In addition, young subjects with violent or behavioral problems show a positive response to working with martial arts. However, the available evidence, overall, shows no relationship between MA&CS practice and anger and aggression levels.S

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Interaction flow bathymetry at tidal scale in the main sill of the Strait of Gibraltar

Data collected in the north and south channels of the main sill of the Strait of Gibraltar (Camarinal sill) are used to investigate processes connected to the internal hydraulics of the exchange through the Strait at tidal frequencies. Observations strongly suggest the setting up of hydraulic jumps at both the western and eastern flank of the sill, the latter associated with the reversal of the Mediterranean undercurrent during spring tides. The northern site is more sensitive to processes triggered by the formation and release of the jump formed east of the sill during intense enough ebb tide cycles, which is thus better traced at this location; the southern site detects more neatly the fluctuations and footprints associated with the hydraulic jump regularly formed to the west of the sill during flood tides. A detailed inspection of the high resolution bathymetry of the area reveals the existence of two enclosed depressions at either side of the sill, almost certainly carved by the bottom flow over the millennia, whose shape and morphology are suggestive of this spatial differentiation.Universidad de Málaga. Campus de Excelencia Internacional Andalucía Tec