Writing in Order Not to Die: Testimony and Writing in the Work of Carlos Liscano

En el siguiente texto se examina parte de la obra testimonial del escritor uruguayo Carlos Liscano, intentando dilucidar el vínculo entre la escritura carcelaria y un proceso de subjetivación particular. Interesa mostrar de qué manera, en los escritos de la cárcel, la palabra tiene el poder de subvertir la vida abstracta de la prisión, así como de inventar, a través de un ejercicio de ficción, el propio Yo del prisionero. La escritura deviene así un sitio de enunciación ficcionado, que produce un no menor efecto de realidad: sobrevivir.The following text analyses part of the testimonial work of the uruguayan writer Carlos Liscano, trying to elucidate the bond between prison writing and a process of particular subjectivation. I am interested in showing the way in which, in the prison writing, the word has the power to subvert the abstract prison life, as well as to make up, through a fiction exercise, the prisoner’s own self. Writing thus evolves into a fictionalized enunciation site, which produces an undeniable reality effect: surviving

Socioeconomic segregation of students

School segregation may be questioning the equity of the Spanish educational system. In this research, we analyse the school segregation by socioeconomic status using the Hutchens Index. Specifically, we decompose the effect of attending public vs semiprivate schools in terms of segregation. The analyses is based on data collecting information from the population of Andalusian students attending 5th grade. We found significant differences in the level of segregation between both schools types. Particularly, the results show that students from high socioeconomic and cultural status are more segregated in public schools, while students from a low socioeconomic and cultural status are more segregated in semiprivate schools. These differences provide evidence of the inequity of the education policy, which should rethink funding mechanisms as a means to fight against inequality.Universidad de Málaga. Campus de Excelencia Internacional Andalucía Tech. The data used in this research has been provided by the Consejería de Educación de la Junta de Andalucía. This work has been partly supported by the Ministerio de Economía y Competitividad under Research Project ECO2017-88883-R; Consejería de Innovación, Ciencia y Empresa de la Junta de Andalucía under PAI group SEJ-532. Claudia Prieto Latorre acknowledges the scholarship FPU2017 00432 of the Ministry of Education, Culture and Sports [Ministerio de Educación, Cultura y Deporte] and the training received from the University of Malaga PhD Program in Economics and Business [Programa de Doctorado en Economía y Empresa de la Universidad de Malaga]

Le langage comme métaphore de notre animalité: une étude sur la théorie de l’embodiment appliquée au signe linguistique

En este trabajo se exponen diferentes descubrimientos científicos que han permitido confirmar, o al menos dar credibilidad, a la idea de que el cuerpo está a la base del significado lingüístico. Esta idea se concreta en los postulados de la teoría del embodiment, la cual defiende que el lenguaje consiste en una simulación de nuestra interacción real con el mundo que nos rodea. Partiendo de los resultados obtenidos en esta línea de investigación, tratamos de sacar conclusiones sobre cuáles pueden ser sus consecuencias para la concepción tradicional del signo lingüístico saussureano

Construction of a taxonomy for requirements engineering commercial-off-the-shelf components

This article presents a procedure for constructing a taxonomy of COTS products in the field of Requirements Engineering (RE). The taxonomy and the obtained information reach transcendental benefits to the selection of systems and tools that aid to RE-related actors to simplify and facilitate their work. This taxonomy is performed by means of a goal-oriented methodology inspired in GBRAM (Goal-Based Requirements Analysis Method), called GBTCM (Goal-Based Taxonomy Construction Method), that provides a guide to analyze sources of information and modeling requirements and domains, as well as gathering and organizing the knowledge in any segment of the COTS market. GBTCM claims to promote the use of standards and the reuse of requirements in order to support different processes of selection and integration of components.Peer ReviewedPostprint (published version

Trazabilidad de la formación de PCDD/Fs durante la oxidación avanzada de Triclosan en fase acuosa

RESUMEN: El Triclosán (TCS) es un compuesto perteneciente al grupo de los Productos Farmacéuticos y de Cuidado Personal (PPCPs en inglés) que es utilizado por su carácter antimicrobiano en gran cantidad de artículos de consumo, tales como cosméticos, jabones, desodorantes o pasta de dientes. Como consecuencia de su extensivo uso, el TCS se ha encontrado en muchas fuentes de agua, especialmente en aguas residuales, efluentes de Estaciones Depuradoras de Aguas Residuales (EDAR), lagos, ríos y sedimentos en todo el mundo, siendo un riesgo tanto para el medio ambiente como para la salud humana. Dentro de las tecnologías de remediación, los Procesos de Oxidación Avanzada (POAs) han sido aplicados satisfactoriamente al tratamiento de aguas residuales que contienen compuestos orgánicos recalcitrantes, tales como el TCS. La eficacia de estos procesos es determinada a través de la desaparición del contaminante primario, sin embargo, la formación de productos intermedios y subproductos que en algunos casos aumentan el carácter tóxico en las muestras tratadas es un motivo de creciente preocupación. En este sentido, el TCS ha sido relacionado con la formación de dibenzo-p-dioxinas y dibenzofuranos policlorados (PCDD/Fs), una familia de contaminantes orgánicos persistentes caracterizados por su gran persistencia, bioacumulación en el medio ambiente y elevada toxicidad. Esta tesis se centra en el estudio de tratamientos oxidativos, oxidación electroquímica y oxidación fotoquímica, en términos de degradación de TCS y de formación de subproductos, con especial interés en la potencial formación de PCDD/Fs.ABSTRACT: Triclosan (TCS) is an emerging antimicrobial pollutant; it belongs to the group of Pharmaceutical and Personal Care Product (PCPP), commonly added to many consumer goods, such as cosmetics, hand wash, deodorant, soaps or toothpaste. The extensive use of TCS has caused its presence in many water sources, especially in wastewater, wastewater treatment plant effluents, lakes, rivers and in sediments throughout the world, posing a risk to the environment and human health. Advanced Oxidation Processes (AOPs) have been successfully applied to wastewaters containing recalcitrant organic compounds, such as TCS. However, the generation of by-products during the degradation of the primary pollutant is another issue of concern in the application of AOPs. In fact, the presence of these by-products could increase the final toxicity of the treated wastewater. In this way, TCS has been related to the formation of polychlorinated dibenzo-p-dioxins and dibenzofurans (PCDD/Fs), which are a family of unintentionally persistent organic pollutants that are characterized by their high persistency, bioaccumulation in the environment and high toxicity. Hence, this thesis is focused on the study of oxidation treatments, electrochemical and photo-oxidation, in terms of TCS degradation rate and by-products formation, paying special attention to the potential formation of PCDD/Fs.This research was financially supported by the Spanish Ministry of Science, Innovation and Universities through the Projects: CTM2014-58029-R (MINECO-FEDER, UE) “Identificación y Cuantificación de las Variables Responsables de la Potencial Formación de PCDD/Fs en Procesos de Oxidación Avanzada” and CTM2017-87740-R (AEI/FEDER, UE) “Aplicación de Tecnologías Ambientales a Matrices Líquidas Conteniendo Contaminantes Orgánicos Emergentes Precursores de la Formación de Derivados Clorados (PCDD/Fs)”. The author of the thesis would also like to express her gratitude to the Spanish Ministry of Science, Innovation and Universities for the FPI postgraduate research grant (BES-2015-072920). Thanks to this financial aid, a predoctoral short stay have been conducted. This research stay was developed in the Institute of Biogeochemistry and Pollutant Dynamics at the Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule (ETH, Zürich) over the period September-December 2018, under the supervision of Professor Kristopher McNeill. Due to all these, a warm thanks towards these institutions is extended

Incidencia espacio temporal de la epidemia de tifo de 1737. Zinacantepec, Valle de Toluca

El objetivo del presente texto es analizar la incidencia espacial y temporal de la epidemia novohispana más grave del siglo XVIII, la epidemia de tifo de 1737, medida por el número de defunciones provocadas, según las localidades, al interior del territorio parroquial de Zinacantepec. La gravedad de la epidemia ha dejado una huella espiritual que perdura hasta hoy: la festividad más grande del pueblo de Zinacantepec no es la fiesta del santo patrono titular, San Miguel, en septiembre, sino la fiesta de la Virgen del Rayo a quien los parroquianos del siglo XVIII se encomendaron para ver el fin del azote que les hizo enterrar a cerca de la tercera parte del total de la población. Ocupados con los entierros desde mayo hasta septiembre, no pudieron preparar la fiesta de San Miguel; ya en octubre–noviembre no tuvieron que ir diario al panteón y pareció que la virgen solicitaba su fiesta especial, que celebraron agradecidos el 3 de diciembre. Esta huella de una epidemia en la tradición religiosa de un pueblo nos habla de su importancia y nos lleva a tomarla como ejemplo para construir la ruta de propagación en la parroquia

Is grade retention the solution for failing?

The convenience of grade retention for students’ adequate progression in the education system has been the focus of great debate. However, the characteristics that the grade retention variable presents when explaining students’ academic achievement has prevented most of the research works to delve into the effect of this policy. Because of that, in the present research work we intend to get as close as possible to endogeneity free estimate by the use of rich census and longitudinal data, together with a student fixed-effects within students between-academic years strategy. We find that grade retention affects students’ academic performance. Autores: Luis Alejandro Lopez-Agudo, Claudia Prieto Latorre, Oscar David Marcenaro-Gutierrez Palabras clave: grade retention, repetion, academic performance.Universidad de Málaga. Campus de Excelencia Internacional Andalucía Tech

Parents' and Children's Gender: the effect of parental expectations in children's performance

Parental expectations have been found in the literature to explain their children’s academic achievement. Nevertheless, most of the evidence on this issue is the result of the endogeneity of parental expectations when explaining students’ performance. In this context, we propose to solve this issue by using longitudinal data for the education period of the transition between primary and secondary education, employing time fixed effects to analyse the effect of parental expectations on students’ progression – being the latter measured by students’ academic achievement and their likelihood of grade repetition. We go more into depth on this issue by the study of gender differences of this effect, using all possible combinations between parents’ and children’s genders. Our results have shown that higher fathers’ and mothers’ expectations improve students’ progression, but parents seem to be more demanding with girls in terms of levels of education.Universidad de Málaga. Campus de Excelencia Internacional Andalucía Tec

How do software architects consider non-functional requirements: an exploratory study

© 2012 IEEE. Personal use of this material is permitted. Permission from IEEE must be obtained for all other uses, in any current or future media, including reprinting/republishing this material for advertising or promotional purposes,creating new collective works, for resale or redistribution to servers or lists, or reuse of any copyrighted component of this work in other works.Dealing with non-functional requirements (NFRs) has posed a challenge onto software engineers for many years. Over the years, many methods and techniques have been proposed to improve their elicitation, documentation, and validation. Knowing more about the state of the practice on these topics may benefit both practitioners' and researchers' daily work. A few empirical studies have been conducted in the past, but none under the perspective of software architects, in spite of the great influence that NFRs have on daily architects' practices. This paper presents some of the findings of an empirical study based on 13 interviews with software architects. It addresses questions such as: who decides the NFRs, what types of NFRs matter to architects, how are NFRs documented, and how are NFRs validated. The results are contextualized with existing previous work.Peer ReviewedPostprint (author’s final draft