A price model to assess the inflationary effects of the European Regional Policy

Social Accounting Matrices (SAM) are databases that complete the information provided by the input-output tables. They study the intersectorial relationships of an economy, the behaviour of consumers, the government or the foreign sector, while being able to close the income flow of rent. In this work, we deal with the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) in Andalusia, a Spanish region classified as Objective 1 by the European Regional policy. We apply the Leontief model on the SAMs for 1990, 1995 and 1999 to get the gross output fall when we remove these regional funds. Furthermore, we develop a price model to assess the impact of this financial support on aggregate and sectorial prices.Social Accounting Matrix, Regional Accounting, Structural Analysis.

Structural Path Analysis: Applications to Structural Changes in the Andalusian economy (1990-1999)

Social Accounting Matrices (SAM) are an useful tool that enables to get extenser information than Input-Output analysis as far as they work not only with an economy´s intersectorial relations, but also with consumers' behaviour, government or foreign sector; reflecting the income flow of rent. In this paper, we use Social Accounting Matrices for Andalusia for years 1990, 1995 y 1999, that we got from previous works. With this information we use "path analysis" technique to obtain the main changes in the productive structure and demand in Andalusia for the last ten years. Those changes will be represented in a three-dimensional picture. We also want to know which are the sectors that have strongly contributed to regional economic growth. Finally we measure the influence of sectorial shocks on themselves and also on the other sectors of this regional economy. Keywords: social accounting matrix, regional accounting, structural analysis. JEL: C67, D57, R15.

The cellular structure of the classifying spaces of finite groups

In this paper we obtain a description of the BZ/p-cellularization (in the sense of Dror-Farjoun) of the classifying spaces of all finite groups, for all primes p.Ministerio de Educación y Cienci

Modelización 3D de “Non-Crimp Fabrics” mediante elementos finitos

V CONGRESO NACIONAL DE MATERIALES COMPUESTOS 1,2 y 3 de julio 2003, ZaragozaLa aparición de nuevas topologías de materiales compuestos, como los “Non-Crimp Fabrics” (NCF) ha hecho necesario el estudio del comportamiento particular de este tipo de composites, analizando la influencia que ciertos parámetros característicos de su geometría tienen sobre las propiedades ingenieriles (rigidez, resistencia, peso, etc) de los NCF. El objetivo de este estudio consiste en analizar, mediante el uso de un modelo tridimensional de elementos finitos, el comportamiento mecánico de un volumen elemental representativo (RVE) de un laminado 0/90 de NCF. El modelo creado tiene parte de su geometría en forma parametrizada, aprovechando para ello las capacidades del programa comercial FEM ANSYS. Esta característica proporciona una herramienta rápida y eficiente para estudiar los efectos que la variación de determinados parámetros geométricos tiene en las propiedades mecánicas del modelo.Unión Europea G4RD-CT-0069

Olfactory Ensheathing Glia: Drivers of Axonal Regeneration in the Central Nervous System?

Olfactory ensheathing glia (OEG) accompany olfactory growing axons in their entry to the adult mammalian central nervous system (CNS). Due to this special characteristic, considerable attention has been focused on the possibility of using OEG for CNS regeneration. OEG present a large heterogeneity in culture with respect to their cellular morphology and expressed molecules. The specific characteristics of OEG responsible for their regenerative properties have to be defined. These properties probably result from the combination of several factors: molecular composition of the membrane (expressing adhesion molecules as PSA-NCAM, L1 and/or others) combined with their ability to reduce glial scarring and to accompany new growing axons into the host CNS. Their capacity to produce some neurotrophic factors might also account for their ability to produce CNS regeneration

La promoción de salud en la comunidad

En el presente trabajo se analiza el papel que desempeñan las universidades en la transformación y el desarrollo social, con énfasis en el rol de la extensión universitaria como núcleo clave y expresión de su pertinencia, también se estudia el impacto social en la comunidad. La extensión universitaria es una de las vías en donde la Universidad demuestra su carácter de centro cultural significativo para el desarrollo. En el trabajo se valora su importancia en la sociedad, definiciones del concepto de extensión universitaria, se analizan conceptos directamente relacionados con la temática de manera determinante

Evolutionary scenarios associated with the Pteronotus parnellii cryptic species-complex (Chiroptera: Mormoopidae).

One of the major challenges to understanding the evolution of Neotropical bats concerns our capacity to successfully scrutinize phylogenetic patterns associated with cases of cryptic species complexes. In this study Pteronotus parnellii is examined as a selected example of a known lineage of mormoopid bat that potentially contains several cryptic species. A samples of 452 individuals from 83 different localities, essentially covering its entire mainland distribution, was evaluated using two genetic markers: COI (mitochondrial) and DBY (nuclear) genes. The findings of this study strongly support the hypothesis of high genetic variability and identify at least six lineages within P. parnellii, some of which appear to be cryptic species.Peer reviewe

Almacén de retos matemáticos

La educación se encuentra inmersa en un profundo cambio en cuanto a su concepción. Entre los cambios propuestos se aboga por procurar que las tareas de enseñanza sean significativas. En esta comunicación describimos cómo hemos afrontado la significatividad de las tareas matemáticas escolares en nuestra formación como maestros de educación primaria, en el área de matemáticas. Para ello hemos realizado una búsqueda de información sobre qué se entiende por enseñanza significativa, y posteriormente hemos aplicado este marco teórico a examinar unos retos matemáticos que hemos elaborado entre todos los compañeros de un curso de la facultad de ciencias de la educación de la Universidad de Granada

Use of pineapple waste as fuel in microbial fuel cell for the generation of bioelectricity

The excessive use of fossil sources for the generation of electrical energy and the increase in different organic wastes have caused great damage to the environment; these problems have promoted new ways of generating electricity in an eco-friendly manner using organic waste. In this sense, this research uses single-chamber microbial fuel cells with zinc and copper as electrodes and pineapple waste as fuel (substrate). Current and voltage peaks of 4.95667 ± 0.54775 mA and 0.99 ± 0.03 V were generated on days 16 and 20, respectively, with the substrate operating at an acid pH of 5.21 ± 0.18 and an electrical conductivity of 145.16 ± 9.86 mS/cm at two degrees Brix. Thus, it was also found that the internal resistance of the cells was 865.845 ± 4.726 Ω, and a maximum power density of 513.99 ± 6.54 mW/m2 was generated at a current density of 6.123 A/m2 , and the final FTIR spectrum showed a clear decrease in the initial transmittance peaks. Finally, from the biofilm formed on the anodic electrode, it was possible to molecularly identify the yeast Wickerhamomyces anomalus with 99.82% accuracy. In this way, this research provides a method that companies exporting and importing this fruit may use to generate electrical energy from its waste.Campus Trujill