Mediating towards digital inclusion: the monitors of internet access places

Local dynamics play a key role in individual and collective empowerment for digital literacy and citizenship. This paper presents the results and reflections from a broader investigation into the public Internet access places in Portugal in the inland municipalities of the country's coast, undertaken by ObLID Network. Specifically, we intend to reflect on the actual mission of these places and reveal the actual profile, activities and training needs of their monitors and coordinators. In the first stage of the empirical study, several documents available on the Internet Spaces Network are analyzed. In the second stage, a questionnaire was applied to monitors and coordinators of the Internet access places, in seventeen Portuguese municipalities. The research results warn of the need to redefine and clarify the social and educational value of Internet spaces, indicating that the dominant activities of monitors in the Internet access places do not induce the foster of literacy and digital inclusion of the most vulnerable groups. In this context, actions are proposed that can contribute to improving the mission of Internet places, as well as the training quality of their monitors and coordinators. Internet Access Spaces, made available by municipalities, should be used to promote digital literacy programs, for individuals and groups.info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersio

Estudio del proceso de toma de decisión en el planeamiento urbanístico: caso del Plan especial de reforma interior del sector Eix Llacuna de la MPGM para la renovación de las áreas industriales de Poblenou

El objetivo de este trabajo, es estudiar el proceso de toma de decisión que se lleva a cabo en el planeamiento urbanístico. Durante el desarrollo y ejecución del planeamiento urbanístico se producen una serie de tomas de decisión que se traducen en cambios que dan lugar a un plan distinto al que originalmente se concibió, estas modificaciones o cambios se clasifican en dos grupos: cambios que ocurren en el desarrollo del planeamiento (caracterizados por ser compatibles al uso del suelo o a la ordenación) y cambios que requieren una modificación de las previsiones del plan (cambios de uso o edificabilidad incompatibles con el plan, y que por lo general son cambios que se dan para la resolución de ámbitos no contemplados en el planeamiento general). A partir de lo anterior; esta ponencia forma parte de una investigación que contempla el estudio de los dos escenarios en los que se producen cambios: a) En el desarrollo del plan: Plan Especial de Reforma Interior del sector Eix Llacuna de la MPGM para la renovación de las Áreas Industriales de Poblenou. Plan Especial de Reforma Interior del Sector Parc Central de la MPGM para la renovación de las Áreas Industriales de Poblenou. b) En las modificaciones del plan: Modificación del PGM para la renovación de las Áreas Industriales de Poblenou, Distrito de Actividades 22@bcn. En este trabajo se estudiarán los cambios que se dan en el desarrollo del planeamiento, en particular el caso del Plan Especial de Reforma Interior del sector Eix Llacuna de la MPGM para la renovación de las Áreas Industriales de Poblenou. La metodología consiste en una investigación sobre el proceso de redacción de cada uno de los planes, en la que los objetivos son: definir las etapas de planeación, idear una estructura de los agentes participantes en el proceso, identificar los cambios trascendentales en el plan y en qué fase del proceso ocurrieron, identificar cómo inciden los agentes en estos cambios trascendentales (determinar su influencia) y detectar los puntos críticos. Con los resultados obtenidos se pretende tener una visión completa del proceso de toma de decisión, determinar los agentes participantes y su influencia en cada uno de los cambios, y finalmente, conocer las causas coyunturales; sociales, económicas y políticas, en las que se tomaron las decisiones de cambio más importantes.During the development and execution of the urban development planning there are produced many decisions that are translated in changes that give place to a plan different from the one that originally was conceived, these modifications or changes are qualify in two groups: changes that happen in the development of the planning (characterized for being compatible to the use of the soil or to the master plan) and changes that need a modification of the forecasts of the plan (changes of use or utilization incompatible with the master plan. In general are changes that are given for the resolution of areas not contemplated in the general planning). This paper is a part of an investigation that contemplates the study of both groups in those who produce changes to themselves: a) In the development of the plan: Special Plan of Interior Reform of the sector Eix Llacuna of the MPGM for the renovation of Poblenou's Industrial Areas. Special Plan of Interior Reform of the Sector Parc Central of the MPGM for the renovation of Poblenou's Industrial Areas. b) In the modifications of the master plan: Modification of the PGM for the renovation of Poblenou's Industrial Areas, District of Activities 22@bcn. In this work there will be studied the changes that are given in the development of the planning, especially the case of the Special Plan of Interior Reform of the sector Eix Llacuna of the MPGM for the renovation of Poblenou's Industrial Areas. The methodology consists of an investigation on the process of draft of each one of the plans, of the fact that the aims are: to define the stages of the planning, to design a agent’s structure according to their participation in the process, to identify the transcendental changes in the plan and in what phase of the process they happened, to identify how the agents affect in these transcendental changes (to determine their influence) and to detect the critical points. With the obtained results we will try to have a complete vision of the process of capture of decision, determine the agents influence in each of the changes, and finally, to know the social, economic and political circumstances, in that the most important decisions of change were taken.Peer Reviewe

Los micromamíferos (Eulipotyphla, Chiroptera, Rodentia y Lagomorpha) del yacimiento del Pleistoceno Superior de la cueva de El Sidrón (Asturias)

In the Late Pleistocene site of El Sidrón cave, with a date of ~ 49,000 ky, known for its numerous fossil remains of Neanderthals, some remains of micromammals were found, whose detailed study is carried out in this work. The determined faunal association is the following: Sorex araneus–Sorex coronatus, Neomys cf. fodiens, Talpa sp., Rhinolophus euryale-Rhinolophus mehelyi, Marmota cf. marmota, Eliomys quercinus, Glis glis, Arvicola terrestris, Chionomys nivalis, Microtus arvalis-Microtus agrestis, Microtus lusitanicus, Microtus oeconomus, Clethrionomys glareolus, Apodemus sylvaticus-Apodemus flavicollis and Oryctolagus cuniculus. These taxa are present in the current fauna of Asturias and Cantabrian Region except for Microtus oeconomus that disappeared from the Iberian Peninsula in historical times and is currently in northernmost Eurasian regions. The fauna of micromammals as a whole seems to indicate a predominantly open space environment, generally of certain moisture meadows and vegetation development at ground level, although there would also be wooded areas of some entity and some watercourse. The presence, although with few remains, of some thermophilic species, and the absence of cold climate indicator species, seem to indicate that the climate during the formation of the fossiliferous deposits would be relatively temperate and humid, probably similar to the current one in the area

Procedimientos para planificar la preparación de la fuerza en luchadores juveniles

The study guides Villa Clara\u27s Olympic Wrestling coaches on planning the preparation of muscle strength for freestyle youth wrestlers. The strategic nature of this sport in Cuba for its results obtained international events, make the Provincial Commission of Villa Clara prioritize their attention in the planning of their training, as one of the functions of the management for the different competitive levels, is verified through observations, surveys and interviews, the approach to the planning of muscle strength as a complement to training, considering the changes in the International Regulation.El estudio orienta a los entrenadores villaclareños de Lucha Olímpica sobre planificación de la preparación de la fuerza muscular para los luchadores juveniles del estilo libre. El carácter estratégico de este deporte en Cuba por sus resultados obtenidos eventos internacionales, hacen que la Comisión Provincial de Villa Clara priorice su  atención en la planificación de su entrenamiento, como una de las funciones de la dirección para los diferentes niveles competitivos, es constatado a través de observaciones, encuestas y entrevistas, el abordaje de la planificación de la fuerza muscular como complemento del entrenamiento, considerando los cambios del Reglamento Internacional