Cuestiones de teoría sintáctica

Este trabajo pretende fundamentalmente una caracterización de la oración como signo lingüístico. Como tal signo, ha de estar compuesto de un significante y un significado. Por significado se entiende, siguiendo los postulados praguenses, el conjunto de relaciones opositivas que los signos oracionales mantienen entre sí, y tales relaciones, que constituyen el esquema semántico oracional, compuesto de funciones semánticas, no han de concebirse como el correlato semántico de las funciones sintácticas, sino del correspondiente esquema sintáctico, significante del denominado signo oracional. Se busca clarificar una serie de conceptos que permitan, desde una perspectiva funcionalista, la identificación y delimitación de los signos oracionales de una lengua, su posterior clasificación atendiendo al número y tipo de variables y a las funciones sintácticas, y el establecimiento final de paradigmas opositivos dentro de estas clases

Las greguerías

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Adaptive Comfort Models Applied to Existing Dwellings in Mediterranean Climate Considering Global Warming

Comfort analysis of existing naturally ventilated buildings located in mild climates, such as the ones in the Mediterranean zones, offer room for a reduction in the present and future energy consumption. Regarding Spain, most of the present building stock was built before energy standards were mandatory, let alone considerations about global warming or adaptive comfort. In this context, this research aims at assessing adaptive thermal comfort of inhabitants of extant apartments building in the South of Spain per EN 15251:2007 and ASHRAE 55-2013. The case study is statistically representative housing built in 1973. On-site monitoring of comfort conditions and computer simulations for present conditions have been carried out, clarifying the degree of adaptive comfort at present time. After that, additional simulations for 2020, 2050, and 2080 are performed to check whether this dwelling will be able to provide comfort considering a change in climate conditions. As a result, the study concludes that levels of adaptive comfort can be considered satisfactory at present time in these dwellings, but not in the future, when discomfort associated with hot conditions will be recurrent. These results provide a hint to foresee how extant dwellings, and also dwellers, should adapt to a change in environmental conditions

Assessment of heritage rammed-earth buildings. The Alcázar of King Don Pedro I (Spain).

The conservation and maintenance of earthen buildings is crucial, especially when dealing with heritage sites. This normally involves considerable effort in preliminary studies, which must be well planned in order to efficiently manage any restoration. This case study proposes a methodology to briefly assess the current state of a historical rammed-earth wall, to bring to light specific information regarding approaches for subsequent studies or decisions. This methodology is based on the study of damage and risk as a tool to swiftly discern critical areas or issues needing immediate attention. The procedure is illustrated on an outstanding heritage building: the Alcázar of King Don Pedro I in Carmona (Seville, Spain). Our conclusions confirm that this methodology constitutes an efficient and straightforward means to obtain not only a preliminary assessment of rammed-earth walls, but also objective and useful criteria for decision-makers

Thousand cranes: Representations of nuclear impact on the life and death of Japanese people

It is clearly assessed that stressful life events have influence on human illness. It is essential to know the impact these events had on the representation of health/illness and life/death dichotomies in the collective memory and their importance in the setting in motion strategies of health promotion. The study of these representations might help us to understand the impact on the idea of health/illness. The aim of this paper is to analyse the representations of the process of falling ill or dying caused by two stressful life events occurred in Japan: The atomic bombings in Hiroshima/Nagasaki and the nuclear accident occurred in Fukushima. With a lapse of 60 years between them, both episodes are characterized by the nuclear impact on human health and social life. We propose a comparison of the representations of the concept of falling ill/dying through literary texts written by both Japanese and foreign authors. We will assess the cultural differences that exist in the fear of suffering: In the representations from Japanese people we find open-minded expressions of suffering as a path to acquire social knowledge, while in those from other countries, much of the focus is given to the heroism of others‘ suffering

Community identity, life satisfaction, empowerment and health: suggesting a model for the immigrant population

The academic literature shows that studies in the fields of Community Psychology and Group Psychology have reached the same conclusion: belonging to and identifying with a group has an impact on health. However, when the studies are reviewed, there seems to be little communication between those engaged in these two lines of work, as contributions made from the perspective of Community are not compared with those made from that of Social Identity. Therefore, this study opts for an integrative perspective that makes possible progress towards a political/social viewpoint. Specifically, it is sought to understand the relationship between identification with the neighbourhood in which one lives (what has been called "community identity") and the mental health of Malaga's immigrant population, a model being proposed in which the relationship between health and identity is mediated by empowerment.Universidad de Málaga. Campus de Excelencia Internacional Andalucía Tech. Government of Spain's Ministry of Economy and Competitiveness, reference: PSI2013-40508-

Considerations on the physical and mechanical properties of lime-stabilized rammed earth walls and their evaluation by ultrasonic pulse velocity testing

This study examines the influence of moulding moisture content on the compressive strength, dry density and porosity of a rammed earth wall, using ultrasound as a complementary technique. Non-parametric and multivariate statistical techniques were applied to analyse the behaviour of variables with a sufficiently large population. The statistical analysis demonstrated that excessive or insufficient moulding moisture content directly determines the physical-mechanical properties of such walls. Ultrasound was confirmed as a valid technique for assessing the quality of a wall, since its response, albeit with certain limitations, was consistent with physical-mechanical properties