Zabalik, Interneten bidez Eusko Legebiltzarreko jardueretan parte hartzeko proiektua

El Parlamento Vasco ha puesto en marcha un servicio público y gratuito que permite a los ciudadanos informarse y participar en sus actividades a través de Internet. Zabalik ofrece a sus usuarios la posibilidad de elegir los asuntos que les interesan, recibir información semanal sobre su tramitación y participar en cualquier momento en ella. Acceso directo y a la carta para todos.Eusko Legebiltzarrak zerbitzu publiko bat jarri du martxan, doakoa, herritarrei Interneten bidez Legebiltzarreko jardueren berri izateko eta jarduera horietan parte hartzeko aukera ematen diena. Zabalik zerbitzuak norberaren intereseko gaiak aukeratzeko, astero-astero gai horien tramitazioaren berri jasotzeko eta edozein momentutan tramitazio horrretan parte hartzeko aukera ematen die bere erabiltzaileei. Sarbide zuzena da aukerakoa denontzat.Le Parlement Basque a mis en marche un service publique et gratuit qui permet aux citoyens de s'informer et de participer à leurs activités à travers Internet. Zabalik offre à ses usagers la possibilité de choisir les sujets qui les intéressent, de recevoir une information hebdomadaire sur ses démarches et d'y participer à tout moment. Accès directe et à la carte pour tous.The Basque Parliament has started a free public service that allows citizens to get information and participate in its activities through the Internet. Zabalik offers its users the possibility of choosing the matters they are interested in, receive weekly information on the work that is carried out there in and participate in those activities at any time. Direct .à la carte. access for everybody

Comparison of theoretical heat transfer model with results from experimental monitoring installed in a refurbishment with ventilated facade

One of the main points to consider when a building is renovated is the improvement of its energy efficiency, minimizing the heat loss through the enclosures and its heating consumption. Under this scope idea a ventilated facade was designed and incorporated in an educational building located in the city of Burgos (Spain). The main objective of this document is a comparison between the theoretical model of heat transfer across the building envelope separating the environment and the interior space, and the heat intake through a linear regression model with installed experimental monitoring. For this it has been necessary to carry out an exhaustive study of the thermal transmission of each one of the materials that make up the thermal envelope of the building, as well as the linear thermal bridges that can be produced before and after the renovation. In addition, thanks to the monitoring installed in the demonstrator building, the interior and exterior temperatures and the heat consumption of each of the radiators is known. In this way expected and real energy savings have been compared

Full scale experimental performance assessment of a prefabricated timber panel for the energy retrofitting of multi-rise buildings

A prefabricated timber façade system is presented for the energy retrofitting of buildings. Large panel dimensions facilitate the installation of this system, with reduced disturbance to building users and increased overall quality in terms of thermal bridge mitigation and air tightness of architectural junctions. A full scale proof of concept test is performed, where several prefabricated timber panels were installed over a pre-existing brick façade, their junctions tested, and the differential thermal performance of the system is evaluated. It is concluded that the overall thermal performance of the system is satisfactory in terms of overall U-value, thermal bridge coefficient and, temperature factor. Furthermore, and based on experimentally obtained data, a dynamic characterization of the harmonic thermal response of the system is performed.This paper has been drafted thanks to the funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under grant agreement No 636984. The content of this paper does not reflect the opinion of the European Union

Performance assessment of an unglazed solar thermal collector for envelope retrofitting

Present trends on solar thermal systems for building integration define the need of integrated solar technologies for façades. Although other possibilities exist for solar thermal systems in new buildings, solutions for a suitable integration of solar thermal systems into building retrofitting actuations are needed. This paper presents a solar thermal collector system which hybridizes already existing ventilated façade cladding systems into a low temperature solar thermal collector. Numerical and experimental data is presented.This work has been supported by INEF4, French institute for energetic transition, as part of project BATISOL (2014/2017)

Outstanding room-temperature capacitance of biomass-derived microporous carbons in ionic liquid electrolyte

A remarkable capacitance of 180 F·g−1 (at 5 mV·s−1) in solvent-free room-temperature ionic liquid electrolyte, 1-ethyl-3-methylimidazolium bis(trifluoromethylsulfonyl)imide, was achieved in symmetric supercapacitors using microporous carbons with a specific surface area of ca. 2000 m2·g−1 calculated from gas sorption by the 2D-NLDFT method. The efficient capacitive charge storage was ascribed to textural properties: unlike most activated carbons, high specific surface area was made accessible to the bulky ions of the ionic liquid electrolyte thanks to micropores (1–2 nm) enabled by fine-tuning chemical activation. From the industrial perspective, a high volumetric capacitance of ca. 80 F·cm−3 was reached in neat ionic liquid due to the absence of mesopores. The use of microporous carbons from biomass waste represents an important advantage for large-scale production of high energy density supercapacitors

Proyecto de asentamiento ex-novo barrio de Intaca (Mozambique)

El objetivo general del presente proyecto es contribuir al uso racional del suelo con fines urbanos, disminuyendo los niveles de informalidad en la vivienda y contando con el esfuerzo propio y la ayuda mutua como bases para el desarrollo del proyecto, posibilitando un plan vital integrado a través de la satisfacción de las necesidades de asentamiento, residencia y producción. El objetivo específico consiste en desarrollar un proyecto de asentamiento ex-novo para 670 familias en un área de 72 ha ubicada en el barrio de Intaca, a 23 km del centro de la ciudad de Matola. El proyecto incluye la comprensión del microterritorio, el análisis de los problemas existentes y el planteamiento de una solución integrada que los resuelva, pasando por las fases de análisis de la elección del sitio, parcelación, urbanización, y edificación. Es fundamental contar tanto con la fuerza de los pobladores (última fase principalmente), como con la colaboración de instituciones locales desde el comienzo

Recordando el archivo sexual y de género de la diáspora negra en Túnez: una perspectiva decolonial a la antropología histórica

The available studies on the cultural history of the Black diasporas in the Ottoman Mediterranean have focused on religious and other cultural manifestations, leaving out the inquiry about notions and practices related to gender and sexuality. Taking a cue from works on the Black Atlantic and the African continent, this article investigates the notions of gender and sexuality underlying the sub-Saharan worldviews and offers a template to interpret the subjecthood of enslaved sub-Saharans in the Maghribi diaspora. The first part of the essay lays out a historical contextualisation of the Black diaspora in early nineteenth-century Tunis. Then I take the reference to the practice of al-musāḥaqa (lesbianism) among the Black slaves in an 1808 Arabic manuscript as a starting point to investigate, by surveying different anthropological studies, whether al-musāḥaqa can be thought of as pertaining to the archive of sexual epistemology which the enslaved would have taken to Tunisia and, more importantly, to enquire into how we can understand it within a non-anthropocentric historical cosmology-which, ultimately, can contribute to the necessary decolonisation of feminist and queer studies, and history and anthropology more generally.Los trabajos que versan sobre la historia cultural de las diásporas negras en el Mediterráneo otomano se han centrado en manifestaciones religiosas y culturales, y han dejado de lado las concepciones y prácticas relacionadas con el género y la sexualidad. Partiendo de estudios sobre el Atlántico Negro y el continente africano, este artículo investiga las nociones de género y sexualidad que subyacen a las cosmovisiones sub-saharianas y ofrece un modelo para interpretar la subjetividad de las poblaciones sub-saharianas esclavizadas en la diáspora magrebí. La primera parte del ensayo ofrece una breve contextualización histórica de la diáspora negra en la Túnez de principios del s. XIX. Luego tomo la referencia a la práctica de al-musāḥaqa (lesbianismo) entre esclavas negras que aparece en un manuscrito árabe de 1808 como punto de partida para ver, a través de diferentes estudios antropológicos, si al-musāḥaqa puede ser considerada parte del archivo epistemológico sexual de las poblaciones esclavizadas en Túnez y, sobre todo, para investigar cómo se podría entender en el marco de una cosmología histórica no-antropocéntrica. En última instancia, el artículo pretende contribuir a la necesaria decolonización de los estudios feministas y queer, y de la historia y la antropología de manera más general

Nuevas musulmanas españolas: puzles identitarios y respuestas a los malestares espirituales y de género

Este artículo versa sobre las mujeres españolas que se han convertido a la religión musulmana. Situado en la llamada ‘historia del presente’, trata de responder a por qué existe un aumento de mujeres que abrazan el islam en los tiempos de islamofobia (de género) rampante de las últimas dos décadas. Para ello, interrogo el proceso de conversión y los cambios que a raíz de ello se han producido en las vidas de las nuevas musulmanas, incluidas sus identidades y la relación con el entorno, y analizo sus discursos islámicos y de género. Señalo la existencia de dos ejes transversales a la hora de entender la conversión y su vida como musulmanas: por un lado, un eje estructural e histórico en el que destacan malestares como la falta de marcos de espiritualidad y las desigualdades de género en el seno de la heteronormatividad secular; por otro lado, un eje personal que revela el encaje biográfico y fenomenológico del islam en cada una de las conversas. // This article focuses on Spanish women who have converted to Islam. It is framed within the so-called ‘history of the present’ and aims at answering why more and more women embrace Islam in the (gendered) Islamophobic environment of the last two decades. To do so, I analyse the conversion process and the transformations which have taken place in the lives of these new Muslim women, including their identities and relationship with the surrounding context. I also analyse their Islamic and gender discourses. In understanding their conversion processes as well as their lives as Muslims, I suggest we need to envision two transversal axes: a structural and historical one in which several types of unease merge – including the lack of spirituality and gender inequality within secular heteronormativity; and a personal axis which reveals how Islam fits the biography and phenomenology in each one of these women

Efficacy of modern antipsychotics in placebo-controlled trials in bipolar depression: a meta-analysis.

Randomized, controlled trials have demonstrated efficacy for second-generation antipsychotics in the treatment of acute mania in bipolar disorder. Despite depression being considered the hallmark of bipolar disorder, there are no published systematic reviews or meta-analyses to evaluate the efficacy of modern atypical antipsychotics in bipolar depression. We systematically reviewed published or registered randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trials (RCTs) of modern antipsychotics in adult bipolar I and/or II depressive patients (DSM-IV criteria). Efficacy outcomes were assessed based on changes in the Montgomery-Asberg Depression Rating Scale (MADRS) during an 8-wk period. Data were combined through meta-analysis using risk ratio as an effect size with a 95% confidence interval (95% CI) and with a level of statistical significance of 5% (p<0.05). We identified five RCTs; four involved antipsychotic monotherapy and one addressed both monotherapy and combination with an antidepressant. The two quetiapine trials analysed the safety and efficacy of two doses: 300 and 600 mg/d. The only olanzapine trial assessed olanzapine monotherapy within a range of 5-20 mg/d and olanzapine-fluoxetine combination within a range of 5-20 mg/d and 6-12 mg/d, respectively. The two aripiprazole placebo-controlled trials assessed doses of 5-30 mg/d. Quetiapine and olanzapine trials (3/5, 60%) demonstrated superiority over placebo (p<0.001). Only 2/5 (40%) (both aripiprazole trials) failed in the primary efficacy measure after the first 6 wk. Some modern antipsychotics (quetiapine and olanzapine) have demonstrated efficacy in bipolar depressive patients from week 1 onwards. Rapid onset of action seems to be a common feature of atypical antipsychotics in bipolar depression. Comment in The following popper user interface control may not be accessible. Tab to the next button to revert the control to an accessible version.Destroy user interface controlEfficacy of modern antipsychotics in placebo-controlled trials in bipolar depression: a meta-analysis--results to be interpreted with caution

Brain functional abnormality in schizo-affective disorder: an fMRI study.

Background.Schizo-affective disorder has not been studied to any significant extent using functional imaging. The aim of this study was to examine patterns of brain activation and deactivation in patients meeting strict diagnostic criteria for the disorder. METHOD: Thirty-two patients meeting research diagnostic criteria (RDC) for schizo-affective disorder (16 schizomanic and 16 schizodepressive) and 32 matched healthy controls underwent functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) during performance of the n-back task. Linear models were used to obtain maps of activations and deactivations in the groups. RESULTS: Controls showed activation in a network of frontal and other areas and also deactivation in the medial frontal cortex, the precuneus and the parietal cortex. Schizo-affective patients activated significantly less in prefrontal, parietal and temporal regions than the controls, and also showed failure of deactivation in the medial frontal cortex. When task performance was controlled for, the reduced activation in the dorsolateral prefrontal cortex (DLPFC) and the failure of deactivation of the medial frontal cortex remained significant. CONCLUSIONS: Schizo-affective disorder shows a similar pattern of reduced frontal activation to schizophrenia. The disorder is also characterized by failure of deactivation suggestive of default mode network dysfunction