Four keys to Chilean culture : authoritarianism, legalism, fatalism and compadrazgo

Chilean culture is said to be part of a wider Hispanic American culture that shares many traits (see Godoy et al. 1986; Subercaseaux 1999; Valdivieso and which could be identified as an identity with a Latin American sense (see Rodríguez et al. 2001). In this sense, though it may seem as if any attempt to describe or analyse particular operating elements, processes, systems and structures were a useless task, the nature of identity makes it a multiple and symbolically contradictory phenomenon, with relevant contextual 'consequences' and particularities that help identify a collective imaginary that can be associated with what means to be Chilean. As such, the importance of meaning lies not on its production but rather on its reception; therefore, we aim to address some elements of the reception that we have identified as 'critical' or 'diagnostic'. By 'critical', we mean those elements, which absence would substantively modify what is collectively associated with Chilean culture and by 'diagnostic', we suggest the possibility they offer of exploring meaningful contextual traits. In order to contextualise our analysis, we will focus on three discursive levels, namely organisational/structural, cultural/ideological and identity. At the organisational/structural level, we will make reference to structure and aesthetics in the broader sense of social context as well as in public and private organisations; at cultural/ideological level, we will make reference to practices, rituals, values and behaviours; and at the identity level we will make reference to strategies individuals use to manage their social identities

Free software, Open source software, licenses. A short presentation including a procedure for research software and data dissemination

4 pages. Spanish version: Software libre, software de código abierto, licencias. Donde se propone un procedimiento de distribución de software y datos de investigaciónThe main goal of this document is to help the research community to understand the basic concepts of software distribution: Free software, Open source software, licenses. This document also includes a procedure for research software and data dissemination

Article vs. Logiciel : questions juridiques et de politique scientifique dans la production de logiciels

International audienceCe document a plusieurs objectifs, dont le premier est l'étude de cet objet complexe « logiciel d'un laboratoire » (ou d'un organisme d'enseignement supérieur ou de recherche). Il s'agit de comprendre les conditions de son développement et de sa diffusion, ainsi que les questions que cela soulève. Ainsi nous réalisons la comparaison de la production d'articles et de logiciels dans un laboratoire, ce qui fait apparaître un cadre légal (droit d'auteur, licences) et un cadre décisionnel où plusieurs niveaux de décision sont analysés. Ce document construit ainsi un cadre de comparaison entre articles et logiciels, ce qui fournit également un cadre d'analyse de la production scientifique et sa diffusion, qui peut s'étendre, par exemple, aux données de la recherche. Les premières versions de cet étude sont plubliées sur le serveur PLUME (http://www.projet-plume.org) sous le thème Patrimoine logiciel d'un laboratoire (http://www.projet-plume.org/patrimoine-logiciel-laboratoire)

Software libre, software de código abierto, licencias. Donde se propone un procedimiento de distribución de software y datos de investigación

English version: Free software, Open source software, licenses. A short presentation including a procedure for research software and data disseminationEl objetivo de este documento es ayudar a la comunidad de investigación a entender los conceptos básicos de la distribución de software: software libre, software de código abierto, licencias. Este documento incluye igualmente un procedimiento para la distribución de datos y software de investigación

Articles, software, data: a study of the (French) scientific production

International audienceHistorically, the main scientific production of research laboratories has been presented in articles published in scientific journals, conferences, etc. Their distribution has been usually on the hands of publishers. In the current numeric era, scientific edition and publication is in evolution or even revolution, and in the other hand, new objects as data (organized or not as databases), software and other productions have increase their importance. With the concern of ensure free/open access to research and its results, more and more distribution of data and software is done in our laboratories. However this distribution is still little or not organized enough and does not take into account legal or some technical matters, which dificults the access to those productions. We have studied and compared the production of articles and software in French research laboratories, both from legal and management points of view in the document (in French): "Article vs. Logiciel : questions juridiques et de politique scientifique dans la production de logiciels" (http://www.societe-informatique-de-france.fr/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/1024-5-gomez-diaz.pdf). With this poster we extend the study to research data

On the Influence of Spatial Dispersion on the Performance of Graphene-Based Plasmonic Devices

We investigate the effect of spatial dispersion phenomenon on the performance of graphene-based plasmonic devices at THz. For this purpose, two different components, namely a phase shifter and a low-pass filter, are taken from the literature, implemented in different graphene-based host waveguides, and analyzed as a function of the surrounding media. In the analysis, graphene conductivity is modeled first using the Kubo formalism and then employing a full-$k_\rho$ model which accurately takes into account spatial dispersion. Our study demonstrates that spatial dispersion up-shifts the frequency response of the devices, limits their maximum tunable range, and degrades their frequency response. Importantly, the influence of this phenomenon significantly increases with higher permittivity values of the surrounding media, which is related to the large impact of spatial dispersion in very slow waves. These results confirm the necessity of accurately assessing non-local effects in the development of practical plasmonic THz devices.Comment: 5 pages, 18 figures, 2 table