Ética, alfabetización económica e información como fundamentos de las 'sociedades resilientes' del siglo XXI

Las bibliotecas han afrontado en los últimos años el envite de la crisis y los recortes presupuestarios. Las competencias económicas e informacionales son elementos fundamentales para la superación de estas situaciones de crisis y tragedias potenciales. Aquella competencia o capacidad de hacer frente a una crisis y ser capaz de superarla es lo que se denomina resiliencia. La ética en el uso y tratamiento de la información, complementado por una adecuada alfabetización económica, es la propuesta aquí defendida para la conformación de las 'sociedades resilientes' del siglo XXI. Tras una introducción multidisciplinar, abogando por la necesidad de la recuperación de la ética en el conjunto de todas las profesiones, se analiza el concepto de resiliencia, para dotarlo de contenido y significado. Resiliencia se convierte en el elemento nuclear de muchas de las políticas actualmente implementadas en la Comunidad Europea. Este naciente 'mantra de desarrollo' de la resiliencia promete la recuperación de las potencialidades frente a una crisis eventual y la renovación reforzada con mejores perspectivas que antes de la misma. Dada la relativa ambigüedad y todavía escasa aplicación del concepto de resiliencia en general para el conjunto de la sociedad, exploramos la triada propuesta (ética-economía-información) que nos puede conducir a la resiliencia. Entender estos tres elementos en modo integral puede permitir a la biblioteca y al profesional de la información poder participar en modo adecuado en esta tarea de la resiliencia sea a nivel local como, potencialmente, también en modo global

Ranking-based Ties Social Networks : an illustration based on a system of Fashion Capital Cities in the world.

Our paper aims to apply a non-conventional Social Network Analysis to a network generated from an initial sorting of data with mere order. The aim is to test whether and how one relationship set 'conveniently' generated by the ranking is able to provide a coherent system of interactions with possible practical and theoretical utility. We consider a system of city distributions where we focus on ¿Ranking-Based Ties¿ social networks, considering a system of 'objects' of the same class that would be able to interact. The objects in question are ordered according to their 'performance' in a particular ranking. According to a survey developed by Global Language Monitor, there is a ranked number for every capital that could be considered important among the world's most fashionable cities. Using the rank of scoring average we construct a fashion cities network in order to analyze the dynamics and the topology of the system following a gradual process of clustering or densification of relationships consistent with key network statistics analysis

A Need for a Paradigm Shift in the Spanish Banking Sector? The Evolution from Regional to Multinational Banks in Spain.

Since the approval of Spain¿s 2012 National Budget on March 30, 2012, some doubts and controversies have added up to many fears in the private sector regarding the measures and stimuli that the Spanish government was going to undertake. At the same time, this situation was in some measure aggravated by the financial backlog of many small and medium companies, which are and will continue, in the following years to be completely unable to comply with their financial requirements. In line with Boronat Ombuena¿s (2009a, 2009b, 2010, 2012) requirements in his new approach to finance and private sector liaisons, the purpose of this paper is to analyze the recent years of the credit sector in Spain as well as its direct and mid-term effects that its mergers and acquisitions (M&A) have contributed up to date, and will still produce in the near future. We will take a closer look at the evolution of the banking sector in Spain from 1995 to 2012 through a historically-based methodology, compiling and synthesizing the existing financial and risk market information and analyzing its evolution. We shall observe that in a single year, the total number of savings banks in Spain decreased from 45 to only 15 entities and that the risks the financial system took over these last few years were not equally distributed across the entities, resulting in an advanced foreclosure of the regional savings banks and in a market-share growth for the commercial banking entities. This process has resulted in creating larger entities and, in some cases, a vacuum of regional and local credit entities that in the mid-long term will eventually end up in a representative loss on credit availability. These circumstances call into question the need for a paradigm change and most importantly, new approaches to solve the new challenges that can result in the financial fluidity of the system and the eventual recovery of the economic structure

Determination of micro-scale plastic strain caused by orthogonal cutting

An electron beam lithography technique has been used to produce microgrids in order to measure local plastic strains, induced during an orthogonal cutting process, at the microscopic scale in the shear zone and under the machined surface. Microgrids with a 10 μm pitch and a line width less than 1 μm have been printed on the polished surface of an aluminium alloy AA 5182 to test the applicability of the technique in metal cutting operations. Orthogonal cutting tests were carried out at 40 mm/s. Results show that the distortion of the grids could successfully be used to compute plastic strains due to orthogonal cutting with higher accuracy compared to other techniques reported in the literature. Strain maps of the machined specimens have been produced and show high-strain gradients very close to the machined surface with local values reaching 2.2. High-resolution strain measurements carried out in the primary deformation zone also provide new insight into the material deformation during the chip formation process

High Temperature Electron Localization in dense He Gas

We report new accurate mesasurements of the mobility of excess electrons in high density Helium gas in extended ranges of temperature $[(26\leq T\leq 77) K ]$ and density $[ (0.05\leq N\leq 12.0) {atoms} \cdot {nm}^{-3}]$ to ascertain the effect of temperature on the formation and dynamics of localized electron states. The main result of the experiment is that the formation of localized states essentially depends on the relative balance of fluid dilation energy, repulsive electron-atom interaction energy, and thermal energy. As a consequence, the onset of localization depends on the medium disorder through gas temperature and density. It appears that the transition from delocalized to localized states shifts to larger densities as the temperature is increased. This behavior can be understood in terms of a simple model of electron self-trapping in a spherically symmetric square well.Comment: 23 pages, 13 figure

Associations between sole ulcer, white line disease and digital dermatitis and the milk yield of 1824 dairy cows on 30 dairy cow farms in England and Wales from February 2003–November 2004

The milk yields of 1824 cows were used to investigate the effect of lesion-specific causes of lameness, based on farmer treatment and diagnosis of lame cows, on milk yield. A three level hierarchical model of repeated test day yields within cows within herds was used to investigate the impact of lesion-specific causes of lameness (sole ulcer, white line disease, digital dermatitis and other causes) on milk yield before and after treatment compared with unaffected cows. Cattle which developed sole ulcer (SU) and white line disease (WLD) were higher yielding cattle before they were diagnosed. Their milk production fell to below that of the mean of unaffected cows before diagnosis and remained low after diagnosis. In cattle which developed digital dermatitis (DD) there was no significant difference in milk yield before treatment and a slightly raised milk yield immediately after treatment. The estimated milk loss attributable to SU and WLD was approximately 570kg and 370kg respectively. These results highlight that specific types of lameness vary by herds and within herds they are associated with higher yielding cattle. Consequently lesion-specific lameness reduction programmes targeting the cow and farm specific causes of lameness might be more effective than generic recommendations. They also highlight the importance of milk loss when estimating the economic impact of SU and WLD on the farms profitability

Tutorial multimèdia per al desenvolupament de treballs de fi de grau en Informació i Documentació

La pàgina web i els materials creats formen part del projecte d'Innovació Educativa: Tutorial multimèdia per al desenvolupament de treballs de fi de grau en Informació i Documentació.The preparation and defense of the Degree Final Project is one of the major developments derived from the process of building the European Higher Education Area (EHEA). This work reflects all learning acquired by students in previous years of the corresponding degree, where students face the process of autonomous knowledge generation and the difficulties of practical or applied work. This document reports on the development of an interactive multimedia tutorial, adapted to the educational objectives and competencies of a specific target audience. We developed this guide at the University of Valencia (Spain) by means of the following steps: a) identification of the contents to be included in the tutorial and design of learning materials, b) technical development and implementation of web materials (www.uv.es/innopfg) and c) evaluation of both materials developed and learning processes. We have prepared the following learning materials: didactic units that describe the characteristics, structure and content that must be included in each of the sections that make up the final project work; list of relevant resources of use in making an approach "state of art" and to facilitate academic writing (such as databases or reference management software); tests for students to verify the adequacy of the texts, which have been prepared according to the rules and characteristics of the final project work; and, finally, a video as an example where an oral presentation and defense of the project is shown. Exelearning software was used for the development of materials.La preparació i defensa d’un Treball de Fi de Grau constitueix una de les principals novetats derivades del procés de construcció de l’Espai Europeu d’Educació Superior (EEES). En aquest treball queden reflectides totes les habilitats adquirides pels estudiants en els anys previs a la finalització del Grau, atès que els estudiants han d’enfrontar-se en el mateix al procés de generació autònoma de coneixement i a les dificultats que comporta un treball de tipus pràctic. El present document recull l’experiència del desenvolupament d’un tutorial multimèdia per a guiar el procés de realització del treball de fi de Grau, adaptat als objectius d’aprenentatge i a l’adquisició de competències dels alumnes destinataris. El treball s’ha desenvolupat en les següents fases: a) determinació dels continguts que havien de ser inclosos en el tutorial i disseny dels objectes d’aprenentatge; b) desenvolupament tècnic i implementació dels materials mitjançant un tutorial accessible a través de l’adreça web (www.uv.es/innopfg); i c) avaluació dels materials desenvolupats i dels processos d’aprenentatge. S’han desenvolupat els següents objectes d’aprenentatge: unitats didàctiques que descriuen les característiques, estructura i continguts que s’han d’incloure en cadascuna de les seccions que conformen el treball de fi de Grau; llistat de recursos que poden resultar d’interès per a realitzar una aproximació a “l’estat del art” i que poden resultar d’utilitat per a la creació del text escrit (com ara bases de dades i programes gestors de bibliografia); tests per a que els alumnes puguen verificar l’adequació dels textos que han preparat en relació amb la normativa i les característiques dels treballs de fi de Grau; i finalment, un video que recrea l’exposició oral i la defensa d’un treball de fi de Grau. El programa ExeLearning fou emprat per al desenvolupament dels materials i del propi tutorial

High frequency resonant experiments in Fe8_8 molecular clusters

Precise resonant experiments on Fe$_{8}$ magnetic clusters have been conducted down to 1.2 K at various tranverse magnetic fields, using a cylindrical resonator cavity with 40 different frequencies between 37 GHz and 110 GHz. All the observed resonances for both single crystal and oriented powder, have been fitted by the eigenstates of the hamiltonian ${\cal H}=-DS_z^2+ES_x^2-g\mu_B{\bf H}\cdot {\bf S}$. We have identified the resonances corresponding to the coherent quantum oscillations for different orientations of spin S = 10.Comment: to appear in Phys.Rev. B (August 2000

Quantum dynamics of crystals of molecular nanomagnets inside a resonant cavity

It is shown that crystals of molecular nanomagnets exhibit enhanced magnetic relaxation when placed inside a resonant cavity. Strong dependence of the magnetization curve on the geometry of the cavity has been observed, providing evidence of the coherent microwave radiation by the crystals. A similar dependence has been found for a crystal placed between Fabry-Perot superconducting mirrors. These observations open the possibility of building a nanomagnetic microwave laser pumped by the magnetic field

Spin dynamics of Mn12-acetate in the thermally-activated tunneling regime: ac-susceptibility and magnetization relaxation

In this work, we study the spin dynamics of Mn12-acetate molecules in the regime of thermally assisted tunneling. In particular, we describe the system in the presence of a strong transverse magnetic field. Similar to recent experiments, the relaxation time/rate is found to display a series of resonances; their Lorentzian shape is found to stem from the tunneling. The dynamic susceptibility $\chi(w)$ is calculated starting from the microscopic Hamiltonian and the resonant structure manifests itself also in $\chi(w)$. Similar to recent results reported on another molecular magnet, Fe8, we find oscillations of the relaxation rate as a function of the transverse magnetic field when the field is directed along a hard axis of the molecules. This phenomenon is attributed to the interference of the geometrical or Berry phase. We propose susceptibility experiments to be carried out for strong transverse magnetic fields to study of these oscillations and for a better resolution of the sharp satellite peaks in the relaxation rates.Comment: 22 pages, 23 figures; submitted to Phys. Rev. B; citations/references adde