Asociación entre menor susceptibilidad a los antisépticos o desinfectantes y resistencia antibiótica en bacterias

Tesis doctoral inédita leída en la Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Facultad de Medicina. Departamento de Medicina Preventiva y Salud Pública. Fecha de lectura: 24 de Marzo de 201

Anaerobic co-digestion of pear residues and sewage sludge using a CSTR digester. Influence of the feed procedure

Anaerobic co-digestion of pear residues with sewage sludge is feasible. Important differences are obtained from the two feed regimes tested, with better results for the so-called continuous feed. The organic loading rate (OLR) is the important parameter for the methane productionUniversidad de Málaga. Campus de Excelencia Internacional Andalucía Tech

Caracterización de la innovación tecnológica en la industria forestal española

This paper intends to provide an overview of the technological innovation in the Spanish wood-based industry. This characterization will be carried out through the analysis of a set of indicators based on both secondary and primary data, the later obtained from a survey taken in 2007. Results indicate a weakness and backwardness in the innovation activities performed in the forest industry, with respect to the overall Spanish manufacturing industry. This gap is wider in the case of R&D activities. However, it is necessary to indicate that the important limitations observed in the way firms carry out their innovation activities, are shared with the overall traditional manufacturing sectors.Este trabajo intenta presentar una visión de conjunto sobre el estado de la innovación tecnológica en la industria forestal en España. Dicha caracterización se llevará a cabo a través del análisis de diversos indicadores de innovación elaborados partiendo tanto de las fuentes secundarias actualmente disponibles, como de datos primarios obtenidos mediante una encuesta realizada en el año 2007. Los resultados indican, esencialmente, debilidad y retraso de las actividades de innovación tecnológica en la industria forestal respecto de las correspondientes a la totalidad de la industria manufacturera española. Esta brecha se acentúa en el caso de las distintas actividades de I+D que se han analizado. Es preciso indicar, no obstante, que las serias limitaciones observadas en la forma en que las empresas realizan sus actividades innovadoras no constituyen especial singularidad dentro del conjunto de los sectores tradicionales

Impactos econômicos da pesquisa e desenvolvimento de um sistema informatizado para manejo florestal de pinus spp.

O objetivo deste trabalho foi avaliar os benefícios econômicos derivados dos gastos públicos na pesquisa e desenvolvimento de um sistema informatizado para a realização de simulações de crescimento e de produtividade de plantações e reflorestamento de pínus, denominado SISPLAN. Esse sistema permite gerar critérios para o planejamento da produção e da gestão de reflorestamento florestal, diminuindo a incerteza, principalmente no momento do planejamento dessa atividade. Esta avaliação é especialmente relevante no caso do conhecimento técnico-científico não incorporado aos meios de produção como é o gerado pelas tecnologias da informação, em particular àquelas atividades de pesquisa no campo da ordenação, manejo e gestão florestal. O método consistiu em identificar os custos e benefícios econômicos derivados da geração, utilização e manutenção da tecnologia SISPLAN. O marco conceitual dentro do qual se desenvolveu o trabalho é o que proporciona a economia do bem-estar, onde aborda a técnica benefício-custo, cuja utilização gera informações que contribuem para melhorar a eficiência do setor produtivo e a efetividade das políticas públicas. Foram estimados benefícios econômicos para o Brasil de US$ 77,2 milhões em 1997 (Valor Presente Líquido), com uma relação benefício-custo de 55,7 unidades monetárias, indicando que a pesquisa é um investimento econômico atrativo

Effect of the feed procedure on production of biogas from anaerobic digestion of pear residues using a CSTR Digester

The anaerobic digestion for the production of biogas is one of the best alternative management procedures of the fruits and vegetables wastes (FWV) since it simultaneously allows energy recovery and material recycling if the digestate can be used for soil amendment. Nevertheless, the generation of this kind of residues is frequently concentrated in only few weeks per year, imposing a serious economic limitation. Thus, introduction of the FVW into the anaerobic digester of the municipal wastewaster treatment plant (MWTP) is a very interesting approach. The aim of this work was to investigate the digestion of pear residues using the anaerobic sludge obtained from a MWTP digester under mesophilic conditions and to explore the influence of the feed operating conditions using a continuously stirred tank reactor (CSTR) digester. The results indicate that the continuous feed allows the treatment of almost twice as much residue (10.5 vs 6.0 g L–1 d-1). System instabilities are observed at larger OLRs.Universidad de Málaga. Campus de Excelencia Internacional Andalucía Tech

Do Religious Factors Influence the Attitude Toward Organ Donation Among Medical Students? A Spanish Multicenter Study

Introduction Religious factors have conditioned the attitude toward organ donation and transplantation (ODT) since the beginning of transplantation, despite the fact that most religions are in favor of transplantation. Objective To assess the impact of religious beliefs of medical students on their attitude toward ODT. Method Population under study: Medical students in Spanish universities. Study sample: Stratified by geographical area and academic course. Assessment instrument: Attitude ODT questionnaire PCID-DTO-Ríos, anonymous and self-administered. Results Of all students, 42% (n = 3907) declare themselves atheists or agnostics. The remaining 58% (n = 5368) declare themselves to be religious, the majority being Catholic (55%, n = 5102). Of the rest, 0.2% are Muslims (n = 8), 0.1% Protestants (n = 1), and the remaining 2.7% (n = 257) indicate other religious doctrines but do not want to specify it. Regarding their attitude toward ODT, those who consider themselves atheists or agnostics have a more favorable attitude than those who consider themselves religious (84% versus 76%; P < .001). Among those who follow some kind of religion, Catholics are more in favor of ODT than non-Catholics (77% vs 64%, P < .001). Note that among the religious, only 57% (n = 3050) know which religion is in favor of transplantation, while 22% (n = 1,152) consider that it has not been pronounced on the matter, 13% (n = 723) think the religion is against donation, and the remaining 8% (n = 443) do not know. Conclusion The religion professed by medical students conditions their attitude toward donation, with the atheists and agnostics being more in favor of donation.Sin financiación0.784 JCR (2019) Q4, 155/158 Immunology, 191/210 Surgery, 24/24 Transplantation0.363 SJR (2019) Q3, 254/451 Surgery, 27/41 TransplantationNo data IDR 2019UE

Bridging the Gap Between National and Ecosystem Accounting Application in Andalusian Forests, Spain

National accounting either ignores or fails to give due values to the ecosystem services, products, incomes and environmental assets of a country. To overcome these shortcomings, we apply spatially-explicit extended accounts that incorporate a novel environmental income indicator, which we test in the forests of Andalusia (Spain). Extended accounts incorporate nine farmer activities (timber, cork, firewood, nuts, livestock grazing, conservation forestry, hunting, residential services and private amenity) and seven government activities (fire services, free access recreation, free access mushroom, carbon, landscape conservation, threatened biodiversity and water yield). To make sure the valuation remains consistent with standard accounts, we simulate exchange values for non-market final forest product consumption in order to measure individual ecosystem services and environmental income indicators. Manufactured capital and environmental assets are also integrated. When comparing extended to standard accounts, our results are 3.6 times higher for gross value added. These differences are explained primarily by the omission in the standard accounts of carbon activities and undervaluation of private amenity, free access recreation, landscape and threatened biodiversity ecosystem services. Extended accounts measure a value of Andalusian forest ecosystem services 5.4 times higher than that measured using the valuation criteria of standard accounts

Rethinking the test collection methodology for personal self-tracking data

While vast volumes of personal data are being gathered daily by individuals, the MMM community has not really been tackling the challenge of developing novel retrieval algorithms for this data, due to the challenges of getting access to the data in the first place. While initial efforts have taken place on a small scale, it is our conjecture that a new evaluation paradigm is required in order to make progress in analysing, modeling and retrieving from personal data archives. In this position paper, we propose a new model of Evaluation-as-a-Service that re-imagines the test collection methodology for personal multimedia data in order to address the many challenges of releasing test collections of personal multimedia data